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2012-2013 PTA Officers   

 

Byron Jackson

President

icebreakthis@sbcglobal.net 

417-8812 

 

Chris McNabb

President Elect

cmcnabb@ou.edu

623-1136 

 

Mistie Voto

 Vice President

mvoto@cox.net 

850-4869

 

Sarah Cloer

Secretary

 scloer@norman.k12.ok.us 

366-5984

 

Claudia George

Treasurer

  georges@georges.nu  

579-6270

 

Tommy Bui

Webmaster  

webmaster.eaglespta@gmail.com 

 

Summer McGuire

Communications  

sdufran@yahoo.com  

 

 

Washington

Administration

 

Principal

Dr. Linda Parsons

lparsons@norman.k12.ok.us 

 

 

2012-2013 Business Partners 

 

Thank You!!

 

 

Business Elite Member:

 

Norman Interventional Pain Management - 

Dr. Joe D. Voto M.D.

 

Norman Anesthesia Providers

 

Leslie J. Ollar-Shoemake, D.O., P.C.

 

Ollar and Ollar Engineer

 

 

Business Member:

Cabbiness Engineering, LLC

 

 

Business Partner:

Dental Depot

OU IT Store

Griffis Tree Farm, LLC

 

 

Community Partners:

Eskimo Sno

Mazzio's Italian Eatery

Dickey's BBQ

Sonic

Hideaway Pizza

The Garage

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

 

 

 

Washington PTA 

 

 

Mission Statement:

"To make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children." 


For More Information,

Please Visit:

 

www.washingtonpta.org 

 

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Upcoming Dates      

 

January 21:

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School

 

January 24:

Class Pictures

 

January 28:

80s Dance - 6-8 p.m.

 

January 31:

Washington Day at Star SKate (6-8 p.m.)

 

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Family Days  

2nd Grade: 

Tuesday, February 5 after Musical Performance at 

7 p.m.

 

4th Grade: 

Tuesday, March 5 after Recorder Concert at 

7 p.m.

 

1st Grade: 

Tuesday, April 16 after Musical Performance at 

7 p.m.

 

Kindergarten:
Thursday, April 25 from 10:20 - 11:20 a.m. 
(lunch picnic)
 
WELCOME TO
THE WASHINGTON PTA E-NEWSLETTER

January 17, 2013
 

 

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Twitter: @washeaglespta  

 

Washington 80s Dance

 

 

 Washington 80s Dance!

 

Join us to dance the night away!

Friday, January 25th 

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.  

Washington Gym

*All Grades Invited

Hamburgers will be available for purchase.

 

**Special Dance Performance, Dance Contest, 80s Fashion Contest!

 

It'll be Rad, Man!

  
2013-2014 Pre-K Enrollment

  

Pre-K Enrollment for 2013-2014 School Year

Application packets will be available Feb. 28- March 29, 2013.  Students must be 4 years old on or before 

September 1, 2013.

Morning session is 7:50-10:30 a.m. and afternoon session is 12:10-2:50 p.m.      

 

Norman Public Schools does not provide transportation for Pre-K students.  School office hours are 7:25 a.m. - 3:55 p.m. 

Monday-Friday.

  

Class Pictures

  

Class pictures will be Thursday, January 24.

Order forms are in today's Thursday Folders. Please return order forms on or before January 24

  

Washington Night at Star Skate

Winter Blues Got You Down?  

 

Come out to Washington's Star Skate Night...it will be nice and warm inside, so come have a skating good time with your family and friends on Thursday, January 31, 6-8 PM.  

 

Special price of $5 to skate, Star Skate will donate 40% of the admittance fee back to our school!!  Star Skate is located at 2020 West Lindsey Street.  See you there!

 

  
Washington Zumbathon

Thanks to all those that came out to the ZUMBATHON! 

 

A special thanks to our fabulous instructors : 

Maren Eliason,

Courtney Henderson,

Lori Lockard,

Monica Siklosi 

 

And contributions from SONIC, CUSTARD FACTORY & YAISA MANN owner of SWAGHER FITNESS!   

OEC News Contest

 

 

 

And We Have a Winner... 
Fifth grader Madison Esteves won the design contest of the Oklahoma Electric Cooperative. Her winning       illustration is on the cover of December 2012 issue of OEC News. You can see a copy of it in the Washington trophy case across from the library.

WAY TO GO MADISON!

 

 

Sooner Mall "My School Is Cool" Standings

 

Below are the point standings as of December:

 

KID                        245.7

Lakeview             113.7

McKinley              109.5

Washington        104.2

Monroe               93.0

Robin Hill             91.0

Reagan                45.1

Whittier               12.6

Truman                10.4

 

  Keep Up the Good Work Eagles!

 

Box Tops for Education

This Year, SAM'S CLUB is offering even more opportunities for us to earn money for our school!

 

Beginning January 2 through January 31,2013, new members and qualifying upgraded memberships may qualify us for BONUS BOX TOPS. (Original receipt must be taped to certificate /offer only valid until certificates run out or through January 31st) 

 

 Look for BONUS BOX TOPS as you stock up on items for lunches and snacks! 

 

BUY + CLIP + SEND= $$

Friday Treats 

We are in need of parent volunteers for the dates below to help with Friday Treats.

  Volunteering includes being at the school to help set up deliver and clean up. The process takes about 4 hours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., if a specific date does not have enough volunteers it will be canceled.  

 If you can help with Friday Treats, please contact Sammi Scott at sammi_scott@att.net

 

 

 

2012-2013 Friday Treats Schedule:

  

January 18

February 1 & February 22

March 8 & March 29

April 5 & April 19

May 17

 

Juice Offered At Lunch

 

 

 

Juice will now be offered during lunch. There will be 3 types of juice (orange, apple, grape) available for students to purchase at lunch. 

 

Each juice will be $0.50. The students will need to either have cash on them or money in their account to get the juice. They will not be able to "charge" the juice.

 
Serve on a PTA Committee

WE WANT YOU! 

 

How Do You Get the Most Out of Your Membership?

JOIN A COMMITTEE! 
 
Join one of the many PTA committees and assist in planning this year's activities! We Need You! 
 
We now have an online form! Let us know your interests and how you would like to serve!
 
 
Please feel free to contact us with any questions! Thanks so much! We look forward to a fantastic 2012-2013 school year!
 
 
2012-2013 Yearbooks

 

 

The Washington Yearbooks are now on sale at jostensyearbooks.com

The price is $23 now but will increase to $28 on Feb 5th. Order Today!

 

Eating Out to Benefit Washington!

 

 February 20 - All Day - Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (12th & Alameda)

March 13 - 6-10 PM - The Garage 

(307 E. Main St.)

April 17 - 5-9 PM - Sonic 

(24th & Alameda)

May 17 - 3 PM to Close - Eskimo Sno 

(NE 12th - next to Pizza Hut)

 

Please share this information with Family, Friends and Neighbors!

 

Help Raise Money for Washington When You're Out & About!

 Homeland:
When you shop at Homeland, give the cashier Washington's ID #62083 and Homeland will donate a percentage of sales to the school!

  

 Target:

1)  If you have a Target Visa be sure to designate Washington Elementary, School ID: 86740, as your school so that 1% of your purchases will be donated to the school by Target.

  

 Sooner Mall:

"My School is Cool" at Sooner Mall runs October 1 - April 30! Send your receipts to the school or deposit them in the Washington locker in the Mall.  If you need to keep the receipts, just make a copy of the receipt and turn it in to help our school win up to $10,000!! 

 

  

Box Tops & Campbell Soup Labels:
Keep collecting Box Tops and Soup Labels! You can turn them into your student's teacher at any time!

 

  

Coca-Cola - My Coke Rewards:
Earn money for physical education equipment, art supplies, or educational resources! Coca-Cola products have codes underneath the bottle cap or underneath the flap of boxes of 12 oz, 24 oz, and 32 oz boxes. Go to
 http://www.mycokerewards.com/schoolDetails.do?id=1056722235&x=77&y=14 and donate the codes under George Washington Elementary School! Or send the codes to school for us to enter!

 

Shop Online:

Here is a link to the Box Tops Website where you can earn Box Tops for our school just by going through their website when you shop online. 

Click Here  

 

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For A Complete Online PTA Calendar:

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