PAC CHATTER

A Publication of the CIBA Parent Advisory Council November, 2012

NEXT PAC MEETING WEDNESDAY, December 5th 7:00 P.M. CIBA COLLEGE RESOURCE ROOM
Dear Friends, We hope that you and your families had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and were able to spend some quality time with your family and friends. As the December holidays approach, consider coming to our Barnes and Noble book fair fundraising event on December 13th. Its a good way to accomplish some of your holiday shopping and support PAC at the same time! You can shop in store or online (see online info below). We will also be staffing a gift wrapping table in the store entrance that evening (mall side entrance), which allows us to collect donations from store patrons who use our service. We are looking for volunteers to help with staffing the wrapping table. Shifts run from 6-8 or 8-10pm. Please contact Alina Bafumo if you can help (alinebafumo@att.net). At the last dance the kids asked for more dances! Our next dance will be held on Friday December 7th at the East Hartford Middle School gym this is a new location for us. Please consider chaperoning and/or providing snack items for the kids to enjoy. Contact Alina if you can help (email address above). As always please feel free to contact the PAC at pac.ciba@gmail.com anytime with questions, suggestions or to offer your assistance with any activity. Sandy and Charles

Upcoming Events
Winter Social Dance! Friday December 7th 6:30p.m 9:30p.m. East Hartford Middle School Gym 777 Burnside Ave Theme: The 60s and Beyond (dress for your favorite decade) NOTE THE CHANGE OF LOCATION Book Fair Fundraiser! Thursday December 13th Barnes & Noble - Buckland Hills Mall 6:00p.m. 10:00p.m.

GetConnected!
PAC has one new way and one old way to get connected:

1. JointhePACFacebookPage!

Please like our new Facebook page and follow all the PAC activities! There are two ways to find us: 1) Search for CIBA PAC in the search bar at the top of Facebook 2) Follow the link on the New for Families and Parents page in the Parents section of cibanet.org

2. Makesurethatwehaveyourinformation!
Help us build our parent database. If you have not already provided it, please send the information below to: pac.ciba@gmail.com Parent/Guardian names: Email address(es): Student name(s): Student grades(s):

We Want Your Feedback!

We would like your input into activities sponsored by PAC to identify how we can better serve you and your student. We have created a brief (~5 minute) survey that can be completed online. Please take a few minutes to answer the questions at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2LHKFQP We would appreciate it if you could complete the survey by Thursday December 1st. Thank you in advance for your time! We will carefully consider all responses!

PAC email address:

pac.ciba@gmail.com

Mark Your Calendars Future PAC Meetings

December 5th, 2012 January 2nd, 2013 February 6th,2013 March 6th, 2013 April 3rd, 2013 May 1st, 2013 June 5th, 2013

Send an email to the above address to be added to the PAC email list!

The PAC Board of Directors: Co-Presidents: Sandy Leubner, Charles Maric, Vice-President: Nancy Barnwell, Treasurer: Tom Eversons, Secretary: Sandhya Pai; Communication Coordinator: Heidi Ellis