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Inside this issue:
2004-2005, Issue 6 PTSA Co-Presidents Gitit Banai and Laura Hammond December 10, 2004
A bi-monthly newsletter of the Bennett Elementary School PTSA 2.3.22
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Calendar
Calendario
Dec.20
-31: Winter BreakLa Vacaciones del Invierno
Jan. 11: PTSA Meeting
La Reunion para PTSA
Jan. 13: Skate King
Patinar en Skate King
Jan. 17: No School
No Hay Escuela
Jan. 26: Multicultural Folk Story Time
Cuentos de las Culturas Diferentes
Feb. 21
-25: Mid Winter BreakVacaciones del Invierno
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From The Editors
Editors:
Karla Ostlund and Janan CarterWe 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 Jan 7, 2005
Our next Multicultural event will be folk story telling on Wednesday January 26th between 1:10 and 2:30 PM. If you have an idea for a folk story orlike to read one, contact us Ella (425) 869
-2028 ella_ozeri@msn.com or Sharmin (425) 643-9684 sharminlatif@hotmail.com.Odle Parent Information Night
Odle will be having their 5th grade parent night6th from 7-8:30 in our multi use room.
Come See Lego League in Action.
Saturday, December 11th
, teams of middle school students from all over the state of Washington converge on Highland Middle School for an all day competition using Lego Mindstorms robots. Students, including 3 teams from Highland, compete based on performance, presentation and teamwork.The event begins at 9am and runs until 3pm. Robot competitions are slated for the main gym with other events spread around the school. Refreshments (including hotdogs and pizza at lunchtime) are available all day in the cafeteria.
Come feel the excitement and cheer on the hardworking teams from Highland and other middle schools from around Washington!
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
FREE PENTIUM II COMPUTERS
Must attend a $49 two-hour computer training class
This is not a joke, no gimmicks or strings attached!! The WTA is a non-profit organization committed to education through technology access. The WTA offers a two-hour training class in basic computer use for $49. By attending one of these classes, you will take home a FREE Pentium II or better computer system with software.
Contact: WTA (Wilderness Technologies) at (425) 885-3426
The training will take place on the free computer we provide you. Thus it will be functional and you will become familiar with your own computer. All equipment is provided “as-is, where is” with no warranty.
Library News
You can now get onto Bennett's Library Catalog at home. There is no need to log in. Just click away to find books and send your child in with a list. Click on netTrekker to be taken to a student appropriate search engine. It's a great place to start internet research.
Happy searching!
Mrs. Bolivar
Brrr…….Don’t Forget Your Coat!
This is a reminder to make sure your child wears his/her coat (or something warm) to school. Teachers and staff members typically remind students to wear jackets before going out to recess and in only extreme cases (short sleeve shirt on a really cold day…) will hold a student inside during this time. While I have your attention, it is also a good idea to make sure your child has his/her jacket when returning home. If a jacket or other clothing is left at school, it will likely be in our lost and found near the entrance of the cafeteria. If not there, check the halls, classrooms and playground.
Mr. Thomas
Shopping on amazon.com?
Access it through the Bellevue Schools Foundation (BSF) website and BSF receives a portion of the proceeds from amazon.com. It’s simple: go to the Bellevue Schools Foundation website at www.bsfdn.org and click on the amazon.com link/icon – that’s all it takes!
SCRIP UPDATE
Today was the last delivery date for Scrip for '04! There will be an order form included in this F.F. but you'll need to wait until after the Winter Break to submit it. The next order deadline is Jan. 7. Remember, Scrip deadline and distribution dates coincide with the Friday Flier deadline and distribution dates. Thanks to all who helped make Scrip a success in '04 and we hope to continue to make this fundraiser work in '05!! Happy Holidays! Dawn Kuipers, Scrip Chair Jozwiak1@msn.com
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BENNETT SWEATSHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE!!
These make great Christmas gifts!
I have both Adult and Child size sweatshirts with the small bulldog paw available! Adult price: $20; Child price: $16. Please email or call me with your order! Dawn Kuipers 643-6343 or Jozwiak1@msn.com
Yearbook Photos!
If you have good quality digital photos for the yearbook you can now upload them directly to the Life Touch yearbook website.
Logon to the http://webease.lifetouch.com
Select Image Library in the upper left.
Job #
- 1799605 - Choose Upload Images.User
- photos - Select the Image Library you want your photosPassword
- Bennett to be uploaded into.You can create additional libraries as you see fit.
** We need also need photos from last spring. If you have science week photos or spring social photos please upload them. **If you have prints you would like to submit please drop them at the Bennett office to the attention of Mike Doran. For questions please contact mikedoran@earthlink.net
Food Drive Update
Thank you to all the Bennett families who donated food to the food drive November 15-19. Two van loads (over 600 pounds) of food was collected for distribution to food banks!Your generosity will make the holiday season a little easier for many of our neighbors.Thank you!
Mira en la ultima pagina del Friday Flyer!
El calendario es en Espanol ahora!
Get Involved in the Country's Largest Anti
-Poverty EffortJoin 250 volunteers helping eligible low-to-moderate-income families in King County find their way through the tax-
filing maze, to keep more of what they earned. We need you!
By volunteering for less than 40 hours during the 2005 tax season you can help us meet our goal of putting more than $4 million back into the pockets of low
Gift Certificate Donations Requested
Would you like to help out a needy Bennett family during the holidays? It's time for our annual gift certificate donations. Just purchase a gift certificate for Target or Fred Meyer and bring it to the office by December 13.Thewill be distributed to families in time for holiday shopping. Does your company give matching funds? Make the donation to the Bennett PTSA, attach a note that it is for gift certificates, and your money will go twice as far! Another great option is to use the PTSA scrip program to purchase gift certificates, and a percent will be returned to the school. Thanks for your help! Questions?Call Kim McDermott at 649-5976.
Bennett Foreign Language Program
The following classes will rotate to a new classroom as of
Monday, December 13th:
Rhonda (M/W Intro Spanish): Room 13 (Mrs. Huber's classroom)
Pascale (T/TH Intro French): Room 1 (Mrs. Gervais & Mrs Ormiston's classroom)
Pascale (M/W Interm. French): Room 16 (Mrs. Cordell's classroom)
Patty (M/W Intro. Spanish): Room 5 (Ms. Huntington's classroom)
Mieko (M/W Interm. Japanese): Room 10 (Mrs. LaPlant's classroom)
Lake Washington Dental Hygienists' Society
is offering a preventative dental program Saturday, February 5, 2005 from 9 am until 4 pm. This program is in honor of National Children's Dental Health month. We will be providing dental sealants, exams, bitewing x-rays and fluoride varnish FREE OF CHARGE to children who would not otherwise be able to receive this cavity-
prevention treatment.Sealants are white coatings that are applied to the chewing surfaces of the back teeth. They are non
-toxic and protect the teeth from cavities. This process is painless, can protect your child's teeth for 6-8 years, and can usually be placed in under an hour. Registered Dental Hygienists from the state of Washington will place the sealants on your child's teeth.Since enrollment for this terrific opportunity is limited, please call the dental clinic at Lake Washington Technical College as soon as possible to make an appointment. The clinic phone number is: 425
-739-8130, Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pmThank you,
Pat Berry, School Nurse
Highland M.S. (Mon, Tues, Wed) 425
Interlake High School Concerts
Dec. 14: Winter Concert, all music groups, IHS gym, 7:30 pm
Dec. 17: IHS Jazz ensemble at Crossroads Mall, 7:30 pm
Volunteers Needed
1)Volunteers needed for the distribution committee, help collect the Friday Flyer. This is an easy fun social job. Once or twice a month on Friday mornings from 9am to 11am.
2)Volunteer wanted to compile and send the parent email newsletter. This is a twice a month commitment.
3)Volunteer to update reader board. This is a once to twice a month commitment.
Help keep our parents current on upcoming events.