Thank you for joining PTA!
Parent
Education Lunch
On
Thursday, October 23, from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in
the PCE Library, we will present Jackie Agers,
Director of Student Assistance Programs for RISD. She
will speak on "Smoking, Drug, and Alcohol
Awareness and Abuse."
Market Day
Our
sale in November will be Wednesday November 12, 1997
from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. The order forms should be in
your child’s Friday envelope on October 24th.
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MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT Youth Protection and
Safety
Hooray for Gift Wrap!!
Clothes Closet
"You
never really teach anyone anything, you can only create
an environment where they can discover the truth for
themselves."
Socrates
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Special Recognition
Council
Delegates
The Annual RISD Used Book Fair is still
months away, but remember to save all your used
books. Books will be collected in January!
Red Ribbon Week - "Join Me,
Be Drug Free"
Red
Ribbon week will take place October 27-31.
Vision
and hearing screening will be conducted on
Tuesday, October 21.
Parent Advisory
Committee
The RISD Calendar Committee is starting
the process of determining the school calendar for
next year. If you would like to make your voice heard
on areas such as school start date, whether or not to
have Fall Break, or whether or not it's important to
you to finish the fall semester before Winter Break,
please call the RISD administration and leave your
message for K. Jonas at 301-3444.
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Multicultural Dinner
Plan
to attend our annual multicultural dinner this
Tuesday evening. All families should bring a covered
dish representing their family’s cultural
background (to serve 6-8). Please deliver your food
by 5:45 p.m. Dinner will start at 6:00 p.m. Desserts
will be donated. There will be two serving lines (one
on each side of the cafeteria) to help cut down on
waiting time.
The
3rd and 4th grades will perform the musical
"Kids Are Kids The Whole World Round" after
a short PTA meeting at 7:00 p.m. The children will be
dressed in ethnic costumes and you can feel free to
come in costume as well. Come, bring your family, and
celebrate the diversity of our school, our country,
and our world. Remember - All Children Smile In The
Same Language!
Meeting Reminder
- Dinner:
Multicultural Pot Luck
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- Program:
3rd and 4th graders
- present
a Multicultural Musical
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- When:
Tuesday, Oct. 21
- Dinner
at 6:00 p.m.
- PTA
meeting and
- Musical
at 7:00 p.m.
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- Where:
PCE cafeteria
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First
Grade News
Sixth
Grade News
The
sixth graders have been working diligently on series
and parallel circuits. First, they learned about the
difference between the two circuits by completing a
Macintosh computer lab. Then they discovered the
process of how the two circuits work by exploring
with the SCIIS lesson. Finally, the sixth graders
built their own series circuit puzzles. Be sure to
test the puzzles as you pass through the PCE
hallways.
Mrs.
Berke
Arts
in Education
Come
share your jack-o-lantern with
everyone! Bring your decorated pumpkin to the
cafeteria before school on Thursday, October 30th.
They will be displayed for everyone to admire, then
you can take them home with you on Friday.
Disbursement Committee
If you'd like to participate on the
committee that presents recommendations for the Gifts
to the School that the PTA makes each year, please
place a note in the PTA mail slot in the school
office. The committee will meet a few times in the
Spring.
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September Readers
Third graders who earned reading
certificates and enjoyed a special treat by reading
for 20 minutes on 20 days in September include:
Ms. Biedenharn’s class: Alex
, Lauren , Darius, Eric, Savannah, Ashton, Nick ,
Alisha, Kelly, Daniel, Andrew, Barbara, Preston,
Peter, Emily, Ben, and Kirsten.
Mrs. Water’s class: Cory,
Bryan, Taylor, Matthew, Michael, Shaun, Merideth,
Laura, John, Miles, Danielle, Alexander, Natalie,
Laura, John, Gail Ann, and Stephen.
teacher spotlight
Notes from the Nurse
Multi-Media Messages
PTA on the Internet
The RISD Council of PTAs is now on-line
with a new Home Page on the World Wide Web. The page
is access through the RISD Home Page, using the
address "www.richardson.k12.tx.us" and
selecting the "PTA" bar on the right side
of the screen. The Council Home Page provides general
information about the Council, meeting dates and
information about the Executive Board, programs for
the group's General Meetings, details about the
Council's major projects, and a listing of the
Council's goals. Links are provided to the Texas PTA
and National PTA Home Pages.
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Special Thanks
Thank
you PCE. Many of you have been encouraging with your
words and kindness during the last few weeks. During
September, I was gone a lot being with my father in
his final battle with cancer. I appreciate the way so
many of you picked up the responsibilities I left
here. It is a comfort and blessing to be working with
such a special team. Cheryl
Thank you Joanie, Betsy and all
your many, many assistants for a great Bike Rodeo. A
teacher was overheard saying "It was the best
run bike rodeo ever at PCE"!
Thank
you Cheryl for your numerous hours in putting
together a very successful gift wrap sale.
Thank you Nancy, Jane, Jana,
Brenda, and Sheryl for taking over for Cheryl on
minutes notice and counting all that Gift Wrap money
and checking all those orders!
Thank you Sally for
organizing the Arts in Education "Wouldn’t
it be great if..." contest while in the midst of
taking your "baby" to college!
Thank you Ronnie for
sharing your "space" with all those
volunteers!
Thank
you Jerry for everything you do at PCE!
Thanks to this month’s team
of newsletter reporters, Diane, and Julie, and
everyone who submitted articles for the news-letter.
I couldn’t do this job without you!
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Membership
Membership Update:
As of October 12, 1997:
The following classes reached the goal of
90% joining by September 12 and received a classroom
treat:
Other News of Interest
from Other Schools
miscellaneous
In the throws of things, it is
always reassuring to remember:
You are not alone;
You don't have all the answers,
but neither does anyone else;
You have a valuable resource in
other parents and they have a valuable resource in
you;
The
threat is manageable if we work together.
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