Dec 09 Contact - Paxtonia Elementary PTA
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From the Principal ... “We will enjoy seeing the wonder in<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
I<br />
hope everyone had an enjoyable<br />
Thanksgiving. Upon return<br />
from the Thanksgiving Holiday,<br />
anyone visiting the school building<br />
can feel the energy in the air as the<br />
Winter Holiday approaches. We<br />
here at the school will continue to<br />
work hard delivering a dynamic<br />
curriculum…and we will enjoy seeing<br />
the wonder in the eyes of the<br />
students during this busy—but<br />
very special—month.<br />
For those who like to plan<br />
ahead, here are the PSSA testing<br />
dates:<br />
*3rd, 4th, 5th Grade 2010 PSSA<br />
Reading and Math Assessment,<br />
April 12th - 16th.<br />
*5 th Grade 2010 PSSA Writing<br />
Assessment, April 19th - 23rd.<br />
*4 th Grade 2010 PSSA Science<br />
Assessment, April 26th - 30th.<br />
Note: parental requests for<br />
approved “Educational Trips” in<br />
APRIL during the above dates—<br />
depending on the grade level<br />
affected—will be denied.<br />
Finally…Did You Know?<br />
-Our current enrollment stands at<br />
657 students!<br />
-Over 80% of our teaching staff<br />
holds advanced college degrees<br />
beyond a Bachelor’s degree!<br />
Santa’s Workshop - <strong>Dec</strong>ember 4th & 5th<br />
t’s time for Santa's Workshop on<br />
I <strong>Dec</strong>ember 4th and 5th! Friday<br />
night and Saturday, your children<br />
may visit the shop to whisper their<br />
Christmas wishes in Santa's ear.<br />
It’s also a great way for them to<br />
shop for all of their friends and relatives.<br />
Candy Cane<br />
Santa Walk<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 23rd<br />
Volume 12, Issue 4<br />
o ho ho ...This year's Candy Cane<br />
H S a n t a W a l k w i l l b e<br />
on Wednesday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 23rd. Santa<br />
will visit each classroom and hand out<br />
candy canes to each student and<br />
teacher. If you would like to help with<br />
this event please email Cathy<br />
Agostino at: Cagostino@verizon.net.<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong> School<br />
CONTACT<br />
<strong>PTA</strong> Newsletter <strong>Dec</strong>ember 1, 20<strong>09</strong><br />
There are still<br />
ways to help with<br />
this event. If you<br />
are interested,<br />
please contact Cindy<br />
Gundy at cindyg7@comcast.net or<br />
Lisa McConnell at lisamcconnell1@comcast.net.<br />
Need Gift Ideas?<br />
KidStuff Books !<br />
here are still KidStuff Books<br />
T available for purchase. They<br />
will make great Chrlistmas gifts<br />
especially since they offer wonderful<br />
discounts to various local stores.<br />
If you would like to purchase books,<br />
please contact Cindy Gundy at<br />
cindyg7@comcast.net or Kathy<br />
Spinosa at lkspin@verizon.net.<br />
the eyes of the students”<br />
-The Winter Holiday break begins<br />
on <strong>Dec</strong>ember 24th and ends on<br />
January 3rd. All students should<br />
return—with a smile—on January<br />
4th, 2010!<br />
Enjoy the break with your<br />
children. Safe travels for those<br />
who are leaving the area. Best<br />
wishes for a Happy New Year.<br />
Tom Toone,<br />
Principal<br />
everychild. onevoice<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember<br />
Calendar 0f Events<br />
<strong>Dec</strong> 4 Santa’s Workshop 6:30-8 pm<br />
<strong>Dec</strong> 5 Santa’s Workshop 9:30-11 am<br />
<strong>Dec</strong> 7 <strong>PTA</strong> Meeting, 7 pm<br />
<strong>Dec</strong> 8 Winter Concert CDMS 7 pm<br />
<strong>Dec</strong> 10 Two Hour Delay<br />
<strong>Dec</strong> 23 Candy Cane Santa Walk<br />
Winter Holiday Parties<br />
2:45-3:30 pm<br />
<strong>Dec</strong> 24 No School<br />
to Jan 3 Winter Holiday Break<br />
Jan 4 <strong>PTA</strong> Meeting, 7 pm<br />
Jan 7 After School Clubs begin
From the <strong>PTA</strong> President...<br />
et the festivities begin...<br />
L <strong>Dec</strong>ember is filled with<br />
many fun activities for ALL.<br />
Santa’s Workshop will be held<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 4th and 5th – check your<br />
calendar for times. Our Music<br />
Department will WOW us with a<br />
show that always far exceeds our<br />
expectations and the <strong>PTA</strong> will offer<br />
an assembly to the children focusing<br />
on eating right and exercising –<br />
an active, hands-on assembly all<br />
grades will enjoy. The <strong>PTA</strong><br />
meeting this month is on <strong>Dec</strong>ember<br />
7th at 7 pm. We’d love to see you<br />
there.<br />
A big thank you to all the<br />
committee chairs and volunteers<br />
who made our November activities<br />
a success. Our Book Fair made a<br />
Book Fair Thanks<br />
hank you to all the parents,<br />
T family and students who<br />
stopped by the Book Fair and<br />
helped us raise money to bring<br />
programs to <strong>Paxtonia</strong> for our<br />
children. And a big thanks to all<br />
the parents who were able to come<br />
to school to help during the fair.<br />
Liane Petras, Sharon Steiner and<br />
Jamie Zuvich<br />
Hospitality Thanks<br />
he <strong>PTA</strong> would like to thank<br />
T everyone for graciously<br />
donating the snacks and drinks for<br />
the Family Reading Night for<br />
grades K-2 and the Math Night for<br />
grades 3-5. We are very thankful<br />
for all your help! Deb Rose<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> CONTACT everychild. onevoice<br />
lot of ‘little’ shoppers happy and<br />
thanks to all of you who put time<br />
into our Roller Skating Party and<br />
Math Night. A big thanks to<br />
Hospitality and Staff Luncheon for<br />
the great job you did this year. I<br />
also had an opportunity to help at<br />
check-in during American Education<br />
Week -- it was nice to see so<br />
many parents and grandparents<br />
showing their support in <strong>Paxtonia</strong><br />
and education.<br />
Each year around this time the<br />
<strong>PTA</strong> begins looking into a grant<br />
opportunity in the community.<br />
There are many organizations in<br />
our community promoting math,<br />
science and reading. These<br />
organizations have grant money<br />
available and we will be looking<br />
Hershey Park Thanks<br />
he <strong>PTA</strong> would like to thank the<br />
T following people for volunteering<br />
at Hershey Park: Rachel Boob, Teresa<br />
Williams, Julie Marolf, Michelle<br />
Marriott, Miss Lauchle, Ben Souder,<br />
Deb Rose, Dee Murdoch, Kimberly<br />
Hohenshelt, Ellen Haist, Mrs. Aaron<br />
and Melody Mountsier.<br />
They have each earned Hershey<br />
Park day passes as well as earning<br />
money for the <strong>PTA</strong>. If you would like<br />
information on volunteering at<br />
Hershey Park please contact Deb Rose<br />
dr@cpitech.com or 540-0063.<br />
Luncheon Thanks<br />
A<br />
big “thank you” to all of the<br />
volunteers who helped with the<br />
teacher’s conference day luncheon.<br />
Special thanks to Michelle Chambers<br />
and Ellen Witmer for their endless<br />
help in organizing the luncheon.<br />
It was a big hit with the teachers<br />
were very thankful. Thank you to<br />
all the volunteers who baked<br />
desserts and brought cases of water<br />
<strong>PTA</strong> Meeting Monday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 7th<br />
into applying to possibly cover<br />
some of the programs in these<br />
subjects that the <strong>PTA</strong> and our<br />
school offer; i.e., Math Night,<br />
Reading Incentives, and Science<br />
Night. If there is anyone that has<br />
experience in grant writing, or if<br />
you would like to begin helping us<br />
research grant availability, please<br />
contact me at my email address —<br />
kimstclair@comcast.net.<br />
Whatever holiday you celebrate<br />
this season – I wish you and your<br />
family peace and a lot of joy and<br />
laughter.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Kim St.Clair,<br />
<strong>PTA</strong> President<br />
Skating Party Thanks<br />
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T hank you to everyone who came<br />
and enjoyed the November skating<br />
party. Over 250 people joined us<br />
at the Olympic Skating Center and<br />
most of those in attendance wore<br />
skates. We all had a good time<br />
skating to the music and hanging<br />
out at the snack bar. We would also<br />
like to thank our skating party<br />
volunteers, Lori Cullins Hyman,<br />
Jackie Chappell, and Cindy Gundy<br />
for greeting people at the door and<br />
helping to keep everything running<br />
smoothly and safely. Mark your<br />
calendars for the Ice Skating Party<br />
on January 10 th, 4:15-5:45 pm, at<br />
Twin Ponds East. Karen Bloom and<br />
Julie Marolf.<br />
and snacks. They all cheerfully<br />
carried out their responsibilities.<br />
Thank you to Brother Joe’s and for<br />
their discount on the hoagies.<br />
Thanks again, to all and to Liane,<br />
Jake and Evan who helped clean up.<br />
Doris Schilpp, committee chairman.
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Reflections Award Ceremony - January 14th<br />
ur local <strong>PTA</strong> Reflections<br />
O Awards Ceremony 20<strong>09</strong>-2010<br />
will be on Thursday, January 14th at 7:00 pm. It will be hosted at<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong> School in<br />
the multi-purpose room. All <strong>Paxtonia</strong><br />
parents, teachers and students<br />
are invited to join in.<br />
Invitations will be sent to all<br />
the Reflections participants to<br />
attend and all of them will be<br />
recognized for their hard work<br />
Ink Cartridge Recycling<br />
id you know on average three<br />
D quarts of oil are burned to<br />
make one new ink cartridge? An<br />
estimated 375,000,000 cartridges<br />
are thrown away every year. Do<br />
you have new/used ink cartridges<br />
you need to get rid of? Just drop<br />
them off in the box on the table in<br />
the front of the school. They will<br />
then be submitted for recycling and<br />
we will earn money for our<br />
school! <strong>Paxtonia</strong> wins and we help<br />
the environment along the way. We<br />
also accept old cell phones and<br />
batteries. Denise Lopez<br />
and artistic efforts. Also<br />
Reflections artwork has been<br />
judged at the local level and the<br />
winners will be notified in the<br />
first week of <strong>Dec</strong>ember.<br />
Congratulations to all our<br />
participants on representing<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong> and creating<br />
some wonderful works of<br />
beauty on Beauty. See you all at<br />
the Reflections Award Ceremony.<br />
Ana D’Souza, Reflections Chair.<br />
International Days 2010 - MEXICO!<br />
his year <strong>Paxtonia</strong> students will<br />
T experience Mexico! Each<br />
student will receive a helpful booklet<br />
that provides exciting information<br />
about Mexico. Please take<br />
time to review this booklet with<br />
your son or daughter, and enjoy<br />
learning about a country that is<br />
rich with history and culture. The<br />
dates for International Days are<br />
January 19-21. Planned activities<br />
include a live mariachi band, Mexican<br />
dancing, food tasting and a<br />
lively game show for all students.<br />
his is just a reminder to<br />
T use your Karns Fresh<br />
Rewards card every time<br />
you shop at Karns. <strong>Paxtonia</strong><br />
<strong>Elementary</strong> will receive<br />
1% of most of your purchases.<br />
We already received<br />
a check in the amount of<br />
$858.57 for our remaining<br />
Karns receipts. Let’s continue<br />
to earn cash for our<br />
school.<br />
Also, many of you have been to<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> during International<br />
Days and know the great work the<br />
decorating committee does in<br />
transforming the school. Our<br />
ability to show the many aspects of<br />
the selected country is an<br />
important part of International<br />
Days. This year, we are asking<br />
you to stop in on Saturday,<br />
January 16, 2010 to lend a helping<br />
hand. Even a couple of hours is a<br />
real help, and bring your <strong>Paxtonia</strong><br />
student(s) along! Please contact<br />
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heck book bags for the After School<br />
C Clubs catalog and registration.<br />
Clubs are offered to students in grades<br />
3rd—5th and will run for six weeks beginning<br />
January 7th After School Clubs to Begin<br />
every Thursday<br />
from 4-5 pm. Students can enjoy clubs<br />
such as Dance, Tae Kwon Do, Dodge<br />
ball, Math 24, Art, Scrapbooking, Cooking<br />
and many more. This year look for<br />
our new clubs such as science, card<br />
playing, and clubs focusing on money<br />
management and helping others.<br />
Registration is first-come, first-serve.<br />
Get your registration forms in EARLY!<br />
Capri Sun Pouch Recycling<br />
on't forget about the Drink<br />
D Pouch Brigade! Keep saving<br />
your Capri Sun/Honest Kids pouches<br />
and send them in to school. There is<br />
a box in the lobby. We will soon be<br />
adding a box in the cafeteria<br />
for packers. Also, during Holiday<br />
Party days this month, please save all<br />
the drink pouches that are used in<br />
class and drop them off. Please be<br />
sure no juice remains and remove the<br />
straws. Your efforts to recycle will<br />
earn <strong>Paxtonia</strong> $.02 for each<br />
pouch. Visit www.terracycle.net to<br />
see all the cool stuff you can purchase<br />
that is made out of the recycled<br />
pouches and more. Thank you for<br />
your continued contributions!<br />
Michelle Plouse<br />
at 657-5772, or<br />
Jackie Brown at<br />
657-2995 to let<br />
them know when<br />
you are available.<br />
The International Days committee<br />
would like to thank everyone<br />
who has already volunteered to<br />
support this event. If you have not<br />
had the opportunity to let us know<br />
that you would like to help, please<br />
contact Ellen Haist at 540-5998, or<br />
Molly Dowling at 919-0435.
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PAXTONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HONOR ROLL –1 st marking period(<strong>09</strong>-10)<br />
Third Grade<br />
Azzato, Rosa<br />
Bailey, Lauren<br />
Behney, Toren<br />
Brown, Taylor<br />
Cassel, Blake<br />
Corradetti, David<br />
Desh, Samantha<br />
Hoover, Grant<br />
Horst, Courtney<br />
Leisher, Tyler<br />
Maheshwari, Saarthak<br />
Marolf, Nolan<br />
Mazza, Sophia<br />
Morrett, Madison<br />
Murdoch, McKenna<br />
Peper, Brynn<br />
Ray, Arjun<br />
Rose, Rachel<br />
Sauers, Savannah<br />
Smith, Jaraud<br />
Spinosa, Nicole<br />
Staub, Lauren<br />
Watson, Brooks<br />
Welty, Mason<br />
Wick, Joshua<br />
Wijaya, Vincent<br />
Third Grade<br />
Armbruster, Lily<br />
Bardo, Kamryn<br />
Bryan, Itaya<br />
Caras, Caleb<br />
Cherry, Madeline<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ker, Emily<br />
Dillard, Brandon<br />
Ditzler, Bethany<br />
Fitzpatrick, Jenna<br />
Foltz, Emily<br />
Frankford, Katherine<br />
Galloway, Logan<br />
Ghosh, Neel<br />
Guillotte, Hannah<br />
Guzy, Mikala<br />
Hess, Dylan<br />
Hickey, Dysaun<br />
Homsher, Ellyssa<br />
Horst, Dalton<br />
Johnson, Jillian<br />
Judd, Danielle<br />
Lewis, Emma<br />
Lopez, Samantha<br />
MacKenzie, Megan<br />
McCartney, Mikayla<br />
Mellott, Jessica<br />
Merlo, Christopher<br />
Wilson, Hannah<br />
Woodson, Nicholas<br />
Zieber, Erin<br />
Zuvich, Maggie<br />
Fourth Grade<br />
Abraham, Sarah<br />
Agrawal, Shireen<br />
Bandyopadhyay, Debangna<br />
Bloom, Christopher<br />
Bowers, Alyssha<br />
Burns, Autumn<br />
Chappell, Makenna<br />
Cherry, Johnnie<br />
Chonkar, Parth<br />
Cray, Julia<br />
D’Souza, Shawn<br />
Dorris, Anthony<br />
Frankford, John<br />
Frist, Ryan<br />
Fry, Megan<br />
Givler, Allison<br />
Gundy, Bryan<br />
Hanlon, Megan<br />
Henshaw, Kenton<br />
Hester, Deseray<br />
Keen, Kelsey<br />
Nydes, Savonah<br />
Owens, Nate<br />
Patterson, Aidan<br />
Perez, Johanna<br />
Peters, Edward<br />
Rizwan, Asna<br />
Roden-Reynolds, Ben<br />
Santiago, Nikolas<br />
Shen, David<br />
Strange, Andrew<br />
Sultzaberger, Dominick<br />
Willis, Jared<br />
Fourth Grade<br />
Anderson, Alex<br />
Daniels, Corey<br />
Brennan, Megan<br />
Brenner, Molly<br />
Cabbagestalk, Jakasia<br />
Claudio-Koslov, Antonio<br />
Diehl, Kenny<br />
Gilligan, Tyler<br />
Granitz, Adam<br />
Kane, Mikey<br />
Lowe, Thor<br />
Martinez, Giana<br />
McAlpine, Talayjah<br />
Meade, Cordelya<br />
Distinguished Honors<br />
Kegerries, Cara<br />
King, Daniel<br />
Lesher, Rachel<br />
Martin, Lauren<br />
Myers, Sydney<br />
Patterson, Derek<br />
Pfaff, Nicole<br />
Pipa, Luke<br />
Purdy, Anali<br />
Raezer, Grace<br />
Ross, Mattie<br />
Saiers, Mackenzie<br />
Schehr, Michael<br />
Shepard, Shane<br />
Shroyer, Emily<br />
Sites, Dustin<br />
St Clair, Faith<br />
Stepp, Brenden<br />
Straub, Brady<br />
Thureson, Taylor<br />
Valdez, Allasandra<br />
Williams, Lauren<br />
Yoder, Ally<br />
Fifth Grade<br />
First Honors<br />
Adlestein, Elizabeth<br />
Agaba, Melissa<br />
Miller, Alexandra<br />
Mollah, Sofia<br />
Mountsier, Julian<br />
Nandakesan, Navya<br />
Neboga, Maria<br />
Omslear, Trevor<br />
Phillips, Jenaia<br />
Popp, Britteni<br />
Porter, Jaquan<br />
Pringle, Faith<br />
Ring, Tristan<br />
Sansbury, Joshua<br />
Shaw, Amanda<br />
Sivaraju, Harshan<br />
Steiner, Carly<br />
Tripathi, Dhruv<br />
Vargas, Rebekah<br />
Yost, Jacob<br />
Fifth Grade<br />
Anderson, Haili<br />
Arnold, Chase<br />
Baer, Andrew<br />
Belmont, Joseph<br />
Bryan, Noah<br />
Carcioppolo, Giulian<br />
Cebular, Natasha<br />
Chamberlain, Zachary<br />
Ball, Darren<br />
Bonomo, Tessa<br />
Brookin, Kelonie<br />
Burke, Ryan<br />
Chambers, Bradley<br />
Cheam, Aimee<br />
Cherry, Jacob<br />
Consevage, Bradlee<br />
Feaster, Craig<br />
Figueroa, Arturo<br />
Foltz, Vanessa<br />
Giblin, Katie<br />
Hoffman, Dax<br />
Kannekanti, Saisrivivas<br />
Kitchen, Joshua<br />
Liu, Kedrick<br />
Marolf, Shane<br />
McMinn, Zachary<br />
Nasir, Rafay<br />
Negley, Christopher<br />
Pendse, Chinmay<br />
Pipa, John<br />
Smith, Kailey<br />
Watson, Nolan<br />
Witmer, Timmy<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ker, Isaac<br />
Delany, Nolan<br />
Dillman, Rebecca<br />
Dixon, Christian<br />
Donahue, Amanda<br />
Eberly, Gari<br />
Fogle, Makenzie<br />
Gorse, Collin<br />
Green, Christian<br />
Groff, Rachel<br />
Hiza, Sophia<br />
Hohenshelt, Tyler<br />
Hutchison, Ethan<br />
Jones IV, Frank<br />
Kaplon, Nathaniel<br />
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Dropping Off a Child?<br />
on’t forget our <strong>Paxtonia</strong><br />
D Collection programs!<br />
Nestle Water Bottles<br />
Campbell’s Labels<br />
Tyson’s Labels<br />
Aluminum Can Tabs<br />
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PAXTONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HONOR ROLL –1 st marking period(<strong>09</strong>-10)<br />
Laskoski, Michael<br />
Luckenbill, Haley<br />
Lui, Keane<br />
MacKenzie, Ryan<br />
Mitchell, Delaney<br />
Nguyen, Mia<br />
Nydes, Colton<br />
Paul, Trey<br />
Petras, Jacob<br />
Porter, Kameron<br />
Repman, Kaitlyn<br />
Rose, Isaac<br />
Rosebush, Stevie<br />
Ryabyy, Karina<br />
First Honors - continued Second Honors<br />
o you drop off your child in the morning?<br />
D Parents, don’t forget to PLEASE pull up to the<br />
curb and stay in your car. If your child needs<br />
assistance getting out of their seat belt or car seat,<br />
please park in the parking lot and walk them to the<br />
door. Don’t forget there is a teacher inside the doors<br />
ready to greet your child!<br />
BoxTops for Education<br />
lease continue to send in all<br />
P the BoxTops you have been<br />
collecting. Remember to trim your<br />
BoxTops to the dashed lines before<br />
putting them into our collection<br />
box in the front lobby. This saves<br />
Saini, Manjot<br />
Schrum, Joseph<br />
Shiffler, Grant<br />
Skoczynski, Kyle<br />
Troutman, Cole<br />
Underwood, Alec<br />
Vereb, Jordan<br />
Vogel, Brady<br />
Walak, Elliott<br />
Wilson, Nicholas<br />
Wuerz, Emily<br />
Zook, Aigner<br />
Third Grade<br />
Clark, Emily<br />
Epps, Asya<br />
Hall, Jaclynn<br />
Kieffer, Joseph<br />
Lingle, Taylor<br />
Martin, MacKenzie<br />
Plummer, Ashleigh<br />
Shappell, Mark<br />
Thomas, Natalie<br />
Fourth Grade<br />
Beamer, Tejal<br />
Bland, James<br />
Gesford, Adeline<br />
Hatcher, Michael<br />
Lehman, Nathaniel<br />
Parody, Lauren<br />
Roof, Madisan<br />
Smith, Grant<br />
Vetrano, Lucia<br />
Whitaker, Morgan<br />
time and<br />
allows us<br />
to get<br />
more BoxTops back to General<br />
Mills. And that means more<br />
MONEY for <strong>Paxtonia</strong> programs!<br />
Fifth Grade<br />
Bachman, Payson<br />
Brightbill, Jarret<br />
Corey, Sierra<br />
Foltz, Kayla<br />
Forrester, Jakob<br />
Gorse, Collin<br />
Green, Benjamin<br />
Greish, Jake<br />
Haist, Rebecca<br />
Hobbs, Drew<br />
Hughes, Melissa<br />
Long, Seyion<br />
Mayfield, Briana<br />
Owens, Mollie<br />
Peffer, Zachary<br />
Pfaff, Joshua<br />
Roberts, Emily<br />
Sansoni, Nicholas<br />
Selvey-Fortney, Elise<br />
Wick, Lauren<br />
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I n case of bad weather, announcements<br />
on closings, delays or early<br />
dismissals can be found by Global Connect<br />
posts on the district website<br />
(www.cdschools.org); television stations<br />
WHP 21, UPN 15; AM radio stations<br />
WHP 580; and FM radio stations<br />
WRBT 94.9, WHKF 99.3, WRVV 97.3.<br />
Announcements can also be heard by<br />
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From the School Counselor...<br />
he students did a fantastic job<br />
T of demonstrating responsible<br />
behaviors during our first marking<br />
period. We want to encourage<br />
these positive character traits to<br />
carry over into their daily activities<br />
outside school. Promoting responsibility<br />
at home and at school can<br />
start by simply modeling the<br />
desired behaviors. It is important<br />
to demonstrate the character traits<br />
we expect of our students and<br />
children. By behaving responsibly<br />
we further encourage and model<br />
what we expect.<br />
Helpful tips for encouraging<br />
responsibility:<br />
Mustangs Make a Difference<br />
hank You to all of the <strong>Paxtonia</strong><br />
T families for giving donated<br />
canned and boxed food for the<br />
food drive that we had during<br />
the week of November 16th -<br />
20th.<br />
We had boxes located in<br />
the lobby and what a thrill it<br />
was to see them being filled<br />
each day. It was a HUGE success!<br />
We divided the food up and<br />
delivered it to the Bethesda<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> CONTACT everychild. onevoice<br />
-Give children age-appropriate<br />
tasks for which they can be held<br />
accountable.<br />
-Don’t overwhelm children with<br />
too many responsibilities, too much<br />
responsibility results in failure<br />
which results in lack of motivation.<br />
Success and praise are great<br />
motivators.<br />
-Expect your child to be<br />
responsible; expectations can<br />
become self-fulfilling prophecies.<br />
-Allow your child to take<br />
responsibility for his/her actions.<br />
Saving your child from natural<br />
consequences will only further<br />
enable irresponsible behaviors.<br />
The Gift of Giving<br />
Missions, The Pennsylvania Food<br />
Bank and also to the Penn Gardens<br />
Food Pantry.<br />
They were all so very grateful<br />
to receive your donated<br />
items that will help out in our<br />
local community during this<br />
Special Holiday season.<br />
Thanks again for your gift of giving!<br />
Co-chairs Michele Schooley &<br />
Jessica Lelii<br />
fiVe BEL oW fUNdRAISER!<br />
ooking for stocking stuffers?<br />
L Are you the Room Mom looking<br />
for party supplies? Can’t make the<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> Santa’s Workshop?<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> <strong>PTA</strong> invites you to shop at<br />
fiVe BELOW! The <strong>PTA</strong> will be hosting a fundraising<br />
event at fiVe BELOW on<br />
Friday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 11th and Saturday,<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 12th between 9 and 9<br />
pm; and Sunday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 13th between 9 and 10 pm at the Five<br />
Below located at 5<strong>09</strong>6 Jonestown<br />
Road, Harrisburg.<br />
Ten percent of the dollars spent<br />
by our organization will be donated<br />
back to the <strong>Paxtonia</strong> <strong>PTA</strong>.<br />
fiVe BEL OW carries a little bit of<br />
everything. And everything is<br />
priced at $5 or less!<br />
Flyers will be coming home in<br />
book bags this week! Make sure<br />
you bring it to the event so that we<br />
get credit for your purchase! And<br />
remember, at fiVe BEL OW,<br />
whatever you got will buy a lot!<br />
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<strong>Contact</strong> Editor—Kim Yoder<br />
Teaching children<br />
the importance of<br />
being responsible at a<br />
young age helps<br />
prepare them for their future.<br />
When children demonstrate<br />
responsibility it gives them a sense<br />
of pride and accomplishment. It is<br />
important to recognize and<br />
acknowledge when your child is<br />
being responsible.<br />
Lauren Madison<br />
School Counselor Intern<br />
Adapted from,<br />
http://www.parent-child.org<br />
http://www.aish.com<br />
Giant A+ Rewards<br />
t is still not too late to<br />
I designate <strong>Paxtonia</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong><br />
School to your Giant BONUS-<br />
CARD. From October 5, 20<strong>09</strong> to<br />
March 14, 2010 you can help<br />
<strong>Paxtonia</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong> earn cash<br />
when you shop at Giant and use<br />
your BONUSCARD. This will not<br />
affect your other rewards<br />
programs such as the gas rewards<br />
and free turkey. You may<br />
designate as many as two schools<br />
to your BONUSCARD, but this<br />
must be done every fall. You can<br />
designate our school to your card<br />
b y g o i n g o n - l i n e a t<br />
www.GiantAPlus.com. You will<br />
need <strong>Paxtonia</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong><br />
School’s ID code, 01059, and the<br />
number from the back of your<br />
BONUSCARD. We currently<br />
have 256 Giant BONUSCARDS<br />
designated to our school. During<br />
the month of October, our school<br />
earned $538.37 through the A+<br />
Rewards program. Be sure your<br />
card is designated to <strong>Paxtonia</strong><br />
and remember to use it every<br />
time you shop at Giant.
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