A Fun Last Day
June
6, 2006
What a great day! Students had tremendous fun cheering each other
on to dunk teachers, staff and volunteers in the Dunk Tank rented by
the PTA. Other indoor and outdoor games such as Karaoke, basketball,
hot potato, water balloon pass, bowling and more were all popular.
The weather was perfect (unless you were wet from the dunk tank)!
With temperature in the mid 70's with a light breeze under partly cloudy skies,
it was a picture perfect day.
The PTA offered students Burger King, Rita's Italian
Ice and Popcorn made fresh throughout the
day. A big thank you to the teachers, staff and volunteers who
helped make it all possible!
Last Day Assembly
June
5, 2006
The Avona PTA has booked the Harlem Wizards, a minor league
basketball team, to perform at the last day assembly.
The PTA also rented a Dunk Tank! Students will get a chance to
dunk a select few volunteer staff members. Luckily the weather looks
good, temperature in the mid 70's under partly cloudy skies. Thank
you brave teachers & staff!
The PTA will once again purchase Burger King and Rita's Italian
Ice for students. Popcorn will also be made fresh throughout the
day.
www.HarlemWizards.com
Avona builds a Mosaic
May 28, 2006
In January the
students at Avona began work on a tile mosaic. There's too much to
tell about this exciting project to fit in this small space, so I
created a whole page for it. Click on the picture of the mosaic
below or Click HERE to read all about how this mosaic was created and where to
find it!
Basket Bingo a Success
May 23, 2006
The Avona Elementary
School PTA hosted its first ever Longaberger Basket Bingo this past
Sunday, May 21, 2006 at the Easton Eagles.
Although turnout was
light, the PTA was able to net over $1,000. All proceeds go to
sponsor our after school programs, class trips and assemblies. If we
can grow this event next year, we may be able to do away with one of
our other student fundraisers, or expand our after school and other
programs.
Over 15 games of bingo were played. Among the prizes was a Spinning
Organizer basket, Carry Along basket, Letter Tray basket, Cake
basket, Small Waste basket with lid, and the new Cookie Jar basket
among others.
Special raffles include the Canister Set, Gourmet Picnic basket,
Wrought Iron Corner stand with 2 Corner baskets, and the Medium
Waste basket with lid. Food, drinks, a 50/50 drawing and many
Longaberger brand door prizes were awarded.
Thanks to all that
attended and helped put on this event.
Science Fair & Spring Book Fair Ends
May 3, 2006
 Camp
Read a Book – Let the Book Bugs Bite
Scholastic Book Fair's Camp Read a Book opened its doors for the
Spring 2006 session at Avona on April 25 & 26th!
Many students left with a few books thanks to the buy one book, get one
book free promotion
Book fair ended with the Science Fair Thursday evening (April 27th, 2006).
There were several experiments and studies presented. The Express Times
featured on May 3, 2006. We'll post it on the bulletin board by the rear
entrance soon.
Spring Book Fair going on NOW
April 24, 2006
Camp
Read a Book – Let the Book Bugs Bite
Scholastic Book Fair's Camp Read a Book opens its doors for the
Spring 2006 session at Avona on April 25 & 26th! Leave your bug spray at
home. At Camp Read a Book, we "Let the Book Bugs Bite"!
BUY ONE BOOK, GET ONE BOOK FREE!
For every book a student buys, they get one free (the cheaper of the
two). Buy four books, get two free.
BOOK FAIR SCHEDULE
Teacher Preview – Monday, April 24th, 2006
Student Day - Tuesday, April 25th
9:00 am – 9:25 am – Mrs. Meyers
9:30 am – 9:55 am – K-AM: Mrs. Wilson
10:00 am – 10:25 am – Mrs. Cosslett
10:30 am – 10:55 am – Mrs. Statler
11:00 am – 11:25 am – Mrs. Golden
11:30 am – 11:55 am – Miss Gornick
12:00 pm – 12:25 pm – Mr. Greene
1:00 pm – 1:25 pm – Mrs. Vernarr
1:30 pm – 1:55 pm – Kindergarten PM
2:00 pm – 2:25 pm – Mrs. Skrobak
2:30 pm – 2:55 pm – Mr. Schneck
Make Up Day - Wednesday, April 26th
9:00 am – 9:25 am – First Grade
9:30 am – 9:55 am – KAM & Second Grade
10:00 am – 10:25 am – Third Grade
10:30 am – 10:55 am – Fourth Grade
11:15 am – 11:40 am – Fifth Grade
1:00 pm – Kindergarten PM
Family Event – Thursday, April 27th, 2006
During Science Fair
ShopFest and Tricky Tray were a huge success for the PTA this year.
We nearly doubled our income to $2,000.00.
We would like to thank all who came out and enjoyed the evening.
Congratulations goes out to the Ackerman family for winning the
50/50 drawing of $59.00. Also, Mrs. Nancy Rath was the winner of the
Ruby and Diamond Ring valued at $1,000.00 donated by Beverly Palm
Jewelers. The Muth family took home the most prizes winning 4 prizes
in all. Other winners included the Fischer family, Harron family,
McLoughlin family and many of our faculty members. Congratulations
to all and thanks for all your support. We would like to thank all the families who joined the Avona PTA for
Family Skate Night at Skate – A – Way. It was a beautiful night for
weather and yet over 50 families came out to enjoy the evening. A great
kick off to the holiday vacation. Thank you again!
The Avona PTA has booked the Harlem Wizards, a minor league
basketball team, to perform at the last day assembly.
www.harlemwizards.com
Fundraiser Pickup Tuesday, March 28
March 25, 2006
The Chocolates on Broadway spring fundraiser pickup is this Tuesday,
March 28, 2006 after school between 3 pm & 6 pm in the Avona All Purpose
Room. If you have any questions
regarding this matter, please contact Etta of the Avona PTA at 610-559-1912.
School Assembly Friday, March 31
March 24, 2006
This Friday at 10 AM the Franklin Institute presents Motion and
Machines. Roll, slide and spin! Investigate the basic physics of motion
in this interactive show. Our PM Kindergarten class is invited to
attend. For more info click
HERE.
ShopFest & Tricky Tray 2006
March 25, 2006
The Avona PTA's second annual ShopFest and Tricky Tray will be held
on Friday, April 7th, between 4 pm and 8 pm. So far the
Tricky Tray items are valued at over $650! And list continues to
grow! We hope you can attend.
Click this line HERE for more
details!
Family Skate Night April 11th
March 17, 2006
Join us for roller skating at SKATE-A-WAY April 11th from 6:00 pm
until 8:00 pm. Bring your whole family for a fun night of skating.
Bring your on roller skates, in-line skates or roller skates are
available for rental at a minimal cost of $1.50.
Author Chris Soentpiet Visits Avona
March 4, 2006
After a 2 hour weather delay yesterday, award winning, author and illustrator Chris Soentpiet (SOON-peet) visited
Avona Elementary School to celebrate Read Across America Week with our
students. Due to the delay, there was one presentation for all classes.
Over sixty personally autographed books ordered in advance were given
to those students that placed orders.
Chris Soentpiet has a website where you can learn more
about Chris and his work, Click on the following URL:
http://www.soentpiet.com.
Students Teachers and our Principal Mr. Wright all jumped during the
Jump Rope for heart event at Avona on February 27th and 28th. Together
they raised $2,802.68 for the American Heart Association!
Our Gym teacher Mrs. Skutches kept the kids hopping and having a good
time. All students were provided with a snack donated by PTA and bottle
of Deer Park water donated by Nestle Water.
Jump Rope for Heart makes local paper, Courtesy
Express Times Newspaper
 The Math 24 Club,
an after school program held for several Thursday's has finished.
Students may continue to access Math 24 with their same User ID at
home or anywhere there is an Internet connection. The URL for Math
24 is:
www.FirstInMath.com. This program is designed to help your
child build their math skills at their own pace.
A big site needs
a powerful search tool. The Google "SafeSearch" above allows you to
limit your search to the Avona PTA site, or search the Internet. For our
children's safety, all searched sites and web pages containing adult
theme and explicit sexual content are excluded from the web search
results. Google does not constantly
update our site in their database. This means the results you find
on a Google search for our site lag behind our updates. How far I do
not know yet. If the delay is not too long and all continues to
work well, I'll expand the placement of the search feature to the
menu, or the header or footer area on every page. In the
meantime, please use the search box on the Main Home page while I
continue to evaluate it.
Chocolate Fundraiser Correction
February 5, 2006
Chocolates on Broadway sale has begun. All flyers and samples were sent
home with the students on Monday, January 30, 2006.
Please be aware there is a mistake on the tally sheet provided by
Chocolates on Broadway. The price for item numbers 1 through 8 all end
with $.50 on the order form, however when you carry over the totals to
the tally sheet, the $.50 increase in prices is not included. It should
be included in your money handed in to Avona. If you have any questions
regarding this matter, please contact Avona PTA at 610-559-1912.
PTA Sponsors Author's Visit to Avona
February 4, 2006
Sponsored by the Avona PTA,
award winning, author and illustrator Chris Soentpiet (SOON-peet) will
be visiting Avona Elementary School to celebrate Read Across America
Week with our students. Chris has a website where you can learn more
about Chris and his work, Click on the following URL:
http://www.soentpiet.com.
On Friday, March 3, 2006, he will perform two separate assemblies,
one for grades Kindergarten through Second Grade and the other for
grades Three through Five. Teachers and Mr. Bott, our new librarian are
currently reading some of Mr. Soentpiets books in preparation for his
visit.
Personally autographed books can be ordered in advance using the form
sent home with students, The form is also available in Adobe Acrobat PDF
format by clicking
HERE.
Our New URL: www.AvonaPTA.org
February 5, 2006
The Avona PTA is now easier to get to than ever! In the address line of
your browser, simply enter
www.AvonaPTA.org to be directed to our main page. When you do so,
the URL will automatically change to the address
http://www.wilsonareasd.org/pta/Avona for you without having to type
all of that in.
The Express-Times Newspaper visited Avona to cover the final Puppet Club
meeting on Thursday, January 26. A picture of Abbi D. and her puppet
made the Friday edition!
We have a scan of it available for you here courtesy of the
Express-Times. You can view it here by clicking on the on the
desired version,
LowRes(1MB) or
HighRes(3MB) which is high quality, but three times the download
time.
Here's another one our PTA President took.
Double click the picture to see it full size.
Hands-on Pottery Demonstration
January 17, 2006
A HUGE thank you goes out to Rick Hoffman for such a wonderful job. Rick
from Hoffman studios was the artist in residence for all art classes.
Mr. Hoffman showed the students how to work with clay by hand, the
spinning wheel and described how it goes to the kiln and gets glazed
before going to the kiln again.
In the fifth grade class I attended, students were informed by Mr.
Hoffman on the history of pottery and it's value in archeology. This
while also demonstrating how to make different items such as mugs, bowls
and vases.
The students then had an opportunity to cut their own clay tiles for
a mosaic he will design for the school. We hope to have the Mosaic in
and on display in the spring.
Miss Hosford and Mrs. Cimino were in amazement as much as the students.
Everyone truly did enjoy themselves. AWESOME JOB!
Extra Avona All Star back packs are available for purchase for
$6.00 if anyone is interested in having an additional bag.
In preparation for Jump Rope for Heart, Easton Area School District
students will be coming to Avona to show off their jump roping
abilities. The assembly is scheduled for February 7th at 10:30 am and
will end by 11:15 am.
Jump Rope for Heart is slated to be held at Avona on February 27th
and 28th.
The Math 24 Club has begun but there is still a few licenses left
for purchase. Each license is $6.75 and can be done from home if you
are not available for the Thursday after school program. This
program is designed to help your child build their math skills at
their own pace. If you are interested in the program or have any
questions, please contact Cathy Smyth at 610-438-3833.
Abbi D. and her father, Brianna H., Alec B. and Kiana U. made the
Express Times. The Express showed up at Family Game Night on Friday
January 13th to cover the event.
Many families came out that evening to enjoy in some traditional
board games and some not so traditional ones. Door prizes were
awarded such at Othello, Scramblers, KerPlunk, Mexican Train Dominos
and more.
Thanks to the Express Times and for everyone who made that night
possible. Thank you to everyone who donated to the Avona PTA
Mitten Drive. Over 70 mittens, gloves, hats and scarves were
collected! These were donated to the Third Street Alliance in
Easton where they will be no doubt be greatly appreciated. GREAT
JOB!
Puppet Club Extended
January 1, 2005
Puppet
Club has been extended through the end of January. Due to some
weather conditions and the fun the students are having making the
puppets, the last session will be held on January 25th. If you have
any questions you can call Kathy DeVito at 484-373-6250.
We would like to thank Wendi Dougherty, Mrs. Golden and the Arts
& Craft club for decorating the windows of Avona. They look great.
 Please
send in all "Whole Grain" symbols from General Mills cereals you
have collected to the PTA before winter break starts on December 23.
We must submit them by Dec. 31, which falls during winter break.
100 Box Tops schools that submit these Whole Grain" symbols will be
drawn at random and each will win 10,000 Bonus Box Tops each. Each
Whole Grain symbol gives Avona another chance at winning the 10,000
Bonus Box Tops (which totals $1,000.00)!
Please save Box
Tops, Campbell's
Labels for Education,
Redner's Save-a-Tape receipts, and
Tyson A+ labels. All of
these earn the PTA free cash.
You can get more details by going to this web sites
Fundraising page If You have any
questions regarding any of these programs, please call Dawn Purcell at
610-258-1660.
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A big THANK YOU goes out to Mrs. Virgilio and Mrs. Grube for their
presentation on Body Mass Index at the meeting on Thursday, December
1. The information was quite informative. Many hand outs were
available. If you could not attend the meeting and would like some
information, please contact the PTA at
AvonaPTA@Yahoo.com. Also discussed that evening, Room Mother
chairperson is in desperate need of help for Friday, December 23 for
the Winter Festival. Help is needed from 1:30 pm until 3:15 pm.
Please contact
AvonaPTA@yahoo.com or call Leslie Ziemba at 610-515-0313 if you
are available.
It was also voted to spend not more than $10 to purchase a Domain
Name URL for the Avona PTA web site. The new domain name would take
you to the same website by typing
www.AvonaPTA.org instead of typing
www.WilsonAreaSD.org/pta/avona. The Fall PTA membership drive has finished and the prizes will
be awarded shortly. Prizes will be awarded as follows:
The $50.00 movie/dinner gift certificate was awarded to Regina C.
parent or guardian to Angela C. in AM-K
Refrigerator frame magnet prizes went to:
- Fran Z., Mother to Nicholas in 4th grade
- Pat Sroka, Grandparent to Jarin K in AM-K
- Mrs. Douglas, Kindergarten Teacher
The classes who earned an ice-cream party are:
1. Mrs. Douglas - AM Kindergarten
2. Mrs. Golden – 2nd grade
3. Mrs. Babp - 4th grade
4. Mrs. Wilson – 5th grade
Congratulations Membership Winners!!
Beginning on Thursday, November 3rd
through Monday, November 21st, Avona Elementary will conducting its
2nd annual canned food drive. This holiday season is a great
opportunity for out school to take care of those in our community
who are less fortunate.
Donations can be made in the form of
non-perishable food items. Students should bring their donations to
their classroom teacher for collection. Thank you in advance for your
generosity.
The students participated in a fall Hootenanny
on Friday,
 October, 28. The PTA hired a professional caller
for the square dancing to take place.
Many of the students dressed up for the
event and had a great time!
Mrs. Skutches & Mrs. Dillon have been
working together to teach the students to square dance. The halls
were decorated by Mrs. Cimino and look great as you can see in the
picture below!
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Hootenanny Friday October 28
October 16, 2005
The students will have a fall Hootenanny
this Friday, October, 28. The PTA has hired a professional caller
for the square dancing to take place.
Mrs. Skutches & Mrs. Dillon have been
working together to teach the students to square dance. The halls
were decorated by Mrs. Cimino and look great!
The students are encouraged to come in
ho-down dress attire (sneakers must be worn).
The PTA would like to thank all those you sent in their Box
Tops. With this contest alone, the PTA will receive $397.70 from
Box Tops for Education. All participants received a coupon
courtesy of Applebee's for a FREE kids meal. Enjoy! Mrs.
Vernarr's class submitted the most Box Tops, 550. Their class
will received an ice cream party on Friday. Congratulations and
GREAT JOB!
Jonathan F. in Kindergarten was the big winner. His name was
drawn as the winner for the Crayola gift basket that was
on display in the office for the past two weeks.
There are a few reminders for collecting the Box Tops. Make
sure you trim all Box Tops. You MUST then staple, glue or tape
the Box Tops onto the Blast-Off Space entry forms. Twenty five
Box Tops goes on each sheet. Additional forms are available in
all classrooms. If you choose not to cut and attach your Box
Tops to the entry form, that is ok BUT it will not count as a
valid entry for the contest.
REMEMBER, NO Campbell's UPC's or label are allowed on these
entry forms. Campbell soup labels and UPC's should be sent to
school and deposited in the two bins located in the foyer by the
front door or at the top of the steps on the second floor.
Thanks to all the labels sent in last year, the PTA
received a sports ball pack, a plastic pig for don't steal the
bacon, and a multi sport kit which included many items. These
items will be used by the teachers and students for recess.
Awesome job! Students gathered around the flag pole Wednesday morning and sang
the Star Spangled Banner in honor of it being written 191 years ago
this day. This ceremony was repeated at other schools across the
nation at 9:10am.
Students & Staff gather around the flag in front of
Avona Elementary School
Click on the picture for the full
sized version
On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key witnessed the British fleets
shelling of Fort McHenry near Baltimore, MD. That morning, he was so
delighted to see the American flag still flying over the fort that
he began a poem to commemorate the occasion. This poem we know today
as the “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially made the national
anthem by Congress in 1931, although it already had been adopted as
such by the army and the navy.
The students listed below each won a poster from the Fall
Book Fair. The PTA is allowed to keep the posters that are
used for display. For each class, the PTA picks a
students names out of a hat randomly.
| K-am |
Sheamus H. |
| K-pm |
Jonathan F. |
| 1-V |
Baylen H. |
| 1-M |
Suzette A. |
| 2-S |
Jada R. |
| 2-G |
Gabriel C. |
| 3-St. |
Jessica B. |
| 3-Sch. |
Kimberlee M. |
| 4-G |
Felisha R. |
| 4-B |
Kelsey K. |
| 5-W |
Adriana J. |
| 5-C |
Scott B. |
The PTA would like to thank all those who participated in the
Fall Book Fair. The PTA was able to raise $615 to go towards
assemblies, class trips and the many other functions paid for by
PTA. Putting books in the hands of the Avona students and
sending them on new reading adventures can not be more
profitable than that.
Special thanks goes out to Fran Zaragoza, Cathy Smyth, Toniann
Johnson, Dawn Purcell, Liz Hanni, Stacy Izarek and Connie Oneill for volunteering their time to make this event possible.
The PTA would also like to acknowledge Mary Cummings from
Scholastic for showing us the way.
Birthday Club
September 11, 2005
School Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Kaye, invites fifth graders to
a Birthday Club. Students celebrating their Birthday during the
current month will be invited to attend lunch with Mrs. Kaye and
their other Birthday buddies. They will sing "Happy Birthday"
and be able to pick a goodie from the Goodie Jar. Attention Parents: September
14th, 2005 will be declared as red, white, and blue day to celebrate
the National Anthem and our Constitution. Your child can show their
patriotism by wearing the colors of our nation, RED, WHITE and BLUE!
Please keep in mind that face paints, water soluble hair dyes or any
other items of clothing that may violate the dress code will not be
allowed.
Avona held a class reunion time on Thursday afternoon. Each
student left their homeroom and visited their teacher and fellow
students of last year. They shared vacations they took, summer
activities and discussed the class they are in now. Fifth grade
teachers took the kindergarten students into the all purpose
room to share a classical game of duck duck goose. Fun was had
by all.
Avona PTA has ordered Recycling cans for all classrooms. This
will help students get in the habit of recycling. These cans are
being purchased with the OfficeDepot Gift Card the PTA was
awarded last year from the PA State PTA for its' increase in
membership for the 2004 - 2005 school year.
Mr. Wright invited all Kindergarten parents to meet in the
All Purpose Room to Cry in their Coffee. With the first day
of school sometimes being a traumatic one for the
students, parents leave their child not knowing if they have
settled down or stopped crying. Mr. Wright decided to make
that transition easier for the parents. He assured all
parents that the students were doing well and in to their
classroom just fine.
While there were not many children crying, we could not say the
same about the parents. But this was also a great opportunity
for these parents to get to know each other and share in the
mornings events. What a great start to the new year. Coffee and
donuts were supplied by the PTA.
For each person that
signs up for the Box Tops Booster Club between July 1, 2005 and
February 28, 2006, the PTA will earn 5 Bonus Box Tops (.50¢)for the
school. If each student had two signups, it would pay for an
assembly.
Be sure to tell friends and family to join the Box Tops Booster
Club on-line at: www.boxtops4education.com.
Join and help support Avona today.
Clip TWO or even THREE Box Tops from specially
marked packages and earn extra chances in our BoxTop Contest!
Betty Crocker® Chocolate Chip Cookies
This year, each pouch of Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip cookie
mix will carry TWO Box Tops coupons. Avona can earn 20¢
with each purchase! Watch for new packages featuring two Box
Tops coupons coming soon to a store near you.
Beginning in July for a limited time only, over 40 select Box
Tops products will carry not just one, but TWO Box Tops
coupons. That’s DOUBLE the regular Box Tops earnings!
Clip both of the Box Tops and your school earns 20¢ from each of
these special packages.
See the list of participating products.*
Clip 3 Box Tops with Breakfast
For a limited time, you can clip
THREE Box Tops from each of these specially-marked packages.
- Pillsbury® Dunkables™ Homestyle Waffle
Sticks
- Pillsbury® Dunkables™ Buttermilk Mini
Pancakes
- Pillsbury® Dunkables™ Original French
Toast Sticks
- Pillsbury® Buttermilk Waffles – 16 ct
- Pillsbury® Buttermilk Pancakes – 12 ct
- Pillsbury® Original Pancakes – 12 ct
Each package can earn Avona 30¢!!
100 Box Tops schools, drawn at random, will win 10,000
Bonus Box Tops each. When you clip the Box Tops from a box
of cereal, clip the new Whole Grain symbols, too, and send them
in to your school. Each Whole Grain symbol gives Avona PTA
another chance at winning 10,000 Bonus Box Tops ($1,000.00)!
We only have until December 31, 2005 to send in the Whole
Grain symbols. Start collecting now and be sure to send them in
before winter break!
We changed how Box Top winners are
selected. Unlike years past, the student with the most Box Tops
will not automatically be the winner.
Beginning this fall, a student will earn one contest entry for
every 25 Box Tops brought in. The more Box Tops one brings in,
the more contest entries one earns. Each contest entry increases
ones chance of winning.
Each student that brings in 25 Box Tops has a chance to win.
To help you with collecting the 25 BoxTops, all Students were
provided with a Blast-Off Map. If it was lost or you would
like one for
 your
next 25 BoxTops, you can open another one by clicking
HERE
or on the BlastOff picture to the left. Once the PDF opens, you
can print as many copies as needed in black & white or color.
Good luck and keep collecting! Every Box Top counts!
New Avona Sportswear Logo
August 3, 2005
In preparation
 for
the Avona Sportswear sale this fall, the PTA commissioned a new
logo. Several logos later we have a winner!
The new logo will adorn sweatshirts, sweatpants, T-Shirts and
other items available during the Avona Sportswear sale.
The Sportswear sale is run to promote school spirit. The
PTA does not run this sale as a fundraiser. All items are sold at
cost. Check back here at the PTA web site for the sale dates
and order forms. An order form will also go home with all
students.
Are you in need of before and/or aftercare for your child.
Lehigh Valley Child Care has a school age program right here at
Avona. Lehigh Valley Child Care's program provide a wide variety
of recreational activities which include crafts, sports, music,
table games and reading. Each child selects activities in which
to participate, expanding his/her abilities to make choices and
direct his/her own learning and enrichment. Staff facilitate the
student's growing independence, serving as a resource through
interaction and guidance. For further information and rates on
the school age program call 610-360-5364.
BOOK FAIR: Enter the Kingdom of Reading, Where Books Rule!
HEAR YE, HEAR YE, brave lords and fair ladies! Fall 2005 book
fairs has dragons and castles and knights, pointed hats and
flowing gowns, turrets and pennants, swords and shields, moats
and bridges, kings and queens - all in the Kingdom of Reading,
Where Books Rule!
Open house is being held on August 31, the first week the
students are back to school. With that in mind, book fair will
also be held that week. The students day for book fair will be
Tuesday, August 30th. We will not have enough time to send out a
flyer to get helpers. PLEASE respond to
this article if you are able to help on Tuesday, August 30th
from 9am to 12pm or 12pm to 3pm. We also need help the night of
open house on August 31 from 6pm to 8:30pm. Call Fran
Zaragoza at 610-923-0857 or Cathy Smyth at 610-438-3833. We are
counting on you for your support.
School closings can be found at the
WFMZ web site,
http://www.wfmz.com/stormcenter. Click on the bold blue
words to visit the
WFMZ site. You can also sign up here at the
WFMZ site to have school delays and closings sent to your e-mail
and/or cell phone.
To find out the e-mail address for you cell phone, check with your cell
carrier. You may need to have it activated and there may be fee's.
For example, my Verizon plan includes the service, but charges $.02 to
receive and $.10 to send a message. Your plan may vary.
The Avona PTA still has just a few Christmas ornaments left from
“The Old Avona" as it is often referred.
The ornament is pewter and circular in shape. It has a picture of
the old school on the front. The ornament is dated 1954 - 1998. If
you are interested, please contact Toniann Johnson at 601.559.3897.
The ornaments are $5.00 each.
At the end of the next school year (June 2006) there will be
eight PTA board members leaving. Not that they have not enjoyed
their time at Avona, but that their children are moving up to
middle school.
Those exiting are; Cathy Smyth, Karen Stahl, Sheri Cawley,
Etta Sortino, Diane Santo, Janet Border, Scott Border and Bill
Smyth. We need to fill the positions of President, Vice
President, Secretary, Hospitality, Yearbook, School Store,
Fundraising, Health and Safety, Communications & Publicity and
Webmaster.
Please consider helping in any way you can. Check out these and
other positions by clicking on the committee name under the
EXECUTIVE BOARD menu. There is a brief
description of each committee. Ideally, we would like
someone interested in a position to work as a co-chair during
the upcoming school year to learn the position.
We are in need of your help to keep the programs currently at
Avona and this web site in place. For more information, please
contact the PTA at
AvonaPTA@Yahoo.com. Thanks to your outstanding support of our fundraisers, the PTA
has a cash surplus this year. The PTA voted at it's last meeting to
purchase welcome mats for the
 inside
of all three entrances to the building. The new mats will be
in place for the start of the 2005-06 school year.
The layout of the mats are shown here. The design is
surrounded by a beveled 2" black border transitioning to the floor
to help prevent people from tripping on the edge.
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