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CALENDAR
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March 2
Principal's Coffee
9:15am
Field Library
March 6 PYP Early Release at
1:35pm
March 7 Wacky Wednesday
CRAZY HAIR DAY! March 8-9 PYP Evaluation
March 10
Pancake Breakfast at Applebee's on Primrose 8am-10am
$5 per person ($3 goes to Field!) March 13 PTA Exec. Meeting
1pm March 14 Chat-n-Chew Lunch Kindergarten Registration
Field Elementary
1:30pm March 16 School Daze school supply order forms and payment are due
March 19-23
SPRING BREAK March 27 Knitting Club meets after school March 28 Clothing Bank -
Field Work Day
9am - 3:30pm
March 30 Deadline to order class pictures Skating Party -
Skateport 4:30 to 6:30pm
$4 per person,
no drop-offs
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April 3-11
MAP TESTING
3rd & 4th Grades
April 10, 11, &12
MAP TESTING:
2nd Grade
Kids: Have a good breakfast and be on time!
Parents: Attendance is especially critical during standardized testing. On test days, please schedule any necessary appointments in the late afternoon.
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From Our Principal...
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Can it be that we may make it through the winter with no snow days?? Although there is something special about a snow day, with this being a short summer, I believe we will be glad in June! If you have not checked out the calendar for the 2012-2013 school year, it is posted on the district's website. Our first day of school will be August 15.
Kindergarten registration for the 2012-2013 school year will be March 14 from 1:30 - 2:30pm. If you know of a youngster who will be 5 by July 31, 2012 please send them our way. Thank you for your efforts in getting the word out for us!
On March 8 & 9, we will be hosting an IB team who will conduct our site visit evaluation. This is apart of IB's evaluation process. A year-long self study was completed last November. We value the input of the IB evaluation team and will share the results later on this school year. Thank you to everyone who took the parent survey and those who are helping teachers get their rooms ready for the visit.
The Big Dig may be over, but we have only just begun! Thank you to all the families who came out and volunteered for the Big Dig. If you are interested in volunteering in the garden or being on the Green Team, please contact Debbie Fisher, dfisher@spsmail.org. You do not have to have a green thumb or be a master gardener. We would love to have you come learn with us.
Please note that standardized testing for grades 2-5 will begin the week of April 2. More information will be coming home for the testing time of each grade level. Please help your student by ensuring they get good nights sleep, eat a good breakfast, and arrive at school on time. Please avoid scheduling appointments in the morning during our testing window.
Finally, if you have not picked up your password for the Home Access Center, JJ still has them available in the office. All you need to do is come in with your driver's license and sign that you have received your information.
Have a great Spring Break!
Dr. Bagwell, Principal
Eugene Field Elementary
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From Our PTA President...
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Dear friends and families of Field,
We have some bittersweet news to report from the PTA. We bid a fond farewell to our treasurer, Mike Harders. He will be relocating to Georgia in April. We will miss him.Mike has done an excellent job as our treasurer for almost two years. The Field community will be losing great friends when the Harders family moves.
But to balance this out, our nominating committee has done a great job and recently provided an outstanding slate of names for the 2012-2013 PTA Executive Board!
One last note - two awesome examples of the Field Community are, first, the last two events at Skateport.January's session had 181 skaters and February's session had 180 skaters. The second example was the HUGE turnout for the Big Dig. WOW!
Have a great March, St Pat's and Spring Break!
Bill Enos
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Chat-n-Chew
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On Wednesday, March 14, we will have a pizza party to celebrate the kids' hard work!MicheleBoswell (micheleboswell@mac.com). |
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Principal's Coffee - March 2
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 Friday, March 2
9:15am
Field Library
Our topic this month will be transitioning to middle school. We will be hosting Dr. Natalie Caldwell, Principal at Pershing. We will have an informal Q & A about what to expect in middle school. This is not just for parents of 5th graders... it is never to early to begin preparing yourself for your child's teenage years. |
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Congratulations to the 2012-2013 Field PTA Executive Committee
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President: Curtis Cunningham President Elect: Beth Lindstrom
VP Development: Missi Joplin
VP Programs: Allison Riddle
VP Communications: Alice Weimer
Treasurer: Mandy Hill
Secretary: Ann Howard
Parliamentarian: Michele Boswell
Special thanks to the Nominating Committee for their hard work and dedication in preparing slate: Michele Boswell, Amanda Cunningham, Missy Joplin, Allison Riddle and Jody Tetlow, chair.
Special thanks also to all of the PTA members who were able to attend the election meeting held at Skateport last month!
Executive officer installation will take place at the May General Membership Meeting on May 15. If you are interested in serving on next year's board, please contact Curtis Cunningham, ccunningham02@spsmail.org.
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Crazy Hair Day - Wednesday, March 7
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Join in the fun by buying a Wacky Wednesday Spirit Day pass for $1 and sport crazy hair to school on Wednesday, March 7. All proceeds will benefit 5th Grade Fundraising.
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PANCAKE BREAKFAST - Sat. March 10, 8 to 10am
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Saturday, March 10 Time: 8am-10am
Where: Applebee's (1855 E. Primrose St.)
Cost: $5 (Field keeps $3)
Why: To have some fun, eat yummy pancakes
and support Field PTA!
Treat the whole family to breakfast!
We are needing 12 volunteers to assist with selling tickets, hosting, serving food and kitchen help. Please let me know if you can help in any way.
Thanks!
Sonja Shaw, VP Development
417.234.4381 (call or text)
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Clothing Bank - Help Wanted
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 Clothing Bank will be open this Saturday, March 3, from 9-11am. If you can come and help serve our students anytime on Saturday morning, please let Dot Atkinson know at dotdatkinson@gmail.com.
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.
Questions? Please contact Ann Howard, Clothing Bank Chair,
at bah2004@live.com.
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Box Tops and Label Collection - WIN YOUR CLASS AN ICE CREAM PARTY!
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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.
At our last submission, we turned in a total of 8,646! The following list are the class totals:
Kennedy - 272 Fisher/Houston - 1450
Burton - 250
Lamb - 380
Goings - 799
Farrar - 252
A Timm - 97
Vann - 467
Nasby - 200
Becker - 215
Aho - 494
Brown - 1,056
Wormington - 381
Burgess - 1672
W Timm - 195
Bradley - 745
Please continue to bring them! The class that turns in the most by the May 1 deadline will win a class ice cream party!! So keep collecting them!!!
Help is always 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 - A HUGE SUCCESS! THANK YOU!
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Thank you to all of the over 250 students, parents, teachers, community members and BIG DIG staff. We had an incredible day of sunshine and hard work that resulted in five new raised beds, four cleaned and prepared existing beds, the construction of a garden storage building and three compost bins plus the removal of an incredible amount of Johnson Grass! This was a fantastic effort by all. We invite everyone to drop by and see the garden!
If you are interested in volunteering to assist the teachers, students and Big Dig instructor learning in the garden, please email Debbie Fisher at dfisher@spsmail.org. NO GARDEN EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
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Field's School Supply Program - ORDERS DUE MARCH 16
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 The School Supply Program for Field will be offered again this year through the SchoolKidz/Staples Co. Order forms have been sent home. 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).
Orders are due March 16. Please contact Amy Lohman, alohman@spsmail.org, if you have any questions!
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Spring Party/Dance - HELP IS NEEDED
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 The Spring Dance is on its way. This is such a great celebration for Field students! Special thanks to Kim Woodworth for agreeing to oversee this awesome event! Spring Dance is currently scheduled for May 4. Silent auction items are needed. If you know of a business that might wish to contribute to our auction, please let Kim know. In April, there will be collections by grade levels for special baskets to also be auctioned that evening. Watch for more information.
If you can help in anyway, big or small, please contact Kim, kwoodworth7@yahoo.com. |
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Staff Birthdays
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Happy Birthday!
March:
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6 - Elaine Farrar Kitchen
20 - Babette Farrar 2nd
26 - Mary Coble - PYP Ad Assistant
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Volunteer at Field Elementary - Policies and Information
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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! Sign-up to receive Field emails.
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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.
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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.
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) _______ CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD COMPLETE BOARD LIST
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