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Important Dates:
Friday, October 17 Family Dinner Night—Zoës Kitchen 4:00 p.m. — Close
Monday, October 20 Report Cards Go Home for Grades 1-5
Monday, October 20 PTO Board Meeting 8:30 a.m.
October 22—October 29 Parent/Teacher Conferences
Thursday, October 23 Early Release Day (Teacher Conferences)
Friday, October 24 Pumpkin & Costume Walk 5:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m.
Friday, October 31 Fall Classroom Parties
Saturday, November 8 Family Lunch/Dinner Day— Panda Express
Tuesday, November 11 No School—Veteran’s Day
Monday, November 17 PTO Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 26 Turkey Trot
Thursday, November 27 & Friday, November 28 No School—Thanksgiving
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BOO!
While our leaves haven’t turned auburn and gold and we’d be crazy to have bonfires yet, we are in the mood for autumn, apple cider, Halloween costumes, and all things pumpkin!
The Cerritos Pumpkin and Costume Walk is just days away, and it’s sure to be a ghoulishly good time! We also have the
Turkey Trot next month, so we need all of our fabulous volunteers to sign up and help us create a fun fall season for our favorite Roadrunners! In the spring, we have another book fair, our annual Spring Carnival, and the Spring Dance. So, keep your eyes peeled for volunteer requests via the SignUp Genius e-mails! We need and appreciate all of your help.
I would like to convey our deepest thanks and gratitude for the volunteers that stepped up to create a successful first quarter from Meet the Teacher Night and Curriculum Night to our Hearing and Vision Screenings, Ice Cream Social, and our Fall Book Fair. These events require a great deal of organization, setup, tear down, and most importantly, happy and energetic faces! So, thank you, thank you, thank you for helping us create fun, exciting, and prosperous events for our Cerritos Roadrunners and close community.
In addition, thank you to our PTO Classroom Representatives and Classroom Photographers. We greatly appreciate your help in delivering information to and from PTO meetings to our parents and teachers, as well as keeping our school and community enthusiastic and eager for our events and fundraisers.
If you have not yet signed up for an event or would like to receive e-mails about upcoming volunteer opportunities, please send me an e-mail at any time: [email protected]. We are always in need of more volunteers!
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Sign-up Quick Links:
Pumpkin & Costume Walk Volunteers: click here
Pumpkin & Costume Walk Donations: click here
Bulletin Board Committee: click here
Again, we couldn’t do this without each and every one of you. Thank you for your support and have a safe and happy Halloween!
Go Roadrunners!
Diana Colletti PTO Volunteer Coordinator [email protected]
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* Raffle drawing for YOU and YOUR Teacher just for attending
* Grade-level Costume Walk & Raffle Drawing for all kids in COSTUMES
(Costumes must be school-appropriate; no blood, no weapons)
* Jack-O-Lantern Walk
* Music by DJ - Mr. Guerrero
* Available for purchase: pizza, cider,
sugar donuts, water, glow sticks
* Water & Ice shaved ice, of course! 10% of purchases will be
donated back to Cerritos!
* FREE popcorn, healthy snacks, raffles, face painting, and
fall backdrop for photo op
To volunteer at the Pumpkin & Costume
Walk, please click here.
To donate Target gift cards, fruit, snacks, or
apple cider for the event, please click here.
Looking forward to seeing you all on October 24
from 5-7 p.m.!
Cindy Westlund,
Pumpkin & Costume Walk Chairperson
602-332-6270 or
Get ready for a Ghoulishly Good Time!
Date : Friday, October 24 Time : 5 p.m.—7 p.m.
Location: Cerritos Courtyard
Jack-O-Lantern Drop Off: Friday, October 24
7:15 a.m. – 8 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.—3 p.m.
Cerritos Pumpkin & Costume Walk
KFRC (Kyrene Family Resource Center)
donation drive:
The Cerritos family has a long tradition of giving back to
the community.
With Cerritos’ 20th year anniversary in mind, our AWESOME
students have set a lofty, school-wide goal to fill 20 large
boxes for those in need at KFRC (boxes in the main hallway &
the front office to donate PRIOR to 10/24.)
Halloween Costumes (new or gently used)
Food Items: most needed items include canned
meat, tuna, peanut butter, pasta, cereal, rice,
dried beans, spaghetti sauce, canned fruits
and vegetables
Hygiene Items: most needed items include
shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap,
socks, underwear, toilet paper, feminine
products, laundry soap, diapers, and baby
wipes
There are over 450 families in the Kyrene District that are homeless and
in need. If you can help, it’d be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for making a positive difference!
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A BIG SHOUT OUT to Andrew
Thomas for chairing our Fall
Book Fair. Thanks, Andy, for all
you did to make it such a great
success for the students and the
library!
Fall Book Fair:
Volunteer Thank You’s
The Cerritos PTO would like to thank the following
people for volunteering their time and energy towards
the Fall Book Fair: Brandye Billeter, Eileen Byrne-
Quinn, C Carter, Diana Colletti, Valerie Godwin,
Jessica Harris, Amy Huffman, Gayle Jurik, Kim
Kendall, Kelley Lafer, Frostee McCusker, Jennifer
Metzger, Janie Miller, Griselda Moreno, Marjanah
Nooyeri, Kimberly Oeberst, Noe Overholt, Angela
Parnell, Maggie Penman, Mohammad Salahuddin,
Allie Schenach, Rachel Schurz, Shannon Smith, Jill
Spangler, Leslie Swanson,Claudia Taylor, Louise
Yanock, and Madeline Zallar.
A special thanks to Andrea Cowley who offered extra
assistance and support throughout the Book Fair.
Again, thanks to all of you! We couldn’t have done it
without everyone synergizing together!
Health Advice from Ms. Collett:
Donations for Health Office
The Health Office is in need of a few donated items for this school year to support our students’ needs:
Boy’s and girl’s shorts with elastic waists (all sizes needed but especially the larger youth sizes for older students)
Thank you for your ongoing support of the Cerritos Health Office!
Thank You for Supporting Our
Fall Book Fair!
Our recent Book Fair was a HUGE success! With your help, we sold over $10,800 worth of books, posters, and other merchandise during the fair. That resulted in more than $2,700 donated to our Cerritos Library!
Fall Classroom Parties
The Fall Classroom Parties will be held on Friday, October 31. Your teacher will announce the time of your class’ specific party. Parents are welcome to attend the party with their child (please do not
bring younger siblings). All visitors must present an ID for security check-in. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to allow for security check-in, as the volume of visitors to the school increases on party days.
Special Note: Costumes are not worn to school on Friday, October 31. Children are invited to wear their costumes to the Pumpkin and Costume Walk held on Friday, October 24 from 5-7 p.m.
Keep clipping those Box Tops and send
them in to your teacher each month!
Parents should have children wash hands when they arrive home from any public place including school, and before eating food, to minimize exposure to cold and flu germs. Hand washing is one of the best ways to minimize the spreading of illness. Stay healthy, Cerritos!
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Life is sweet —
especially when
shared with
friends! Oh, and most importantly — A BIG
THANK YOU to Christina Weinmann
for chairing this fun-filled family event!
to the following volunteers who helped us
scoop up a ton of fun at the Ice Cream Social!
Brandye Billeter, Aki Braun, Margaret
Braun, Kim Burdette, Diana Colletti, Jordan
Colletti, Jeff Cunnington, Leslie Frank, Anna
Hickey, Janie Miller, Griselda Moreno, Sandy
Morrison, Sarah Nagel, Marjanah Nooyeri,
Kimberly Oeberst, Angela Parnell, Kiana
Schenach, Kathy Tuszynski, Jacqueline
Williams, and Linda Wolf.
Also, thanks to all the students who
volunteered from the DV Key Club
and Altadena NJHS!
We also want to give a shoot out to
our very own DJ Mr. G and face-
painting expert, Ms. Rogers! Thanks
for putting smiles on so many faces! :)
Thank you
for coming to our annual
Ice Cream
Social!
Thank you
Congratulations to Student
Council Representatives
The Cerritos Student Council is comprised of representatives from each third, fourth, and fifth grade class. The following students have been elected by their peers to represent their classes:
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Kyrene School District
Governing Board Elections:
Two seats on the Kyrene School District Governing Board are up for general election on November 4, 2014. Two incumbents, Beth Britzel and Bernadette Coggins, have terms expiring in December 2014. The following candidates are running for the
two seats: Bernadette Coggins, Allison Ewers, Gary Guisto, and Kristin Middleton. For more information about the upcoming election and these candidates, please click here.
Kyrene Web Resources:
Did you know that the Kyrene School District offers free access to many online web resources to enhance your child’s learning outside of school? Tools such as
BookFlix, Dreambox, Discovery Education, Brain Pop/Brain Pop Jr., NBC Learn, Journey Back in Time, Typing Agent, World Book, and many more are available to your family. Click here for more information!
Family Dinner Nights:
Take a break from cooking and join us on one of these upcoming Family Dinner Nights to raise money for Cerritos.
Friday, Oct. 17—Zoës Kitchen
Saturday, Nov. 8—Panda Express (for
lunch or dinner)
The restaurant donates a portion of sales to Cerritos, so it definitely what we consider a win-win!
Congratulations to our 2014-15 Student Council! You are all certainly leaders in your classrooms!
Officers — President, Emma Liberta
Vice President, Reese Tamburo
Treasurer, Ella Axelrod
Secretary, Morgan Brigham
3rd Grade—Baumann Justin Andersen, Lainey Barnes
3rd Grade—Callaghan Cate Penman, Josh Axelrod
3rd Grade—Corrion Isabel Moreno, Noah Myers
3rd Grade—Ringo Julia Cowley, Canon Grant
4th Grade—Berg Claudia Weigand, Omer Osman
4th Grade—Bordelon Ava Snoozy, Caleb Stanley
4th Grade—Epolite Vincent Schmidtke, Kamy Makela
4th Grade—Mandola Eric Miller, Natalie Sterling
5th Grade—Eger Maya Owen-Duarte, Addison Kaske
5th Grade—McKenna Logan Welsh, Ashley Carney
5th Grade—Pysher Samantha Gibbons, Tanner Close
5th Grade—Wontor Carly Dirrigl, Lauren Westlund
Kids Care Club Needs Your Help!
Kids Care Club is excited to get started next week! Students can donate their lunch recess time one day a week to work on projects that give back tothe community. For our upcoming projects, we are in need of the following donated items:
2 yards of fleece fabric for fleece blankets (will be donated to Kyrene Family Resource Center)
1 yard of fleece fabric for rope toys (will be donated to an animal shelter in Tempe)
Gently used children’s books
Donations can be sent in to your classroom teacher or dropped off at the Front Office. Thanks for your support!
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2014-2015 Cerritos PTO
Executive Board:
Volunteer Thank You’s
Leadership Day was a big success this year! Thank you to C Carter, Jennifer Domey, Heidi Giebel, Abby Green, Griselda Moreno, Lisa Ramirez, Samar Salfiti, Heather Sanders, and Christina Weinmann for volunteering for the PTO.
We appreciate you!
Shannon Smith, President Email: [email protected]
Jessica Harris, Vice President Email: [email protected]
Amy Perciballi, Secretary Email: [email protected]
Heidi Grant, Financial Secretary Email: [email protected]
Tracy Jelinek, Treasurer Email: [email protected]
Diana Colletti, Volunteer Coordinator Email: [email protected]
Jane Miller, Communications Email: [email protected]
Valerie Godwin, Hospitality Email: [email protected]
Jennifer Metzger, Hospitality Email: [email protected]
Know of An
Outstanding
Arizona Teacher?
If you currently have (or have had in the past) an outstanding teacher and would like to recognize him/her, nominate them for the Arizona Cardinals “MVP’s in the Classroom” award!
This award recognizes outstanding Arizona teachers serving in grades K-12 and special education. Selected teachers will receive an Arizona Cardinals jersey, four (4) tickets to a regular season home game, four (4) Pre-Game Field passes and a $500 DonorsChoose.org gift card.
To nominate a teacher, please click here.
Nominations must be received by November 1, 2014.
Yearbook Photo Submissions
Do you enjoy taking photos at school events and classroom parties? How about uploading some of them to our Yearbook Committee for consideration in the school yearbook? Digital images can be uploaded to our school’s Pictavo website. On the website,
specific folders have been created for each of the events throughout the school year. Instructions for how to upload the photos are attached to this newsletter. If you have any questions or problems, feel free to contact our Yearbook chairpersons at [email protected]. Thanks in advance!
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Have a Target RedCard? Be sure to designate Cerritos as your desired school.
If not, apply today! Once approved, be sure to designate Cerritos as your
desired school.
Not interested in another credit card? That’s ok! You can link your current
checking account to a Target Debit Card.
When using a Target RedCard, 1% of your purchases will be donated to Cerritos!
Also, Target RedCards (Credit & Debit) give you 5% discount on Target purchases,
free shipping on target.com, and an extra 30 days to return items!
Register for Fry’s Community Rewards at www.FrysCommunityRewards.com.
Go to “Create an Account” (top right) if you don’t already have one. After you
create an account, you will receive an email confirmation. Then, go back into the
website, sign in and select “My Account” and then “Account Settings”. Click “edit”
under Community Rewards. Fill out the requested information and then under
“Find Your Organization”, enter the NPO number for Cerritos — 80098. Make sure
to select Cerritos & save changes!
To register / renew your Safeway eScrip membership:
Log onto www.eScrip.com
Enter the School I.D.: 6659819
Link your Safeway grocery card #.
Remember: eScrip memberships must be renewed each year!
* Look for products that have a Box Top for Education label.
* Clip box top / save in Ziploc bag.
* Label Ziploc bag with your child’s name, teacher’s name, & # of Box Tops.
* Turn in Box Tops to classroom teacher.
* Classes will receive awards for most Box Tops collected!
Planning to make purchases on amazon.com? If you access Amazon through our
Cerritos Amazon Link prior to adding your items to your cart, the PTO will receive
a percentage back from your purchases. Please be sure to share this link with family
and friends (especially for holiday shopping!)
Create an Account.
Find your school using the drop-down menus: Select the state, city and school name.
Verify that the school is correct.
Enter your personal information.
Agree with the Terms and Conditions.
Verify your account.
UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS FOR THE YEARBOOK! Go to www.PictavoCommunity.com
Click on ‘Upload Photos’
PictavoCommunity.com Mobile App
Click ‘Upload Photos.’
Select the photo(s) you want to upload from your computer or mobile device.
Enter details about the photo(s): • Who’s in the photo(s) • Category/folder into which the photo(s) should be placed • Date(s) taken
CONGRATULATIONS!Your photo(s) have now been uploaded for consideration in your school’s yearbook!
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