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Question: In this time of Holiday festivities, how can I participate if I am traveling or stuck at work? Do the children do anything to reach out to others at this time of the year?
Answer: To participate in your child's event, please keep an eye out for emails and flyers from your room parents. There are many different ways to join in, even if you are away or unable to physically come to the party. These include donating a food or craft item to the party or doing some advanced preparation for the craft/project. And, yes, each grade typically does a service craft/project that results in a donation of something special to local seniors, our troops, veterans, and other groups who greatly appreciate our children's good will.
Check out our FAQs section on the website and send any questions to Ask Chester and we'll answer them here and/or on the website.
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Chesterbrook PTA Digest
No.8, November 20, 2012
Upcoming Dates:
Turkey Trot, 11/21 (more information below)
Early Release at 1:20pm, 11/21
Thanksgiving Holidays, 11/22 & 11/23
3rd Gr. to Nat. Museum of Natural History 9:15-1:30, 12/3
Science Enrichment 9:45am Grs. 2 & 3; 2pm Grs.3 & 4, 12/4
Science Enrichment 9:45am Grs. K & 1; 2pm Grs. 5 & 6, 12/5
2nd Gr. to Museum of Natural History 9:15-1:30, 12/7
Principal's Coffee, 12/13, 11am-12noon
Alice in Winter Wonderland, 12/14, 7pm
Winter Break, 12/24-1/1/2013! (Back to school 1/1/2013)
Sneak Peak at Holiday Celebrations - some grades are combining, and some are individually scheduled, as indicated:
K - Thursday, 12/20, 1 p.m. (check on date/time with your child's teacher)
1st Grade - Monday 12/10, 9a.m.-12noon
2nd Grade - Wednesday 12/19, 12/20 (check on date/time with your child's teacher)
3rd Grade - Tuesday 12/18, 1:45-3:15 p.m.
4th Grade - Wednesday 12/19, 1-3:15 p.m.
5th Grade - Friday 12/21, 11:30am
6th Grade - Monday, 12/17, Time TBD
Sincerely,
2012-2013 Chesterbrook PTA Board
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Turkey Trot Wednesday 11/21
|  2nd Annual Chesterbrook Turkey Trot
The Health and Wellness committee is planning to hold the 2nd Annual Chesterbrook Turkey Trot on Wednesday, November 21st. The Turkey Trot is a school-wide event where each grade level comes out to sprint, jog, or walk around the track for a 30 minute block of time. It is an event which is very successful in promoting healthy lifestyles for students. Parents and guardians are encouraged to come and participate with their kids during their ½ hour block! If you do join us for this event, please either sign in and grab a visitor sticker in the office or at an outside sign-in station on the black top near the track. Please have kids wear appropriate shoes and clothing for the event. Finally, the Turkey Trot will be cancelled in the event of inclement weather. If you are planning on taking your child with you after the event you will have to follow standard procedure, by signing them out at the school office.
Order Trot Time
6th Grade 8:50 - 9:20
2nd Grade 9:20 - 9:50
3rd Grade 9:50 - 10:20
5th Grade 10:20 - 10:50
4th Grade 10:50 - 11:20
1st Grade 11:20 - 11:50
Kindergarten will be running around the soccer field, 11:00 - 11:30
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| Shop (Amazon) and Support CES! | Available all year, and great for gift giving season
When ordering gifts this season, please remember to visit the PTA website to shop and support CES.
We can earn between 4% and 10% of every item sold and shipped through our PTA Amazon link depending on the type of product and number of items shipped each month. The more items purchased and shipped, the higher the percentage earned each month. It is as simple as:
- Visit the PTA website www.chesterbrookpta.org and click on the Amazon PTA Link in the upper right hand corner ; "book mark it" or "add to your favorites" for easy access in the future.
- Use the PTA Amazon.com link - BEFORE adding items to your cart
- ANY and EVERY purchase made through the PTA Amazon link counts, including music downloads, toys, Kindles, books, on demand movies, clothes and toys!
- If you have items in your wish list click on Amazon link before you place your order
(Update: We have already surpassed the total raised, all last year, so thank you and please keep using the link!)
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Spirit Wear Still Available -- Makes Wonderful Holiday Gifts!
|  Don't forget, Chesterbrook Elementary has it's own line of Spirit Wear - tee shirts, sweatshirts, PJ pants and car magnets -- all available in two new designs. Samples of some sizes are in the display case outside the school office. In general, order an XS tee shirt for K-1st grade. Order a S sweatshirt for 4-5 yr olds, a M for 1st grade. PJ pants S should be good for up to 3rd grade. Everything comes in Youth and Adult sizing. The form is also available on the PTA website at http://chesterbrookpta.org/spiritwear-2.aspx or contact Carol Brunner if you have questions.
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Lavenders Orders - Shop Online
|  Need wrapping paper, hostess gifts, treats, and lots of other fun items? Shop Lavenders catalog and place an order online! Lavenders Online
Lavender's is a local, family-owned business which has great gifts, high-quality gift wrap, holiday wreaths, food, coffee and much more. Check it out! 50% of the proceeds will benefit the Chesterbrook PTA.
Online orders will be delivered directly to your house (order for $75 or more is eligible for free shipping). Be sure to include Chesterbrook's Program ID: 123379300. Questions? Contact Judy Williams |
| Green Team Still Needs Volunteers | |
Chesterbrook's Green Team needs volunteers at lunchtime, particularly for the younger grades, to help students sort their recycling and food recovery items (unopened and unused food from students' lunches). If you come eat lunch with your child, check in with the cafeteria monitor to see how you can help for a few minutes at cleanup time. By incorporating recycling and food recovery at lunchtime, Chesterbrook is instilling healthy habits we hope will last a lifetime. Trash has been cut by more than 50% and our first collection of juice pouches (15 pounds) has been sent to TerraCycle. For more information on how you can help at lunchtime, please email greenchesterbrook@googlegroups.com.
On Friday afternoons we need volunteers to deliver food collections to SHARE of McLean, a local food pantry. This is an easy project and a great way to help the community. Since September, Chesterbrook has recovered and donated 500 pounds of food!! Check out our SignUp Genius link to see if there's a day you can volunteer. For more information on the specifics of what is needed, contact Kathleen Weil.
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During This Thanksgiving Week We Are Grateful For...
|  Thank you to everyone who donated to the PTA School Outreach's fall donation drive! We collected 5 grocery gift cards and raised almost $100 at the book fair to purchase additional cards. We also collected a large box of school supplies and clothing for our partner schools.
Thank you! - The PTA School Outreach Committee
Three trucks were loaded with donations by CES and other Local Families for Hurricane Sandy Victims in NJ and NY
 U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-4) and volunteers wrap up the unloading of a third truck of donated items for NJ victims of Hurricane Sandy. The effort was coordinated through the family and friends of U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette and Mrs. Jennifer LaTourette of Ohio (a Chesterbrook Parent). Cong. Smith represents Trenton as well as large Jersey Shore areas in Monmouth and Ocean Counties and helped unload the truck at the Salvation Army's Trenton, NJ warehouse on Enterprise Avenue.
"This is a wonderful act of goodwill and charity on the part of many who want to help New Jersey victims of Hurricane Sandy," Smith said. "It is truly heart-felt. On behalf of the people of the Fourth Congressional District and all the hard hits areas of New Jersey, I want to thank Steve and Jennifer LaTourette of Ohio, the Chesterbrook Elementary School, Gentle Giant Moving Company and the American Trucking Association and all those who made contributions for collecting and shipping these donations to New Jersey. I am extremely appreciative to Maj. Phil Davis of the Salvation Army and his workers who helped unload the trucks and will help make these items available to the victims of Sandy."
U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette (OH-14), who is retiring from Congress at the end of the year, and his wife Jennifer and their two children, helped coordinate the effort through their school, sending a total of three trucks. Cong. LaTourette's Washington office is down the hall from Cong. Smith's office. After viewing some of the carnage at the Jersey Shore, they decided to offer to collect goods for the victims. See more on CES
Thank you to everyone in our community!
Thanks to everyone for working so hard collecting Box Tops for Education. In the fall 2012 submission of Box Tops, Chesterbrook made $744!! Great job, everyone! I will be returning the Box Top baggies labeled with family names -- look for them in an upcoming Thursday envelope. And start collecting Box Tops again because our next deadline is Friday, February 15, 2013. Thank you - Susie Miller-French |
"Yes Virginia" - Newseum Event 11/24/12
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Saturday, November 24, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Get into the holiday spirit at the Newseum! Join us for a day of special events and activities for all ages, inspired by Francis P. Church's 1897 New York Sun editorial assuring 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon that there was, indeed, a Santa Claus.
- Hear a reading of the heartwarming Sun editorial - with a special appearance by you-know-who!
- Learn how kids in 1897 might have sent their letters to Santa and even try telegraphing your own message to the North Pole.
- Make your own snow globe which you can then donate to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
- Breaking news! Record a Santa sighting at our "Be a TV Reporter" experience.
FREE ADMISSION for every child who brings a new, unwrapped toy to donate to Toys for Tots.
NEWSEUM - LIVING HISTORY 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. | www.newseum.org | 1-888/NEWSEUM Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
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