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JFBPTO Newsletter

October 8, 2014

Please [email protected] your email address list so this years newsletters reach you!

Important Upcoming Dates

Thurs., 10/9 School picture day; Parent-Teacher conferences

Fri., 10/10 Knight Pride Spirit Day; Homecoming parade (5:30pm, KME

to KJH)

Thurs., 10/16 Parent-Teacher conferences

Thurs., 10/23 Box Tops for Education fall collection deadline;

Parent-Teacher conferences

Thurs., 10/30Parent-Teacher conferences

Fri., 10/31 Fall parties (2:15-3:20, JFB)

For more events, check out ourJFB PTO Google Calendar!You can even subscribe to the calendar so you can

be alerted when new items are added!

Fall Fundraiser Finale

As a special THANK YOU to all of our students for doing their best with our Fall Fundraiser, all of the children

were treated to a fun reward show by Circus Mojo on Friday.

Top fundraising students from each grade were asked to be assistants during the performances, and kids who

raised $50 or more got to participate in a bonus session that taught them how to do a cool circus trick!

Students raised $12, 496.07 this year with our Fall Fundraiser. These generous donations will help to fund the

22 in-school enrichment programsbeing offered this year to our kids!

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JFB PTO at Work for OUR Kids!

This is why we raise funds!Here are two wonderful programs offered to our students this week:

October 6 and 7, 2014:The Reason for the Seasons;

Cincinnati Museum Center(first grade)

Using globes, students learned about the seasons and

found out why spring and summer are warmer times

of the year and fall and winter are colder. They

created the sounds of spring and explored the effects

of camouflage with real animal mounts from Museum

collections. Then, they won a seasonal prize when they

correctly identified which animal had visited by

studying scat and tracks left behind.

October 10, 2014:Readers are Leaders; Midwest School Shows(second grade)

This interactive assembly reinforces elementary grade level reading and English language arts skills by using

entertainment, illusions, humor, and fun props to review reading comprehension, phonics, and help

encourage students to discover that reading can be fun. The show also incorporates routines that help

students discover story building and creative writing.

Box Tops for Education

Clip and save Box Tops for Education to help earn rewards for JF Burns! Every Box Top that you send in is

worth 10 cents for the school AND counts towards your childs classroom tally. The classroom with the highest

number of Box Tops collected will receive a special reward! A collection sheet was sent home in Friday folders

last month, and you can print additional sheets at the end of this newsletter. Visitjfb-pto.org/Rewardsor

contactPaula VoegeleorAmy Edwardsfor more information. The first collection deadline is Friday,

10/24/14.

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Staff Appreciation

Help Wanted

Are you interested in becoming more involved with your childs school this year? We

have many different ways you can help out. Some projects are quick, one-time

opportunities while others have a longer commitment. No previous experience is

required! Please contactShannon Russellif youd like to learn more!

PTO Membership and School Directory

Its not too late to join the PTO and get your School

Directory! Just send in your $5 dues and a membership

ASAP.Directories will be distributed in late October.

Membership forms can be foundonlineand at the end of

this newsletter.

Thank you to everyone who has signed

up to bring items for the 10/9 and

10/16 conference night dinners! We

are currently trying to fill spots for ourlast fall conference on 10/26. Please

click hereto see what we still need,

and contactBecky StephensorKari Falk

for more information. Thank you!

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After-School Enrichment Programs

Attention: Parents of third and

fourth grade girls, register today!

Fall and Winter Parties

This is just a friendly reminder that the $3 donations for Fall and Winter class parties are due by Friday,

October 17th. Please just send the money in an envelope with your child's name on it and the teachers will

pass it on to the Room Parents.

Stay Informed

In addition to our e-blasts, stay informed by checking out our website, Facebook page, and

Twitter feed! If you ever have questions, send us an email and we'll do our best to help!

~ Shannon Russell, JFB PTO President

www.jfb-pto.org facebook com/BurnsPTO @jfbpto jfbpto@gmail com

GO KNIGHTS!

Register Here!

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Reminders

Do you have pictures youd like to share for

consideration in the 2014-2015 yearbook? If

so, upload them to ourLifetouch community

portalby 2/25/15

You can orderMarket Dayproducts onlineand they will be delivered to JF Burns each

month! Next ordering deadline:

10/31/14. Pickup: 11/5/14.

Kroger Community Rewards makes fund-

raising easy all you have to do is shopat Kroger and swipe your Kroger Plus Card!

Users must re-register their Plus Card each

year, so pleaselogin and use Organization

Number 83795 to make sure you are still

signed up.

Do you have a Target

REDCard? You can call

1-800-316-6142 or gototarget.comand

select JF Burns

Elementary School (ID

#85265) to be your

designated school.

Interested in opening a

Target REDCard? Some

of the benefits include:

Automatically get 5% off when you use your card

in stores and Target.com. Target will donate 1% of your REDcard purchases

to JFB when you designate our school on your

account.

Free Shipping from Target.com

For more details on REDCard benefits, visitthis link.

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If you missed the deadline to join the PTO

its not too late to order a

J.F. Burns directory!

Please fill out the information below and send in payment of $5.00 with yourchild to school. (*checks can be made to JFB PTO*)

Name: ______________________________

Childs Name/Grade/Teacher

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you have a business that you would like to have included in the JFB ParentNetwork (on the back cover of the directory)? Please include an additional $5and fill out the information below.

Type of Business:_____________________________Phone:________________________

Business Name:______________________________Email:_________________________

You may order extra directories for $5 each.Please enter total number of additional directories here ____________

Questions?? Please contact Ellen Koenig ([email protected])or Natalie Vogt ([email protected]).

Please likeJF Burns PTO on Facebookand check out

jfb-pto.orgfor the latest school events!

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