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April 2008 |
Kent PTA eNewsletter |
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From the Principal |
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Debbie Williams, Principal |
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Cardinals,
I hope everyone had a relaxing and restful Spring Break.
We are in the middle of TAKS testing here at Kent. Third and Fifth
Grades did a great job on their Reading TAKS with 100% of our 3rd grade
and 94% of our 5th grade passing. We are proud of their hard work.
More testing is coming up during the month of April but we are
anticipating more success.
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5 - 9. We would like to encourage you
to remember the outstanding professionals who spend so much time and
effort with your children each day. Please let our staff members know
you appreciate their efforts. A simple note or card can make their day.
Sincerely,
Debbie Williams
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Earth Day Celebration |
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Friday, April 25
Kent students and staff will be celebrating Earth Day on Friday, April
25th with grade level beautification, cleanup and recycling projects.
Third grade will be planting their garden, other grade will be picking
up litter, planting flowers and collecting newspapers for this event.
Kent is a registered participant in the Great American Cleanup with the
local Keep America Beautiful affiliate, Keep Carrollton Beautiful.
Watch your child's Tuesday folders for more information on these and
other events as well as some tips on how we can all make a difference by
being good stewards of our earth.
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Thank you! |
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You are the Best!
Thank you to the Kent teachers and staff for the beautiful and tasty
Volunteer Appreciation Reception you provided for us at the open house
and volunteer awards last month.
Volunteers were treated to wonderful desserts provided by our even more
wonderful teachers!
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PTA Life Member Award Recipients |
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Four of our outstanding teachers and parent volunteers were honored at
the Volunteer Reception with Texas PTA Life Member awards. 5th grade
Teacher Susan Ellis, a previous life member award recipient, received
the Extended Service Award. Also honored with Life Member awards were
art teacher, Pat Thorpe, and parent volunteers Shirley Johnson and
Tiffel Dickinson.
The following parent volunteers were also honored at this event as
the grade level Karen Guiterrez and 5th grade Lynn Johnston Volunteer
Award Recipients:
- Kindergarten - Kellie Oskarson
- First - Kay Mathews
- Second - Ann Beltran
- Third - Sarah Roye
- Fourth - Sue Chung
- Fifth - Marlene Thompson
- Lyn Johnston - Karen Fischer
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Cultural Heritage Fair |
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Tuesday, May 6th, 6 - 8:00 p.m.
We are in the midst of planning another wonderful journey around the
world in 90 minutes for our Cultural Heritage Fair on May 6. So far, we
have booth leaders for the countries listed below. Each of them needs at
least one helper, so please consider volunteering for this fun event.
Booth Leaders
Armenia - Shevan Basmadjian
Brazil - Acsa Buening
Burundi - Stephani Coker & Carolyn Johnson
Canada - Miles & Wanda Kuperus
China - Wendy Barron
Cuba - Tracy Cross
Dominican Republic - Cynthia Rondon
Egypt - Wessam Zaied
France - Ellie Haynie & Kelly Stephanus (friend visiting from France)
Korea - Sue Chung
Netherlands - Rhoda Moriak
Pakistan- Shamsa Jiwani
USA - Sarah Roye
We still have room for a few more countries. We need booth leaders for
India, Mexico and Germany, we have some people who will help you, but we
have to have a lead for the country to be represented.
PLEASE NOTE: The booth leader meeting for scheduled on Tuesday, April
8 at 8:30 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 15 at 8:30. The booth
leader meeting on Tuesday, April 8 at 7:00 pm is still on! Please plan
to attend 1 of these if you have not been a booth leader before.
Contact Donna Dalton at multiculturalfestival@kentpta.org or
972-446-9472 for more information.
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C-FB ISD Council PTA Clothes Closet |
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Ruth Doocy, Council Delegate |
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We need your gently used clothing donations
Hello Friends of the Clothes Closet!
Thank you so much for the generous donations we received from you this
past month. Thank you to the many Kent volunteers who showed up to work
the Saturday work day and the Tuesday night client night!. It was very
busy and rewarding experience.
We are continuing to see increased demand for the Clothes Closet
service in our community, so please remember us as you do your spring
cleaning. WE need your gently used clothes and new socks and underwear,
and of course cash donations are always welcome.
The next client night at the Clothes Closet is April 21 (Mon) 6:00 -
8:30 p.m. We welcome volunteers from all schools and organizations on
any workday
The Clothes Closet is located in the Northwest Corner of Standridge
Stadium at Valwood Parkway and Hutton Drive in Carrollton.
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Keep Carrollton Beautiful! |
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Great American Cleanup, Saturday, April 19, 9 am to 1 pm
Join us for the
GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP 2008 Saturday, April 19th from 9:00 am to 1:00
pm, City Hall parking lot, 1945 E. Jackson Road, Carrollton, Texas
Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest
community improvement program, takes place annually from March 1 through
May 31, involving an estimated 2.8 million volunteers and attendees. The
hardworking volunteers donated more than 7.7 million hours in 2007 to
clean, beautify and improve more than 17,000 communities during more
than 30,000 events in all 50 states and beyond.
Nationally, last year's Great American Cleanup netted 200 million pounds
of litter and debris; planted 4.6 million trees, flowers and bulbs;
cleaned 178,000 miles or roads, streets and highways; and diverted more
than 70.6 million plastic (PET) bottles and more than 2.2 million scrap
tires from the waste stream.
Last year, 1069 Keep Carrollton Beautiful volunteers spent 4,840 hours
collecting 16,850 pounds of litter and debris from green belts, streets,
parks, rivers and shorelines in Carrollton. We are planning to add a
great deal to that total this year.
Keep Carrollton Beautiful educates citizens about their
responsibility in litter prevention; ways to reduce, reuse, recycle and
rebuy; and properly manage waste materials. Keep Carrollton Beautiful
also forms strategic partnerships with businesses, organizations and
individuals to beautify and improve our community. Join us!
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Feed the Birds for Proposed Gift to School |
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Dear Kent Cardinals,
The PTA is proposing the purchase of a 2-sided LED dynamic message sign
as our gift to school this year. This would enable the school to provide
up to the minute information as needed. In order to minimize
installation costs the existing structure would be used and upgraded to
meet city requirements.
This communication tool will the entire Kent community. We are short
about $3000.00 for this upgrade to our sign. We are asking you to "Feed
the Birds" with spare change and other monetary donations. There will be
bird feeders located outside the office for your students to drop off
their donations. Please make checks payable to Kent PTA and designate it
for Gift to School. As a special thank you to our Cardinals, each child
will receive a packet of bird seed on Earth Day to help Feed the Birds!
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Library Help Needed |
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Hi everyone,
We are in need of some people to come and volunteer in the library to
help sort the books that the kids return and to place them on the
shelves. We are very short handed and really could use you. It is a very
easy job and you can come and go as you please any day of the week. For
instance you could come in at 9:00 am and leave in half hour if you
needed to. Or if you arrive at the school early and sit in your car
waiting for school to end you could come in for 20 minutes or so. Any
time you could give would be greatly appreciated. You get easy exercise
as you squat down to put books on the shelf. If you have never done it
before Mrs. Brewer could explain it to you as it is easy as 123. I am
going to be out for a week due to surgery so Mrs. Brewer could sure use
some help and the kids benefit from this as well. If you have any
questions please feel free to call me at 972- 492-8954
Thank you very much
Denise Philipon
972- 492-8954
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BoxTop$ for Education |
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Keep Collecting those BoxTop$!
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If Your Child is Absent |
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eNews Contact Information |
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Kent Elementary PTA
phone: (972) 323-6900
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