Table

of Contents 2 Ltr from President

3 Santa Workshop

4 Box Top & Art Fair

5 Family Liaison

6 Box Top & FB

7 Variety Show

8 Calendar

9 Donaldson Doings

Mark Your

Calendar

12/3 First Day Santa

Workshop

12/4 Bully T-shirt

12/10 Health

Screenings

12/11 Market Day PU

12/11 Committee

Chair Meeting

12/20 Talent Show

Meeting

12/21 Sing A Long

EDITOR: CARLA VIDMAR

As we head into the Holiday Season, I would like to thank the Committee Chairs for

their efforts so far this year.

This year we changed our normal bingo into a Halloween themed event that was well attended. Prizes were given away for the Most Creative, Scariest and Funniest cos-tumes. Thank you to Robbilyn Wineland and Michelle Hollyfield for a great night. On November 13 we hosted a Family Reading Night. About 30 students made pup-pets and turkey napkin rings, played Thanksgiving Bingo, tried a Pumpkin Dip and lis-tened to our teachers read Thanksgiving themed stories. The conclusion of the even-ing was a recreation of the story of the pilgrims’ journey to America. Thank you to Mrs. Curigliano, Mrs. Bouwers, Mrs. King, Mrs. Sunseri, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Ordich, Mrs. Schultz and Mrs. Nolan. It was a great play and a great night. Thank you to our student volunteers - Mackenzie Danzik, Emily Nolan and Ian Cain for assisting at the tables and helping clean up. Thank you to Anne Harris-Crowe, Mrs. Schultz and Vicki Danzik for coordinating the event.

Coming up after Thanksgiving is Santa Shop. Information on this will be sent home

separately.

The Variety Show is just around the corner. Remember it’s a Variety Show –it’s not

restricted to dancing and singing.

Did you remember to apply for your Clearances? Christmas parties are coming

up.

You can still volunteers for Santa Shop (Clearances are needed). Please contact

Patty Giura at patty@newageenviro.com if you are interested.

Lori Rankin, PTA President

We wanted to thank everyone who came out for Boo Bingo. We had over 120 kids and parents that had an awesome time and won some great prizes. There were a lot of awesome costumes and we can’t wait to do it again next year. Thank you to all the teachers and parents who helped make Boo Bingo such a huge success. Thanks again, Co-Chairs, Michelle Hollyfield & Robbilyn Wineland.

It’s that time already! Christmas is right around the corner and it is time for the annual Santa’s Workshop be-ing held this year December 3-7. Our gift shop allows the students to pur-chase presents for all of their family & friends. There are over 125 different items to choose from, customized for all ages. You will be receiving a class-room shopping schedule and an en-velope for each student to use. Please list those for whom your child is to shop, any ideas, and price range for each person on the envelope. Make sure you place the student’s name and room number on the enve-lope & have them bring it on their des-ignated shopping day.

Prices will range from $.25 to $10.00. If paying by check, please make paya-ble to: Donaldson PTA. Volunteers are desperately needed both for set up on Thursday, November 29

th and to assist our young shoppers during the

shopping days. If you would like to volunteer, please send an email to pat-ty@newageenviro.com . Happy Holidays!

Save the date for our 2013 Art Fair at Donaldson. Students are welcome to come makes crafts and see demonstrations with a theme. Art Fair scheduled for Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Look for more details in March 2013. Lisa Pichi, Art Fair Chair

Thank you for another great month of Mar-ket Day in November. This year we are rock-ing in the profit.......We have raised $1,117.90. Thank you so much to everyone that is taking part in this monthly fundraiser. Our next Market Day sale is on December 11, 2012. All orders need to be placed by December 5th by 11:00 pm. If you are looking to bake some quick Christ-mas Cookies please consider buying Market Day cookies. Just take them out of the freezer, pop them in the oven and cookies are served. New this month are the item # 5249 Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Cookie Dough. Or try some of everyone's favorites item # 4585 Holiday Cookie Shapes Kit . As always if you have any questions please feel free to call me at 412.596.3932 or email me at vdanzik@gmail.com. From my family to yours I wish everyone a wonder-ful Holiday Season!!!!!

Vicki Danzik, Chair

I would like to introduce myself to you whether you are brand new to Donaldson or if this is your 6th year at Donaldson Elementary. My name is Vicki Danzik and I am the new family liaison at Donaldson. I have three children in the West Allegheny School District. My oldest is Mackenzie who is in 7th grade at the middle school. I have two children here at Donaldson this year. Lindsay is in 4th grade and has Ms. Buser, and Jackson is in kindergarten and has Mrs. Cartisser. A question might be why a new family liaison. We want all of our families to feel comfortable with the ins and outs of Donaldson. We all have questions about things that go on throughout our school but don't know who to ask. Please feel free to give me a call or shoot me an email. My number is 724.695.2315 home, 412.596.3932 cell and email is vdanzik@gmail.com. I encourage you to get involved with Donaldson through the PTA. We are all a wel-coming group of moms and dads who want our kids to have a great time during and after school. We have many committee's that are looking for help. Please feel free to contact us. If you know of any schools that have had success in doing ei-ther activities, or events please send your suggestions my way. We are always looking for new things. Again, welcome to Donaldson.& Happy Holidays! Vicki Danzik, Family Liaison

We can earn cash for our school online too! There are two ways. One, you can shop online through the Box Top website and earn eBoxTopâ credits on all your purchases. Just click the “earn” section at the top of the BTFE.com homepage and scroll down to “shop marketplace.” Two you can take part in any of the activities on the eBoxTops Click & Earn page. Again, click the “earn” section at the top of the BTFE.com homepage and scroll down to “click & earn.” Any eBoxTops you earn will be automatically credited to our school. Each eBoxTop is worth 10 cents, just like a regular Box Top. If you have any questions, about earn-ing eBoxTops, just let me know. You can contact me at jofish1012@yahoo.com. I am always happy to help you earn more cash for our school! Michelle Hollyfield, Box Top Coordinator

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Donaldson PTA Calendar Dates 2012-2013 December 3-7 Santa Shop During School Hours 3 & 10 Health Screenings During School Hours 11 Market Day Pickup 5:00 - 6:00 pm 11 PTA Committee Chair Meeting 6:00 – 6:30 pm 11 PTA General Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 pm January 8 PTA Committee Chair Meeting 8 Variety Show Meeting 6:00 - 7:00 pm 11 Yearbook order deadline 16 Variety Show Meeting 6:00 - 8:00 pm Hand in music 22 Market Day Pickup 5:00 - 6:00 pm 23 Variety Show @ WAHS Auditorium 5:45 - 9:00 pm Practice 1 28 Sarris Easter Candy Sale Begins 30 Variety Show @ WAHS Auditorium 5:45 - 9:00 pm Practice 2 February 11 Sarris Easter Candy Sale Ends 6 Variety Show @ WAHS Auditorium 5:45 - 9:00 pm Dress Rehearsal 8 Variety Show @ WAHS Auditorium 6:00 PM Show (tentative) 11 Sarris Easter Candy Sale Ends 12 PTA Committee Chair Meeting 6:00 – 6:30 pm 12 PTA General Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 pm 19 Market Day Pickup 5:00 - 6:00 pm March 12 PTA Committee Chair Meeting 6:00 - 7:00 pm 19 Market Day Pickup 5:00 - 6:00 pm April Mar 28-Apr 2 Library Book Fair During School Hours 3 Art Fair 6:30 - 8:30 pm Tentative time Book Fair open during Art Fair 9 PTA Committee Chair Meeting 6:00 – 6:30 pm 9 PTA General Meeting 6:30 - 7:30 pm 23 Market Day Pickup 5:00 - 6:00 pm May 14 PTA Committee Chair Meeting 6:00 - 7:00 pm 21 Market Day Pickup 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Reading Night

Mrs. Cartisser’s class decorated the tree In Clinton park on Tuesday, November 13

Each month, we would like to offer the most important arm of our school a chance at the spotlight. If your son/daughter would like to write an article about his/her school day, it would be welcomed. Please contact Anne Harris-Crowe at anneharriscrowe@yahoo.com to submit your child's article (just a few sentences) and a photo. Go Indians!

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