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Important Dates:
September 15-19 Fall Book Fair
Friday, September 19 Ice Cream Social 5:30 p.m.—7:00 p.m.
Monday, September 22 PTO Board Meeting 8:30 a.m.
Friday, October 3 End of 1st Quarter
October 6-10 No School—Fall Break
Monday, October 13 No School—Staff Development
Friday, October 17 Picture Day
Monday, October 20 PTO Board Meeting 8:30 a.m.
October 20-24 Water & Ice Week
Thursday, October 23 Early Release Day (Teacher Conferences)
Friday, October 24 Pumpkin Walk
Thursday, October 30 Picture Day—Retakes
Tuesday, November 11 No School—Veteran’s Day
Monday, November 17 PTO Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Monday, Nov 24—Wednesday, Nov 26 Water & Ice Week
Wednesday, November 26 Turkey Trot
Thursday, Nov 27 & Friday, Nov 28 No School—Thanksgiving
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Congratulations to Cerritos; A Leadership Academy!
This year we are celebrating our 20th year, and we raised over $20,000 in our “Be A Beacon” Donation Drive. We are off to a Win-Win start for the school year because the response we had to the Donation Drive was amazing! We are so grateful for your generosity. In addition to parents donating, we had many students offer up coins from their piggy banks and employers graciously matching funds.
Thank you to all the individuals who helped make this fundraiser possible, from securing donations for the grand prize, preparing materials, collecting and processing donations, and tracking class progress. Thank you to the teachers who synergized with their classrooms and offered fun incentives to pump up the enthusiasm.
With our goal reached, the PTO will be able to support the Cerritos teachers and staff, provide additional educational materials and resources for the classrooms, and help fund the community-building events such as our Ice Cream Social, Pumpkin Walk, and Spring Carnival. Your money goes to the purchase of musical instruments, playground equipment, classroom subscriptions, continuing education for teachers, classroom supplies, and so many other big and small efforts to keep Cerritos a very special school.
Moving forward, we will continue to sell Otter Pops on Fridays after school until Fall Break (the only exception being this Friday). We are off to a great start with our Fall Book Fair, which directly supports our library. We appreciate everyone who has volunteered his or her time and talents to make this Book Fair a great success. The students are really looking forward to the Ice Cream Social, too! Keep looking for more Sign-Up Genius requests, as we will need volunteers for the Pumpkin Walk and Turkey Trot this fall. The yearbook team is hard at work already, so don’t forget to snap pictures of all the exciting things that happen at Cerritos. And of course, mark your calendars for the next PTO meeting on September 22nd. We would love to see you there.
All the best,
Jessica Harris PTO Vice President [email protected]
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Quick Links:
Fall Book Fair: click here
Ice Cream Social: click here
Leadership Day: click here
PTO Workroom Days: click here
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Cerritos Ice Cream Social:
Friday, September 19
5:30 p.m.—7:00 p.m.
I scream! You scream! We all scream for FREE ice
cream! Let’s kick off the year with some cool fun at
our first event of the 2014-2015 school year! And, yes,
you heard right — this event is FREE! (There is no
charge for ice cream, toppings or water.)
Bring your family and create your own ice cream
sundaes in the courtyard while we enjoy music
provided by our own DJ —- Mr. G!
Please note: There will be gluten-free and dairy-free
options available. In the event of rain, an alternate
location has been identified.
Thanks to Christina Weinmann for chairing this fun
event!
To volunteer, please click here.
Are there any DADS who would be
willing to be the roadrunner mascot for
a 20 minute shift? The kids LOVE to
see Speedy and have their picture
taken with him! To volunteer as
mascot, please click here.
Come to a land where reading
reigns supreme!
Book Fair Shopping Hours: September 15-19
* M-F 10:20 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
* M, T, TH, F 2:20-3:00 p.m.
* W 12:20-1:00 p.m.
* Also open during the Ice Cream Social
(Friday, September 19)
We still need a few more volunteers to fully staff our
Book Fair. To sign up, please click here.
A BIG Thank You to Andrew Thomas for
chairing our Fall Book Fair!
Fall Scholastic
Book Fair
Does your family love to read? You're in luck! The
Fall Scholastic Book Fair will be at Cerritos from 9/15 -
9/19 ... and even during our Ice Cream Social! In
addition to providing great books to our young
minds, the Book Fair provides much-needed funds to
the Cerritos Library. All proceeds from the Book Fair
will go toward purchasing new equipment and/or
books for the Cerritos Library.
Too excited to wait? You can shop online RIGHT now! Just go to the Online Book Fair, which can be found at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/kyrenedeloscerritosschool
Happy shopping! See you at the Book Fair!
By Andrew Thomas,
PTO Book Fair Chairperson
Spirit Wear Deliveries
Spirit Wear Orders will be delivered through your child’s teacher the week of September 22 for those who submitted a pre-order.
Questions? Email [email protected]
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Master Volunteer List
If you would like to get “plugged in” as a PTO
Volunteer, please email our Volunteer Coordinator, Diana
Colletti, at [email protected].
Typically, when we have a need for volunteers, a request is
emailed out to our Master Volunteer List through
SignUpGenius. Then, you can sign up for the volunteer
opportunities that fit best in your own personal calendar!
Volunteers In Action
Curriculum Night was a big success this year!
Thank you to Amy Perciballi, Griselda Moreno, Heidi
Grant, Janie Miller, Jennifer Metzger, Jessica Harris, Leslie
Swanson, Noe Overholt, Shannon Smith, Tracy Jelinek,
and Valerie Godwin for donating time to man our PTO
tables for Spirit Wear Sales and our Be a Beacon Donation
Drive. Thanks also to Jennifer Metzger and Valerie Godwin
for their hospitality in providing dinner for our teachers!
Save the Date!
Cerritos Pumpkin & Costume Walk
Friday, October 24 5:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Some highlights of this year's event:
FREE event with music by Mr. G!
ALL students that attend get a raffle ticket for a chance
to win our raffle basket drawing. Those that win
automatically win a prize for their teacher too!
Costume WALK - all students that dress up will be
automatically entered with a raffle ticket for a chance to
win for their grade level.
Donations will be accepted for Kyrene Family
Resource Center up to and including that evening.
Please consider donating a) new/used halloween
costumes, b) non-perishable food items, and/or c)
hygiene items.
Find that Perfect Pumpkin: Showcase your Jack-O-
Lantern for the hauntingly eerie "Pumpkin Walk."
Much more to come! Be on the lookout for more detail on
the event and how you can donate some needed items,
over the next few weeks….
We’re looking forward to a Ghoulishly fun time with all of
our Cerritos families on Friday, 10/24.
Questions? Donations? Volunteering? Please contact
Cindy Westlund at 602-332-6270.
Workroom Days:
Did you know that oftentimes
teachers have to stay late and
come in on the weekends (with no
A/C) to prep their classroom materials?
In order to directly support our teachers with their
curriculum preparation, the PTO sponsors “Workroom
Days” every Tuesday and Thursday. Teachers leave work
requests throughout the week and parent volunteers
assist them by completing the requests on T/TH.
No experience is necessary. We will show you how to use
all the workroom equipment. This is a great grassroots
way for parents to support our teachers. The teachers
appreciate it SO MUCH!
Thank you to Jessica Harris for coordinating Workroom
Days this year! To volunteer, please click here.
By Cindy Westlund,
Pumpkin Walk Chairperson
The Beacon Burns Bright at Cerritos!
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The Cerritos PTO would like to thank
each and every family that donated to
our recent Be a Beacon Donation
Drive. We were blown away by the generosity of our
Cerritos community! We surpassed our goal of $20,000,
which will fund our PTO budget for the upcoming school
year.
Here are the winners of our Be a Beacon contests:
Grand Prize Basket —Family
Entertainment Package (worth over
$700) … Winner will be drawn on Friday at
the Dance Party!
Most $ Raised by Grade Level — These teachers win
their Book Fair Wish Box (up to 10 books):
Preschool — Ms. Bell’s Class Kindergarten— Ms. Strom’s Class
1st Grade — Ms. Foster’s
Class
2nd Grade — Ms. Tibbott’s Class
3rd Grade — Ms. Callaghan’s
Class
4th Grade — Ms. Bordelon’s Class
5th Grade — Ms. Eger’s Class Extended Resource—Ms. Colvin’s
Class & Ms. Griffin’s Class
Classes that raised more than $1,000 (these classes
win their classroom incentive/prize) — Foster,
Makela, Tibbott, Baumann, Callaghan, Bordelon,
Eger, McKenna, Wontor
Classes that hit more than 75% participation (these
classes win an Otter Pop Party) — Strom, Wolf,
Foster, Makela, Cook, Tibbott, Baumann, Mandola,
McKenna, Wontor
Overall School-Wide Goal of $20,000 — THE
WHOLE SCHOOL WINS A …
D A N C E P A R T Y ! ! !
(Dance Party will be held on Friday,
September 19 at 2pm!)
Thank you to Shannon Smith for chairing our Be a
Beacon Donation Drive this year! Thanks also to our
entire PTO Board for their support throughout the Drive!!
Special Thank You to Our Sponsors
Cerritos PTO would like to extend a BIG
THANK YOU to Woolaver
Orthodontics for being the major
sponsor of our Be a Beacon Donation
Drive! Dr. Woolaver’s office generously
donated $500 for our Grand Prize!
We also appreciate the generosity of
Florencia Pizza Bistro, Stratum Laser
Tag, and Main Event Entertainment for
making donations towards our Grand
Prize.
Employer Gift Matching Programs
Did you know that over $3,300 of our $22,000 in our Be a
Beacon Donation Drive was generated through employer
gift matching programs? That’s 15%! Cerritos PTO would
like to thank the following employers for matching gifts:
Bank of America, Charles Schwab, Express Scripts, Freeport
-McMoRan, Hewlett Packard, Humana, Intel, Microsoft,
PepsiCo, and Tibco Software. Many of these companies
matched the parent donation dollar-for-dollar and one
company even double matched!
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Health Office Reminder —
When to Keep Your Child
Home From School
In an effort to keep illness out of the school, the District
has established some guidelines of when you should keep
your child home from school when he/she is sick. Please
keep your child at home if they display any of the following
symptoms:
Fever of 101.0 degrees or higher. A child should be
fever-free for 24 hours without fever reducing
medication before returning to school.
Persistent cough
Sore throat with fever
Rash with fever illness, such as chicken pox, measles,
etc.
Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
Red, itchy and draining eyes. If conjunctivitis or “pink
eye” is diagnosed, the child must be on medication for
24 hours before returning to school.
Prolonged headache or stomachache
Earache
Toothache
Symptoms that prevent your child from participating
comfortably in school activities (extreme signs of
tiredness, unexplained irritability or persistent crying)
If your child has mild respiratory or cold symptoms (stuffy
nose with clear drainage, sneezing, mild cough, no fever),
he/she may attend if able to participate in school activities.
Volunteers Caught Doing Good!
A BIG thanks goes out to all the volunteers
who helped with the Hearing and Vision
Screenings including: Amy Huffman,
Angela Parnell, Brandee Zeal, Carissa Espinoza, Christina
Weinmann, Cindy Westlund, Claudia Taylor, Cris Carter,
Crystal Boyd, Diana Colletti, Donna Chapman, Fiona
Dillon, Heidi Giebel, Steve Giebel, John Jurik, Leslie
Swanson, Lisa Ramirez, Maggie Penman, and Roisin
O’Neill.
We also appreciate Jessica Harris for stepping up to
coordinate this effort! Ms. Collett, our Health Assistant,
could not have done it without any of you!
Health Advice from Ms. Collett:
“Parents should have children wash
hands when they arrive home from any
public place including school, and before
eating food to minimize exposure to cold
and flu germs. Hand washing is one of
the best ways to minimize the spreading of illness.”
- Suzanne Collett, Cerritos Health Assistant
Donations for Health Office
The Health Office is in need of a few donated items for this school year to support our students needs:
Boys and girls flip flops
Boys and girls new underwear
of all sizes
Clorox wipes
Kleenex
Thank you for your ongoing support of the Cerritos Health Office!
Have You Renewed Your
eScrip Membership This Year?
eScrip memberships must be renewed annually. To
renew your eScrip membership, please click here.
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2013-2014 Cerritos PTO Executive Board:
News from the Kyrene District
School Boundary Changes
The Kyrene School District has started reviewing school boundary change options that directly
impact Cerritos and the surrounding area. During the Sept. 2nd meeting, the committee
reviewed five options that could shift school enrollments across Ahwatukee.
The committee is very interested in hearing from more Ahwatukee parents, so if you can attend future meetings, your
input is appreciated. As it stands, the first meeting closed with the ask for additional details to be provided at the next
meeting. This is a great opportunity to have your voice heard! For more information, click here.
Front Office Modification Project
The Kyrene District is currently undergoing a project to redesign the Front Office of all of its elementary and middle schools. Seven Kyrene schools were modified this past summer; the remaining 18 (including Cerritos) will be completed during the summer of 2015.
Why the redesign? The goal of this project is to make the offices more secure, but keep them as welcoming to the community as possible.
What will be the most notable changes? Modifications include:
Enhanced security for the school office by creating two lobbies—one for students and one for visitors
Access to the rest of the school through a “buzzable door” controlled by office staff
Plate glass (see-through) will separate the office area from visitors’ lobby (provides sense of security without being too restrictive)
Several of the schools who had the remodel done this past summer have commented in district meetings on how pleased they were with the implementation and end result of the modifications at their school.
For more information about this project, click here.
To read a recent article in Ahwatukee Foothills News related to the front office redesigns, click here.
Kyrene Akimel A-al Middle School
Kyrene de las Brisas
Shannon Smith President
Email: [email protected]
Jessica Harris Vice President
Email: [email protected]
Amy Perciballi Secretary
Email: [email protected]
Heidi Grant Financial Secretary
Email: [email protected]
Tracy Jelinek Treasurer
Email: [email protected]
Diana Colletti Volunteer Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Jane Miller Communications
Email: [email protected]
Valerie Godwin Hospitality
Email: [email protected]
Jennifer Metzger Hospitality
Email: [email protected]
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Have a Target RedCard? Be sure to designate Cerritos as your desired school.
If not, apply today! Once approved, be sure to designate Cerritos as your
desired school.
Not interested in another credit card? That’s ok! You can link your current
checking account to a Target Debit Card.
When using a Target RedCard, 1% of your purchases will be donated to Cerritos!
Also, Target RedCards (Credit & Debit) give you 5% discount on Target purchases,
free shipping on target.com, and an extra 30 days to return items!
Register for Fry’s Community Rewards at www.FrysCommunityRewards.com.
Go to “Create an Account” (top right) if you don’t already have one. After you
create an account, you will receive an email confirmation. Then, go back into the
website, sign in and select “My Account” and then “Account Settings”. Click “edit”
under Community Rewards. Fill out the requested information and then under
“Find Your Organization”, enter the NPO number for Cerritos — 80098. Make sure
to select Cerritos & save changes!
To register / renew your Safeway eScrip membership:
Log onto www.eScrip.com
Enter the School I.D.: 6659819
Link your Safeway grocery card #.
Remember: eScrip memberships must be renewed each year!
* Look for products that have a Box Top for Education label.
* Clip box top / save in Ziploc bag.
* Label Ziploc bag with your child’s name, teacher’s name, & # of Box Tops.
* Turn in Box Tops to classroom teacher.
* Classes will receive awards for most Box Tops collected!
Planning to make purchases on amazon.com? If you access Amazon through our
Cerritos Amazon Link prior to adding your items to your cart, the PTO will receive
a percentage back from your purchases. Please be sure to share this link with family
and friends (especially for holiday shopping!)
