ARBOR HEIGHTS PTSA NEWSLETTER
Volume 6, Issue 3 - November 1994
PTSA CARNIVAL AND RAFFLE - November 4
Arbor Heights PTSA Carnival is just about here. Join us
on Friday, November 4 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. There will
be games, prizes, food, a bake sale and a raffle!!
Carnival tickets are 25 each.
Raffle tickets are available for sale for $1 each in
the school office and also Carnival night until 7:30.
Raffle prizes include a two night stay at the downtown
Sheraton, dinner for two at Fuller's, dinner for two at
Charlestown Cafe, gift certificates from: the Keg, a
tanning salon, Funplex, Puget Sound Cruises, and many
more. We cannot list them all here. Check the office for
an up to date list.
Thank you to all who have volunteered to help. See you
there! Be prepared for lots of fun!
PTSA MEETING
November 10,1994 7p.m. in the A.H. Library
We will be featuring a panel presentation including
DSHS, our Family Support Worker, and others in a
discussion on "How to Become a Foster Family" and
"Discipline vs. Punishment". Child care provided. See you
there!
FROM THE PRESIDENT...
Hello again. Friday is the school carnival. Not only is
this a great fund-raiser for the PTSA but it is also a
lot of fun for the children. We have a good program this
year and I encourage all of you to come and enjoy
yourselves. For those of you who are still wondering why
PTSA needs to raise funds it is so that we can continue
to give so much to the school. The PTSA helps out with
assemblies, the Young Authors Conference, and other help
in areas not covered by the state budget.
One of the projects we are currently considering is
putting in a grass play field. Bob Kiel has done some
wonderful preliminary work on this and at this point we
are looking for people to help on a committee. What we
need now are ideas about what might best serve the school
and the community if we were to undertake such a project.
The planning and implementation of this play field
would require an enormous effort on our part and anyone
interested in helping would be very welcome.
Anyone interested should give me a call and we will gladly add your name to our list of volunteers.
I would also like to encourage you to attend our
November PTSA general meeting on Thursday the 10th. We
will have some guest speakers discussing foster parenting
and a workshop on parenting skills. We have child care
available for those who need it and we would like to see
a good turnout next week. Stay tuned to this space for
new developments.
Karl
WEDNESDAY IS SCHOOL BANKING DAY!
School banking is in business! If you already have a
school banking account, come and see us. For those of you
who have not yet opened an account, stop by Wednesday
mornings between 8:45 and 9:00 to get a new account kit.
Can you help do banking one or two mornings a month? It
only takes 1/2 hour on Wednesday mornings and you can
bring your preschoolers if you need to. Call Kim Amsden.
OUTDOOR GROUNDS IMPROVEMENT
The Arbor heights PTSA has a dream-it involves a multi-
year, multiphase playground improvement project.
Right now we are in the planning stage. Research and a
feasibility check are being done to establish what our
alternatives are to improve the outdoor appearance of
Arbor Heights Elementary School.
We hope to make this a community-wide project involving
neighbors, businesses, city officials, and school
families. It might even include a city improvement for
the drop off/pick up area on SW 104th Street, which we
all know is often not safe for our children.
Do you have any ideas to help us define, market, aquire
funding, implement and see this multi-phased project
through? We want input from parents, students, teachers,
staff, and community members for our master plan.
Dream big! Ask for the world! What would most benefit
our community as a whole?
All our meetings will be open to the public. You may
attend one of them or submit your ideas in writing or
phone to Bob Kiel.
Look for updates in each monthly PTSA newsletter.
POPCORN
Friday is popcorn day at A.H. Please support your PTSA
by buying a bag of popcorn for .35 or you may buy punch
cards for $3.50, $5.25, or $7. Thank you to the students
and parents who help with popcorn this year! - Mary
ARBOR HEIGHTS FAMILIES SOLD OVER $10,000 WORTH OF
WRAPPING PAPER!
Good job, A.H.! We profited $5,353 for the AHPTSA by
wrapping West Seattle in Sally Foster paper. Thank you
for your hard work. The paper will be here on or before
November 17. If you order was over $25 you will be asked
to pick it up at the school.
Room 12, Mr. Ahlness' class sold the most orders and
they will get a pizza feast from Godfather's pizza in
West Seattle. Thank you again to all who participated.
-Nancy Doyle, Fund-raising
THANK YOU AHPTSA
- We in room 24 just want to thank you PTSA for letting
us do fundraising. It gives us a chance to win pizzas.
From Sonya.
- Dear PTSA, We in room 24 just want to say thank you to
the PTSA for having field trips because last year I
wouldn't got to go swimming if you had not helped and I
like the popcorn,too. Thank you! From Sarah
- We in room 24 just want to say Thank You to the PTSA
for providing things like the students store and field
trips. I'm glad we have the PTSA to provide almost half
the things we do. From Jacob
- We in room 24 just say thanks to the PTSA for field
trips because every kid needs a bit of time away from
school! And for banking because I started my account that
way. From Tommy
- We in room 24 want to say thank you PTSA. Without it
there would be no Student's Store and the kids in Arbor
Heights look forward to the Student's Store. And the PTSA
also helps with stuff like Carnival, popcorn, field
trips, banking, Newsletters and supplies and Science Van!
And without the PTSA none of this would be possible!
So thanks PTSA!!!Sincerely Alyssa
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for field trips and the students store. From Ryan
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for coming to our field trips because it was so much fun
to have all of you and it is fun when you sell popcorn.
By Kris
- We in room 24 want to say thank you to the PTSA for
bringing supplies for school and taking us to field
trips. From Toese
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for helping Arbor Heights get school supplies, popcorn,
student store, banking, Carnival, Newsletters, Art
projects, Playscape, treats, fundraisers, field trips.
Hugs & kisses, Maria
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for volunteers and art projects and field trips and
banking and newsletters and treats and fund raisers and
the playscape and supplies. That is very nice of you.
From Makala
- We in room 24 just want to say Thank you to the PTSA
for helping our school be a better place. You guys made
the school carnival possible. From Tony
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for the playscape. I like the playscape and the treats.
From Derek
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for making our school a better place. From Samantha
- Thank you for everything you people have done for us
Hugs and Kisses, Sorn
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for the student store and field trips. From Chris
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for letting us go on field trips and why because I love
field trips. Hugs& kisses, Lisa
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for the field trips why because we wouldn't have a lot of
fun and another thing is popcorn and plus that's my
favorite snack. From Ricky
- We in room 24 just want to say thank you to the PTSA
for putting up the playscape and giving us popcorn. By
Eric
DEAR ROOM 24
I have to tell you that as editor of this publication
for 5 years, this is the most enjoyable article I have
ever had the pleasure of printing!!
From Carol Bracher, Editor