Holiday Baskets.....“Helping Our Own”

Stevenson’s PTA has proudly participated in assembling Holiday Baskets for Burbank families in need. This year, Stevenson has specifically asked the Burbank Coordinating Council the families we adopt to receive Holiday Baskets be chosen from Stevenson. We felt it was important to reach out to our own Stevenson families in these trying times of economic hardships. We also felt that knowing the donations we are asking for were going to our very own students and their families would be very fulfilling and rewarding to all of us at Stevenson.

The Holiday Basket Coordinator from the Burbank Coordinating Council made it very clear we would not be given the names of the families we have adopted. No one at Stevenson will know the identities of the adopted families. There will be a preset drop off point and pick up time and place off campus. The Stevenson families chosen won't even know they are the recipients of Holiday Basket created by Stevenson until the day of the pick up.

The goal of the Holiday Basket program is to provide holiday meals for one full day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and gifts for each member of the adopted families. Through a food drive and Giving Tree we hope to collect all the necessary items to create each family a Stevenson Holiday Basket unique to that family’s needs.

Food Drive: We ask that you start sending in your non-perishable food donations with your children on Monday, November 23rd. Volunteers will collect donations each day from classrooms until Friday, December 4th. Suggestions for food items are soups, tuna, can vegetables and fruits, dry cereals, pancake mix, pastas, crackers and peanut butter. Additional items needed are paper goods, and toiletries.

Giving Tree: There will be a poster of a Giving Tree set up at Stevenson. The tree will have paper leaves with the gender, age, and clothing sizes written on each leaf for the 25 adopted family members. The Giving Tree will also be on display during the Holiday Boutique from November 30 to December 3rd. We ask that you drop by and a pick a leaf of your choice. Please return your Holiday Basket donations by December 11th.

Additional information is available on our school website http://stevensonpirates.net/home/current-needs/holiday-baskets/ , classroom blogs and flyers will be sent home with your children. If you would like to get involved with the Holiday Baskets, please contact us at abugnut@aol.com or call 818-522-7218. If you have any connections to clothes, grocery or toy store freebies by all means give us a call.

Hullo from India.....

Hello Room 13....
Yes it's me...Adi Rallapalli's mom writing to u ALL the way from India.I believe most of u would be aware by now that v have moved back to India.Though it feels great to be back on home turf...one misses the days spend in a place one called home for almost 4yrs.
Adi and I are missing Burbank and more so Stevenson Elementary.Hope to be back someday.
Adi remembers all of his classmates and would like to say individual hellos but that would mean a lot of typing so a collective HI from him to everyone in Room 13...especially Dear Ms.Anderson and lovely Ms.Foy...
We miss you all....
Hope Room#13 ROCKS!!!
Lots of love,
Kavita and Adi....

Sorry....

Hullo everyone,
Sorry for the delay in posting this week's newsletter...was caught up in this n that.....anyway here it is....
Also here's an update about our Time For Kids magazine subscription....
THANKS to Zaina Hayath and David Contreas and their families v have $60.00.....

Vote for Stevenson....

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Please visit our contest page at http://www.care2.com/schoolcontest/601567 and vote for us – it’s free, it’s easy and every vote helps rally support for our school! The last day to vote is November 8, 2009. Once you vote, please ask your friends and family to vote for us, too. With your help we can help our school win $20,000 which will help our children!

Look out for.....

Please look out for these flyers which have gone home with your child in the Monday folder...they contain important information....

Class news...Oct12th - Oct 16th

A big Thankyou to Ms.Anderson for the informative and helpful newletter!!!

Time for kids.....

First I wanna THANK.....Ms.Foye for all the help she extends in sending home the flyers and in keeping track of the stuff that comes back...Thanks Ms.Foye u make my work a lot easier!!!

Thanks to students...
Daniel Cho,Phoenix,Jackson and Kasi
and their families....
we already have $40.00 for the subscription....
Yeah we are getting there!

Room#13 needs....

1)White-board markers
2)Hand sanitizers....preferably 8oz. pumps....
3)Stopwatches

Thankyou!

Class news September 28th - October 2nd

A BIG THANKYOU TO MS.ANDERSON FOR THE INFORMATIVE NEWSLETTER!

Please click on the image of the newsletter for a bigger and better view.

LATEST NEWS FROM SCHOOL

Last chance to pre-register for Stevenson's Flu Clinic:-
Stevenson's Flu clinic is taking place on October 10th, 9:30 to 1:00. In order for the clinic to take place we need 50 pre-registrations. Those who do pre-register will also get a discount on the cost of the flu shot. If you don't manage to pre-register, you can still come along and get the shot.

For information on preregistration see: http://stevensonpirates.net/flu/

Join PTA!
There's still time to join PTA. PTA is the only state and national organization which lobbies exclusively for children and children's issues. By joining PTA you are showing support for your school and giving your child a say in the decisions which affect their education.

As of this week, this is the number of sign ups we've had for each class. We'd really like to build on the start we've made this year.

Flores - 40%
Almeida -39%
Boulais/rondinella - 46%
Anderson - 32%
Clarke - 61%
Goulding - 37%
Diamond - 52%
Baade - 59%
Gibson - 37%
Lavitt - 50%
Torres - 37%
Rotunno - 37%
Hill - 50%
Carrillo - 45%
Lukehart - 17%
Blank - 3%

In this month's newsletter you'll find a PTA sign up form. If you have not already, please consider joining. The more members the PTA has, the stronger and more effective its voice will be.

Boo Bash Wish List
Boo Bash is coming up. In order to make this event a success we need some help from our fantastic Stevenson parents. Please see http://stevensonpirates.net/home/current-needs/boo-bash-wishlist/ for a list of ways you can help.

Tuesday is Pizza Night
This coming Tuesday, September 29th! 20% of proceeds from orders at North End Pizzeria will go to Families For Stevenson. A coupon will be coming home in you child's backpack or you can print your own from the school website. Join in with the tastiest way to support the school!

http://stevensonpirates.net/2009/09/27/pizza-night/

School Directory
The School Directory is almost complete. If you haven't returned the blue card with your details, could you please fill it out and return it this week. Your Room Rep can provide you with a new one if you need it. Even though you are receiving these emails, we'd still appreciate it if you could complete the cards so we can make the directory a resource for everyone at the school to keep in touch.

Craft Club
Craft club is meeting every Tuesday from 8.30 - 10.30 in the Parents' room (Bungalow A). Our next session will focus on producing earring to sell at Boo Bash, we will also continue to work on crafts for the Holiday Boutique. Feel free to drop by!!

Finally, don't forget, the next PTA/FFS meeting is Thursday October 8th, 8.30am in the Library. Everyone is welcome.

LOADS OF FUN AT THE BOO-BASH....

Stevenson has it's very own Halloween celebration...the 'BOO BASH'.....
It is full of fun and excitement with various games and fun booths.This year it is scheduled for FRIDAY,OCTOBER 30th FROM 5PM to 8PM.
Students can wear their own costumes but NO masks,weapons,sharp objects or even weapon like toys.
Each class has been assigned a booth/game...I will soon let you know ours.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to help out at the BOO BASH.
So if you have the time PLEASE do volunteer.
THANK-YOU.

OCTOBER CALENDAR:-
8th October - Pta/FFs meeting - 8:30am - in school library
10th October - Flu Vaccine - 9:30am - in school library
16th October - Reflections deadline
26th October - Original works orders DUE
27th October - North End Pizza Night
30th October - BOO BASH - 5pm - 8pm

Ms.Anderson's email....

Ms.Anderson's email id is as follows:-

karin_anderson@sbcglobal.net

U can write to her on this email address.

Students Who Signed The Principal's Log

Name of students who have signed the Principal's log:-

Adi Rallapalli
Jackson Sost
Jonathan Diaz
Kasi Zimmerman
Zaina Hayath

Congratulations!!!

TEACHER'S CORNER

A big THANKS to Ms.Anderson for the informative newsletter.

Miss Anderson's class news
September 21st - September 25th
This month's character trait is Friendship!

Thank you to Kasi, Jackson, Liam, Adi, and Lilli for donating books to our class!!!
Thank you also to all the parents who have sent in supplies for our class! We greatly
appreciate it!

Attention:
Today I am sending home your student's grammar test on sentence structure, please look
over the test, sign that you have seen it, and rctum tomorow. Thank you!
Your student's 3x final multiplication test is coming home today.

Extra Credit:
If your student is interested in doing an extra credit book report project, they may do one
and be ready to share it with the clsss this Friday. (This is ongoing for the month of
September.)

Don't forget:
Your student needs to have a set of headphones to use in the computer lab. Please send
them in as soon as possible. Thank you!

What we're studying this week:
Reading: We are reading short stories and reviewing reading strategies we have studied
so far. We will have a unit test this week.
Writing: We will practice writing paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting
details.
Math: We are working on addition in chapter 3. We arc memorizing our 4X facts. There
will be a quiz this Friday.
Social Studies: We are leaming about our national and state symbols.
Cursive: We are reviewing the letters e, j, p, l and f and learning the letters h and k.

Thankyou!

WELCOME WONDERFUL PARENTS !!!!

Hullo Room 13 parents,
I am your Room Representative KAVITA BHADORIA.....my son Adi Rallapalli is in Ms.Anderson's class.
Through this blog I will try to keep you up-dated about all the important news and info about Room 13 as well as our school.
Since I have not blogged before.....please forgive me for any goof-ups!
Hope you will share your thots and suggestions on how to make this better in the comments section.

Before I get started I would like to welcome our other 3 Room Representatives:-
Soon Nam(Child's name- Daniel Cho)
Maritza Valladares(Child's name- Michaelangelo Torrejon)
Libby Santiago(Child's name- Melody Santiago)
Thanks Soon,Maritza and Libby for volunteering to be a Room Representative.


There is still time to join the PTA.....it is just $5.00.
Let Room 13 be the first to reach 100% sign-ups....right now we are at 32% only...:(
SO PLEASE SIGN-UP NOW and support our PTA which does so much for our school!
THANKS!

Finally, don't forget, the next PTA/FFS meeting is Thursday October 8th, 8.30am in the Library. Everyone is welcome.

THANKYOU!!!