Anaheim Hills Elementary PTA

2015-16 AHES PTA Weekly Update

Issue #8
       10/18/15
 
Help AHES Panthers celebrate Red Ribbon Week!
  
Rachelle Yasumura     
AHES PTA President

  
  
  
In This Issue
Important Dates
Dad's Club
PTA Reflections - Art Contest
Will You Trunk or Treat?
Online Yearbook Sales
Open PTA Chair Positions
Web Awareness
OUSD update
Earn $ for AHES While You Shop
Important Dates

 

OCTOBER 

  • 10/19-10/23 - Weeklong - Red Ribbon Week / Pennies for Prevention
  • 10/23/15 - Friday - Fall Festival Family Event

November

  • 11/3:  - Tuesday - NON-STUDENT Day
  • 11/4:  -  Wednesday - Eat Out 4 Education: The Habit 4pm-9pm
  • 11/11: -  Wednesday - Veteran's Day *Holiday*
  • 11/19: - Thursday - PTA Meeting
  • 11/23-11/27 - Weeklong - Thanksgiving Holiday Break
  

 
  The PTA calendar is also available to view on our website.

Spirit Wear delivery

Be on the look out for your Spirit Wear delivery this week October 19th!

 

All deliveries will be directly to the student's teachers for distribution.       

Be all You Can Be... Live Drug Free!
                   
Please come out on Sunday October 18th, and show your AHES Pride by helping wrap red ribbons around out school!!
 
 
In honor of Red Ribbon Week, AHES students will explore all they can be by living drug free during the week of October 19-23.
 
We'll have some surprise guests, exciting assemblies, and each day students will dress up in a different theme and explore concepts related to living a drug free lifestyle.

  • Monday- Red Rally (wear red to show your support of just saying no!)
  •  Tuesday- Give Drugs the Boot (western wear)
  •  Wednesday- Follow Your Dreams (pajamas)
  •  Thursday- Be All You Can Be (dress up as your future career) 
  • Friday- PAWSitively Drug Free (blue spirit wear)

Please contact Jessica Kirkpatrick or Jannita Demian for volunteer opportunites.

  
Dad's Club Meeting
G entlemen,

The next Dad's Club meeting will be:
 
        When:   Tuesday, October 20th
        Where:  Slater's 50/50
        Time:     6:45pm
        Address:  6362 E. Santa Ana Canyon Rd.
                          Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
 
We meet to the left of the entrance towards the back tables.
Main topic: Fall Festival Haunted Houses

Reflections: Great Job!

"Let Your Imagination Fly...."

We had an amazing response this year with 66 entries for the Reflections program!

 

Thank you to all the students who participated! Classes with the most participation will be announced this week.

 

The awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday, October 27 at 6:30pm in the MPR. All participants will receive an Evite invitation to attend the ceremony.

Fall Festival, Trunk or Treat!
Mark your calendars for Friday Night Oct. 23, 2015!  

Fall Festival this Friday October 23 @ 5-8:30 pm!!!

Online bidding has officially opened for the auction!!  Place your bids!

Visit BiddingOwl to find the greatest treasures we have to offer!  Just click on this link www.biddingowl.com/AHESPTA 
and bid all week till 7pm on the night of the festival!!!

We NEED trunks!  Please consider decorating your car for the Trunk or Treat!  We provide the candy!!!!

Bring your award winning chili to participate in the Chili Cook-off!!!

Want to Volunteer your car, compete in the chili cook-off or donate items, click here for the submission form.

  • Decorate your car for the Trunk or Treat
  • Participate in the Chili Cook-Off
  • Donate items to be auctioned off in the Online Auction
  • Help the Dad's Club set up for the ever-anticipated Haunted House!
We look forward to you joining us for the fun!
 
Contact Jennifer Paino or Shah Schultz for participation info! 
  
Online Yearbook Sale ends 11/6/15!
                   
Yearbook "Offline" Order Sale
 
If you prefer to pre-order your AHES yearbook with cash or check, don't miss this sale! Order forms went home on Thursday and extra forms are available in the office.
 
The offline sale ends Friday, November 6th.
A standard yearbook is $22, but prices will go up.
S ave money by ordering now! (Online ordering is also available by visiting https://www.ahespta.org/yearbook.html.)
Open Chair Positions Available! 
 

Your children need you, the willing parent, to help keep our functions running! Please consider volunteering! You get to decide how big or small the function is. Some of the functions are handled throughout the school year while others are around planning a single event. A good portion of the roles do not require you to be available during school hours. In fact, several of our volunteer parents have full time jobs away from home and perform the functions of their chair positions on their own time and on their terms.

 

The following positions are available:

 

  • Golf Tournament - Organize our annual golf tournament 
  • Silent Auction - co-chair - Organize, coordinate and procure donated goods/services to be auctioned off
  • "I know My States" - coordinate students testing for states quiz. Scheduled for all Thursdays in February.

Volunteers make this organization successful! Thank you in advance for those generous with their time.

 

Please email me with your inquiries - anaheimhillspta@gmail.com 

 

Go Green with AHES!
Are you an energy conscience person? Then you're the right person for this role!

Our wonderful first grade teacher, Mrs. Verdone, has an opportunity for a $1,000 grant for our school!!

She is in need of a few parent helpers to make our school more "green". Not only does this encourage our students to be more Earth conscience and resourceful, it raises money for AHES!

Please take this opportunity to help!

Mrs. Verdone is leading the charge and would be happy to answer any questions regarding the role and expectations.

She can be reached here at Mrs. Verdone!

For your student to be part of the "Green Team" click here for the online signup.

  
AHES Website and more....
                   

We've added some new features to our website that we think Panther Families could benefit from!
 
  • You can view our calendar and all special events happening at AHES! You can even subscribe to it and have it loaded on to your personal calendar. Never miss a date again! Just log in to: https://www.ahespta.org/calendar.html and follow subscription instructions at the bottom.
  •  If you've volunteered for AHES and haven't had a chance to log in your volunteer hours at a PTA meeting, you can now do it from your device anywhere. Just log in to: https://www.ahespta.org/volunteer-hours-tracking-log.html and log your time. Remember, it's important to notate how much time you've volunteered for AHES in order for the PTA to maintain its non-profit status.
  • You can learn about how to read your student's SBAC test results to be mailed in the next few weeks. Have your students take sample tests in preparation for the next tests in March, and find out what you can do to ensure your student's success. Go to ahespta.org/parents and scroll down to Student Assessments - SBAC or log in to: http://assessment37.wix.com/ousdassessment 
  
Web Awareness
Increase your awareness of how kids are using the Internet and the issues they may encounter along the way.
  
What's Happening at OUSD
SBAC tests results are being mailed in the next few weeks. Learn how to understand the results and identify resources that will help prepare your student for upcoming testing in Spring 2016.

SBAC Resources are available here.
CAASPP Talking Points here.

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Annual LCAP /LCFF Survey:
(Local Control Accountability Plan)

Help our district gather information on what's working in our school and feedback to determine future funding and improvements throughout OUSD.
  
The LCAP is a continuous improvement plan aimed at meeting student and community needs.

Please take a moment to complete the annual survey here!
To understand more about LCAP, click here.
** Let your voice be heard! **
Earn Money for AHES while you shop!

AHES gets paid for pictures of receipts! Download the free Shoparoo app here or from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

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Do you shop online using Amazon Prime? Did you know that you can automatically give to AHES every time you shop? 

Simply set your browser to http://smile.amazon.com and sign into your Prime account from there. You will be prompted to choose your charity. Select Anaheim Hills Elementary PTA.

Every time you shop on smile.amazon.com AHES earns a small percentage! Since August 2015, AHES has earned $34.87 so far for this quarter!

Click on this link to find out more information on how the program works:  https://www.ahespta.org/amazon-smile.html
          

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AHES earns $0.10 for every qualifying Box Top submitted!

Find the logo on these products, clip them, Collect 50- no expired ones please, turn them in to your teacher or in the library and receive a prize!

Sign up to support our school online.  


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Clip your labels and earn free stuff for AHES!   
1.  CLIP - Clip and save UPCs and beverage/ sauce caps
2.  GIVE - Give them to your teacher or turn into the library.   
     Download forms on the PTA website or put in a sandwich bag with your name and class # on it.
3.  EARN FREE STUFF FOR OUR SCHOOL!
4.  GET- A small prize for participating.
KEEP COLLECTING & CONNECTING - Select to sign up for My School to get connected with AHES and our coordinator, Sylvia Sully.  Sign up now to register your shopper club card to earn extra points for our school! Contact our coordinator with questions at sylsully@gmail.com.
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Raising funds for our school is as easy as using

your REDcard®. Designate our school through

Take Charge of Education to give our kids a boost.

And save 5%* every time you shop.

Enroll at Target.com/TCOE or call 1-800-316-6142.

FAQs of Target's Take Charge of Education program.

 

Thank you for your donation!

AHES PTA would like to thank all the families who have taken the time to donate to our children's future!

Without you our children would not be experiencing the enrichment programs that are sponsored by your  AHES PTA.

 

Your PANTHER PRIDE is second to none, dear student! Your leadership is something students AND all parents can strive for! 

 

 

Accepting donations throughout the school year!!

 

AHES School Programs are in jeopardy!

 

Please donate!
 

Wish List Survey
                   
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Please click here
  
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