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PTA President's Message - May 2009Hello Arlington Families, Once again, it is certainly hard to believe another month has come and gone. Hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break!!! Before we left for Spring Break, our Arlington Superstars participated in our 3rd Annual Jog-A-Thon and running/jogging they did. Arlington Superstars raised close to $20,000.00. Way to go!!! Thank you to Nancie Fukushima and Sharon Sawai and their awesome committee and volunteers a plenty for another successful event. The funds raised will continue to fund school activities for our children such as field trips and transportation (busses), teacher’s allowances, school assemblies and events such as Family Math Nights, Reading Incentive Week, Blue/Red Ribbon Week, Teacher’s Appreciation Week, Adventures In Art, Technology, Teacher’s Assistance Program and much more. It is with the extraordinary efforts of our students and the generosity and superlative support of our families that help to make this all possible. Great job everyone and thank you to all!!! Adventures in Art 5th and final project of the year, a mixed media piece called “Not a Pretty Portrait” began. Students were given the opportunity to create just that, not a pretty portrait with the use of warm and cool colors. Special thanks to Diane Wang, this year’s AIA chairperson, the many AIA docents and parent volunteers for giving to our students the gift of art, allowing the children to use their creativity to create their very own masterpieces. In art, there is no right or wrong, and that in itself is the beauty of it all. Congratulations on another successful year of art!!! This year’s Reading Incentive Week theme was “Go Wild About Reading.” Students were asked to read as much as they could in one week’s time, April 17th – 24th. Thanks to Jan Nguyen and Terie Tinsley, Chair ”women,” and all their many volunteers for tallying reading logs and maintaining animal decorated charts for each classroom showing both individual and classes as a whole progress. It was a fun and amusing way to get our kids to go wild about reading!!! Students were asked to wear blue and green on Earth Day, April 22nd in celebration of Earth Day 2009. Thanks to Sandra Jones for bringing awareness of this very important day to Arlington. One point made to our children was Reduce/Reuse/Recycle and another was Earth Day not only falls on the 22nd of April but should be recognized every day for a better tomorrow. Thank you to Arlington for showing you care about our environment. Family Math Night for K and 1st grades was held on April, 23rd. What a fantastic turnout!!! It was so nice to see so many of our Arlington families gather for this evening event. Thank you to the K and 1st grade teachers for putting together a fun filled night of mathematical activities which helped to show our children even at their young age, how much fun learning math can be. Upcoming May events include: Teacher Appreciation Week (5/4-8), AIA Galley (5/15 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.), Blue Ribbon Week (5/18-22), Arlington PTA Association Meeting #5/Open House/Ice Cream Social (5/21), Buy One, Get One Free Book Fair (5/26-6/02) and Family Book Fair Day (5/30). Have another Arlington Superstar Month!!!
Alicia Mashiko |
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