Month: October 2016

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Mid-Fall update

Muffins with Mom on Oct. 14 was great fun! Check out the photos on Facebook and feel free to tag yourself and/or share!

End of October events

Oct. 20 is Literacy Night at Woodburn! 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Restaurant Night takes place Thursday, Oct. 27, at Silver Diner’s Merrifield location. PTA will receive a donation from a portion of sales from that evening, between 5 – 8 p.m. Be sure to bring your friends and family — and your appetites!

Did you know? You can register your Silver Diner loyalty card in the restaurant’s Eat Well Do Well loyalty program, and your purchases can benefit Woodburn all year long.

Plan ahead for November:

Nov. 7-8 are student holidays.

We’ll have our Election Day Bake Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 8. We’ll share the sign-up link by email and Facebook for sale items and volunteers.

The next PTA meeting takes place Thursday Nov. 10, in the Woodburn Library, at 7 p.m. On the agenda: Principal Chapin will discuss Woodburn’s proposal to bring Advanced Academics Local Level 4 to our school. This is an exciting development for our school!

Nov. 17, PTA is treating the students to an in-school assembly featuring Superhero Math!   Math Night will take place at school from 6:30 – 8 p.m.

2-hour early dismissal on Wednesday Nov. 23. No school on Nov. 24-25 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

As always, check out our Calendar for up-to-date information (PTA events are in green).
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Sign up for Enrichment classes

Enrichment classes are underway but it’s not too late to register for many of our classes.
Contact the vendor to see if registration is still open.
Class list and contact information is available on our Enrichment Program page:
Plans for next session’s classes (January) have already started.  Watch for announcements about our winter class offerings in December.
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October 2016 PTA news & events

Thanks to all who attended our 1st PTA meeting!  We learned a great deal. Look for the minutes to be posted soon.

Enrichment classes begin this week.

Ascendly Lego class is now open to Kindergarten students!!  The class takes place Wednesday mornings from 8:15-9:15am.   We need 1 or 2 more kids for the class to have critical mass — if we don’t have enough kids for this session, the class will be canceled and we may not be able to offer future Lego classes in the winter and spring).  Visit our Enrichment Program page for registration info this class and all the Enrichment programs. (Contact ljwright1972@yahoo.com for more information.)

DC United ticket sale ends Friday, Oct. 7. Game day is Sunday, Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. Book your tickets this week. Join us to cheer on DC United as the play NYC FC.
Tickets: $21 each
Send payment to school by Thursday. Make checks payable to Woodburn PTA.
For more information contact Jason K: jasonpk@gmail.com

Spiritwear order deadline Oct. 14. Only 2 more weeks to order your Woodburn Wildcats t-shirts! Select from gray, green and pink. Place your order online – or complete and send the order form along with payment to school. Be sure to include the student’s name and teacher’s name.Visit https://www.customink.com/g/xan0-00aq-3n35

Friday, October 14: Muffins with Mom
PTA will host a Muffins with Mom breakfast in the cafeteria with the students.
Dads & Moms: Please sign up to bring something to the event! We will gather in the Woodburn Cafeteria around 8am to have breakfast with our kids. This is a super fun event, and a great opportunity to meet parents and teachers!
Sign up here: http://signup.com/go/HDHt9t

Thursday, October 27: Restaurant Night (Silver Diner – Merrifield)
Come out to Silver Diner’s Merrifield location for Restaurant Night on Thursday Oct. 27.

Silver Diner is a great partner for schools. If your family go there regularly, be sure to sign up for their rewards program. Your meals at Silver Diner can also benefit Woodburn.

School-related postings

Friday, October 7: Student Holiday, No School
Monday, October 10: Columbus Day holiday, No school
Tuesday, October 11: Parent Coffee on-site at Heritage Center
Wednesday, October 12: School Picture Day
Thursday, October 20: Literacy Night

Shoppers rewards: Programs like like Giant’s A+ program, Harris Teeter’s TIE program, Amazon Smile, and iGive are a great way to earn money for the PTA. If you can volunteer to coordinate these programs for the PTA, we could really use your help! Please let Leah know at ldewolf@gmail.com if you can take this on.

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