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T H E Ribbit Report

IN THIS ISSUE — OCTOBER 2014

 

 

Hello Penny Creek Families and Friends,Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year. Your Penny Creek PTA is looking forward to another successful year. We’ve added new events and programs, taken away ones that were proving to be less popular as time went by and improved others that will remain. We hope many of you were able to attend our Back to School Carnival on September 12. It was a great evening of food, fun, games, raffles, inflatable rides and of course free pony rides. Plus being a PTA member held the extra benefit of free admission and a meal for each PTA member. There will be other events in the future where being a PTA member means a discounted price. Another big change coming to our program this year is the purchase of the arTree Magazine and training program for our art docents. PTA has been receiving feedback over the years about the challenges that Art Docents have with planning and preparing lessons, especially if they have little or no previous art teaching experience. Last year’s PTA Board of Directors and Art Docent Team looked into several programs for our docents to use, and found this program to be comprehensive, yet cost effective. We hope that many docents find great success by using this program. And experienced docents are more than welcome to find ways to enhance their lessons to their expertise level. The members of your 2014-2015 Board of Directors are an amazing team and have already put in countless hours to plan this year and help get it started off well. In addition our PTA is very lucky to have our many leads who manage the success of their own programs very well. We could not have our programs without them and their teams. Although the year is just starting, it’s never too early to start thinking about next year’s PTA Board of Directors. Elections for the 2015-2016 team will be held in March 2015. Many of your currently elected officers are in their 2nd year of office and per our State PTA Bylaws, are only able to serve 2 terms. This means that we need more people to take an interest filling an elected position to help ensure that your PTA will be able to continue next year. Your PTA Board of Directors for 2014-2015 is made up of the following team: • President – Alisa Yee • Vice-President/Advocacy Chair – Andrea Rosen • Co-Vice-Presidents of Volunteers – Shanley Halvorson & Katie Wilson • Vice-President of Fundraising – Cora Gefter • Treasurer – Linda Evans • Treasurer Support – Kristi Valdez • Secretary/Art Docent Co-Lead – Jessica Johnson • Board of Directors at Large: Debbie Cresanti, Laurie Bowles and Lisa Wininger We look forward to serving our Penny Creek community throughout this school year. If you have any questions about PTA, please feel free to email me at alisapcepta@yahoo.com. Have a great year!

Have a great year! Alisa Yee, 2014-2015 PTA President

Meet the PTA Board 2

Membership News 3

October Events 4

Help Wanted 6

PTA Membership 8

Principal: Chad Golden | PTA President: Alisa Yee | Production: Shandy Henderson

MISSION STATEMENT AND GOALSPenny Creek PTA adopted our mission statement and goals at our September 15, 2014 General Membership Meeting. Our 2014-15 Mission Statement is:The purpose of Penny Creek Elementary PTA is to provide programs and activities that promote parent/guardian involvement, health, welfare, safety, and education of the children of the Penny Creek community. Penny Creek PTA will work together with school adminis-tration, teachers, and staff to help each child work toward their full potential, and to create a strong sense of community and pride at Penny Creek. Penny Creek PTA will use the collective voice of its membership to advocate for all children everywhere.

Please visit our website at http://penny-creekpta.weebly.com/mission-statement-and-goals.html to find out the goals that your PTA has voted to approve for this year.

WEBSITE, FROG FLASH & FACEBOOKThere are many ways to keep up to date with PTA. Like our Facebook page, subscribe to our weekly e-Newsletter, Frog Flash, or simply check out our website for periodic updates. Your PTA e-News administrators are doing their best to keep all three of these news options updated as often as possible. If you have questions on how to access any of these, or have any questions or suggestions, please contact Alisa Yee at alisapcepta@yahoo.com.

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Meet your Penny Creek PTA Board for the 2014-2015 School Year

President: Alisa Yee is our PTA President for the second year. She has two children, Colin who is in Mrs. Wood’s class and Lehua who is in Mrs. Judd’s class. When Alisa has spare time, she enjoys reading, taking outdoor walks, and travelling or going on outings with her family. If you ask her what is on her mind most of the time, she will tell you it is what kind of good food she will eat next! Alisa went to the University of Oregon (Go

Ducks!) for her Bachelor’s and San Francisco State University where she got her Master’s. Alisa would love to travel to New Zealand some day in the near future. She really likes that Penny Creek Elementary has an amazing staff. Contact info: alisapcepta@yahoo.com

Vice-President: Andrea Rosen is our Vice-President this year. It is her 4th year serving on the Penny Creek PTA board. She has two boys, Jacob who is in Mrs. Wood’s class and Ethan who is in Mrs. Rogers’ class. When Andrea is not volunteering at the school you will more than likely find her training for something. This past summer she ran her first marathon! She received her Bachelor’s degree from Central Washington University (GO

WILDCATS)! Andrea has enjoyed being on the PTA board because she feels it is an ad-ditional support system to the administration of the school and because she loves bringing new and exciting ideas to the school community. Contact info: benay100@hotmail.com

VP of Fundraising: Cora Bocayuva Gefter is in her second year as our VP of Fundraising. She has two children. Rafael is in Mrs. Womack’s class and she has a daughter named Tatiana who is a freshman at Jackson High School. When Cora has spare time she loves to travel, visit museums, and old libraries. Cora hopes to visit China someday. She got a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidade Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro

- Brazil. Cora said she wanted to be on the PTA board so she could help bring back some of the programs her family enjoyed when her daughter was a Penny Creek Frog! Contact info: corazita@aol.com

Co-VPs of Volunteers: Shanley Halvorson is in her second year on the PTA board. She has a son named Chase in Mrs. MacDonald’s class and Austin in Mrs. Lobe’s class. She graduated from WSU and bleeds crimson! (Go Cougs!) When Shanley is not volunteering at the school or working as a nurse you will find her reading, running, camping, or going to Boston’s Trivia Nights! Someday Shanley would love to go to

the Grand Canyon. “One thing I love about Penny Creek is the staff and Dr. Golden! We are so fortunate to have such great teachers and a principal who support the PTA like they do and take my son’s allergies seriously to help keep him safe. I appreciate it immensely!” Contact info: Sjhalvorson@frontier.com or cell# 206-799-6618.Katie Wilson is in her first year on the PTA board. She has a daughter, Natalie in Mr. Jacobsens’ class and Steven who has Mrs. Daniels. When she has spare time she likes to watch the Seahawks, fish, craft and read. Katie is a Husky. She went to the University of Washington where she got a BS in Medical Laboratory Science and Microbiology. Katie decided to join the board this year because she enjoys event planning; meeting people and she wanted to help make the year memorable for the students. Contact info: Katilou@comcast.net

Treasurer: Linda Evans is our Treasurer for the second year! She is a grandparent to Hailey who is in Mrs. Womack’s class and Hunter who goes to Eisenhower Middle School. When Linda is not managing the budget for the PTA she loves to volunteer, bake, read, and watch movies and TV. Linda has spent over 5 years on the Penny Creek PTA board and it all started because her daughter volunteered her! Linda is hoping

one of these days to either skydive and/or visit Tahiti. Last year Linda became a Golden Acorn winner due to all her volunteering she does to make Penny Creek and the surrounding area better. Contact info: lindarayevans@comcast.net

LEARNING IMPROVEMENT FRIDAYS & EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE Learning Improvement Fridays (LIFs) are starting on October 3rd. This time is set-up as a collaboration time for teachers. Students are released 75 minutes early on those dates. LIF times differ from Early Release times. Times are as follows and are also listed on the school’s website at www.everettsd.org/pennycreekes

Early release (all) 12:55 p.m.

AM Pre-K & K dismissal 10:40 a.m.

PM Pre-K & K begins 11:25 a.m.

Learning Improvement Friday 2:10 p.m.

AM Pre-K & K dismissal 11:17 a.m.

PM Pre-K & K begins 12:02 p.m.

NEW NUTRITION GUIDELINES – HEALTHY HUNGER-FREE KIDS ACT If anyone is interested in learning more about the new nutrition guidelines, the Everett School District has a great resource sheet to help explain the new rules. Please go to http://docushare.everett.k12.wa.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-53036/3405P%20Stu-dent%20Wellness.pdf to learn more.

Your Penny Creek PTA is here for our students, and because of that, we like to try and get them involved in our newsletter. This month we asked a few students, “What were you looking forward to about coming back to school?” and these were some of the answers....

Sofia: “Meeting my new teacher and seeing old friends”

Diego: “Seeing my friends again”

Kai: “Seeing my friends after the summer”

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Meet your Penny Creek PTA Board continued...

Treasurer Assistant: Kristi Valdez is helping with the extensive Treasurer duties this year with the hopes she will want to take the whole job on next year! She has one daughter, Ava, who is in Mrs. Daniels’ class. When Kristi has free time you will find her visiting family and taking her dog on family hikes in the area. In the future Kristi would love to travel the world, but until that time comes, she is happy to be on the PTA board so that she can make a

positive impact in the community and help participate in her daughter’s education. She really appreciates the positive environment that Dr. Golden has established at Penny Creek encour-aging growth and enrichment opportunities. Contact info: Valdezsk@comcast.net

Secretary: Jessica Johnson is our Secretary this year. She has three boys that keep her very busy. They are: Lucas who is in Mrs. Willis’ class, Colby who goes to Kids at the Creek preschool and Oliver who is 1 years old. She loves spending time with her family and traveling when she can. Before joining the PTA board, Jessica was a teacher at Woodside Elementary. She went to Central Washington University and Lesley College. Someday she hopes to take a family

vacation to Australia! If you ask her what she loves most about Penny Creek, she is the first one to say, it is the sense of community. We are so happy that Jessica has chosen to be on the Penny Creek PTA board this year. Contact info: siandjessjohnson@msn.com

Board of Directors:Debbie Cresanti is spending her second year on the Board of Directors At-Large for the PTA. She has three children, Adam, who is in Ms. Dyer’s class, Jojo who attends Eisenhower Middle School and her daughter Jordan who is a student at Cascade High School. Debbie went to college in upstate New York and someday she would love to travel to Scotland and Ireland. If you ask Debbie why she continues to stay on the PTA board she would tell you, “I think it is important to give kids a good experience in school, and since money keeps getting cut for schools PTA is able to offer other experiences like art”. Contact info: Jcresanti@comcast.net

Laurie Bowles is also on the Board of Directors At-Large for the PTA. She has a daughter named Rebecca in Mrs. Willis’ class and a son named Carter in Mrs. Kyser’s class. In her spare time she loves to “binge watch” shows on Netflix. Currently, she is watching all episodes of Magnum, PI! She has a B.S. in Elementary Education from Greenville College and someday she hopes to see the Pyramids. If you ask Laurie what she loves most about

Penny Creek she will tell you, “I’ve really appreciated the teachers and administration….they have been so supportive of my kids, and have been great at keeping communication open”. Contact info: me@morningglaurie.comLisa Wininger is the third member of the Board of Directors At-Large. She has 4 children that keep her constantly on her toes! Benjamin who has Mrs. Strong, Olivia who has Mrs. Daniels, Amanda who is at Gateway Middle School and Emily who is at Jackson High school. As you can see she doesn’t have much spare time. Most of the time you will find Lisa driving her kids to softball, soccer, cheer, basketball, and baseball. Before having children, Lisa went to Penn State University. A long time goal of Lisa is to take a fun family vacation to Hawaii! Besides being on the Board of Directors, Lisa also puts together our student directory and she is membership chair. Contact info: wininger@aol.com

MEMBERSHIP NEWSThe winners are in for the football classroom contest! Here are the results: The first class to reach 30% was a tie between Mrs. Judd’s and Mrs. Wood’s classes. The first class to reach 60% was Mrs. Womack’s class. The first class to reach 100% was a tie between Ms. Daniels’s and Mrs. Lobe’s classes. Congratulations to these classrooms! Thank you to everyone that has joined the PTA! We have 534 members, and value your support! Questions regarding membership? Contact Lisa Wininger at wininger@aol.com.

NAME OUR MASCOT According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the meaning of a mascot is:

: a person, animal, or object adopted by a group as a symbolic figure especially to bring them good luck <the team had a mountain lion as their mascot>

As you know the mascot for Penny Creek is the FROG. Well, our frog does not have a name and your PTA thinks now is the time for the students of Penny Creek to give that frog a name! We need our students help to make this happen. Be-tween now and October 31st we would like to take ideas on what to name the Penny Creek Frog. It could be Frankie the Frog or Penny the Frog, whatever you think would be a great fit. We will take all ideas and suggestions and then the PTA board will narrow it down to three. At that time we will have classroom votes to decide on the name of our frog.

If you have any questions, please contact Andrea: benay100@hotmail.com

STAR AWARD: TADPOLE CLUB Each month the Everett PTSA Council gives out Star Awards to its Local PTA’s for programs and events that showcase PTA work at its finest. In September, Penny Creek PTA received the first Star Award of the 2014-15 School Year for our Tadpole Club. The Tadpole Club’s purpose is to help Pre-K students transition into Kindergarten. This club was conceived by Laurie Bowles who did an excellent job of getting it started and putting together a successful program. Starting from Kinder-garten registration last year, these, once future and now present Frogs, partici-pated in a variety of activities that helped them and their families get acquainted with Penny Creek and members of our staff. Before the school year started they participated in a sample classes in PE and music, went to the Summer Library Days, made t-shirts for their specialist days and met the Kindergarten teaching team. This program has been noticed by many across our school district and at the Council and State PTA levels and is consid-ered a program to emulate by other PTAs. If you know of a family with an incoming Kindergartener for the 2015-16 school year, please make sure to let them know about this great program.

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After School Drama Program – Seussical Jr.PTA will be sponsoring an after school drama program for students in grades 2-5 starting in January. Sign up flyers will be going home in Kid Mail soon. There will be an informational parent meeting on December 1st and “auditions” on December 8th. All students who sign up for the program will have a part. Students may also opt to simply forego the auditions and be part of the chorus, and

we will have opportunities for 6-8, 4th or 5th graders to take on the role of stage crew. Classes will be taught by instructors from Edge Performing Arts and Dance. Details will be included on the flyer, but if you would like more information in advance, please email Alisa Yee at alisapcepta@yahoo.com.

It’s Movie Night with“Mr. Peabody & Sherman”!Come join all your Penny Creek friends and classmates – and Mr. Peabody & Sherman – for our first Movie Night of the year! Doors open at 6:15 Friday, October 17th in the cafeteria and the PG movie starts at 6:30. Wear your favorite cozy pajamas, bring a pillow, sleeping bag or blanket and enjoy the show. Concession-style treats and refreshments will be available for purchase. Please note, as with all movie nights, this is not a drop-off event: an adult must be present with child. For any ques-tions, contact team leads Kira Monica kiramonica@yahoo.com or Andrea Rosen benay100@hotmail.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

Popcorn Fridays Start On October 3rdPre-paid popcorn flyers have already gone home in Kid Mail. Please send them in with payment ASAP if you would like to take advantage of this great option. Pre-paid popcorn is $6 for the year, or you student can opt to bring $.50 for their popcorn each time. Popcorn questions can be directed to Holly Twedt at hatwedt@gmail.com

Book FairThe Scholastic Book Fair will be held the week of conferences, October 27th - October 31st. We will be open each day from 9am-4pm. We will also be open during Mathquerade on Thursday evening 10/30. If you are interested in volunteering for a shift please contact Debbie (jcresanti@comcast.net). For every 2 hour shift that you work you can earn a $5 credit to be spent at the book fair.

Penny Creek PTA Clothing DriveNorthwest Clothing Drive Fundraiser coming soon! Keep an eye out for flyers going home at the end of October. And start saving gently used clothes. Thank you for your support! Questions, contact Cora Gefter at corazita@aol.com.

STUDENT DIRECTORY NEWS: Just a friendly reminder to turn in your student directory form that went home in the PTA first day packs. A signed form must be on file for your student’s information to be included in the student directory. The student directory is free to all PTA members and $5 for non PTA members. Questions regarding the student directory? Contact Lisa Wininger at wininger@aol.com.

OCTOBER EVENTS:2nd: Watch D.O.G.S. Kick-Off

3rd: Popcorn Friday, Learning Improvement Friday

7th: PTA Board Meeting, 7pm in the Community Room

8th: PTSA Council Reflections Training, 7pm, CRC Building

9th: Frog Fun Run Kick-Off

10th: No School

15th: Everett PTSA Council Meeting, 7pm, CRC Building

17th: Popcorn Friday, Learning Improvement Friday & Family Movie Night

21st-23rd: High School and Beyond Nights

24th: Early Release

24th & 25th: Legislative Assembly – Vancouver, WA

27th – 31st: Conference Week & Scholastic Book Fair. Students are on the Early Release Schedule

29th: Art Docent Training, 10am, Community Room

30th: Frog Fun Run & Mathquerade

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGNovember 17th at 7pm in the school library

We will have a couple guest speakers from the district who will talk about Common Core and the new Smarter Balanced Assessment tests. They will help us to understand how the new testing program will work and bring sample test for us to try. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about these changes affecting our students.

HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND NIGHTSJackson High School - October 21st Cascade High School - October 22nd Everett High School - October 23rd

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Frog Fun Run Kicks Off On October 9thOur big, all school, PTA fundraiser will kick off on October 9, with the fun run taking place on Thursday, October 30th during lunch recesses. The goal of this fundraiser is to cover our PTA operating expenses for the year. Please go to http://pennycreekpta.weebly.com/2014-2015-budget.html to see the budget. New this year is the opportunity for students to receive a free fun run t-shirt

if they raise $55 or more. Don’t forget about matching funds! Students unable to raise the $55 will still have the opportunity to purchase a t-shirt. Fun Run Packets will be sent home via Kid Mail. Or you can also go to our website at http://pennycreekpta.weebly.com/2014-frog-fun-run.html to download a packet. Fun Run questions can be directed to Cora Gefter at corazita@aol.com or Alisa Yee at alisapcepta@yahoo.com.

FUN RUN PRIZES • Prize levels will be established for amount of donations collected per student (including

Matching Funds).

• All students will receive a participation prize regardless of the amount of the donation collected.

• Other prizes will be awarded to students based on their total donations received and collected by October 30, 2014.

Top 3 Individual Student Donation Prizes: The top 3 students with the highest total donations win these cool prizes: 1. XBox One System 2. iPad Mini 3. $100 Fred Meyer Gift Card

Top 3 Classroom Prizes: The top 3 classes with the highest donations win one per student: 1. $10 Book Fair Voucher (March 2015) 2. Lunch Outside 3. Caterpillar Keychain

Whole School Prizes: • Raise $15,000: Cartoons @ Lunch • Raise $25,000: The Reptile Man

The Top Fundraiser per class earns the chance to be principal, vice principal, PE teacher, or librarian for a day

THANK YOU TO OUR FROG FUN RUN SPONSORS Premier Level Sponsors

Monoprice - http://www.monoprice.com/

Mill Creek Children’s Dentistry (Dr. Leland Shenfield & Team) http://www.millcreekkidsdentistry.com/

Mill Creek Fred Meyer

Thank you also to Cornerstone Chiropractic (http://cornerchiro.com/) for their generous donation.

AZTECA DINE-OUT – NOVEMBER 3RD AND 4THHello Penny Creek Community! Please save November 3rd and 4th for our first Dine out of the 2014-2015 school year, at Azteca Mexican Restaurant in Mill Creek!

Dine at Azteca’s on Monday November 3rd or Tuesday November 4th at any time. Bring your “Amigo Bucks” voucher and Azteca will donate 20% of your bill towards Penny Creek PTA. “Amigo Bucks” vouchers will be sent home via kid mail at the end of October. Reservations are encouraged. If you have any questions, please contact our VP of Fundraising, Cora Gefter at corazita@aol.com

EASY FUNDRAISERSFred Meyer Community Rewards: Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to Penny Creek PTA at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for us by our name or by our non-profit number 82471. Fred Meyer will make a do-nation to our PTA based on the amount of purchases made by customers with cards linked to Penny Creek PTA. This will not take away from your own rewards. You will still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points and Rebates, just as you do today.

Shoparoo: Shoparoo is a free mobile app available on iPhone and Android that turns pictures of your grocery receipts into instant donations. Shop at any store, buy any product, and simply snap a pic of the receipt with Shoparoo to make a donation to Penny Creek Elementary - PTA. Just fol-low this link and start fundraising: http://app.shoparoo.com/share/doxkm9sw

Escrip: Take advantage of the many ways to donate to PTA through this program.1. Link up your Safeway Club Card so

a percentage of your purchases are donated back to our PTA. You must renew your card annually.

2. Use your Bartell’s B Caring Card. Don’t have one? Sign up today!

3. Shop online at the Escrip Mall.4. Dine at a participating restaurant.

Please note that if you are a Safeway shopper, you must renew your card annually at the start of the school year, and credit card purchases do not apply towards this program.

That Tutoring Place – (425)385-8224, 1700 132nd St. SE, Suite K, Mill Creek

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Wanted, Wanted Read All About It!Leads are needed for the following areas: Financial Review, Nominating Committee, Reflections and Rockin’ Recess Runners. Please see below for more details on each team.

What is a Lead? A Lead is the volunteer for a PTA event that organizes and executes the event with a team of volunteers. Help is always available to assist leads in fulfilling their vision for an activity, be it making signs, obtaining technology, or cleaning up after the event. Thank you to all the Leads signed up so far for 2014-2015! There are a few spots open; contact a VP of Volunteers, Shanley Halvorson (sjhalvorson@frontier.com) or Katie Wilson (katilou@comcast.net) if you are interested.

Financial Review: This team does a twice yearly review of our financial books following a checklist provided by the Washington State PTA. Reviews are completed in January and early July.

Nominating Committee: This team is responsible for finding candidates for the 2015-2016 Executive Committee, which we will elect in March 2015. Those positions are: President, Vice-President, VP of Volunteers, VP of Fundraising, Secretary and Treasurer. We will be voting in our Nominating Committee at our November General Membership Meeting. If you would like more details or to be considered for this team, please email pennycreekpta@yahoo.com.

Reflections Program: We are currently in need of a lead for the Reflections Art Program. The Reflections Program is a National PTA and Washington State PTA cultural arts competition. The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative tal-ents by expressing themselves through their own original works. The six art areas are: Visual Arts Photography, Literature, Music Composition, Dance Choreography, and Film Production.

The 2014-15 Reflections theme is: “The world would be a better place if…” If you would be interested in leading this program, please contact Alisa Yee at alisapcepta@yahoo.com for more details. There is a training session on October 8th, so it would be great to have a lead in place before that day.

Rockin’ Recess Runners: The Rockin’ Recess Runners Lead sets up a schedule of parent /guardian volunteers to play music for our students during their Friday lunch recesses, weather permitting. Students will be encouraged to run around the “Frog Track,” dance to the music or simply enjoy themselves while listening to some of their favorite music. As a lead you will also be asked to know how to set-up and work the music system and train volunteers as needed. Depending on the weather, this activity may not take place until the Spring.

WATCH D.O.G.S. PROGRAM NEEDS YOU! Our Watch DOGS program has hit the ground running since school started but that doesn’t mean we don’t want more great male role models volunteering and spending the day with the student in your life. Ask any Dad who has participated in this great program and you’ll hear countless testimony of how much fun they had at school with their student and volunteering in the classroom. Not sure what Watch D.O.G.S. is? Watch D.O.G.S. is a national program that has been part of Penny Creek for many years. A K-12 program, invites fathers, grandfathers, uncles, or other father figures to volunteer at least one day all day at their child’s/student’s school during the school year. Individuals sign up at a kick-off or in the office at any time throughout the school year. The program is overseen by a “Top Dog” volunteer who partners with the school administrator to coordinate scheduling and identify opportunities for Watch D.O.G.S. to provide assistance at the school. Watch DOG volunteers perform a variety of tasks during their volunteer day including monitoring the school entrance, assisting with unloading and loading of buses and cars, monitoring the lunch room, or helping in the classroom with a teacher’s guidance by working with small groups of students on homework, flashcards, or spelling. For more information or if you are wanting to sign-up to vol-unteer please contact your “Top Dog” program lead JeRae McCoy @ jeraemccoy@gmail.com or Laurie Bowles @ me@morningglaurie.com Please remember to sign up by Thursday of the week PRIOR to the day you would like to volunteer to allow staff to plan for your participation. Also all volunteers at Penny Creek Elementary need to have current volunteer approval through the Everett School District prior to volunteering. You can take care of the background check at https://jobs2.everett.k12.wa.us/winocular/volunteer/

CAN WE GET A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS?We brought back the Carnival and it was a huge success thanks to all of our great families who attended and all the amazing volunteers that made this event possible! Thank You to Shanley Halvorson and Linda Evans for plan-ning this entire event and Katie Wilson for heading up volunteers and the all the raffles! We would like to thank all the following for volunteering their time to help make this event possible! Alisa Yee, Lisa Wininger, Linda and Ray Evans, Sherry Pellitier, Cheryl Yates, Cora and Tatiana Gefter, Holly Twedt, Rachel Norn, Jessica Johnson, Jessie Callahan, Kristi Valdez, Melissa Tolle, Mary Ander-son, Janelle Finlon, Debbie and Jordan Cresanti, Kirston Moore and family, Anisa Kriekenbeek, Joanna Peterson, Starla DeLap, Vivian Lehtinem, Sarah Sund-strom, Heather and Gracie Emans, Shelly and Kira Goetz, Kira Monica, Shannon Osmonson, Erin Broxson, Katie and Steve Wilson, Asha Singla, Katherine Berlier, Shannon Van Duzer, Eric Frei, Mari Casal, and the Neelman Family. We want to thank all the staff that stayed and helped set-up, serve food, run games, face paint, hand out balloons and much more! Dr. Golden, Mr. Harvey, Mrs. Judd, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Dilling, Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Weiland, Mrs. Atterson, Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. Geibel, Mrs. Willis, Mr. Wheeler, Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Donohew, Mrs. Bratton, Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Woodrum, Diane Mitchell, Michael Chandler and Don Cruson and their families and students from Jackson High School and Cascade High School! We would also like to thank Snohomish Fire Dept. Station 7 and The Boy Scouts for providing fun activities for the kids as well as Sylvan Learning, IRG Rehab, and Mathnasium for sponsoring games and the Penny Creek PTA.

Thank You to Our Picture Day Volunteers: Stacy Bratager, Bless Cahoon, Danielle Stokes, Erin Palmer, Kristi Valdez, Melissa Jenkins, Shannon Osmonson, Diana Powers

Thank You to all the wonderful staff members, parents, grandparents, guardian, siblings – everyone - who have signed up and volunteered for many of our PTA Events and activities!

Help Wanted

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Thank you to the following people who have already signed up to be a Lead for the 2014-2015 year.

ACTIVITY LEADAdvocacy Andrea RosenArt Docent Jessica Johnson & Debbie CresantiAssemblies PTA BoardBirthday Book Club Tori ChoBingo for Books Sherry PelletierBook Fair Debbie Cresanti & Erin PalmerBox Tops/Labels Erin PalmerDay with Dad Si and Jessica JohnsonFacebook Andrea RosenFifth Grade Celebration Rachel NornField Day Scott HudsonFinancial Review Health Screening Volunteers Heather EmansHop Shop Angie Karr & Heidi EsolaJr. Achievement Monica MurphyLibrary Helpers Mrs. MohrLost and Found Chante CairusMorning with Mom Jovie GametMovie Night Andrea Rosen & Kira MonicaNewsletter Shandy HendersonNominating Committee Picture Day Helpers Debbie CresantiPopcorn Fridays Holly TwedtReflections Recess Runners Science Day LeAnn LangstonSpelling Bee Gina CorpeningStaff Appreciation Heather EmansSTEM Fair Melissa Closs-BrewerTadpole Club Laurie BowlesTalent Show Kelliegh McCoyWatch D.O.G.S. JeRae McCoy & Laurie BowlesWebsite Alisa YeeYearbook Jennifer Neeleman

The following programs are not spon-sored by Penny Creek PTA 7.3.42, Penny Creek Elementary or the Everett School District. Please contact each program directly for more information or to register.

LEARN TO SPEAK SPANISH AND MANDARINForeign Language for Youth is offering Spanish and Mandarin Chinese classes to students at Penny Creek beginning the week of October 13, 2014 and ending in spring, 2015. Classes meet at Penny Creek Elementary. Tuition is $349. Ask about our scholarships and payment plans. To register go to: https://www.foreignlanguageforyouth.org/pennycreek. For more information, contact Kristy Waters at kristy@fl4y.org or 425-420-2854 or visit www.foreign-languageforyouth.org

MILL CREEK PARKS & RECREATIONFall Registration is now open. Don’t miss out on fun classes such as: Gymnastics, Music, Fitness, Art, Soccer, Ballet, Cheer-leading, Babysitting Safety, Baseball & Pitching, , and Cupcake Classes. Youth Basketball League registration due by October 17th. For more information, contact www.cityofmillcreek.com or 425-745-1891.

What Membership Is: 1. Sign of support for the students

and staff at Penny Creek Elem. 2. It’s our legislative voice! Over $9

of your membership dues go to-wards Council, State & National PTA dues that in turn allows you, and Penny Creek PTA, a voice to advocate for our children.

3. Helps provide funds for both inside and outside the classroom.

4. A vote on issues concerning our students and PTA funds at our PTA general membership meetings.

What It Is Not: Volunteerism - Penny Creek PTA welcomes all volunteers, but it is not a requirement of our members.

Penny Creek PTA 2014-2015 Membership Drive

Membership Goal 2014-2015: Achieve both 100% general membership (a member to represent each student) and 100% staff membership! Membership Cost: $20 For two people (parents, grandparents, family,

friends) $10 For an individual $34 For PTA Bundle (includes membership for 2 peo-

ple and 1 yearbook. Additional yearbooks can be pur-chased for $14 each when purchasing the PTA bundle. Save $4 by bundling– yearbook purchased alone will be $18.) * Best Value

Membership Includes: Over $20 in discounts for school activities Free Penny Creek student directory Discounts at national retailers such as Staples, Hertz,

AARP, and Sylvan Learning

Did you know the PTA has fund-ed the following programs? Science Day ($5,000) Staff Grants ($5,000) Moby Max for ALL students

($500) Art Docent program ($1,300) Back-to-School Bash ($2,000) Membership Dues = Advocacy Voice; while Fundraisers = Funding for Programs & Events

Questions about Membership? Email Lisa Wininger at

wininger@aol.com

Member Information: Name (Member #1): ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Email: __________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________ * ONLY for PTA newsletter, meeting notices, announcements, and frog flash

Name (Member #2): ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Two-person or PTA bundle memberships only Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Email: __________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________ * ONLY for PTA newsletter, meeting notices, announcements, and frog flash Student Name: _________________________________________________________ Teacher: _________________________________

Student Name: _________________________________________________________ Teacher: _________________________________

Student Name: _________________________________________________________ Teacher: _________________________________

Please Select All That Apply: 2 person membership - $20 $__________ 1 person membership - $10 $__________ PTA Bundle - $34 $__________ Additional yearbooks - $14 each $__________ (discounted yearbooks only available with PTA bundle) Yearbook (without PTA bundle) —$18 $__________ Pass the Hat Donation (tax-deductible) $__________ Gift Membership Fund (tax-deductible) $__________ Gift Membership Needed - $0 (completely confidential) $__________ Membership Fee and/or Donation TOTAL $__________

Pass the Hat Donation: This is a simple way to support PTA programs and activities at Penny Creek. Your one time donation to Penny Creek PTA can be for any amount and is tax deductible.

PTA provides gift memberships for those individuals that are tight on funds. Please request this option if needed - we don’t want money to prevent you from joining the PTA.

Return this form with payment (cash or check paya-ble to Penny Creek PTA) to Penny Creek or mail to:

Penny Creek PTA Membership 4117 - 132nd St. SE, Everett, WA 98208

For PTA use only: Date: __________________ Cash or Check #: _________ Amount: _______________

One TEAM, One DREAM