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| VFES PTO Annual Parent Social and Silent Auction
Saturday, March 24, 2012
 Phoenixville Country Club RSVP The VFES PTO Adult Social and Silent Auction is tomorrow night, Saturday, March 24th from 6:30 - 10:30 at the Phoenixville Country Club. Walk-Ins are Welcome. Pre-registration is preferred. If you would like to attend but have not sent in your reply card, please email slook@eastriverbank.com to coordinate your RSVP. Absentee Bid Not able to attend the event but would like to place a bid on a few items? This year's auction has an array of unique and exciting auction items for your bidding savvy. And this year's "Teacher Time" packages are one of a kind gems that you won't want to miss! Take a look at the Silent Auction Catalog that came home this week in your child's backpack and send an email to faufiero@verizon.net by NOON on Saturday, March 24th with the item number you would like to bid on, name of the item and you maximum bid amount. We will contact you on Sunday, March 25th if you are a winner. Payment due on Monday, March 26th at the VFE Office, checks payable to "VFES PTO". A GREAT big thank you to our 2012 Adult Social Sponsors: The Borrelli Family The Carpenter Family The Geutsche Family and Geutsche Orthodontics The Guillocheau Family The Look Family and Vertibrands � The Pellegrini Family and Sila Heating & Air Conditioning Sweet Jazmines Pastry Shop |
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Help Wanted - Spring Fair Set-Up 
Spring Fair Set Up Co-Chair - Help to organize the set up of the Spring Fair. Set up instructions are well documented. Email Jen Arnott at arnottx5@verizon.net if you are interested.
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Help Wanted - PTO Board Positions 
Open PTO Board Positions for 2012-2013. Please email Raquel Hunter at rioshunter@yahoo.com if you would like to be a part of the PTO next year. We need you!
VP of Socials or Co-VP's of Socials - Become a member of the PTO board and oversee the social events that the PTO provides. You are not the Chair of the events, but rather the overseer to make sure the events are on track. Position has been revamped to reduce workload. Come and join us by yourself or grab a friend and split the job!
Publishing Center Co-Coordinator - Help Publishing Center veteran Julie Borrelli run the Publishing Center. The center is extremely well organized and all steps are well documented. The books created in the center are such wonderful keepsakes. Be a part of this important process!
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VFES Yearbook 2011-12
Based on last year's success, the VFES PTO is once again pleased to offer a 48 page, full color, soft cover yearbook for sale for $20. All 4th graders will receive a complimentary copy courtesy of the PTO. Please click on the attached link for a yearbook order form. We are also looking for plenty of photographs of the children at school events, so if you have any, please contact your homeroom parents for details of how to get them to us. Deadline to order is 3/29.
Click here for yearbook order form.
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Save the Date - VFES Ice Cream Social
Friday, April 20, 2012
It's Spring and that means the Ice Cream Social is coming up. It will be a fun night to catch up with friends and enjoy some delicious ice cream. Please follow the link below to register your family to attend this FREE PTO Social and to volunteer to be one of our celebrity scoopers during the event! We hope to see you there!
Click here for link.
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It's that time of year again for the
Annual Children's Dental Clinic Fundraiser!
This year we will once again be offering products from The Yankee Candle Company; the dental clinic receives 40% of every order. You will receive the catalogue in your child's backpack; orders are due Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
Even if you don't wish to order any products a contribution would be greatly appreciated and is tax deductible.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Karen Reaume (610-410-5035; karenreaume@gmail.com), thank you for your support!
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 Falcon Fun Camp
The Valley Forge Elementary PTO will be conducting summer afternoon day camp from 1pm to 4pm with 3rd grade teacher, Matt Diamond, and Physical Education teacher, Alex Johnson, for any child who currently attends VFE or NEES in grades Kindergarten (must be completing kindergarten this year and entering First Grade in Fall '12) through Fourth Grade (entering Fifth Grade in Fall '12).
Click here for more information.
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SKOOOT - Squirrels Keep Out Of Our Trash
We need your help on a student service project to clean up the playground. Fourth grade student Joey Ibarra has taken the initiative to start a fund raising effort to clean up the trash on our school playground. He is collecting donations to go towards metal trash cans with lids to reduce the litter and keep squirrels out of the trash. He is hoping to raise money to buy 8 commercial grade metal trash cans, and an outside organization has agreed to match funds up to the first $1,000 in donations! See the attached link for information on how to donate.
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Save the Date - Field Day is Fast Approaching!
Field Day "A" (1st and 2nd Grade) is scheduled for Thursday, May 24th. FieldDay "B" (3rd and 4th Grade) is scheduled forFriday, May 25th. Last year went so well, we will be asking for parent volunteers again to help at various times of the day! The rain date for either of those days will be Thursday, May 31st. Please mark your calendars and be ready to have tons of fun in the sun!!
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Counselor's Corner
Please click the link to the right to view this month's Counselor's Corner.
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T&E Care Looking For Donations Of Kids Clothing
T&E Care is hosting a Kids Clothing Grab Bag on Saturday, April 21st at St. Matthew United Methodist Church where local residents can grab bags and fill them with clothing, all for donations of $5 a bag.
We are looking for donations of new or gently used clothing for infants through teens. We will accept these donations during the week of April 8, 2012. A drop off box will be in the lobby of our school. While spring and summer clothing is preferred, clothing for all seasons, plus shoes, boots, coats, belts or other accessories will be accepted.
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ARCH presents: The Effects of Alcohol and other Drugs on the Adolescent Brain
April 12, 2012 at 7:00pm at the Valley Forge Middle School
Ken Thompson, M.D., FASAM; Medical Director, Caron Treatment Centers will discuss the current neuroscience of substance use and addiction and its relevance to the adolescent drug and alcohol user. Chilling evidence supports the need for early intervention and not just accepting drug and alcohol use as a phase that kids go through. Teens welcome to attend.
Click here for link.
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Spring Track and Field Clinics (Ages 6-13)
Thursday evenings, April 12th - May 17th
Clinics are taught by the head coach of Conestoga's boys and girls cross country and track teams at the Conestoga High School track.
Click here for a program brochure.
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Once again, Karen Seifert and Sondra Zalewski did a great job running the Box Tops collection. Box Tops are an easy source of revenue for the school and we appreciate it the time it takes to collect and count all of those tops.
Sarah Culbert is our "Art Goes to School" representative this year
 and we thank her for coordinating that important program. If you haven't been in the school lately, Angel McAveney changed the pictures on the "Eyes of a Child" wall in the lobby. They are beautiful and Angel did an outstanding job taking, developing and hanging all of the pictures. Jennifer Showers is our InterSchool Council representative and attends all of the meetings on our behalf. We really appreciate it. If you have walked in the lobby and wondered how all of the great seasonal decorations get there, that would be the work of Katie Cannizzaro and Allison Hayes. Thank you for making VFES look so festive! |
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Upcoming Events
March 23 - Harlem Wizards
March 24 - Adult Social/Silent Auction 6:30 PM
March 27 - Cultural Arts Program "Science in Movies"
March 30 - No School Staff In Service
April 2-6 - Spring Break
April 20 - Kindergarten Earth Day
Ice Cream Social 6:00 PM
May 4 - Spring Fair 5:00 PM May 9 -Bee Man Grade 3 May 15 - Spring Concert 7:30 PM May 16 - Volunteer Breakfast 8:00 AM General PTO Meeting 9:15 AM May 24 - Field Day Grades 1 & 2 May 25 - Field Day Grades 3 & 4 May 28 - Memorial Day - No School
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Publication Date of Next Falcon
April 13, 2012 |
Questions or Comments?
Contact the Editors:
Wendi Ballas Barbara Loewengart ________ Raquel Hunter, PTO President Rebecca Wills, Principal willsr@tesd.net |
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