Busy Week!

Caldwell School District Board Meeting

(click above to see agenda)

Date: November 8, 2010

Time: 7:00pm

Place: CHS Lecture Hall

Cotton Candy Day!!!

Tuesday November 9, 2010

$1.00

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 is our next PTO meeting!!

6:30 in the Teachers lounge!

Cookie Dough Fundraiser goodies are in!!!

Pick up Tuesday after school, just head to the gym, give them your child's name and they'll pull your order!!!! Huge THANK YOU to all the students and parents that made this a huge success!!!

Family Night!!!
-Fun with reading Harvest Festival-
Tuesday November 16, 2010
6:00pm
Come enjoy a free family night of reading, books, food and memories!!

Happy Fall!

Where does Cotton Candy money go?

The Field Trip fund!!!

Last week Mrs. Lohse and Mrs. Rimby were able to take their classes to Linder Farms!

The only picking rule was "only pick a pumpkin you can carry"!

Snack time!

Mrs. Rimbey's am class!

3 little pumpkins...

Horses!
*Thank you Linder Farms once again for a great pumpkin picking experience!

Fun Facts About The Pumpkin!
1. Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin A.
2. Pumpkin flowers are edible.
3. The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake.
4. In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling.
5. Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.
6. The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds.
7. Pumpkins are 90 percent water.
8. Eighty percent of the pumpkin supply in the United States is available in October.
9. Native Americans flattened strips of pumpkins, dried them and made mats.
10. Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for food and medicine

Thank you parents for supporting your child/children's Field Trip Fund!!!

Wilson Elementary rocked HOMECOMING WEEK!!!

It was a great week watching all the students get creative with each days theme!!
All week the halls were filled with Silly Socks, Crazy Hair, Mismatched Shoes, Bling.....

and most importantly BLUE AND GOLD!!!!


All these future Cougars had a fantastic time cheering on CHS!!!


It was great seeing all the family that showed up to support CHS

Some of the am Kindergartner "walkers"


Thanks to all the kids and staff who made Spirit week great!!!

Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons. ~Author Unknown

First PTO Meeting

Thank you to the parents, teachers and staff that came to the first PTO meeting of the school year last night. It was great to see some new, friendly faces along with of our faithful attendees. Now, some highlights from the meeting for those who couldn't attend.

-The year's 1st cotton candy sale was held on Tuesday and proceeds were counted at the meeting. A total of $428.00 was made and gets deposited directly into the field trip account!

-School t-shirt talks are well under way and quotes are being gathered.

-Book Fair dates are tentatively set for October 22nd thru 29th, info will be sent home.

-Red Ribbon week is October 25th - 28th.

-The rock wall was installed in the PE gym!

-Cookie Dough fundraiser is being planned and hopefully will start at the end of this month.

-Kindergarten will be planning a Pumpkin Patch field trip in October - YAY!

-Homecoming week is next week. A fun week is being planned along with a Friday spirit day for watching the parade - look for info to be sent home!

Dates to Remember:

September 16th - PICTURE DAY!

September 20-24th - CHS Homecoming

October 11th - School Board Meeting @ CHS 7pm

October 12th - Cotton Candy Sale $1.00

October 12th - PTO Meeting 6:30 pm

Every Friday is Popcorn Friday - .25 ea

How do you get in contact with PTO?

email: wilsonwolverinepto@gmail.com

join the facebook page: Wilson Elementary PTO

You can always call or leave a note at the office too!

This year's PTO board members are:

Melanie Farrell - President

Amanda Gigray - Vice President

Nichole Fogle - Secretary

Katie Doyle - Treasurer

The Library Gets Some Love!

If you happen to be at the school stop in the Library and see the new carpet! Over the summer PTO funds paid for carpet installation in the Library. We snapped a few pictures during the process and you can see that it was in need of replacement.

The new carpet gives the room a bright and cheery feel, perfect for starting off this year the right way!

Back to School 2010-11

School is in full swing as we all know! Thanks to all the parents, teachers and staff for getting the year off smoothly. PTO started the year off with some treats left in the staff mailboxes. We are so 'fortunate' to have a great staff at Wilson!

Keep Busy This Summer!

Summer is in full swing and are you going nuts trying to keep the kids busy yet?? Here's some ideas from your PTO and some helpful parents!

Try the FREE Family Film Festival at Regal Theaters - go here for all the info! (thanks Mrs. Beardsley!)

Make some crafts - quick and easy ideas can be found here!

Check out a Wilson Mom's blog for busting boredom here!

Find info on FREE Bowling here!

Don't forget to think about the upcoming school year too.

DRESS CODE INFO HERE

Wilson info here.

Box Tops

Hey parents and friends of Wilson!

There is a great program out there that we are excited about. Albertson's and General Mills have teamed up to give our schools more chances to earn money. It is so important that as a community we support the businesses that support us and our children. Especially with all the education budget cuts recently, our PTO is working overtime to come up with funds. The good news is that this program takes NO SPENDING on your part! All you need to do is go to the Growing Local Learning website and sign up! They will ask for your email address and a few other easy questions, including your school. Then Wilson will get 5 FREE box tops for everyone that registers. I did this a month ago and love going back in and checking to see our schools status - so far we have earned $11.50. That might not seem like a lot to you but if you consider that not one person had to open their wallet and give us money, it's pretty amazing.

I know that it might seem that one .10 box top will not make or break anything. Let me tell you that the power is in the numbers! You might remember that we just finished up our big Box Top Competition last month, hundreds and hundreds of box tops were sent in. The most amazing part is that this year box tops has already given our school a check for $1,300. After the most recent box tops get tallied we expect to get another check for about $1,100! That is just wonderful - Mrs. Beardsley is in charge of the Box Top Program at our school and she works so hard - it's good to see it pay off!!! So, it is worth it to clip and save those box tops all summer long!

If you are looking to do a little grocery shopping check out Albertson's first - they offer some great Box Top friendly sales. You can even print up coupons on the Box Top Website and the Growing Local Learning Website.

Teacher Appreciation Week

Stop in and say thanks to your teacher this week! PTO has had a ton of helpful parents pitch in and put together some special surprises for our favorite school's teachers & staff!

On Sunday a group of volunteers showed up to glue and hang these awesome posters on the teacher's doors. Be sure to come in and check them all out - ask your child which one is their favorite!

PTO filled all the mailboxes with flowers to show our appreciation.

Today the teachers got a mini pinata invitation to a PTO sponsored lunch tomorrow!

Thanks in advance to all the parents who are sending in goodies for the lunch! We will take tons of pictures and post them later this week!

Important Dates

Book Fair

The buy one, get one free Book Fair is going on this week! This is a great opportunity to support your child's love of reading as well as helping our your school. There are tons of great books available, check them out during these hours:

Wednesday 4:00 - 7:00pm - Grandparent's Day!

Thursday 1:30 - 8:00pm - Early Release & Parent Teacher Conferences

Friday 9:00a - 10:00am - No School & Parent Teacher Conferences

Carnival Highlights!

Carnival was a success! Hope you were able to make it and enjoy a fun night with family and friends. Here's some candid shots from the night...

See all of the pictures on our facebook page!