Weekly
Update
Friday,
March 2
Skinner
West School Survey Due
NO
CLASSES
Wednesday,
March 5
Edible Schoolyard Committee Meeting
4:30 PM
Cafeteria
Progress
Reports Distributed (check your child's backpack!)
March 6 to
March 16
ISAT
TESTING
Grades 3 through 8
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Did you miss last week's Week-At-A-Glance
e-newsletter? Click here to catch
up on a must-read!
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Does your Superstar have an accomplishment or
honorable mention you would like to submit to the newsletter?
Reply to this email or email us at skinnerwest@gmail.com.
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Are
you supporting Skinner through these NO additional cost
fundraisers?
SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL and Share this with Family and
Friends!
Box
Tops/ Labels for Education
Collect
everyday labels from groceries to earn points and funds for our
school library
e-Scrip (Dominick's & other retailers)
Visit
www.escrip.com to designate your
eScrip accounts to Mark T. Skinner. A percentage of your
purchases go to the school. However, you must renew your e-Scrip annually.
Look out for special bonus days too!
Target
1% goes
to Skinner on ALL purchases made with Target Card
(additional 5% all purchases for you!)
Designate
Skinner Classical as your school
www.target.com/tcoe
Mamapedia
5% of purchases go to Mark T. Skinner Classical School
(Code A5BY)
www.deals.mamapedia.com
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Please submit pictures from any Skinner West events
(concerts, parties, presentations etc) to skinnerwest@gmail.com.
We
prefer .jpg or .gif files of up to 350kb.
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25% of Skinner Families Have Responded
Tell Us What You Think!
www.surveymonkey.com/s/SKINNER
Take the Skinner West Classical, Fine Arts and
Technology School Survey Now...
YOUR OPINION COUNTS!
Skinner West
Families! We need your opinion to insure we are meeting the needs of
our Superstars.
Each family (one
per family please!) can take the survey in one of two ways:
- Online
survey via the following website: www.surveymonkey.com/s/SKINNER
(PREFERRED, especially for detailed comments)
- OR
complete and return the written survey to your homeroom teacher
THANK YOU to the families who have answered the
survey!
OUR GOAL IS 100% PARTICIPATION!
Survey responses
are due no later than Friday, March 2nd.
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Order your favorite cookies today! Cookie dough is
being sold to raise money
for PE, Earth Day and Science funding requests. 40% of every purchase supports Skinner West.
With every cookie dough order, the buyer will receive
a $25 Dining Advantage card.
Students can receive prizes for hitting selling goals:
- Sell
2 units => Scent-sibles pencil & eraser
- Sell
5 units => Game truck time
- Sell
12 units => "Purple slip"
- Sell
20 units => $20 Target gift card
- Sell
40 units => Kindle
- And
additional prizes listed in the packet!
Important Dates
to Remember:
- Friday,
March 9th - All monies
and orders must be submitted. Please make checks payable
to "Skinner PTO" and return the entire sales packet
- Wednesday,
April 18th - Orders
available for pickup on Report Card pickup day
Click here for details
Questions?
Contact Stephanie Majca @ s_majca@hotmail.com
or 312.543.9974
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Money
Smart Kid Essay Contest
Click here and go
to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's website to learn more about
the Money Smart Kid Essay Contest, which allows 5th-8th graders the
opportunity to win a $5,000 scholarship. All essays and
applications must be submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank by March 23,
2012.
This
year's essay question is: Give an example of when it
is wise to borrow money and when it is not. What factors do you need
to consider to help you make a responsible choice? Please be sure to
discuss the concepts of decision making and opportunity cost in your
answer.
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There are so many ways you can participate and earn
money for the school library to buy supplies and books! Click here for details
1) Please make sure you are registered at these Bonus
Box Top sites! Complete you information and list Skinner West as your
school, and EARN Box Tops!
2)
POW! Box Top Challenge
Skinner's collection goal for the POW! Box Top
Challenge is 15,000 Box Tops. We are nearly 1/3 of the way there.
Every collection day, the top collector for that period is
rewarded:
- Ms.
Staral's class enjoyed a Popcorn Party
- Mr.
Lew's class earned a Donut Day
- Mr.
Cox's class is deciding on their prize!
- Your
student's class can be next, and all classes are working towards
the grand prize of a free trip to POW! Martial Arts. The
contest deadline is March 28th.
3)
Jewel-Osco Promotion: March 15-21
Earn 35 Box Tops for every 10 eligible Box Top
products and save $5 instantly at checkout!
4) Dominick's
Promotion: March 1-31
- Earn
5 bonus Box Tops when you buy 2 participating Pillsbury products
- Earn
10 bonus Box Tops when you buy 3 participating Pillsbury
products.
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Save The Date ~
On Friday, April 27th from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm,
PTO/Forum will be sponsoring a Financial
Fitness Family Fun Night. Come get your questions
answered about how to save for college, how to get your Superstar on
the path to saving, and much more. Click here
to view more details about this upcoming event.
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Have
you Visited the Skinner Website Lately?
SkinnerSuperstars.org
Did you know that our website includes...
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Gallery 111 ART FOR SALE !
The Gallery 111 "HeARTS for the ARTS"
Cards are available for purchase to raise funds for the 2012 arts
programming at Skinner West. Every classroom at Skinner will benefit
from our programming through field trips or in-school artists
residencies.
A pack of 10 cards are available for $12.00 featuring
our winning artist's work. Please contact us @ skinnergallery111@gmail.com.
A check should be made to Gallery
111 & the art cards can be picked up by your child in
Ms. Bovit's art room. Thank you to all the artists that participated!
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