2023-2024

Agenda

Agenda 8/28/23                                            1) Welcome new member, Ruby, to our club.

                                                                                  2) Fundraiser:  The kids picked doing a carwash.  Kayleigh is looking into having at the local Johnny's Pizza on Barksdale Blvd.  

                                                                                  3) Membership drive: Everyone is making posters.  I'll add a picture of Annagrace's.  She included a really sweet note about being a Military kid 

                                                                                      and  having a place to fit in.  (These kids are awesome!)

                                                                                 4) Whose Dad can build our balloon/light frames for the dance?

8/28/23 Agenda Put up posters throughout school inviting students to join S2S.

Annagrace will call the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home to see what type of service project we could do for them.

ASked Mr. Pedrotty about inviting feeder schools to our dance. 

9/5/23 Notes from meeting:    

*  We will meet Sunday AT 4PM in the Boys Gym to get decoration ready for the  Dance  on Monday.

• Monday set up in the Boys Gym 4-5pm.  

• Dance 5-7pm

• Clean up 7-7:30

• Wear Purple if possible.

• Bring a bag of chips and some dip

• Pay your dues ASAP

• Dance Expenses - about $375 ( that does not leave money to cover what your dues would pay for.)

• Waiting to hear back from the district about world map on the Band side of the Office outside wall.

• Working on Rock Garden.

• Working on Johnny's Pizza Fundraiser - $100 upfront expense, nets $900.

• Who was going to call the NW LA Veterans Home about  doing anything for them?

9/11/23 Military Family Dance:  An impromptu game of Duck, Duck, Goose proke out when a family from one of our feeder schools came with a toddler!  

Fun was had by all present.   

9/18/23 Agenda:  

•  Paying dues so we can get club shirts.

• Diligence in trying to contact the Veterans Home

• Johnny's Fund Raiser

9/25/23 Agenda:   

• YEA!  I have the Johnny's Cards.  Come by and get some to start selling.  Price is $10/card. 

• We are also making cards for the Veteran's Home to pass out on Veterans' Day, 11/11/23.  This is what we worked on in Flight Time today and will continue to work on until we have 116 cards. 

ATTENTION:   Begin working on your Purple Up t-shirt designs now.  Due  in January.  Winner gets $300 gift card.  I am excited to see what you can do!

Purple Up T-shirt Design: The design contest will run from Nov. 1 to Dec. 1, 2023. There will be K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 winners.  All parish students are invited to enter the contest, and the chosen design for each grade band will be available to purchase this spring.   All three chosen designs will be available for all grades to select from.   

11/16/23 Our latest project was to write 116 Happy Veterans Day Cards for the residents at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home.  The students worked diligently to make this happen.  I am proud of their hard work and hope the Veterans were glad to receive their cards.  

After Thanksgiving we will start to purchase and build the frame for our Rock Garden.  And submit design ideas for the Purple Up t-shirt design competition.  

11/27/23  

Club Meeting:  Discussed building the Rock Garden.  I spoke with Mr. Pedrotty and he wants it behind the Library between A and B Wings.  We are approved to work on it 1/3/24 at 10 am!  There is also an inside location for the World Map in B-Wing on the wall behind Mrs. Eseman and Mrs. Attaway's offices.  Painting Individual Rocks will be an afterschool activity with food and drinks provided for those that come.  

DON'T FORGET, PURPLE UP T-SHIRT DESIGNS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN THIS THURSDAY!   I only have two so far.  If you want to do one get it to me no later than Thursday Morning.  

***** REMEMBER TO RETURN ANY UNSOLD JOHNNY'S CARDS AND/OR THE MONEY THIS WEEK!*****

12/4/23 Meeting:  Post to our Google Classroom ideas to name the wall mural.  We decided on a soldier holding a flag in his right hand and holding hands with a child in his left with the world map next to the child.  We will work next week on getting this laid out on butcher paper.  I'll go today and measure the tiles, we know the wall is 36 tiles long.  The plan is still to start the rock garden construction on January 3 as well as starting the mural.  The timeline for finishing depends on the amount of help.  After they are completed we will work on having an after school event for Military dependent students to come put their dot on the map and paint a rock.  Next year should be easier since it would be primarily 6th grade being added to it.  I really like the brainstorming that went on today.  Y'all are great!

1/3/24  What a Day!  Thank you to the S2S members that came out to school on your break to help prep "The Wall."  The guy I stopped in Home Depot was right, we needed the whole gallon of Kilz.   Check out the pictures from today and look for the finished project on Saturday!  We really wanted to provide something special for our Military Dependent Students.  I hope they  like what we came up with in their honor.  

We taped, sanded and painted all in about four hours.  The map is supposed to be delivered Friday, so we will meet again on Saturday to put it up and put up the poem!

1/6/24 Final Day working on The Wall.  Check it out!

Map Wall Dedication 2/29/24   We had a great turn out and really want to thank our Guest Speaker, Annagrace Snyder, who spoke about the sense of community she has experienced here at Elm Grove Middle School.  Thanks to Capt. Colvin from the BAFB for attending .  Thanks to District personnel that came: Sonja Bailes, Holly George and Asst. Superintendent Waylon Bates.  Thanks also to the parents and students that participated.  We look forward to adding destinations to the wall each year.  

3/18/24 Meeting:  We have the money in our account now from the candy sales and know just what to do with it:

1. WE want to plan a field trip to a few sites in Monroe for our Military students (including Louisiana Purchase Zoo and Gardens, Duck Commanders for lunch and Biedenharn Museum and Gardens.  S2S  will cover admission and bus.  Individuals would need to cover lunch. 

2. Wall in A-wing  dedicated to each branch of the US Military.

4/5/24 - We had so much fun being Buddies at the Middle School Special Olympics!  A fun day was had by all.  

Next on the list of things to do:  Field Trip to Monroe

                                                                       Good bye to our 8th grader! Yes, just the one.  We love you Kenzie.  You have been a vital member of EGMS-S2S for two years.  We will miss you.

4/27/24 Louisiana Culture Field Trip

We enjoyed the Louisiana Purchase Garden and Zoo in Monroe.  We saw a "ginormous" tortuous, road the train and feed the Budgies.   

5/3/24 Today was Bitter sweet.  It was our last meeting of the school year and we said farewell to two of our members.  Jameson and family are moving to Missouri this summer and Kenzi is leaving us for high school.  We support your future but will miss the spice you added to our mix this year.  Good Luck to you both.