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MDEXPRESS
October 17, 2012
MDE Calendar
10/19 - Fall Festival - 3 to 5 pm
10/25-26 - NOON Dismissal
Parent Conferences
11/2 - Class Pictures & Picture Re-takes
Picture Money Return Date - 10/31
Parents,
As you know, the picture proofs were
sent home with your child(ren) on
Friday, 10/12. The proof order
envelope with your check will be due
back to your child’s teacher no later than
Wednesday, October 31st. It states on
the order envelope that the money must
be returned within 7 days, but our date
is 10/31. Class pictures and
re-takes will be done on Friday, Nov. 2.
Bake Sale
We need your donations of
cakes & baked goods
We need donations of cupcakes, cookies,
cakes, pies and brownies for the Fall
Festival Bake Sale. Brownies & cookies
should be packaged 3 to a bag. Please
deliver your treats to the Cafeteria on
Festival Day, October 19th by 12:00
noon. Please let Derya Baysal know what
item(s) you will bring for the Bake Sale.
[email protected]"
Change in Flagpole Dismissal:
As the situation improves in front of the school,
I have received questions as far as when we will
resume flagpole pick up. We will no longer
have flagpole dismissal as we’ve known it. All
students being picked up by parents will
continue to be dismissed from the cafeteria.
This change was brought about by construction,
but I have come to the realization that it is the
safest dismissal procedure. When every child
leaves our front door, I will know that they are
in safe hands.
When children are running around at flagpole, it
is difficult to determine if all children have
already been released to a parent or designee.
There have been occasions when older children
have been left outside our building when
parents were late in picking them up.
After your child has been released to you, you
are welcome to visit at flagpole. I do ask that
you monitor the safety of your children, and
ensure that they do not trample the flower
beds.
Anick P. Watson/Principal
Ice-Cream Sales:
We started selling ice cream
on Monday, October 15th. Please
have children eat ice cream outside
the building.
CAKE ANYONE???
Cakes, Cakes, Cakes
The Cake Walk is a Fall Festival Favorite!
Please donate a cake or cakes.
We can never have enough!
Cakes can be delivered to 2 Stonegate Dr.
beginning Wednesday the week of Fall
Festival
or delivered to MDE that morning.
Donating? email [email protected]
or you can sign up online at
MDEPTA.weebly.com and select Fall
Festival, the password is MDE2012
Fall Festival
Friday, October 19th
3pm-5:30pm
Please pick up pumpkins by Thursday at the end of the school day. Thanks MDE is having a Friday Morning Performance in the
Dining Hall from 7:30 a.m. – 7: 50 a.m.
Come and watch students from all grade levels
perform in this mini Talent Show featuring Dance,
Comedy Skits and Instrumental Performances!
Reflections is a cultural arts contest
sponsored by the National PTA and is
open to all MDE students. Entries must
be the student’s original work and will
be judged at the local school level.
Selected entries will then move on to
the district level. Reflections
categories include: Visual Arts,
Photography, Musical Composition,
Literature, Dance Choreography and
Film Production. New for this year is
the “Special Artist” division for
students with physical, cognitive or
mental health challenges as defined by
the Americans with Disability Act.
Deadline for all entries is Friday,
October 26, 2012. There is a box on
the counter outside of Alix's office.
Please
visit http://www.txpta.org/programs/r
eflections/ for additional information
MDE Student Council would like to introduce the officers for the 12-13 school year:
President: Sam Snoots
Vice President: Cassidy McKeon
Secretary: Saphia Zaman
Treasurer: Isabelle Hardie
Congratulations to new officers and a big thank you to all who turned in an application!
Auction Items and Volunteers Needed for
Rendezvous on the Red Carpet Auction!
The 2013 Memorial Drive Elementary School PTA “Rendezvous on the Red Carpet” Auction is being held
Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Norris Center in City Centre. To make the star-studded auction a big success
for MDE, we need auction items for the event and everyone has sources to ask for donations! Items can come
from restaurants, sporting events, sports memorabilia, rodeo tickets, beauty salons, vacation resorts and hotels,
various retail stores where you shop, exotic car rentals, concerts, landscapers, computer stores, etc. All it takes
is to ask businesses where you spend money or friends who have resources to donate items to help raise money for
MDE PTA programs!
Donation forms are available on the PTA website at mdepta.clubexpress.com under Forms/Documents Library,
PTA Fund Raisers and view the sub-folders for 2013 Auction Documents.
In addition, we still need volunteers to help with the auction… Some of the areas we need volunteers are to
collect bids for Silent Bidding and Live/Big Board Bidding, help during Check-Out, someone to coordinate with
Anne Siller for auction program photography, and Grade Level Project Chairs for Kindergarten, First and Fourth
Grades.
Questions? Contact Amanda
[email protected].
at
713-818-8847,
[email protected]
or
Thea
at
(713)
416-3492,
MDE Summer Reading and Writing 2012
News from Ms. Stoll
The Health Fitness Department will be sending a Speed
Stack brochure home with one of your children in the
next couple of days. Speed Stacking is a great activity
that we have been doing in Health Fitness which
stimulates the brain. Many of the students have asked
about ordering Speed Stacks so we decided to do a
group order. You can order from the website below
and follow the directions to the group order/Memorial
Drive Elementary. Our school will receive points with
each order and be able to order additional equipment
through this company. Yeah!
The directions are on the back of the brochure on how
to order. IF you aren’t able to order online, please
bring a check and order form to Ms. Stoll and I can
order it for you.
Go to- www.speedstacks.com and order today. If
you have any questions please email me or give me a
call.
Thank you!
Ms. Stoll
[email protected]
713-251-6300
Thank you, again, to all the participants in
the MDE Summer Reading and Writing 2012
program. Participation prizes will be
distributed as soon as more parking in front
of the school is available. Any questions,
please contact Betty Welter at
[email protected]
RED RIBBON WEEK
October 22nd - 25th
There will be organized activities and
prizes for those who participate in
remembering to be DRUG FREE.
WEAR RED every day next week & if
your name is called on MDETV you get a
coupon for ice cream.
Change is blowing in the wind!
All SBISD Libraries are in a transition period. A
new library system is, as I write, in the process of
conversion and implementation. This is a HUGE
and complicated process and flexibility is the key
for everyone. Please know any inconveniences
this is causing your children’s library use is only
temporary.
Thank you,
Ms. Gabriel
Beginning Thursday, November 1, 2012, Memorial Drive Elementary students will have the opportunity to participate in a walk‐a‐thon to support children with life threatening allergies, specifically food allergies, including several students at MDE. Students will do their walk on the MDE track during recess from November 1 through November 9. Parents are welcome to join their child on the track to walk during recess on Thursday, November 8, and then to come by room 406 to learn more about food allergies from some local and national experts who will be on hand.. The events are being planned and coordinated by the Campus School Health Advisory Committee. The students will participate in a kick‐off assembly on November 1st, and learn about this health issue that today impacts one in every 13 school aged children in the U.S. We will teach them about food allergies, help them understand that food allergies are serious and can be life‐threatening, and teach them how that can be helpful. We will introduce the “Be a P.A.L.” program where P.A.L. stands for Protect A Life from Food Allergy, and look at some simple steps our students can take be aware and to help keep their friends with food allergies safe at school. Here is how the walk‐a‐thon will work. Students will receive a pledge form to request donations for each lap around the track that they walk or run during recess. Any donation is greatly appreciated but for safety reasons, students should only request pledges from family and close friends. Classroom teachers will assist students in maintaining a log of the trips around the track during each recess. A certificate with the number of laps completed will be sent home with each student on November 12. Each student who walks will receive an Athletic Shoe cut‐out to write their name on the shoe and the shoes will be hung in the gym. Our goal is to circle the gym with shoes. Pledge forms and donations are due November 16th to each student’s teacher. The money will be donated to The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, a charity that focuses on food allergy awareness, advocacy, education and research. It’s a win‐win activity because the students will benefit from walking for their health in addition to raising awareness about food allergies. Any voluntary contributions you make to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network are very much appreciated.
FAAN is a 501(c)(3) charity, so all contributions are tax deductible. Checks can be made payable to FAAN or The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. Often prizes are offered to students in recognition of donations but MDE has decided that our students should walk for good health and not prizes. All participants will however receive a FAAN “Be A P.A.L.” certificate to thank them for their participation. The grade level with the most laps walked per number of students will receive an extra recess the first week of December. Last year we raised $10,000 and walked approx. 4,000 laps! Let’s try to top that in 2012 for Allergy Awareness! Rafflemania Items ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ tickets $0.50 each
Buy Tickets during lunch!! Grand Prizes announced Friday during Fall Festival
Grand Prizes
iPad 16g 3rd generation
iPod Touch 5th generation
Razor E100 Electric Scooter
XBOX 360 Kinect
Kindle
Razor Ground Force Drifter
Additional Prizes:
Conga
Create Your Own Book
Tabletop Easel
LEGO‐Harry Potter
Chris Johnson Bobble Head
Puzzles
Peanuts Philosophers Book
XBOX Games
Skylanders
Bayblade
Bakugan Deluxe Battlegear
Kanoodle
USA Bingo Game
American Girl ‐ Felicity Book
Password Journal
Dragon Sticky Mosaics
12 DVD Cartoon Collection
Avengers Movie
Super Mario Movie
LEGO‐City Prisoner Transport
LEGO‐Hero Factory Striger 3.0
Smithsonian ‐ Electronic Crystal Growing Set
MONSTER Truck ‐ Big Foot
LEGO‐Friends Olivia's Treehouse
STAR WARS ‐ Fighter Pods Super Battle Set
LEGO‐Big Farm
Double Shutter
Kayakchaos
LEGO‐TECHNIC Rescue Helicopter
Delta Dualer Battle set
CAT Construction Express Motorized Train
Skylander XBOX Starter Pack
5 Toys R Us $20 gift cards
Flower Bracelets
Monopoly
LEGO‐Star Wars General Grievous Starfighter
Medieval Games
Frendship Bracelet creator
Magic Spin Art
Domino Express
Tripoley
LEGO‐Friends City Park Café
Tournament Knight Black Knight on Horseback
Penguin
Razor Kick Scooter
Speed Stack Cups
Pretty Pedicure Salon
Rubiks Revolution
Foxtail
Erector ‐ Spacechaos ‐ Dark Pirates
Game Stop $25 gift card
Cash Bag $50
Duck Hunter ‐ Launch and Load
LEGO‐Hero Factory Witch Doctor
STATS ‐ Sling shoot and catch
Periscope
Under Cover ‐ Rearview glasses
Lion King Caps
Texan towels
Super Ultra Dinosaur
Hunger Games ‐ District 12 Books
Bohemian Bands
Nerf guns
Boggle
All proceeds go to the MDE PTA. Prizes 100% donated by parents!!! Grand Prize Winners announced
during Fall Festival. All other prizes are delivered to the classroom on Friday.
Questions??? Contact Brenda Bartley [email protected] 713.780.1573