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December 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5

Owen Elementary PTA Newsletter

Hello Owen Families,

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! It certainly is a time to be thankful!! I would like to take this time to thank Mary Frances Koyl who has worked on the newsletter alone since Danielle Pearson moved. She has done a wonderful job, but it is too much for just one person. If you are interested in helping Mary Frances, please let her know!!!!!

I would also like to thank Sandy Zurawski for all of her hard work on the staff dinner. Thank you for all of the generous donations!!! The staff really enjoyed it. A special Thanks to Fruit Flowers for their fruit basket donation. They are located on 75th near Starbucks. Here is their link: http://www.fruitflowers.com/naperville-and-vicinity.html. Thank you!! Thanks to our staff and all that they do!

Special thanks to Laura Tasker who organized our Buffalo Wild Wings fundraiser. A great BIG thanks to all the staff who participated by serving!! Miss Dolan, Mrs. Domyancic, Mrs. Lorenzo, Mr. Martin, Mrs. Pape, Mrs. McHale. Mr. Folley, and Mr. Bednar. The kids LOVED seeing you. THANK YOU!!!!!

The first round of Teacher Grants came in and after much discussion, we approved several grants, including an assembly, calculators, and books for classrooms to name a few.

Here is wishing you all a safe, and wonderful holiday season.

Michelle Yarris, Owen PTA President

December 2010

Volume 2, Issue 5

Important Dates &

Upcoming events: Dec 1 Band Concert at WVHS, 6:45 pm

Dec 1 Orchestra Concert at WVHS, 7:45pm

Dec 2 Chorus Winter Concert at Owen, 7pm

Dec 3 2nd Qtr Progress Reports sent Home

Dec 6 Muffins with Mom, 8 am

Dec 14 Market Day Orders Due

Dec 15 Green Owls Meeting, 3:45-5:15

Dec 17 Market Day Pickup

Dec 17 RSVP deadline Owen Night at

Chicago Wolves game

Dec 21 Winter Party, in-class, 2:15-3:15

Dec 22-Jan 4 Winter Break

Jan 5 Classes resume

Jan 7 Market Day Orders Due

Jan 11 Market Day Pickup

Jan 13 End of 1st Semester

Jan 14 No School

Jan 15 Owen Family Night at Chicago

Wolves game, must RSVPby12/17

Jan 17 No School

Jan 19 Green Owls Meeting 3:45-5:15

Jan 21 2nd Quarter Report Cards Sent

Home

Jan 27 Open House 7 - 8 pm

All Families Welcome

Toy Drive 2

Moms and Muffins 2

Winter School Info 3

Family Night, Wolves Game 4

PTA Events & Fundraisers 5-7

Green Owl News 8-9

Environmental News 10-12

Volunteer Opportunities 14-15

Calendars 20-21

Inside this issue:

With the winter coming to us, our activities turn to more indoor time and outdoor

challenges. This is a good time to remind everyone that once snow falls, students

will need boots and snowpants in addition to their other winterwear if they want

to play in the snow. We know that students benefit from a time to burn energy in

play, so it is our goal and hope to have recess outdoors as much as possible.

December also brings a time to look back on the previous 12 months and to look

forward to whatever the new year will hold. I'd like to thank all of our parents for

the feedback I've received from you about what you like about Owen as well as

what you'd like to see done differently. I don't know what 2011 will hold, but I

look forward to our continued efforts to improve Owen to make it the best ele-

mentary school in Illinois.

Jason Bednar Principal, Owen Elementary

http://www.fruitflowers.com/naperville-and-vicinity.html



Service Committee The PTA and Owen Student Council is having a Winter New Toy Drive from November 29th to December 3rd to benefit the Humanitarian Service Project. Items can be placed in the classrooms’ community sharing bins. HSP requests no violence-related toys and that batteries be included if the toy you donate needs them. The age range is 3-12 years old with a particular need for toys for 8-12 year olds. More information is available on the HSP website www.humanitarianservice.org.

For more information about PTA Service projects contact, Karen Schumann at [email protected].

http://www.humanitarianservice.org

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Recess in the winter is a slightly different situation than in the fall or

the spring. If the temperature falls below 5° Fahrenheit with wind-

chill, students will have indoor recess. When we are able to have

outdoor recess, students will need to have boots and snow pants if

they want to play in the field. Students wearing regular pants or

shoes will be limited to the blacktop area. This is to prevent a stu-

dent having to sit in wet clothes for the whole afternoon. We also

encourage parents to help students remember to dress warmly

enough for outdoor activities since we try to maximize the number of

outdoor recess days.

Taken from Mr. Bednar’s email on 12/7/09

Winter Outdoor Recess

School Closing Information

With the arrival of winter weather, please be reminded of the ways the district

announces schools are closed. The announcement is made by 6:00 am

through the following:

A Connect-ED phone call to parents/guardians

Information posted on the district's website at http://www.ipsd.org/

Local television and radio stations

Emergency Closing Center's website at

http://www.emergencyclosingcenter.com/ecc/search.jsp

A message on the district's information line at 630-375-3015 (Please do

not call your individual school)

The District will only announce when schools are closed. If schools are not

closed, it is ultimately the responsibility of parents and guardians to decide if

conditions safely allow for their children to attend school. If children are kept

home due to weather conditions, it will count as an excused absence.

Taken from IPSD 204 Email on 12/7/09

http://www.ipsd.org/

http://www.emergencyclosingcenter.com/ecc/search.jsp



Teacher Appreciation Dinner

Thank you to everyone who donated items

to the Teacher Appreciation dinner held

last month during parent/teacher confer-

ences. Teachers and staff were able to

enjoy a warm meal of soup from Car-

rabba’s Italian Grill, fruit from Fruit Flowers

and desserts from the Owen PTA.

Buffalo Wild Wings Fundraiser Our fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings was a huge hit last month. The PTA earned over $350 that evening as a result of food and bev-erage sales and sales from raffle tickets. We truly appreciate each family who came out in the rainy, cold weather to dine in or carry out and to those who bought raffle tickets for our awesome prizes! We also want to give a special thanks to our Celebrity Servers and those staff members who do-nated a great raffle prize of a fabulous student and staff experience. Many staff member even did both! The staff members who supported this event in either or both such ways are: Mr. Bednar, Mr. Martin, Mrs. Lorenzo, Mrs. Dongarra, Mrs. Domyancic, Mrs. Dolan, Mrs. Askelson, Mrs. Slade, Mr. Folley, Mrs. Pape, and Mrs. Mchale. What a great night for food and fun and making some money for the PTA as well! Be on the look-out for another fun way to support the PTA just after the New Year!



Box Tops Classroom Winner to be

Announced this Month Thank you to everyone for sending in your Box Tops for Education. We have collected the fall box

tops and as promised the classroom with the most labels will be given a pizza party!

We will continue collect them throughout the year. You can send them via backpack mail or bring

them to school and drop them off in the box in the Library.

The Box Tops for Education program pays cash for all of the labels we submit during the school year. So, the money we receive goes into the PTA treasury and is used to help fund the many pro-grams and services provided by the Owen PTA. Please note one change this year: When you sub-mit your box tops to the school, please put your child's classroom code or teachers name on the en-velope or plastic bag.

We also collect Labels for Education. The Labels for Education program allows our school to earn points for the UPC labels from various products by Campbells, Pepperidge Farm, Prego, V8, and others submitted by our school. The points we accrue may then be redeemed for educational prod-ucts by the Owen Staff. Most recently, the PTA was able to use labels for balls, jump ropes and a cart so that our students now have equipment for recess.

The Mixed Bag Fundraiser has come to an end and once again it was a huge success! The bags should arrive the week of Decem-ber 6th and will be sent home via Backpack mail! Thank you all for making this a successful fundraiser that will help to support the PTA and Environmental Committee efforts. We have been asked to landscape the front of the school by the entrance this spring and this will help to fund the plants.

PTA Fundraiser



For those new to Owen, Market Day is our monthly grocery fundraiser where Market Day writes a check for 10% of the sale profits directly to our PTA. Placing an order is an easy way to support programs at Owen by buying groceries from Market Day, and the company provides incentive gifts and giveaways throughout the year. If we in-crease our monthly sales to $3,500, we'll get 15% profit on the entire sale and make our goal easier to reach by the end of the year. Our December sale pickup is the Friday before Winter Break, so the ordering deadline will be different than usual. The ordering deadline is set for Tuesday, December 14 at 11 p.m. on MarketDay.com and sale pick up on Friday, December 17.

We now have a drop box at school for recycling used cell phones, ipods, ink jet and

laser printer cartridges. Advantage Cartridge will not only properly repurpose items,

but if they are broken or unusable, items will still be responsibly recycled. Items that

can be reused will earn funds for the Owen PTA, from $0.05 to $300.00 per item. Go

to www.advantagecartridge.com for a complete list.

The drop box is located by the elevator. You can send items

through backpack mail or stop by school to put them in the

box.

Funds raised support PTA programs such as teacher grants,

educational assemblies, Green Owls Eco Club and many

other events. Thanks for supporting the PTA!

http://MarketDay.com/



Environmental Committee News

THE GREEN OWLS MEETING

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, December 15th

after school!

The Green Owls (formerly Owen Eco-Club) meet once a month on a

Wednesday from 3:35 pm – 5:15 pm

We welcome K-5th Grade students to join us and to help Green our School, Homes and Communities.

We also welcome and encourage parents to join us.

We have a lot of great activities that we do throughout the year, such as experiments, games and crafts. We

have also planted two gardens at the school and already have another lined up for this spring. We have an ex-

citing year planned – Please Come Join Us. We meet in the MPR after school – don't forget to bring a snack.

If you have any questions, please give me a call or e-mail.

Sandy Zurawski at [email protected] or (630) 305-0553.

Green Owls Meetings for all inter-

ested students and parents:

WEDNESDAYS 3:45-5:15 PM

December 15

January 19

February 16

March 16

April 20

May 11

The Green Owls are looking for a few donations

that can be sent in via backpack mail to Mrs. Tracy or Ms. Dolan:

Blue, Green, and White USED crayons needed before the December meeting

December Meeting Preview:

Focus on Zero Waste

Making Earth Crayons

Making gift bows out of junk mail

Making recycled gift wrap

Juice pouch pencil bags

Come Join Us!




Environmental Committee News Green Owl News:

To continue the efforts of our last Eco Club meeting where our Green Owls learned about how important it is to eat locally and organically, here is a FREE HEALTHY kid oriented recipe book to download:

http://www.onefrugalfoodie.com/downloads/Smart_School_Time_Recipes.pdf

This month our Green Owls learned about the importance of eating LOCALLY and ORGANICALLY. If you don’t have a Green Owl at your house, what this means is when making food choices it is beneficial to every-one if you choose foods that are grown locally, even better if you know the actual farmer who grew your food, and without petroleum based pesticides and fertilizers.

We had another special guest, Nicky Poloski of Two Mothers Foods, come and teach us about how to choose local and organic products. Not only was she able to get everyone excited about where our food comes from, but also gave us the spe-cial treat of teaching us how to make a healthy, LOCAL, ORGANIC, ZERO WASTE snack! She let us sample granola made of locally grown Oats and honey. We con-tinued learning about the healthy and organic food topic by making more of our own snacks that included BAKED KALE CHIPS, which you can find the instructions for below. We sampled organic fruits and vegetables and learned about dehydrating foods for convenient storage.

We also exhumed and examined our BOKASHI remains. After being buried for an entire month we learned that the food waste we buried which included meat and bones, had broken down into fertile, rich, living soil - abundant with worms - even in the cool weather. To learn more about Bokashi visit www.feedearthnow.com.

Nicky Poloski, Two Mothers Foods

1659 N. Rte. 59

Naperville, Illinois 60540

Telephone: (630)-428-5878

Irene Crane, Feed Earth Now

www.feedearthnow.com

Bokashi supplies

Telephone: 630-853-1927

[email protected]

BAKED KALE CHIPS:

Ingredients

1 bunch kale

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon seasoned salt

Directions Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a non insulated cookie sheet with parchment pa-per. With a knife or kitchen shears carefully remove the leaves from the thick stems and tear into bite size pieces. Wash and thoroughly dry kale with a salad spinner. Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with sea-soning salt. Bake until the edges brown but are not burnt, 10 to 15 minutes.

http://www.onefrugalfoodie.com/downloads/Smart_School_Time_Recipes.pdf

http://www.feedearthnow.com

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The Clean 15 and the Dirty Dozen:

When to Buy Organic The top foods to eat organic by: EarthTalk

A Q&A with EarthTalk; reprinted with permission

What are the most important foods to buy organic?

— Rachel Klepping, Bronxville, NY

Given the usual higher prices of organic versus conventionally grown foods, it can be a challenge to get the biggest bang for our buck while eating healthy and avoiding the ingestion of synthetic chemicals along with our nutrients. One approach, say some experts, is to only buy organic when the actual edible parts of a non-organically grown food might come into direct contact with toxic fertilizers and pesticides. The nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) reports that consumers can reduce their chemical expo-sure by some 80 percent by either avoiding the most contaminated conventionally grown fruits and vegeta-bles altogether, or by eating only the organic varieties. To help us sort through what and what not to buy, the group offers a handy Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides, which fits on a small piece of paper that you can keep in your pocket and have handy on grocery trips. You can print it out for free or you can download it as a free App for your iPhone. To make it easy to use, EWG has distilled its analysis into two lists. The first, “Dirty Dozen: Buy These Or-ganic,” lists foods that when grown conventionally contain the largest amounts of pesticide and fertilizer resi-dues. These include peaches, strawberries, apples, blueberries, nectarines, bell peppers, spinach, cherries, kale/collard, greens, potatoes and (imported) grapes. Consumers should definitely spend the extra money for organic versions of these foods. On the other side of the coin, EWG’s “Clean 15” list includes foods that contain the least amount of chemical residues when grown conventionally. These include onions, avocados, sweet corn, pineapples, mangos, sweet peas, asparagus, kiwi, cabbage, eggplant, cantaloupe, watermelon, grapefruit, sweet potatoes and honeydew. It’s OK to eat conventionally grown varieties of these foods. EWG analysts developed the “Clean 15” guide using data from some 89,000 tests for pesticide residues in produce conducted between 2000 and 2008 and collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What’s the difference, you may ask? EWG found that by eating five conventionally grown fruits and vegetables a day from the Dirty Dozen list, a consumer on average in-gests 10 different pesticides; those who stick to the Clean 15 list ingest less than two. Other foods you and your family eat, such as meats, cereals, breads and dairy products, might also be expos-ing you to unwanted chemicals. According to EWG, the direct health benefits of organic meat, eggs and milk are less clear, but you should play it safe by sticking with all-natural, free-range, grass-fed meats that are not fed antibiotics or growth hormones, and by choosing only organic dairy products. Thanks to increasing demand, more and more food purveyors are putting extra emphasis on organics. This will ultimately result in both lower prices and larger selections. Natural foods market aisles are already teem-ing with organic choices — and chances are your local supermarket or big box store has introduced organic versions of many popular items. Consequently, there has never been a better time to take stock of what you are feeding yourself and your family, and to make changes for better health.


http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/How-to-Be-Organic-on-a-Budget.html

http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Essential-Tips-for-Healthy-Eating.html

http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Top-Produce-to-Buy-Organic.html

http://www.ewg.org/

http://foodnews.org/

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome

http://www.fda.gov/

http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/What-Is-The-Environmental-Impact-of-Meat.html

http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/6-reasons-you-should-avoid-dairy/

http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Making-Sense-of-Food-Labels.html

http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Family-Fun-and-Fitness-Getting-Healthy-and-Staying-HealthyTogether.html




Monday, December 6

Monday, January 10

Monday, February 7

Monday, March 7

Monday, April 11

Monday, May 2

Environmental Committee

Our Environmental Committee welcomed many new members as well and is also off to a great start! Along with planning for the Eco Club, we also have many exciting projects on the table.

Some of things we are working on include, planning for our reusable bag and waste free lunch awareness campaign, starting a cell phone and ink cartridge recy-cling fundraiser, planning a full Walk to School cam-paign for next year, starting a Waste Free Lunch com-petition, and quite a few other “green” projects and ideas.

Anyone is welcome to join us for our next planning meeting: to help, give input or just listen and learn! Our next meeting is Monday, December 6th, so if you are interested contact Jodi Trendler: [email protected], or 630-983-4063.

Eco Club Planning Meetings for all interested parents:

MONDAYS 9:30 AM

The “Dirty Dozen” 1. Celery: Celery has no protective skin, which makes it almost impossible to wash off the chemicals (64 of them!) that are used on crops. Buy organic celery, or choose alter-natives like broccoli, radishes, and onions. 2. Peaches: Multiple pesticides (as many as 62 of them) are regularly applied to these delicately skinned fruits in conven-tional orchards. Can't find organic? Safer alternatives in-clude watermelon, tangerines, oranges, and grapefruit. 3. Strawberries: If you buy strawberries, especially out of season, they're most likely imported from countries that have less-stringent regulations for pesticide use. 59 pesti-cides have been detected in residue on strawberries. Can't find organic? Safer alternatives include kiwi and pineapples. 4. Apples: Like peaches, apples are typically grown with poisons to kill a variety of pests, from fungi to insects. Tests have found 42 different pesticides as residue on apples. Scrubbing and peeling doesn't eliminate chemical residue completely, so it's best to buy organic when it comes to ap-ples. Peeling a fruit or vegetable also strips away many of their beneficial nutrients. Can't find organic? Safer alterna-tives include watermelon, bananas, and tangerines. 5. Blueberries: New on the Dirty Dozen list in 2010, blue-berries are treated with as many as 52 pesticides, making them one of the dirtiest berries on the market. 6. Nectarines: With 33 different types of pesticides found on nectarines, they rank up there with apples and peaches among the dirtiest tree fruit. Can't find organic? Safer alter-natives include, watermelon, papaya, and mango. 7. Bell peppers: Peppers have thin skins that don't offer much of a barrier to pesticides. They're often heavily sprayed with insecticides. (Tests have found 49 different pesticides on sweet bell peppers.) Can't find organic? Safer alternatives include green peas, broccoli, and cabbage. 8. Spinach: New on the list for 2010, spinach can be laced with as many as 48 different pesticides, making it one of the most contaminated green leafy vegetable. 9. Kale: Traditionally, kale is known as a hardier vegetable that rarely suffers from pests and disease, but it was found to have high amounts of pesticide residue when tested this year. Can't find organic? Safer alternatives include cabbage, asparagus, and broccoli. 10. Cherries: Even locally grown cherries are not necessar-ily safe. In fact, in one survey in recent years, cherries grown in the U.S. were found to have three times more pes-ticide residue then imported cherries. Government testing has found 42 different pesticides on cherries. Can't find or-ganic? Safer alternatives include raspberries and cranber-ries. 11. Potatoes: America's popular spud reappears on the 2010 Dirty Dozen list, after a year hiatus. America's favorite vegetable can be laced with as many as 37 different pesti-cides. Can't find organic? Safer alternatives include egg-plant, cabbage, and earthy mushrooms. 12. Grapes: Imported grapes run a much greater risk of contamination than those grown domestically. Only imported grapes make the 2010 Dirty Dozen list. Vineyards can be sprayed with different pesticides during different growth peri-ods of the grape, and no amount of washing or peeling will eliminate contamination because of the grape's thin skin. Remember, wine is made from grapes, which testing shows can harbor as many as 34 different pesticides. Can't find organic? Safer alternatives include kiwi and raspberries.

Cut out and take with you!

The “Dirty Dozen”

1. Celery

2. Peaches

3. Strawberries

4. Apples

5. Blueberries

6. Nectarines

7. Bell Peppers

8. Spinach

9. Kale

10. Cherries

11. Potatoes

12. Grapes There’s even an Ap for that!

http://itunes.apple.com/us

/app/dirty-

dozen/id312336368?mt=8

The “Clean 15”

1. Onion

2. Avacado

3. Sweet Corn

4. Pineapple

5. Mango

6. Asparagus

7. Sweet Peas

8. Kiwi

9. Cabbage

10. Eggplant

11. Papaya

12. Watermelon

13. Broccoli

14. Tomato

15. Sweet Potato


http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=CE

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=PC

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=ST

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=ST

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=AP

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=BB

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=NE

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=PP

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=PP

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=SP

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=CH

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=PO

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=PO

http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/latest/organic-wine-460708

http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=GR

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dirty-dozen/id312336368?mt=8





Zero waste gift wrapping

During gift giving events such as the upcoming winter holidays or birthdays, the Owen Environ-

mental Committee encourages you to reduce the amount of garbage from conventional wrapping

paper by packaging gifts in zero waste wrapping.

There are tons of great ideas for eco-friendly packaging on the

web. Here are a few of our favorites:

use a reusable shopping bag (such as your Mixed Bag) instead

of a paper gift bag

use an empty coffee tin or other repurposed container instead

of a box

use a scarf or t-shirt as colorful stuffing in the gift container

make your own wrapping paper from paper in your flip-it bin &

reuse or compost it after the gift is opened

Try searching zero waste gift wrap on the web for more inspiration.

Recycled Paper Bows The Green Owls will be making bows out of magazine and newspaper

pages.

Here’s how:

Materials

Magazine page cut in 3/4 inch strips

4 inch (approx) twist tie or piece of wire

pen or sharp object for hole punching

1. Make a small ball on one end of the wire by rolling it

2. Twist each strip to make a loop at each end

3. Punch a hole through the center of the looped strip

4. String looped strip onto the wire

5. Repeat using 5 or 6 (or as many as you want) strips, rotating as you go

6. Use tail of wire to attach to your gift

Happy Green Gifting!




Club Owen Club Owen meets every Friday morning at 8 am. Log onto the school website at http://owen.ipsd.org/Subpage.aspx?id=694 to receive a permis-sion slip and a schedule.

Club Owen Dates

December

3rd

-Aerobics Class

10th-Free Day (Last Day)

Get the latest Owen news at

the Owen website

http://owen.ipsd.org Look for current information under Owen Headlines

Cold and Flu Season Reminders

With the approach of cold and flu season, the district would like to remind you of precautionary measures you and your

family members can take to stay healthy.

Practicing simple hygiene measures can help prevent the spread of cold and flu viruses. Please take a moment to re-

mind your children to wash their hands and instruct them not to share personal items like drinks or food. Instruct them to

cover up their cough or sneeze using their elbow, arm or sleeve instead of their hands. They also need to avoid touching

their eyes, nose and mouth to prevent spreading germs. Health officials also recommend having your family receive a

seasonal flu shot.

Most importantly, if you get sick, you should stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from

infecting them. A child must be fever free without taking fever-reducing medications for 24 hours before returning to

school. The start of the cold and flu season is always a good time to review childcare contingency plans should you need

to keep your child home from school.

Taken from District 204 e-news 11/17/10

http://owen.ipsd.org/Subpage.aspx?id=694

http://owen.ipsd.org/Default.aspx



Helping Hands Households Needed The Helping Hand Program was established in 1967 to provide children with adult assistance during

an emergency. As part of the district's safety program, children learn that a home displaying a red

Helping Hand poster in a front window is a safe place to go when they are frightened, sick, injured, or

lost. Helping Hand households are instructed to contact the police immediately whenever a child

needs assistance.

Interested persons can email Kim Williams, Owen PTA Helping Hand Coordinator, at zoo-

[email protected], for more information and an application.

Market Day Volunteers Needed Help is needed preparing orders for pickup & delivering orders to curbside pickup.

Contact Dawn Thomson at [email protected]

Volunteer Opportunities

Winter Party Planning Committee

We are looking for volunteers to help plan this year’s all school Winter Party on December

21st. Contact Melissa Naffziger [email protected] or Michelle Yarris mich-

[email protected] to join the fun.

Join the Nominating Committee The Owen PTA Board is looking for volunteers to join the nominating committee. The nominating committee selects a slate of

candidates for the 2011-2012 PTA Board. Voting by the general PTA members will take place this Spring.

Joining the nominating committee is a great way to learn how the PTA works and become more involved. Contact Michelle

Yarris [email protected] for more information.

Co-Edit the PTA Newsletter The PTA is looking for someone to co-edit this monthly newsletter. The volunteer position takes about 10 hours a month and

can be done mostly from home. We are looking for someone with an eye for detail and who wants to promote all the wonderful

PTA programs we sponsor at Owen. The newsletter is currently created with Microsoft Publisher so familiarity with the pro-

gram is helpful but not mandatory. For more information, please contact Mary Frances Koyl at [email protected].

Coordinator for Print Cartridge/Cell Phone Recycling Program Here is a great opportunity to volunteer from home. The Coordinator keeps track of the printer cartridges and cell phones that

are donated for recycling and sends them to Advanced Cartridge or Staples for reimbursement. It takes just an hour or two

every month. Contact Mary Frances Koyl at [email protected] for more information.












Attn Owen Families:

We are looking for fresh talent to help fill several open chair positions for the 2010-2011 school year.

There are many volunteer opportunities!!!! Please consider volunteering & contact Michelle Yarris at

[email protected].

Social Co-Chair: This is a two-person job. A good sign we’re a fun bunch. Help plan

and run events like the Halloween party, room parties, and staff appreciation events.

Public Relations Chair: Chairperson sits on the PTA board and oversees several co-

ordinators. (i.e.: Newsletter, bulletin boards, website, scrapbook, etc)

Educational Enrichment Chair I: Chairperson sits on the PTA board and oversees

several coordinators such as Art Awareness, Reflections, Assemblies, After School

Clubs, etc.

Representative for the District’s Diversity council (PDAC): This position involves

attending monthly meetings and reporting back to the Owen PTA.

PTA BOARD VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Owen Elementary PTA, 2010-2011

Don’t miss out! Turn in your

Membership Form Today Return your forms to the Owen office in an envelope marked “PTA”




Descriptions of all the Owen PTA Volunteer opportunities can be found at www.owenpta.org , click on Volun-

teer Opportunities, then click on the pdf PTA Volunteer Form. (Please note the volunteer descriptions are

correct, but much of the other website information is in the process of being updated.)

http://www.owenpta.org



Owen PTA Board 2010/2011

NAME TITLE EMAIL

Michelle Yarris President [email protected]

Sue McGuire 1st Vice President [email protected]

Sandy Zurawski 2nd Vice President [email protected]

Sandi Croll Treasurer [email protected]

Kim Williams Recording Secretary [email protected]

Traci Pfeiffer Corresponding Secretary [email protected]

OPEN Budget and Finance Chair OPEN

OPEN Educational Enrichment Chair I OPEN

Mary Jeanne Goluch Educational Enrichment Chair II [email protected]

Jodi Trendler Environmental [email protected]

Eileen Stephens Health & Safety Chair [email protected]

Patti Bolek IPSN Liaison [email protected]

Jean Carlson IPPC Representative [email protected]

Lori Price Legislative Representative [email protected]

Carol Alt Membership Chair [email protected]

OPEN PDAC Liaison OPEN

OPEN Public Relations Chair OPEN

Karen Schumann Service Chair [email protected]

Melissa Naffziger Social Chair [email protected]

Laura Tasker Ways & Means Chair [email protected]

Vipul Gupta Webmaster Chair [email protected]



















1560 Westglen Drive

Naperville, IL 60565

Owen Elementary PTA

Market Day

Market Day pickup is Friday,

December 17, 4:15-5:15 PM.

Volunteers are needed from

3:15-4:30 PM.

Paper and internet orders are due

by Tuesday, December 14.

www.marketday.com

Thank you for supporting the Owen

PTA and its programs through your

Market Day Purchases.

Questions? Contact the Market Day

Moms:

Dawn Thomson

[email protected]

Bonnie Budzyn

[email protected]

Phone: 630-428-7300

Attendance Line: 630-428-6030

Owen website Owen.ipsd.org

Give a Hoot About Owen!!!

Owen Owls!!

The Owen PTA sponsors many wonderful

programs such as Publishing Centers, Field

Trips, Curricular parties, Fifth Grade Fare-

well, Assemblies, Fourth Grade State Fair,

Donuts with Dads, the Halloween Event,

the Back to School, Ice Cream Social, Field

Day, Art Awareness, the Eco Club and

many other wonderful programs.

None of this would be possible without

YOUR help and support. We appreciate

and thank you for all that you do!!!!

NEWSLETTER CONTENT

NEEDED BY DECEMBER 17

Committee chairs and program coordinators should submit content for the next newsletter before

December 17, 2010.

Contact:

Mary Frances Koyl

[email protected]

We welcome your input.

Please send us your com-

ments or information to be

included in the newsletter.

Wednesday, December 22 -

Tuesday, January 4

Winter Break

Classes resume Wednesday,

January 5th

Friday, January 14

Teacher Work Day

Monday, January 17

Martin Luther King Day

http://www.marketday.com/




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