Spirit Wear & 2008/09 Yearbooks Available

We have Red Raider Spirit Wear available for sale in limited sizes and quantities. Polos are marked down to $10 and sweatshirts are now $15. These items meet the academically dressed guidelines. Available sizes are shown below.

Polo shirts $15 NOW $10
1 Child S red
2 Adult S black
5 Adult S red
2 Adult M black
5 Adult M red
1 Adult XL white
1 Adult 2xl black

Sweatshirts $18 NOW $15

2 Child S black

3 Child S red

1 Child S white

2 Child M white

7 Child L black

2 Child L red

2 Child L white

5 Child XL black
5 Child XL red
3 Adult S black
4 Adult S red
1 Adult S white
2 Adult L black
2 Adult L red

Approximately 30 2008/2009 Yearbooks are also available. The cost is $15 each.

To purchase spirit wear or a 2008/09 yearbook, contact PTA.

October News

Congratulations to the latest Membership Raffle Winners: Kristi Seibert and Shawn Riley! They each received a $10 gift card. Thank you for being a member! The last raffle drawing will be Wednesday, September 30.

Be sure to check out the Calendar of Events to the right. There is a lot happening this month. Here are the details for some of the events.

• Family Night at the Lake County YMCA Central Branch is open to Chestnut Elementary PTA members with your membership card. Held on the first Saturday of the month from 6:30-9pm, come for Open Swim and fun family activities.
• New Ohio Child Passenger Safety Laws require every child under 8 and under 4'9" to ride in a booster seat. Call 1-866-CAR-SEAT or 1-800- 755-GROW (4769) for more information.
• Chuck E Cheese Night is a great way to have fun with family and school friends while supporting PTA. 15% of purchases are donated to our PTA.
• "Beauty is..." The Reflections Art Program is a great way to develop and showcase your talents. Information has been given to the teachers and students. Entry guidelines are available in the office or by contacting PTA.
• Market Day accepts the Ohio Directions Card without a limit. All orders can be placed online or dropped off in the office.

Box Tops and Labels for Education information will be coming home. Collection bins are in each pod and in the office. Keep collecting, trimming and sending them in!

Members make our organization succeed. Thank you for participating in PTA events!

Tupperware Fundraiser Begins Monday

Information and catalogs are being sent home with students Monday, September 14. The "fun"raiser will be held for two weeks. All orders are due by Friday, September 25 at 3pm. All money must be turned in at that time. Funds raised will be used for upcoming PTA programs throughout the year.

Meeting Highlights

Lots is happening thanks to everyone who is getting involved! Here is an update from our meeting.

We are currently 60 members strong and are over halfway to meeting our membership goal. (Our goal is 110 members, a 10 percent increase from last year.) Great job everyone! The Membership Raffle winner was Connie Mayne. Connie received a $10 gift card. The Meeting Attendance Raffle winner was Stephanie Romig. Stephanie received a reusable shopping bag, PTA window cling, license plate frame, and $5 Starbucks card.

Mrs. Harper talked briefly about the District Improvement Plan. Two main goals are to increase OAT test scores by 7% each year in reading and math and to increase the graduation rate by 10%. For more details about the plan and how we will meet these goals, please contact Mrs. Harper.

Market Day sales were about $1600 this month. We must have $1000 in orders each month or Market Day will cancel our order. This is a new requirement from their headquarters. As a reminder, Market Day accepts the Ohio Directions Card and there is no longer a limit.

The Reflections Program encourages students to express themselves through visual arts, literature, photography, music, dance choreography and film/video production. This years theme, "Beauty is..." Details and entry information is available from PTA. Our school entry deadline is October 30.

To help promote the arts, we are pursuing an assembly by the Progressive Arts Alliance.

Our first major fundraiser (Tupperware) will be coming home soon.

Keep collecting Box Tops and Labels for Education! Trim them, count them and send them to us.

Meeting Tonight!

Our first meeting of the year will be held TONIGHT Wednesday, September 2 at 7pm in the Music Room. See you there!