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April 20th, 2014
Monday is Day 3
HERSHEYPARK Tickets!

The VFMS PTO has the opportunity to purchase Hersheypark tickets at a discount and pass it on to you while raising funds for the PTO.
 
Come celebrate the end of school with friends at Hersheypark on Saturday, June 14, 2014.  Can't make it on June 14?  No problem!  
Tickets may be used anytime before the close of the Hersheypark season on September 28, 2014.

Encourage family and friends to purchase tickets through you!  You won't find cheaper tickets anywhere this season!

Tickets will be delivered to your child's homeroom by mid-May unless otherwise specified.
 
Purchase tickets via Paypal HERE or Download Flyer & turn into the VFMS Office.  Thank you for your Support!

Earth Day
Tuesday, April 22nd 

 

We, the 7th Grade Leadership Seminar, would like to encourage all students at Valley Forge Middle School to celebrate Earth Day by wearing green (or an Earth Day themed costume)!

 

The homeroom with the highest percentage of people wearing green will receive free frozen yogurt from the cafeteria.  Frozen yogurt will also be awarded to the students who most creatively promote Earth Day by wearing the most green or an Earth Day costume.  Faculty judges will chose the top 3 students from each grade at lunch on April 22nd.  Each of these 12 students will also receive a free frozen yogurt.

 

Teachers will be doing their part by cutting back on energy usage as much as possible in their classes.

 

In addition, Whirled Peace in Paoli will be donating 15% of their sales from 3:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Earth Day, April 22nd, to the World Wildlife Fund.  Please show your support for environmental efforts by visiting Whirled Peace and enjoying their tasty drinks, frozen yogurt, and other treats.  YOU HAVE TO BRING THE EARTH DAY FLYER with you so they can keep track of the amount of their donation.  These flyers are available in the main office, outside room 615a, as well as on the VFMS page and Mrs. Clemmer's teacher page, or by clicking on this link to Mrs. Clemmer's

 

Check out the links to Whirled Peace and the World Wildlife Fund.

 

Parent Chaperones Needed 
7th and 8th Grade Spring Dance - Friday, April 25th

We are seeking three to five brave parents to join 

Dance

Mr. Gibson and the VFMS faculty to chaperone the spring dance on Friday April 25th beginning at 7:30 p.m.  

(You will NOT interact with your child - we promise!)

 

Please contact the VP of Socials if you would like to volunteer.

 

The 24 Competition is Coming for Our 6th Graders!!  Need Volunteers!

 

To Volunteer - Click Here!

 

It is just a few short weeks until our 6th graders will be involved in our annual "24 Game School Tournament".  "24" is a critical thinking game in which students must make mental computations and find patterns. Math

 

The VFMS 6th Grade 24 competition is coming Friday, April 25th.  Volunteers will need to be available from 12:15 - 2:30 p.m. on the day of the event. The proctors will oversee the game and will help tally scores at the end of each round.

 

WE NEED YOU - without the support of approximately 50-60 volunteers, we are unable to hold the competition.

 

We are accepting proctors immediately-- MARK YOUR CALENDARS now and decide if you are able to help us out! We will certainly take more than one family member from each household. In the past, we have had aunts, uncles, grandparents, and college-aged siblings, who themselves participated in this fantastic event in middle school-make it a family event!!!   

 

Your child doesn't need to be in 6th grade for you to volunteer.   Parents who wish to proctor should simply click below and fill out the online form.  If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Allison Long. 

 

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO VOLUNTEER!

 

Golden Apple Grants

 

Do you know what a Golden Apple Grant is?  Ever heard of them?  Well, here is your chance to find out!  The VFMS PTO has created a fund to support outstanding and innovative programs, ideas and/or purchases which will enrich the educational experience at VFMS.  The golden apple standard Golden Apple Grant is $200 and typically up to 10 grants will be made available during each school year.

 

Do you have an idea we can support?  We are accepting grant applications now for the 2013-14 school year.  Any member of the VFMS community is welcome to apply including teachers, staff, administrators, parents and of course students.  The PTO Board will review submitted applications and grant recipients will be notified and receive funds on a 'first come, first served' basis until all budgeted funds have been allocated.

 

Please send completed applications to Tarina Mahtab

via email or by hardcopy to the PTO mailbox in the VFMS main office.  Questions?  Please contact Tarina.

 

Much Gratitude!
Thank you to everyone who helped with the installation of our mural of The Five Elements. It thrills us that so many of you stopped to admire and compliment and comment and help by putting up tile, grouting or polishing. We have many special thank you's to express!
 
Our most hearty thanks goes to the VFMS PTO and the 
wonderful parents who volunteered tirelessly and supported the project financially.  Much gratitude to the custodial staff for patience with our mess making and support with
unexpected supplies and assistance that we needed.  
 
Thank you to Matt Gibson for supporting this project, letting us take down the showcases and lights and being flexible about every aspect of it.
 
Thank you to Jacqui Hickey for getting the plaque made so quickly and beautifully.
 
Thank you to Julia Falasco for getting us coverage when we needed it most and for sending parents down to help when they thought they'd just stopped in to drop off lunch or a forgotten project.
 
Thank you to teachers who allowed students to miss parts of class to help with installation.
 
Thank you to Shauna Hardy, James Alvarez and Trevor Johnson for recycling 400 pounds of red clay for this project.
 
Thank you to Allison Long who was a very good sport about us blocking her doorway and taking down her signage and using her room for storage overnight.
 
Thank you to Chloe Beltran who was a key helper in all kinds of big and small ways when she volunteered for weeks just for the joy of being around art and artists.  
 
Thank you to all the students who helped to make 5,000 amazing clay tiles.  
 
And most of all, thank you to Rhoda Kahler who worked miracles with those 5,000 tiles and changed it from a middle school art project to a world class art installation!

The Art Department feels supported and appreciated by you all.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
 
Love,
 
Zan Lombardo
Courtney Jaggers
Ginny Cataldi
 

FLITE doesn't take the summer off!

 

FLITE provides scholarships for Tredyffrin/Easttown

students to attend academic and leadership camps.

 

If you are interested in more information and the qualifications, please contact your child's T/E school guidance counselor at your earliest convenience.

 

The Foundation for Learning In Tredyffrin/Easttown's camp scholarship assistance, based on financial need, is available for students of the Tredyffrin and Easttown schools. www.flite-pa.org.

 
In This Issue
HERSHEYPARK Tickets
Earth Day
Parent chaperones Needed
The 24 Competition is Coming for Our 6th Graders!
Golden Apple Grants
Much Gratitude!
FLITE Doesn't Take the Summer Off!
Blast Editor Wanted!
Jazz Fest!
Box Tops for Education!
Tredyffrin Township...Parks & Recreation Tennis/Squash
Blast Editor Wanted!

VFMS PTO is seeking a skilled and creative parent who is willing to put together a weekly communication to the VFMS Parent Community. Knowledge of Constant Contact or like software is helpful but not a requirement.  
If interested please contact
 
Jazz Fest!
Box Tops for Education!
Boxtops
Box Tops for Education 
are an easy way to help raise money for VFMS.  

 

Just clip Box Tops 
and drop them in the collection box located in the main office.  

 

Help us reach 
our goal this year!

 

If you have any questions, contact 

 

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This Week at VFMS

 

Tuesday

Knowledge Bowl Field TripGr

 

Friday

Grade 6 24 Competition

Grade 7 & 8 - Spring Dance

 

Tredyffrin Township
Parks & Recreation Tennis/Squash

Learn fundamentals of the sport, including forehand, backhand, serve & volley as well as basic offensive & defensive strategy. 
To learn more click here!

Way to Keep in Touch!
 
Important Numbers

VFMS Main Office:
610-240-1300

Attendance Line:
610-240-1330

T/E Transportation: 
610-240-1680

T/E District Office:   
610-240-1900

Blast Submissions

If you have school news you want to have published in the Blast, please write it up exactly how you want it to appear and send it in email to the editor, at 
sydneyruth@me.com by the preceding Friday afternoon. Blast will go out each Sunday afternoon.