footprints - Hollidaysburg Area School District

FOOT OF TEN
FOOTPRINTS
February 15, 2007
Issue 12
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
NO SCHOOL
The following students will be in the
“Spotlight” February 14 - 27
Anna Jennings, Trevor Mitchell, Kendrick Imler, Ayrika Orr, Kirstin Chappell, Madison Amigh, Caitrin McCauliff,
Daleney Clemens, Lauren Everett,
Hunter Leaper, Brady Manners, Megan
Gilles, Noah Kustenbauder, Kate Urban, Erica Lindsey, Alexandra Miller,
Sara Kyler, Randy Lanzendorfer,
Nicholas Miller, Sierra Shoeman,
Payton Civils, Chloe Melton, Kennedie
Conner, Taylor McCready, Alyssa Kustenbauder, and Haley McCready.
Parents, please be advised of the following date when the students will
NOT be in school.
Monday, February 19
Classes will resume on Tuesday, February 20, 2007.
M.A.S.S.
The following students will be in the
“Spotlight” February 28 - March 6:
Tanner Long, Nate Nebelski, Paige
Jodon, Payton Ruggery, Patrick Young,
Ethan Haupt, Logan Kovach, Dominic
Francona, Nikita Diehl, Aundria Stouffer, Valentina Cracchiolo, Sydney
Vaughn, Madison McKiernan, Julia Kormanski, Emily Loose, Kailey Day, Ian
Manners, Austin Lowey, Jacob Lanzendorfer, Victoria Gleason, Shauni
McDonald, Trent Sipes, Eric Grassmyer, Melissa Smithmyer, Nathan
Nave, and Daniel Monts.
The M.A.S.S. Committee, consisting
of Foot of Ten staff members, Diane
Vella, Sheryl Imler, Amy Loya, Pam
Voytish, John Wessner, Mary Petrak,
Sharon Clewell, Bob Gildea, and parent organizers, Janine Brashear, Valerie Miles, Beth Bradley, Kim Masood,
Dana Lindsey, and Karen Rosensteel,
would like to thank the student participants, parent volunteers, and presenters for a successful and exciting
event held on Saturday, February
3rd. Without our volunteers, events
like this would not be possible.
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M.A.S.S.
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Students in grades K-6 participated in
three (3) different hands-on math and
science activities.
These activities
were presented by F.O.T. parents,
HASD teachers and high school students, students and instructors from
Penn State Altoona, Juniata College,
Mount Aloysius College, Saint Francis
University, and community volunteers
with a strong background in math and/
or science. Some of the many topics
presented this year included: Ziploc
chemistry, wind turbines, endangered
animals, polymers, weather , watersheds, fossils, birthday party chemistry, Kool-Aid chromatography, M&M
math, tangrams, electricity, magnets,
viewing cells under high tech microscopes, thinking fast math activities,
and the human heart.
To conclude the morning activities, an
exciting physics demonstration was
conducted by Dr. Richard Flarend’s
“Lion Science”, from Penn State Altoona.
The goal for M.A.S.S. is to develop a
positive attitude for math and science
in our students. From observing the
eagerness and excitement in students
participating in the many interesting
activities and hearing the many comments such as “Cool!”, “Wow!”, “Neat!”,
it was obvious this event has had a
definite and positive impact on our
students.
PTO NEWS
PTO Meeting
The next meeting will be held on
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at
3:30 PM in the LGI Room. At this
meeting we will be presenting different company brochures and samples
for the 2007/2008 Foot of Ten fundraiser. Anyone wishing to present
fundraiser ideas, please contact Dana
Lindsey before the meeting. We will
be casting our votes at the April PTO
meeting, so please plan to attend both
the March and April meetings.
A special ”thank you” to Dana Lindsey
for this year’s successful fundraiser
and the organization of the “Best
Way Pizza Limo Lunch”, to reward our
students on a “job well done”.
Grandparents Day Coordinator
The duties for this include: attending
1-2 meetings in the morning, calling
volunteers to help on the day of the
event, the placement of volunteers,
and general organization, with the
secretaries in the Foot of Ten office,
for the PTO portion of the event. All
of the planning for this event can be
done at home, with the exception of
the initial meeting, and the day of the
event.
Box Tops 4 Education
The Box Tops 4 Education contest
ended today. Thank you to all who
participated and supported Foot of
Ten. The contest winners with the
most valid box tops will be named in
the next issue of the FootPrints.
Giant Eagle
Foot of Ten has earned 80 plus points
and has 106 Advantage Cards registered.
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PTO NEWS
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Martin’s Foods A Plus Program
Foot of Ten’s January total was
$1,295.80. We continue to hold the #1
spot in our district! There are 148 Bonus Cards registered to help F.O.T. earn
free money. Please continue to scan
your Bonus Card when you shop at Martin’s Foods. The current contest runs
through April 21, 2007.
HAEA/HASD RELAY FOR LIFE
BASKET RAFFLE
Hollidaysburg Area School District Relay for Life Team is selling a basket
calendar for the month of March.
Ticket donation is $10.00 and a Longaberger basket will be given away everyday during the month. An additional
basket will be given on three (3) days
during the month, March 1st, March 17th,
and March 31st. Extra tickets for the
Luck of the Irish Basket on March 17th
are also available for $5.00 and will be
only for that basket. Tickets are available in the Foot of Ten Office
FOOT OF TEN/
BEST WAY PIZZA
TONIGHT is FOT/Best Way Pizza
Night (coupon and student drawing form
went home earlier). Enjoy dinner with
your family/friends and support Foot of
Ten Elementary School. Foot of Ten
receives 15% of the cost of your purchase, with those monies returning to
your children by way of school activities.
Mark your calendar for our next FOT/
Best Way Pizza Night, Thursday, March
15th.
PENN STATE
SHADOW PROGRAM
In recognition of National StudentAthlete Day Penn State is sponsoring
its tenth annual Student-Athlete
Shadow Program. The program’s goal is
to unite local youth with studentathletes in the collegiate setting.
Two fifth or sixth grade students (one
male and one female) may participate in
this year’s Shadow Program taking place
on Wednesday, March 28, 2007.
If you are interested in participating,
please stop in the office to pick-up an
enrollment form to complete. All forms
need to be returned to the office no
later than Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Daffodil Sales
A Great Big Thank-you !!
Our daffodil drive officially ended today. Daffodil money will be accepted
until Tuesday, February 21st, however
to qualify for prizes, all money would
need to be in today (2/15/07). Look for
information in the next newsletter
about how many daffodils we sold.
Jethro’s Fundraiser
Jethro’s has offered to give Student
Council 10% of any purchases made during lunch or dinner the month of February. Flyers will be sent home at the
beginning of each week in February.
Simply take the flyer with you when you
have lunch or dinner and Jethro’s will
send us the donation. We appreciate
your support for this fundraiser.
COUNSELOR CONNECTION
Check it out!
Now available on my webpage at
www.tigerwires.com
Parent Workshop Video: Good Discipline, Good Kids
Click on ‘Select a School’ and select
‘Foot of Ten Elementary’. Click on
‘Teachers’ then ‘Ms. Christina Straub’
on my webpage, click on ‘Parent Workshop.
If you have difficulty accessing the
video segments from this site, contact
m e
a t
c h r i s [email protected]
to sign-out a CD to view the complete
video on your computer.
KINDERGARTEN
AND
FIRST GRADE REGISTRATION
Kindergarten and first grade registration will be held on Wednesday, March
7 and Thursday, March 8 at Foot of
Ten Elementary School. The secretaries are in the process of setting up
registration times. Please contact the
office at 695-1941 (press option 6) for
a registration form. If your child is a
student in kindergarten in the Hollidaysburg Area School District, IT IS
NOT NECESSARY TO REGISTER FOR
1ST GRADE.
Christina Straub
Counselor
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Anyone interested in helping to plan
the celebration is welcome. Any questions, please call Paula Kustenbauder at
693-1351 or Terri Pheasant at 3177619.
When: Thursday, February 22
Where: LGI Room
Time: 6:30 PM
Also available are the handouts that go
with the video. These handouts are
also available by contacting me at
school, 814-695-1941, select option 5.
Together we can make
a difference!
6TH GRADE CELEBRATION
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
2007 CENTRAL PA
SCIENCE FAIR
The 2007 Central PA Science Fair (for
students in grades 1 through 8) will be
held on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at
Forest Hills High School. If you want
additional information or an application, please stop in the office.
LOST AND FOUND
Clothing items have already begun to
accumulate in the lost and found area
of the office. Parents are encouraged
to please stop in to check our lost and
found for any clothing or miscellaneous
items left on the bus, in the cafeteria,
or outside during recess.
FOOT OF TEN
IN THE NEWS
The bulletin board, located at the
front of the second grade wing, is
dedicated to posting the published
accomplishments of Foot of Ten Elementary School students and faculty.
Please place articles to be posted in
the PTO box (located in the office).
We will laminate and post them on the
board ASAP !
Please note: Once posted articles are
removed from the board, you may retrieve them. They will be in a manila
envelope in the PTO box marked
“Bulletin Board”. These make great
souvenirs of your child’s accomplishments and for scrap booking.