JFS PTA October 2009 Newsletter

JFS PTA October 2009 Newsletter

In This Issue

Were You At Movie Night?

New! Spaghetti Bingo Night

New! Arts Attack Gallery Show

Winter Festival

Extended Library Hours

PTA Pledge Drive Update

Upcoming PTA Events

23rd Bingo Spaghetti Night

16th-20th Fall Book Fair

3rd Arts Attack Gallery

11th Winter Fest

JFS-PTA Website

JFS School Website

Thank You to the families who generously donated to our Pledge Drive:

Premium Platinum Level

Kalahasti Family

Williams Family

Platinum Level

Truong T Family

Basarkar Family

Chitkara Family

Christie Family

Hodkinson Family

Mathur A Family

Mathur N Family

Musukula Family

Nguyen L Family

Nguyen M Family

Nguyen T Family

Rallapalli Family

Surendra Family

Van Besouw Family

Silver Level

Cenidoza Family

Cherniss Family

Halaharivi Family

Malipeddi Family

Nguyen M Family

Nguyen Y Family

Ramamurthy Family

Ratnaparki Family

Sharkawy Family

Sinsay-Lum Family

Anklesaria Family

Castelblanco Family

LeGrande Family

Nguyen E Family

Nguyen P Family

Nguyen S Family

Nguyen T Family

Nguyen T Family

Truong H Family

Truong V Family

Walsworth Family

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Were you at Movie Night Watching "Bolt"?

If not, you missed out on a very fun evening! The kids all had a lot of fun, even if they didn't watch the movie! We would like firstly to thank Sheri Roham who chaired this event and made it a very successful night. Way to go Sheri!
We would also like to thank the many parent and student helpers who made the event run smoothly. Thank you to: Arthi Kumar, Vinod Kasturi, Gina Fierro, Tania VanBesouw, Yolanda Thorbecke, Gina Vinluan, Keon Roham, John Smith, Noha Sharkaway, Kevin Wilkinson, Ron Davis, Pammy Joshi, Sulaxa Pai and Kajel Patel. We apologize if we have missed names of any of the many volunteers who showed up that evening...your help was invaluable and helped make Movie Night a success.

NEW! Spaghetti and Bingo Night, October 23rd

     On Friday October 23rd at 6pm, our Multipurpose Room will be transformed into a fun family night venue for our first Bingo and Spaghetti night! We hope this will become a fun annual event for our JFS families. The evening will include dinner, bake sale, bingo games, and prizes.
     Save the date and plan for the whole family to attend. Invite friends and neighbors too.
   Dinner will be served from 6-8pm and will include pasta, salad, bread and a beverage for just $10 per adult and $5 per child. There will also be a special family value pack that will feed up to five people for just $30. Look for more information and ticket order forms coming soon in the Friday folder.
   If you would like to volunteer for this event, please contact Sheri Roham at Sheri_Roham@yahoo.com.

NEW! Arts Attack Gallery Show, December 3rd

      PTA would like to invite you to a special evening to enjoy the amazing art work created by the children of JF Smith. Every child will be creating a special piece of art just for this event and every child's art will be on display.
   Please join us on Thursday December 3rd from 6pm to 8pm. Come walk the walls of art, enjoy some relaxing music and sophisticated refreshments. Your child will be so proud to show off their creativity. This is a wonderful time to show your children that what they accomplish at school is important to you. It is also a lovely event to invite grandparents and other family members to.
   Optional framing for your child's art work will be available at the very low cost of $10 per frame. This is not a fundraiser and every child's art will be sent home with them the following day.
   If you would be willing to help with set up of this event (830 pieces of art work to hang), overseeing refreshments, music selection and clean up crew, please contact Noreen Hussain at noreenh@mac.com or Tracy Wilkinson at tw69@sbcglobal.net. They would greatly appreciate your help.

Winter Festival, December 11th

Please join us on December 11th at 6:30pm in the multipurpose room for this year's Winter Festival show. Our theme this year is "Believe" and we are making some changes to shorten and tidy-up the show. The PTA sees a great value in this program, and for many of the children, this is a very rewarding and exciting opportunity to show a different side of their creative personalities. The experience teaches many things including teamwork and self-confidence.
We have a great turnout of kids wanting to participate but we still need more parent volunteers to help supervise at the rehearsals on Friday afternoons. Thank you to those parent volunteers who have already stepped up to give their time and energy to make this event a success.

If you only have a few hours of time to volunteer please contact Vicky Pascual at vpas121798@yahoo.com. There are many small jobs that can be done and we would appreciate any amount of time you can give.

Library Hours Extended!

The PTA is very proud to announce that our library is now open for an additional hour on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from 8am-1pm. This allows the children time to utilize this amazing resource outside of their specified classroom time. The library is also open on Friday from 8am-Noon.

Please let your children know they have access to our great library during these times and encourage them to make use of it and enjoy it!

PTA Pledge Drive A Huge Success!

Thank you so much for your generosity in helping the PTA raise money for our great school. We could not have done it without your wonderful suppot.

Because of all of you who donated to the pledge drive, we exceeded our goal and raised $28,200! We will be able to help support our school's goals and help make JFS a great place for your children to be.

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