Silvercrest Elementary PTA November News

Silvercrest PTA

This November we are giving thanks for our wonderful school and we are definitely grateful for all of our great teachers, staff, students and parents! Go Stallions!

PTA General Meeting

Please take note that our next general meeting will take place on Thursday, November 13^th 2014, at 6.30pm in the school cafeteria. Our PTA does great work and we look forward to seeing old friends and new, so come along and find out how the PTA works on behalf of our school.

PTA Membership

Please remember to join our PTA! We are so proud of the number of parents who get involved, but there’s always room for more! If you would like more information, please contact Allison Byman at adbyman@yahoo.com. At Silvercrest we enjoy being part of the local community and we also welcome any community members who would like to participate in our PTA. Please visit the PTA website silvercrestpta.org for more information. To join, simply stop by the front office at Silvercrest or contact Allison for details on joining by mail.

Fall Spirit Nights

Silvercrest families, save these dates for Fall fun! Spirit nights are so important in raising funds and a really easy way for you to contribute. Eat at the restaurants below on the date listed, and the restaurants will kindly donate funds back to our school. We will remind you of these Spirit Nights by sending home flyers in your students’ folders, listing them on the marquee, and through our school website. Please note that there are a couple of date changes and be sure to visit the locations between the times listed so Silvercrest benefits! Come and join in, it’s terrific seeing Silvercrest friends and enjoying great food!

• Nov 4 – Big Horn BBQ (11am-9pm only)
• Nov 18 – Panera Bread (6-8pm only)
• Dec 4 – Papa Johns Pizza
• Dec 16 – Marco’s Pizza

Community Outreach / Food Drive

Time to give something back to the wonderful community we live in. Our annual food drive benefiting the Pearland Neighborhood Center will kick off on Monday, November 3rd and continue through Friday, November 14th. The grade level that brings in the most items will be honored with a fun and healthy snack. More information will be sent home soon and we hope you will support this very worthwhile cause.  If you have questions please contact Shelley Waguespack, Community Outreach Chair, at 713-436-9364 or email at sandswaguespack@yahoo.com.

AR Store

If your child has signed up to take part in the Accelerated Reader program, they will be getting a chance to exchange the points they have earned from taking quizzes on books they have read at school for some exciting prizes! Each class will get the chance to go to the AR store on Tuesday, November 18^th. This is a fantastic way to encourage a love of reading in our students and they certainly love getting rewarded for all their hard work! We also need volunteers to help run the AR Store, it’s a very busy day but lots of fun, please contact Jen Stringfellow at jenstring95@hotmail.com for more information.

Book Fair

We just love encouraging our students to enjoy reading here at Silvercrest and one of the highlights of our reading activities comes with our Book Fair, this year to be held November 10^th– 12^th from 7:30am-2:30pm and November 13^th from 7.30am – 6.30pm. This is a great opportunity for our students to buy some fantastic new books and they really enjoy sharing the experience with their classmates. During the weeks leading up to the Book Fair the children will be watching a video during their class library time and will be bringing home a Book Fair flyer before it begins, so look out for this in your child’s folder. The children can then write their wish lists of which books they would like to purchase.

Your child’s teacher should be able to let you know when their class will be visiting the Book Fair, and there is also the option for parents to come in before school and shop with their child. Alternatively parents can come after school and shop with the students until 6.30pm on Thursday, 13^th November for the late night (and then why not stay for the PTA meeting right after?). Please note that unfortunately parents cannot pull their child out of class to shop but they can also come to school and shop with their child during their class’s time at the Book Fair which is another great way to share the experience and help your child to select from the huge number of titles and other items we have. Hope to see you all there!