Central PTA News

The PTA/O is looking for some wonderful volunteers to serve as committee chairs on some available committees. If you are interested or need more information on a specific committee, please contact one of our 1^st VP’s. Melinda Brom, thebroms@sbcglobal.net or Michelle Marconi, michellemarconi@ameritech.net. If you’d like to talk to them, their phone numbers are in the school directory.

1. Birthday Boards*: One or two creative people that want to celebrate the students and staff birthdays by decorating the birthday board outside the school office.
2. Cultural Arts Coordinators*: One or two people to coordinate the Cultural Arts program. Organize and lead the volunteers that take turns giving monthly presentations about selected artists and pieces of art and supervising a hands-on related art activity. No previous art knowledge needed!
3. Halloween Windows: Coordinate Central School’s participation in the district Halloween window painting program.
4. Hike and Bike to School*: Plan and promote a week of awareness and activities promoting walking or riding bikes to school. (Fall Program)
5. Innisbrook Gifts and Wrapping Paper: Coordinate and organize the promotion of this fundraiser. Fall dates are Sept.12-26, 2008. Collect orders, count money and organize volunteers for product pick up. In spring, you’ll send out a flyer to promote more sales.
6. PR/Media Coordinator: Are you a good writer? You’ll write press releases and contact the local newspapers to promote PTA/O activities at Central School.
7. Science in a Can*: (One or two people) A weekly commitment for 10-12 weeks during January through March to check in cans and replenish supplies for the experiments. Usually requires 30-45 minutes/week at school.

Central School is an extra special place because of our volunteers, and in whatever way you do help, it is much appreciated. You’ll receive a detailed informational folder with all important information to make the job easier. We can’t do it without you and unfortunately, the committees marked with a * will be dropped in the 2008/09 school year if we don’t find someone to run the program.

Thank you to everyone that helped make the Halloween Festivities a Great Success! Halloween wouldn’t be so special without all the helping hands from Central parents, staff and teachers.  A special thank you goes out to the Halloween Committees:

• Halloween Windows; Nancy Hutchings
• Halloween Room Parties; Lead, Assitant and Helper Room Parents & Teachers
• Halloween Parade: Students, teachers & spectators
• Halloween Play and the cast of characters;
• Committee Chairs & Play Wrights; Dawn Gmitro & Kim Jacobs
• Introduction; Robin Benoy & Diane Chaney
• Blythe the Gargoyle; Todd Neumann
• Hollywood the Gargoyle; Dawn Gmitro
• Janitor; Eva Lazzara
• Student 1/Princess; Diane Chaney
• Student 2/Cheerleader; Cheryl Dowling
• Student 3/Crazy Guy; Maddalena Flight
• Bambini 1/Jeannine Glavas
• Bambini 2/Melinda Brom
• Mr. Ames; Ginny Lee Hermann
• Crew; Kim Jacobs, Jenny Straka, Jane Wilhelm
• Score; Ingrid Lulich

An extra special thank you goes out to Eva Lazzara and Ginny Lee-Hermann who have been involved in the play for many years and this was their last show! Central School will miss you and you are always welcome to come back for a special appearance.  Thank you.

Calling all photographers! The Central School Halloween festivities are planned for Wednesday, October 31st from 1:00 - 3:05 pm. The Roadrunner staff would love photos of the parade, homeroom parties and the Halloween play. Please snap away and send pictures to Kim Frank. The photos can be on a CD (preferred) or just emailed to Kim Frank at pkjna@comcast.net. Drop off the CDs in the PTA mailbox attention Kim Frank or leave in Kim’s home mailbox - see School directory for home address. CDs will be returned to you if you note the return information on the disc. Thank you for your help. Happy Halloween and enjoy the festivities!

Central School Halloween Festivities are just days away.  Please keep in mind the following activity schedule;

• 11:30 - 1:00; Extended lunch hour, early dismissal.  If possible, please make every effort to have your child go home for lunch in order to dress in Halloween costumes. (Students should not return earlier than 12:50)
• 1:00 pm; Students are in classrooms
• 1:15 pm; Halloween play by PTA in Hauser auditorium.  Guests, please sit in the balcony
• After the play, ~1:40 ish; Halloween Parade; outside if weather permits. Parents please try to spread out along the sidewalks to provide spectators in many places along the parade route
• 2:00 -3:00 pm; Room parties; Room parents will assist in each classroom.  If you have a preschooler with you, childcare will be provided by PTA for room parents and the PTA play cast members in the small gym(champions room)
• Kindergarten Information: There will be no morning kindergarten on Wednesday, October 31st.  All Kindergarteners will join the festivities from 1:00 - 3:05 pm. Kindergarten Enrichment students will attend in the morning and they are encouraged to go home and change into their costumes.  If this is not possible, please let the Kindergarten Enrichment teacher know. 
• Trick or Treating hours in Riverside are 3:00 - 7:00 pm

Have a safe and fun-filled Halloween!

Would you like to decorate Riverside businesses with Halloween paintings (1st - 5th graders)? If so, we will be painting after school on 10/18 and 10/19 from 3:15 - 5:30pm (with last-minute finishing touches on Saturday, 10/20).

The sign-up form was been sent in the backpacks on 10/3/07, and is also available for download right here. Please return the sign up form (with $5 clean-up fee) to the Central Office, PTA mailbox - Halloween Windows, by 10/10. Painting assignments (window spaces) will be distributed at St. Mary’s this year on 10/18 and 10/19 from 3:15 - 4:15pm (St. Mary’s parking lot). Painters will need their supplies: paint (washable, no acrylic), brushes, sponges, newspaper, paper towels.

We look forward to the ghoulish artistry! Please contact Nancy Hutchings for questions, nancyhutchings@hotmail.com.

If you have always had a dream to be on stage (or help behind the scenes) the Central Halloween Play is the event for you.  October is fast approaching and the PTA will be sponsoring the annual Halloween Play.  This is one of the favorite events for Central Students each year.  Following are the details for the volunteer kick-off meeting; 

• Friday, September 28, 2007
• Time: 8:30 am - 9:00 am
• Multipurpose Room at Central School
• Questions; contact Kim Jacobs, filerjacobs@hotmail.com or Dawn Gmitro, Dmgimitro@aol.com

A Central School coordinator for the Halloween windows is still needed. This is an easier job than in years past as Blythe School will coordinate the businesses, taping and overall organization. The Central School coordinator will send out a flyer with the specifics of the cost and date and gather this information to forward to the Bythe contact. If you are interested, please contact Jeannine Glavas (Cowell) at jmcowell92@aol.com or Mary Ellen Meindl at marrymelon@sbcglobal.net.