We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and wish all of you a very happy and healthy 2010! To do our part in “Growing Up Green,” we’re working to shorten our newsletter & are posting information about events & fundraisers on our website to help reduce amount of paper sent home. We will no longer be sending home reminders in the students’ backpacks! To add your e-mail address, please contact Chris Washeleski at [email protected].
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Browning Elementary PTA Special Deliveries for Jessica Baker & the Baker Family
Browning Families, Students, & Staff:
Please feel free to deposit any Well Wishes, Holiday Cards, Notes of Support, Etc. for “speedy delivery” to Jessica & the Baker family in the large gift wrapped box outside of the Browning Office.
Jessica Baker is a de
lightful 6th Grade student at Browning Elementary. A talented & energetic soccer player, Jessica’s family (Mom Terri, Dad Jeff, & brothers John, Ryan, and Jacob) became concerned when she wasn’t quite herself becoming weak & lethargic early this summer. After numerous doctor visits & declining health, Jessica was diagnosed on June 20, 2009 with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Stage III. For more information on Jessica’s diagnosis & updates on how she is doing, please visit http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jessicabaker10
As you can imagine, Jessica & her family’s world was and continues to be turned upside down. They have experienced a lot in a short period of time. They are deeply appreciative of the outpouring of support they have received from family, friends, neighbors, the Browning community, the soccer community, and all the wonderful people whom they did not even know before Jessica’s illness.
Anything you can do to help brighten the lives of Jessica & her family during this difficult time would be greatly appreciated!
Best Regards,
Michelle Pugh, Browning PTA President
Jessica Baker PTA Special Delivery Post Dec09
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Balloon Launch results
Dear Parents: Thank you to all the parents that contributed to our 2009/10 Balloon Launch Fundraiser for Browning’s PTA. We had a successful event with 12 students receiving their balloon cards back and raising $5,091.20 to go towards our Browning Elementary children. Some of our students received some really nice notes back with their returned balloon cards. Our event was highlighted in the C & G Newspaper giving our event local press.
The PTA raffled an overnight stay to the Kalahari Resort. Each student of Browning had their name in the drawing with a minimum donation of $20.00 with a $40.00 maximum per family. The winner of the Kalahari stay is Austin Rasho. Congratulations!
Thank you for your generosity and for your support along the way. We look forward to a rewarding, educational and fun year for our Browning Students.
2009/10 PTA Sponsored Event
Balloons Found/Calculated in Approximate Air Miles
Jeffrey Pre-K/Room 2 Sterling Heights, MI
(Mrs. Washburn found) Less than 1
Bobby Grade K Sterling Heights, MI Less than 1
(Found by the church)
Casey Pre-K/Room 2 Sterling Heights, MI Less than 1
(near school)
Shawn Grade 4/Room 12 China Township, MI 32 Air Miles *
Victoria G. Grade 5 No City Given – Canada Unknown
Milan Grade K p.m. Simcoe, Ontario 140 Air Miles
Samantha Grade 2/Room 9 Westfield, NY 177 Air Miles
Parker Grade 3/Room 24 Buffalo, NY 212 Air Miles
Logan N. Grade 1/Room 16 Dushore, PA 349 Air Miles
Michael O. Grade K Udora, ON (note) 419 Air Miles
Madison Grade 5/Room 16 Chatham Twp., PA (note) 420 Air Miles
Jonathan Grade 6/Room 24 Wellsville, NY 446 Air Miles
Did you know that: The distance between Wellsville, NY and Hartford, CT is 111 air miles WOW that balloon went far!
* Balloon that went in a totally different direction!
FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT – Thursday, March 11th
Please join us for Family Literacy Night on Thursday, March 11th from 6:30-8PM for a celebration of reading! Research validates that children who read at home do better in school & are more likely to do succeed academically when their parents are involved in their school. We hope to set the scene for a Family Literacy Night like no other for all!
Theme of the evening will be “Reading Makes Your Knowledge Grow.” We’ll be decorating with flower cut-outs, set up a “book garden” book exchange where families/students can “plant” their gently used book and “pick” one to take home, serve raw vegetables/dip & other fun book themed snacks, set up a station for students to decorate a garden pot & plant a seed, and make their own sunflower reading charts. We’ll have a few guest readers & our wonderful 3rd Grade teachers are planning a Poet’s Corner & Commercial opportunity for their students & their families.
To make this family fun event a huge success, we needed a great planning team. Many thanks to the following volunteers! If you can assist with Family Literacy Night in any capacity, please contact Michelle Pugh at [email protected] or 566-2450.
- Jen Sornig & Carrie VanLuven – “Snack Masters” to brainstorm book-related refreshments, recruit volunteers to supply food, and oversee the refreshment table.
- Deb Beger and Kim Liepshutz – Book Swap Cops to recruit volunteers to collect gently read book, set up the book swap table, and help children choose books to take home. To ensure every child goes home with at least one book, the Book Swap Cops will be seeking donations of used, age-appropriate books ahead of time.
- Setup & Cleanup Captain still needed to recruit volunteers to help set up the evening’s activities and clean up at the end of the night.
THE WINNING NAME IS PAWS
THE WINNING NAME IS “PAWS”!
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO NOMINATED THE WINNING NAME FOR OUR BROWNING BEAR MASCOT!
MRS PALMER
Evan Werbrouck
MRS BERNIER
Blake Steixner
MRS PAPASTAMATIS
Brooke Sasinowski
MRS ANDREWS
Evan deJesus
MRS AIELLO
Kelly Nichols
Maysa Terry
Andrew Morelli
Mitchell Paperd
MRS SLUSHER
Ireland Majewski
Gabrielle Alicea
MRS TOCCO
Danae Orsini
BROWNING WINDOW CLINGS
Are you displaying your Browning spirit yet? Be sure to buy a 4″ x 4″ Browning Window Cling for your car, classroom or bedroom window! The cling can be removed easily and IS NOT a sticker. Please send requests for clings in an envelope marked Attn: Window Clings along with your check payable to Browning PTA. Please include your child’s grade and teacher on your request. Each cling is $4.00 or 3 for $10.00. Thank you to Dawn Skwarczynski for coordinating this fundraiser
CALLING ALL GOLF FANS
Please mark May 16, 2010 on your calendar for Browning’s first golf outing to be held at Cracklewood Golf Course (located at 24 Mile and Romeo Plank) with a start at 1:30pm! Family and friends are welcome to participate in the fun. If you have any questions or ideas, please contact one of our co-chairs – Marcy Steixner or Sue Medina who have volunteered for this event!
ST. PATRICK’S GO GREEN BINGO
The PTA is having our first BINGO night for the Browning students! $5.00 per person will include a bag of chips, Capri Sun drink, highlighter and three bingo cards. Wear something green and get a free raffle ticket. Hot dogs, pop, cheesecake and coffee will be available to purchase. This event will be from 6:00p.m.-8:00p.m. on Friday, March 5th (NEW DATE)
PTA MEMBERSHIP – THE WINNER IS…
Congratulations to Ms. Pacioni and her fourth graders for having the highest percentage of participation for our PTA membership contest! The top three classes were Ms. Pacioni 81%, Mrs. Papastamatis 60%, and Mrs. Johnston 59%. Ms. Pacioni and her class will enjoy a pizza party compliments of the PTA in December! Great job fourth graders!
My School is Cool
Just a reminder from your PTA-2009…please turn in any receipts from Lakeside Mall for our “My School is Cool” program.
We know everyone is very busy shopping and rushing around to get everything done for the holidays but it’s such an easy way to help out our kids school.
The deadline for the Nov. receipts are due on Dec. 9th and we will get them all tallied up and tuned in to get our points.
Thank you for supporting our school!
HAPPY SHOPPING!
If you have any questions please contact: Dawn Neubacher ([email protected]) or Tracy Sorrentino ([email protected])