Providing the world for our students, so they can provide for the world.

Spring Book Fair - April 7-11

This book fair is a buy one - get one free!! The hours for book fair will be Tues, Thur - 8:15 to 4:00. Wed - 8:15 to 6:00. Friday 8:15 - 11:30. Book fair is not open during lunch or recess hours and all classes will have the opportunity to come through the bookfair during school hours. We will need lots of volunteers so please send in your notices if you can help at the spring bookfair. We will be calling people shortly to set up times for shifts. You may also call Lori Nielsen to schedule a volunteer shift at 768-4866.

Teacher Appreciation Week April 7-11

PTA will be honoring our teachers & staff all week. Your child's room mom will be doing a few more personal things for your child's teacher. Our school has typically asked for a small donation to help the room mom's do something nice for your teacher to show how much we appreciate all they do. Feel free to send cards or notes of appreciation to our teachers and if possible, your donations will allow for a special gift to be given.

Donut Dates

Each child may invite one adult guest to come to school at 9:15 a.m. and enjoy a donut and 1/2 hour of reading with your child. You may bring your own book, or books will be available from the library. This is once a month and starts with 6th grade and proceeds in reverse order through each grade. Watch the newsletter for dates each month.

Red Ribbon Week - Oct 16 - 19, 2007

Earn great prizes by dressing up and wearing your wristband all week!

Spirit Dress-up Days:
Wednesday Oct.17- "Team Up Against Drugs" (wear sports uniforms or jerseys including Jr. Jazz Jerserys, soccer jerseys, NFL, NBA, or anything sports related.)
Thursday Oct. 18- "Follow Your Dreams" (wear modest pajamas or robes. Remember, the school dress code still applies.)
Friday Oct. 19- "Wear Red Day" (replaces the school colors.)

Vision Screening

Each year the nurse conducts vision screening for select grades. It will be for K, 1st, 3rd & 5th. It begins at 9:15 and takes about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. This requires some volunteer help and if you can help, please contact someone in PTA.

PTA fundraiser

The PTA holds one fundraiser each year. This is to help fund, plan and run all PTA sponsored school programs & activities. (See list in PTA section). This is different than the school fundraiser, which is Happenings books. The PTA fundraiser is through QSP/Reader's Digest and offers gifts & magazine subscriptions. The PTA gets a 50% profit from this fundraiser. We know there is a lot of money required of parents at the beginning of the year, but unfortunately we & also the school, need to do fundraisers at this time to get funds to run programs for the rest of the year. We want to remind you that this is the only fundraiser that we do and we hope that the timing is right that you might be able to find some items that can be used as Christmas gifts.

Birthday Table

The PTA wants to recognize each child's birthday during the year. Each month in the lunchroom we will have a day where the children can come up and get a small prize for their birthday. Kindergarten children will have prizes available in their rooms. We will also recognize the summer birthdays - August will be with September, July will be with January & June will be with May. Watch for dates in the newsletter.

Shoppers Cards

If you didn't already know, you can earn money for our school with your Smith's Fresh Values or Albertson's Preferred card every time you shop for groceries. The PTA has papers to help you sign up your card. You can also ask a your cashier to get you set up, so that when you buy your groceries, you'll also be earning money for our school!

Remember that you need to re-sign your card up every year!!

Box Tops

Cut Box Tops off of participating products and send them in to the school with your child.  Write your child's name & grade on the back of the box tops for a prize drawing.   Two names are drawn each friday and winners are posted in the next month's newsletter.   Kids who win can come into the office and pick a prize.

You can also earn money for Snow Springs when you do any shopping online! Visit www.boxtopsforeducation.com to shop at hundreds of stores (including Gap, Old Navy, Barnes & Noble, KB Toys and SO many more). Check it out today! Your family and friends can do it too! And help us support Snow Springs Elementary!

Last year we made $2700.00 from Box Tops.

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Campbell's Soup Labels

Clip out UPC's and lids of Campbell's products and turn them in to school for product points.  To see a list of participating products go to http://www.labelsforeducation.com/default.aspx and click on view product list - Last year we used some of our labels points to purchase 5 sets of rhythmn instruments for the music specialty classes.  The previous year we got gym scooters for the P.E. specialty.   This year we hope to get something for our computer specialty classes.   A Campbell's collection bin is in the office.  
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- Before Christmas we submitted about 40,000 labels points!!   WOW!   With those label points we were able to get the software "The Oregon Trail" for our students to use during computer specialty
 
Note - Albertson's and Smith's have been promoting a program where if you buy 8 participating products in one transaction, you will get a bonus label on your receipt for 200 label points, which you turn in like normal.   The bonus certificates make up a lot of our points, so keep 'em coming!

Cream o' Weber Milk Lids

For program details please see http://www.creamowebercom/promotions.htm

Recycle Bin

We get money for paper & newspapers only - No cardboard please!

In-School volunteer opportunities

Room mom's, holiday class parties, help in classrooms, take home reading library, star tutoring, field trips, and PTA programs are needed throughout the year. Watch for notices in the newsletter, your child's classroom and here on this website.

At-home opportunities

Donating to classroom supplies and/or emergency buckets, help with food for SEP dinners, some PTA duties & program help, possible teacher projects.