eagle eyes newsletter oct 2010

Eagle EyesEastvalley Elementary School

The Eastvalley PledgeOn our wings,

we pledge to do our best, in our country and in our school.

We fly beyond the common, being respectful to all people,

in all we do at Eastvalley.

A look Inside this Issue .....

- 100 Club- Foundation Update- Red Ribbon Week- Relay for Life Raffle- EVRC points

Eastvalley Elementary School National School of ExcellenceKaren Wacker, Principal

2570 Lower Roswell RoadMarietta, GA 30067(770) 578-7214

School website: www.EastvalleyElementary.com PTA website: www.eastvalleypta.org

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Tai TerryCo-President, Eastvalley [email protected]

Becki GoodloeCo-President, Eastvalley PTA678-488-1631 [email protected]

A Noodle Night to RememberThis year is our 50th anniversary at Eastvalley. As part of our celebration, we had a Noodle Night for our fall festival to commemorate past fall events at Eastvalley.

What a HUGE success it was with more than half of our school participating.

It was a gorgeous night for an evening of family fun provided by PTA through

donations from our wonderful Eastvalley families. The tables were decorated

beautifully with tea lights and pumpkin center pieces full of flowers. There were

inflatables, hair painting, tattoos, karaoke, music, popcorn, ice cream, snow cones

and hot, delicious pasta from Saporito’s. We had several Eastvalley families who

won Bingo and received awesome tickets to Disney on Ice and the Hawks.

As the darkness fell, our talented students sang karaoke while others danced to

the music. Although much has changed in the last 50 years, the wonderful spirit

of Eastvalley remains the same! (See more great pictures on the next page)

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October 2010Eagle Eyes a Publication of your Eastvalley PTA®

Noodle NightFriday, October 8, 2010




A Letter From Our PrincipalDear Eastvalley Family,

We want to thank all of you that visited Eastvalley last week for conferences with your teachers. The time spent talking about your child and the partnership between home and school is well worth it. We look forward to working together with you to help your child reach their individual potential. Please remember that anytime you feel the need to meet with your child’s teacher, just send a note or call the teacher to schedule an appointment.

One of our Partners in Education, Horace Mann Insurance, has donated 4 bicycles to Eastvalley to use as attendance incentives. At the end of each nine weeks, we will check to see which students had perfect attendance for that nine weeks. Remember, perfect attendance is bell-to-bell with no tardies and no early checkouts from school. A student must be present at school all day, every day. We will draw one name from all the names and award a bicycle to the lucky student. We will do that for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th nine weeks. That means we have one bicycle left! We will award that bicycle to one student who has perfect attendance for ALL of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th nine

weeks combined. We thank M.A. McDonald from Horace Mann for helping us improve attendance at Eastvalley.

Remember that Tuesday, November 2 is a student holiday due to the school being used as a voting precinct. Exercise your right to vote!

Please continue reading my blog each week at www.eastvalleyelementary.com. Karen Wacker Principal

Karen Wacker, Principal

A Letter From our Eastvalley PTA PresidentsDear Eastvalley Students, Staff and Parents,

School is definitely underway…It has been an exciting few weeks full of activities and fun. Noodle Night was a great success! It was a pleasure to see all the families enjoying dinner and an evening of entertainment. We’d like to thank our parent volunteers and Partners in Education for making the night so much fun.

Congratulations to all who made the cut off for our first Books for Breakfast of the school year (now sponsored by Chick-fil-A). Keep reading! If you didn’t make it this time, keep working hard to make the next deadline, December 17th. Also, don’t forget to visit the First in Math website, www.firstinmath.com. Keep calculating!

Our next PTA meeting will be Thursday, November 4th at 6:30pm and we hope to see you all there. Our 1st graders will be performing at the meeting. Thanks again to those parents, relatives, neighbors and students who have joined the PTA and have donated their money and/or time for our programs. Your support means so much to

us. Remember, it’s never too late to join the PTA. Please contact us for information.

We know that all of the activities, homework and paperwork can sometimes be overwhelming, but just know that all of our combined efforts are for the good of our children and our school. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or [email protected]. Happy Fall!

Tai Terry and Becki Goodloe Your Eastvalley PTA Co-Presidents 2010-2011




Eastvalley Foundation Update October 2010

The Eastvalley Elementary Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds to enrich the educational experience of our children here at Eastvalley. We raise funds to provide resources and programs that go above and beyond what the school’s budget can provide.

*New Laminator for Eastvalley!The Foundation purchased a much needed new laminator in September. The teachers use the laminator every day making flashcards, posters and many other learning tools for their classrooms. The Foundation is happy to provide our teachers with the new laminator.

*Sally Foster is coming! Our big Sally Foster fundraiser kicks off October 26th! Their program is different this year, we will be selling gift cards to friends and family instead of ordering specific catalog items, and everything ships direct to the home. Be on the lookout for more information in your child’s communi-cation folder.

*Eastvalley 50th Anniversary Site, www.eastvalleyis50.comThanks to the hard work of our webmaster, Geoffrey Osborne, the Foundation has created a website commemorating Eastvalley’s 50 years of education. Help us build the history of Eastvalley by visiting www.eastvalleyis50.com and uploading your photos and stories there. Donations are also accepted. And please let other Eastvalley alumni know about the site.

* Spirit NightWe hope to see you at Saporito’s on November 9th for our next Spirit Night. Please join us and other Eastvalley families for fun, food and fundraising. A portion of the evening’s proceeds is donated to the Eastvalley Foundation.

*Donors ChooseIn October, the Foundation met with all the Eastvalley teachers and helped them get set up on Donors Choose, an online grant site just for public school teachers. Each teacher can now request a project or special item through the site. Search for your child’s teacher at www.donorschoose.org to see if you can contribute to their project.

Eastvalley Foundation Board Officers:

Liz Gainsford, President [email protected] Open, Vice President Gretchen Buchanan, Treasurer [email protected] Michelle Zimmerman, Secretary [email protected] Geoffrey Osborne, Webmaster [email protected]




Red Ribbon Week 2010October 25th-29th

This October will mark the anniversary of Red Ribbon Week. In 1985, drug traffickers in Mexico killed Federal drug enforcement agent Enrique Camarena. In response to his death, angered parents across the country began wearing Red Ribbons to symbolize their commitment toward the creation of a drug free America. Congress officially proclaimed the first National Red Ribbon Week, October 23-31, 1988. The Red Ribbon has now become a symbol for the drug free movement.

Our students will be recognizing Red Ribbon Week with a week of lessons presented by the counselors on drug prevention and special spirit days and activities. We will have messages about healthy choices on morning announcements and a special assembly. Parents will be invited to their child’s P.E. enrichment time to participate with the students in a Walk Against Drugs. The following schedule shows what the students can do throughout the week to show their support for Red Ribbon Week.

Students may bring in a canned good for community outreach and receive a sticker throughout the week.

Monday the 25th: Wear RED Day and Pledge to Be Drug Free Students can wear red on this day and will be signing pledges in their classes to live drug-free. Pencils with ”I pledge to be drug free” will be passed out in homerooms. Classes will place their signed pledge and red ribbon outside their classroom door.

Tuesday the 26th: “Drugs and I Don’t Mix”. “ I CAN be free.” Students show that they choose to be drug free by wearing mismatched or crazy socks or clothes.

Wednesday the 27th: “Team Up Against Drugs” Day Students wear a shirt or jersey that represents their favorite sports team.

Thursday the 28th: “We’re Too Bright to do Drugs” Students can look bright by wearing bright clothes and sunglasses.

Friday the 29th: Wear School Spirit Shirts and “Give Drugs the Slip” Students wear slippers with their school spirit shirt.

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Turn In Your Box Tops!

If you forgot to turn in your box tops last week, now’s your chance. Box tops can be

turned in through Thursday, October 28th. Every box top helps Eastvalley!

Remember to keep clipping and saving for our winter/spring collection!




Character Kids for October 2010“Integrity”

4 Levinson Seydou Maiga4 McDonald Drew Waugaman

5 Branham Joseph Gleeson5 Cordova/Morgan Caroline Singer5 Davis Drew Mullen5 McFarthing Timothy BuchananPreSchool Daniels Gavin SolisMultiage Orr Deanna Stokes

Multiage Friedman Kendal Anderson

Grade Teacher Student3 Amon Hugh Cunningham3 Baker Chau Vo3 Barrett Alyssa Grimaldo3 Jinks Kalen Carver3 Winslett Julian Monconduit4 Greenfield Farrah Abaza4 Kraeger Annie Freeman

Grade Teacher StudentK Diamond Malliyah MartinK Hestad William CalleK Hoffmeister Christian TuckerK Mathews Katelyn AllenK Whitaker Noah CrowderK Zajac Luke Wright1 Fortune Hailey Miller1 Hathcoat Liat Klemm1 Magee Kathryn Shetty1 Mauldin Max Del Carmen1 McClellan Leilanny Grimaldo1 O’Meara Zachary Adkins1 Shapiro Carson Brown2 Healy Andrew O’Connor2 Henderson P.J. Goodloe2 Moot Ryan Honoré2 Osburn Grace Rhyne2 Roberts John Brady




Welcome Spinal Balance Center, Out New Partner in EducationEastvalley welcomed another great Partner In Education to our school at the end of September.

PARTNER IN EDUCATION SIGNING CEREMONY September 28, 2010

Eastvalley Elementary School has a new Partner in Education!

Spinal Balance Center joined the Eastvalley Eagle family on

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at the official Partner in Education

signing ceremony. Thank you Spinal Balance Center for being a

special Partner in Education!

Grade Teacher Student3 Amon Jaiden Hurst3 Baker Adeboye Adeoye3 Barrett Leo Giannoni3 Jinks Bryan Sullivan3 Winslett Loic Orjoux4 Greenfield Zachary Lentz4 Kraeger Elisa Schirmer4 Levinson Shoshana Sangros4 McDonald Xavier Conway5 Branham Alicia Meacham5 Cordova/Morgan Nicholas Aluisy5 Davis Demilade Adeoye5 McFarthing Maggie FlemingPre-School

Daniels Rylee Goldstein

Multiage Orr Reece Porter

Look Who’s Talking BooksOctober 2010

Grade Teacher StudentK Diamond Nia HumphreyK Hestad Jazz BartonK Hoffmeister Duncan ChalkerK Mathews Graham BoggessK Whitaker Ella BrannenK Zajac Vijay Shastri1 Fortune Thomas Baker1 Hathcoat Ronit Sehgal1 Magee Leah Caldwell1 Mauldin Emma Lee1 McClellan Yazid Benbdesselam1 O’Meara Grace Shen1 Shapiro Brick Conway2 Healy Jonathon Coles2 Henderson Josh Cary2 Moot Westby Slade2 Osburn Ryan Kirk2 Roberts Natalie Aluisy

Eastvalley’s Principal Karen Wacker and Dr. Ronda Crider from Spinal Balance Centger




Eastvalley Reading Club (EVRC) -- 1st Quarter ResultsCongratulations to the 4th Grade for achieving the most Accelerated Reader points in the 1st quarter!

These students accumulated 2,253.30 points. Great job!

Individual Student Winner

Grade Name Points Name Points Name PointsK Vijay Shastri 7.6 Gandharvika

Shrivastava3.5 Emaline Rault 2

1st Brick Conway 15.3 Devon Walcott 12 Leah Caldwell 102nd Paden Watts 47.5 Ryan Kirk 14.1 Katie Fogarty 12

3rd Connor Norris 72.5 Lily Jokay 66 Adeboye Adeoye 53.94th Katie Slade 206.8 Shoshana Sangros 161.5 Xavier Conway 148.15th Joseph Coles 204.6 Timothy Buchanan 108.5 Maggie Fleming 87.5

1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place

Grade Points3rd Grade 687.704th Grade 2,253.305th Grade 1,578.10

Grade PointsKindergarten 20.501st Grade 217.902nd Grade 303.70

And many thanks to our beloved Chick-Fil-A for providing biscuits and support for our Eastvalley readers!!!

Music News from Dr. Bernard

First Graders to Perform November 4thAll the Eastvalley 1st graders will perform a few

Thanksgiving songs at the November 4th PTA meeting!

District Honor Chorus!Eastvalley is proud to have six students in the Georgia

Music Educators Association District Honor Chorus this

year! The event consists of an all-day rehearsal and then

a 6 PM concert on Thursday, October 28. The District

Honor Chorus participants first learn the difficult music at

school in before-school

rehearsals, and then combine with other talented singers and a renowned director to present

a free public concert. There is no competition involved, just the joy and challenge of singing

difficult music with other gifted musicians! The event will be held this year at the

Mt. Paran North Church of God. We hope to see you there!

From left to right, Emma Greenspan, Demilade Adeoye, Sydney Agans, Aubrie Holcomb, Ian Fraser, and Dominic Bernard.




Become a 100 Club & 100+ Club MemberOur children need to know addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division math facts for math success. By the 100th day of school, our teachers expect all Eastvalley students to meet the expectations listed below and become members of our “100 Club”. The students can also challenge themselves to become members in the “100+ Club”.

When a student becomes a member of the 100 Club, the teacher will write the student’s name and teacher’s name on the color-coded grade level star and send the stars to the office in the attendance folder. The student’s name will be announced on the afternoon announcements and posted on the 100 Club Wall of Fame in the cafeteria. When a student becomes a 100+ club member, the teacher will put a sticker on the 100 Club star. Congratulations to all 100 Club and 100+ Club students!

100 Club 100+ Club

KIdentify numerals 0-20 (random order)Recognize 4 coinsRead 20 sight words

Identify numerals 0-30 (random order)Recognize 4 coins and the coin’s valueRead 40 sight words

1stRead 100 Dolch WordsCounting to 100 by 2s, 5s, and 10s

Read 200 Dolch WordsCounting backwards from 100 by 2s, 5s, 10s

2nd0-18: 100 + facts 7 minutes 90% accuracy0-18: 100 – facts 7 minutes 90% accuracy

0-18: 100 + facts 5 minutes 90% accuracy0-18: 100 – facts 5 minutes 90% accuracy

3rd0-18: 100 + facts 6 minutes 90% accuracy0-18: 100 – facts 6 minutes 90% accuracy0-5: 100 X facts 8 minutes 90% accuracy

0-9: 100 X facts 8 minutes 100% accuracy

4th0-12: 100 X facts 7 minutes 100% accuracy0-12: 100 ÷ facts 7 minutes 90% accuracy

0-12: 100 X facts 5 minutes 100% accuracy0-12: 100 ÷ facts 5 minutes 90% accuracy

5th0-12: 100 + facts 5 minutes 100% accuracy0-12: 100 – facts 5 minutes 100% accuracy 0-12: 100 X facts 5 minutes 90% accuracy0-12: 100 ÷ facts 5 minutes 90% accuracy

0-12: 100 X facts 5 minutes 100% accuracy 0-12: 100 ÷ facts 5 minutes 100% accuracy

Eastvalley Yearbook -- Photo Coordinators needed ASAP for K-5th grades!

The photo coordinator will be responsible for getting photos of class and school events from the

teachers and parents and submitting them to the yearbook committee. We need a parent volunteer

from each grade. The photos will need to be burned onto a disc and labeled so that we can edit them

using the yearbook publishing software. If you are interested, please contact Dee Anne Warwick,

[email protected] or Paige DeMent, [email protected].

We are working on getting a box so that parents can submit photos burned on disc as well. If you have photos to sub-

mit, please contact us so we can get them from you. Thank you.




Boosterthon Fun Run 2010 Final Results

Great job Eastvalley students and families! We have collected 96% of what was pledged and that totals $25,220! The classes who brought in the most pledges were Mrs. Moot, Mrs. Zajac and Mr. Davis. Congratulations to 2nd grader, Solomon Welfare for earning the highest overall individual pledges and to kindergartner, Emaline Rault who was close on his heels with a very impressive first showing!

Hats off to our students for LAUNCHING an incredible fundraiser and for learning how to be great LEADERS. A big thank you goes to Ms. Wacker, Dr. Doolittle, all our Coaches (Cobb County’s finest teachers), our fabulous Room Reps and their dedicated coordinator, and Eastvalley Staff for rising to the occasion and keeping up with the Boosterthon Team’s energy and enthusiasm. Thank you to our volunteers on the day of the Fun Run and to the tireless water station workers who kept our runners well hydrated. Finally, one more thank you to Eastvalley parents. Our school may be small, but your dedication and commitment to seeing it and our children succeed is HUGE!




WANNA GO SOMEWHERE?

Color Us United, Relay for Life team will be selling chancesto win 2 Air Tran tickets to any continental U.S. location!!

AirTran has donated the tickets to the team to help raise money for The American Cancer Society…thanks AirTran. Now you get to buy tickets for only $1 each and have a chance to go anywhere in the U.S. that you would like to fly! Please fill in the information below and send it in with your child. The drawing will be held at our last Family and Friends luncheon in November. Don’t pass up this opportunity!! You can win tickets and help The American Cancer Society all at the same time.

I would like to purchase ________ (number) of tickets for the AirTran drawing.

Here’s my information:

Name (PLEASE PRINT) ___________________________________________

Student’s Name _________________________________________________

Teacher ______________________________________________________

Phone Number (home)___________________________ (cell) ______________

Total amount enclosed ________X $1.00 = ____________

Make checks to American Cancer Society. Please send in your form to Ms. Wacker. Thank you for your support of Color Us United Relay for Life team and The American Cancer Society!

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The Clinic needs your help! Please send in any of the following items to help our clinic stay stocked for all the visits from our students. Thank you in advance for your help!

• Paper towels • Saltine crackers

• Ziploc bags - snack & sandwich size • Clothes for children (gently used ok, must be washed)

• Hand soap • Girls pants/shirts sizes 4, 6, 8, 10

• Air freshener (Lysol is good!) • Boys pants/shirts sizes 4, 6, 8, 10

• Baby wipes, unscented • Girls underwear (must be new in package) Sizes 4, 6, 8, 10

• Clorox wipes • Boys underwear (must be new in package) Sizes 4, 6, 8, 10

• Gauze squares, 3 X 3 and 4 x 4 • Boys and girls sneaker socks

• Tissues • Large size bandaids (we have plenty of regular sizes) -Nurse Jean




OUR EASTVALLEY PARTNERSPlease support our local companies and

thank them for supporting our children’s education.

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www.tigertkdacademy.com

PARTNERS AT LARGE

East Lake Location2105 Roswell Road.www.chickfila.com

1870 The Exchange, Atlanta 770-951-7077

[email protected]

2201 Roswell Road(770) 509-7794

1255 Johnson Ferry Rd(770) 977-5557

www.peachtreegymnastics.com

2044 Lower Roswell Road(770) 973-4666

www.brusters.com

1055 East Piedmont Rd. (770) 977-5991

www.ymcaatlanta.org

2080 Lower Roswell Rd. (770) 977-4907www.zaxbys.com

2146 Roswell Rd(the old Wolf Camera location)

(770) 971-2462

McCleskey–East Cobb Family YMCA

DATES TO REMEMBEROctoberOctober 25 “Square 1” Art orders dueOctober 26 Eagle Eyes publicationOctober 26 Reflections reception 6:30pmOctober 26 Sally Foster kickoffOctober 29 PTA Board of Directors Meeting

NovemberNovember 2 Election Day – No SchoolNovember 4 Fall make-up picturesNovember 4 PTA meeting 6:30pm 1st Graders singNovember 9 Saporitos Spirit NightNovember 12 Family Painting NightNovember 15 - 17 5th grade Driftwood tripNovember 16,17, 18 Friends & Family LunchesNovember 17 Sally Foster orders dueNovember 19 Eagle Eyes submission deadlineNovember 22 -26 Thanksgiving Holidays

DecemberDecember 1 Parent Matching fundraiser beginsDecember 2 Chorus performs “Elfis and the Sleighriders”December 7 Eagle Eyes publicationDecember 15 Parent Matching fundraiser endsDecember 17 EVRC Cut Off DateDecember 20 - Jan 3 Winter Holidays

2145 Roswell Rd,(770) 321-1371

www.mariettamartialarts.com

East Lake Shopping Ctr2100 Roswell Road N.W.

www.kroger.com

2501 E. Piedmont Rd, Ste 160770-575-5802

www.kidchess.com

736 Johnson Ferry Road(770) 977-9789

www.sportsarama-usa.com

1755 The ExchangeSuite 150

(770) 955-8060

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