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Family Fun Fest
Family Fun Fest is a special event for the students that
the Parents' Guild hosts each fall. This
year the fun begins on Friday, September 20th at 3:45 and goes until 6:30,
weather permitting. There will be food
and treats galore as our eighth graders and their parents will be selling hot
dogs, hamburgers and grilled sausages (all cooked by our wonderful 8th grade
dads), chips, popcorn, cookies and drinks.
One of the highlights for the children is the Cake Walk for which we
will need at least 75 cakes or other baked goods like cookies, brownies, pies
or other fun sweets. If you would be
willing to bake for this event, please drop off your donation in the morning
carpool line on Friday, September 20th.
Volunteers will collect in both lines.
We are so excited as we know the children will be for the new photo
booth attraction! Capture all the fun
memories of this night with a cute picture to take home! Other attractions include carnival games,
carnival rides, hair painting and temporary tattoos.
Please read below for NEW ways to purchase
tickets!!
Tickets can be purchased on line in advance with a credit
card (for which you will receive free bonus tickets) HERE until Wednesday, September 18th at 3:00 pm.
Pre-purchased tickets and day of tickets sales can be
picked up and/or purchased on Friday, September 20th from 8-10 am and 1-3 pm in
the foyer of the main building to avoid standing in line at the field. Ticket sales between these hours at school
can be charged to your credit card.
Tickets being purchased on the field will have to be paid
with by CASH or CHECK ONLY. No school
charges or credit cards will be permitted on the field. Please note, that purchasing or picking up
tickets on the field will result in standing in line.
Avoid the lines and purchase your tickets
before 3:00 pm
on September 20th!!
2012-2013 Parents' Guild Wrap-Up
The Parents’ Guild is pleased to report that for the 2012-13
school year we made $260,408 in donations to the school! Thanks to the many volunteers that made this
happen. St. Paul’s is blessed to have
such a wonderful parent community!
Here’s the breakdown of our donations:
Operating Fund: $193,000
Annual Fund: $ 5,000
50 Wishes: $ 29,840
Good Samaritan Fund $ 500
Library (for 2 yrs) $ 7,068
Total $260,408
This will leave a little over $60,000 in the Parents’ Guild
checking and money market accounts. All
of this was made possible, in part, by the wonderful 50th
Anniversary Gala and Auction. Thank you
to Mandy Burditt and Ann Long, Auction Chairs, who worked tirelessly to make
the Auction such a success. The auction
grossed $300,000 and netted $230,000.
Donations were made and the Parents’ Guild helped to fulfill the
following items from the 50 Wishes list:
Request By:
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Item
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Cost
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Toddler
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1 ipad w/Shared Scanner
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$500
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Pre-school
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1 ipad w/Shared Scanner
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$1,525
|
Pre-k
|
Storage Unit
|
$760
|
Kindergarten
|
Smart Board
|
$3,500
|
1st grade
|
Smart Board & Projector
|
$3,500
|
2nd grade
|
1 ipad w/Shared Scanner
|
$500
|
3rd grade
|
Reading Reptile GC
|
$300
|
4th grade
|
50 Clip Boards
|
$250
|
5th grade
|
3 Sets of Books
|
$720
|
6th grade
|
30 Calculators
|
$400
|
7th grade
|
To Kill a Mockingbird (45)
|
$450
|
Admissions
|
$ for Good Samaritan Fund
|
$500
|
Art
|
Document Camera
|
$500
|
Chaplin
|
Small Chapel Table for ECC
|
$250
|
Computer lab
|
Portable Projector Screen
|
$525
|
Diversity
|
Speaker Stipend
|
$500
|
Drama
|
Microphones
|
$665
|
Enrichment Programs
|
Writing/Reading Station
|
$550
|
Food services
|
Locked Cabinet
|
$560
|
Foreign language
|
Student Whiteboards
|
$190
|
Head ECC
|
Parenting w/ Love & Logic
|
$730
|
Head of Lower School
|
Brain POP Magazine Subscription
|
$1,650
|
Head of Middle School
|
Prof Dev for MS Staff
|
$2,000
|
Head, Board, Rector
|
Tuition Assistance
|
$850
|
Learning Specialist
|
Set of Reading Books
|
$200
|
Library
|
Kindle whites (5-10)
|
$800
|
Math
|
30 TI-30XS Calculators
|
$400
|
Music
|
Microphones
|
$665
|
Nurse
|
1.7 cu Refrigerator
|
$100
|
PE
|
8ft Rock Climbing Wall
|
$3,400
|
Science
|
STEM Classroom Kit
|
$925
|
Science Olympiad
|
Vernier Weather Station
|
$1,275
|
Secretary/Receptionist
|
Utility Cart
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$200
|
$29,840
|
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Calling All Spartans to Join the Odyssey
More information to follow.
Wait … What? Didn’t they just ask me for money?
Every Year you are asked for money for so many worthy causes here at school: enrichment classes, sports, aid to Haiti and the food pantry, the Annual Fund, and the auction. Where does it all go?
We know this is a lot of asks, and we apologize for that. It is through this voluntary fundraising that we can have all of these special events and enrich your child's educational experience, while keeping our tuition costs relatively low. All independent schools work in a similar way --it is a fact of life for all of us. So, while we know that people's capacity to give varies greatly, we are counting on those with financial challenges to give what they can to help us reach our 100% goal. And for those who can, to give generously. In this way we can all benefit from the opportunities these resources provide for our children.
News from the Lunch Room
Welcome Back! Don’t
forget to check out what’s new in your school cafeteria this year. At the beginning of each month students who
have a birthday and are buying a hot lunch will receive a special birthday treat. For students with birthdays over the summer, we will celebrate in May. This year there are more whole grains, local
fruits and veggies, low-fat milk and lots of lean proteins. Leave the cooking to us! Ditch the brown bag and check out your school
café…meals are convenient, low cost and tastier than ever.
New this year is the Chefs to Schools Program. On October 2nd Chartwell’s Chef
Ralph will be in the serving area to demonstrate how the main entrée for the
day is prepared. Chef Ralph is the
Regional Executive Chef for the Central Region representing Chartwells
Schools.
Get ready to Get Your Groove On ... The Buddy
Run is coming!
The October 4th Buddy Run is quickly approaching.
Remember this is the Parent's Guild's only fundraiser until the spring
auction. Families or companies donating at the Gold ($500), Silver
($250), or Bronze ($150) level make it possible for every St. Paul's student to
receive a t-shirt to wear the day of the run. Families or companies
donating at any of these three levels will have their names on the back of the
t-shirt. Please help us make the 2013 Buddy Run a success by clicking here to make a donation.
Thank you for your support.
Please note that the preschool through eighth
grade participates in the Buddy Run. The toddler classes will have a
special activity with their buddies on this day, but they will not attend the
Buddy Run as a class.
Head of School Search Update
The
summer was a busy time for our search consultants at Southern Teachers Agency.
They spent the past few months collecting resumes and conducting preliminary
interviews with interested candidates, before presenting dossiers on each
candidate to the search committee. Now the hard work begins for the search
committee. In the next few weeks, our group will be narrowing the impressive
pool of highly qualified candidates down to a list of eight to ten
semi-finalists.
The
search committee will formally interview the semi-finalists on September 18 and
19, and will further narrow that group down to approximately three finalists.
The finalists will be on campus in mid-October and will be interviewed by members
of the board of trustees, the search committee, and various representative
constituent groups. Parents and faculty will be able to meet the finalists
during informal sessions offered for each group while each candidate is on
campus.
We
expect to announce the new head of school by the end of November, though our
commitment to finding the right candidate might alter that date to some extent.
The
next few months will be very exciting, and we encourage you to follow our
progress on the school’s website here, or contact us with any questions.
⎯ Amy Holewinski, amydholewinski@yahoo.com and
Laurie Robinson, lauriemrobinson@me.com
Search Committee Co-Chairs
The St. Paul’s Timeline
Thirteen new editors are currently writing their own columns for The St. Paul's Timeline newspaper. This middle school elective is in its second year. The paper is student written and student edited and is specifically geared for St. Paul's Middle School. So far the paper has more than 7,200 views from nine different countries including the U.S. You can click here to view the most recent issue!
1:1 IPad Program for Sixth Grade
On August 21st, the St. Paul sixth grade class
received their school-issued IPads and cases. This is the inaugural class of
the middle school 1:1 IPad program. Both students and faculty are extremely excited
to begin using these educational tools in the classroom.
ATTENTION ALL TARGET SHOPPERS!
Sign up for a Target REDcard (if you don’t have one already) and
use the Take Charge of Education benefit program! Designate St. Paul’s as your school of choice
and Target will donate up to 1% of your REDcard purchases! More information can be found here or at your local Target.
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First Graders are all smiles on their First Day!
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Ms. Fate and Ms. Wyllie with their first grade class
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Calendar Notes
9/2 NO SCHOOL
9/5 Lower School Curriculum Night
9/10-9/13 8th grade to YMCA Camp
9/17-9/18 School Pictures
9/20 Family Fun Fest
9/21 Progressive Dinner
9/25 Kindergarten Music Program
9/26 High School Night
9/27 Pet Blessing
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