Teacher Appreciation Lunch: 10/26/12

We are planning our first teacher appreciation lunch of the new school year on Friday, October 26th.  Please sign up to bring something by posting in the comment section of the blog or just send an email to juliegoldman@gmail.com letting us know what you plan to bring (so we don't end up with too many of one type of dish.)

Let's show our teachers how much we appreciate all of their hard work!
Thanks for your support. 

Fall PTO Meeting

Save the date for our first fall PTO meeting

Tuesday, Sept 25th @ 6:00pm

Come meet other parents and find out more about the PTO. 

If you need childcare for the evening, please post here, email Laura at: leschwartz44@hotmail.com, or let Maureen or Melinda know by Friday, Sept 21st. 

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Upcoming Carnival!

Portside is having a school Carnival & Open house July 28, 2012 from 11:00-3:00.

They are looking for anyone that  might want to help.
They are also looking for ideas and/or resources.
They already have Lizzy's fancy feet sending out a princess and facing painting. They also have Jumba Juice coming out. They are thinking of pony rides and a petting zoo. Maybe a bounce house.

Please let us/them know if you have any ideas.

Teacher Appreciation Lunch

Teacher appreciation lunch is this Thursday
(It is also teacher appreciation week)
So tell your teacher how much you appreciate them!!

This is what we have after we posted on facebook:
If you are interested in helping out please sign up by emailing back or posting on the blog:

(There are 17 teachers so 1 or 2 for each item would be ok)

Please leave items in the break room to the right of the office in the morning (put in fridge labeled if needed)

Italian theme:
Baked Pasta (red sauce-no meat): Natalie
Additional Pasta Dish:
Meatballs: Laura
Another main dish (Ie: ravioli, tortalini, etc...)
Salad:
Garlic Bread: Charmaine Yueng
Italian Soda:
Other beverages:
Dessert: Jasmine and Karin Sturgis
Fruit: Karen Zanotto
Paper plates, napkins and silverwear?



Thanks

Rummage Sale Items

Note from Natalie who is arranging the rummage sale:

Hello All Portside Parents!
The rummage sale is quick approaching and I have had a great number of parents volunteer to help; I am very thankful for that.  Even if you aren't coming by to help on the sale day, please bring any rummage sale items that you have and drop them off Friday evening or Saturday first thing in the morning.  We appreciate any items we receive and all proceeds will go towards the school outdoor equipment and other school supplies.  We will also have a side table selling baked goods.  We are hoping for a very successful sale this Saturday……come by to check out the sale and say HI!!  Tell all your neighbors and friends!

I want to remind each person what they have signed up for.  Below is a list of helpers:

Karin - dropping off pricing stickers (you can leave these in Julia's file, or drop them off to us at 5pm on Friday)
Karen Z - dropping off a table (please label your table with your name and come to pick it up at noon on Saturday)
Karen Z - baked goods (drop these off Friday evening or Saturday morning)
Shannon - baked goods (drop these off Friday evening or Saturday morning)
Harriet - baked goods (drop these off Friday evening or Saturday morning)

Gretchen, Laura, Julie and Natalie - Receiving items on Friday evening and pricing
Laura, Julie, Natalie, Jasmine - Setup 6am
Brad, Gretchen, Huy - 8am-10am
Eric W and Natalie - 10am-noon
Evelyn and Natalie - cleanup at noon (Evelyn 11am-cleanup)
Natalie and Sunny - take leftover items to Salvation Army/Good Will

It isn't too late to sign up to help or just show up! 

THANK YOU ALL!!!

Notes from Last Week's PTO Meeting

Here are the notes from last week's PTO meeting held on April 25th, 2012.

• Good feedback on Kinder Speaker from February. Would like to have another speaker maybe a behavioral expert? Maureen and Melinda have resources through the City of Davis if we have request.

• There are a few new teachers: Ms. Amy in Early learners, Ms. Amber O. in Early Learners, Rachel is no longer a permanent teacher in Toddler but she will be a substitute, Christy will be in Toddler MWF and Rilla will be in Toddler T Th.  Bianca is a new floater and will help out in all the class rooms. The PTO will work to get the new teachers pictures taken and up on the wall. Viktoria is now in the Preschool Room since Monday the 30th will be Jessica's last day before she goes on Maternity leave.

• In addition to the new play structure in toddler the school bought new sand and water tables for Preschool and Toddler and new mats for the slides.

• Garage Sale May 5th, Still need people to volunteer Especially during sale time. PLEASE BRING YOUR DONATIONS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN YOU PICK UP YOUR STUDENT FROM SCHOOL. WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU PRE PRICED WITH STICKY NOTES BUT IF NOT THAT IS OK TOO. THIS WILL BE OUR BIG SPRING FUNDRAISER TO WORK TOWARDS A NEW PLAY STRUCTURE IN THE EARLY LEARNER/PRESCHOOL YARD.

• Teacher Appreciation week is May 7th. The PTO will host a teacher appreciation lunch on Thursday May 10th. Look for sign ups on the blog or facebook.

• Mothers Day Tea is May 11th in the morning. Come in and get a pastry and tea and sit and eat with your child at drop off

• PTO will plan a summer BBQ to get parents and kids together. Friday or Sat in July or August.

• Last day of "school is May 25th" and Preschool graduation will be at 6:30 at the boat house. Please DO NOT ARRIVE EARLIER THAN 6:20 AS YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME IN TO THE BUILDING.

• Summer Program Curriculum Starts on the next school day the 28th. It will include Montessori curriculum and also lots of fun themes  (Stay tuned to hear more from your child's teacher)

• Please prepare your child for summer by bring extra clothes for water play, applying sunscreen in the morning.

• Check your file folders some are very full

• If you would like more information about your child's day such as potty time, nap time, and lunch (Early Learners or Preschool). Please talk to their teacher and tell them you would like them to fill out a note. They will be happy to do it at your request.

• If anyone would like to be in charge of a fundraising event please contact Laura or Julie via facebook or the blog. 

Rummage Sale Info from Natalie

Hello PTO parents of Portside Montessori,

A signup sheet is up in the lobby of the school and the rummage sale flyers will go
out to all parents this week. If you are able to help, please sign up for whatever you
can. We appreciate all the help we can get.
A couple of notes on the signup sheet:

•We will need help with pricing items that are dropped off on Friday. We ask
that all items are dropped off between 5 and 7pm on Friday. We appreciate
it if items are brought already priced, but if that isn’t the case, we’ll need to
take care of that. We will be storing items in some of the back rooms and in
the Toddler playground; just on the other side of the fence for easy set up the
next morning.

•If anyone has a wardrobe rack, please let me know. This will make for easy
display of any clothing brought to the sale. I will be bringing tons of hangers.

•I will be bringing a 30x60 folding table, and Melinda and Maureen have a
couple other tables, but if anyone has a card table, that would be very helpful.
Just make sure your name is written on the underside, and please pick it up
by noon on Saturday.

•If anyone has any crafts they would like to donate to the sale that would be
fantastic. Also baked goods are always easy and usually go fast.

•We will be providing an e-waste disposal at the sale as well. Bring any
electronics that you need to dispose of and we will get credit for this and
Melinda and Maureen can write off that cost.

•I will be posting as many signs as I can and will be posting an ad on
craigslist.org, facebook and a local news channel on Thursday and Friday the
week of the sale.

Thanks so much for helping in any way you can. If there are any questions or
suggestions please feel free to email me.
Natalie
natalie.johnson@mac.com