Are you a self starter who is organized and familiar with technology? The PTSA needs you! We're looking to fill our vacant Newsletter Chair position, maybe it's for you. Duties include: compiling newsletter articles via email, organizing articles into the weekly Horace Mannager, and sending the weekly Mannager out. Please contact Co-presidents Lia White and Rachel Roland at president@horacemannptsa.org.

PTSA Openings for 2015-2016

Have you been wanting to get involved with the PTSA? Here's your chance! We have some open positions that we would love to fill before the school year starts. This is a great way for you to get to know other parents and to give back to your child's school. If you'd like to learn more about these positions or to volunteer to take charge, please check out open positions at: http://horacemannptsa.org/Page/Pta/BoardMembers.

Thank you for considering taking part in the Horace Mann PTSA!

Mann Healthroom Needs Volunteers!

The Mann Healthroom is looking for a few more volunteers to help support our front office staff so they can take their lunch break every day. Volunteering in the healthroom is a fun and fulfilling experience and doesn't require you to have a medical background or knowledge, yet if you have a background or interest in healthcare, this is a wonderful place to use your talents. As volunteers, we mainly give band-aids and ice-packs, take temperatures, call a child's parent if necessary and mostly just give lots of friendly and supportive TLC to the kids. Specifically, help is needed on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:45am to 1:15pm. Most people volunteer once every other week. If you are interested, please contact Teresa Henrikson, Health Room Coordinator at treetjh@hotmail.com. Thank you!

Lois Brandt Author Visit & Food Drive

Horace Mann welcomes local author Lois Brandt on Thursday, September 24, 2015. Lois Brandt, author of Maddie's Fridge will be discussing the topic of diversity and how to be a good friend. She will also be sharing with students her experience as an author.

In honor of Lois Brandt's upcoming visit, we will be hosting a special Food Drive benefiting local families through Hope Link. The Food Drive will take place September 14th-25th. Please join our efforts to help end hunger in our community. Donations may be delivered to your child's classroom where they will be collected and counted by the Horace Mann Student Reading Advisory. According to Hope Link's website, the foods that are most needed include:

Canned Meals
Canned Meats
Cereal
Dry Beans
Fruit (Canned)
Pasta
Peanut Butter
Rice
Soup
Tomato Products
Vegetables (Canned)

We will be having a friendly grade level competition. The grade level that turns in the most food at the end of the Food Drive will earn an autographed copy of Maddie's Fridge for their classroom libraries. If you would like to order an autographed copy of Maddie's Fridge, order forms will be sent home on Monday, September 14th. For more information on Lois Brandt and her book, please visit her website at http://www.loisbrandt.com.

Fall Registration for Enrichment Classes - The final day is Sunday, September 13.

A few openings still remain in many of our classes for the Fall program. A few final reminders:

Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Classes start the week of September 21
If you request a schedule change after September 13, you may still be responsible for the full cost of the class

We are still looking for parent chaperones for our Intermediate Coding and Math 3-5 classes. If you have a student participating in one of these classes, please consider volunteering to chaperone. As an added bonus, if you chaperone the entire quarter, your tuition for one student will be refunded.

To register, please visit: http://horacemannptsa.org/Page/Enrichment/After%20School%20Enrichment
Questions about Enrichment? Please email: afterschoolenrichment@horacemannptsa.org

Last Call for Spirit Wear Apparel

The deadline for Spirit Wear Apparel is approaching, but you can still place your orders online until September 14th. Click on the following link to place your order:

https://horacemannptsa.ourschoolpages.com/Packet/Spirit%20Wear%20Apparel/SignInPacketPage/0

Contact Kelley Johnson at johnsonkelleyv@outlook.com with questions or to receive a paper order form. Go Colts!

K-1 Highly Capable Services Program

The Kindergarten - 1st Grade Highly Capable (K-1HC) program provides the most highly capable kindergarten and 1st grade students the opportunity to engage in rigorous and challenging curriculum in their neighborhood schools. The program is designed to address the needs of students who have been identified as having exceptional cognitive and academic ability. During the first half of the 2015-16 school year, highly capable kindergarten students will be identified. Services will begin in February 2016.

For more information, click here.

Reflections 2015-2016

Theme is "Let your Imagination Fly"

Please encourage your students to express their artistic selves in the following categories: visual arts, photography, literature, music composition, choreography/dance, film/video and special artist*. Please see the PTSA Horace Mann Reflections page for further questions or contact Liz Holmquist at art@horacemannptsa.org

Fundraising: Amazon Affiliate Program

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!

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To add content to the Horace Mann E-Newsletter, e-mail your entry to horacemannager@horacemannptsa.org. Make your submissions by 5:00 pm on Thursday. Mid-week blasts are subject to approval. The Horace Mannager welcomes article submissions from students, parents, staff & the community. The PTSA reserves the right to be selective regarding materials published.

Other organizations (e.g. the YMCA, Girl or Boy Scouts, Boys and Girls Club, etc.) can post announcements on Peachjar. Instructions on how to submit for approval can be found here:

http://www.lwsd.org/For-Community/Advertising-in-LWSD/Pages/default.aspx

~Horace Mann PTSA