DOUGLAS DRAGONEER
Douglas A+ Creative Arts
& Science Magnet Elementary School
Week of August 31-September 11
DOUGLAS DRAGONEER
Douglas A+ Creative Arts
& Science Magnet Elementary School
Upcoming
Events
Sept 7 Holiday – NO SCHOOL
Sept 23 Early Release Day 1:30 pm
Sept 24 Open House/Parent
Information
Night, 6:30 pm
Sept 28 Teacher Workday NO SCHOOL
Sept 30 McTeacher Night, 5-8 pm at
7301 Six Forks Rd
Welcome
Back to School!
The PTA Executive Committee wants to welcome everyone back
to another fun filled year at Douglas Elementary. If you are new to Douglas, we
hope that you will find it to be a welcoming community. We have already begun
filling the year with exciting activities, such as Arts Night and Fall Book
Fair. Keep a look out for future
activities and dates.
Open
House ~ September 24 at 6:30pm
All parents are welcome to Open House beginning at 6:30pm
on Thursday, September 24. We will introduce the PTA Executive Committee, the
Douglas staff, approve the PTA budget for 2009-2010, and kick-off our Dragon
Fire Campaign. You will also have an
opportunity to visit your child’s classroom and talk with teachers.
Volunteer
Information
Thank you to everyone who signed up on the volunteer list
at Meet & Greet. It was wonderful to see over 70 names, phone numbers, and
emails. We are striving to get volunteer opportunities out to everyone over the
next few weeks. It’s never too late to volunteer! If you see an opportunity
that interests you, do not hesitate to ask any one on the PTA board or your
teacher. Don’t forget ~ You must register with
School
Store
You will notice a change with the school store this year.
Due to our school day starting earlier this year, the school store will not be
opened in the mornings. The store will be open at community events when parents
are present, such as Open House, Arts Night, etc. If you have an immediate need (t-shirt or
magnet purchase), please email Mandy Houghton at goluther@aol.com and we will make
arrangements.
Carpool,
buses, and walkers oh my!
The beginning of the school year brings the craziness of
trying to organize carpool and buses as well as sending off our walkers every
afternoon. In these first few weeks, please try to be patient. It’s not easy
getting over 600 students in and out of school. Most important is our students safety! It will work itself out as students learn
their carpool number or bus color and parents learn procedures. Thank you for
your continued patience!
School
Spirit Day
Show
your school pride and wear your school colors every Friday. Wear green and
yellow – the school colors - or your Douglas tshirt. Let's go Dragons and
show your spirit!
FUNdraisers!!
Link your cards: You can
help raise money for
Kroger
ID# 80214 Harris Teeter ID# 2294 Target ID# 81061
Office Depot ID# 70062177
Link your Food Lion card at the store or online
McTeacher’s Night: Please
make plans to come out to McDonald's for McTeacher’s Night. On Sept. 30, the
restaurant at 7301 Six Forks Road will host this great fundraising event. See
your favorite teachers and staff members serving up your favorite McDonald's
treats. Join us between 5-8 PM, and 10% of the profits made will go to our school. Take the night
off from cooking and come out to support Douglas!!
HELP! Miss Levine's
preschool special education class has a large number of girls. The class could
use some girls toys for 2-4 year olds that are in good
condition. If you have any type of relatively sturdy girl's toys that you can
donate, please bring them to her classroom, #1106 (across from the office.) If
you leave toys in the classroom when no one is in there, please put your name
with them so she will know who they are from. Thank-you!
Student Directory Forms
Included
in your child’s Monday folder you will find a Douglas Student Directory form.
This form is used to collect information on all the students that attend
Douglas. This information is then turned into a printed directory distributed
for free to every Douglas family. The information collected is ONLY used for
the purpose of allowing Douglas parents to communicate with one another. This
Directory also provides additional information about the events taking place
this school year. Please look for this form and fill it out. It should be
returned to your child’s teacher no later than September 11th. We hope to have
the Directory completed and distributed by mid October.
PTA NEWS
It costs less than 3 cents a day to become a PTA member.
107 memberships were purchased at the Meet & Greet. This is approximately
1/3 of the Douglas family enrollment. We hope this number will increase over
the next month and we need your participation to get us there.
Why join the Parent
Teacher Association? To benefit your child by getting connected with the
happenings in our school, meeting and building rapport with other parents and
teachers, having the opportunity to effectively suggest change and playing an
important role in the fundraising that provides building improvements,
curriculum-based programs and social events.
If you have already taken this important step to join the
Douglas PTA, we thank you! If not,
please consider doing so. In your child's Monday folder, there will be a PTA
Membership form. Please fill this out and return it to your child's teacher
along with your membership fee. When joining, you may choose one of two
memberships, Family for $10.00 or Individual for $6.00.
Thank you for playing your part in furthering the high
quality educational opportunities for all children at Douglas Elementary
School.
Nancy Horner (nancyhorner921@nc.rr.com)
and Sara Rodriguez (sabraddy@yahoo.com)
VP’s of Membership
Congratulations!
Thank you to all who purchased your PTA membership early
at the Meet & Greet. We would like
to congratulate Emily Goodson and Paula Olson who won the DVD player and the
MP3 Player, respectively. A huge thanks
is extended to Mr. Smith, manager of Walgreens, for donating our prizes.
Your PTA Executive Committee of 2009-2010
Mandy Houghton ~ President goluther@aol.com
Shanon Baggett ~ President-Elect sbaggett@nc.rr.com
Sarah Winstead ~ Secretary swinstead@nc.rr.com
Ellen Zimmerman ~ Treasurer ezimmerman@nc.rr.com
Kate Gilmore & Courtney Tellefson ~ VP Fundraising katemgilmore@hotmail.com
Nancy Horner & Sara Rodriguez ~ VP Membership nancyhorner921@nc.rr.com
Jenny Sturm & Garnett Webb ~ VP Programs jsturmpremier@bellsouth.net
