After School Enrichment Program - Winter 2012

The Winter 2012 After School Enrichment Program will be starting soon. The registration deadline has been extended to Friday, January 27^th, 2012. There are some new and exciting programs for the kids. These classes are provided to offer a pleasant and enriching experience for Windermere students. View Winter 2012 catalog or registration form.

Chairperson:  Marti Underwood or Ann Carmichael

The Wellness Program - January 26^th

On Thursday, January 26th, from 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., volunteers are urgently needed to assist in a taste testing of the Australian dessert known as Lamingtons! Lamingtons are squares of cake dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with shredded coconut. Tasting will occur during the students' lunch periods on Thursday. We need people to help set up, clean up and keep the children organized and moving through the lines since their lunch periods are short. We are also in need of 2 chocolate fountains for the tasting. If you are able to help, or have a chocolate fountain you could loan to us, (It will be cleaned and returned to you the next day.) please contact Marta Bergese . Please plan to arrive in the Multipurpose room at 10:15 am and stay for 2 hours - until approximately 12:15 pm. We hope to see you on Thursday for this fun event!

Chairperson:  Marta Bergese

Winter Game Room

Beginning in January, we offer students the option of staying indoors during lunchtime recess. We provide games and activities for them in a game room setting. This game room will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the months of January, February and March. It is a nice alternative to going out in the cold and has been quite popular with the kids in the past, particularly among the younger grades!

Moms, Dads or Grandparents are welcome. Your kids will really get a kick out of seeing you in the game room. Your preschool/kindergarten age children are welcomed to come with you! You are welcome to sign up for one day or several.

Materials Needed:  markers, scissors, glue sticks, masking tape, scotch tape, yarn, beads, stretch wire to string beads, and colored floss

Available Dates:
January		February		March
Tuesday	Thursday	Tuesday	Thursday	Tuesday	Thursday
3	5		2;half day/conf.		1
10	12	7	9	6	8
17;no school	19	14	16	13	15
24	26	21	23
31		28	24

Game Room Guidelines

Game Room Signup Sheet

Chairperson:   Christina Balderaz

Dine Out for Windermere

Windermere PTO is pleased to partner with area restaurants to benefit programs and activities that all of the Windermere students and families get to enjoy.  Throughout the year, we will invite you to "Dine Out" and a percentage of the proceeds from your bill will be donated to our school.  We will inform you of these events.  We encourage you to share and forward this invitation to family, friends, business colleagues, etc.  Anyone can participate!  If you have suggestions of restaurants that we could partner with, please contact Jenny Golowin.

Bon Appetit!

Schakolad at 3219 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington will give 10% of your purchase on Saturday, February 4^th to Windermere PTO. Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Pick up a special gift for someone you love while supporting our school!
*Remember: You must present the flyer.   Schakolad Flyer

Chairperson:  Jenny Golowin

BoxTop Collection Contest

The BoxTops Collection contest will run from January 30 - February 3. The students turn in all of the General Mill's BOX TOPS their family has collected to their classroom teacher during the promotional dates. The classroom that collects the most BOX TOPS will win something extra special. In the past it has been an extra recess, Bosco Cheesy Breadsticks, popsicles or Junior Frosty's from Wendy's!

The school record is 15,471 (October 2011)! Let's see if we can beat it!!

NOTE:  Get 50 Bonus Box Tops when you purchase ANY 10 products featuring the Box Tops for Education icon in a single transaction with your Giant Eagle Advantage Card. Bonus Box Top Certificate prints at the register upon check out. This offer is valid through the end of January! To view the complete list of participating Box Top for Education products, please visit the Box Tops website by clicking HERE.  Not familiar with the BOX TOP for Education program?  Visit http://www.boxtops4education.com. We earn $.10 for each BOX TOP you clip off of the empty box of participating products - it adds up very fast!

Chairperson:   Angie Dockery or Layla Manganaro

PTO Needs Volunteers

Also, we are looking for someone to chair the 4^th of July Float. Most of the work would be in late Spring and early Summer. It is a fun way to show school spirit and to meet other parents from the school.

Contact:   Kim Holt

                              October 11, 2011

Purpose of Meeting:

General Adminstrative Tasks:  General Session

Budget

Restaurant Night Fundraiser

Traffic Update

Holiday Luncheon

Bake Sale

Free Family Game Night

King Arthur

Pancake Breakfast

Fall Family Update

Next meeting: January 24 @ 8:30 a.m. in the Conference rm - Math Core Curriculum Standards  View Full Minutes

Bread Baking Thanks!

A huge thank you to the King Arthur Flour Company, who generously donated the materials necessary for our 4^th and 5^th graders to each make two loaves of homemade bread. And a huge thank you to our 4^th and 5^th grade families for taking the time to bake the bread together and donate one loaf to those less fortunate. Windermere collected a whopping 145 loaves of bread, which were taken down by Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Hartzell. Thank you to these moms and our wonderful teachers and principals who supported this amazing program. A huge shoutout to Ann Carmichael as well, who helped us package supplies for our kids to bake! We couldn't have done it without each one of you!!!

Donation Thank You

Thank you to Catherine McMillen from TopTrumps USA for her generous donation of games for several of the teachers' holiday wish list gift items.

PTO Thanks!

The PTO sponsored author visit with James Bruchac was a wonderful day for the students. They enjoyed hearing about how he creates his books as well as asking him various questions. The PTO also hosted a luncheon for Mr. Bruchac and staff during which staff got the chance to ask their questions and dialogue with him.