Meeting Tonight! March 10th

Our March meeting is upon us!

Monday, March 10th, 2014

6:00 p.m.

Highland View Library

Come and meet the candidates for Greendale School Board!  They will be addressing the PTO and answering questions during the the meeting.  Remember the school board has a hand in curriculum, nutrition guidelines, scheduling, and sets policy for the entire district!

Free sheet of Fun Fair tickets for every family attending!

Child care will be available. The classroom with the most parents in attendance will receive a gift card to the Learning Shop. 

Next Meeting: Monday February 10th

Next Meeting:

February 10th

6:00 PM Highland View Library

A couple big events are coming up--Read Me A Story Night and the Fun Fair.  We’ll also get up-to-date on the work moving polling places out of our schools and other PTO ongoing projects.

There will be prizes for the first 11 families to arrive, and a sheet of Fun Fair tickets (12 tickets) for every family attending!

Child care will be available. The classroom with the most 

parents in attendance will receive a gift card to the Learning Shop.

Crossing Guard Appreciation Week

One more "Don't Forget:"

This week (1/13-1/17) is Crossing Guard Appreciation Week, so be sure to give our Highland View Crossing Guards a great big thank you for putting themselves between the cars and our kids!

Our Latest Musical Lunch Guest

Hello again!

I just wanted to take a moment and share more about our latest musical lunch guest performer.

Her name was Mary Keppeler, and she was amazing!  She shared her knowledge and her enjoyment of the harp in a way the kids all connected with.  We were so lucky to have her perform for us.

For more information, or to tell her "Thanks!" again, her website is here:

http://www.milwaukeeharpist.com/milwaukeeharpist/Home.html

Thank you so much Mary!

Bruce Paprocki Volunteer Award

Earlier this year the PTO voted to establish the Bruce Paprocki Distinguished Volunteer Award.  This is a recognition of a person who performs outstanding volunteer service for Highland View throughout the year.  Any person who volunteered at Highland View during the school year is eligible to win, but must be nominated by a member of the PTO (if you got a phone book, you're a member) or by staff at Highland View.

The award committee will meet in April, so if you know someone you'd like to nominate, now's a good time to get that in.

Any PTO or school staff member can nominate an eligible volunteer by submitting a typed letter to a member of the PTO executive committee or the school principal stating:
1)  The name of the person being nominated
2)  The name of the person making the nomination
3)  A description of the nominee's volunteer work
4)  A short statement describing why the nominee should be the award recipient

Thanks, and thanks to all of our hard-working Highland View Volunteers!

Next Meeting: January 13th, 2014

Our next meeting is:

Monday January 13th, 2014 at 

6:00 in the Highland View library.

There's a lot going on and we could surely use your input and help!  Just for starters we'll be discussing:

• The Sock Hop
• Read-me-a-Story Night (February)
• Crossing guard appreciation week 1/13-1/17
• February conference dinners
• Getting winter outdoor equipment
• Changing election polling places update
• Bruce Paprocki volunteer award

As usual, the teacher whose classroom has the highest attendance will get a gift certificate to the learning store!

Don't forget the Sock Hop!

Highland View

Sock Hop

January 17th 6:00-8:00 P.M.

Pre-order forms for tickets went home last week and are due back to school by Friday (1/10).  It makes it a lot easier for everyone, so please send it back in if you can!  If you can't that's OK, there's admission at the door too.

If you want to enter your favorite chili in the annual Highland View Chili Cook Off, that's also at the sock hop, so be sure to turn in your registration form!  You could be Chili Champ!

And remember, it's a Crazy Hair Sock Hop--so get your student's hair as outrageous as you can!