A CHRISTMAS STORY

The LaForge Encore Theater Company production of "A Christmas Story" opens tonight. The show runs December 8,9,10 (2 shows 12:30 and 1:00) and December 15,16 and 17 (2 shows). It is going to be a great show. For more information go to www.laForgeencore.org. Tickets can be purchased at on the website or at the door.

NIGHT OF 1000 STARS

*****Night of 1,000 Stars***** All students will be displaying a piece of their literary work and an art project. Come and support the kids of Overlake! December 1st from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.

The Twelve Days of Christmas Food Drive

The annual Twelve Days of Christmas Food Drive starts November 28th. Any food donations are accepted and appreciated. Here are some suggestions.

Nov 28- can of fruit
Nov 29- box of cereal
Nov 30- can of olives or cranberries
Dec 1- Can of vegetables
Dec 2- favorite food of choice
Dec 5- Bag of sugar or flour
Dec 6- Macaroni and cheese
Dec 7- can of chili or pork and beans
Dec 8- Can of beef stew
Dec 9- Can of tuna
Dec 12- can of soup
Dec 13- pie filling
Thank you for all your support!

Reflections are just around the corner!!

Reflections 2011-2012
Join us this year on a SUPERHERO ADVENTURE.
"Diversity Means" is the theme for this years reflections contest.
Start preparing now for your entries.
We will be having a kick-off assembly on Sept 20th.
All entries are due by November 17th.
You can also check out the PTA website for more info at
www.ptareflections.org/cs/about_reflections

FALL REGISTRATION IS HERE!!

Registration is just around the corner. Mark your calendars on August 10,11, and 12th from 9:00-3:00 P.M. All parents need to stop by the school on one of those days to complete the required registration forms.

Shopping online could help your school

If you shop online, you could be helping out our school. Below is a letter from Schoolpartner explaining how you can do that.


Dear PTA leader,

We at SchoolsPartner.com enjoyed the opportunity to meet you at last week's "Utah PTA Leadership Conference" at BYU, and spending a few moments with you to explain our website and the great benefit it will be to your PTA, providing a means of greatly increasing your PTA budget for next year, by simply asking Parents and Teachers to sign-up at SchoolsPartner.com, and pick your school (from the school menu) to be the recipient of the "kick-back", paid by our affiliated business partners, from the on-line shopping they're already doing (at places like Walmart.com, Groupon.com, BestBuy.com, Cabelas.com - hello Father's Day)!

* We also had a couple of fun giveaways including one packed full of great food products, and the other with a lot of wonderful products from the 'Body Shop' store! We've posted the winners of those giveaways on the home page at www.SchoolsPartner.com, so come see if it's YOU! Our winners haven't responded yet, so we may pick new ones tomorrow... *

We know many of you really grasped the power of SchoolsPartner.com and we loved your enthusiasm about getting started right away! 100's of you have already signed up and are beginning to use the website to make money for your school, and we know you're telling others to sign up. We also know that many of you plan to explain the program to parents/teachers later this summer (August) at "Back to School" night, and we understand how that makes sense, and we look forward to all those new parents/leaders earning funding for their kid's school. But, why lose out on the funding that could be generated for your PTA all summer long? If you can, go ahead and send home a flyer today by going to the bottom of the left menu (side-bar) on the homepage of SchoolsPartner.com, and clicking on the 'color flyer' button, opening a 'regular' 8.5x11 pdf, that can be printed, with 2 flyers per page to share today! Or create your own flyer explaining the benefit to your school/PTA, and send that home to parents.

You can contact us through the 'contact us' tab at SchoolsPartner.com with any questions. Best of Luck to you all going forward... especially to all you new PTA leaders for the 2011-2012 school year! We look forward to increasing your budgets and adding to your resources for the great work you're doing with our Utah students!

Sincerely,

SchoolsPartner.com

Giveaway Time

Enter to win a cool prize for your child by emailing us or making a comment on Overlake Elementary's Facebook page. Tell us your favorite PTA sponsored activity or event and your name will be entered into a drawing for a prize for your student! Our email address is www.overlakeelementarypta@gmail.com. You can also sign up on our blog for updates and reminders. Look for the pencil on the top right hand corner of our blog and enter your email address!
Thank you for supporting Overlake Elementary School.

Fun Summer Entertainment

8 movies for $10.00
Saturday, May 7th 12pm-3pm is the last day to buy tickets for the Summer movies. Tickets are being sold at Tooele Cinema 6 and they are sold on a first come basis.
Movie dates are June 6th through August 5th
( except for the 4th of July week)
Movies will be shown Monday through Thursday at 10am

Movies: How to Train your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, Megamind, Ant Bully, Cats and Dogs II, Legends of the Guardians, Yogi Bear, Shorts ( movies are subject to change)

From the Tooele County PTA and Tooele Cinema 6

Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week
March 28 - April 1

Please join us in letting our teachers know how much we appreciate all they do for us here at Overlake Elementary!

Monday: bring in a treat for your teacher.

Tuesday: Draw a picture, write a note or poem or a letter of appreciation to your teacher.

Wednesday: Donate school supplies ( markers, paper, kleenex) or ask your teacher what they would like.

Thursday: A new of gently used book for your classroom.

Friday: Wear your teacher's favorite color.

Thank you to all the teachers and staff at Overlake for all that you do for our school.

Read-A-Thon

Announcing:
Overlake Elementary PTA's
8th annual Read-A-Thon Fundraiser

• 100% of the money donated stays in our school
• Help support field trips and many other PTA programs
  

Wednesday, March 23, all children will have the opportunity to read for 2 hours for the read a thon. Our goal is to have every student with .20 per minute pledged.

Children may wear their PJs to school the day of the read a thon.

Overlake Science Fair

Get ready for the Overlake Science Fair on Friday, February 18th.
Set up begins at 8:15. Please have your student bring their projects to the gym at that time to set up.
Rules:

• Students are to do their own work
• No live animals
• No toxic or flammable items ( no living organisms, poisons or hazardous substances)
• Glass objects are to be avoided
• No working volcanoes
  

Awards Assembly will be at 3:00pm on the same day.
Please contact Alexis Beazer at beazco@msn.com if you have any questions or if you are able to help set up, clean up or judge the projects.

We need your help

Many children and adults in our county still need winter outerwear, especially coats, gloves, hate and boots. If you are cleaning out and need a great place to donate new or gently used clothing your local PTA is collecting them until January 20th. Please make sure that the items are cleaned prior to donating them.

There will be a drop off place provided near the front office of your local schools. All clothing that is donated will be sorted and redistributed through the homeless liaison that works for Tooele County School District.

Those in need of these items can go to the Community Closet that will be set up on Saturday, January 22nd from 9am to 2pm at the Community Learning Center in the main commons area ( 2101 South 1100 West- enter on the West side of the building.)

Other Community partners wanting to collect items to donate can bring them to the Community Closet location on Friday, January 21st between 3pm and 5pm to be sorted.

This is a great opportunity to help others in our extended community!
Any questions please contact a local PTA representative.

Thank you for your help!
Tooele County PTA & Tooele County School District

Wild About Books

Are you wild about books?
Mark your calendars for Overlake Elementary Family Fun Night.

• When: February 9th from 6-7:30pm
• Where: Overlake Elementary
• Why: Stories, Literacy Activities, Math fun, and pictures with Larry the Lynx

There will also be a book swap.
Everyone in the family can bring a book to donate and swap it for a different one to take home!

See you there!!!