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December 2013 PTA Newsletter

Principals Message
Dear Parents, I hope your Thanksgiving vacation was a wonderful and memorable time for you and your family. Once again, I need to voice how thankful I feel to work in the Adams community. The teachers, staff, students and parents of Adams !lementary are wonderful and I am lucky to be here. "ith the #hristmas holiday approaching, I hope you ll en$oy the time you have with your families. Taking time to read together can have a profound effect on individuals. %ow a child views reading is often a reflection of the importance a parent places on it. &eading together not only engages the reader and the listener, but also establishes a life skill which instills an appreciation for and a value of reading. "ith so many wonderful reading choices to be found in our beautiful library, I m sure every student will find a book that will delight, inspire, and fill them with the e'citement of reading. (oon the weather will be turning cold, wet and snowy. I would encourage you to send your children dressed appropriately for the weather. )ecause children need to have some fresh air and movement throughout the day, unless the weather is e'treme, we try hard to have the children en$oy outdoor recesses as much as possible. Thank you again for allowing my wonderful staff and me the pleasure of working with such fine young students. I hope you have an en$oyable holiday season. #harollet #hambers

Calendar
Dec. *+,- (ocks .or (ouls (ervice Pro$ect Dec. /- Picture 0ake 1p Day Dec. *2- December )irthday Table Dec. *3+ 4an. 5- #hristmas )reak, 6o (chool

PTA Presidents Message

"e hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. It is so hard to believe that it is December already7 "e $ust finished up Parent Teacher #onferences which means our first book fair of the year is behind us. It was a huge success and we want to thank all who participated in buying books for your children. A special thanks goes to 8aren 9arsen and her wonderful committee for all of their countless hours in making it such a great e'perience for all. In con$unction with our parent teacher conferences was our teacher dinners. "e want to give a huge thanks to #laudine )rinkerhoff and those who helped her to prepare such delicious meals for our teachers. )a$io was so kind to cater one of our meals and we want to say thank you to them for their kindness and generosity. "e also want to say thank you to 0ichelle (narr and those who helped her with our back to school activity. It was held on 6ovember :th at (urf+n+ (wim and was a fun activity for all. "e $ust wrapped up our reflections contest and want to thank all of our students who participated. "e continue to have more entries each year. Adams !agles have so much talent and it was so much fun to see their creativity. The ne't activity coming up is our (ocks .or (ouls service pro$ect. It will be held December *nd through the ,th. It will be a great opportunity for our school to donate items to the #hristmas )o' %ouse in Ogden. "e want to wish you a very 0erry #hristmas and a %appy 6ew ;ear. As always, if you have any <uestions or concerns feel free to contact us. Thank you for all you do to make Adams !lementary a great place to be. (incerely, Diana Arnold & Sheri Eppich

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Character Builders
The character education award nominations for the month of October were8indergartenAle'is 9ittlefield 0adalyn 8elly Avrie &ichards %olly )rown 5st =uinten (himanek >adi %ancock+Taylor &yley #oulson *nd #olton "ikstrom Thomas "eller 8atie 0ortensen Anavy (mith 3rd Darnell .uatogi #ourtney &opelato )aylie Dimond ?th 0adelyn )ergen 4ackson 9ee 8elly "itte /th (ina "ard #arley 4ones Tate "onderlich ,th (arah Donahue David 9ang )laise "ikstrom During the month of 6ovember, our students worked on the character trait of being courteous. "e will post the nominations in the 4anuary newsletter.

Birthday Table
The ne't birthday table will be .riday, December *2. If your child has a birthday in December, have them stop by the birthday table during lunch recess to receive a gift.

Adams Elementary Service Project SOC S !O" SO#$S December ! " #e are collecting $E# pairs o% soc&s' girls tights' leggings or stretch pants and girls and boys under(ear o% all si)es* +tems (ill be donated to The Christmas Bo, -ouse in Ogden* Please put your donated items in the bo,es located in your classroom' by the o%%ice' or in the library* .or more information about the #hristmas )o' %ouse go to www.thechristmasbox.org This (ervice pro$ect is sponsored by Adams PTA and put together by 6ate )ehunin as his !agle (cout Pro$ect. Any <uestions please call 6ate or &ose )ehunin- @25+/?3+**:@

.e%lections
#ongratulations to all of our creative Adams students who entered the &eflections contest7 "e had /? entries, all of which were creative and e'pressed the theme...A)elieve, Dream, InspireA so well. Our $udges had a difficult time deciding which entries should be sent on to the #ouncil level. "e hope everyone that entered felt rewarded for the time and effort they spent creating their entries. Those who will be moving on to #ouncil and the category they entered are as followsBisual Arts )raden Israelsen, 4ames 9ittlefield, (ierra %older, Tate "underlich and Drew .uatogi 3+D Art David 8ay, 0adison 4ohansen, Ainslee (mith and Annalee 4ohnson Photography )en )rowning, !mily 0audsely, %alli Coldberg, 0ckinley Achter and 4ake Coff 9iterature &uby 0c#ullough and 8ayla Anderson 0usic Ashley 8eil, Anne #rossett and 4arek 9indholm Dance 0aDee 9ove and Daisia (anders "e want to thank our $udgesE #helsey #hristensen, 4olene ($oblom, &obin %addon, Bincent )ates, and 4ordynne %ill for giving of their time and e'pertise to help us with &eflections, as well as all of the parents who supported and encouraged their students to create7

Boo& /air
"O"7 Adams !lementary students and parents &O#8777 "e $ust want to say Thank ;ou to everyone who came and supported the book fair. "e had some fun activities for the students to participate in such as the coloring page, which if brought back in to be displayed on the wall, the kids got to pick out a candy bar. "e want to thank all the students who brought <uarters to contribute to the All for )ooks. .or every <uarter that was put in the bo' you could pull a sucker out and if it had a black or red mark on it then you could choose a priDe. "e made F5?2.22 which 0rs. Ban9euven was able to spend on books at the book fair. All the money went to buy books for our school library. "e want to Thank 0imi s for donating 3 doDen muffins to our 0uffins and 0ommies event and (ams #lub for giving us /2G off muffins. This book fair was a )IC (1##!((. "e made more money than we have made in the last / years with this book fair. (o again thank you to all who came and purchased books. "e are looking forward to our (pring book fair that will be held at the end of 4anuary. 9ook for more information to come. "e will have fun activities for students and families to participate in. If you would like to be involved and help at the books fairs please email 8aren 9arsen at karissamckadeHgmail.com. Again thank you Adams !lementary students and parents, )ook fair committee

8rispy 8reme Doughnut cards are for sale in the office for F5*7 !ach card includes 52 coupons for buy a doDen doughnuts get a doDen free. ItIs a great deal and it helps our school earn money.

School Spirit

!very .riday is (chool (pirit Day7 "ear your school colors or your Adams !agles T+(hirt. PriDes will be given out to students who participate.

;ou could win a night at the movies7 "ith the holidays <uickly approaching, shopping online starts to increase. If you shop online, you can earn cash for our school A6D enter to win a F32 Tinseltown Theaters gift card for your family. 5. (ign up to support Adams !lementary at )T.!.com JitIs easy and totally freeK. Once youIre a member, you can earn cash for our school when you shop online. *. Co to )o' Tops 0arketplace at )T.!.comLmarketplace to see the list of over 322 participating stores. 3. Pick a store by clicking on its logo and youIll go right to their website, where you can shop online as you normally would. Our school will automatically earn e)o' Tops Jworth 52 cents apieceK with every <ualified purchase. ?. ;ouIll get a purchase confirmation email from the 0arketplace within a few days. 4ust print and turn in at school like regular )o' Tops, or forward that email to us at girasolsueHgmail.com to be entered into a drawing for the F32 Tinseltown gift card. All submitted confirmations between October 5, *253 and December 35, *253 will be entered into the drawing. 0ake sure to include your childIs name and teacher. !ach purchase is a separate entry. The winner will be randomly selected on 4anuary 3, *25? and announced at school and through e+mail.

Along with )o' Tops, our school is collecting 9abels for !ducation Points7 ItIs easy to help+simply save and send in the 1P#s and beverage caps from participating products in a baggie or envelope with your childIs name marked on the bag. ;ou can drop them in the bo' by the office marked with a #ampbell (oup can. Thanks for helping our school get .&!! educational merchandise7

PTA #ebsite
#heck out the PTA website. www.adamseaglespta.org "e will keep you updated on everything to do with the PTA. ItIs a great way to stay connected7 Also, remember to AlikeA the Adams !lementary PTA page on .acebook7

"e hope youIve en$oyed this edition of !agles !+6ews. If you have any <uestions or comments, please feel free to email the PTA at adamseaglesptaHdsdmail.net. "eId love to know what you think7 (incerely, Adams !agles PTA Adams !lementary **22 !. */22 6. 9ayton, 1T @?2?2