PAW PRINTS
Tabb Elementary PTA
NEWS
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A
note from the
Principals
Dear
Parents/Guardians,
Cheryl Parr &
Jennifer GoodwinAs we enter the last quarter of the year, we begin to focus on putting together all of the information we have learned throughout the year. We think about how all of it fits together, almost like a puzzle. We can think of the parts of the Tabb Elementary community like that - how each piece fits together is very important. Without the involvement of great teachers and staff, supportive parents, and interested students, something would be missing! Thank you for the involvement you have shown so far this year to make what we do at school so much easier. For the last marking period, please pay close attention to the material that comes home with your student. Review information and contact your child's teacher if you have questions about what you see. Request a conference if you feel one is necessary. End of the year testing is coming soon in all grades and spending even short periods of time looking over the material with your child will make a difference. Thank you for your continued interest and support. Standards of Learning Assessments Students
in Grades 3-5 will take the
SOL assessments during the dates of May 28-June 6. Please try to
avoid
making appointments on these days or have your student miss school
during this time. Thanks in advance for your support. We know our
students will do a great job "showing what they know!"
Important Dates: April
7-11 Spring Break
April 14-18 Scholastic Book Fair (Buy One Get One Free) April 15-18 Stanford 10 Testing, 2nd grade April 17 Report Cards issued April 18 Spring Carnival, 5-8 p.m. April 19 Learning Garden Workday May 1 Spaghetti dinner, Mallet Ensemble Concert May 5-9 Teacher Appreciation Week May 6 PTA Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m. May 15 & 16 Muffins with Mom Book Fair The dates are April 14 - 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday night (April 18) during our Spring Carnival. This is a great opportunity to stock up on some good books! Nurse’s Notes There are no
changes in immunization requirements for the upcoming
school year. If your child has not received a second dose of
varicella
yet, you may choose to ask your health care provider about the
benefits. A second dose is recommended, but not required.
For parents of rising 6th graders: a booster dose of pertussis-containing vaccine (Tdap) is required for students entering the sixth grade, unless the student has had a tetanus-containing vaccine within the last five years. There is no grace period for compliance (§32.1-46, subdivision 3, of the Code). Legislation requiring the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for female students entering the sixth grade will go into effect on October 1, 2008. The first dose shall be administered before the child enters sixth grade (§32.1-46, subdivision 12 of the Code). Since the effective date occurs after the 2008-09 school year begins the vaccine will not be required for school entry until the 2009-10 school year. If you have any questions please call 867-7461. Anita Petit, RN
Art News
Leanna Yevak won first
place in the 2008 Yorktown Women's Club Art Show for her oil pastel
drawing. Honorable mentions from TES went to Solymar Valdez, Joshua
Ring and Jessica Meade for their color pencil work. Congratulations,
students!Reflections Results Congratulations and thank you to
all the students who took the time and effort to enter in this year’s Reflections
“ I can make a difference
by…”
The first place winners
at Tabb went on to county level and from there the York County first
place winners moved on to State. We’ll keep you informed of Michaela
and Alyssa’s progress. Way to go, Tabb Tigers!!!SATURDAY, APRIL 19 Very soon Tabb families and teachers will be
able to see the A
motivated
volunteer is needed to develop and coordinate an after-school Junior
Master
Gardner Program at TES. Certification as a Master Gardener is not
required but
may be helpful. This individual must be very excited about this
opportunity to
assist in creating an outside classroom for students and teachers. The
ideal
candidate is one who is very organized, detail-oriented, loves
gardening, and
works well with children. This individual should also be able to work
with a
sizable budget and be able to incorporate other organizations that have
volunteered to help. Salary: Priceless to TES students and teachers. A big thank you to
volunteers Chico Valdes, Jim Meger, Kenny Elliot, Rick Kurek, Greg
Wilson,
Steve Adcox, Brandon Demon, Joel Heisler, Craig Nickol and Mr. Long.
Questions?
Please contact Amy Nickol or 865-0360. Dr. Seuss’ Birthday week was so
much fun!
The Read Across America
Challenge, to honor Dr. Seuss’ 104th birthday, was an exciting time at
TES. The York Education Association challenged all schools to
accumulate 110 volunteer readers. To accomplish this goal, TES had a
plan to “Team up and
Read Across America.” Three teams traveled across the United States
and back, and each page read was a mile traveled. Many parents came to
school to read in a classroom and guests including school board members
and the superintendent of schools, Dr. Staples, supported this effort.Every student and teacher received a black and orange stove pipe hat (thanks to your donations to offset costs) and students and teachers dressed as their favorite Seuss character. At the end of school on March 2, the entire school “Dropped Everything and Read.” Great prizes were awarded to students who won the Cafeteria Challenge “Write Across America.” Hats and prizes were made possible by donations from Kohls and the PTA. The following businesses and
organizations provided services
2007-2008 Tabb Elementary PTA
Executive Board
President:
Amy Nickol 865-0360
1st Vice President: Christy Butterworth 2nd Vice President: Elizabeth Glass Secretary: Tracy Vest Treasurer: Amy Strickling
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Letter
from the
PTA President
Together Everyone Succeeds! The goal of the PTA Executive Board this year has been to carefully evaluate the way we spend all monies and focus mainly on enhancing education and limit fundraising. With the exception of the carnival, all family night events have been at no additional cost to parents. We have had positive feedback concerning many of the new events we introduced this year including The Magic of Nutrition, Hands on Science Night, and Pancakes for Pops. Finally, the PTA initiative of obtaining a $3,500 Lowes Toolbox Grant and additional PTA funding support will allow our school to develop an outside classroom and Junior Master Gardener Program. Our new Learning Garden will truly be a wonderful addition and fun alternative to allow students to “grow.” If you have suggestions, feedback, or would like to find a way to get more involved with the PTA next year, please give me a call or email. We will be working on the lineup for the PTA Executive Board for the 2008-09 school year. Positions are available, and if you feel this is your calling, please let us know. We would be thrilled to see some new faces with fresh ideas come on board! Spring Carnival
Friday, April 18 Don’t miss this fun event at TES on Friday, April 18 from 5 to 8 p.m. Our carnival will be held mainly outside with a huge blowup slide, moon bounce, and baseball speed pitch. Experience exciting NEW carnival games, craft make-and-takes, a cake walk, dancing with a DJ, Karaoke, face painting, temporary tattoos, raffle tables and more! Great carnival food will be available including hotdogs, popcorn, cotton candy, SnowZone snow cones and Dominos pizza. Wristbands are $10 per child (3 and under are free) and all proceeds will directly support educational enhancement and enrichment at Tabb Elementary. Interested in helping? Please contact Heather Sabourin . Cultural events scheduled
April 23: Linda Fang, a
Chinese Storyteller, will perform for grades 2-4 at 1:30 p.m.April 16: Virginia Opera will present "Alice through the Opera Glass" for all grades at 2 p.m. May 16, 20, and 22: Virginia Aquarium Ocean in Motion residency. The Virginia Aquarium (formerly the Virginia Marine Science Museum) will make a 45-minute introductory presentation for all grades in the gym at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 16. Beginning later that morning and continuing throughout the day, as well as on May 20 and 22, each class will visit the Ocean in Motion aquarium truck and a touch tank station that will be set up in a classroom. The aquarium staff will cover a wide variety of topics relating to our science SOLs, and everything should tie in very nicely with our PTA "Down by the Bay" night on May 20. Down by the Bay Night Peninsula PTA Volunteer of the Year
The Peninsula
PTA Volunteer of the Year award was recently presented to one of our
very own, Mr. Chico Valdes! He received this important honor from
the Peninsula District of PTAs and has been a Tabb Elementary volunteer
for the past 13 years. Chico is well known by our students as
"The Science Guy" since he is our Hands On Science Coordinator.
This year he has been instrumental in developing our new Learning
Garden. We are so proud he has received this recognition and are
very grateful for all of his many efforts to support our school.
WAY TO GO, CHICO!Beach Blanket Book Bingo a
success A big thank
you to Jonathon Twitero, Marie
Dasovich, Cindy Burns, Gail Robinson, Chynita
Turner, Christy
Butterworth, Banner Brewer, and Amy Strickling for making Book Bingo a
fun
night for Tabb families. Thanks to the support of our parents, there
were many
books for winners to choose from. Any additional books that were not
used that
night will be donated to TES and Tabb Libraries. Cute Pet Photo Contest The Tabb "Paws for the Cause" Relay for
Life Team will sponsor a Cute Pet Photo Contest May 5-16.
Students may enter a cute pet photo for $1 during the week of May 5-9.
Students may vote for their favorite cute pet photo for 25 cents during
the week of May 12-16. Winners will be announced on May 19. Thanks for
supporting the American Cancer Society.
Pancakes for Pops Thank you to all of our Pops and
Parents who attended our recent "Pancakes for
Pops" breakfast. This early-morning activity was a great success
and we appreciate so many coming out for wonderful food and
fellow-ship. Thanks also to Mrs. Irby, our cafeteria manager, and her
staff for cooking such a tasty breakfast meal. Thank you also to the
parents that helped collect tickets and to Elizabeth Glass and Tracy
Vest for organizing Pancakes for Pops. A great time was had by all!
Muffins with Mom Muffins with Mom will be May 15
and 16. This is a change from the original date. More information will
follow soon.
Spaghetti Dinner
The Tabb Tiger Lilies,
one of Tabb Elementary’s Relay for Life teams, will be hosting a
spaghetti dinner on Thursday, May 1 from 6:30-8 p.m. The menu
consist of spaghetti w/ meat sauce, Caesar salad, garlic bread sticks,
cake, tea and lemonade. Tickets are $5 per person. The team
will hold a raffle for several items including: -a package of 3 one-hour golf
lessons with a local PGA member
Raffle tickets are $1. You may also purchase tickets for $5 for the
2008 VW Beetle being raffled by the American Cancer Society. All
proceeds from the evening will be donated to Relay for Life. Fliers
will be sent home with students and advance reservations will be due by
April 25. -a Summer Fun themed filled Longaberger basket -an air conditioning system tune up from Energy Efficient Heating and Air. The TES Mallet Ensembles will also be presenting their Spring Concert at 7:15 p.m. Come out for a fun-filled evening of good food and good music! Bus Lane Safety Reminder If your child is late to school,
please remember that you are required to park and walk your child into
the building to sign him/her into school. Even if you are only late by
a minute or two, please refrain from allowing your child to cross at
the crosswalk by him or herself. We have had several incidents of
students crossing by themselves from the parking lot and other cars
pulling into the bus lane at the same time. We appreciate your
support in this safety matter.
Thanks
for becoming a PTA member this year
Because of the willingness and
commitment of
so many staff, teachers and parents at TES to become PTA members, Tabb
Elementary PTA recently received a Certificate of Excellence from the
Peninsula
District PTA for PTA membership of over 81%. This is an honor that only
5 local
schools received. PTA membership is only one of the ways to measure
parental
involvement in the school. Thanks again for your support!
Have you
volunteered just 2 hours?
YOU have thepower to make a difference at TES!
Don’t forget to sign the “Two Hours of Power” book in the office and put your paw print sticker on the display board!!! |
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