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Panther Tales Fernwood Elementary Newsletter Local Unit #6.10.16 3933 Jewell Road, Bothell, WA 98012 PTSA President: Becky Thomas School Principal: Lew Dickert (425-408-4500) Newsletter Editor: Cathy Langohr
Volume MMXIl lssue 10— June 2012
Wow! What an incredible year it has been. We had several amazing events this year such as Bingo, The Variety show, Ice Cream Social. Thank you to all the many volunteers for stepping forward and making the 2010-2011 school year such a success.
We will be having our second annual Walk-a-thon on June 8th. Come on out and help if you can. I’m sure there will be some surprises for the spectators.
We have a big end of year event coming up. Thanks to Jen Loftus and her group. We will be having a Family Carnival with a Bouncy House, Cake Walk, Face Painting, Games and Pony Rides on Friday, June 8th. Hope to see you there.
As the school year wraps up, please take a moment to think about how you can help out next year. We have several positions to fill but one position we would really like to fill as soon as possible is the Newsletter Editor. If you are creative and organized then you are the perfect person to be our newsletter editor. Contact Pam Lan at [email protected] if you are interested.
Have a great summer! Thank you to all of you for your continued support. Please join us at our last PTSA meeting on June 12th.
Take Care,
Becky Thomas, President
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CALENDAR
JUNE
8th — Walk-a-thon
8th — Year End Carnival
12th — PTSA Meeting @ 7pm
22nd — LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (1/2 DAY; DISMISSAL @ 10:45A.M.)
"Spring Into Fitness" Walk-a-Thon Friday June 8, from 12:45-2:30. We need help distributing T-shirts, passing out water and popsicles, and most importantly, as crowd control around the track. Please come join the fun and help make this a big success. Contact Shannon at [email protected]
Pre-order forms were sent home May 15th. Please return them by June 5th.
We would love to have you volunteer for a 30 minute shift to help us run the carnival games (6:00-8:00 pm). There are over 20 activities for your kids to enjoy and it will be even more fun with your participation!!
Call or email Jen Loftus to get signed up! [email protected]
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Did you know that child hunger often peaks in the summer? Though we don’t usually equate “summer vacation” with empty stomachs, there are an overwhelming number of children who receive free or reduced price meals at school who don’t have enough to eat during the summer months.
In the Northshore School District, through the work of many organizations, service groups, faith groups and individuals, efforts are being made across the community to address student hunger. One such effort is called Totes-To-Go. Started as a program to support homeless students, Totes-To-Go (www.totes-to-go.org) provides students who receive free/reduced meals Monday through Friday with backpacks of food for the weekend: another critical time when children often don’t get enough to eat. Now, through a partnership with the Northshore YMCA, Totes-To-Go is expanding to help NSSD students and their families in the summer, too.
To help with this effort, the Fernwood PTSA Social Services Committee will be conducting a school-wide, Totes-To-Go food drive during the last week of school. Fernwood has a rich history of stepping up to help children all over the world. Here is our opportunity to help children in our own backyard. Together, we can make a difference!
What: Fernwood Elementary 3 Day Totes-To-Go Food Drive
When: Monday, June 18 - Wednesday, June 20
How: Bring the requested shelf-stable food item(s) to the collection area located in front of the office:
Kindergarten: breakfast, granola or energy bars
First Grade: individual boxes or cans of vegetable or fruit juice
Second Grade: individually packaged cups of fruit
Third Grade: plastic jar of peanut butter and/or jelly
Fourth Grade: crackers, like Saltines or Ritz, with packaged sleeves inside
Fifth Grade: 8 oz. size non-perishable individual milk boxes
Sixth Grade: one dish meals, such as ready made soups, pasta dishes, stews
Please look for the flyer for more information and contact Kristin Dickert at [email protected] if you have questions, would like more information or would like to get involved. Thank you for your support.
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We recently said farewell to Ashli Spatafora ~ Kindergarten
And
A hello to Colten Pickner ~ Kindergarten.
Staff Appreciation Thank-You’s
Thank you Fernwood Families for your generous contributions during Staff Appreciation Week! Thanks to you we were able to deliver 120 gift cards and 240 packages of gum and mints to the Fernwood Staff! Many thanks to the following people who made the Staff Appreciation events throughout the year possible: Tina Beebe, Emi Biery, Kristina Bowzer, Korry Brehm, Cathy Briskorn, Mary Chamberlin, Amy Chelius, Janette Cline, Shannon Cortinas, Miriam Daniel, Allison Darnell, Kristin Dickert, Sarah Fowler, Sarah Fujita, Karin Goodenough, Carrie Gray, Andrea Harris, Amy Heinrich-Kehr, Laura Jensen, Michelle Johnson, Mary Khouzam, Kristin Lindamood, Jen Loftus, Shawna Mattson, Pravina Mistry, Brittany Moyer, Amy Oliver, Jen Park, Jen Pirak, Alison Rahbin, Sangeetha Rajagopalan, Stacy Rus, Gini Scott, Vadivu Thiru, Becky Thomas, Charlene Ward, Lisa Windman, Tammy Wyatt, and Sarah Yeo. Pam Lan and Julie Boden Staff Appreciation Committee
A NEW FERNWOOD PLAYGROUND FOR OUR CHILDREN!
The Fernwood PTSA is working to make this a reality for the students of Fernwood in the 2012 – 2013 school year but we need EVERYONE’s help.
In the next year we will be planning various opportunities to contribute to this big project. The most prominent opportunity is an AUCTION next Spring.
Ways you can help include donating time, talents and/or funds.
Please contact Janette Cline ([email protected]) or Jen Pirak ([email protected]) if you are interested in serving on the auction committee.
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Join the Summer Reading Program at the Mill Creek Library!
Beginning June 1st, kids can sign up for the Summer Reading Program at any Sno-Isle Library. Read 1,000 minutes over the summer and get a free book! And, if you keep reading, you’ll have a chance to win a poster of you with your favorite book and a cookie the size of your head! Also, you might be lucky enough to have the Bookmobile come to your house! This program is for children from birth through 11 years of age.
And spend some of your summer at the library attending these great programs:
Summer Reading Kickoff: Dream It, Read It, Do It!
Sunday, June 24 at 12noon
Celebrate the start of the Summer Reading program with magician Jeff Evans as he attempts to recreate one of his childhood dreams – floating in mid-air! This program is for all ages.
Little Bear’s Big Dream & Other Tales
Thursday, June 28 at 2:00pm
For ages 3 and up.
Give a Hoot! All About Owls
Thursday, July 5 at 2:00pm
For ages 6-11.
From Dinosaur Bones to Stars: How Young People Dreamed Big and Made a Difference
Thursday, July 12 at 2:00pm
For ages 6-11.
Mrs. Frizzle’s Camping Adventures
Thursday, July 19 at 2:00pm
For ages 6-11.
Magical Dreams
Thursday, July 26 at 2:00pm
For ages 6-11.
Creepy Chronicles & Farcical Fables
Thursday, August 2 at 2:00pm
For ages 6-11.
Dream It – Build It!
Thursday, August 9 at 2:00pm
For ages 6-11.
How Do YOU Make a Wish?
Thursday, August 16 at 2:00pm
For ages 6-11.
Summer Reading Finale: Sweet Dreams…And Big Bad Nightmares!
Saturday, August 18 at 2:00pm
Hear stories and songs about the dreams we love to have – and those we wish would go away! Then make your own dreamcatcher to get rid of those mean ones! For ages 5 and up.
There will also be Preschool, Toddler and Baby Storytimes during the summer – please contact the library for dates and times.
All programs are free and no registration is required. For more information, please contact the library at (425)337-4822 or go online to www.sno-isle.org. The Mill Creek Library is located at 15429 Bothell-Everett Highway.
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Spring is time for some truly awesome weather. Some of the most amazing (and frightening) events are tornadoes. We don’t get those around here so much, and maybe that’s good. We can still appreciate them and enjoy them in a bottle. Here’s how to make one with stuff you have around the house.
What you need:
Two plastic soda bottles (same size) Duct Tape Food Coloring
What you do:
1. Fill one of the bottles three quarters full with water. Add a few drops of food coloring, any color you like. 2. Pull off a strip of duct tape about 10 cm (4 inches) long and place it on the edge of a table, where you can reach it. 3. With a dry towel, make sure the neck of the bottle is very dry. 4. Put the empty bottle on top of the full one, neck-to-neck, and tape them together with our short strip of tape so that they stay toegether and they’re straight. 5. Now wrap them with a long length of duct tape. The more neatly you wrap, the better it will work. 6. Turn your tornado twister upside down and give it a swirl. Try it again, without giving it a twist.
What’s Happening?
Gravity pulls the water down into the empty bottle. But the empty one isn’t really empty. It’s full of air. When the water swirls through the necks of the bottles, an open space forms in the middle. It’s a whirlpool. The air in the lower bottle can flow up through the open center of the whirlpool into the upper bottle. The spinning water holds a steady shape. Without the whirlpool to let the air go by, the water burbles its way through. The flow is not smooth and it’s often much slower than the whirlpool’s flow.
Tornadoes work the same way. When huge air masses move across the ground, they start to roll like a carpet. If one rolling air mass runs into another rising warm one, the rolling mass gets tipped on end and the rising warm air rushes up through the whirling middle. Tornado wind speeds are often over 400 kilometers per hour, often more than twice as fast as winds in a hurricane! And, you’ve got a whirling tornado in a bottle.
Experiment courtesy of Bill Nye (www.billnye.com) Looking for some fun? Check out the Fernwood science fair blog (www.schoolsciencefair.blogspot.com). Have a science experiment or event you want to share? Contact Amy Oliver ([email protected]).
Tornado in a Bottle
Elected Officers/Executive Committee: President Amy Oliver [email protected] Co-President Becky Thomas [email protected] 1st VP/Membership Tammy Wyatt [email protected] 2nd VP/ Fundraising Karin Goodenough [email protected] Tamara Rieger [email protected] Secretary Erin Anderson [email protected] Treasurer Miriam Daniel [email protected] Legislation OPEN Committee Chairpersons: *Member Position 6th grade Graduation Jen Loftus [email protected] 6th grade Legacy Project Tracy LeBel [email protected] Jen Loftus [email protected] After-School Programs OPEN Art Docent* Carmen Angel [email protected] Assemblies* OPEN Auction OPEN Jen Pirak [email protected] Janette Cline [email protected] Bobbie Moe [email protected] Audit Committee Kristin Lindamood [email protected] Korry Brehm Emi Biery Bingo/Raffle Coordinator Karin Goodenough [email protected] Jen Pirak [email protected] Kari McGie [email protected] Book Fair Pam Lan pamlan@frontier .com OPEN Gini Scott [email protected] Becky Thomas [email protected] Box Tops Mary Chamberlin [email protected] Bulletin Board Kareliz Ramcharan [email protected] Directory/Binders Sarah Fujita [email protected] Andrea Harris [email protected]
Committee Chairpersons: Family Fun Nights* Tina Beebe [email protected] Golden Acorn Committee Jen Pirak [email protected] Amy Oliver [email protected] Miriam Daniel [email protected] Ice Cream Social Cathy Wilkerson [email protected] Jen Pirak [email protected] Andrea Harris [email protected] Jr. Achievement Coordinator Mike Briskorn [email protected] Library Volunteer Coordinator Gini Scott [email protected] Newsletter:* OPEN Popcorn Seana Long [email protected] Sarah Yeo [email protected] Recycling (ink/cell) Gini Scott [email protected] Reflections Sarah Fowler [email protected] Safety* OPEN School Beautification* Gayla Hocker [email protected] School Spirit Sales* Carmen Angel [email protected] Science Fair Amy Oliver [email protected] Kristin Lindamood [email protected] Social Media Tammy Wyatt [email protected] Janette Cline [email protected] Social Services* OPEN Spaghetti Dinner Becky Thomas [email protected] Jen Pirak [email protected] Tammy Wyatt [email protected] Shannon Osthimer [email protected] Staff Appreciation* Julie Boden [email protected] Janette Cline [email protected] Sunshine* Allison Darnell [email protected] Variety Show Tammy Wyatt [email protected] Volunteer Coordinator Pam Lan [email protected] Website* Becky Thomas [email protected] Welcome Wagon* Kareliz Ramcharan [email protected] Yearbook* Sarah Fujita [email protected] Year-End Event OPEN Jen Pirak [email protected]