Archway Cicero Weekly Newsletter 3/16/15

Cicero's 1st Annual Greek Olympics
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UPCOMING EVENTS:

GENERAL PSO MEETING - Mon, March 30, 8:15am

For additional information on upcoming events, 
please visit the PSO web site: www.ciceropso.org

1ST ANNUAL GREEK OLYMPICS
WAS A BIG SUCCESS - THANK YOU!
The 1st Annual Greek Olympics was a huge success! Assistant Headmaster Matthew Vlahovich participated in the opening ceremony and helped lead our teams to the field to begin the games. The kids had a lot of fun competing in relay races, tug-of-war, obstacle courses and many more fun activities. Special thanks to Angela Stacy and Linda Zaremba who organized this massive event. You two did a phenomenal job! We also want to thank the more than 90 volunteers who helped out as well.



1ST ANNUAL CICERO
GOLF CLASSIC 2015
GENEROUSLY SPONSORED 
BY THE NOEL FAMILY

Please join us for Cicero's 
1st Annual Golf Classic
Saturday, April 25th at Talking Stick Golf Club
1 p.m. shotgun start, box lunch and awards dinner included  $175/pp

Several sponsorships are available, consider sharing one with another family or ask your employer to support this event.  

Our goal is to register 100 golfers and raise $20,000 for the Founding Families Campaign through sponsorships, silent auction and raffle proceeds.

Register before March 27th for only $155/pp!!

Not a golfer?  That's OK.  Sign up to attend the awards dinner for only $35.  
Please check out this website for pricing and registration info
 
FOUNDING FAMILIES CAMPAIGN


 
You have this once in a lifetime opportunity to become a Cicero founding family.  Won't you help us complete our campus home?  There are giving areas and naming opportunities at varying levels for everyone to participate in and be a part of this campaign.  We have also added items for the campaign to the Prep Amazon wish list, check it out and support the campaign today! 

 

Our goal is to raise $442,500 - keep your eye on the thermometer on our school websites. So far our families have donated over $175,000.  We are roughly $265,000 away from our goal.  Please make your gift today -

Together, we can do it!!

 

Items fulfilled to date with campaign funds:

  • Basketball hoop and padding for the Archway playground
  • Folding stage curtain
  • Motor to raise and lower the outdoor stage door
  • Books for the library
  • Cicero Prep logo umbrellas for the outdoor Prep lunch tables
  • Donated: 30x30 shade structure for outdoor Prep lunch area

To make your gift with a credit card, please click here.  Checks made payable to Cicero Capital may be dropped off at the school office.  Remember, any donation to Cicero may be matched by your employer.

 

Save the Date!  Saturday May 16th from 6-10pm, our entire Cicero community is invited to celebrate our Founding Families campaign with a cocktail party, silent and live auctions, classroom projects, raffles and more!  More details to follow.

 

If you have questions about the Founding Families Campaign, please contact Angela Braun, Director of Academy Giving, at 480.271.3508 or [email protected].
AMAZON WISH LISTS

A HUGE thank you to all families who have already purchased items from our schools' Amazon wish lists.  The impact of your generosity on our teachers is so great!  I have to share with you their excitement when asked to pick up their goodies from the front office.  These lists contribute to the classroom in ways that enhance our student's learning experience.  For example, the Archway music teacher uses hand puppets to keep the children engaged.  All eyes are focused on her so the music lesson is memorable and enjoyable.  And in Mr. Milford's Prep science class, student learning is greatly enhanced with the addition of 6 new microscopes, petri dishes and a super cool dissecting kit, all compliments of parents who made purchases from the Amazon wish list.

 

NEW!!! 

Since so many families have requested this, each school's Amazon wish list now includes items for the Founding Families Campaign. These include chess sets for the library, books, park benches, podiums, ideas for bleachers, scoreboards, artificial grass in the quad and more.  Please use the Amazon Associates link so Cicero will earn 3% from all your purchases. Click on the Amazon logo on each school's website to check it out today!  Thank you for your generous support.


Every donor will receive an acknowledgement, thank you letter and tax receipt. All gifts will also be labeled with the donor's name. Here is the link: Archway Cicero Amazon Link. You should see the teachers' names along the left side of the page. Questions? 

Please contact Angela Braun, Directory of Academy Giving at 480.271.3508 or [email protected]
GREAT HEARTS ART WALK
WE NEED HANDY PARENTS!
YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS PROJECT 
ON YOUR OWN SCHEDULE

Cicero is preparing for the traditional "Great Hearts Art Walk." It will take place on May 1st from 5:30pm-7pm. We will be transforming the campus halls into a giant Art Gallery, displaying the best artwork of each of our scholars.  Families will be invited to the Art Walk to enjoy the gallery and awards will be given to some of the scholars.

PLEASE help if you're handy! This is a project you can do on your own schedule. Parents are needed to help create several framed panels that will be constructed from 4'x8' foam core and particle board frames from Home Depot.  Once you attend a brief meeting concerning the assembly of these panels, you can make them on your own time at home.

Ms. Thurbon also needs help setting up for the Art Walk on April 30th.

Here's the link to sign-up for either of these volunteer positions: VolunteerSpot

Please contact Ms. Thurbon at [email protected] if you have any questions.
NEEDED: LUNCH VOLUNTEERS
REMINDER: DO NOT ORDER LUNCH IF YOUR CHILD WILL BE ON A FIELD TRIP

We continue to need parents' help in order to keep the lunch program going.

You can now sign up for a one-hour shift: either 10:15AM-11:25AM (Prep, K and 1st grades) OR 11:20AM-12:25PM (2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades). Please click on this link to sign-up: http://vols.pt/2W8bDP. It's easy! Just simply enter your email address and pick your spot. You are not locked into this spot every month, just that one time. Maybe you could use your work lunch break once per month or perhaps a grandparent can volunteer? If you still need to get your volunteer card, call Great Hearts Human Resources at 602-438-7045, ext. 7. The card is good for 2 years.

PLACE YOUR CHILD'S LUNCH 
 ORDER BY 6PM TONIGHT FOR THIS COMING WEEK.
 Click HERE to order. Our school password is Cicero2.

A WONDERFUL GIFT!
GIVE YOUR CHILD A SCHOOL YEARBOOK

It's a wonderful gift for your children! What an exciting time when yearbooks are handed out and classmates are rushing around to get their friends' signatures. The Yearbook Committee is busy assembling the photos from the first half of the school year and it is looking fantastic! Please continue to send in your quality group shots to yearbook [email protected].

For your convenience, you can order the yearbook directly from this link: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob

For Archway students, please use ID code: 12290015
For Prep students, please use ID code: 12289915

We also need "First Day of School" pictures, please email to: yearbook [email protected].

Thank you!
Michelle Schober, Yearbook Lead

KONA ICE COMES TO CICERO!
FRIDAY (HALF DAY), APRIL 17

Kona Ice will now be on campus on half-day Fridays for the rest of the school year!

Snow cone prices range from $3-$6 and 25% of all sales are donated to the school. The truck will be parked near the north side prep gate.

Cicero Spirit Wear items will be for sale at this time too!
SPIRIT WEAR NOW ONLINE!

You can now buy Cicero Spirit Wear online:www.ciceropso.org/spiritwear. There is a wide variety of products to choose from including: shirts, jackets, hats, bags, a coffee mug, mouse pad and these two new items (pictured at the right): a lunch tote and aluminum water bottle.

You can easily pay online through Paypal with a credit card. Once you order your items, please allow two weeks for delivery. Valerie McCombs, Spirit Wear Chair, will deliver your items to your child's home room classroom on Mondays and they will be sent home with your child. Any questions? Please contact Valerie at: [email protected]
 
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Looking for an activity for your Cicero students to do after school? There are many options!
FUTURE STARS: 
Spring Dates: Feb 18, 25, 
March 4 (not on the 11th - Spring Break), 
 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Click on the sport to register!

Archery (2nd-5th grades)
Martial Arts (K-5th grades)
Flag Football (K-5th grades)
Baseball/Softball (K-5th grades)
Indoor Soccer (K-5th grades)

If you haven't signed up for the Spring Season or chosen a sport, please call Stacy Santelli at 623-326-4267 or click here: Future Stars

 

DOUBLE YOUR GIFT FOR FREE!

Did you know that many companies will match your Community Investment, Tax Credit and Founding Families Campaign gifts to Archway Cicero?

Simply  click on this link, type the name of your employer in the "Matching Gifts" tab, and hit submit to find out if your company offers a Matching Gifts opportunity. If your company does match, please contact our Matching Gifts Coordinator, Denise Zabilski, at 602-396-7559 or [email protected] 

Having your gift matched is an easy and free way to double and sometimes triple your support of Archway Cicero!

 
CICERO SHOPPING PROGRAMS

We just received our first checks from Target. Cicero Prep families raised almost $100 and Archway Cicero families raised $300 and this is just since January.  Please be sure to connect your Target Red Card to Cicero. Details are on the link below.

Shopping Programs are an easy way to help the PSO provide funding for student activities, teacher appreciation lunches, and more!  Today, when you shop on Amazon, at Target and Fry's you can help the Cicero PSO raise money for our students! All of the details are on our PSO web site: http://www.ciceropso.org/shopping-programs

USED UNIFORM SALE

Have your kids already outgrown their uniform tops and bottoms? Don't throw them away! Donate them back to the Cicero PSO. This sale can help raise a lot of funds for our school!

Please donate washed items only. Stained items may be given to the school nurse. Donations will be accepted in the front office. Stay tuned for future notifications when these Used Uniforms will be made available for sale.

Volunteer Opportunity! 
If you can sew and remove stains from clothes, we can really use your help! We're looking for someone who can convert pants to shorts and make other alterations to donated clothes. Please contact: Meghan Koch at [email protected].
ONLINE SCHOOL DIRECTORY
HAVE YOU SEEN IT?

Cicero's first online school directory is now up and running! Thank you to all parents who confirmed their participation in our school directory. If you did not receive an email, please send an email to [email protected] with your student's (s') last name(s). You can access the Cicero school directory with your username and password at this link: Cicero School Directory