Horace Mannager
Weekly E-Newsletter for Horace Mann Elementary, Redmond WA

May 25, 2014

In This Issue
Horace Mann Calendar
MSP & SBAC Testing Dates
Volunteer Tea
PTSA Nominating Committee
Proposed PTSA Budget for 2014-2015
After School Enrichment Coordinator Needed
Yearbook Volunteers Needed
Egg Drop Experiment
Art Night
Yearbook
Nutrition Services is Hiring
Mann Math Challenge
Amazon Affiliate Program
Community News
                   
Horace Mann Contacts
  
    
Office:
425-936-2610
  
Safe Arrival:
425-936-2611
  
  

 

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Dear Mann Community:

 

As the weather gets warmer and sunnier, I wanted to remind you of a few safety concerns. On these sunny days, it is great fun for our students to play on the playground after school. That is not an issue, as long as they are supervised by an adult. Please note that we do not have supervision on the playground after school.

 

Please also note that the district has a safety policy that allows only 4th and 5th graders to ride their bikes to school and leave them locked up on campus during the school day. If you are interested in having your 4th or 5th grader ride their bike to and from school, there is a contract that students and parents must sign. Forms are available in the main office.

 

Thank you in advance for helping us keep our student body safe.

 

Megan Spaulding

Principal

 

Horace Mann Calendar

  

Mon May 26:  NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY

 

Fri May 30:  Art Night

 

Thurs Jun 5:  9:00-2:00 pm  1st Grade Field Trip to the Aquarium

                      7:00 pm  PTSA Meeting

 

Tues Jun 10:  9:00-3:00 pm  Safety Patrol Field Trip to Wild Waves

                       2:15-2:45 pm  Knights of the Multiplication Table

                                              Ceremony

 

Wed Jun 11:  Walk to School Day

 

Thurs Jun 12:  3:30-4:30 pm  Volunteer Tea in the Commons

 

Fri Jun 13:  9:00-10:00 am  Awards Assembly

                   Popcorn sales

 

Mon Jun 16:  1:30-2:45 pm  Field Day

 

Wed Jun 18:  9:00 am  5th Grade Graduation

                      11:30 am Dismissal  LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

MSP & SBAC Testing Dates
               

 

 

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4th

5th

ELA (English/Language Arts)

May 20, 27

May 19, 22

May 29, 30

Math

June 3, 6

June 2, 5

June 3, 6

Science

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Attention 5th Grade:  Please note change from previous, Tuesday May 27th has been rescheduled to Friday, May 30th 

Volunteer Tea
Three awards are presented annually by the Horace Mann Elementary PTSA

 

Please join us

Thursday, June 12 at 3:30 pm

PTSA Nominating Committee

2014 - 2015

Proposed Executive Committee Slate
                

The Nominating Committee would like to thank you for all the nominations that were submitted and people stepping forward to volunteer your time! We followed up on each one and carefully considered the open positions. We feel confident that the slate presented will provide the students, parents and teachers with another year of outstanding support.

 

The following candidates are recommended to serve on the Horace Mann PTSA Executive Committee for the 2014-2015 term from July 1, 2014 until June 30, 2015:

 

Proposed Executive Committee Nominees

 

Co-Presidents

Lia White 

Jean Chenevert

 

Co-VPs Fundraising

Rachel Roland

Desiree Michael

 

Co-VPs Volunteers

Andrea Bradford

Lala Sarmiento

 

Co-VPs Enrichment

VP Programs - Nalina Varanasi

VP Art - Lisa Wheeler

 

Secretary

Elaine Paul

 

Co-Treasurers

Susan Stenner

Konna Xiong

 

This slate will be presented at the General Membership Meeting on June 5th at 7pm in the library and the voting will be conducted using paper ballots. The votes will then be tallied and the results announced by Satin Brennan and Mike Ewanchuk, our current Presidents.

Proposed PTSA Budget for 2014-2015
 
A proposed budget for the 2014/15 Horace Mann PTSA has been posted to the Treasurers page on the Mann PTSA website. The proposed budget will be discussed and voted on at the June 5th PTSA General membership meeting at 7pm in the Mann Library. All PTSA members are invited to attend.

Seeking an After School Enrichment Coordinator!

                    

Do your kids enjoy the after school enrichment classes like Art, Chess and Dodgeball?

 

To keep this program going, we need a parent volunteer to help plan and schedule these classes. You would work with our current coordinator, Gretchen, to run the program, starting in September 2014.

 

If you're interested please contact Gretchen Connors or Sara Buckley 

 

YEARBOOK For Next Year in Jeopardy!

No volunteers = no yearbook published.

Contact us if you can help:  Volunteers@horacemannptsa.org 

Egg Drop Experiment
Horace Mann PTSA is excited to announce the Egg DROP EXPERIMENT!

 

On Monday, June 9, 2014, a Redmond Fire Department Ladder Truck will arrive at school at approximately 9 am to test students' creations by dropping them from 50 feet. Please invite your students/children to take part, and help us out by volunteering! Sign up here to volunteer:

 

<http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49A8AE2AA20-eggdrop>www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D49A8AE2AA20-eggdrop

 

Students! --> Use your engineering design skills and science know-how of physics to create a device, contraption, or anti-gravity chamber to protect an egg from a 50-foot fall.

 

Sign-Up --> Students or Teams of Students MUST sign-up by filling out our online registration <http://horacemannptsa.org/Packet/Egg%20Drop%20Experiment> .

 

REGISTRATION CLOSES JUNE 6th

 

For further details: http://horacemannptsa.org/Page/Enrichment/EggDrop 

 

 

 

Art Night is this Friday!

May 30th, 6-8pm

 

We are in need of  volunteers for our annual Art Night. We are asking volunteers to help with various jobs to make the event a great one. Jobs include general set-up and clean-up, managing creation stations and floaters. Volunteers can be parents or older middle school/high school siblings who want to earn service hours. Most shifts are a half hour, some are an hour. Please have a look at the sign up genius here:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DA4AE23A3F94-artnight

 

 

Not only will Student Artwork be all over the walls upstairs and down, Art Night is your chance to dig in and make some art with your kids.

 

Creation stations will be outside and inside, upstairs and downstairs, featuring familiar and new projects like: Paper Marbling Impressionist Style, Crayon Melting Chihuly Style, Japanese Sumi Ink Painting, Hawaiian Lei Making, Mosaics with Van Gogh and OKeeffe.

 

Search for clues around campus in a Scavenger Hunt Adventure of artistic discovery.

 

TNT Treats will provide Hot Dog Dinners (dog, chips, drink) for $5. They'll also serve Lemonade and Kettle Corn.

 

Celebrate Horace Mann Elementary and the Sudo family as they break a Guinness World Record in our very own Mann Art Gallery. That's right, history will be made - because the Sudo's have made over 21,000 origami boats and you can see them all.

 

Each class has been working together on a Raffle project for you to take home. Raffle tickets will be on sale before and after school May 29, 30 and 31 for $1 each. 

Yearbooks for Sale
  

There are 100 yearbooks still available to purchase. If you would like to purchase one please visit http://horacemannptsa.org/Packet/YearBook. Buy one today before they are gone!! Email yearbook@horacemannptsa.org with questions. 

Nutrition Services is Hiring

Interested in Earning Extra Money?

 

Sodexo Nutrition Services currently has paid

positions available to help serve your students.

Paid positions are 2-4 hours in length.

Starting pay is $9.75 an hour.

 

If interested, please call Nutrition Services at: 425-936-1393

 

Horace Mann Math Challenge

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All students are invited to participate.  Pick up paper form in the school office or print online at:  http://www.mathinaction.org/Pages/MannMC.aspx  or see schedule (check updated schedule):  http://www.mathinaction.org/Documents/MC%20SCHEDULE%202013-2014.pdf
Winners are randomly chosen from submissions. 
Turn in at school office, Math Challenge Box.

 

Total number of students who participated  in MC #14 were:  23

 

MC Winners were:

 

Bella S - K

Amadeo A - K 

Will C - 1st

Annabel W - 1st

John Paul R - 2nd

Kyra B - 2nd

Kailani - 3rd

Alice M - 3rd

Maya A - 4th

Kazuma I - 4th

 

Math Challenge #15 is available 5/23 and is due 5/29 by 3pm.

 

Sponsored and funded by the PTSA. 

Neetu Srivastava (neetusv@yahoo.com), Horace Mann Math Challenge Coordinator

Fundraising:  Amazon Affiliate Program
  

Amazon Don't forget that the Horace Mann PTSA earns money on nearly every Amazon purchase you make when you start at our unique Amazon URL. Just click the logo each time you shop, or better yet, bookmark the link (http://www.amazon.com/?tag=homaellw-20). Thanks!

 

Chrome Users:  Install this toolbar extension and you'll never have to remember this link again.  Automatically gives our school the credit when you shop!    

  
Community News:

166th Ave NE Safety Improvements Project Begins this Summer

For more details go here:  www.redmond.gov/166Project

 

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OSO Mudslide Relief                   

Horace Mann Community Can Help OSO Mudslide Victims and Workers Click here to find out:

http://mynorthwest.com/1012/2482334/Help-victims-of-the-Oso-mudslide

 

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