Anaheim Hills Elementary PTA

2015-16 AHES PTA Weekly Update

Issue #10
       10/25/15
A leader is the one who Knows the way, Goes the way, and Shows the way!

Thank you 
Mrs. Mostafa
for being our leader at AHES!

Make it a wonderful week!

Rachelle Yasumura     
AHES PTA President

In This Issue
Important Dates
Message from Mrs. Mostafa
Online Yearbook Sales
Reflections Success
Trunk or Treat Sweets
Open PTA Chair Positions
Info from the Web
OUSD update
Earn $ for AHES While You Shop
Important Dates

 

OCTOBER 

  • 10/27 - Tuesday - Reflections Awards

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
  • 11/20: - Friday - End of Trimester
  • 11/23-11/27 - Weeklong - Thanksgiving Holiday Break
     
  The PTA calendar is also available to view on our website.

Message from Mrs. Mostafa...

  Pennies for Prevention Update:

                 

The students brought in an amazing 360 lbs of pennies. With some confusion of pounds vs. dollars, I attempted to figure out how many pennies would equal a pound.  With that being said, it was estimated that the 360 pounds of pennies converted to approximately $756.

I will keep my promise to the kiddos and put my dancing shoes on this Friday, October 30th!!! I love and admire their perseverance.
 
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.)

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.

~A Night to Remember~
Thank you to all the families who attended our annual Fall Festival Trunk or Treat!
 
 
Amazing job by our event chairs, Jennifer Paino and Shah Schultz to bring the entire event together!
 
Thank you to all the families who donated candy, chili and decorated their trunks to the amazement of all! Great work by our Dad's Club and volunteers for our two Haunted Houses, Prestige Coffee and 4th & 5th Grades for providing beverages and food!
 
Congratulations to those of you who were awarded the winning bid for the online auction, you would've received a message informing your of payment instructions. Your winning item will be provided upon remittance of payment.
 
It was a fun and successful event!

Visit our Anaheim Hills Facebook Group located at https://www.facebook.com/groups/AHESPTA/ to post and view pictures of the event!
 
Red Ribbon Success!

Thank you to Jessica Kirkpatrick and Jannita Demian for coordinating our amazing Red Ribbon Week! From coordinating the daily themes to decorating our school to infuse our AHES Panther spirit! The students all had an opportunity to visit with our military and Anaheim Fire Fighters this week.

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

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

 

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

 

Info from the Web

  
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.

  
What's Happening at OUSD
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.

Saving & Raising
We have partnered with Goodshop so that now you can feel great about your online shopping! Goodshop gives you the best coupons for thousands of stores like Target, Apple, Amazon, Petco and more AND a percentage of what you spend on virtually every purchase is donated to our cause!

Plus, with the Goodshop app for iPhone and iPad, you can shop, save, and give on the go.

Save money and help a good cause every time you shop! Check it out: www.goodshop.com. You can also read about Goodshop in the New York Times, the Today Show, Oprah Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and others!
  
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Please click the link for entering Box Tops Sweepstakes to earn extra CASH for our school!
  
You can enter up to one time per day.  You just need to register on line and pick our school.
  


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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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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.  
 
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!
 

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Please click here
  
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