Plainfield CCSD 202 - Lakewood Falls Elementary

PTA

PTA UPDATE
Our Spring fundraiser was a great success!!! Thank you to all the families that participated. We raised over $4,000 in World’s Finest Chocolate Sales and over $2,000 in magazine sales so far! We will be able to install projectors in the 3rd grade classrooms!!! 4th & 5th grade projectors are being installed the last week of March!

PTA will be partnering with the school staff for Literacy Night May 1st 6:00-7:30. There will be a variety of FREE events for families to participate in together, as well as a book exchange. PTA will also be taking orders for make your own tye dye tee shirt featuring a Lakewood Falls School logo, shirt. Shirts will cost $12/shirt. Tye Dying is an optional activity on Literacy Night. Families can make matching shirts or kids can create their own unique color combination. ALL TYED UP tye dye company will be running this virtually mess free, fun activity. Please watch the backpacks in April for more information. Thank you for your continued support!

SAVE THE DATE
The PTA will be hosting an all school roller skating party on, May 17th. We would like to show our appreciation to all of the families of Lakewood Falls Elementary. We are proud of our fantastic community, and we would like to thank everyone for supporting the PTA. Thanks to you, we have earned enough money this year to install Projectors in all 3rd, 4th & 5th grade classrooms. Our skating party will take place at USA Skate Center in Romeoville. We have rented the center out, so admission will be free. Skate rental will be $3.00, and concessions will be available. We hope to see everyone there!

LITERACY NIGHT BOOK EXCHANGE

Students attending Literacy Night are encouraged to bring in books that are in ‘gently used’ condition – cover on, no rips, tears or bent edges. They will receive 1 ‘Book Buck’ for every 2 books donated.

Participating is as easy as:
Bring 2 books (or more)
Receive 1 Book Buck for every 2 books you donate
Redeem your Book Buck(s) for books of your choice before you go home.
You can get 1 book for every 2 books you donate.

Where the books donated go:
Books donated will be made available for faculty to expand classroom libraries.

We are also working with the Plainfield Library where books will be donated to the Friends of the Library as well as schools within the area that are in need of books.

A bin will be available at school from April 23-27 if you have books to donate but do not want any in return. Any books turned in during the week will not receive a Book Buck.

Other Events:
Faculty-hosted literacy activities throughout the school Tye Dye Shirts (must be pre-ordered/pre-paid)

This is an excellent way for students to get “new to you” books at absolutely no cost, while also recycling books that your child no longer reads or has outgrown.

Books for all ages are welcome!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: PLEASE BE AT THE SCHOOL 5:30

SOFT COVER YEARBOOKS ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN LIMITED SUPPLY

Yearbooks cost $16.50 each. Current Event Inserts cost $1.75. Please contact the office to buy your books.

PTA ELECTIONS: April 9th
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to join the PTA board? We can tell you it’s a lot of fun and extremely rewarding. New board members are needed for the 2012-2013 school year. Please attend the April 9th PTA meeting if you are interested in participating on the PTA board next school year. If you are not interested in participating on the board, please attend the Aril 9th meeting to help vote in the new board members. Please contact Denise Hohe for further information: dhpta08@sbcglobal.net

SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS
Pick up for the kits will be held on May 15th from 6:00-7:00.

HELP LAKEWOOD FALLS EARN FREE MONEY!
Have you registered on www.growinglocallearning.com? Our school gets $0.50 just for you registering. You can register all your family's email addresses as well for even more FREE cash for our school. I know $0.50 does not seen like a lot but if everyone in the school did this we could raise about $500.

Please continue sending in your Box Tops and Labels for Education (Campbell's Soup Labels). You can turn them in in a bag, an envelope, or glued to any sheet of paper.

UP-COMING EVENTS
April 2-6, Monday-Friday: NO SCHOOL – Spring Break
April 9, Monday: PTA Meeting 6:45 pm, Mult-Purpose Room
April 12, Thursday: Kindergarten Round Up
April 13, Friday: Joliet Slammers Reading Logs Due
April 18, Wednesday: Mouse Trap All School Assembly
April 20, Friday: Market Day Orders Due
April 21, Saturday: Elch’s Family Night 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM
April 24, Tuesday: Market Day Pick Up 7-7:30 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 6-7:30
April 25-26, Wednesday - Thursday: Buona Beef Family Night Fundraiser

2011-2012 PTA MEETINGS (Meet N Greet starts at 6:45 with meeting beginning at 7:00)
April 9
May 7

SPIRIT FRIDAYS
Wear your Lakewood Falls spirit wear on Fridays. If you don’t have spirit wear yet, wear green or gold or both.

Follow the PTA on Facebook and Twitter. On Twitter, we are LFPTA. Search Lakewood Falls PTA on Facebook. There is also a PTA link on the school website.

If you wish to be informed via email of upcoming volunteer opportunities, please contact Denise Hohe: dhpta08@sbcglobal.net

2010 - 2011 PTA BOARD
Denise Hohe: Co-President
Nichole Withaeger: Co-President
Keri Brzeczek: Co-Vice President
Laura Baccelli: Co-Vice President
Amy Mrozek: Treasurer
Joelle Sisto: Co-Secretary
Heather Wood: Co-Secretary
Karen Garifalo: Operations Manager
Bonita Hayes: Operations Manager

VOLUNTEERING
Your PTA and all the fun social events we sponsor can NOT happen without volunteers. As we are looking forward to seeing familiar faces, we are equally exciting to meet new people. Please give the gift of your time to help everyone enjoy the events with their families too. The more volunteers we have for events, the more we can rotate people and everyone and participate in the fun. If you wish to be informed via email of upcoming volunteer opportunities, please contact Denise Hohe at: dhpta08@sbcglobal.net

BUSINESS SPONSORS
Lakewood Falls Elementary PTA would like to thank the following Businesses for their generosity:
Buffalo Wild Wings, C.W. Avery YMCA, Noble Horse Theatre, Bennish's Car Wash, Fat Ricky's/Old World, The Choo Choo Restaurant, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Brunzwick Zone, Graue Mill, Pancake Delight, Gymquest, Shedd Aquarium, Messterpiece, Boogie's Mini Golf, Sam's Club, Hollywood Boulevard, Gamework, Patio, Fox & Hound, Sci-Tech, DuPage Children's Museum, Noodles & Co., Meijer of Plainfield.