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)
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!
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])
Senator Michael Switalski (10th District) will be holding two town hall forums on the state budget. He will be discussing the latest developments on the state budget, including cuts to the Promise Scholarships, K-12 Schools and 20J Districts, Revenue Sharing, and potential reductions to the state’s film tax credit. He will also address revenue options including tax expenditures and income, business, and sales tax reforms. Besides these items, he has indicated that he welcomes the opportunity to discuss any other issues or concerns that attendees want to talk about. Dress is casual and the discussion will be freewheeling. Feel free to invite anyone else that might want to attend and express their views. Think of it as quality time at the barbershop. We hope to you see you there. For more information, please contact his district office at (586) 294-0925.
The town hall meeting schedule is as follows:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Sterling Heights Public Library
40255 Dodge Park
Sterling Heights
Monday, December 7, 2009
7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Clinton-Macomb Public Library, Main Branch
40900 Romeo Plank
Clinton Township
We are delighted to have Mrs. Vaishali Mahimkar as Browning’s Picture Lady Coordinator. The Picture Lady is a PTA sponsored, nationally endorsed volunteer program which brings art into the classroom. Each year, adult volunteers present an artist or type of art to as many classrooms that they can. After the initial set-up, it takes only about 30 minutes per class to talk with the students about the chosen subject. At the end of the school year, the students are then asked to vote for their favorite print and then that print is purchased, framed, and hung on the school wall. Many of the artwork that is currently displayed throughout Browning are Picture Lady Prints chosen by students.
To volunteer (you do NOT need to be a woman) or for more information, please send in a note to the Browning office, Attn: PTA Picture Lady. This fun art enrichment program benefits our students and, ultimately, you as well!
VG’s offers a Community Sharing Fund which will pay our school 1% of total grocery purchases (excluding tax, tobacco and alcohol products). VG’s is a family business with locations in the local area. Visit www.vgsfood.com to locate the nearest store.
When shopping at any of the 16 VG’s locations, please turn all receipts in the collection box by the Browning office. We would also encourage you to invite family, friends and neighbors to help!
Thank you to everyone who has participated in our “My School Is Cool” program! So far we are in 5th place out of 13 schools for this semester and it’s not over! The fall semester will end on Dec. 24th so if you have any shopping to do at Lakeside Mall….please do it now! The final receipts and counts are not do until Jan. 8th, 2010. If you have any receipts for Bath & Body Works from Dec. 14th -20th they are double points!
Happy Holiday Shopping
Christmas is less than 2 months away! When shopping, please remember to turn in your receipts in the nifty shopping bag outside the school office, designated Browning Locker-located upstairs near Lord & Taylor, or at any PTA meeting/ school event/restaurant night! Your Lakeside Mall receipts can earn thousands of $ in CASH rewards for Browning Elementary! If you need more information, please email Dawn Neubacher at [email protected] or Tracy Sorrentino at [email protected]. Thank you Dawn and Tracy for chairing this profitable fundraiser!
Our participation in the New Kroger Rewards Program is paying off – big! For the quarter ending 7/31/09, Browning received a $741.37 donation from Kroger. Keep swiping those cards!
By shopping at Kroger, you can help bring much needed funding to Browning by simply linking your Kroger Plus Card to our organization. Your Kroger Plus Card can be linked to Browning via their secure website, ww.krogercommunityrewards.com. Select the enroll button under the Participant section. Please sign up in the “New Customer?” box. Add our organization #82331 under the Edit Kroger Community Rewards information box. Once enrolled, simply give your Kroger Plus Card to the cashier before you check out. Every purchase using the Kroger Plus Card will contribute to Browning’s rewards. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Cristie Fuller at [email protected] or 586-532-8460. Thank you Cristie for chairing this fundraiser!
Michigan Say Yes to No!
Thanks to the enthusiasm and support of the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals’ Association (MEMSPA), a statewide Michigan Say Yes to No campaign was launched in December of 2008. Read more about SYTN.
