November 2015 ACS ATHENS PTO Year 7, Issue 46

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SHARE is a monthly newsletter published by the ACS Athens PTO. We strive to offer the members of the greater ACS Athens community (parents, students, staff, faculty, alumni, and parents) opportunities to meet, network, work and play together.

If you have any questions or wish to submit useful information or upcoming events that you think our community would be interested in, please contact Pam Stamatiou pamela.stamatiou@gmail.com or call 6974 373597!

PLEASE NOTE THAT PTO GENERAL

MEETINGS WILL BE HELD EVERY OTHER MONTH THIS YEAR: !

NEXT MEETING: JANUARY 19, 2016

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IT’S ONLY 3 WEEKS AWAY AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO….. !!Contact: Christina: christineanagnostou15@gmail.com to Sign-Up "

to Volunteer for one or more of the following shifts: "11.30 - 13.30; 13.30 - 15.30; 15.30 - 17.30

at our various stations: Food; Cold Drink/Beer/Wine; Hot Mulled Wine; Bake "Sale; Kids Korner; Ticket Sales; Pick-a-Prize Raffle; Holiday Café; and Ice Cream"!

Contact: Jennifer: jananiadis@hotmail.com to donate a prize/gift/voucher/gift basket "from your favorite store, business or home for our “Pick A Prize” raffle"!

Contact: Mina: mina@travelive.com or Sharka: sharka.furda@gmail.com to bake "or provide sweets for our super delicious “Bake Sale”"!

Contact: Marissa: marissakv@gmail.com if you’re interested in being a vendor at "our Holiday Marketplace"!

Contact: Marielle: jelsteek2@live.nl to help decorate and get in the Holiday Spirit on"Friday, Dec. 4th"!!

THE PTO THANKS YOU ALWAYS FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT AND WILLINGNESS TO GIVE

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COME JOIN US FOR A RELAXING MORNING OF HOLIDAY CHEER ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 14!

TO BE FOLLOWED BY A FESTIVE LUNCHEON!

PICK-A-PRIZE RAFFLE !at !

THE HOLIDAY BAZAAR!!Prizes and donations are needed again in order to

support this fun event and to reach our fundraising goals. You, our parents can help! Please donate

prizes for our Pick-A-Prize Raffle. Here are some ideas to think about:"

- Make your own basket with any theme you can possibly imagine:

Think about a Coffee and/or Tea Basket, a Candle Basket, a Home Spa Basket, a Mani-Pedi Basket, a Baking Basket, a Beach Basket, a Pasta Dinner Basket… the list is only limited to your imagination!

Just choose a theme and coordinate the items in the basket to reflect the theme you choose!

- How about a certificate from your favorite vendor?

A hair treatment, a manicure, a workout session, a pilates lesson, a horseback riding lesson, a certificate for a gift shop or jeweler, tire balancing, piano tuning, dinner for two, a special-order cake, tickets to a sport/cultural event, the list goes on. Any shop, salon, restaurant, hotel, service-oriented business, lessons, etc.

We will be happy to display the donor’s advertising information alongside the donation at the auction table.

Thank you for helping us to make this event the best ever!

All gifts/donations/prizes can be brought to ACS Athens and left with Frances Tottas, in the Admissions Department (located in the Administration Building, 2nd floor). Any questions, please contact Jennifer Ananiadis at jananiadis@hotmail.com or 694.580.6972"

What is a Pick-A-Prize Raffle? All prizes will be displayed in the Theater Lobby, along with it’s own designated bag to collect tickets for that particular item. Buy as many tickets as you like (one euro each), write your name, email, and mobile number on each ticket so we can inform you if you are the winner. Place one ticket or as many tickets as you like into the bag next to the item(s) that you would like to win. You increase your chances of winning by placing more tickets into the bag! At 4:00 pm the winners will be drawn from each bag!"

2015-16 PTO Board Members: !Pamela Stamatiou pamela.stamatiou@gmail.com 6974 373597 !Jennifer Ananiadis jananiadis@hotmail.com 6945 806972 !Faye Caracosta fcaracosta@hotmail.com 6944 542037 !Marissa Vorgias marissakv@gmail.com 6906 031108 !Marion Yalouris mmyalouris@gmail.com 6976 565030 !Sharka Furda sharka.furda@gmail.com 6937 340499 !Anissa Mersiowsky acmersk@aol.com 6946 939515 !Mina Agnos mina@travelive.com 6948 040442 !Roula Maltezou - maltezousp@gmail.com 6972404872 Christina Anagnostou christineanagnostou15@gmail.com 6937 200704

Casey Gripari caseygripari@hotmail.co.uk 6955 466 814

The ACS Athens Library is looking for used chess sets as well as always looking for Used Books. Please support the

Used Book Sale at the Holiday Bazaar and donate now! Contact:

Leigh Anderson andersonl@acs.gr or take them directly to the library.

If you’re a parent with a business (restaurant or shop) and you’d like to participate in our

“Celebrating the Community” theme. Please contact pamela.stamatiou@gmail.com

PTO Mandate to Support Our Athens Community by supporting theSalvation Army in Greece !Please help support our community by using the bins in front of the Transportation Office to donate your items. Each month, the items needed will be announced and at the end of the month, the donations will be delivered to the Salvation Army for distribution to families, refugees, and groups in need throughout Athens. "!MONTH OF NOVEMBER: DRY FOOD

(Lentils, Beans, Pasta, Rice, etc.) !The Salvation Army is an international Christian movement that operates in 124 countries worldwide. In Greece, the Salvation Army has been operating as a nonprofit company from January 2011, standing by the homeless, elderly, young families with infants and victims of trafficking.#

Notice to all parents: The PTO wants to do a better job of representing you. Please send in your questions/concerns/issues to your PTO School Rep. so that they can in turn let your principals know. Reps will then report back to parents at the PTO General Meetings.

Please know that your emails will be kept completely anonymous. !

Elementary Rep:Anissa Mersiowsky: acmersk@aol.com

Middle School Rep: Sharka Furda: sharka.furda@gmail.com

Academy Rep: Marion Yalouris: mmyalouris@gmail.com OLP Rep: Mina Agnos:mina@travelive.com

IB Rep: Roula Maltezou: maltezousp@gmail.com

ACS ATHENS PTO BULLETIN BOARD#!Welcome to our new PTO Bulletin Board. It was created to better unite the ACS Athens community. This "board" can be used in a variety of ways - posting and organizing of events, selling or swapping of personal items, requests for information (doctors, dentists, where to buy something) - and much more. We hope that by having this method of communication, our ACS Athens community will grow and prosper."!You can also keep an eye out for information regarding any upcoming PTO events & activities."!INSTRUCTIONS TO JOIN THE BULLETIN BOARD VIA GOOGLE GROUPS:"Search for & click on ‘google groups’."(You may need to change the language to English, depending on your settings)"!Sign in with your gmail account. If you don’t have one it’s easy to create one. (See below for instructions)"!In the search area, type ‘ACS Athens PTO Bulletin Board’"!Once you’ve found it click on it, and then click on ‘Apply for Membership’"!Edit your details, then click on ‘Apply to join this group’"!You will later receive an email (to your gmail account) approving your request."!-Click on ‘visit group’ to get started. If you have any problems, please contact me!"!INSTRUCTIONS TO CREATE A GMAIL ACCOUNT:"-Search for ‘gmail’"!-Click on ‘Gmail-Google’"!-At bottom of sign in page, click on ‘Create Account’"!-Fill in your details and follow the instructions to set up account."!

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:"CASEY GRIPARI caseygripari@gmail.com

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Any parents that would like to host a cooking class in their homes - it’s great fun! Each participant (how ever many

parents you would like, usually around 10-12) pays 10 euros for you to buy the ingredients and print the recipes. Everyone helps out with the cooking and then at the end of the “class” -

everyone sits down to eat what they've made. email: pamela.stamatiou@gmail.com to set a date!

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