Table of Contents 2 Ltr from President 3 Art Fair & Market

Day 4 Seussville Week 5 V Show Photos 6 V Show Program 7 V Show Artwork 8 Family Liaison 9 Happenings 10 Heart Hero 11 Labels For Education Mark Your Calendar 2/25 RAA 3/12 PTA Meeting 3/19 Battle Of The Books 3/19 Market Day 3/22 NO SCHOOL

EDITOR: CARLA VIDMAR Feb 2013 ISSUE 5

VARIETY SHOW

PTA sponsored Variety Show was held at the High School auditorium on Friday, February 1, 2013. Lots of dancers, singers and piano players. Thanks to all the students and parents who came out to make this show a backed house & wonderful event for the students. We have some real talent at Donaldson! Above photos are fifth graders with Mrs. Nolan after the show. See page 5, 6 & 7 for additional details on the show.

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LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT

Lori Rankin, PTA President

I can hardly believe that the school year is now halfway over. On the heels of the prediction of an early spring, summer will be here before you know if. A huge thank you to Tracy Pustover, Janet Burke and Melissa Gyergyo for their efforts on this year’s Variety Show. From the initial participant meeting, to the show itself, these ladies kept things running like a well-oiled machine. The entire show this year was student run. We had student MCs, stage crew, lighting, video and DVD production. We have a wide range of talent amongst our student body. Congratulations to all of the participants. Great job!! Thank you to Carla Vidmar for the program and to Michelle Giacomino for hosting the cookie recep-tion. On February 15, the PTA has sponsored the Pittsburgh CLO bringing their “We the People Assembly” to Donaldson. It is a history musical and should be a great time for the students and staff. Coming up at the end of February is our annual Donaldson Discovers clas-ses. The purpose of the classes is to offer an after-school enrichment opportunity for all students. Volunteers are needed to ensure the program runs smooth-ly. You must have your CLEARANCES. Sarris’ forms have been distributed. This is a great opportunity to help our school with needed funding for these programs.

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Art fair

Market day Thank you everyone for another great month of Market Day!! We are raising the bar in profit this school year. We couldn't do it without your continued support. Next order due: Wednesday, March 20 & pickup is Tuesday, March 26 @ 5pm

This year's Art Fair will be held on Thursday April 4, 2013. The times are from 6pm - 8pm. Our theme will be "Celebrate the Heart of America and Donaldson's 10year anniversary". There will be many craft tables with patriotic crafts. A few examples are: visors, glasses, bracelets, necklaces, magnets and much more. We will also be making postcards for our troops over seas. This event is free of charge. Come out and enjoy an exciting night of crafting. If you would like to volunteer for this event you must have your clearanc-es. You can contact me at LisaPichi@comcast.net to volun-teer.

I want to take this opportunity to recognize Vicki Danzik's accomplishments being the Donaldson Elementary Market Day chairperson for the past several years. Because of her leadership, she has helped fund student and teacher events with the profit made from the monthly grocery program. As an example, she and the PTA sponsored the school's Spring pie sale last year. Vicki created a friendly com-petition between the classrooms - with the class who sold the most pies/desserts won an ice cream party. The enthusiasm was felt throughout the entire school. Be-cause of its success, beginning today, we are promoting the 2nd annual Spring pie sale with delicious pies from Market Day. With Vicki's creative and innovative ideas, the Market Day program has increased in sales each year for the past 4 years, which has resulted in more PTA-sponsored activities. Thank you, Vicki, for giving of your time and being so committed to making the Market Day program at Donaldson such a success!! Gerrie Saunders-Farrell

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Variety show

Thanks Tracy Pustover & Janet Burke and Melissa Gyergyo for all your hard work!

The above artwork on the Variety Show announcers t-shirts was drawn by Ra-chel Mamula and the pro-gram was designed by Olivia Norris. See the next page for the performers names.

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AND THE WINNER IS……………………….ARTWORK BY OLIVIA NORRIS

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I would like to introduce myself to you whether you are brand new to Donaldson or if this is your 6th year at Donaldson Elementary. My name is Vicki Danzik and I am the new family liaison at Donaldson. I have three children in the West Allegheny School District. My oldest is Mackenzie who is in 7th grade at the middle school. I have two children here at Donaldson this year. Lindsay is in 4th grade and has Ms. Buser, and Jackson is in kindergarten and has Mrs. Cartisser. A question might be why a new family liaison. We want all of our families to feel comfortable with the ins and outs of Donaldson. We all have questions about things that go on throughout our school but don't know who to ask. Please feel free to give me a call or shoot me an email. My number is 724.695.2315 home, 412.596.3932 cell and email is vdanzik@gmail.com. I encourage you to get involved with Donaldson through the PTA. We are all a wel-coming group of moms and dads who want our kids to have a great time during and after school. We have many committee's that are looking for help. Please feel free to contact us. If you know of any schools that have had success in doing ei-ther activities, or events please send your suggestions my way. We are always looking for new things. Vicki Danzik, Family Liaison

FAMILY LIAISON

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DONALDSON DISCOVERS MARK YOUR CALENDAR Donaldson PTA is very excited to bring back to you an after-school enrichment opportunity for all students. This program is called “Donaldson Discovers”. The program will be held each THURSDAY from February 28 to March 21. The courses will begin immediately after school here at Donaldson and will end at 4:45 p.m.

The PTA will be hosting Dennis Bowman from KDKA with a weather assembly on April 25

Happenings around Donaldson

If you did not order a yearbook in time for this year's deadline and would like a book, please contact Anne Harris-Crowe directly at anneharriscrowe@yahoo.com

yearbook

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Each month, we would like to offer the most important arm of our school a chance at the spotlight. If your son/daughter would like to write an article about his/her school day, it would be welcomed. Please contact Anne Harris-Crowe at anneharriscrowe@yahoo.com to submit your child's article (just a few sentences) and a photo. Go Indians!