No.5, October 9, 2012    

Upcoming Dates: 

Custodian Appreciation Week, 10/9-10/14 

Principal's Coffee, 10/10, 2 pm

AAP Information Meetings, 10/11, 7-8:30 pm or 10/12, 9-10:30 am

National School Lunch Week, 10/15-10/19

CogAT Testing in 2nd greade, 10/15-17, please be quiet in school!

PTA Meeting, 10/16, 8:30 am 

HomeMade Pizza Co Night, 10/17 (see below)   

Deadline for Diary of a Wimpy Kid #7 pre-orders, 10/19  

Deadline for Submitting Box Tops for Fall Campaign, 10/19 

National Red Ribbon Week, 10/22-10/26

Book Fair, 10/22-10/26

 

Happy Fall,
2012-2013 Chesterbrook PTA Board 

• You've moved (in which case you need to notify the school immediately anyway).
• You have a work email on file that is fine for emergencies, but don't want to use it for playdate planning.
• Dad's work phone is listed and he doesn't have any business planning a playdate -- sorry dads who are perfectly able to! -- and you'd like not to list it.

So you may add or delete emails and cell phones as necessary, or provide any other updates you'd like. If you have already opted out with the school, you may still provide us any amount of information you would like printed in the Directory.

We hope this will be a simpler system, both for the volunteers who create the Directory and to get the Directory in your hands sooner than in the past. Thank you for your cooperation!   

• New or gently used boys pants for preschoolers (size 3-6):
• New or gently used sweatpants and sweatshirts in small, medium and large children sizes from sizes 5-20 (unisex colors are best, e.g., blue, grey, green, etc.); and
• Grocery store gift cards (e.g., Giant, Safeway, Super A Market on 2800 Graham Rd. at the corner of Lee Hwy and Graham Road).

• Jumbo glue sticks;
• Colored pencils and crayons;
• Index cards;
• Binders, preferably 1 inch;
• Pink erasers;
• Pencils and pencil sharpeners; and
• Composition notebooks.

You're Invited to a Four-Cheese Fundraiser for Chesterbrook PTA. For one day only - Wednesday, October 17 - we will receive a donation for every purchase made at the HomeMade Pizza Co. store at 4514 Lee Hwy. in Arlington.

They will donate:

• $4 for every large pizza sold.
• $4 for every gluten free pizza sold. (available 10" only)
• $2 for every large salad sold.
• $1 for every calzone or flatbread order sold.
• 10% from every gift card purchase

It's that easy. Just visit  www.homemadepizza.com, place your order online; online orders can be placed up to three (3) weeks in advance. YOU CAN ORDER NOW! The day of the event pick-up your order from 1:00-8:00 pm to support our cause. Be sure to tell your friends and neighbors too.

Let's turn pizza dough into Chesterbrook dough. Hope to see you on the Wednesday, October 17th! Questions? Contact Julia Nelson.

P.S. If you have never had a HomeMade Pizza, it is made of all-natural ingredients and you bake it at home. They also offer a variety of fresh salads, bake-at-home cookies, and ice cream. To learn more, visit www.homemadepizza.com.

Register your Giant Bonus Card, Safeway Club Card and Harris Teeter VIC Cards to save money on your grocery bill and help the PTA earn several thousand dollars that these grocery stores contribute directly to Chesterbrook Elementary School. Simply re-designate your cards in the beginning of the year by filling out the forms from the Back to School Folders or follow the directions below to designate the card yourself:

Giant A+ BonusBucks: Visit Giant Food for details or sign up directly on the Giant A+ registration webpage. Our school code is 01990. If you do not know your 12-digit Giant Bonus Card number, please call 1-877-366-2668 and they will set it up for you. 

Safeway Club/eScrip: View Safeway's eScrip website for details or sign up directly on the eScrip registration page. Our eScrip Group ID is 6617193. If you do not know your 11-digit Safeway Club Card number, please call 1-877-723-3929. Out-of-area grandparents can participate, too; eScrip has affiliates in most states.

Harris Teeter Together in Education: Visit Harris Teeter to learn more about the program and designate your VIC card to Chesterbrook here. Our school code is 5137. Call 1-800-432-6111, option 3, if you do not know the first eleven digits of your Harris Teeter VIC number.
 
For more information or if you need help registering, contact the VP of Membership, Maryam Redjaee. This is really great money for us and we far fewer cards registered than last year. 

Our Fall Book Fair is right around the corner - Friday, October 19th to Friday, October 26th. Note the earlier time frame this year so we can avoid the crazy Halloween week!  Volunteer shifts are generally in one and 1/2 hour increments, but please sign up for multiple shifts if you can. The morning of Thursday, Oct.18th is set-up and after school on Friday, Oct. 26th is pack-up.  Keeping with the tradition of previous years, we will have two evening events from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday, Oct. 23rd (Dress As Your Favorite Book Character Night) and Thursday, Oct. 25th (Pajama Night, with milk and cookies and storytelling from our very own Marsha Moseley!).   

Have a child looking for service hours? We welcome middle school volunteers to help out with pack up and the evening events.  Please note the middle school student's name in the "comments" section of the signup.  

To sign up, visit our Sign Up Genius HERE.  Questions? Contact Marsha Camp or Beth Stewart. Thank you for volunteering!

You can also find our Pre-Order Form for the #7 book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series HERE. Orders are due October 19 to receive the book on its release day November 13 (not during the Book Fair itself).