Inside this issue:

 

 

Relay For Life

2

 

BSF

2

Clothing Drive

 3

Bennett Bookroom

3

Bennett Calendar

4

 

 


2004-2005, Issue 14                     

www.bennettelementary.org

                                   May 13, 2005

 


A bi-monthly newsletter of the Bennett Elementary School PTSA 2.3.22



 

Calendar

Calendario

 

 

 

 

 

May 20: Spring Social

              Fiesta de la Primavera

 

 

 

 

May 30: Memorial Day - no school

              Dia Memorial - no hay Escuela

 

 

 

 

June 23: Last Day of School

              Ultimo Dia de la Escuela


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From The Editors

 

Editors:   Karla Ostlund and Janan Carter

 

We are pleased to serve as editors of The Friday Flyer this year.

Just go to the Bennett Website: www.bennettelementary.org and click on “Click here to submit to the Friday Flyer”. Fill out the form, which will be forwarded to us for publication

The deadline for the next issue of The Friday Flyer is Friday, May 20, 2005


The Secret at the Polk Street School

Runaway Ralph

Ralph S. Mouse

More Stories Julian Tells

Stories Julian Tells

Pippi Longstocking

Stone Fox

Spectacular Stone Soup

Class President

Boy in the Girl's Bathroom

Henry and Mudge and the Yellow Moon

Too Many Mice

Mr. Putter Pours Tea

Creepy Computer Mystery

Bear Shadow

Nate the Great and the Stolen Base

                                                                                    Keep the Light Burning, Abby

            Father Bear Comes Home

            Sleeping Ugly

            Secret of the Lost Lagoon

            Secret of Foghorn Island

            Clara and the Book wagon

            My Name is Brian

            Caps for Sale

            Pinky and Rex and the New Neighbors             Hill of Fire                                                        Fly Away Home                                                            Nasty Stinky Sneakers                          Flat Stanley                                                                  A Mouse Called Wolf                                                   Arthur Accused                                                            Arthur and the Scare-   Your-Pants-Off Club


Bennett PTSA Co-Presidents  are Gitit Banai and Laura Hammond                                        


WANTED: OLD COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE & PRINTERS

 

Check your closets, the garage and under the!!

These items will be refurbished and donated to local families who currently area home computer.

Contact Mike Bussing at mbussing@aol.com


Amazon.com

It's easy to raise money for our schools while you shop at Amazon.com. Just go to the Bellevue Schools Foundation (BSF) website home page, www.bsfdn.org <http://www.bsfdn.org/>  and click on the Amazon.com link.

BSF receives over 5% of each sale.  Remember, you must go through our website link for BSF to get credit for the order.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Bennett

Friday, May 20th at 6PM

 

Bring your friends and family to the Bennett Spring Social. Interlake High School’s Junior Class will be hosting the concession stand including pizza and movie treats.

The movie is FREE and will begin at 6:30pm. Bring your lawn chairs, pillows and blankets and reserve your spot in the Bennett Gym to watch a great family flick! Popcorn provided.

If you haven't already, please RSVP via email to alihouse@comcast.net by Sunday, 5/15/05.

 

Help Needed

Set up and clean up crews needed. Set up 5:30 - 6:00 consists of bringing out lunchroom tables to the undercover area and help to hang decorations. Clean up crew about 8:30PM putting lunchroom tables away. Throw away any trash - 1/2 hour commitment. Contact Alison House if you are available, 425-653-5411 or alihouse@comcast.net

 

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Did you forget to vote for the movie that will play at the Spring

Social - Movie Night?

Email alihouse@comcast.net no later than Sunday, 5/15/05 with your

selection.

 

Choices are:                           All movies listed are rated G.

Finding Nemo               Monsters INC.

Mary Poppins                           Wizard of OZ

A Bugs Life                              Mulan

The Rookie                              Brother Bear               

Bed knobs and Broomstick       Escape to Witch Mountain

The Cat from Outer Space        The Absent Minded Professor

Jimmy Neutron             Herbie goes to Monte Carlo

Herbie Goes Bananas               Herbie The Love Bug


Information contained in directories, newsletters, or membership lists published by Richard Bennett Elementary School may not be used for purpose of solicitation, either commercial, political or ideological, or for any other purposes not consistent with the Washington Congress of Parents and Teacher By-Laws.


Mira en la ultima pagina del Friday Flyer!

El calendario es en Espanol ahora!


BENNETT SWEATSHIRTS!!

Adult and Kid sizes available.  Get them before they're gone!  To order: Please email or call Dawn Kuipers at 643-6343 or Jozwiak1@msn.com. Thanks for showing your Bennett Bulldog spirit!


Please Check the Lost and Found

 

There are lots of items in the lost and found, which is located by the cafeteria.Please plan to check for any of your child's clothing before the end of the school year.Any items not picked up by the end of the year will be donated to Warm Coats for Kids and Eastside Baby Corner.Thanks!


Bellevue Schools Foundation

 

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 shop at Whole Foods Market in Bellevue and help raise money for students of the Bellevue School District. Bellevue Schools Foundation, as the featured recipient of Whole Foods Market's "Community Support Day", will receive 5% of after-tax sales.

Start planning your graduation party, your July 4th celebration and all your summer fun by stocking up on everything you'll need - food, drinks, cups, plates, napkins, etc. - the more you spend, the more the children benefit!  Don't have a big enough freezer?  Purchase a gift card and help the kids in BSD at the same time.  Or sign up for a Whole Foods Market cooking class, they qualify for the 5% award too! To learn more about how the Foundation provides support for programs for all students in Bellevue School District, stop by the Bellevue Schools Foundation booth at Whole Foods Market in Bellevue on Tuesday, June 14, between 11:00am - 2:00pm and 4:00 - 7:00pm.

See you there!

 

Whole Foods Market

888 116th Avenue NE

Bellevue, WA 98004

425.462.1400

Store hours:  8am to 10pm, seven days a week

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Spring for Schools

To learn more about Bellevue Schools Foundation, attend the 17th Annual Spring for Schools Benefit Luncheon, to be held on Thursday, June 9, 2005 at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue.  11:30am - Registration and Student Project Displays, 12:00 - 1:30pm - Luncheon Program.  For more information and to register, go to www.bsfdn.org http://www.bsfdn.org/>/ register today!  Or call the BSF office at 425.456.4199.

 

For further information on any of the above, please contact:

Gillian Doyle,    tel:  425.456.4199,    email:  gillian@bsfdn.org

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HELP!

 

I am cleaning up the Bennett Bookroom and many of our book sets are missing one or two books. If you have any copies of the following books your children are done with and you would be willing to donate, we would certainly appreciate them.

Sandy Eschen

Bennett - Second Grade

425-456-4823


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Interlake High School PTSA Used Book Sale is Back!

 

Thanks to the numerous donations we received, IHS will be having another used book sale at Overlake Safeway, May 1 – 31.  Choose from many adult and children’s’ books which are replenished every other day.  All proceeds go directly to IHS PTSA which funds many great programs for students and teachers.

 

 Thank you for supporting Interlake High School!  And thank you Overlake Safeway!


The Best Youth Summer Football Skills Camp

Presented by Interlake High School

July 18-21 (Mon-Thurs) At I.H.S. Football Field Ages 8-14

9:00 am – 12:00 pm daily (Thurs. until 12:30 p.m.) Cost $95.00

Scholarships available!


Used Kids' Clothing Drive at Bennett6-10

 

Time to spring clean your closets, kids! We will be collecting used children's clothing in all sizes (infant to 14) during the week of June 6-10. All items should beand in good condition.The clothing will be donated to Eastside Baby Corner, which then distributes it to needy children on the Eastside.Thank you for helping!                                  The Bennett Social Concerns Committee


Our Relay for Life Drive was a success.

All 30 students have been sponsored by your donations to the American Cancer Society.Thank you for your generous support.The following students make up our Bennett Bulldogs Relay for Life Team….by classrooms                                                                                                                                                                        


Mrs. Young

Alex Wenzl

Amy Kim

Hannah Pratt

Brynn Dew

 

Mrs. Vaiphei

Andrew Nguyen

Jacquelyn Nelson

Jennifer Sewell

Kimberly Tula

Mitsuhiro Kawabata                                                                                                                                         

Mr Halstead

Allison Byrne, team captain

Jake Wilson

Kathryn Joy

Mara McDermott

Tara Ghassemikia, team captain

Zoe Fernyhough, team captain

Miss Schuchart

Cassidy McDermott

Jamar Harris

Emma Petersky

Hadleigh Davis

Patrick Northey

                                   

Mrs. Custer

Emma Ostlund

Max Verbowski

Jessica Hunt

Roxana Butnar

Jack Thoman

Tiara Kearns

Misa Yamase

 

Miss Cordell

Leah Carter

Rachel Tsai

Emma Sullivan

 

                                                           

Chaperones

Soheila Ghassemikia

Sarah Wilson

Karla Ostlund

Shirley Fernyhough

Kat Thoman

Norma Gilbert

 

 

 


Please join the team anytime between Saturday, 12 noon to Sunday, 9am at Redmond High School, 17272 NE 104. Luminaria Ceremony: Sat. 10pm