Blythe Park PTA Happenings 10/28/2013

Treat your kid(s) to a hot lunch and treat yourself to a day off from packing lunches!

The next Hot Lunch Fundraiser is this Friday, November 1st. The menu will include: slice of cheese pizza, seasonal fruit, cookie and a drink.  The cost per child is $5.00.  To register your child(ren), go to www.blytheparkpta.org and click on the hot lunch sign-up button located on the right side bar.

If you signed up for Hot Lunch for the remainder of the year, you are all set!  No reservations are needed for the remainder of the year. Thanks for supporting the Hot Lunch Fundraiser!

The reservation deadline is Wednesday, October 30th. Reservations will not be excepted after Wednesday. Please make sure to make your reservation by then.

Questions, reply back to blytheparkpta@yahoo.com or contact Lisa Gaynor at 708-442-4509.

      

Box Tops first submission is November 1st!  Please send along any Box Tops you have clipped at home by Wednesday, October 30th to ensure that Bythe Park receives credit in the first submission!  Thanks!

      

Blythe Park will celebrate Halloween on Wednesday, October 31st  with a costume parade and a Halloween play. The parade will start at 1:00pm in the outside amphitheater (weather permitting) with each grade showing off their costumes! Right after the parade, the Halloween play “FRANKENSTUDENT” will be performed by PTA parents in the auditorium. Please be reminded, we will have an extended lunch from 11:35am to 1:00pm.  Younger siblings will parade too! So, dress the siblings in costumes too!

Please note: Kindergarten children will have their Halloween events in the morning.  They are welcome to return in the afternoon with a parent/guardian.  The parent/guardian would be responsible to supervise his/her child as there will not be a kindergarten teacher present at that time.

      

Don’t forget to turn in your Book it reading logs on spooky Thursday, October 31st.   A turned in sheet receives a Pizza Hut certificate for a free personal pizza AND a Brain Games charm!  Coming soon all the details on the November Brain game!

      

Blythe Park School will be TRICK-OR-TREATING for UNICEF this Halloween.

UNICEF collection boxes will be sent home with students on or before Oct. 31.

PLEASE SEND ALL MONEY COLLECTED TO SCHOOL BY NOVEMBER 8.

*Please do NOT donate online, mail in donations or take money to a Coinstar.  It is really exciting to find a total collected by the entire school!

*We will accept cash and checks made payable to Trick or Treat for UNICEF.

TIP: Keep a bowl of change next to your candy bowl.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Blythe Park Student Council

      

Thank you to everyone who was able to participate in the annual Halloween window painting event on Sunday, October 20th.  Please look for paintings to be hung in Riverside area businesses on Monday, October 28th.

      

Did your school pictures turn out not so good? Lifetime Photography will be returning to Blythe Park for retakes on Tuesday, November 12th. Parents who would like their child’s picture retaken should send back the original set of pictures they received.

      

Mark you calendars -the November PTA Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 6th at 9:00am.

      

PTA is looking for old tube socks for a craft project for Reading Night. If you have any old tube socks you would like to give donate,  please drop them off at school office.

      

REFLECT on the theme.  CREATE an original artwork.  BE RECOGNIZED!

It is PTA Reflections time! Each year the National PTA sponsors the Reflections Program. This program encourages children in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade throughout the nation to explore their artistic talents.

We encourage you to unleash your child’s talents by encouraging participation in this wonderful program.To participate, your child needs to interpret this year’s theme“Believe, Dream Inspire” to one of six artcategories. To get your creative juices flowing, a brief explanation of each category is provided below.

Literature
Poetry, Prose, Drama, Short Stories, Song Lyrics, Fiction and Non-Fiction

Musical Composition
Scores of original composition, with or without words, accompanied with CD, not exceeding five minuteshgh

Photography
Color or black and white prints or collage of photographic prints measuring up to 11×14 inches, including mat.

Visual Arts
Painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, needlework, computer art up to 20” x 24”

Dance/Choreography
DVD, not to exceed five minutes

Film/Video Production
All aspects of the film must be done by the student on DVD not to exceed five minutes.

How does the program work? Your child creates an original work of art in one of the six categories listed above. Each submitted piece will be forwarded to our local District for judging. District winners will move on to the State level. Reflections Program awards culminate with a national winner in each of the six categories. Take a look at the National award-winning entries in the PTA Reflections Program gallery at www.ptareflections.org

All Blythe Park entrants will be awarded a certificate and Reflection ribbon.  General Student Participation Rules and the Official Entry Form are attached. If your child will be entering, please contact Lisa Gaynor for a copy of the detailed rules for their category of interest. All entries must be received to the school office by Monday, December 2nd.

We have a talented group of students at Blythe and we look forward to receiving some great creations. Contact Lisa Gaynor at ltgaynor@aol.com or 708-442-4509 with any questions.

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