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 PTO Newsletter April-May 2008

         Grants approved by the SNIS PTO since the last newsletter:

• $250 was approved for performances for the entire school by the Horgan School of Irish Dance.
• $2,700 was granted for the Ellis Stagecoach historical presentation and stagecoach ride for the entire fifth grade this spring at SNIS.
• $2,100 was approved for three LCD projectors one of which will be used by the physical education staff.
• Total grants approved to date totals over $34,000 ! Thanks for your support of fundraisers and events that make these grants possible!

Spring Events

To all SNIS parents- thank you for supporting our spring SNIS-PTO Book fair! With your help, we have contributed to the SNIS library, and because of the generous donation to One for Books by our SNIS students we were able to give to the New Milford public library youth department as well!  I would like to thank all of our 51 parent and staff volunteers, and the SNIS PTO for our wonderful "Books and Bingo" family night. A very special thank you to my spring book fair committee: Wendy O'Brien and Kathleen Lewis for coordinating school staff appreciation, teacher wish list and all school staff vouchers; Jackie Bode, Nicole DuVerger, Jennifer Gabrielson, Sue Sullivan and every SNIS student for all of their awesome help with our decorations; Pat Galletta for coordination of our book fair volunteers; Lynn Mazik for making all of our book fair flyers, and Terri Tuz, who helped whenever she could. I really appreciate all of their time, help and support! Thank you, Denise Smith, Book Fair Chair

SNIS Yearbooks are still on sale for $22.00. Don’t miss out! Reserve your color yearbook now!  Panoramic pictures of each grade are still available for order at $18.00 for the picture, or $28.00 for the picture in a mount suitable for hanging. Please return payment in an envelope to your child’s teacher as soon as possible. Call Melissa Gesualdi at 354-9083 for information.

Literature week was a huge success! Many thanks go to Mrs. Baerny and Ms. Hackel for organizing the authors and illustrators that provided enrichment for the students at SNIS. The PTO funded the entire cost of $3,700 for the week long activities.

Mark your Calendar! May 6-New Milford PTO volunteer appreciation at SNIS May 8-SNIS PTO meeting-NOTE DATE CHANGE-10 am May 7-Wicked trip teams 2 and 4 May 14-Wicked trip teams 1 and 3 May 15-Staff appreciation May 20-Town budget referendum vote May 26-no school-Memorial Day June 2-SNIS PTO meeting-NOTE DATE CHANGE-10am June 10-Fourth grade field day June 11-Fifth grade field day June 12-raindate for field days June 13-Sixth grade send off June 16-Sixth grade send off raindate June 18-last day of school-early dismissal!		Box Tops for Education Box Tops total to date is 17,874. Campbells total is 3,447 plus a bonus of 250.    The prize winner for the Rock Cats baseball tickets was Timothy Rehm, a student in Mrs. Zimmerman’s class. Please keep clipping! Box Tops are an easy way to earn money for our school!
		New Milford Budget Voting The date for the budget referendum is Thursday May 20th PLEASE VOTE!
School store/Merchandise: Two styles of SNIS t-shirts and flannel pants will be offered for sale at the school store on a trial basis. Anyone who has an hour or two to spare and would like to assist with school store, please contact Luanne Mazzoni  at 210-1378.		Sixth grade send off Friday June 13 (raindate Monday June 16) will be a special celebration for the SNIS 6th grade class of 2008! To volunteer to help in the fun call Darla Case at 350-6785 or Mary Eherts at 354-1330.
A special thanks to the SNIS PTO board members who will be leaving SNIS with their 6th graders and best of luck to the 2008-2009 SNIS PTO board!	Visit our website at ournewmilfordpto.org or view channel 17 for SNIS events and information!	Can I REALLY make a difference? Yes! Decades of research show that when parents are involved, students have: Higher grades, test scores and graduation rates Better school attendance Increased motivation and better self-esteem