FROM THE PRESIDENT

June 1, 2013

Another school year is almost done, and what a great year we’ve had. Jacksonville parents, I just have to let you know that this year we had the most awesome, experienced and dedicated PTA Board! Thank you to the PTA Officers and Committee Chairs! This talented group of people helped make this year a tremendous success in so many ways. I learned so much from their experience, they truly made my job easy. I am grateful to all who have agreed to continue serving for next year, and say a fond farewell and thanks to those who are leaving JES and/or taking a break from service.

And a thousand thank yous to the huge group of volunteers who make Jacksonville what it is – fantastic! We are so fortunate to have such dedicated parents, grandparents, and community members. Wow!

Following this letter is an incomplete list of thanks to all the hard working volunteers who have served on committees throughout the year and on special projects. There are too many to name everyone – so if you volunteered to help in the classrooms, with an event, or in the cafeteria or in the library, please know how much your contribution means, thank you, thank you.

We have a few openings for next year, so if you are interested in chairing any of the following committees/jobs please contact me anytime over the summer:

1. Assemblies (researches and organizes educational and entertaining assemblies for the student body); 2. Library Volunteer Coordinator (organizes library volunteers);3. Picture Parent (organizes art exploration activity with each of the classes); 4. School Store (manages purchasing of items, parent volunteers and sales at school store); 5. PTA Bulletin Board/Displays (creates eye catching displays for the lobby bulletin board and other displays as needed).

We will miss all of our parents and students who are leaving JES for middle or other schools, but wish you all the best as you move on to your bright future!

I look forward to seeing everyone again in the fall! Have a wonderful summer!

Sincerely,

Kathryn Delahanty-StewartPTA President

Jacksonville Elementary PTA Volume 1 Issue 8, June 1, 2013

 

June 2013

YEARBOOKSThe 2013 JES yearbooks have arrived. If you forgot to order one and would like to now, we have a few ex-tras which will be distributed on a first come first serve basis. Yearbooks are $25 each. Please contact Amy Bachran at abachran@gmail.com to reserve yours today!

And the winners are....Top grade:1st grade

Top Homeroom:Mrs. Harlee

BOX TOPS & Labels for Education

LAST COLLECTION DAY IS JUNE 7TH!We have raised $2598.03 so far this year, and we still have one collection left!

Help us achieve & exceed our goal of $3200!!

Thank you to everyone whosent in Box Tops and Labels for Educationand the Box Top Committee who cut and counted them all!Congratulations & Well Done!!

1st grade won a popsicle party, which they had on Friday, May 31st!! AND Mrs. Harlee's class won a pizza party and they got to silly string Mrs. Keen--our third grade teacher volunteer!!

GREEN SCHOOL WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET ON BOARD FOR NEXT YEAR!

It took us a while to get up and running this year, but we've learned a lot and want to continue to grow and educate our students on being green citizens! We've increased our students awareness about recycling, spending countless hours in the cafeteria educating the kids, we had a "Green Tip of the Week" every week and we also had a fun Earth Day Assembly!

JES has an agreement with Terracycle, a green company that pays us to send in various items which they in turn recycle into different products. This year we collected over 4,000 caprisun pouches! I know we can collect tons more next year. We've just signed up to be part of the Elmer's Glue Brigade and the Scotch Tape Brigade.

When buying your school supplies this summer, please keep these two brigades in mind!

We will kick off next year with Trash Free Tuesdays right from the start. We

encourage every child to pack a trash free lunch on Tuesday and see how much trash we can reduce in our school.

Green School also maintains Johnny and Riley's Gardens, which are located

outside the 2nd/3rd grade hallways. If you enjoy gardening, we will be asking for help in

the fall to get these gardens back in shape.

Have a happy summer! Remember to do your part - go green! If you would like to help our Green School Committee, please contact Felicia Sharples at sharplesfam@gmail.com.

The PTA Executive Board and I want to give special thanks to everyone in our JES community who has helped make this year special. Each and every parent/guardian deserves our thanks for allowing their children to be part of our community and for taking care of those special little people every day. We’d also like to thank all of those people who donated money to PTA this year both for our operating funds and for our technology fund for JES. All of you help in unseen ways and we are lucky to be part of this community!

We began this year with our 2nd enormously successful JOG-A-THON, ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND SPIRIT DAY, and I would be remiss if I didn’t thank Shannon Monacelli and her team once again! Thank you Shannon Monacelli, Kay Holman, Kay Einbrod, LeeAnn Sugarman, KK Proefrock, Andrea Hallet, Crissy New, Michelle Stack, Ellen Platt, Amy Bachran, Phyllis Hilwig, Kerry Angelos, Rick Lobo.

A special thanks also to SHANNON MONACELLI AS PREVIOUS JES PTA PRESIDENT. Your guidance and constant willingness to answer my questions was never ending and so enormously helpful! Thanks for being there and for your experience and continued service!

Thanks to our SPIRIT WEAR COMMITTEE for making fun JES spirit wear and selling it at various events: Karen Maclaren, Megan Brody, Kerry Kelly and Aimee Marson.

HARVEST HOEDOWN, followed in October. Thanks Dave and Teresa Hochrein for organizing the event with help from Lisa McClellan, Chrissy New,

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SPECIAL THANKS

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Sue and Mark Musolf , Rick & Ann Lobo, Stephanie Vail, Ellen Platt, Angie Broomell, LeeAnn Sugarman, Amy Bachran, Paul Broomell, Todd Whittle.

Something new for us this year was the ORIGINAL ARTWORKS SALE. Thank you KK Proefrock, Amy Bachran, and Michelle Stack for all of the organization and delivery of art and products. Thanks to Mrs. George and Mrs. Messaros for incorporating this program into your curriculum.

AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK was another example of our hospitality committee’s amazing efforts! Thank you Lisa McClellan and your amazing team of bakers and helpers (too numerous to name)!

OUTREACH, led by Alicia Matesa this year, kept the spirit of giving alive throughout the year with the many drives to gather items for people in need. The committee took great care to evaluate their efforts and focus more on local giving where appropriate and has great plans for next year as well. Deep gratitude for tireless service: Jennifer Keenan, Anne Peek, Anna Lanford, Ellen Platt, Maureen Cannon, Lee Ann Sugarman, Aimee Anton, Stacey Curtiss, Carolyn Hrdlick, Christy O'Brien, Diane Waite, Janet Liao, Joanne Bolonda, Kay Holman, Tami Kobus, Michele Kraft, Jen Bradenburg, Adrienne Robinson, Allison DuVal, and Nancy Nolet.

Thank you YEAR BOOK CLUB: Chaired by Amy Bachran, and

assisted by Roger Coleman, Dana Levitt, Lisa Viscuso, Diane Waite.

Special thanks to Felicia Sharples and Mr. Brown for

heading GREEN SCHOOL AND GREEN SCHOOL CLUB!

In February we enjoyed another awesome and fun INTERNATIONAL NIGHT, led again by the incredible Jassi Ahuja, and her team of contributors: Carrie Goldrick, Claire Sherman, Deepa Akki, Jyoti Mohan, Seema Singhai, Rose Pallan, Hsiao-Hui Lin-Leonard, William Shen, Beiying Chen, Heather Lunn, Maureen Spillane, Pearle Ewuzie, The Mulugeta Family, The Delahanty-Stewart Family, Shannon Monacelli, Maura Flemke, Neeru Aryal Pant, Bidhya Kayastha, Lara Traska, Tricia Stavros, Susan Darraj, Laura Reiners, Miss Mitchell, Mrs.

Rodriguez, Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Richmond, Mrs. Tice. Thank you, gracias, merci, gratia, danke, dhan'yavāda धधधधधधध, Arigatō धधधधध, Xièxièधध, धधधध, asante, ahmesugenalew, спасибо, σας ευχαριστώ! (thank you in every language!).

BOXTOPS, LABELS FOR EDUCATION AND ESCRIPS/GROCERY RECEIPTS, led by Jennifer Hazelhurst, Alicia Matesa and Ann Young respectively, continue to bring in amazing amounts of dollars every year! Special thanks to the people who collect, snip, count and log them in: Jennifer Hazelhurst, Alicia Matesa, Ann Young, Kerry Kelly, Betsey Pierce, Aimee Marson, Rachel Krafft, Erin Jones.

BLOOD DRIVE: Thanks to all who donated and special thanks to Laura Reiners and her team of volunteers: Jennifer Hazlehurst, Bryarly Szalczyk, Lisa Viscuso, Jassi Ahuja, Rachel Krafft, Sally Dausch, Adrienne Robinson, Shelly Backus, Lee Ann Sugarman, Claire Meloni, Moire Riley, Robin Znamirowski, Diane Palmieri, Robin Ziegel, Holly Rozema, Mary Davis, and Ginny Rozema. In May we enjoyed so many events! Our Carnival was a ton of fun. Thank you Kerry Angelos and the CARNIVAL COMMITTEE: Margie Parker, Brooke Whittle, Jenn Reda, Alicia Matesa, Jocelyn Sabia, Susan Marziale, Tracey Santoro, Beth Collins, Amy Bachran, Amy Puente, Kelli Powell, Lisa McClellan, Chrissy New, Danielle Quattroche, Kaye Einbrod, Dana Cole. And countless volunteers to set up, break down and run the event --thank you all for your effort and energy!

Thanks to Jennifer Pollock Mueller, and room moms Heidi Bowen, Heather Lunz, Jamie Beynon, Anna Lanford, Shannon O'Rourke, Jennifer Walter, Lynn Cordell, Heather Compton, Kerry Kelly, Katja Engel, Mary Dawson Watson, Jenny Barrett, Whitney Leber, Rachel Krafft, Mary Dawson Watson for putting on all the wonderful TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK DECORATIONS, gifts and remembrances. - Great job! You made JES faculty and staff feel the love! Thank you for all of your hard work and thoughtful preparation.

Thank you Lisa McLellan, and her HOSPITALITY TEAM Jassi Ahuja, Kerry Angelos, Kathy Annis, Jamie Beynon, Jen Blum, Jen Coles, Lynn Cordell,

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Alison Dinger, Janet Liao, Kara McGee, Ellen Platt, Jenn Reda, Claire Sherman, Susan Vogel, Diane Waite, Stephanie Vail, Laura Beynon, and many others for beautiful food and atmosphere and all the care you took to feed and nourish our teachers and staff (and parents throughout the year and during TAP week) and make them feel special. We will miss Lisa's generous and creative contributions, thank you so much Lisa for all the years of service to JES!

Thank you Alicia Matesa and the outreach team for coordinating KINDNESS WEEK and reminding everyone that all the little things add up to something wonderful!

Christina Michael and the Michael family - thank you for coordinating JES O'S NIGHT! We sold more than 300 tickets and Mrs. Glinowiecki accepted the Heavy Hitter Award from the O’s on the field before the game – what a fun evening!!

Thank you ROOM PARENTS, led by Jennifer Pollock Mueller!!! Your dedication to helping our teachers and kids is priceless. Bensen: Beth Collins, Susan Durraj; Hourihan: Gail Overcash, Holly Smith; Hurley: Julie Edelson, Melissa Coady; Mitchell: Kelly Farmer, Kathryn Brayton; Rodriguez: Lisa Schline, Whitney Leber, Rachel Hoffman, Lynn Cordell; Barton: Jennifer Pollock Mueller; Epple: Betsey Pierce; Franklin: Kerry Kelly, Morgan Barrett; Poliszczuk: Stacey Curtiss; Thomas: Kay Holman, Beth Collins; Callahan: Jassi Ahuja, Linda Kelly, Kay Holman; Fink: Melissa Coady, Annette Dow; Franklin: Aimee Barnes; Vananzo: Laura Reiners, Lizzie Radebaugh; Allison: Felicia Sharples, Lisa Schline; Brown: Danielle Silldorff, Anne Peek, Ellen Platt; Caudill: Amy Bachran, Rachel Hoffman; Harlee: Laurie White, Cindy Crosby; Keen: Kelly Gonce, Aimee Marson, Katja Engel; Brown: Becky Bartholor, Kerry Angelos; Hurley: Candace Marsiglia, Magie Parker; Kunkel: Erin Drechsler; Ryan: KK Proefrock, Aimee Anton; Harmeson: Lara Traska, Brooks Whittle; Kelch: Jocelyn Sabia; Schmitz: Kathy Raskin, Diane Waite; Somerville: Kaye Einbrod, Kaija Engel; Allen and Rochmond: Sherri Elrick. And thank you to all parents who helped out when asked to pitch in through donations and parties and events!

Special thanks to all of our LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS, led by Vanessa Torbensen, and our CAFETERIA VOLUNTEERS, led by Jyoti Moyan and Jennifer Pollock Mueller.

Thank you CARSON READING ROOM volunteers led by Amy Bachran: Dan Morgan, Felicia Sharples, Kerry Kelly, Diane Waite, Kelly Farmer, Phyllis Hillwig, Eliza Tamberino, Linda Kelly, Leslie Munson, Gail Overcash, Julie Criswell, Karin Rak, Michelle Petrella, Michele Guyton, Kay Holman, Anne Peek, Vanessa Torbensen, Laura Pappas, Melissa Zimmerer, Laura Reiners, Jen Blum, Christina Michael.

Thanks to these SPECIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS, the work you do may be quiet or behind the scenes but is so very much appreciated! Art Bulletin Board, Leigh Troy; Brass and Glass, Lee Ann Sugarman; Cultural Assemblies, Laura Reiners; Directory, Kristen Connor; School Store, Laurie White; Picture Parent, Katie Bellinger; Resource Room, LeeAnn Sugarman.

Huge thanks to Danielle Confer, we are so grateful for her beautiful work and countless hours on the JES JetStream newsletters.

Thanks to Mrs. Glinowiecki, Mrs. Aumiller, Mrs. Sullivan and all of the JES faculty and staff for all that you do for our children.

Last but not least the amazing EXECUTIVE BOARD OF PTA OFFICERS (minus myself): 1st VP Volunteers, Jennifer Pollock Muelller; 2nd VP Ways and Means, KK Proefrock; Recording Secretary, Kay Holman; Treasurers, Katie Kotras and Karen Verrett; Corresponding Secretary, Amy Bachran . These incredible women donate tireless countless hours of their personal time and make it look easy. Heartfelt thanks to each one of you.

On behalf of the Board and myself, thank you!!

Kathryn Delahanty – StewartPTA President

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