OCTOBER 2012 Volume 1

Dear Bailey Lake Families, The school year is off and moving in a great direction. After four weeks, students and staff are in a routine with a focus on thinking and learning. As a school wide focus, staff and students are showing how they S.T.O.M.P. as we stay Safe, Trusting, Own behaviors, Make a difference, and show Pride. We would like to welcome a few new staff members to BLE: Lynn Reis- 1st Grade Teacher Jenna Thompson- Music Kim Tanelian- Kindergarten Instructional Aide Matt Phillips- Recess Aide Ashlyn Catania- Recess Aide What does a letter grade tell you on a report card? Does it provide insight on specific skill development? Does it provide areas of mastery and determine areas of desired growth? Standards Based Grading provides insight on specific skills in each core content area. This model outlines student capabilities on selected standards expected at a particular grade level. I am pleased to announce that Bailey Lake will pilot this form of grade reporting this year. Expect to hear more about it before report cards come home prior to the Thanksgiving recess. The Bailey Lake School Fair is October 13 from 11AM - 4PM. This is our only active fundraiser for the year. All our great volunteers are putting together a great day for games, food, prizes, and fellowship. Thanks, in advance, for the items you have donated toward the class baskets and silent auction. See you at the fair! October always ends with a fun activityHalloween! As in the past, on Wednesday, October 31, students (parents welcome) will participate in a school wide parade on

the path around the playground starting at 2:45 PM followed by classroom parties. Students should bring their costumes to school. Please remember to refrain from sending students with costumes that include looka-like weapons, fake blood, or violent themes. Costumes should not contain objects that might be difficult to move around in or may injure another student. Thanks for helping make this a great time for all! Sincerely,

Glenn Gualtieri Principal

PTA Meeting 7 p.m. School Fair 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Parent Teacher Conferences 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Bingo Night 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. PTA Budget Meeting 9 a.m. Halloween Parties & Parade 2:45 p.m.

October 1

October 13

October 16/17 October 25 October 29 October 31

Bailey Lake
Arina Bokas

PTA Board Officers 2012-2013

From Our PTA President

Dear Bailey Lake Families, It is hard to believe that September is almost over and our children are getting used to their school routine! I have to say, we had a busy summer! In August the PTA Board went through some organizational changes. As many already know, Kristin Liles, elected in June as BLE PTA President, had to step down from her position due to family circumstances. The Board had an emergency meeting and elected me as the new BLE PTA President, Shelly Ferguson as the 1st V.P, and Tamara Prainito as the Assistant Treasurer. For the first time at BLE, Back to School Night gave families an opportunity to meet with teachers, hear curriculum presentations, and stop by PTA stations - all in one evening! Thank you to all for attending and a warm welcome to our kindergarten and new-to-Bailey Lake families! Another over-summer change: the Bailey Lake PTA Facebook page has a new face of a smiley Bulldog, designed by

Theresa Rotman, which is also our new school logo. The circle of our Facebook friends is growing every day! Make sure to check us out and send a friends request for updates and announcements. Not sure about joining the PTA? The BLE PTA Board created a 5-minute video documentary that offers an insight into what it stands behind and does at Bailey Lake. See great things and activities your support made possible for our children last year! The video is available for BLE parents on the schools web site and password protected for security purposes. You shouldve received the login information from your teachers. Membership forms are still available on the BLE web site or you can ask for them at the office. Its not too late! Speaking of busy, our SOLD OUT! first ever Mom2Mom Sale will take place at BLE Saturday, September 29, 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Theresa Rotman and Carolyn Savoie have been working throughout the summer to fill the tables with participants. Please stop by to see if there is something you have to have! Early bird admission is $2; after 9a.m. - $1. All proceeds are going to our schools PTA fund.

President arinabokas@aol.com

Shelly Ferguson Nina Brown

1st V.P. shellymferguson@hotmail.com 2nd V.P. ninabrown65@yahoo.com

As summer is officially over, fall at Bailey Lake wouldnt be a fall without the School Fair on Saturday, Oct.13th! Not only it is a wonderful fun event for our children, but also the major PTA fundraiser that will pay for their field trips, enrichment and learning activities, as well as additional supplies for the classrooms. Please help out in any way you can! We are asking for various donations: classroom basket items, silent auction items, baked goods, used books and media. We are also in need of volunteers. Please contact Kim Hardtke, our Volunteer Coordinator, hardtke@comcast.net, if you can share your time. A big thank you to the room parents and those who continuously support BLE PTA events and activities. Sharing your talents and time with children is a very rewarding experience. It creates bonds and memories to treasure for many years. And whats better than to see children smile!

Carrin Weirauch

Secretary carrinweirauch@yahoo.com

Kristi Hartline

Treasurer bhartline93@comcast.net

Tamara Prainito Amy Darnell

Assistant Treasurer mark.prainito@comcast.net Membership amymdarnell@yahoo.com

Arina Bokas BLE PTA President 248-330-2408 arinabokas@aol.com

Andrea Beauchamp
Assistant Membership andreasinka@yahoo.com

Punch Cards For Sale Now!

Buy your punch cards early and SAVE!!!
The BLE School Fair is Saturday, October 13th, 2012. The Fair uses punch cards instead of tickets for the games. Punch cards are available in increments of 20, 40, or 80 punches. Most games are two punches each. $6.00 punch card (20 punches) for $5.00 $12.00 punch card (40 punches) for $10.00 $24.00 punch card (80 punches) for $20.00 Purchased punch cards will be sent home with students on October 11 & 12, 2012. Questions??? Contact: Amy Darnell amymdarnell@yahoo.com
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School Fair

Punch Card Winners!

Thanks to everyone who purchased punch cards at Back To School Night! Those who bought cards on this night only were entered to win a FREE 40 punch punch card. Mr. Gualtieri drew six names that night. Congratulations to our winners! The winners punch cards will be sent home Thursday, October 11Friday, October 12.

Kim Hardtke

Volunteer Coordinator hardtke@comcast.net

Bridget Gibbs

Assistant Volunteer Coordinator beegibbs@att.net

Theresa Rotman
Newsletter and Facebook tjrotman@att.net

Advanced Punch Card Prices (valid through Oct 10):

Gina Hubbs Kasmin Kern Ryan Kisser Allison Lieblang Charisse Lukaszek Sarah Mutter

Julie Belliveau

Website & Community Relations teambelliveau@gmail.com

Thank You Volunteers!

We want to extend a huge thank you to all our dedicated volunteers at Bailey Lake! Although the year has just begun, we have seen such a tremendous effort to jump in and help out. To name a few: our parents, grandparents and older siblings who helped at Back to School night; those who helped our little ones find their classrooms on their first days of school; those who stepped up as Room Parents to help our kids celebrate great class parties throughout the year; those who signed up to chair a PTA program; and those who are already signing up to help on various events such as the school fair. We thank you, our kids thank you and please know how much we appreciate you! Go Bulldogs!! Kim Hardtke, Volunteer Coordinator Bridget Gibbs, Assistant Volunteer Coordinator

Bailey Lake

Two Very Important People...

Many of us already know them, but some of our new families have not met them Mrs. Denise Casper and Mrs. Leslie Brandenburg. Often you will find them at the main office. They help everything run smoothly at our school! We all appreciate their help and dedication to our children when we cannot be there!

Sale
SOLD OUT! Saturday, September 29, 2012
8:30-9a.m. e/b $2 9-1p.m. $1

Thank you to those families who have already joined the BLE PTA. If you have not had the opportunity to do so yet, we would once again like to invite you to join the Bailey Lake PTA and support our students. Remember that by joining the PTA, you are not obligating yourself to take an active role, but are showing your commitment and support to our PTA and the Bailey Lake students. The students at BLE benefit directly from your support through the following PTA-sponsored programs: Disability Awareness Day Donuts with Dad Fifth Grade Send Off Celebration Field Day Mornings with Mom Read To Me School-wide Program Reflections Program School Fair School Field Trips Service Learning - C.A.T.S Day Seuss Night Talent Show Theme Day Showing your support is a simple as completing the PTA membership form (available at the school or contact Amy Darnell at amymdarnell@yahoo.com), along with a check (payable to Bailey Lake PTA, and returning it to school with your child. Also, as a thank you for joining, youll receive a free school directory an invaluable resource! Individual Memberships are $7 and Family Memberships are $14.

Will your child have a

Magic Moment...?
Its that time of year again to encourage your child to take part in BLE Reflections Art Competition. What is Reflections? The Reflections Program is sponsored by the PTA and is a National Art Competition that offers students from Kindergarten through fifth grade opportunities to create works of art for fun and recognition. Each year, the Reflections Program challenges students to create art to show their interpretation and understanding of a given theme. This years theme is: The Magic of a Moment... A student can participate by creating and submitting as many entries as she or he wishes, in any or all categories. The categories include: Visual Arts, Literature, Music, Photography, Dance Choreography, and Film/Video Production. Please visit the BLE web site, click PTA and then Reflections to see the guidelines. More information will be coming in the November newsletter. We encourage participants to continue to work on their submissions at home. I hope that you encourage your child to participate in this highly regarded program. If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail at ninabrown65@yahoo.com or arinabokas@aol.com Thank you, Nina Brown and Arina Bokas Artist: Elizabeth Oda Artist: Mya Brown

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Sign-up to bring a cake, cookies, pies, trues, brownies, cupcakes or any type of sweet treat that does not need refrigeration. Please indicate if it contains peanuts or nuts. Bring your item the afternoon prior to the school fair (Oct. 12th ). Please leave items on the stairs in the gym.

Cake Walk

Send sign-up form Attention Shelly Ferguson or Michelle Goik Name_______________________________________ Items _______________________________________

Thank-you!!!

October Market Day

A big Thank You to all of our customers who ordered Market Day in September We appreciate all your orders to help raise $108.08 for Bailey Lake for the month. Bailey Lake earns 10% profit from every sale. Thank you also to the following volunteers who help make Market Day run so smoothly: Kim Hardtke, Lisa Damone and Shelly Ferguson.

About your PTA

The Objects of the Bailey Lake Elementary PTA, in common with those of the National PTA and the Michigan PTSA are: a. To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship. b. To raise the standards of home life. c. To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth. d. To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth. e. To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.
BAILEY LAKE Elementary School 8051 Pine Knob Road Clarkston, MI 48348 (248) 623-5300 Fax: (248) 623-5305 Student Absence Line: (248) 623-5390 School Hours: 8:35 a.m. - 3:50 p.m. Arina Bokas, PTA President Glenn Gualtieri, Principal www.clarkston.k12.mi.us/ble

Offer good for first time customers only!! Minimum purchase requirement before tax. Order online when using promo code during checkout. Cannot be used for redemption at sale pick up. Valid for sale pick-up dates through October 23, 2012.

SAVE $5 when you spend $25!* Enter promo code: NEWFIVE at checkout on marketday.com.

NEW Customer Only!

Easy Guacamole 1 lb. pouch $7.99

Chopped Hass avocados, tomato, onion & slightly spicy seasonings. Just defrost, mash & serve.

Naked Bruschetta Stuffed Chicken Breast 4-5 oz./1.25 lbs. $10.99

Tender boneless chicken breasts stuffed with tomatoes, basil, chopped garlic and mozzarella cheese.

Internet orders due: Tuesday, October 9, by 11 p.m. CSTMarket Day pick up: Monday, October 15, from 4-5 p.m. (NEW TIME) in the cafeteria hallway. Orders can be placed online at www.marketday.com Our schools account number is 17556. Any questions or interested in volunteering to help with Market Day, please contact: Theresa Rotman (248) 393-0167 tjrotman@att.net or Kim Hardtke (248) 391-9072 hardtke@comcast.net

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