Roadrunner Masthead
A Strandwood PTA Publication
FEBRUARY 12, 2013 
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In This Issue
Online Auction Bidding Begins Friday
Congratulations to the Read & Dream 100% Club
Upper Grade Book Swap Coming Up
Free Financial Workshop Sponsored by Teen Center
Your Amazon Support is Appreciated!
Dates, Times and Places
Online Auction Bidding Begins Friday
Don't forget you can now preview select auction items online at www.biddingforgood.com/strandwood. Tickets are also now on sale! Get them at the special price of $60 each! Sales at this price will continue through February 18th, after which ticket prices will increase to $65 each.

Online bidding will begin Friday, February 15th, so check out the fabulous collection of items here!
Congratulations to the Read & Dream 100% Club
by Laurie Anderson  

 

The Read & Dream Team would like to acknowledge the classes that have achieved 100% participation. These classes received a special certificate to place in their class windows and the teachers got to choose two new books for the classroom. Way to go!

 

September 2012:  Mrs. McCaffrey's 4th / 5th grade class

September 2012:  Ms. Schuster's 2nd grade class

October 2012:  Mrs. Anderson's Kindergarten class

November 2012:  Mr. Brown's 3rd / 4th grade class

December 2012:  Ms. Bilyk's Transitional Kindergarten class

January 2013:  Mrs. Thorsen's 1st grade class

 
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Photo courtesy of the Bargmann family.

Help earn Strandwood money by clicking on the image below to do your online shopping!

Amazon
Upper Grade Book Swap Coming Up
 Attention parents!

 

Do you have third to fifth grade level books that you no longer need? Hold on to them for a few more weeks! Books will be collected from Feb. 25 - Feb. 28 for the Upper Grade Book Swap on March 1.  The swap is an annual tradition at Strandwood that encourages reading. More details will follow in future Roadrunners. Volunteers are needed to help set up the swap and work shifts on the day of the event. If you can help, please e-mail Amanda Szakats at  communications@strandwood.org. Thank you!

IMPORTANT: All third through fifth graders will get a coupon for one book. To earn additional coupons, students in grades 3-5 can bring books they want to swap to their classroom from Feb. 25 - Feb. 28 only. 
 
Free Financial Workshop Sponsored by Teen Center

Make 2013 the year your college savings goals become a reality. Join in a FREE educational workshop being offered through the Pleasant Hill Teen Center. There are three workshop dates to choose from: 2/12, 2/13 and 2/16. Please visit www.fundsforthefuture.net for full details.     

Your Amazon Support is Appreciated!
by Stacy Pollicino 

Thank You!

 

We appreciate your support of the Strandwood PTA with your use of the Amazon referral link. Thanks to those of you who have been using the link, the PTA has raised just over $1000! Keep up the great effort & don't forget to click the Amazon link found in the left sidebar on Strandwood.org BEFORE you do your shopping! If you have any questions, please email amazon@strandwood.org.

 

Buy Gift Cards Directly from Amazon

 

Did you know you can buy Amazon Gift Cards directly from Amazon? If you do, Amazon donates 6% of your gift card amount to us. Use that gift card to make your purchases and Strandwood PTA will earn ANOTHER 6%. Here's the math:

 

Purchase $100 Amazon Gift Card online = $6.00 donation

Use that gift card to make $100 in purchases from Amazon = $6.00 donation

 

That is a $12.00 donation to the school on just $100 in purchases you would have made anyway! Just remember - click the Amazon link BEFORE you go shopping! Just FYI - Amazon offers gift cards for over 50 stores. Purchase those gift cards from Amazon & we also earn 6% of your purchase.   
Dates, Times and Places
February 12 - 18 - Jump for Heart Week
February 14 - Valentine's Day
February 15 - Bidding for Good Online Auction bidding begins!
February 18 - President's Day - NO SCHOOL

 
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