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Issue # 29 | April 29 2010
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Calendar of Events
* Note about recurring calendar items: Growing Power & SCRIP
Growing Power Market Basket orders are due each Tuesday by 4:00 p.m., with payment by Thursday and pick-up each Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
SCRIP orders are due Monday mornings by 9:00 a.m. with deliveries on Fridays, unless otherwise noted.
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Friday, April 30
Lakefront Artist Fair
Set-up, 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Baked goods for LAF due
By 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 1
Lakefront Artist Fair!!
Monday, May 3
Extended Day Daisy Scouts
After school
Wednesday, May 5
Brownie Scouts
After school
Monday, May 10
1st level Daisy Scouts & Junior
Scouts
After school
Wednesday, May 12
Brownie Scouts
After school
Friday, May 14
Registration forms due
Family Fun Run/Walk on May 29
Monday, May 17
Extended Day Daisy Scouts
After school
Tuesday, May 18
Board of Directors Meeting
6:00 p.m.
School lounge
Thursday, May 20
Full Staff meeting
7:45 a.m.
School lounge
Deadline for Girl Scout
donations to Humane Society
Friday, May 21
Plant sale (hanging basket &
flower flats): CJ's Flowers
Southwest corner of campus
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 22
Market Day orders due
11:00 p.m. online
Monday, May 24
1st level Daisy Scouts & Junior
Scouts
After school
Wednesday, May 26
Spring Musical
1:15 p.m.
Market Day pick-up
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Pole Barn
Brownie Scouts
After school
Thursday, May 27
Spring Musical
6:00 p.m.
Pole Barn
Friday, May 28
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Games Day
Pledge forms & pledges due
Family Fun Run/Walk tomorrow
Saturday, May 29
Family Fun Run/Walk
Colonial Park
10:00 a.m.
Monday, June 1-Tuesday, June 2
Spring Conferences
CCP available (reservations
required)
HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE!!
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Get Involved!
LAF - Last Call: Still Needed
- Your time! If you haven't signed up for a shift, please do so now!
- Baked goods
- Display yard signs
- Sell/buy raffle tickets
- $5 prize board items
- Please consider making a purchase from one of the artists!
Humane Society Donations
Help our Girl Scout Troop by dropping items off in the bin outside the school office by Thursday, May 20:
- Bleach
- Old towels
- Dog & cat food/treats
- Dog & cat toys
Help Out at the Spring Plant Sale on May 21
We could use some help at the
plant sale during pick-up times: 11:30, 2:30 and 3:30. If you are
willing to lend a hand, please contact the office.
Participate in Family Fun Run/Walk
Sign up and collect pledges for this event being held on Saturday, May 29. Sponsored by RACINEkids.com.
Join "Relay
For Life" Team
If you know anyone who has been affected by cancer (and who doesn't?), it's not too late to join RMS' Relay for Life team at
Case High School starting at 6:00 p.m. on June 11th and ending at
10:00 a.m. on June 12th. (You don't have to walk the entire time!)
It's the American
Cancer Society's signature fundraiser for the fight against cancer. Our team so far this year consists of Kim & Ricky Granger, Rita Lewis, Rachel Sura, Lisa Porter& Echo Tremeear-Matson. It's a fun time for a great cause. How can you go wrong? Join us!
Your Throw-Aways =
$$ For RMS
Please keep in mind that RMS earns money toward its fund -raising budget (which helps pay operating expenses) on items that would normally end up in the garbage:
Please keep these items coming in! Every little bit matters. The Easy Ones
Lest you forget, please keep RMS in mind in these other (mindless!) ways: - Earn rebates for RMS through Roundy's/Pick 'N Save's We Care program by designating us as your non-profit "beneficiary" when grocery shopping with your Advantage card.
- Use your Red Card at Target and earn money through their Take Charge of Education program.
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Montessori Spotlight
"We cannot create observers by saying, 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation, and these means are procured through education of the senses."
Dr. Maria Montessori
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Almost
Here...
Our solar installation! Look for further information in next week's
newsletter.
Still Thinking About Summer School?
Please return your summer school forms as soon as possible (deadline is tomorrow!) since we are able to accept only 24 students at each level: Primary & Elementary! When those spaces are filled, your child's name will be placed on a waiting list.
Our theme is "All About Wisconsin" and students will learn about native bugs, plants, animals, facts, history, famous Wisconsinites, landmarks and much more!
The cost for each summer session, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m., is $75 /week, beginning Monday, June 21 and running for five weeks, through July 30. There will be no summer session during the week of July 5. Our Child Care Program will be available ($4/hour for > 10 hours/week; $5/hour drop-in rate) after summer school each day from 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (if needed).
No deposit is required, but we ask you to sign a contract to hold your child's space in class. Join us! It will be fun!
Save the Date - Brewers Volunteers Training
We've just received confirmation from the Brewers about tending concessions this summer at Miller Park as a school fundraiser. Since all potential volunteers would need to attend a mandatory training session, please mark Tuesday, July 20, at 6:00 p.m. on your calendar if you're one of the many who showed interest in volunteering. Serving alcohol, service standards, service recovery and technical training will be covered. Stay tuned...
Meadow's Monthly Mouthwatering Meals
The Meadow's April lunch, prepared and served to around 80 diners on the 21st, consisted of delicious chicken noodle soup, baking powder biscuits, baby carrots with ranch dressing and milk. The recipient of the "Share" portion of their Share/Invest/Save/Spend program was the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The monthly soup lunch program provides not
only the practical experience of planning, preparing and serving a
healthy meal, but also gives students financial management experience. Way to go, Upper El!
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LAF is Here!
Bakers Needed! A new idea for this year - not just brownies, bar cookies and rice krispie treats - now you can bake ANYthing! We are having a good old-fashioned bake sale. We'll gladly accept the bars and cookies, of course, but we'll also be looking for breads, pies, cakes, caramel corn or other goodies. Please have your baked items packaged and ready for sale. Items can be dropped off at school any time before 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. Thank you to Julie Zenner for all of her efforts in this and other areas of LAF!
Please take a look at the volunteer sign-up sheet. If you haven't already, please sign up for one of the open slots. We count on each of our families to participate in our biggest fundraiser ($25,000) of the year! These funds help us keep tuition rates as low as possible and funds our tuition assistance program.
After Saturday, you may store your LAF yard signs in your garage or basement for next year or you may bring them back to school next week and drop them off in the foyer.
We appreciate each family selling (or purchasing) their raffle tickets, but if you know you're not able, please return them so someone else can sell them.
Thanks to everyone for the fabulous theme baskets! They're just wonderful and we really appreciate your efforts. This area of LAF generally brings a profit of over $3,000!
We can still accept $5 items for our Prize Board! We can use both child and adult items - 100 of each. Thank you to everyone who has made donations! It's great!
A very important request - Please make at least ONE purchase from an artist on Saturday! (Remember, Mother's Day is coming!) Let's be sure to keep the artists happy and wanting to come back next year. And keep in mind that, if you spend money at the Silent Auction, Prize Board, Basket Auction or Children's Area, you are generating 100% profit for our school!
Lastly, have FUN at the fair - see you Saturday! Many thanks to our sponsors & friends!
Earth Day Success!
Monkey Joe's was hugely popular with the kids who attended on Thursday/Earth Day last week! We had 69 children bouncing, sliding and running about resulting in a rebate check of $113.00. However, the manager, in a very generous gesture, promised to send a check for $200! How wonderful!
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Help Our Girl ScoutsPlease help our Troop 5754 with their pet donations to Countryside Humane Society. This group of 4th & 5th grade girls is busy collecting bleach, dog & cat toys, dog & cat food or treats, old towels, etc., to donate to the shelter tn order to earn their Bronze Award. Donations may be deposited in the collection box in the hallway near the school office until Thursday, May 20.
In addition to collecting donations, the Scouts will create and distribute brochures about pet care issues at one of Countryside's vaccination clinics, and will make seven pet beds for animals waiting to be adopted. While helping at the shelter, the girls will help soothe the animals by reading books to them. The books to be read include "The Cat in the Hat" and "Harry Potter". The Scouts will also make pet care kits with homemade pet toys and treats to be sent home with newly adopted dogs and cats. Isn't that awesome? Let's support them!
Spring Plant Sale--Change of Plans
Our experts at CJ's Flowers are telling us that the usual gorgeous hanging baskets we get from them for the LAF won't be ready in time. We considered having a Mother's Day sale of hanging baskets on Friday, May 14, but have reconsidered and will conduct our usual hanging basket/flats sale on Friday, May 21, at the southwest corner of our campus. Thanks to Cathy Ulrich and Jennifer McClendon for volunteering to help us out during the morning hours. If you can help during the afternoon pick-up times, please let us know.
P.S. If you DO want a hanging basket for Mother's Day (Sunday, May 16), give us a call and we'll contact CJ's and get one for you! "Million Bells", "Angelwing Begonias" and "Snowflake" baskets will be available for $25 each!
Family Fun Run & WalkRACINEkids.com is hosting its First Annual Family Fun Run & Walk on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.
The 3k & 7k Run/Walk will start at Colonial Park, 2300 West High St., and travel along the Root River Parkway. Parking will be available at Gilmore Middle School and the RUSD building. For routes & details, see RACINEkids.com. Registration fees are $15/individual or $35/family of four.
This is a great way to meet up with other RMS families, do something healthy with your kids and raise money for our school! RMS will receive a portion of any pledges you collect. Sign-up by May 14 and receive a free t-shirt & water bottle! - Registration forms & pledge sheets will be available in the office on Monday, May 3.
- Return registration forms at the school office by 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 14.
- Pledge sheets and pledges will be due in the office by 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 28.
For questions, please contact Stacey Day Kocian.
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Why & How We Fundraise
As in most independent schools, tuition alone does not fully cover the full cost of running the school. A variety of fundraising efforts help bridge the gap between what tuition covers and what is necessary to fulfill the mission and vision of our school. And while it may seem sometimes that a number of fundraisers are hitting at once, know that we always try to offer fundraisers which: - are in line, as much as possible, with Montessori philosophy (LAF, recycling, plant sale, Fun Run, etc.); and/or
- provide products or services that we ordinarily need in our everyday lives (SCRIP, Market Day, Growing Power, etc.); and/or
- provide opportunities for our RMS community to enjoy time together outside of school (wine tasting, family nights at local establishments, etc).
We so appreciate all our parents, extended families & friends who give so much of their time to ensure the successful and efficient execution of our many fundraising activities as well as those who participate by making purchases that benefit RMS. |
Disappearing Zucchini Muffins
For a great, easy and healthy recipe, check this out.
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