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Kentwood Elementary School Newsletter
October 2009, Volume 19, Issue 8
8401 Emerson Ave., Westchester, CA 90045 • p. 310.670.8977 • f. 310.670.6957
 
www.kentwoodes.org
 10/22/09 School Tour
10/27/09 5th Grade Field Trip-Grifth Park 10/28/09 5th Grade Theater Trip
10/30/09
Halloween Parade - starts at 11a.m.School will let out at 12:34 that day
 
don’t forget cameras!
11/2/09
Yearbook cover contest begins
 
~Flyers will go out with more details
 
(Contest ends Nov. 23)
 11/11/09 School Holiday (Veterans Day)
 11/16/09 Holiday Candy Fund raiser
 
(ends Nov. 30)
11/25/09 Minimum Day11/26/09 School Holiday 11/27/09 Happy Thanksgiving!
 11/30/09 Book Fair (ends Dec. 4) 12/10/09 Holiday Candy Delivers
 12/21/09 Winter Break (ends Jan. 10)
1/11/10 School Resumes
1/11/10 Yearbook Tribute Sales begin(end February 26)
1/18/10 School Holiday(Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
2/15/10 School Holiday (Presidents’ Day)3/22/10 Hawaiian Rafe Sales begin(ends April 26)3/26/10 Bunny Hop (walkathon)
3/29/10 Spring Break (ends April 4)
4/5/10 School Resumes
4/30/10 Spring Fling (Talent Show/
 
Hawaiian Rafe/Silent Auction)
5/31/10 School Holiday (Memorial Day)
6/10/10 In N Out Truck Fund raiser
6/24/10 Last Day of School
School Calendar
Dear Parents:We are off to a fantastic
school year and we are already
in the second month of school.I would like to acknowledgeour brilliant students, supportiveparents and dedicated staff forall their hard work culminatingin a 47 point increase on ourAPI, bringing us to 859.This year we welcomed newKentwood family members:Christine Buckly and
 
Tanasha Williamson
Kindergarten teachers
 
Katrina Woods
Special Education Assistant 
Alicia Campbell
Kindergarten Supervision Aide
Thank you to our magnicentparents who signed up to vol-
unteer. We made a new record
with not only the numbers of parents, but with volunteers forseveral different activities as wellas support to our classroomteachers. We are indebted toyou. Your time spent volunteer-ing = $$$ saved for the school.Thank you to all our familiesand friends for your pledges, do-nations and participation in ourfund raisers. Your continued sup-port is truly appreciated. I wouldlike to also put in a personalplea for your support of our 5thgrade science camp fund raisers.We want to make this an annual
event that all 5th graders can look 
forward to enjoying. So althoughyour child might not be currentlyin the 5th grade, your participa-tion right now will help ensurethat it becomes a tradition thatyour child will enjoy later.Congratulations to DeniseSample, our newly electedGovernance Council member!Thank you to Sandy Diep andLeah Kelly for volunteering forthis seat and we look forwardto continuing to work with youand our other parents on oursub-committees.The Orientation and Electionsfor our School Site and EnglishLanguage Advisory Councils willtake place on October 26th andNovember 2nd respectively. Bothwill be held in the cafeteria at 8:15a.m. Immediately following theMonday Morning Assembly.We are required to annuallyinform parents of our SchoolSafety, Illness & Injury Prevention
and our Asbestos Abatement
Plans. The plans are available forreview in the front ofce.Thanks for sharing yourprecious jewels with us andI look forward to having aphenomenal school year!Sincerely, Jean Pennicooke
A Message from the Principal
A great way to make money for our school is to sign up for our fund raising programs. These are cashback programs at certain merchants (Vons, Ralphs, Target, Ofce Depot and more), where they donate aportion of your purchases to our school.
Fund Raising Programs
1) Use your
Vons
Club
card when you purchasegroceries, and Kentwoodreceives 10% back untilSeptember 15th. After thatKentwood receives up to4% back depending on howmuch you spend per month.Here is how to sign up:Go to www.escrip.comand click on “Sign Up Now!”
to create an account. You
will need an email address,our Group ID: 139429772(for the Kentwood Educa-tion Fund), and your VonsClub card number. Note:escrip.com has many othermerchants in addition to
Vons.
2) When you shop at
Ofce Depot
for schoolsupplies, Kentwood earns5% in credit towards freesupplies. Each time you makea purchase at Ofce Depot,give them our School IDnumber 70010333. If you for-get the bring our School IDnumber, just ask them at thestore for the list of 5% Back to Schools ID numbers.Kentwood’s School ID:700103333) Use your
Ralphs
Club
card when you purchasegroceries, and Kentwoodreceives up to 4% back de-pending on how much youspend per month. To enrollyou need to setup a loginaccount at ralphs.com. Youwill need a valid email ad-dress, a Ralph Rewards Card
number, and Kentwoods our
Ralph’s organization number(90945). Go to the Commu-nity Contribution Programenrollment page at www.ralphs.com. Create a loginaccount for ralphs.com.Once you have signedinto your account click on“My Account”. Enter yourRalphs Rewards Card num-ber.Click on “Edit Commu-nity Contribution ProgramInformation” and enter90945 for our Organization
Number.
4) Shop at
Target
, and
they will donate up to 1%of your REDcard purchases
to Kentwood. You need a
Target REDcard to enroll inTake Charge of Education.
“When dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you and sit on the foor.” 
- A. O’Malley
 Jean Pennicooke, Principal • Christine Ferreira, Assistant Principal Jeanie Butler & Christina Halloran, PTO Presidents
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