Central PTA News

Today we switched to a new service for managing newsletter subscriptions called FeedBlitz. The Central PTA Newsletter will now be mailed to you by FeedBlitz, and it will be created automatically from postings on the website. No more manual editing. Anything that appears on the PTA website will automatically be added to the next newsletter.

Anyone who provided an email address when they joined the PTA is automatically signed up for the digest version of the newsletter. This means that updates will be sent only occasionally, and updates will be saved up for one big mailing. Updates can also be sent to your email on a daily basis if you like. If there are new items added to the website, those updates will be emailed to you automatically shortly after midnight on the day they were posted.

If that’s STILL not quick enough for you, you can also receive RSS updates of new content being added to the site. RSS feeds require a reader or an aggregator. The Firefox browser includes a built in RSS reader, and the forthcoming version of Microsoft Windows, called Vista, also includes Internet Explorer with a built in RSS reader. Until those browsers become more popular, you might want to stick with one of the two email options for receiving updates from the site. You can also skip the email altogether and just visit the site regularly to see what’s new.

If you would like to receive updates from the Central PTA News website automatically, please choose one of the following three options:

• Receive email updates as they are posted (once per day or less)
• Receive email updates less frequently, like a monthly newsletter
• Try out the RSS feed (experts only - you’ll need to add this feed to your reader)

Any questions? Call Chris Hajer (see directory for phone number) or email me at chrishajer@gmail.com .

The evening will begin with a pizza dinner in the Hauser “Pizza Parlor” cafeteria. We will have 2 seatings for dinner. The first seating will be from 5:30-6:10 pm and the second seating will be from 6:15-7:00 pm. Choose which seating you will attend, pre-order and pre-pay for pizza and soda/water using the attached order form by January 9th.

The evening’s entertainment will begin in the auditorium at 6:10 pm. Attend the first seating and catch Michael Hall’s Magical Entertainment Show from 6:10-6:50 pm. The “Great Big Faces” performance will be held from 7:00-8:00 pm. Fun for the entire family. Attend the entertainment whether not you come for pizza. It’s Free!!

Teachers are invited as guests of the PTA! No charge. Just fill out and return attached order form to us. We’d love to see you!

PLEASE REMEMBER: PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOR ALL EVENING.

You can download the order form in the following formats:

Microsoft Word (.doc)
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
Word Perfect (.wpd)

Thanks. We’ll see you there.

Nancy Hopkins made the duties for the Treasurer position available. You can see them here.

Mrs. Loulousis provided an updated list of AR quizzes which are now available.

If you’ve never downloaded a list of quizzes before, grab one of these complete documents:

Complete AR Quiz Lists:
Microsoft Excel format
Adobe PDF

If you already downloaded the version from 10/25/05, you can download just the new quizzes:

Updates Only (new since 10/25/05):
Microsoft Excel (new quizzes only)
Adobe PDF (new quizzes only)

In the near future, the quizzes will also be available for searching by author and title online. Until then, please download them and view them on your computer.

Thanks.

The December / January newsletter went out today. If you did not receive a copy in your email, it’s possible something went terribly wrong, or it’s possible we just have the wrong email address for you. Please send an email to chrishajer@gmail.com if you did not receive your newsletter. There were about 15 email addresses that were undeliverable when the newsletter was sent out today: maybe one of the addresses was yours.

An archived copy of the newsletter is available here.

If you have not done so already, you can subscribe to the newsletter right here:

Questions? Just email chrishajer@gmail.com - we’ll get it dialed in.

The Central PTA website now includes all the Cultural Arts materials that were previously stored on CDs, plus more! For those of you who are Cultural Arts volunteers, you will no longer have to go to the school to check out the CD; it is now online. The PTA Board would like to extend a “thank you” to REEF (Riverside Elementary Education Foundation), who generously funded the project to digitize the information that was in the paper files.

Having Cultural Arts on the website will allow us to add to the images and information. Slideshows are now a possibility. Cultural Arts will be accessible from any computer with Internet access (which includes all the computers at the school). The possibilities for this project are endless, and we would appreciate suggestions and feedback.

Check out the Cultural Arts materials online today.

The original flyer can be downloaded here.

Clip labels, write child’s name & grade on the back, and he/she can win gift certificates from Heavenly Hot Dogs, Aunt Diana’s, Grumpy’s, Stella’s and Riverside Foods every month! Central wins cash and free stuff for all the children!

Random drawings from December through May with 3 winners monthly. Please drop labels in the collection boxes outside of the office or on each floor. Any questions, call Mary Lou Taccola @ xxx-xxxx or Michelle Hruska @ xxx-xxxx. (see directory for phone numbers.)

1) General Mills “Box Tops for Education” from 330 products (worth 10 cents)
2) Campbell’s “Labels for Education” — entire label from cans
3) Tyson “Project A+” labels worth 24 cents each when you include the entire label from boxes, bags and lunchmeat side panels.