December 17th-19th

Dec. 17-19th Monarch Mail 

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Thank you to our Friends of Monarch!

Your support is much appreciated.  

Please know that we are overwhelmed by your generosity and encouragement.  Our goals for the PTA funds raised this year are to purchase the second phase of the playground and to make a leveled reader library.  These items will be used by each and every student at Monarch Elementary School.  Thank you for making this a reality!

Marathoners - $1,000 and up

Tanya Blanton

John and Caroline Otten

Half-Marathoners - $500 to $999

Tracey and Adam Easterling

Mike and Leilani Sammon – SureTek Medical

Jennifer and Bart Street

Brad and Leigh Wood

5K - $250-$499

The O'Brien Family

Ian & Mary Ellen Donna Renfro

Chris & Angela Holland

The Mirabelli Family

Jon Soncrant

Fun Run - $100 - $249

Jim & Emily Bezner

Drew, John and Kate Lombel

Gallagher Family

Cole, Chloe & Callie Davis

Mary Margaret & Banks Easterling

Travis & Wendy Ashburn

The Barnes Family

Amy & Tim Barresi 

James & Becky Brown

Roscoe & Ellen Brown

Bill & Erin Bryant

Drs. Gray & April Buchanan

Steve & Heidi Burnette

Bill & Amy Cantillion

Skip & Melanie Cooke

Todd & JoDee Dailey

Russell & Tracey Daniel

Michelle Doherty

Jeff & Karen Erno

Mark & Patti Funderburk

Geoff, Jami, Caleb & Joshua Gregory

The Gruidl Family

Mark & Jennifer Henseler

Scott & Brian Hicks

Mike & Rhonda Hovious

Pelham Links Family & Cosmetic Dentistry

Hannah Izumi

Usha & Radha Jayaraman

Shannon & Don Johnson

Melissa & Mark Kromer

Chris & Monica Langston

Kurt & Melinda Lindberg

Shane & Suzanne Long

Mike & Beth Madden

The Mahaffey Family

Joe & Marisa Mazur

Jocelyn & J.J. McNeice

 In Memory of Chase

David, Selena & Ashleigh Parker

William & Kimberly Parker

William Pelham

Mayte & Noah Pennington

Barry & Erika Richards

***There have been numerous company matches, but we have not received the actual checks to date.  We will post a list of these as they are collected.

Holiday Fun:

 Monarch Family Ice Skate 

January 6th 

 Bi-Lo Center 

1-5pm

2nd Runner Up in Carolina Panthers Spirit Rock Competition - $400

Mistletoe Market

Thank you to all of the volunteers, especially Aimee Herd, Mayte Pennington and Christine Ruby, for your countless and endless hours making our first Mistletoe Market a GREAT success!  It's great fun to watch the students carefully select the perfect gift for their special loved ones.  They were so proud of their purchases.  This was also the perfect time for a lesson on budgeting and the joy of giving.  

Oh and just so you know, we sold a lot of SLIME! :)

Sportsclub is proud to be an Official Partner of Health and Wellness for Monarch Elementary School. Parents, Teachers and Staff can now access Sportsclub’s state of the art equipment and world class group fitness program at an affordable rate while their visits to the club raise funds that go directly back to the school. In addition to a reduced rate on our Lifestyle Membership, Sportsclub will donate $5 to MonarchElementary School for every new membership started and donate 75 cents per visit (up to $200/month) back to the school. Please visit Sportsclub Five Forks, located at 317 Scuffletown Rd. or call 675-5808 to speak with a Membership Advisor and start earning today!

****MOUNT MONARCH*****

Please remember to send in your $10 payment one week before your painting date.

School Improvement Council 

School Improvement Council, or SIC as it is commonly called, was initiated by South Carolina legislation over 20 years ago. as a means of  assuring the influential voice of parents and community members in the education of their children.  Some SIC members are appointed, some are elected and some are members as a result of their job.  Please see the Monarch calendar for the meeting schedule.   Everyone is welcome to attend.  If you have questions please contact one of the members of the council or attend one of our meeting.  Be sure to check out the Monarch website for updated information about SIC. 

Jon Soncrant

SIC Chairperson

JSoncrant@delta-q.com

 All meetings will be held at 7:30 am in the Extended Day Room unless otherwise notified.

Tuesday, January 8

Monday, February 4 - Public Education Partners, Craig Stine, will be presenting on the upcoming legislative session.

Monday, March 4

Tuesday, April 9

Monday, May 6

Ongoing Fundraisers:

-Pennies for our Playground

-Boxtops for Education

-Shoparoo

-Target Red Card - Take Charge of Education - Please list Monarch as your recipient school.

-Bi-Lo Booster Plus Cards - be sure to sync your bonus card with the Monarch Booster Plus Card
-Publix School Cards
-Any and all company matching programs

Unique and Special requests:


-We want to feature a "Day in the Life of Mount Monarch" on the school website.  When you paint the rock, will you please email a picture of your child with the rock or just the rock?  Everyone is having a lot of fun painting the rock.  Monarch has a lot of talented and creative parents out there making the rock look awesome! 

"Like" Monarch Elementary on Facebook and receive updates and  reminders.

Mark your calendars for these special events:

January 6th - Monarch Family Ice Skate at the Bi-Lo Center - 1-5pm

January 8th - SIC - 7:30am

January 11th - Monarch Mother/Son (or the whole family) night at the Road Warriors Hockey Game - 7pm

January 14th -PTA Meeting- 6:30pm

February 8th - Father/Daughter Dance, 6:30pm, Monarch Gymnasium
February 25-March 1 - Book fair

April 19th - MONAPALOOZA at Monarch Elementary School, 5pm-8pm

Culinary Creations Lunch Menu

Monday, December 17th

Hamburger Lettuce & Tomato Baked Potato Creation Station with WG Roll Vegetation Station with Chicken Tortilla Soup Baked Beans Choice of Fruit Milk

Tuesday, December 18th

Pasta Primavera with Garlic Breadstick  Baked Fish Sandwich  Vegetation Station with Southwest Chicken & Brown Rice Soup  Carrots  Choice of Fruit  Milk

Wednesday, December 19th

Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich  Vegetable Lasagna with Garlic Breadstick  Vegetation Station with Asian Ginger Chicken Soup  Corn Choice of Fruit Milk

Mistletoe Market and Monapalooza

MISTLETOE MARKET

‘tis the season

The Monarch PTA is excited to announce the first

annual Mistletoe Market to be held December 10 –

14. Mistletoe Market will be a fun and exciting place

for the children to shop on their own for those very

special holiday gifts for family and friends; there will

even be gifts for the family pet.

Each class will have a special time during the week

to come to Mistletoe Market to shop. There will be

a wide variety of items for children to choose from.

Prices will be very reasonable, ranging from $0.50 to

$10, with the majority of items costing less than $5.

There will be volunteers to help the children shop and

select their gifts. Gifts will be wrapped so there can

be no “peeking” before it’s time to open them.

Look for more information to come home with your

child the first week of December.

And please consider volunteering to help out in Mistletoe Market.  The sign-up genius link is below.  Please feel free to contact me if you would like to help.

What a great way to get in the holiday spirit by

helping the children select that perfect gift!!

Aimee Heard (all4heards@me.com)

Rachel Thompson-Moore

Thank you for your continued support of Monarch Elementary School!

Monarch Elementary PTA is seeking help with the following:

MISTLETOE MARKET

December 10 – 14

Volunteers Needed! 

Mistletoe Market will be a fun and exciting place for the children to shop on their own for those very special holiday gifts for family and friends.

Volunteers will help the children shop and select their gifts, restock and organize the shop after each class visit, man the cash registers and wrap gifts.

Volunteer spots will be in 2 hour increments during the week; we will also need volunteers for the PTA open house on the evening of Monday, December 10.

Please consider donating a few hours of your time—the children are such a joy to see shopping at the holiday market!

To sign up, go to:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090F4DABAB2DA64-mistletoe/4189859

SPRING CARNIVAL

April 19, 2013

Committee Chairs Needed!

Monarch’s Carnival is sure to be loads of fun, but we need YOUR help!!!

Monarch PTA, staff and students are counting on lots of parents to help make our first carnival a huge success.  With this being our first carnival, we have lots of work to do….planning games, food, rides, among all the other fun things.

Please click the following link for details on committee leaders and members that are needed…..

To sign up, go to:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090E4AADA82DA20-spring/4862662

Monarch Mail - Dec. 3-7

December 3rd - 7th Monarch Mail 

This e-blast will go out weekly to keep you up to date on the happenings at Monarch Elementary School.  

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This Week:

Congratulations Monarch!!

Boosterthon made over $26,500!!!!  The teachers were given 10% of the amount their class raised and collected by the first deadline.  That amount was $4,440.00 and goes directly back to the classroom!!! The other monies will be used to purchase playground equipment, technology and for PTA funds.

GREENVILLE ROAD WARRIORS GAME

Monarch Elementary will have a spirit night at the Road Warriors game on January 11th at 7pm.  Tickets will be $10.  We will need to preorder the tickets. 

Order forms due Friday Dec. 7th.  Make checks payable to Monarch Elementary PTA  

Our chorus will be performing the National Anthem and we will be running the Chuck a Puck table.  It is sure to be a great time!

All monies raised will go directly to the Monarch Music Program.

December PTA Meeting - Holiday Family Night and Curriculum Night - 

December 10th at 6:30pm

Please join us for a fun family night at the next PTA meeting.  Our chorus will performing holiday music.  The students are invited to shop in the Mistletoe Market and make holiday crafts.  It's sure to be a lot of fun! 

Now that school has settled into a good routine, we would like to offer the parents a chance to visit their children's classrooms and hear an update from the teacher on curriculum and class happenings.  The teachers will offer two 30 minute presentations immediately following the chorus performance.

***We need one more membership to get us to the $200/month level!!

Sportsclub is proud to be an Official Partner of Health and Wellness for Monarch Elementary School. Parents, Teachers and Staff can now access Sportsclub’s state of the art equipment and world class group fitness program at an affordable rate while their visits to the club raise funds that go directly back to the school. In addition to a reduced rate on our Lifestyle Membership, Sportsclub will donate $5 to MonarchElementary School for every new membership started and donate 75 cents per visit (up to $200/month) back to the school. Please visit Sportsclub Five Forks, located at 317 Scuffletown Rd. or call 675-5808 to speak with a Membership Advisor and start earning today!

Student Council:

The Monarch Student Council is collecting soda can tabs for Ronald McDonald House Charities.  Please submit your can tabs to the office in a ziplock bag or container. RMHC recycles the aluminum and uses the funds received for operating expenses.  To learn more about this program, please visit the Ronald McDonald House Charities website.

School Improvement Council 

School Improvement Council, or SIC as it is commonly called, was initiated by South Carolina legislation over 20 years ago. as a means of  assuring the influential voice of parents and community members in the education of their children.  Some SIC members are appointed, some are elected and some are members as a result of their job.  Please see the Monarch calendar for the meeting schedule.   Everyone is welcome to attend.  If you have questions please contact one of the members of the council or attend one of our meeting.  Be sure to check out the Monarch website for updated information about SIC. 

Jon Soncrant

SIC Chairperson

JSoncrant@delta-q.com

 All meetings will be held at 7:30 am in the Extended Day Room unless otherwise notified.

Tuesday, December 4

Tuesday, January 8

Monday, February 4 

Monday, March 4

Tuesday, April 9

Monday, May 6

Mark your calendars for these special events:

January 6th - Monarch Family Ice Skate at the Bi-Lo Center - 1-5pm

January 7th- Family Reading Night with the Nutrition Magician/PTA night 6-8pm
January 11th - Monarch Mother/Son (or the whole family) night at the Road Warriors Hockey Game

February 8th - Father/Daughter Dance, 6:30pm, Monarch Gymnasium
February 25-March 1 - Book fair

April 19th - Monarch Carnival at Monarch Elementary School, 5pm-8pm

Culinary Creations Lunch Menu

Monday, December 3rd

Beef Burrito Black Bean Taco Lettuce & Tomato Vegetation Station with Chicken Tortilla Soup Pinto Beans Choice of Fruit                      Milk

Tuesday, December 4th

Enchilada Pie with  Garlic Breadstick Baked Fish Sandwich Vegetation Station with Southwest Chicken & Brown Rice Soup Corn Choice of Fruit Milk

Wednesday, December 5th

Chicken Pot Pie Arroz con Queso Garlic Breadstick For All Vegetation Station with Asian Ginger Chicken Soup Carrots Choice of Fruit Milk

Thursday, December 6th

Baked Potato Creation Station Salisbury Steak WG Roll For All Vegetation Station with  Tomato Basil Soup Mixed Vegetables Choice of Fruit                               Milk

Friday, December 7th 

Pizza Deli Sandwich on a WG Bun Lettuce & Tomato Vegetation Station with Chicken & Brown Rice Soup Broccoli Choice of Fruit Milk