OCTOBER 2018

BE THE DIFFERENCE and STAND UP TO BULLYING by wearing grade level color t-shirts on "Wear Your Grade Level Color" days.

Thursday, October 18

• Change Wars to Support the All for Books Campaign (Please read below)
  • Benefits the MES Library
• Traveling Art Gallery (TAG) Presentations

Friday, October 19

• Picture Retakes and Group Picture Day
• 10:15 - General PFA Meeting
  • (LGI)
• Change Wars to Support the All for Books Campaign (Please read below)
  • Benefits the MES Library
• Traveling Art Gallery (TAG) Presentations
• Tiger Pride Friday - MES Students and Staff Wear Black & Gold

Monday, October 22

• Red Ribbon Drug & Alcohol Prevention Week: Wear Black & Gold - "NA Too Smart to Start"
• National Bus Safety Week

Tuesday, October 23

• Red Ribbon Drug & Alcohol Prevention Week: Wear one color from head to toe - "I'm Drug and Alcohol Free from Top to Bottom"
• National Bus Safety Week
  • 12:00PM - School & Safety Awards & Luncheon
    • Students and their families invited to the luncheon would have been contacted by NA Transportation Department
    • All guests must use the cafeteria entrance

Wednesday, October 24

• Red Ribbon Drug & Alcohol Prevention Week: Wear your favorite workout outfit - "Exercise Your Right to be Drug and Alcohol Free"
• National Bus Safety Week

Thursday, October 25

• Red Ribbon Drug & Alcohol Prevention Week: Wear superhero shirts - "I Have the Power to Stay Off Drugs and Alcohol"
• 8:00AM - Breakfast Buddies (for those who RSVP'd with the PFA for this date)
  • (All guests must enter through the cafeteria entrance)
• National Bus Safety Week

Friday, October 26

• Red Ribbon Drug & Alcohol Prevention Week: Wear neon clothing - "I Am Too Bright for Drugs and Alcohol"
• 8:00AM - Breakfast Buddies (for those who RSVP'd with the PFA for this date)
  • (All guests must enter through the cafeteria entrance)
• National Bus Safety Week

During the week of October 22nd through October 26th, the North Allegheny elementary schools will celebrate National Drug and Alcohol Prevention Week. At each elementary school, we will participate in a variety of activities, using materials that promote good decision-making. Classroom lessons and messages will focus on helping students understand that they are responsible for making healthy choices in life. Choosing to be alcohol, tobacco, and drug free is one of the best choices that they can make!

Here are the building-wide dress up themes for the week:

MES Celebrates Veterans Day

Please click on the image of the invitation below to RSVP.

Here's a direct link to the RSVP and the option to upload a photo.

MES Health & Physical Education Teachers Need Your Help

The Health and Physical Education teachers have applied for a $2,500 grant to put towards the School Biking Program at MES. The grant is the Farmers Insurance Thank a Teacher grant, and sixty grants are awarded based on the number of votes each proposal receives. In order to try to get this grant, we need your votes!

The proposal can be voted on one time/day per email address. If you have multiple email addresses, you can use each of them. You can vote every single day until the voting closes on November 3rd. To vote, click on the following link:

https://www.farmers.com/thank-americas-teachers/vote-for-a-teacher/vote-for-a-proposal-form/

Once you are at this page, type in “Crawford” under Teacher’s Last Name and click Search. Click on the proposal, and then enter your email address, check the box, and click Submit. To confirm your vote, you will receive an email at the address you listed. You will need to click on the link that is emailed to you to finalize your vote.

Please spread the word to anyone and everyone that you can! We appreciate your help, and hopefully we can get enough votes to be awarded this grant!

Change Wars: All for Books Campaign (October 15 - 19)

The All for Books campaign is sponsored by Scholastic. All funds raised will go directly to our MES Library, but additionally, Scholastic will match monetary donations with a donation of up to one million books to the Kids In Need Foundation and Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc.

On your Book Fair flyer, a baggie is attached. Please consider donating $1 or any spare change for this effort, during the dates of October 15 – 19. Each day, the class that collects the most change will receive a $25 Book Fair gift certificate for their teacher and ultimately their classroom library. At the end of the program, the classroom that collects the most money from each grade level will receive a $25 Book Fair gift certificate for their teacher and a grand prize of a $50 Book Fair gift certificate will be awarded to the classroom teacher that collects the most change from the entire campaign!

We hope everyone will enjoy participating in these activities!

The Elementary School Counseling Department

MES Halloween Parade and Info for Parents

Please click on the letter below for details.

Help fund the framed artwork for MES TAG (Traveling Art Gallery) through the NA Foundation.

Please click here to learn more about these fundraising efforts.

School Counseling News from Mrs. Flesher and Mrs. Kevan

Click on the image below to read October's Home & School Connection.

Yearbook Ordering Instructions

Please read below or click here for additional information.

Save Your Box Tops

On your mark…get set…send us your Box Tops!!!

It’s time to kick off our 2018-19 Box Tops for Education collection with our Fall Classroom Contest! The homeroom that collects the most Box Tops will earn $30 to be used at the Book Fair, an extra recess, and a trophy.

Here’s how the contest works: Every MES teacher has a Box Tops collection container. Simply send the clips you’ve been saving to school with your child. We’ll count all the Box Tops by classroom to see who has collected the most. The winning classroom will be announced a week after the contest ends.

This program is an easy way for MES to earn money for our school. During 2017-18, we earned more than $1,500. That’s a lot of cash but, with so many new families and enrollment increasing daily, we’d like to reach $2,000 this year.

No quantity is too small and, remember, your tissues won’t expire but the Box Tops on them do! The last day to submit is Friday, October 26th^th.

Thank you so much for your support of this program!

Wendy Rychel

Bethe Rykaczewski

Remember to check the MES website frequently for Thursday E-Blasts, school activities, and general information.

Click here to visit the Marshall Elementary School website.

Click here to access the Marshall Elementary School Parent Faculty Association (PFA) website.