Highland View: You are the world!

What goes all around the world, but never leaves its corner? A stamp! View this email in your browser Hello Highland View Families! Just a quick reminder that Highland View's world-famous "All the World" festival is approaching on December 9th.  Please please consider taking this opportunity to share something from a culture you're connected to, whether by heritage, or even just by interest!  In the past, students and families have danced, shared poetry, stories, food, or even displays of information, crafts, games, and artifacts from cultures they were connected to.   If you have an idea, turn in the blue "All the World" flyer that was sent home a couple weeks ago and we'll get it on the schedule.  (If you need a new one, let me know!)  This is one of the events that makes Highland View a very special place, and our students are so proud when they have a chance to show off something from their heritage that makes them special.  If you have questions, or if there is something we can do to help you share an experience with our Highland View family, please let me know! Aleks Skibicki Highland View PTO P.S.  Don't forget to use the "Amazon Smile" button at the bottom of the email for all your online shopping.  It doesn't cost anything and Amazon sends a part of your purchase price to Highland View! Copyright © 2016 Highland View PTO, All rights reserved. When you joined the PTO we put you on our email list. Our mailing address is: Highland View PTO 5900S. 51st St. Greendale, WI 53129 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Highland View PTO: There was a meeting, and you won't BELIEVE what happened next!

How do you know turkeys can keep good rhythm? They're always carrying around drumsticks! View this email in your browser Hello Highland View Families! First of all:  Thanks to everyone who came out tonight!  We didn't have a big agenda, but what we had was good stuff.   If you weren't there, here's what's good to know: Highland View PTO fundraiser orders: for those of you with orders, the most important date in the world is next Tuesday 11/22!  From 3:30-6:00 you can pick up your orders in the gym.  See you there! The All the World event coming up December 9th is AWESOME and you should definitely go!  Or, if you can, definitely consider sharing part of a culture your family is connected to.  In the past, families and students have sung, danced, cooked, recited poetry, displayed artifacts, made crafts, presented information, and more.  The only limit is your imagination!  Contact Sra. Bradley with any questions or for more details at jessica.bradley@greendale.k12.wi.us . Conferences: 1)  Childcare will be available during conferences on both November 17th and November 21st from 4:00-8:00 PM.  So you don't have to find a babysitter!  Just drop your kids off in the library when you go to conferences, and pick them up when you're done!  (Don't forget that picking them back up part!)  The only requirement is that kids being watched in the library must be out of diapers and able to use the restroom on their own.  We could still use help both nights though, so it would be very appreciated if you stuck around a while before or after your conferences to keep an eye on the kids.  Sign up here! 2)  The conference dinners we offer teachers can still use some stuff.  Sign up here if you can bring anything.  Remember:  the better we feed the teachers, the better the conferences go!  (Just kidding!  But they do 100% appreciate the meal we provide, and it really makes their nights a lot lot lot easier.) Sign up here for November 17th. And here for November 21st. School Board notes: 1)  Don't forget to fill in the online Community School Priorities Survey linked here.  It's a great way to make your voice heard and help determine the direction our schools will move in the coming years.   2)  There's a joint meeting of the Greendale School Board and Greendale Village Board November 29th at 7:00PM in the Greendale High School library.  It would be AMAZING if you could attend.  Both the Village Board and School Board members can use the reminder that our Greendale Elementary schools are a vital and active part of our community and deserve the same attention and care that our High School and Historical Society get. Finally:  Dine Out for Highland View Night is TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15th at Panera on Layton (just west of 76th St.)  From 4-8PM, just bring in the flyer that went home from school last week and Panera will donate a portion of your bill to our school.  Take the family out and do good while eating good!  If you can't find the flyer, there's one online here! Thanks again everyone.  Our school is a very special place and you are a big part of that.   Aleks Skibicki President Highland View PTO   P.S.  Don't forget to use the "Amazon Smile" button at the bottom of the email for all your online shopping.  It doesn't cost anything and Amazon sends a part of your purchase price to Highland View! Copyright © 2016 Highland View PTO, All rights reserved. When you joined the PTO we put you on our email list. Our mailing address is: Highland View PTO 5900S. 51st St. Greendale, WI 53129 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Highland View PTO: See you Monday!

What did the smart turkey say before Thanksgiving? Quack quack! View this email in your browser Hello Highland View Families! I'll keep it nice and short tonight: 1)  Meeting tomorrow at 6:00 in the Highland View library!  On the agenda:  All the World event, a classroom grant for books for Mrs. Hoth, calendar change possibilities for upcoming PTO events, and updates from Mrs. Flater and school board member John Comiskey.   2)  Yearbook staff!  Yearbook assignment choices/opportunties will be coming out in the next week, so if you're interested in working with this year's yearbook, make sure you're on my list of people "in-the-loop!"  Sign up in the Yearbook section here! 3)  Finally:  Conference Childcare November 21st!  I totally skipped adding the 11/21 date to the sign up to help watch kids for the PTO during conferences on the 21st. (Yikes!  Sorry!)  I've fixed that mistake, and now there is space to sign up.  Please (super please) consider hanging around in the library for a little while after or before your student's conference.  Teachers appreciate not having kids in the room during conferences and (I'm sure you know!) parents appreciate not having to find a babysitter for a 15 minute conference.  Here's the link to sign up. I'll set up the projector and Netflix with some educational but fun shows for the night again so all you have to do is be there!  If we can't get parents to stick around that night, we won't be able to offer this great service.  (Seriously--I think we get more thanks from teachers and parents for this than anything else the PTO does.)  While I will attend the entire night on the 18th, I will be unavailable from 5:45-8:00 on the 21st so this is very much on the edge of being cancelled for that night if no one can fill in. That's the big stuff for now!  See you soon! And of course:  Thanks for all you do! Aleks Skibicki Highland View PTO P.S.  Don't forget to use the "Amazon Smile" button at the bottom of the email for all your online shopping.  It doesn't cost anything and Amazon sends a part of your purchase price to Highland View! Copyright © 2016 Highland View PTO, All rights reserved. When you joined the PTO we put you on our email list. Our mailing address is: Highland View PTO 5900S. 51st St. Greendale, WI 53129 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences