|
Wood PTA Resources
to Note and to Use
Wood PTA Web Site
Please visit today! Go to
http://www.WoodPTA.org/
Where you can get and stay engaged:
- Learn about upcoming events
- See the minutes from previous PTA meetings
- Subscribe to e-Wood, our up-to-the-minute List Serv
- Find County and other online resources for you and your child
- Keep in touch with the Wood community
E-Wood - Wood's e-mail group
Join E-Wood, the Wood PTA's email group/listserv on Yahoo! Groups. It facilitates communication between parents and the school and keeps you informed of upcoming school and PTA events. It is open to all parents, guardians, administrators and teachers of MS Wood. Once you have subscribed, you can choose to receive an email of every newly posted message, or a "Daily Digests" with all messages for the day in one email, or you can read the messages on the website at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ewood/ To subscribe, please email to ewood-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. To post, send an email to ewood@yahoogroups.com. When posting to E-Wood, please comply with our E-Wood Rules (there is no solicitation for business!) To unsubscribe, please email ewood-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.
These resources are your resources. We welcome your input and participation! |
|
Contribute... Easily
Box Tops
Clip box tops and earn cash for Wood Middle School!
It's easy to find Box Tops. In fact, you may have some in your home right now. Clip Box Tops from hundreds of your favorite products. Each Box Top coupon is worth 10¢ for Wood Middle School, and that adds up fast! They do expire so send them in to the front office at Wood today. (Visit the Web site http://www.btfe.com/productsfor a complete list of participating Box Tops products.)
Labels for Education
CLIP - Clip and save UPCs and beverage caps from participating Labels For Education® products.
GIVE - Give the UPCs and beverage caps to the coordinator - There is a box in the front office at Wood.
EARN - Your school can redeem points for FREE educational resources!
Safeway's eScrip
Renew or sign up with your Safeway Club Card today! Renew by November 1.
If you participated last year, please renew so that Wood can continue to earn contributions.
· Go to http://www.eScrip.com/
· Click on "YES RENEW!"
· Enter either your phone number, email or Club Card number
Not signed up?
· Go to http://www.eScrip.com/
· Click on "1-Sign Up"
· Enter your Club Card number
Giant's A+ School Rewards
Starting October 7, 2011 through March 29, 2012 E.B. Wood Middle School will have the opportunity to earn cash through Giant A+ School Rewards Program.
All you have to do is:
Log on to http://www.giantfood.com/aplusto register online
OR
Dial 1-877-275-2758 to register your club savings card over the phone. After you register your card, each shopping trip at Giant using your Giant card earns CASH for our school! Each month, the amount of cash awarded will be updated on the Giant website. You can track the amount of points you earn for our school by checking your grocery receipt and online when you create an account. Our school will receive a check at the end of the program. The money can be used for any of our school's educational needs.
Remember, even if you registered your card last year, you must re-register this year for our school to receive credit. Attending to this simple process makes a HUGE difference to our school. We need your support. Please be sure to register your card to benefit Wood Middle School using ID #00736. |
|
Happy New Year! Please enjoy this, the fourth newsletter of the 2011-2012 school year. Please also continue to share your ideas and input for future newsletters. Questions, comments, and suggestions should go to Jack Ward, our newsletter editor. We look forward to hearing from you.
Come out and enjoy some warm company.
Don't miss PTA's January meeting Tuesday, January 10th! The topic of our informative and educational presentation and discussions will be:
"The Middle School Brain; What's Going On?"
Join us for snacks from 6:30-7:00 PM
Our general meeting will run from 7:00-7:45
Our speaker will entertain and discuss with us from 7:45-8:30.
See you next Tuesday, January 10th.
|
|
|
The Line Item and Parent Power - Together!
The Wood PTA sets an annual budget for a sometimes forgotten line item called "Teacher Support". This is an imminently flexible and useful line item. It can be used to cover costs for books needed in classrooms. It can be used to cover costs for after-school club materials. It can be used in ways we haven't even thought of yet. This is PTA money - intended and marked to be spent directly for the school, with the involvement of teachers, parents and students - in the best traditions of the extended learning community creatively supporting the growth of a successful student body. The Wood PTA as of the last meeting of 2011 added a line item for "Community support." The details are still being hammered out, but the intent is to provide funds for needy students and families in our community. The initial support went through the counseling office, to brighten the holidays for families in need (who need not be named, and will remain anonymous - even to the PTA). The idea and the motivation for this came from the parents assembled for the meeting - speaking and acting directly to improve their communities, to celebrate the diversity, unity, and union of the Wood community. Do you have any ideas or inspirations you'd like to see put into action? As we have previously said, we need your ideas, we need students' ideas, teachers' ideas, and any ideas that our school community thinks would benefit the students. Please, bring your ideas to the next meeting. If you're too busy to attend, e-mail a board member. If you're too busy for that, communicate your ideas to a teacher or administrator whenever you're next in school. If you're too busy for that, ask your student to do it for you. There's never been a better time to work for changes you'd like to see. Please help your PTA and let your PTA help you make a difference. |
|
Music and Cultural Arts News
The Rockville Instrumental Music Cluster Concert is Wednesday, January 11th at 7pm at Rockville High School. The concert highlights combinations of elementary, middle, and high school students performing together on stage. Come out to support instrumental music in the Rockville Cluster! Auditions for Wood's Spring Musical, Mulan Jr., will be held throughout January 2012, with exact dates to be announced. Please listen to or read the morning announcements for more information. Auditions will not be held during end-of-semester exams. Please contact Dana Sato for more information. Cultural Arts Tour to Rome & Paris - Spring Break 2012 ** Deadline extended to Jan. 5. Last chance to join! ** Student travel is an investment in your child's future. The Cultural Arts Tour to Rome and Paris is a unique and educational arts, music and design focused travel experience. We depart March 31 and return April 7. Our private tour was created by Casterbridge (with our guidance) just for Wood students. This means so much when you are sending your child on an educational trip without a parent - perhaps for the first time. The tour price includes EVERYTHING. Visit our Tour Webpage for an Online Presentation and pricing: http://casterbridgetours.com/index.php/itineraries/privatetour/earl_b_wood_114025/ If you would like more information, please send an email to the PTA's Leigh Dencker at ladencker@verizon.net or Ashley Tauber at Ashley_H_Tauber@mcpsmd.org. Once you register, we will send your child the Casterbridge Journal filled with thoughtful questions about what they will experience in Rome and Paris, so they can begin the learning journey now... and earn the high school credit later! Don't forget the Highlights! : - Students earn high school credit.
- Price includes admission to EVERYTHING, hotel, airfare, breakfast, dinner. No "excursion" fees.
- Cultural arts focus: students experience the art, music, design, and engineering accomplishments of Rome and Paris at sites such as the Coliseum, Eiffel tower, Pantheon, the Vatican, Sistine Chapel, Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum, Notre Dame, The Louvre... and much more.
- Our tour is private. No unknown travelers will be added to our Wood Middle School group.
- Limited group size and plenty of adult chaperones.
- Parents are welcome on the trip but not required. Siblings are also welcome to join.
|
|
Science Tour to Costa Rica
Science teachers Susan Gross and Scott Durbin are taking Wood students to Costa Rica through EF tours. Students will get to practice their Spanish skills while studying the science of the rainforest. The trip is leaving in late June and is open to all students. If you would like more information, please email Ms. Gross.
|
|
PTA Budget electronic distribution
The PTA budget is available to members in electronic form. The updated budget and an updated financial report are provided to attendees at every PTA meeting. In order to save paper, have a better informed membership, and maintain transparency, members can now receive an electronic copy before the meeting. If you are interested, please e-mail Jack Ward to be placed on the recipients list. You will then receive a copy via e-mail on the Sunday before each (monthly) PTA mtg.
|
|
|
|
|
