Monarch Mail

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School Store 

The school store will open Friday, September 28th.  The store will be open from 7:15-7:50am each Friday.  Items range in price from .10 to $4.00.  The school store will also carry school magnets.

School Pictures  will be taken September 27th. 

Gently Used Books Needed 

Mrs. White, our Instructional Coach, has asked for families to turn in any gently used books.  Our hope is to outfit reading centers in each of the classrooms.  There are many first year teachers at Monarch and this is a great way to help out in their classrooms.  Any and every level of book is greatly appreciated.

Shoparoo App

This is a new opportunity for our school to raise funds without doing much.  Read below:

• Shoparoo is a free app for smartphones and tablets that lets anyone turn pictures of shopping receipts into donations to your school.
• With Shoparoo, every grocery receipt - regardless of the store or products purchased - earns money for your school.
• It's similar to other widely adopted box top and label collection programs, but with much less work involved. With Shoparoo, there's no collecting, tracking, mailing, or shipping. In fact, you don't even need a coordinator. (Though Shoparoo is most effective when you mention it alongside your school's existing fundraisers.)
• Finally, it's private. There's no need for parents to provide sensitive information such as their name, address, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, etcetera.

In addition, they'll guarantee a minimum donation to your school of $1 per parent who downloads the app and declares your school as their cause by September 30th, 2012.  No strings attached!  For more information please visit : http://www.shoparoo.com/schools.html

Boosterthon

Mark you calendars for our number one fundraiser of the year.  Boosterthon will kick-off October 15th and culminate with the FUN RUN on October 25th.  This year's theme is Highway USA, "on the road to good choices."  Boosterthon Fun Run students will be “on the road to good choices.” On the road of life, students will be faced with a lot of choices to make, and Highway USA teaches them to make the choices that count. Highway USA will crisscross our students all over America,visiting cities and landmarks, and learning about five historical leaders who made the right choice at one time in their lives.  The historical leaders are: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Glenn Cunningham and Amelia Earhart.

REFLECTIONS

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with "Reflections," it is a nationwide arts recognition and achievement program in which all of our students here at Monarch Elementary are eligible to participate. Although the program does follow a 'contest' format, the main goal of the program is participation, not winning! It gives every student the opportunity to create a work of art based on a specific theme and to feel good about it.

This year's theme is "The Magic of a Moment" and there are six arts areas in which students may participate:

     - Literature

     - Musical Composition

     - Photography

     - Visual Arts

     - Dance Choreography

     -Film/Video Production

Students are divided and judged in two different age groups:

     - K-2

     - 3-5

We would like to encourage EVERY student to enter as many times as they would like!! We will be offering a variety of incentives & prizes for students and classrooms that participate!! ALL entries are DUE Monday October 8th. For the program rules and entry forms please see the link on the school web site.

If you have any questions at all please feel free to contact either Milana Parsons: milana55@bellsouth.net or Nancy Roy: Nroy107@cs.com

Thanks so much! We are looking forward to seeing all the great work of art!!

Reflections Chairs - Milana Parsons and Nancy Roy

Spirit Night: Chick-fil-A of Woodruff Road on Tuesday, Sept. 25th from 5-8 pm.  Come join the Monarch family and help support the PTA!

SEED STORE

The 4K Class will be making a Seed Store as part of a Fall Farming unit in October. We could use the following items for our Dramatic Play area!

Plastic flowers, water cans, seed packets, flower/gardening magazines, plastic vases; order/receipt books; plastic pots; baskets. Thanks so much! I'll post pictures!  Please send items to Mrs. Riley Grant - K4.

Box Tops

Attention Monarch Families…Save your Box Tops!!  

We are kicking off the new school year with a Box Top contest. The top two students in the school who bring in the most Box Tops will each receive a $25 gift card to the place of their choice. The contest will end on Friday, October 12. Please make sure your Box Tops are cut on the dotted line and are not expired.  Don’t forget to include your child’s name and teacher’s name on the bag. Remember to ask friends and relatives to save their Box Tops.

Book Fair and Grandparents Week - September 30th - October 5th

We are excited to announce that we will have our Book Fair and Grandparents Week at the same time.  Each grade will have their own special day.  We are inviting the grandparents to have lunch (normal schedule) with their grandchild and then visit the book fair together after lunch (hours below.)  Our book fair coordinators are preparing invitations for the students to customize and give to their grandparents.  Please help us make this a "Grand Event!" This is a great time for our students to share a little of Monarch with their special loved ones.

Each classroom will also have a designated time to visit the bookfair in addition to the time below.  

The schedule for the "Grand Event" is below:

Monday - K4, K5 (10:45 am - 11:45am) and 5th grade (12:30 - 1:30pm)

Tuesday - 1st grade  - (11am-noon)

Wednesday - 2nd grade - (11:15am-12:15am)

Thursday - 3rd grade - (noon - 1:00pm)

Friday - 4th grade - (12:15am - 1:15pm)

Book Fair Hours:

Sept. 30th (Sunday): 2-5pm

Oct. 1st - 7:30am - 3pm

Oct. 2nd - 7:30am - 5pm

Oct. 3rd - 7:30am - 3pm 

Oct. 4th - 7:30am - 3pm

Oct. 5th - 7:30am - 1pm

Sign up to volunteer at the Book Fair

Mark your calendars for these special events:

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

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

Culinary Creations Lunch Menu

Monday,   Sept 24

BBQ Sandwich  Grilled Cheese Sandwich Vegetation Station with Chicken Tortilla Soup  Baked Beans  Apples Sliced Pears Milk

Tuesday,   Sept 25

Beef Stew with Brown Rice  Baked Potato Creation Station with Whole Grain Breadstick  Vegetation Station with Broccoli Cheddar Soup  Carrots  Oranges  Pineapple Tidbits  Milk

Wednesday, Sept 26

Chicken Soft Taco  Vegetarian Chili with Whole Grain Breadstick  Vegetation Station with Asian Ginger Chicken Soup  Corn  Bananas  Sliced Peaches  Milk

Thursday, Sept 27

Hamburger Lettuce & Tomato  Baked Fish  Vegetation Station with Tomato Basil Soup  Coleslaw  Grapes Fruit Cocktail  Milk

Friday,      Sept 28

Vegetable Lasagna  Vegetation Station with Vegetable Beef Soup  Fresh Veggies with Dip  Fresh Peaches  Applesauce  Milk

COMING IN OCTOBER

Sept. 30th - Oct. 5th Bookfair and Grandparents Week

October 8 PTA Meeting, 6:30 pm

October 12 Box Tops Due

October 15 Boosterthon Kick-off

October 18, 19 No School / Teacher Workdays

October 23 Chick-fil-A Spirit Night, 5pm - 8pm

October 25 Boosterthon Fun Run