Highland View PTO: Highland View Rolls the Run! (Also, dinner rolls?)

What's a runner's favorite school subject? JOG-raphy! View this email in your browser Hello Highland View Families! Two little blurbs about two big deals: 1)  CONGRATULATIONS!  (And thanks!) For the second year in a row, Highland View brought home the Step Up To Better Health Fun Run Participation Trophy!  You could say we "ran away" with the prize!  Thanks so much to everyone who participated.  Not only did we win that trophy, but the money raised from the run will help keep all the great work we do at Highland View "running." This week I'll be sending Highland View students who registered for the run their golden tickets for a chance to dunk Mrs. Flater.  (Even students that registered Sunday morning get one!)  Hold on to your ticket--the plan this year is to have the dunk tank at Highland View on Olympic Day when the weather is warmer. (If you lose your ticket, that's OK--we'll keep a list!) 2)  Family Dinner Night!  Family Dinner Night is coming up this Friday.  We can still use some help for a few different jobs that night, so please check out the sign up sheet here, and sign up to help if you can!  This year, look forward to all new entertainment, and get ready to have a good time with Highland View friends, new and old.   That's it for now!  Have a great week--you're the BEST! Aleks Skibicki 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: Phone Books and Fundraisers!

Who plays the most tricks on Halloween?  Prank-enstein! View this email in your browser Hello Highland View Families! An apology and a reminder... First:  I'm super sorry but the phone books won't be coming in until next week.  I REALLY wanted to have them to you tomorrow.  We would have beaten last year's schedule!  But it looks like we'll match last year's schedule and get them to you next week.   Second:  Speaking of tomorrow, the extra-special, double-super-secret deadline for the fundraiser forms is Friday 10/21.  So please get those to school.  They make so much possible at Highland View! That's all!  Have a great weekend, and I hope I'll see you at the Step Up To Better Health Fun Run on Sunday!  (You can still register at the event starting at 9:30AM Sunday!  Every student registered will get a chance to try to dunk Mrs. Flater in a dunk tank at school!) Aleks Skibicki 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: Forgot the fundraiser? Good news!

Where do penguins keep their money? In snow banks! View this email in your browser Hello Highland View Families! Thanks so much to everyone that's worked so hard on the fundraiser.  It's your work that makes all of the things we do at Highland View possible.  From amazing learning events like STEMfest, High Interest Day, Read Me a Story Night, and the All the World Festival, or just for fun events like Neon Dance Night, it's all possible because of you.   And if you read that, and are totally bummed because you forgot that the turn in date for the fundraiser was right now, do I have good news for you:  You have a little more time! Just for you, we're offering a super-secret, ultra-deluxe extended deadline for turning in your fundraiser form.  If you get it turned in to school by Friday, 10/21, we'll still take it and it'll still count! Turn in your order form and one check to cover the items ordered, and we'll do the rest.  Your order will be ready for pick up on November 22nd, the day before Thanksgiving break. OR, you can still order online here!  Our school's code is high57 . Thanks again everyone.  You really are amazing! Aleks Skibicki and the 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: Thanks! And more!

What instrument do skeletons play in a band? Trom-BONES! View this email in your browser Hello Highland View Families! Thanks so much to everyone that came to our October meeting on Monday.  I cannot believe how much we have going on this month!  Here's a quick recap, as well as a new feature for you! 1)  Phone books will be printed next week, with the goal of coming home by next week Friday.   Woohoo! 2)  Safe-Respectful-Responsible Highland View T-Shirts:  Our order is in to the printer.  So they'll be here just as soon as they can slap ink on shirts!  If you ordered extra shirts, make sure you send money to school marked "Extra PBIS Shirts" Checks can be made to Highland View PTO.  Remember, the first shirt was free, and additional shirts were $10 each. 3)  November All The World Event BIG CHANGE!  Our 2016 All the World Event was originally scheduled for 11/18.  In order to give everyone a little time to recover from conferences (11/17) we're moving the date to 12/9.  So if you've already marked your calendars for November--be sure to move it!  Same bat-station, same bat-show, just a different bat-time! 4)  Fun Run Volunteers!  If you signed up for the Fun Run on 10/23, but would rather not actually run, do I have news for you!  You can still be a part.  We're always looking for people to help direct runners/walkers, direct traffic, sell raffle tickets, etc.  Just sign up here in the space listed for the Fun Run and I'll get in touch about details. 5)  Family Dinner Night:  It's coming up soon (10/28) !  Make sure to get your pre-order form in before 10/18.  The price is $5 per family ahead-of-time or $10 per family at the door.  That includes spaghetti dinner, a (new!) magic show and table-side performances, and some great time spent with other great Highland View Families.   Kristin can still use some volunteers to help at the dinner.  Sign up for that here!  And be sure to take lots of pictures!  We'll need them for the yearbook! 6)  Book Fair!  The Fall Book Fair is the week of 10/24-28th.  The kids love it, and it helps us get extra books for our teachers to keep restocking their libraries.  BUT, we can't do it without help!  Sign up here when you can.  It's super fun! 7)  Community Visioning Meeting:  It's being held by the School District at 6:30 on October 27th at Greendale High School in the Multi-Purpose-Room.  That's when the District is going to get OUR input on starting its next 5-year strategic plan.  What is good about Greendale Schools?  What should we focus on?  What should we strive to improve?  Let them know!   And our new feature: Unsung heroes of Highland View Each month, I'd like to highlight a couple of the volunteer opportunities that go on in the background of Highland View and help make the school as special as it is.  These aren't for specific events that get all the publicity, but things volunteers can do throughout the year and might not even be noticed if you're not looking.   In October, I'd like to recognize two volunteer opportunities that fit that bill:   1)  The Publishing Center.  Did you know our school has hundreds of published authors?  We do!  Volunteers take kids' stories, type them up and bind them into real books so our students can have a real published work of their very own.  The publishing center can always use extra typists--it just takes a few minutes and you can do it whenever you have free time!  For more information/questions or to jump right in, please email Lori Hanlon at lorihanlon1@yahoo.com . 2)  The Yearbook!  We have an awesome yearbook.  It comes from having awesome yearbook staff and families that love to take pictures.  All year long yearbook volunteers will take pictures, and arrange pages and document the Highland View year so we have a book to be proud of.  The great thing about being on the yearbook staff is that you get to do your work on your time.  You can arrange a page right from your home computer, and take pictures whenever you happen to be at school (even with your phone nowadays!)  Want to be a part?  Sign up in the Yearbook area here! Thanks (as always!) for reading this far.  You are AMAZING!  (Seriously.) Aleks Skibicki 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: We're back!

Hello Highland View Families!

What a boo-tiful weekend!  I hope everyone had a chance to get out and enjoy some of this wonder-fall weather!  (Okay, I got it out of my system, the rest of the email is pun free and pain free!)

1)  It's that (awesome) time again!  Just a quick reminder that our October Meeting is Monday 10/10 at 6:00 in the Highland View Library.  As always, child care will be provided.  You can get a preview of the agenda here!  It really is a great way to keep up to date with what's going on at school, and learn how you can be involved too.

2)  Online Fudraiser Orders:  Don't forget that the online code for the School Fundraiser is HIGH57 and NOT HIGH46.  (Sorry for the confusion.)  That online site is here if you're looking.  Just click the "Order Online Now" button on the right side of the screen.

3)  Phone books for families that ordered them will be coming out the week following this one (the week ending 10/21.)  If you're interested in placing an ad in the phone book, just return the form that came home from school last Friday (or Thursday) and I'll get in touch with you to confirm the details.  Because I'll have the phone books printed Monday, make sure to get the ad form turned in as quickly as possible.

4)  Remember to check out the "Highland View PTO Volunteer Opportunities" page.  There's a lot going on, and we always need all the help we can get!  Here's the link!

PTO Agenda 10/10/2016

1)         Approve and Amend Agenda

2)         Welcome and Introductions

          Share your name, and your favorite HV memory so far this year

 

3)         Review and Approve Minutes from Previous Meeting (attached)

 

4)         Treasurer’s Report  (attached)                                                                                                   

5)          School Board Report

6)         Current Business                          

     A. Phone Book Update

     B. PBIS Shirts Update

     C. Fun Run Update/Reminder 10/23

          Need volunteers to help during the race and before and after.  Can’t run?  This is a great way to help!

     D. Family Dinner Night 10/28

          http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4eaaad2da64-family1/1729293

     E. Fall Fundraiser

          Forms are due 10/18!

          Pickup after school, last day before Thanksgiving break (11/22)

6)          New Business        

     A. RIF Book Give-a-Ways 10/24, 10/28

     B. All the World Event 11/18

     C. Book Fair 10/24-28

          http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-fall

     D. Parent Teacher Conferences Child Care

          http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-conference1

                                                      

7)          Principal’s Time

8)          Announcements 

     A.  PTO Volunteer Opportunities ***Yearbook***

          http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-ptoopportunities

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9)          Adjourn