PTO NEWS

November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009

Crestwood

Contact’s

CIS Secretaries Mrs. Ank Mrs. Finocchi 422-3103 (call when child is absent)

CIS Principal Mrs. DiMaso 422-3103

CIS Guidance Counselor Mrs. Ruehr 422-3103

CIS Nurse Mrs. Ondash 422-3103

Board Office 274-8511

Bus Garage 274-2776

Special Services 274-2246

years and continue to be aware and ap-preciate their efforts in the present. We are involved in community ser-vice projects throughout the next two months. We are collecting canned and dry goods for the 4C’s as a school wide project. This annual event is one that the students enjoy doing as they are in charge of the promotion of its efforts, and public relations aspect that accom-panies a project of this type, and the educational opportunities such a project brings to them both in the classroom and as individuals. We are working with a committee of Crestwood High School seniors on a blanket drive project that they have adopted for community service. They have visited our building and are working with our students and Mrs. Timbrook, our art teacher, in order to promote this worthwhile drive. What a wonderful way to promote so-cial awareness and assistance to others in need. As we approach winter days and holidays, it seems that the activity level increases, also. Please watch for details on upcoming events and school related issues as we work together to educate our children. The faculty and staff of Crestwood Intermediate School wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving Day. May all of you enjoy food, friend-ship and quality time with family and friends.

Mrs. DiMaso, CIS Principal

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Thank you again to everyone who supported our fall fundraiser.

We will also be receiving $345.30 from Box Tops for Education

and $125 from Target. Please keep sending in your Campbell’s

labels and juice box containers. Every little bit helps us provide

needed items for our children’s education!

Dear Parents: The end of the first grading quarter is at hand. We are prepared and looking forward to the two evenings of Parent-Teacher conferences, scheduled for Thurs-day, November 19 and Monday, Novem-ber 23. Confirmation notices are included with report cards so that you have a re-minder of your appointment. We enjoy having the opportunity to meet with you individually to share news and informa-tion about each child’s educational pro-gram. The book fair will be open for stu-dents the week of conferences during the day with evening hours both nights of conferences. Please feel free to take a little time and browse the fair and per-haps consider some purchases as stocking fillers and gifts. Our students have been pleased with the selections offered last year and hopefully they will feel the same about this year’s list of titles. November has other days to celebrate and commemorate. Our students will be honoring all our veterans during this month. A Veterans’ Day display to honor family members who have served or who are currently serving in the armed forces is in process. Classroom posters are on display, the library showcase has a special section for this commemoration, and we will daily add names to our star list of honorees. We appreciate all that the veterans have done for us in the past

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Our next PTO meeting will be on Thursday, December 3rd at 2:00 PM. This will hopefully give some parents the opportunity to come to a meeting when evenings just aren’t convenient. Everyone is welcome to join us in Room #125. Hope to see you in December!

FUNDRAISER UPDATE

CRESTWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO NEWS

This holiday season, our stu-dents and families are invited to remember our soldiers serv-ing in Afghanistan. The son of one of our own, our school sec-

retary, Mrs. Ank, is su-pervising over 250 sol-diers overseas. Major Greg Ank has noticed that some of his troops do not receive any mes-sages, cards, or pack-ages from home. To let our troops know we are

thinking of them, please send in any of the following items for donations: Batteries, hard candy, chap stick, gum, CD’s, pencil, paper, or pens, crackers, travel size toiletries, disposable cameras, dental floss, flashlights, maga-zines, Nerf toys, sun block,

cheap sunglasses, powdered drink mixes, snack bars, toothbrushes and toothpaste, zip lock bags, playing cards or writing cards, moist wipes, odor eaters, International phone cards, double bladed razors, travel games, beef jerky, foot powder, or cash donations used for shipping postage. Supplies will be collected until November 24. Please send items to room 304 and mark: For Soldiers. The items will be packaged into individual goody bags by our third graders for Major Ank to distribute as needed. Since it takes almost three weeks for mail to reach Afghanistan, we hope to bring some soldiers holiday cheer from Ohio!

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Important

Dates

November 19 & 23 Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 24 Market Day Pick-up 4:30

November 25-27 NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Holiday

December 3 PTO Meeting 2:00 PM

December 7 NO SCHOOL Waiver Day

December 14-18 Santa Shop

December 22 Holiday Parties 2:15 PM

December 23- January 3 Winter Break

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Writing cards to veterans are: Katelyn Rojek, Kayley Plechaty, Scott Harding, Payton Cody, Savannah Ewell, Matthew Semety, and Dominic Vandal. Submitted by Mrs. Krupar

Kimmy McDivitt created a beautiful clay plaque in her third grade art class.

Submitted by Mrs. Timbrook

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

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There will be a table set-up in the

lobby during Parent/Teacher

Conferences if you would like to

purchase an Entertainment Book.

These make great Christmas gifts

and books may be ordered for ANY

area of the country

where they are

available.

If you are interested in buying your child’s teacher a gift for the holidays, consider Adopting a Snowman! Snowmen, with items the teacher needs for the classroom, will be hanging up outside each room during P a r e n t / T e a c h e r conferences. Take a snowman home, buy the requested item and send it back to school with your child. And don’t forget our Art, Music, Gym, Tech, and other “Special” teachers!

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Pictures from the D.A.R.E. Graduation for 5th Graders held on October 28th.

Submitted by Beth Sluka.

BOOK FAIR The Book Fair begins November 18th and goes through the 24th. Children will be visiting the Book Fair with their class, but

it will also be open both nights of Parent/Teacher Conferences so that parents may shop. Stop in and check-out the latest books your child just can not live without!

SANTA SHOPSANTA SHOPSANTA SHOPSANTA SHOP Santa Shop will be open December 14th through the 18th. Teachers have already signed-up for a time to take their classes. As in the past, everything is priced at $1 and there will be items for mom, dad, grandparents, siblings, and pets. Look for notices to come home the 2nd week of December specifying when your child will attend Santa Shop, so parents know when to send money. This is NOT a fundraiser—just a service offered by your PTO and a great way to give your child the opportunity to be in charge of their holiday shopping!

ADKINS, ELIZBETH

BAILEY, LOGAN

BAIRD, MORGAN

BAKER, MADDIE

BANKS, FAITH

BEATTY, MADISON*

BEAVER, LOGAN

BENE, EMMA

BENJAMIN, OLIN

BERNOTAS, SIERRA

BITTLE, FRANCIS

BOWERS, MARY

BOWLES, ANGEL

BRETTI, CORISSA

BRETZ, JADE*

BRITT, RYAN

BROOKS, COREY*

BROSKI, MARISSA

BROTHERS, COURTNEY

BUCHERT, ALLYSON

BUCHERT, MEGAN*

CAMPANA, GABI

CAMPBELL, RONALD

CANELLA, ALEXIS

CARSON, TOM

CISNEROS, MAXINE

COBB, SOPHIE

COCHRANE, TAYLOR

CODY, PAYTON

CONAWAY, ANDY

COX, ELLIE*

CZERNY, JULIEANNE

DANIELS, QUINTIN

DEULEY, JACQUI*

DOLAN, MATT

DOUGLAS, BRITTANY

DOWNS, ALLISON

DUKE, MARYBETH

DULEY, HEAVENLY

DUNFEE, JEFF

EWELL, SAMANTHA

FAHMY, MARLEY

FISHER, TANNER

FLYNN, DESTINY

FOSNIGHT, KATIE

FOWLER, ASHLEY

FRANKENBERRY, JAMES

FUGMAN, FRANK

GEIB, EVELYN

GOLSINGER, JAKOB

GREEN, JASON

GRUBBS, KAYLA

GULLETT, ANDREW

HARDING, SCOTT

HARRIGAN, DEEDEE

HAWLEY, KATHLEEN

HENRY, ELISE

HERSHBERGER, BRANDEN

HESLER, CODY

HETMAN-MAIDEN, HANNAH

HILVERDING, ELIZABETH*

HOSEY, CHANCE

CRESTWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO NEWS

taking one of the o r n a m e n t s a n d purchasing the l isted gif t . Directions will be posted by the tree. Also, if you, or a family you know, is truly in need this Holiday season, please contact me (330-422-3103) and I will put your name on the tree. These request, as well as the donors’ names, are kept confidential. I need to have the names and requests by Monday, November the 16

th. Gifts need to

be purchase, wrapped, and returned to me by Friday, December 18

th. Thank you for

your kind generosity.

Mrs. Ruehr, CIS Counselor

WOW! We have really been busy during the last few weeks. D.A.R.E. finished in fifth grade. We would like to say a special thanks to the PTO ladies for supplying the refreshments for the graduation. Also, a heartfelt thanks goes out to an area business (who wishes to remain anonymous) for their generous contribution to the purchase of the shirts. Support like that is always appreciated.

Families First will finish up on the 11

th of November. Townhall II

always does such a nice job with this parenting program. Please consider being a part of it next year.

COUNSELOR’S CONNECTION

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We are looking forward to our Veterans’ Day celebrations. In conjunction with that day, our students will be making cards to send to the various military installations around the world. These cards will be mailed and distributed by the Soldiers’ Angels organization again this year. This is a great opportunity for our students to show support to our men and women in the military.

We will be doing the “Giving Tree” project again this year. At Parent/Teacher conferences there will be a tree in the front lobby. On the tree will be paper ornaments with gift requests for needy families in our community. Please consider

HOWELL, JOSHUA

HUEBNER, JAMESON

JENKINS, NICK*

JESSEL, BRANTSON

KADLOWEC, CALEB

KAEFERLE, BROCK

KESS, MARIAH

KLINE, REILLY

KNAPP, NAYSA

KNIPPER, MIKE

KOTKOWSKI, ZACHARY*

KRAMER, ALEX

KRAUSE, NEKO

KRUISE, PARKER*

LEANZA, ROBERT*

LEISTER, LUKE

LESNIEWSKI, JUSTINE

LIND, NOAH

LOHR, KENZIE

LONGO, GABBY

LOUGH, TAYLOR*

MACCHI, FRED

MAIDEN, ALEX

MANNERS, AVA

MAROTTA,, ASHLEY

MARTIN, CIARA

MASIELLO, CHRISTINA

McBRIDE, NATHAN

McGEE, MAE-LYNN

McHONE, CORRIE

MILLER, COLE

MILLER, DAPHNEY

MILLER, MIA

MONROE, BRETT

MOON, DARREN

MOORE, SHANNIA

MYERS, MATTHEW

PAINLEY, DANIEL

PARKER, BRANDON

PAWLAK, KATE-LYNN

PETERS, JOEY

PHILLIPS, MAX

PIETROCINI, ANTHONY

PLECHATY, KAYLEY

PRATER, ALISA

PRATER, ASHLEY*

REID, BAYLEE

REZABEK, PAIGE

REZEBEK, PAIGE

ROBERTS, ROBIN

ROTH, MTTHEW

RUDESILL, MASON

SAMPSON, ANASTASIA

SARA, MEGHAN

SAVOCA, DOMINIC

SCHILLING, MADISON

SEMETY, MAGGIE*

SMITH, ERIC

SMITH, JENNA

SMITH, LIZ*

SMITH, MADDIE

SMITH, MATT

SMITH, PEYTON

SMITH, RILEY

TAYERLE, MACKENZIE

TEECE, BREANNA

TEKAVEC, JAXXON

TOSI, ALEXIS

TOTH, DONALD

TYRRELL, DALTON

ULE, ALEXIS

VANDAL, DOMINIC

VANSCOY, CODEE

VESPUCCO, SAMANTHA

VILT, NICK*

WEATHERBEE, MAX

WILSON, BRYCE

WILSON, KAELI

YOUNG, DEREK

ZEIGLER, ANGEL*

ZIGMAN, KYLE*

ZITO, JOEY

OCTOBER CITIZENSHIP

AWARD RECIPIENTS

*Denotes Citizen of the Week Award

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Students in Mrs. Cartwright’s fifth grade Social Studies classes compared the practices and resources of North America Native cultural groups. Madeline Turner and Karlina Kubilins are pictured in the Plains teepee as they create their Native American Calendar. Submitted by Mrs. Cartwright

Sandwich Day

The fourth graders Celebrated

“The Earl of Sandwich’s” birthday on

November 3rd by having a “Sandwich

Day”. The boys and girls brought in

sandwich making supplies, and the

fourth grade teachers supplied the

bread. The students learned that The

Earl of Sandwich first created this

delicious invention so that he could

continue to play cards with one hand

while eating with the other hand.

Thank you to all the families who

donated the items which made this fun

event possible!

Submitted by Mrs. Franks

JUST SAY NOJUST SAY NOJUST SAY NOJUST SAY NO The Crestwood Intermediate School Fourth Grade "Just Say No!" Club recently met at the Roller Hutt in Garrettsville for a night of drug-free fun. Over sixty members attended this after-school event. Pictured are the boys and girls sitting on the rink during a short mini meeting. "Just Say No!" advisors Mrs. Irene Ruehr, Mrs. Betty Ostrowske, and Mrs. Margie Franks appreciate all the families who took time out of their busy schedules to transport their children to this worthwhile event!

The deadline for submitting items for the December newsletter is December 11th.

You may submit items by email to Connie at edic4bckm@windstream.net or by

sending to school marked “Newsletter”. Teachers may also place items in the PTO

mailbox.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

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The weather cooperated perfectly for the CIS Halloween parties. Here are some of the costumed kids parading outside!

Jokes

Q: What do you call a man who doesn't sink?

Q: What do sheep do on sunny days?

Q: You're a bus driver. At the first stop 4 people get on. At the second stop 8 people get on,

at the third stop 2 people get off and, at the fourth stop everyone got off. The question is

what color are the bus driver’s eyes?

A. Bob!

A. Have a baa - baa - cue!

A. The same as yours,

you're the bus driver.

The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621.