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--_4d56f7a2-3414-4ec3-bf82-ab5bc1f37893_-- From holly-avepta@ausd.net Thu Dec 4 21:18:35 2008 From: holly-avepta@ausd.net (Holly-AvePTA Holly-AvePTA) Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:18:35 -0800 Subject: [Holly-Ave] Holly Horizons Online! Message-ID: Good Afternoon All! Our December 2008-January 2009 Issue of Holly Horizons is now ONLINE on our website. Please go to http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Holly+Horizons+ It is highlighted in RED, and click. Our calendar for the next two months is on the last page. Enjoy! Have a great Holiday Season! Yours, Kathy Yamane Parent Volunteer From holly-avepta@ausd.net Sat Dec 6 06:20:45 2008 From: holly-avepta@ausd.net (Holly-AvePTA Holly-AvePTA) Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:20:45 -0800 Subject: [Holly-Ave] What's Happening Next week @HOLLY? Message-ID: In the next few months we will be having a few PARENT education meetings. Please attend. It's important to know, to help support your child!! This week there is a HOMEWORK workshop for parents... December 9 Early Release 9 Faculty meeting 10 Family Reading Night, 6:30-7:30p.m., Media Center 11 Homework Workshop, 6:30p.m., Auditorium 12 Last Day to Order SCRIP for this year 12 Free Dress 12 Report Cards go Home Upcoming: 16 Early Release 17/18 Garden Club Caramel Apple Fundraiser 17 Family Reading Night, 6:30-7:30p.m., Media Center 18 Holiday Programs; A-L, 8:45a.m./ M-Z, 10:15a.m. 18 Restaurant Night, Shakeys’, 6-9pm. 19 Student of the Month Recognition 19 Gr. 5 Caught Being Good 19 Free Dress, Student Council Backwards Day 19 Classroom Holiday Parties 22-Jan 2 Winter Break Reminders: Homework Workshop-Parent Education next week. It will be in the auditorium at 6:30p.m. Childcare will be available. Location for childcare on campus to be determined. We will let you know when you arrive at the auditorium. Lost And Found: If you have lost your jacket, sweater, please take a look in the Lost and Found in the Primary Wing. Please support the Holly Avenue Garden by purchasing 8 assorted note cards for $5.00. They may be purchased at the school's front office. Checks may be made out to the Holly Avenue Garden. The picture on these cards are from the school's garden and were taken by a parent volunteer, David Chen. Please contact toakland@ausd.net for further inquiries. ***SCRIP NEWS*** Remember that SCRIP can help you with all your holiday shopping needs. SCRIP cards make the ideal gifts for families, friends and teachers. Avoid the hassle of holiday shopping by purchasing SCRIP gift cards. We offer SCRIP cards for 6 grocery stores and 24 retailers and restaurants, including AMC Theaters, Borders, Starbucks, Macy’s, Best Buy,…. Just complete your SCRIP order and we’ll take care of all your shopping needs. Participating retailers contribute a percentage of your purchase to our school. *** Please note that the price of the See'Candies, 1 pound box, has increased. The new price per box is now $15.00. We also have $100 Macy's gift cards available for sale. Scrip ordered Monday-Friday of one week will be ready for pick-up after 12 noon on Wednesday of the following week. Scrip cannot be sent home with your child. Please pick up your order in the school office between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. http://hapta.pbwiki.com/SCRIP If you need more order forms, simply email Yu-Wen Taylor at ytaylor@ausd.net You can also email your order directly to Weiyi Ro at weiyilin@gmail.com --In order to have your order ready for pick up before the winter break, please place your order by December 12th. Restaurant Night Out-Thursday December 18th-Don’t miss the pizza fun at Holly Avenue’s Family Restaurant Night Visit with friends and staff-Shakey’s Restaurant-866 E. Las Tunas Dr., San Gabriel(626) 285-1215 Only 10 minutes from our school! 6pm – 9pm/Dine In or Take Out Shakey’s will donate 25% of the sales generated to Holly Avenue School when our family and friends visit on this date, between 6pm & 9pm. Your child benefits when you support the Holly Avenue School Community. PLEASE MENTION “HOLLY AVENUE’ TO YOUR SERVER SO OUR SCHOOL GETS CREDIT! Mark on YOUR calendar-December 18- Winter Holiday Program, Auditorium! Same program. Two separate times. Winter Holiday Classroom Party-December 19th. Please contact your room rep to see how you can assist your child’s classroom with their annual Winter Holiday Party! Our children will appreciate your help and support! They are so excited on this day! Plastic Bag Drive to Earn Cash for Your Class Beginning in January: In January, the Holly Avenue PTA will begin sponsoring another Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge...the Earn Cash For Your Class Program. This program gives students the opportunity to do something great for their environment and help their class and teacher earn money for supplies they need. Last year's program was very successful. Students and families helped raise $735, which was all given directly to Holly Avenue teachers to purchase items for their classrooms. Each teacher will receive 60 gallon trash bags to collect the plastic bags for recycling. Each class will earn $5 in Office Depot gift cards for every 60 gallon trash bag they fill with clean, dry plastic bags. You can help earn your class and teacher $5, $10...$25 or more! You can start helping your class earn money NOW by saving and collecting clean, dry plastic bags from all of your holiday shopping at home. Ask your families, friends, neighbors, anyone in the community for their extra plastic bags. Bring the bags in to your classes from January 1st through March 31st. Remember that all bags must be clean, dry and not have been in contact with any food. RECYCLE! Do a GREAT thing for the Earth, your environment and your Class! RECYLING FUNDAISERS: Please check for more extensive information http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Fundraising Holly Horizons- OUR Newsletter is now online!!! http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Holly+Horizons+ December 08-January 2009 Issue Site Interim Map http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Holly+Avenue+Interim+Site+Map 2008-2009 PTA Calendar online- http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Calendar FYI: VOLUNTEERS- Please go to:-www.jefflaun.com/hollyhours.asp and record those hard worked hours you all put in for Holly Avenue. Do you have any hours to record? You can go to www.jefflaun.com/hollyhours.asp or to Holly Avenue's web site at www.hapta.pbwiki.com, to record your hours. Both processes are very quick and easy.-Sue Wilkins Yours, Kathy Yamane Parent Volunteer From holly-avepta@ausd.net Mon Dec 8 15:33:12 2008 From: holly-avepta@ausd.net (Holly-AvePTA Holly-AvePTA) Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:33:12 -0800 Subject: [Holly-Ave] 5th Grade Candy Cane Gram Sale Message-ID: Dear Friends and Holly Avenue Family! We are having a Candy Cane Gram sale this Tues, Wed, and Thurs. at recess under the Dolphin. $1.00. That is Dec. 9, 10, 11. Thank you for supporting us! 5th Grade Promotion From holly-avepta@ausd.net Tue Dec 9 22:30:23 2008 From: holly-avepta@ausd.net (Holly-AvePTA Holly-AvePTA) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:30:23 -0800 Subject: [Holly-Ave] Candy Cane Gram Sale Message-ID: What? Candy Cane Gram Sale Who? 5th Graders are fundraising Why? Send a Message, Note, Appreciation Card, Holiday Greeting, etc. to your favorite teacher, best friend, principal, another teacher, your teacher, your good friend, your sister, your brother, your mother, your dad, anyone! What? Candy Cane Grams will be delivered to recipient's classroom by the 5th Graders on Friday, December 19th. Where? Sold under the Dolphin When? at Recess Time this week-Wednesday and Thursday How? $1 and you can write the message on the gram! From holly-avepta@ausd.net Fri Dec 12 23:25:56 2008 From: holly-avepta@ausd.net (Holly-AvePTA Holly-AvePTA) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:25:56 -0800 Subject: [Holly-Ave] What Happening Next Week @Holly? Message-ID: This is an exciting week for the children! Wishing you the best of the holiday season! Have a great time with your children. Happy New Year wishes! December 15 Candy Cane Gram sales, Recess, Under the Dolphin 16 Candy Cane Gram sales, Recess, Under the Dolphin 16 Early Release 17 Holiday Program Dress Rehearsal, 8:45a.m. (videotaping day) 17/18 Garden Club Caramel Apple Fundraiser 17 Family Reading Night, 6:30-7:30p.m., Media Center 18 Holiday Programs; A-L, 8:45a.m./ M-Z, 10:15a.m. (no filming allowed) 18 Restaurant Night, Shakeys’, 6-9pm. 19 Student of the Month Recognition 19 Gr. 5 Caught Being Good 19 Free Dress, Student Council Backwards Day 19 Classroom Holiday Parties Upcoming: 22-Jan 2 Winter Break January 5 Welcome Back to School Reminders: Candy Cane Gram Sales-at Recess under the dolphin. Send a Holiday Greeting to to your favorite teacher, best friend, principal, another teacher, your teacher, your good friend, your sister, your brother, your mother, your dad, anyone! Candy Cane Grams will be delivered to recipient's classroom by the 5th Graders! $1 and you can put the message under the tree! Mark on YOUR calendar-December 18- Holiday Program, Auditorium! A-L 8:45 a.m. M-Z 10:15a.m., Videotaping Dress Rehearsal Date is Wednesday, Dec. 17th 8:45a.m. Lost And Found: If you have lost your jacket, sweater, please take a look in the Lost and Found in the Primary Wing. Please support the Holly Avenue Garden by purchasing 8 assorted note cards for $5.00. They may be purchased at the school's front office. Checks may be made out to the Holly Avenue Garden. The picture on these cards are from the school's garden and were taken by a parent volunteer, David Chen. Please contact toakland@ausd.net for further inquiries. ***SCRIP NEWS*** If you ordered your holiday SCRIP, please remember Scrip ordered Monday-Friday of one week will be ready for pick-up after 12 noon on Wednesday of the following week. Scrip cannot be sent home with your child. Please pick up your order in the school office between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. http://hapta.pbwiki.com/SCRIP If you need more order forms, simply email Yu-Wen Taylor at ytaylor@ausd.net You can also email your order directly to Weiyi Ro at weiyilin@gmail.com The SCRIP team wishes you a wonderful holiday season! HOLLY AVENUE SCHOOL Restaurant Night Out-Thursday December 18th. Don’t miss the pizza fun at Holly Avenue’s Family Restaurant Night. Visit with friends and staff Shakey’s Restaurant 866 E. Las Tunas Dr. San Gabriel (626) 285-1215 Only 10 minutes from our school! 6pm * 9pm Dine In or Take Out Shakey’s will donate 25% of the sales generated to Holly Avenue School when our family and friends visit on this date, between 6pm & 9pm. Your child benefits when you support the Holly Avenue School Community. PLEASE MENTION “HOLLY AVENUE’ TO YOUR SERVER SO OUR SCHOOL GETS CREDIT! Winter Holiday Classroom Party-December 19th. Please contact your room rep to see how you can assist your child’s classroom with their annual Winter Holiday Party! Our children will appreciate your help and support! They are so excited on this day! Re: White Christmas Food Drive Plastic Bag Drive to Earn Cash for Your Class Beginning in January In January, the Holly Avenue PTA will begin sponsoring another Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge...the Earn Cash For Your Class Program. This program gives students the opportunity to do something great for their environment and help their class and teacher earn money for supplies they need. Last year's program was very successful. Students and families helped raise $735, which was all given directly to Holly Avenue teachers to purchase items for their classrooms. Each teacher will receive 60 gallon trash bags to collect the plastic bags for recycling. Each class will earn $5 in Office Depot gift cards for every 60 gallon trash bag they fill with clean, dry plastic bags. You can help earn your class and teacher $5, $10...$25 or more! You can start helping your class earn money NOW by saving and collecting clean, dry plastic bags from all of your holiday shopping at home. Ask your families, friends, neighbors, anyone in the community for their extra plastic bags. Bring the bags in to your classes from January 1st through March 31st. Remember that all bags must be clean, dry and not have been in contact with any food. RECYLING FUNDAISERS: Please check for more extensive information http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Fundraising Holly Horizons- OUR Newsletter is now online!!! http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Holly+Horizons+ December 08-January 2009 Issue Site Interim Map http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Holly+Avenue+Interim+Site+Map 2008-2009 PTA Calendar online- http://hapta.pbwiki.com/Calendar FYI: VOLUNTEERS- Please go to:-www.jefflaun.com/hollyhours.asp and record those hard worked hours you all put in for Holly Avenue. Do you have any hours to record? You can go to www.jefflaun.com/hollyhours.asp or to Holly Avenue's web site at www.hapta.pbwiki.com, to record your hours. Both processes are very quick and easy.-Sue Wilkins Yours, Kathy Yamane Parent Volunteer From holly-avepta@ausd.net Mon Dec 15 16:13:07 2008 From: holly-avepta@ausd.net (Holly-AvePTA Holly-AvePTA) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:13:07 -0800 Subject: [Holly-Ave] Kindergarten schedule this week! Message-ID: Due to rehearsals and Holiday program scheduling, etc, to simplify things, all kindergarten students will come on the mornings sessions(8:20-11:55a.m.) all week. Holiday Classroom Party on Friday. Please make sure you arrange the schedule with your child care provider. We thank you in advance for your patience. We wish you the best this Holiday season. Enjoy! Ms. Howard and Ms. Ringo Holly Avenue Kindergarten teachers