2015

Calendar of Events

Staff Appreciation Week, May 4—8

Spring Fling, May 9, 2pm—4pm

PTA Meeting, May 12, 7pm, EV Library

EV Spring Concert, May 18, 7pm, CPP Middle School Audito-rium

District Board Elec-tion, Budget Vote, May 19

BOGO Book Fair, May 19, 3pm—8pm, EV Gym

Memorial Recess, No School May 22 and May 25

Half Days, June 9 and June 17

PTA Meeting, June 9, 7pm, EV Library

5th Grade Picnic, June 15

5th Grade Celebra-tion, June 23, 9:30am

Last Day of School, June 24

every child, one voice®

My daffodils are just starting to open which means that spring has finally arrived! This also heralds some of our most exciting events of the school year. Be sure to check your child’s back-packs regularly for information on up-coming events. First up, Staff Appreciation Week! Fly-ers have already gone home detailing the fun we have in store for the incom-parable Erwin Valley staff members. Our children benefit dramatically from the hard work and dedication of each and every staff member. Please help show your appreciation by participat-ing in this year’s event. Once more, we owe our thanks to Liz Reppert who is coordinating the week for us again this year. Get ready for Spring Fling! This year’s adventure is our very own Island Para-dise! I can’t wait to see all of the fan-tastic Bountiful Baskets the classes

have put together. A big round of ap-plause to Becky Smith, Shannon McIntosh, all of the class basket coor-dinators, and everyone who helps put this together! It takes many hours of hard work to get everything ready. May also brings our Buy One Get One Free Book Fair. It will be held in the gym on Tuesday, May 19th from 3-8pm. Please come out to support us and get some great deals on summer reading for your children! Please join us for our next PTA meet-ing on Tuesday May 12th at 7 pm. We will be electing new officers and, as always, will have snacks and childcare available. I hope to see you there! Karie Langevin EV PTA President karielangevin@yahoo.com

President’s Message

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Volume 9 Issue 7

April 2015

Inside this issue:

President’s Message, Calendar 1

Principal’s Message, Bountiful Baskets 2

CPP District Science Fair 3

Spring Fling 4

May

June

We are off to a very busy start to spring. It seemed as though this past winter would never end! With our State Assess-ments behind us we can contin-ue to focus our efforts at pro-gressing through our curricu-lum. It is exciting to see how many gains our students are making. We have a very busy season of field trips beginning!

The students are always excited to go and explore areas in our community. Perhaps your whole family could follow up these adventures with one of your own to The Rockwell Museum, CMOG, Tanglewood Nature Center or Spencercrest Nature Center!

This is a very busy time of year so please be sure your child is getting a good night rest. If your child is going to be late or absent please let the office know so that you do not get the pesky automated phone call.

We are once again able to get out for recess dai-ly. Please make sure your child is dressed ap-propriately to play! Closed toe shoes and a jacket for most days will be needed.

Enjoy the spring weather. The end of the year will be here before we know it.

-Kate Merrill

Ms. Merrill

Principal kmerrill@cppmail.com

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Principal’s Message

Bountiful Baskets

THANK YOU to all the WONDERFUL parents who have vol-unteered to be room coordinators for their child’s classroom. The teachers and students have been very busy selecting crea-tive themes and you will be notified by a room coordinator about items that can be sent into your classroom to help fill up the baskets. For those of you who don’t already know, here’s how it works. Each class decides a theme and creates a basket (container) filled with donated items related to that theme. The PTA sells vouchers to put in box by the basket you would most like to win. At the Spring Fling, a voucher is drawn from each box to determine the winner of each basket. The completed baskets will be on display from May 4th-9th, the day of the Spring Fling. You will have the opportunity to purchase vouchers ($1.00 per voucher or for a limited time 15 tickets for $10.00) beginning May 4th. The final drawing will be held at the Spring Fling. You do not need to be present to win. If you have any questions please contact Shannon McIntosh at 377-5323 (shanmcintosh@gmail.com).

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CPP District Science Fair

CONGRATULATIONS to all the students who participated in the annual CPP School District Science Fair

that held on March 14th at the Corning-Painted Post Middle School. The following students received a certifi-

cate and ribbon for their hard work and dedication to science!

Owen Bieloski Lauren DeRosa Jessica Thomas Serena Payne Aditya Aiyar James Goodman Susanna Sherman Nathan Smith Charlise Starns Ellie Harry Elizabeth Pruyne Lauren Teribury Aiden Daniels-Merrill Paul Ferratella Preston Kostera Ashviqha Parida Evelyn Starns Daniel Zhu Gili Zinger Hunter Kelley Teagan Walsh Kaley Bennitt Nathan McIntosh Nicole Susch Patrick Wilken Tara Hurlburt Ethan Julien Sahana Mishra Natalie Susch

Meghan Barr

Aidan Wilken

Ashley Tubbs

Ula Fu

Alex Peng

James Mou

Noah Sherman

Shreya Soni

Morgan Dahlman

Allison Dunn

Ethan Jiang

Remy Julien

Alyssa Wilson

Winston Wu

Sarah Yim

Louis Ferratella

Zachary Thomas

Rennik Bixby

Seojun Cho

Emma Harry

Liam Lavelle

Sarah Gill

Maxine Lu

Anjali Mangalagiri

Emily Song

Neila Goldwyn

Cabe Hogue

Paige Kesterson

Derek Zhu

Anthony Mendoza

Neila Reddy

Matthew Yao

Roni Zinger

Ayush Kamath

Vishal Madhudi

Neal Singh

Laura Smith

Rachel Hevey

Alivia Jiang

Gillian Mason

Ella Perry

Corin Theurich

Sofia Buduchina

Roderick Burdick

Ayinde Harewood

James Chen

Elyssa DeRosa

Peyton Ellis

Jordan Fajardo

Imanni Harewood

Kayla Metcalf

Nathan Sheng

Sasha Kozlov

Ryan Kang

Mina Narasimhan Ayush Venkataraman

Kindergarten 1st Grade

2nd Grade

5th Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

Erwin Valley PTA

Presents…

SPRING FLING 2015

“Paradise Island”

Saturday, May 9th from 2:00 – 4:00

The sun is shining, a gentle breeze is

blowing, waves are rolling onto shore--

You have reached Paradise Island!

This year’s Spring Fling, “Paradise Island,”

will offer a tropical afternoon get-away com-

plete with food, games, crafts, and activities for

all to enjoy. Admission is FREE, as well as ALL games, crafts, and activities. Tickets items include food

and drinks and will cost one or two $.25 tickets, depending on the item (see menu below).

Spring Fling

*A special thanks to all of the

volunteers who will be donating

(and who have already donated)

their time and talents for this

event! If you are interested in

helping with set-up and/or clean-

up, please contact Becky Smith

at esmith015@stny.rr.com or call

377-5576 A.S.A.P.

Island Menu (1 or 2 $.25 tickets): Hot Dogs (2 tickets) Pizza (2 tickets) Nachos with Cheese (2 tickets) Snow Cones (2 tickets) Cotton Candy (2 tickets) Popcorn (2 tickets) Assorted Candy (1 ticket for 7

pieces)

Cake Walk

Enjoy listening to tropical tunes as you try to win a yummy des-

sert!

Please help by donating a dessert: E-mail Monica Kesterson at kestersonmo@hotmail.com

Island Photo Spot Use the island backdrop (in cafe-

teria) to take your own Spring Fling picture (post on Facebook, take a selfie, etc.). Then decorate a tropical-themed photo frame!

Win Themed Prizes at the following GAMES: (Games will be located in the gymnasium, as well as the hallway from the lobby to the kindergarten rooms)

Milk Bottle Toss, Lollipop Tree, Plinko, Duck Pond, Putt-Putt Golf, & One-On-One Basketball Shoot Also—try your luck at two tropical-themed games!

Enjoy the following ACTIVITIES:

Watch Mr. Tim Cleary perform magic from 2:00-3:00. Play “Plinko,” begin-ning at 2:00 (12 lucky winners will be chosen!), to win a chance to have a

balloon creation made by Mr . Cleary from 3:00-4:00.

D.J. Bob Smith from Bulldog Sounds will play the latest hits throughout the afternoon.

The talented Face Painting crew of Mr. Horton, Ms. Glover, and others will

give you a tropical look!

Have a tattoo applied. (So many to choose from!)

Travel the island on the Zip Line!

Take part in these island-themed crafts:

Make a tiki mask. String a tropical bracelet. Color a tropical sun catcher and/or a fuzzy

magnet. Make your own nautical sticker scene.

Also:

Bring 25 Box-Tops (must be affixed to attached paper) and receive a prize! (Turn in this paper at the Ticket Table).

Make a *donation to the Food Pantry and receive 1 food/drink ticket. *(2 items = donation

*Maximum donation to receive food/drink tick-ets is 10 items

*Donations = non-perishable food items