LAST DAY TO ORDER YEARBOOKS (MEMORY BOOKS) - FEB. 14Books are $15 each; books are distributed at end of school year. Questions? Contact Bobbie Shelton, simeonandbobbie@sbcglobal.net.
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CALENDAR
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Feb. 1 - 10 Student Council Caregrams on sale
Feb. 1 SCPTA Meeting 9:15am Truman Elementary Feb. 3 Box Top and Label Collection Day Feb. 4 SCPTA Clothing Bank Work Day 9 - 11am Feb. 6
Site Council -All Welcome! 4pm - Field Library Feb. 7 Class Pictures Feb. 14 Valentine's Day Parties
Last Day to Order
Yearbooks!
Feb. 15
Pajama Day!
$1 donation to 5th grade Feb. 17 No School - Professional Learning Feb. 20 No School - President's Day
Feb. 22
Chat-n-Chew
(held during students' lunch times)
Feb. 24 PTA General Membership/Election Meeting - at Skateport 5pm - Please attend! Skating Party - Skateport 4:30 to 6:30pm $4 per person,
no drop-offs
Feb. 25 The Big Dig
Field Elementary Garden
9am - 3pm
VOLUNTEERS WANTED! _________
March 2 Principal's Coffee 9:15am Field Library March 6 PYP Early Dismissal
1:35pm
March 13
PTA Exec. Meeting
1pm
March 14
Kindergarten Registration
Field Elementary
1:30pm
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From Our Principal...
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February is going to be a busy month! First, we are anticipating that sometime in February the Home Access Center will open up for elementary parents. This is the online system that will give parents access to some of their child's school information. More information will be sent out regarding how you get your password and access the Home Access Center. With the implementation of new technology often comes kinks to work out and we appreciate your patience as we work through them. This will be a learning curve and process for all of us. Again, be on the look out for more information to be sent home regarding the launch of the Home Access Center.
We are very excited to announce that the date of our Big Dig for Field's garden will be February, 25 from 9am to 3pm. The plans are amazing and the possibilities are endless. On the 25th, we will need many volunteers to come and help build our garden. If you have access to digging equipment please let Debbie Fisher know. As the date approaches, please be looking for additional information on donations needed and how you can get involved. You don't have to know anything about gardening or how to construct a garden.We will have experts here guiding and directing us. We anticipate our garden being a great learning experience for our students, staff, and community.
Believe it or not... it is time to start thinking about next fall. Please note the calendar for next year has been moved up and the first day of school will be August 15th. If you know of anyone who will have a kindergarten student at Field next year, please let them know that Kindergarten Registration for the 2012-2013 school year will be held at Field on March 14th at 1:30pm. We appreciate your help in getting the word out to our families who don't already have students here at Field.
Thank you for all your support of Field Students!
Dr. Bagwell, Principal Eugene Field Elementary |
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From Our PTA President...
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Dear friends and families of Field,
Well, January flew by! As we head into February, the PTA is looking for some help in a few areas this year.
We need someone (or a couple of folks) to help manage the Spring Dance scheduled for May 11. The PTA has a tentative plan, but we need a coordinator for the Dance to help put it together.
Next we need someone to take on the task of running our twice yearly book fair for the 2012-2013 school year. Becky Fraley has been running it for years, but this is her last. If you are interested, the Spring book fair begins on May 15th. This would be a great time to let Becky show you the ropes. I wish to give a public thanks to Becky for running the book fair for all these year.
Finally, if you have any fundraising ideas for next year or would like to coordinate an event, please contact me or Sonja Shaw, VP of Development, sonjashaw@gmail.com.
Thanks to you for making Field a great school!
Bill Enos
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Chat-n-Chew
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 Chat-n-Chew is a PTA sponsored book club for 1st through 5th graders. Each child will read two books and participate in two parent-led discussion groups during their lunchtime.
The next volunteer facilitated book discussions will be held on Wednesday, February 22, during students' lunch times.
On Wednesday, March 14, we will have a pizza party to celebrate the kids' hard work!
MicheleBoswell (micheleboswell@mac.com). |
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Field's Volunteer of the Year -
Congratulations to Molly and Bill Robb
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 Congratulations to Molly and Bill Robb, recipients of Field's Volunteer of the Year award.
This Field family can be seen helping in so many different ways in the Field community. Whether helping in classrooms, giving tirelessly to the Backpack Program, coordinating Staff Appreciation efforts, consistently volunteering at Field events or participating in fundraising efforts, Molly and Bill truly represent voluntarism at its best. We are so grateful for the time and talents that this special couple shares with our school! |
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Pajama Day - Wednesday, Feb. 15
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 Join in the fun by buying a Spirit Day pass for $1 and wear your pajamas to school on Wednesday, Feb. 15. All proceeds will benefit 5th Grade Fundraising. |
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Box Tops and Label Collection - Feb. 3
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Lisa Conover, Box Tops chair, is collecting Box Tops, Campbell Soup and Tyson Chicken labels to raise money for Field Elementary.
Please turn your Box Tops and labels into your classrooms. Please trim your labels before submitting them. Next submission date is Feb. 3.
Help will be needed to prepare these items for submission. If you would like to help or want more information, please contact Lisa Conover (joel_lisa@mchsi.com).
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THE BIG DIG - Feb. 25, 9am to 3pm
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Dear Field Families,
The time has arrived! Plans are complete and we have a date for constructing the Field School  Garden. Field School in coalition with Springfield Urban Agricultural Coalition was awarded a grant to build a school garden complete with a large High Tunnel . The High Tunnel will allow students to be in the garden 12 months out of the year. ALL GRADE LEVELS will be eligible to learn in the school garden and will have various projects tied to the units of inquiry that they are studying.Instructors from the project will schedule and teach lesson on a weekly basis. We even have a chef coming to cook with students once we begin harvesting!
We need your help to make this incredible opportunity happen. Please bring your garden gloves, rakes, shovels, hoes, hammers, and any tools that might be useful to help construct the raised garden beds and build the high tunnel. NO GARDENING EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY! There are many ways that you can help support so please join this effort. We will need people to build, dig, make sure everyone is hydrated, provide refreshments and serve lunch to workers, get supplies to workers, etc. We will begin at 9am and work until 3pm. This is a family event and for all grade levels and we want participation by all! The only requirement for children is that they be supervised by their own parents.
What a great experience for them to work along side of mom and/or dad! So come and join in the learning experience for you and your child!! This is an ambitious undertaking and our hope is that we have at least 100 workers!!!
Questions or want to help? Please contact Mrs. Fisher, dfisher@spsmail.org.
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Yearbook Orders are Due Feb. 14
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 Yearbooks (Memory Books) are on sale now through Feb. 14th! Buy a yearbook for your Valentine! Sale ends Feb. 14th; this is the last sale of the year! Books are $15 each.
Make sure to order your yearbook; we don't have a sale when they come in and Field does not order "extra" books! (We must pay for all books in advance. We may not change our press run number or order "extra" books after their printing!)
This year, we have done special classroom pages for the 5th graders; so parents, make sure to get your 5th grader a yearbook!
Order forms have been sent home. Make checks payable $15 to Field PTA.
If you have any questions, please email Bobbie Shelton simeonandbobbie@sbcglobal.net.
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Clothing Bank and Jeans Drive
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 The SCPTA Clothing Bank work day will be held on Saturday, February 4 from 9-11 am.
Field's designated Clothing Bank Work Day is Wednesday, March 28. You can come and go as needed from 9am until 3:30 pm. We would really appreciate having many volunteers that day. Even if you can just come for an hour, it would be very appreciated. Please let Ann Howard know if you can help with either date.
CLICK HERE NOW to watch a brief video about Clothing Bank!  We will have a Jeans Drive to benefit the Clothing Bank from Monday, February 6 through Thursday,February 16. There will be a collection table at the entry of the school for gently used, or new jeans to be dropped off. We need all sizes of jeans, from Kindergarten sizes through adult. For each pair of jeans you donate, you can fill out a ticket to enter a raffle. Two gift cards will be raffled off, one from Orange Leaf, and one from Andy's. The winners will be announced Thursday, February 16!
Questions? Please contact Ann Howard, Clothing Bank Chair,
at bah2004@live.com.
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Field's School Supply Program
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 The School Supply Program for Field will be offered again this year through the SchoolKidz/Staples Co. Be on the lookout for order forms to come home in March for this great program. When you place your order, you will receive supplies from teacher approved lists for your student for the next school year. Supplies are delivered in August (usually at Meet the Teacher).
Please contact Amy Lohman, alohman@spsmail.org, if you have any questions! |
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Spring Party/Dance - HELP WANTED
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Help is desperately needed for the Spring Party/Dance. 
Every year, the kids really look forward to this fun and exciting evening!
If you can help in anyway, please contact Sonja Shaw, VP Fundraising, sonjashaw@gmail.com.
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Future Falcons
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 If you would like your child to visit Glendale High School as part of its Future Falcons program, please contact JJ Dixon at the Field front office, 523-4800. The next visit will be held in February.
Parents and children enjoy touring the school together while meeting with both students and faculty. It's very exciting for the younger students to see the inner workings of the high school many of them will someday attend! Please note: Your child will not be recorded as "absent" from school during his/her Glendale tour.
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From SPS, SCPTA and/or Foundation for Springfield Public Schools
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Springfield Public Schools is currently experiencing problems with its e-mail system. We have recently received several phishing e-mails, resulting in the SPS e-mail account being blocked by large e-mail providers such as SBCGLOBAL and Hotmail, among others.
We have requested that these e-mail providers remove SPS from their blocked lists and they have done so. However, as these phishing e-mails continue to cycle through our e-mail system we may be repeatedly blocked as it runs its course.
Unfortunately this is disrupting e-mail communication between parents and SPS teachers. Please understand that SPS has not blocked parents' e-mail addresses. Instead, SPS e-mails have been blocked by parents' e-mail providers. We will continue to monitor this issue. Meantime, please remember that SPS will never ask for your user name or password via e-mail.
Teresa Bledsoe SPS Community Relations Manager
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From Foundation for Springfield Public Schools:
Parents, teachers, staff and supporters use the promo code SPS10 when ordering from Papa John's online. This code gives the customer 10% off their order and also tracks the total so they can donate an additional 10% back to Springfield Public Schools. The "Ultimate Bake Sale" began on December 1 and will continue until the end of the school year. There is no limit to the number of pizza's you can order! We'll keep you posted on the progress as you help us raise money to support the students and staff of our schools.
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PTA Parent Resource
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The Parents' Guides help parents understand what the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics will include as they are implemented in schools over the next 1-3 years. They are divided by grade levels so they are easy to understand.
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Staff Birthdays
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Happy Birthday!
February:
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8 - Stephanie Brown
11- Becky Garling
12 - LouAnn Kennedy
15 - Lisa Burton
25 - Tory Zettl
27 - Stephanie Burgess
28 - Jamie Quirk
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Community Partners
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We welcome and celebrate our community partners! Special thanks to: Second Baptist Church and Evangel Temple for their continued support of Field PTA's Backpack Program. 3111 E. Battlefield Evangel Temple 
If you know of a business that would like to help support Field Elementary,
please contact PTA VP Development Sonja Shaw, sonjashaw@gmail.com.
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Volunteer at Field Elementary - Policies and Information
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Our volunteer program consists of community members, parents, grandparents, local businesses and organizations who acknowledge the importance between community involvement and education. Our volunteers work in a variety of capacities, both inside and
outside the classroom from mentoring or tutoring a child to assisting in a school's office or cafeteria.
In order to become a registered volunteer, and keep your volunteer status current, volunteers must complete and return a Volunteer Registration/Background Check Form. This form may be obtained by clicking the SPS link below, in the Community Relations Office, or in the main office of our schools. Anyone volunteering directly with children at our school must perform the registration and background check. The background check costs $17.50; please make checks out to Springfield Public Schools. If you already have a background check completed due to your work or community board service, please provide the school secretary with a copy.
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Field Flyer is Green!
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We have been able to reduce paper waste by using Constant Contact as the primary distribution means for our PTA Newsletter and other important notices.You may sign-up for the email list at any time by sending your email address to Carol Wooten at carolwooten@mchsi.com. If at anytime you would like to unsubscribe to our email list, you may do so by clicking the "SafeUnsubscribe" button located at the bottom of every email.For those without access to a computer or email, a limited number of hard copies of the Field Flyer newsletter will be printed and placed in the information stand at the front of the school. The newsletter is also available on Field's website. Thank you for your support as we move toward becoming a more environmentally-conscious school.
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JOIN PTA TODAY!
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Being a part of Field PTA is a great way to support our students. We would love Field PTA to have 100% membership by Field families! CLICK HERE NOW to download the membership form; memberships are $6 per person. Please return form along with your check payable to Field PTA to the front office or to your child's teacher.
If you are interested in serving on or helping with a certain committee, please contact that chairperson directly. Below is a list of the Field PTA Board for your convenience. You will notice there are some openings in leadership! If you are interested in serving as a chair on the board, please contact Bill Enos, enos0726@gmail.com.
PTA Executive Committee
President: Bill Enos (enos0726@gmail.com)
President-Elect: Curtis Cunningham (ccunningham02@spsmail.org)
Vice President of Development: Sonja Shaw (sonjashaw@gmail.com)
Vice President of Programs: Allison Riddle (allirwr@hotmail.com)
Vice President of Communications: Carol Wooten (carolwooten@mchsi.com)
Secretary: Missi Joplin (4joplins@sbcglobal.net)
Parliamentarian: Linda Skolnick (l_skolnick@yahoo.com)
Treasurer: Mike Harders (mjharders@yahoo.com) _______ Development:
Auction/Raffle: OPEN Art Based Fundraising: OPEN Box Tops and Label Collection: Lisa Conover (joel_lisa@mchsi.com) Community Partners: OPEN Sports and Event Concessions: OPEN Fifth Grade Liaisons: Lisa Cantin (lisacantin@hotmail.com); Michele Bridges (dmi.bridges@mchsi.com) Fun Night (Fall Festival): Curtis and Amanda Cunningham (ccunningham02@spsmail.org and abzintminded@gmail.com)
PTA Membership: Tracy Rathjen (t_rathjen@yahoo.com) School Supply Express Service: Amy Lohman (alohman@spsmail.org) Scholastic Book Fairs: Becky Fraley (b-fraley@sbcglobal.net) Skating Parties: Shellie Robertson (srobertson490@spsmail.org) Spring Celebration/Dance: OPEN
Wearables: OPEN Programs:
Backpacks: Anna Gintz (agintz0808@yahoo.com) and Molly Robb (marybrobb@hotmail.com) Chat and Chew: Michele Boswell (micheleboswell@mac.com) Missi Joplin (4joplins@sbcglobal.net) Clothing Bank: Ann Howard (bah2004@live.com) Community Service (Days of Sharing): Ann Howard (bah2004@live.com) Field Day Liaison: Erica Harris (erica.harris@live.com) Health Fair: Jill Cox (jillcox@mchsi.com) Outdoor Maintenance: OPEN Reflections (arts competition): OPEN RIF: Sheila Wright (robinroark@yahoo.com) Watch Dogs: John Riddle (john.riddle@sbcglobal.net)
Communications:
Boy Scout Liaison: Gary Miller (therefuge@jabc.net)
Courtesy and Hospitality: Brook Mathews (gigigirls9999@sbcglobal.net)
Jennifer Petty (jcpetty@sbcglobal.net)
Directory: Sarah McNew (sarahamcnew@yahoo.com)
Girl Scout Liaison: Debbie Sampson (lizyuxi@yahoo.com)
Homeroom Parents/Volunteer Coordinator: Sarah McNew (sarahamcnew@yahoo.com)/
Terra Salinas (willsali@sbcglobal.net)
Legislative Liaison/Reports: OPEN
Memory Books: Bobby Shelton (simeonandbobbie@sbcglobal.net)
Picture Coordinator: Lisa Conover (joel_lisa@mchsi.com)
Spiritual Guidance: Heather Parker (hparker417@yahoo.com)
Staff Appreciation: Molly Robb (marybrobb@hotmail.com)
PAC/Site Council Representative: Curtis Cunningham, President-elect
(ccunningham02@spsmail.org) and
Bill Enos, President (enos0726@gmail.com)
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