ChallengerPTANewsletter–May20171

Challenger PTA News May2017–ChallengerPTAChapter2.6.6 challengerpta.org

Your 2016-2017 Challenger PTA Officers are:

Co-Presidents Co-VPs Co-Treasurers Co-Secretaries Membership

Libby Kell Melissa

Sarzalejo

Alison Greer Kendra

Campbell

Shirley Rullan Heather Matthews

Briana Segura Wendy Pacifici

Amy Hammingh Sam Salvador

Like us on Facebook at Challenger Elementary PTA, and v isi t our website, www.challengerpta.org

UPCOMINGDATESTOREMEMBER:

3/10• GoldenAcornAward

Ceremony3:00pmMPR• KarateWestParentsNight

Out6:30-9:30pm3/24

• ScienceFair6:30-8:00pmMPR3/31

• LastDaytoOrderYearbooks4/4

• FamilyEngineeringNight

INTHISISSUE:• Presidents’Message• HelpNeeded• YearbookOrders• GoldenAcornAwards• EagerReader• ParentsNightOut• ScienceFair• ArtWalkPlanning• FamilyEngineeringNight• ThankYous• AfterSchoolPrograms• BoxTops

Presidents’MessageHellofamiliesandhappyMay!WehopeyouwereabletoattendStemnight.Whatagreatnight,itwastrulyamazing.Aspecialthankyoutoallofthoseinvolvedinmakingithappen.

Asyoureadthisnewsletter,ourstaffappreciationweekisalreadyunderway.PleasejoinusincelebratingourfabulousteachersandstaffatChallenger,theyareallawesome!WearesofortunatetohaveastrongsenseofcommunityatChallenger.Let’sshowourthanks!The“Favoritethings”listcanbefoundonthePTAwebsiteifyouneedsomeideas.

TheArtwalkisfastapproachingcominguponMay19th.HopeyoucancomeandseeChallengerartatitsfinest.Afewmorevolunteersarestillneededforthisevent,signuponthePTAwebsiteifyouareinterested.

Finally,ourlastgeneralmeetingoftheyearwilltakeplaceonTuesdayMay16that7:00PMinthelibrary.Wewillbedoingsomeinitialplanningfornextyear.Itwillbefun,informative,andeveryoneiswelcome.Pleasejoinus!

LibbyKellemkell1972@gmail.comMelissaSarzalejoMelissa.sarzalejo@gmail.comPTACo-Presidents

UPCOMINGDATESTOREMEMBER:

5/1-5/5• TeacherAppreciation

5/5• PopcornFriday

5/1• KarateWestParent’sNight

Out5/16

• PTAGeneralMeeting5/19

• ArtWalk5/31-6/2

• ScholasticBookFair

INTHISISSUE:• Presidents’Message• KarateWest• ArtWalk• BookFair• SchoolSupplies• ThankYou’s• GrantRecipients

ChallengerPTANewsletter–May20172

Get the scoop!

Thankyoutothe1stgradefamilieswhodonatedtothismonth’sStaffAppreciationLunch!Yourdonationscatered

awonderfullunchfromJimmyJohn’s,Costco&NothingBundtCakes!Whatadeliciousbuffet!Thankyou,Stephanie&ToddHollander,Gordon&VictoriaDyson,Joleen&BarisHasozbek,Paige&DJHaapala,Jessica

Ferranti&JonathanEisler,Valerie&NeilDarling,Annie&FredPoyner,AdityaDhar&ShubhaJoshi,Shiho&PaulCoffman,Muneera&AbbasVanak,Catherine&NikolasJohnson,Prajakta&SwapneilDeshmukh,Bindya&Fnu

Devilal,VideepUndavalli,Saskia&WilliamOrr,Andrea&JeremyPitman,Brittany&DanielSmith,MicheleHubbard,AnnieandGabeSpencer,RachelleRoberts,HuaZhou,LindseyNodell,EmilyCastillo,PreetaManerka,Mark&MelissaWatson,Anna&ArianGibson,BreanneLewis&TristanCherry,Dawn&JeffPhillips,Jen&KurtArndt,HelenWahlin,JyotiLal,Alina&AngeloObreja,NatarajanBalakumar,Tyree&YoshinoGiles,Bich&Hoa

Nguyen,PreetaManerker,Shaeli&JasonBeeson,KaraHeaphy,Sarah&AndrewBurd,Maggie&ChrisGreenway,Rachelle&CoryHrncirik,ElenaSharygina,PrajaktaDeshmukh,MoniqueBoswell,TatsianaShachak,GosiaOlszta,DragicaBerger,JazzBroadwell,CaraCashman,TeresaRoumonada,ErikaDanielMiranda,MariaSandoval,DeannLewis,AmandaLin,WendyPacifici,AnuAnand,TwinkleIdanan,Neeraj&YashodharaJoshi,DeannaBartholomew,AngieBarquist,EunChui,ArulSanthanam,ChristieSantodomingo,Amy&MattJurgensen,AmyRitchie,Melissa

Vodry,MaryJohnson,FannyTam,PaulaSchalberg,YaminiRaghuraj,PriyankaParmanandandYashJoshi.Wecouldnothavedoneitwithoutyou!

NextmonthlunchwillbedonatedbytheKindergartenfamiliesduringStaffAppreciationWeek!Pleaseaskyourroomcoordinatorformoreinformation!

Upcoming Parents Night Out

Karate West is offering Parent’s Night Out every month to Challenger Students. 6:30-9:30pm – dinner is included!

Here is the upcoming schedule: * May 12th * June 2nd For more information about future Parents Night Out events or to register, go to Karatewest.com and click on Parents Night Out. Please note that all attendees must be pre-registered online. They can no longer take drop

offs/payments at the door!

It’sthattimeofyearagain,toordersuppliesforournextschoolyear,andwehaveanewsupplier,SchoolToolBox!Schoolsuppliesforallgradeswillbeavailableforpurchaseonlineonly.OfficialsalestartsJune1st.Allschoolsupplieswillbedelivereddirectlytoyourhome!Aflyerwillbesenthomesoonwithadditionaldetails.Checkoutthewebsitenow!www.schooltoolbox.comThankyou,HeatherWolter–SchoolSupplies

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Spring 2017 Teacher Grant Recipients

Congratulations to all the recipients of the Spring 2017 round of Teacher Grants. Teacher grants were awarded for so many wonderful things that will improve the quality of our children’s education ranging from new books for both the library and individual classrooms to additional teaching materials to flexible seating options for students to games and activities to give the kids something to do during indoor recess. It was a great bunch of applications and we were happy to get to award so many wonderful grants!

Spring 2017 Teacher Grant Recipients:

Megan Bales Abby Yahna Mary Berry Chelsea Dziedzic Nancy Trapp-Chen Sara Henson Natalie Gerber Heidi Edmondson Vanessa Bader Jody Sales Alyssa Crandall Erin Hayes Julianna McDowell

More Scoop!

2017 Upcoming PTA Popcorn Friday schedule: May 5th

June 2nd

Leave your Box Tops and Quarters at home-Popcorn is Free for the rest of the school year!

Special thank you to Satoi Morrison, Rachel Wax and Maria Sandoval for popping this month!

If you have any questions about popcorn Fridays please contact:

Jennifer McCommon at tjpmccommon@msn.com

ArtWalkiscominginMay!TheChallengerPTAisproudtobringanotherexciting,creativeandvibranteditionofArtWalkonFriday,May19thfrom6:00-8:00attheschool.TheChallengercorridorswillcomealivewiththecreativetalentsofourstudents.Tourthestudents'artwork,participateinhands-onartactivitiesandfungames.Grandparents,parents,siblings,neighborsandfriendsareallinvited!Wanttohelpmakeitpossible?SignuptovolunteerthatnightonthePTAwebsite.Afewminutesofyourtimecanmakeabigdifference.

PTAHappyCamperBookFair!

StockuponsummerreadingatthePTAsponsoredScholasticBookFair.Thefairwilltakeplaceinthelibraryonthe

followingdays:• Wednesday,May31,1-3pmand6-8pm• Thursday,June1,3-8pm• Friday,June2,3-5pm

Students,don’tforgettoguessthenumberofmarshmallowsinthedisplaycaseforthechancetowinsomegreatprizes!Oneentryperstudent,entryformswillbeavailableonthedrop-offtableintheatriumstartingMay22nd.Volunteersareneededtohelpatthisevent,sopleasesignuponthePTAwebsiteorletmeknowifyouareinterested.Happyreading!JenniferLaramore(laramore96@hotmail.com),BookFairChair