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Celebrating 16 years of Dolphin Pride!

Nancy Young Elementary School P.T.A

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Celebrating 16 years of Dolphin Pride!

Nancy Young Elementary School P.T.A

800 Asbury Drive, Aurora, Il 60502

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NYE PTA Dolphins! What an incredible end to an amazing year! The theme this year was "TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE" and this year that was truly the result of our vision. The NYE PTA board consisted of new volunteers and long time volunteers. It was exciting to see the combined efforts of this incredible group of individuals pull together a year of activities!

We added new activities such as Trunk or Treat and brought back the Run Club and enjoyed good ole' favorites like Bingo Night, Movie Night and One Book One School.

The community came together to support the Dolphin Dash and together we raised over $10,000 for the upcoming NYE PTA school year. We provided school grants total-ing nearly $15,000 to improve the students’ and teachers’ educational experiences, as well as grants to enhance our LMC.

We had 100% of the Young teachers become PTA members. Also, we had 480 fami-lies become PTA members this year. This was a first in the history of the NYE PTA!

I'm proud of our hard work this year and I am honored to be a part of this great PTA board for the incoming 2016-2017 school year!

Julissa Hilda Rivera

NYE PTA Board President 2015-2016

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A HUGE THANK-YOU to all the volunteers that gave so generously of their time during the 2015-2016 school year. We had a great turn out this year. The success of these events would not have been possible without your help. Amanada Whitsel, Amber Pullen, Ana Guerrero, Angela Chambers, Anita Rao, Anne Marie Fitzgerald, Anusha Karunakaran,

Arunmayi Dornala, Ashley Ward, Asmath, Jahan, Aushita Desi, Bandhakavi, Barb Ream, Becky Cussans, Beck Khayum, Beth

Zeitner, Bhargavi Ganga, Blee Nichols, Carolyn Fichte, Carrie Czarnik, Cassie Fiora, Chris Henkle, Christina Immergluk, Court-

ney Sutherland, Cuca Maliqi, Danielle Boaz, Dawn Malartsik, Deb Reynolds, Debbie Long, Dominque Prete, Doug MacLeod, Dr.

Bell, Duane Leslie, Emily Collins, Emily Dykstra, Erica Jannisch, Erin Leslie, Farzana Sultana, Freedy Nang, Gail McClure, Gene

Walker, Gerry Phiel, Gina Capezio – Bryant, Hailey Leavitt, Harini Tokala, Heal Patel, Heather Collins, Holly Felock, Jacqueline

Khouba, Jacqueline Ruiz, Jaime Fleury, Janelle Chettayer, Jasmin Fernando, Jeff Wolschlag, Jen Sester, Jen Weisman, Jennifer

Lester, Jennifer Phiel, Jennifer Lester, Jennifer Vierling, Jessica Boyer, Jessica Faber, Jessica Hayes, Jigna Bhogilal, Jill Lavine,

Joanne Vine, Joanne Jachimiec, Jon Malartsik, Juanita Victor, Julissa Hilda Rivera, Karen Welsh, Kathi Day, Kathleen Erdman,

Kathleen Noe, Kathy Prince, Kati Clish, Katie Keagle, Kelly Colye, Kelly Howard, Khyati Patel, Kiku Engineer, Kim Aumick, Kim

Kim, Kim Philo, Kristen Witt Dumke, Kristine Luster, Kristina Engel, Lakshmi Poorna, Laura MacLeod, Lavisha Fernandes, Laxmi

Mukundarao, Lianne McCoskey, Lila Shafer, Lily Newlay, Lisa Kalnicky, Livia Malik, Lovely ( Mansu ) , Ma Gemma Esmalla,

Madhavi Suram, Madhu Swran, Madhu Vaish, Mari Walbridge, Marcia Budda, Mary Ann Dichoso, Mary Kerr, Mary Ozment,

Maxine Gaziano, Megan Biederman, Meghana Kamat, Melissa Sofos, Merna Raines, Michael Weir, Michele Linden, Missy Col-

lura, Miss Phillips, Mr. Maldonado, Mr. Pape, Mrs. Fenton, Mrs. Getzin, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Ranucci, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Vacca, Ms.

Toufexis, Ms. Joanne, Ms. Morgan, Natalie Howser, Natalie Shaw, Nicole Nopper, Nilmini Fernando, Nirmala Subramaniam,

NYE Spirit Council, Parents of the Spirit Council students, Paty Samojedny, Poorna Lakshmi Goli, Pravallika Kolanu, Prerna

Malhotra, Priti Amin, Poyni Jahagirdar, Purna Suren, Purvi Satvedi, Rachana Rao Shenoy, Rachel Kranz, Raksha Chochan, Ra-

shida Mohamed, Renee Golminas, Renee Williams, Riley Fleury, Robin Schoolman, Robyn van Ekelenburg, Ruchi Nagayach,

Ruchi Surana, Sadi Kazmi, Samantha Chatakondu, Sandeep Disawell, Sandeep Kaur, Sangeetha Viswanathan, Sapna Bhara-

tia, Shanana Khan, Shalini Senthil, Shannon Bschor, Shannon Brown, Shannon Lynch, Shannon Wagner, Sherri Nugent, Shikha

Disawal, Shilpa Prasad, Shubhra Sharma, Shweta Singh, Sivanusha Karunakaran, Skylar Fleury, Sonali Samarth, Spencer Coyle,

Stacie Hassler, Stacy Schwake, Stephine Bankhead, Stepahine Wollert, Subha Anita Rao, Sue Ward, Suga Partheepan, Suini

Liang, Suki Chen, Supraja Pamidi, Susan Nichols, Suweera Kaur, Sawti Singh, Tammi Arostegui, Tania Moulik, Tatiana

Barakshina, Timothy Jachimiec, Lianne McCoskey, Tina Ma, Tracy Henkle, Trishia Ogden, Valbona Rugovac, Vanessa Tejeda,

Veronica Manzano, Walter Chambers, Yara Orrostieta and Zena Weir.

Thank you to Heather Collins who had the HUGE job of keeping track of our Membership this year. It is a yearlong commit-ment and she completed it with accuracy! Thank you! The 4th Grade State Fair party was a blast! Thank you to our 4th grade parents for volunteering and our 4th Grade Teachers for making it all happen; Mrs. Bose, Dodd, Mrs. Grezlik and Mrs. Szymanski. We would also like to thank Mr. Pape for his di-rection of the Fifty Nifty United States program! Also, thank you to our art teachers, Mrs. Gelso and Mr. Mills, for working with the 4th graders on their state flowers.

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A HUGE thank you to the parents and families that helped with the 4th Grade State Fair program - baking shrink dinks, making t-shirts, bind reports, decorate the gym for the program and clean-up. Thanks to Kelly Coyle and family, Carrie Czarnik and family, Maxine Gaziano and family, Hailey Leavitt and family, Julissa Hilda Rivera and family, the Leslie family, Tracy Henkle, Kelly Howard, Erica Jannisch, Michele Linden, Kavita Sharma, Shubhra Sharma, Rachana Shenoy, Melissa Sofos, Marie Sulita and Courtney Sutherland. Thank you to Erin Leslie for chairing 4th grade State Fair! Thank you to Merna Raines for her help with the blood drive. We over 30 volunteers come out to donate blood this year! Blood donors are amazing!!! Thank you!!! Thank you to Prerna Malhotra, Suga Partheepan, Joanne Vine, Meghana Kamat, M.P. Sridevi, Sonali Samarth, Madhavi Suram, Christina Immergluck, Jim Carter, Poorna Lakshmi Goli, Jennifer Piehl, Gerry Piehl, Deb Long, Ma Gemma Esmalla, Jaime Fleu-ry, and Jasmin Fernando for volunteering to help at the 1st grade Spring Party! The kids had a lot of fun crafting and playing a game all about BUGS! Thank you to the 3rd grade party volunteers for making the day a huge success! Thanks to Khyati Patel, Kati Clish, Sailaja Ka-pila, Melissa Anargyros, Cuca Maliqi, Kim Philo, Sherri Nugent, Tracy Bludgen, Urmila Bhandari, Pallari Potdar, Gina Capezio, Lila Shafer, Janelle Chettayar, Shirpa Prasade, Ana Guerrero, Jyothi Siluveru, Brenda Arriola, Holly Coombes and Laura Mac-leod. Next, we want to thank Zena Weir, Social Chair and her Staff Appreciation Committee. They treat our teachers to the best cooking in town! They finished strong during Staff Appreciation week with a breakfast, soup and salad day, popcorn candy day, a spectacular lunch, and much more. Thank you for all that you do! As our 5th Grade Class says goodbye to Nancy Young, they will exit with some great memories from their class trip to Sunrise Lake Outdoor Educational Facility. Each student will head off to Granger Middle School with a Granger t--shirt and a 5th Grade Memory Book that will remind them of all the good times they shared with their friends and classmates at Nancy Young Elementary. A special thank you to Trishia Ogden and Julissa H. Rivera for putting together the Fifth Grade Memory Book. Thank you to all the members of the Memory Book Committee for all of their time and assistance in bringing the Memory Book to completion: Jill Lavine, Julissa H. Rivera, Mari Walbridge, Robin Schoolman, Susan Nichols, Trishia Ogden and Zena Weir. Having many people help made this huge, months-long project, so much easier to complete. Thank you! Also, please take an opportunity to look through the Nancy Young Yearbook when it comes home at the end of the school year. It is hot off the press and filled with numerous pictures of the past year at NYE. Thank you to committee chairs Carrie Czarnik, Jennifer Vierling and Julissa H. Rivera and the yearbook committee for all of their time and dedication in creating a COLORFUL book of memories for our students. Thank you to the Yearbook committee volunteers who worked all year to create a book of lasting memories for all of our

Young students. Thank you to: Carrie Czarnik, Poyni Jahagirdar, Shahana Khan, Kim Kim, Michele Linden, Emily Rhoades, Julis-

sa Hilda Rivera, Sangeetha Srinivasan, Jennifer Vierling and Stephanie Wollert.

The PTA would like to thank and recognize the outgoing 2015 – 2016 PTA Board; Secretary Jen Weisman, Corresponding Sec-

retary Mari Walbridge, Standing Chair for Service Rachana Rao Shenoy, Standing Chair for Social Zena Weir and Standing Chair

for Ways & Means Dawn Malartsik. We wish you the very best in your new endeavors and appreciate all the work you poured

into making the PTA a success.

The PTA would like to extend a SPECIAL HEARTFELT THANK-YOU to Dawn Malartsik. She has chaired the Dolphin Dash for the

past 8 years. This was Dawn’s last year overseeing the Dolphin Dash. She will be moving on, as a Granger parent. We appre-

ciate her heart and dedication to make the Dolphin Dash a great success year after year.

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I would like to thank the Executive Board for their countless hours of planning and im-plementing numerous events and programs for our school. This group of volunteers treated their offices as full--time paid position. It has been a pleasure to work with them throughout the year. I am excited to introduce the Executive Board of Officers for the 2016 - 2017 year: NYE PTA Board President –­ Julissa H. Rivera Vice President -­ Sherri Nugent 2nd Vice President -­ Trishia Ogden Treasurer-­‐ Lianne McCoskey Recording Secretary -­ Stacy Schwake Corresponding Secretary –­ Jessica Faber Standing Chairs Educational Enrichment - Sue Ward Health and Wellness –­ Jeff Wolschlag Membership & Communication – Robyn van Ekelenburg Service -­ Shubhra Sharma Ways and Means — Chris White Social - OPEN

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2016 Dolphin Dash It felt like a fall day for a race this year, but in the end it was the definition of a family fun day! We are excited to announce we had a

total of over 500 participants in this year’s Dolphin Dash, what a great turnout! We are so grateful for all of the Nancy Young families,

friends, staff and community of runners & walkers that came out to participate. Without all of your support, and all of our wonderful

volunteers and contributions, it would be impossible to deliver such an amazing event and successful fundraiser! THANK YOU!!

We would especially like to thank the Dolphin Dash core committee who worked countless volunteer hours in six months of

planning to help make this event such a success! The Best Team Ever:

Dawn Malartsik, Julissa Hilda Rivera, Danielle Boaz, Jen Weisman, Sue Ward, Zena Weir,

Laura MacLeod and Sherri Nugent. *We will miss you next year Dawn, Jen & Zena!

A special thank you to several other parent Dolphin Dash committee volunteers who either came to some meetings, offered to volun-

teer behind the scenes, and/or set up and worked on race day… you were SO very helpful!!!

Jaime Fleury, Lila Shafer, Chris White, Jeff Wolschlag, Kim Kim, and Shubhra Sharma.

(*A special thank you to Emily Dykstra for creating and donating the awesome LACE UP! design on all of our Dolphin Dash posters

and race information this year! You are so talented!!)

A heartfelt thank you to some of the NYE staff for either volunteering on race day, signing up and/or participating in the Dolphin Dash,

you are all awesome!! What an inspiration for your students to see you sign up or be there!!

Adrienne Morgan, Robert Bell, Rob Maldonado, Anthony Pape, Cathleen Vacca, Susan Szymanski, Kyla Peter, Jessica Benzin-Hallet

(and her wonderful mom), Lenore Jaimeson, Cari Pellegrini (and her daughter Alyssa), Lisa Wise, Audre Datz, Beth Simpkin, Gendy

Jaramillo, Stephanie Toufexis, Monika Miller, Meredith Smith, Christi Grezlik, Maureen Meyer, and Blaire Ranucci.

A HUGE thank you to Danielle Boaz for chairing the silent auction again this year, and putting together over 70 donated gift basket

items that helped make this fundraiser spectacular! What a beautiful job!!

Another BIG thank you to Zena Weir for chairing the post-race pancake breakfast with the teachers again this year! Everyone loves it,

you are awesome!! A special thank you goes to our very own NYE teacher, Stephanie Toufexis, for helping donate bananas & bacon

to our wonderful breakfast! And thank you to all the wonderful breakfast volunteers: Erica Patterson, Aimee & Lanie Patterson, Beth

Austin, Laura Kluge, Cari & Alyssa Pellegrini, Sonal Vyas, Raymond Nugent, Robyn Van Ekelenburg, and Trishia Ogden.

To all of the NYE volunteers who offered to help set up, work on race day in the gym or on the race course, or clean up after the

event… we could not have put this together without your volunteer time and we thank you so much!!

The Dolphin Dash committee volunteers, Erica Jannisch, Tracy Henkle, Sapna Bharatia, Subha Bandhakavi, Beth Zeitner, Bridgette

White, Natalie & Tim Shaw, Anisha Gondesi, Sharon French, Ryan Philo, Lianne McCoskey, Sangeetha Srinivasa, Sudha Santhana-

gopal, Quinlan DeWolfe, the NYE Spirit Council students and some NYE alumni students from Granger Middle School.

Thank you to our DJ, Eddie Rios, for rocking out the music at our Dolphin Dash. Thank you to our volunteer dolphin mascot Jessie

Bustamante. What a great job!

Thank you to our very own Mr. Pape for leading our race day once again with your amazing voice in singing the National Anthem.

Beautiful job! Thank you to our race day MC, Mr. Maldonado, for doing another awesome job announcing at our Dolphin Dash, and

for helping Jen Weisman with the classroom challenge. You’re both the best!!

Thank you to our fantastic facilities team, Jay Novotny and Magdalena Uruets, for all of their hard work with helping set up and clean

up the gymnasium, MPR, and teacher’s lounge prior to and on race day. We are SO appreciative for all you do for our school!!!

We’d also like to give a special shout out to all the amazing parents who signed up and helped get our Running Club back to NYE this

year!! It was a great turn out with over 130 kids signed up and over 30 parents helping.

Thank you so much for coming to school early for 4 weeks and helping get our kids ready for race day!

Jen Weisman, Dawn Malartsik, Rob Maldonado, Erica Jannisch, Sue Ward, Jaime Fleury, Julissa Hilda Rivera, Laura MacLeod, Kelly

Coyle, Merna Raines, Tracy Henkle, Jessica Rangel, Kevin Schuele, Chris White, Samantha Chatakondu, Sonal Vyas, Jill LaVine, Kim

Kim, Sailaja Kapila, Harini Tokala, Aushita Desai, Lianne McCoskey, Rachana Rao, Robyn Van Ekelenburg, Sapana Doshi, Amanda

Whitsel, Eugene Walker, Jeff Wolschlag, Danielle Boaz, Natalie Shaw Trishia Ogden, Jim Sofos… and any other volunteer parent

names we missed!

YOU ALL ROCK!!!

*Lastly, THANK YOU to the following for donating the classroom challenge yellow shoelaces to all of our student participants: Julissa

Hilda Rivera, Trishia Ogden, Dawn Malartsik, the VolleyShop, and the NYE PTA!

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Thank you again to our generous & wonderful

2016 Dolphin Dash Sponsors:

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Bear Paddle

Coldwell Banker Hoing/Bell (Sherri Nugent)

Dick Pond Athletics

Dicks Sporting Goods

Eagle Academy

Edward Jones (Ryan Philo)

Family Salon

Papa John’s

SwimLabs at The Labs USA

Top Golf

Walgreens

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Thank you to our AMAZING list of

2016 Dolphin Dash Silent Auction Donors:

Airtastic McCoskey Family

All Seasons Ice Rink Meatheads

American Gymnastics Medieval Times

AMC Movie Theaters Merlin 200,000 Mile Shop

Aurora Skate Center Miss Joan’s Cupcakes

Bear Paddle Swim School Museum of Science & Industry

Boaz, Bresnahan and Busse Families Naper Settlement

Blueberry Hill Nothing Bundt Cakes

Bouncetown NYE Staff

Brookfield Zoo NYE Custodians

Brunswick Zone Painted Penguins

California Pizza Kitchen Papa John’s

Chicago Bears Paulie’s Pub

Chicago White Sox Players Indoor Sports

Chicago Wolves Popcorn Haven

Chick-Fil-A Prairie Path Cycles

Chili’s Q-BBQ

Chuck E Cheese Raging Waves

Classic Cinemas Rosebud

Comedy Shrine Santa’s Village

Cooper’s Hawk Sci-Tech Museum

Dick Pond’s (Lisle Location) Second City

Dick Sporting Goods Shed Aquarium

Dominos Sky High

DuPage Children’s Museum Sport Clips

Buchar Family Chiropractic/E-Fitness Tasting deVine Wine Cellars

Eataly Texas Roadhouse

Edible Arrangements The Patio

Enchanted Castle The Town Bar & Grill

Fore! Family Fun Twin Peaks

Fox Valley Park District Twisted Olive

Funway Entertainment Center Two Brothers Brewing Co.

Goldfish Swim School Vertical Endeavors

Granite City Ward Family

Great Lakes Volleyball Center WBIG Family

Hooters Young Orthodontics

Hopvine

Howl At the Moon

Kick’s Chicken Café

Kingston Mines

Learning Express

Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria

Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center

Lynfred Winery

*If there is anyone we forgot to mention, please forgive us… and please know we thank you, we thank you, we thank

you! We honestly can’t thank everyone enough for being an amazing volunteer or for sponsoring our event. We are

truly blessed to have such a wonderful community of families, staff, and friends at Nancy Young Elementary! We look

forward to next year’s 10th anniversary of the Dolphin Dash and hope to see you there!!

Sincerely, The NYE PTA & Dolphin Dash Committee

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