2008-2009 School year

 Welcome Club form 08-09

        Our November meeting has been moved to Monday, November 3, 7:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room.  Our Beech Acres speaker will discuss "Teaching Your Child Self-Discipline."

News

Hello Mariemont Elementary P.T.O.!

Before getting started on our updates, I first want to welcome the new Kindergarten parents!  I enjoyed meeting you at Kindergarten screening.  I also want to welcome the new 5th grade parents!  I look forward to getting to know you!  When I was typing in the email addresses, I recognized so many names from Mariemont Youth Football. 

If you had a new neighbor move in with a Kindergartner, please do them a favor and make sure they have registered with the office.  The Kindergartners are being screened before the start of school...One more screening date remains--August 13. 

Now, on to the updates.  They are lengthy, but important!

From the Room Parent Committee-- School is fast approaching and we still need people to volunteer to be room parents for the upcoming school year. It is a wonderful opportunity to get to know your child's teacher and give back to our wonderful school and teaching staff! We need parent volunteers for the following grades/teachers:1st, 4th, 6th, Mr. Browning, Special Ed teachers....If you are interested please send your response before 8/15 to: Penny House at pennyhouse@rocketmail.com.  Please include in your response: Name of Parent, Name and grade of child:,phone #: address, and email.  If the response is overwhelming - the room parents will be randomly selected. Thank you, Tricia Williams, Penny House and Teresa Mikesell 

Welcome Club--We should be proud of the kids--so many volunteered to be "buddies" to those who are new to the district!  We may not need all of the "buddies," so if you don't get a phone call from Sandy Fisher or Kim Wuertemberger (after August 15), don't panic!  Welcome Club takes place on Monday, August 18, and is for the families who are new to the district.

Adult Fundraiser--Saturday, September 27, 2008--The majority of our fundraising will take place in the Fall this year.  Accomplishing this in the beginning of the year will help with the budgeting!  Our Adult Fundaiser takes place on Saturday, September 27 at the newly renovated Resthaven Barn on Cambridge Ave (one block from school!)  This "Barn Raising" will take place from 7-11 p.m., and features a "Spaghetti Western" menu!  Laura Trachtman is heading up the menu and has secured a donation of produce for the evening from the Pipkins!  Way to go Laura!  Wendy Long is coordinating the volunteers for the evening!  Thank you Wendy!  Silent Auction items that are already in include passes to Perfect North, a family pass to the Lebanon-Mason Railroad, a $300 dollar pearl necklace from Eddie Lane's Diamond Showroom, Cyclones tickets, Symphony tickets, Children's Theatre tickets, restaurant gift cards, a very cool pair of Ray Bans from Dr. Mark Kuhlman, and more!  We are also zipping up the final details on a major "presenting sponsor!"  The event will feature some of our own children's art for auction, and an old-fashioned pie auction made by "local celebrities!"  Thank you to those who came to our organizational meeting.  We will meet again soon!  If you want to get in on the fun, please let me know!!   This event is going to be a blast!  Get your sitter now!

Fall Wrapping Paper Sale--Will kick off in mid-September.  Debbie Bernloehr researched companies and found us a new line of papers and other goodies to offer.  You will love it!  Thank you Debbie!

Cheers,

Chris Lewis

Mariemont Elementary PTO President

M.E.P.T.O.--Enhancing Educational Opportunities for students, parents & teachers!

The PTO is still in need of a Vice President for the 2008-09 year. The VP spends most of the year shadowing the President.  The VP then becomes the President the following Year.  Please call or Email Chris Lewis, PTO President, for more information.

.               Kroger card – Rechargeable cards are available to parents, teachers and relatives! This is an easy way for families to support the school.  We make 4% of your purchases. 

       ;The Bigg's gift cards have arrived!  I wanted to explain a little bit about the card program since it is different than the Kroger Gift Cards.  Each Bigg's card is pre-loaded with $50 of value.  You simply use it as cash/credit at the check-out counter.  This is different than the Kroger's card since you have to load that one prior to your shopping.  Each one has it's own pros and cons, however, the Bigg's card is a huge donation to the school since they are giving back 6 % to Mariemont schools. I have a limited supply of these cards.  Many people are buying a couple at a time since we tend to spend more than the $50.