UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, Nov. 21
Last Day to Donate to Proud Panther Coat Drive
12:35 p.m. Early Release
Thursday&Friday Nov. 22&23
Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday-Friday, Nov. 26-30
Scholastic Book Fair
Thursday, Nov. 29
6-8 p.m. Storytelling Night
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HELPFUL LINKS
How are we doing? Have Comments? You can send an anonymous survey to the PTA or school, click here.
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2012-13 PTA Officers and Board of Directors President - Eric Williams |
A BIG THANK YOU TO...
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Cat Goodyear and Ms. Cappoccia for organizing the Veteran's Day Parade and Operation Welcome Home Donation Drive
- All the parents and Mrs. Dixon who came to the Board of Education hearing on the CIP Budget.
Turn in your Oct. Volunteer Hours, send email to Teresa Williams.
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Loyalty Card Programs
School ID: 58180
(school 6557768)
(school 7852)
(school 00762 Rockville)
(school 219478)
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An After-School Introductory Spanish Class is Coming to Ritchie Park
An Introductory Spanish class for our youngest students is coming to Ritchie Park on Tuesday afternoons. The PTA has selected a coordinator for this class, who is working with Ritchie Park parents to develop this great learning opportunity for our students. If you are interested in enrolling your child in this class please contact Joana Conklin.
Space Still Available with Koa Sports Afterschool Basketball Program
Koa Sports' Hoops co-ed Afterschool Program for Grades K-2 and 3-5 is a slam dunk at RPES! Join our awesome Koa coaches at the Ritchie Park Gym on Mondays from 4-5 p.m. where they teach the youngest to the oldest hoopsters. Our basketball hour will be full of skills, fun drills and scrimmage time and shouldn't be missed. Our Koa coaches will be sure to work on the FUNdamentals of the game. Students are separated by grade and should wear sneakers.
Session I- 6 weeks, ($125)
Dates: Mondays 11/19,11/26,12/3,12/10, 12/17, 1/7
Session 11- 8 weeks, ($160)
Dates: Mondays 1/7,1/14,1/28,2/4,2/11,2/25,3/4,3/11, (weather makeup date 3/25)
REGISTER at www.KoaSports.org. Contact Mindi, 301.785.0632, for more information.
Proud Panther Coat Drive
Brrr! It's already getting chilly outside and they are predicting a cold winter. Have your kids grown out of last year's coats? Not sure what to do with that old coat? The Community Service Committee of the PTA will be organizing a coat drive from November 1-21 to help those in need keep warm for the winter. We will be collecting adult and children's coats, hats, gloves and mittens. Donation boxes will be in the lobby and we will be donating the items to two local charities. Please donate! Contact Lisa Bosse or Marci Gutmann with any questions. |
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Storytelling Night is coming to Ritchie Park once again on Thursday, November 29 from 6-8 p.m. RPES teachers and staff will be reading in the Kindergarten classrooms from 6:00 - 6:55 p.m. We will also have a performance by Noa Baum, an award winning storyteller, who will take students and adults on an adventure that will inspire, delight and entertain! You will have a chance to visit the Scholastic Book Fair and do some holiday shopping too. Siblings welcome. For more information contact brandy.carlson@comcast.net.
Volunteers also needed to help with Storytelling Night. Please consider volunteering by going to www.signupgenius.com/go/storytelling1 and enter RPES to help make Storytelling Night a success. Thank you!
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WAYS TO VOLUNTEER
Volunteer at the 2012 RPES Scholastic Book Fair!
The book fair runs from Nov. 26-30! We need volunteers to help:
- Welcoming and assisting shoppers, completing sales transactions (this is really easy!) and restocking shelves (morning, afternoon and evenings!)
- Setting up (11/20: noon-4) and closing down (11/30: noon-4) the Book Fair
To sign up for a Book Fair shift ..... visit our webpage at:
Questions? Contact Linda Montgomery or Wendy Propst
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FUNDRAISING FORUM
 SHOP ONLINE in preparation for the HOLIDAYS at boxtops4education.com. We get a percentage of your purchase and there are 175+ stores. 50 new stores added (ToysRUs, Aeropostale, QVC, etc)
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ADVOCACY CORNER
Promethean Boards and Wireless Technology in All Elementary Schools: On Tuesday, Nov. 13, the County Council approved the funding for the MCPS proposal to install Promethean Boards in every elementary school classroom and wireless technology in every elementary school by the beginning of next school year. This is great news for Ritchie Park since we currently have no Promethean Boards and are without wireless technology. At the PTA meeting last week, Sherwin Collette, the MCPS Chief Technology Officer, spoke about how crucial it is for every school to have this basic level of technology infrastructure in order for every child to have the opportunity to expand learning beyond the walls of the classroom. Now Ritchie Park students will have that chance. Thank you to those of you who wrote to the County Council or signed the petition in support of this technology initiative. Read more about the County Council's decision here.
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