CHANGO NEWS NEWS TO USE FROM THE CHANGO PTA

Saturday Scholars sponsored by SAGE

Registration for the SAGE sponsored Saturday Scholars program will be held on January 20th in the Acadia library from 9-10:30am. Registration packets can be requested from your child's teacher, school office or the district website www.shenet.org by the second week of January. They can also be found on the SAGE website at www.worknotes.com/NY/CliftonPark/SAGE.  Courses are open to interested learners grades K-8 throughout the capital area. The courses run for 5 Saturdays in March and are designed to be fast paced, in depth enrichment studies in specific content areas. For questions please call Vanita Tarangelo at 371-2034.  

Remember, it’s not too late to send in your PTA membership if you haven’t already done so. Our next PTA meeting will be held on Thursday, January 18^th and we will be handing out our extra fundraiser items as door prizes. Hope to see you there!

Sincerely, PTA Co-Presidents

Kristin Renauld and Lisa Hodge

BAKE SALE
The Election Day Bake Sale was a huge success. 
Due to an overwhelming response from volunteer bakers
we had enough goods to continue selling items into the
evening.  A big thanks also goes out to our corporate
sponsors who gave generously.  They include:
Hannaford, Price Chopper, Wendy's, Bombard Properties
and AV Bombard Construction.

This holiday season, give a gift with meaning. For teachers, family, friends and colleagues, make a donation to the Catie Hoch Foundation.

A $75 donation treats a child with cancer to a day off from the hospital

A $25 donation pays for two nights of housing

A $10 donation treats a child with cancer to lunch

You will receive a holiday card that can be given to that special someone. Your donation will bring smiles to children fighting cancer.

Day off from treatment _____x $75 = _________

2 nights of housing     _____ x $25 = _________

Lunch for a child        _____ x $10 = _________

Penguin ornaments     __________ x $12 = ________________

Travel mugs                __________ x 10 =  ________________

Catiebears for a Cure   __________ x 10 = ________________

Please make checks payable to the Catie Hoch Foundation and mail to 27 Southwood Drive, Ballston Lake, NY 12019. Include your name and address and the cards will be sent directly to you.  For more information please call Gina Peca at 877-7539.

Another exciting Holiday Season is upon us! We hope there will be gifts of books to be unwrapped. The imagination and magic that comes from books cannot be duplicated. Please take the time to enjoy this season by spending some of that time reading to your child. You will be surprised to find out who enjoys it more!

This year we are supporting the 3 Apples Book Award which was "developed to encourage the joy of reading for pleasure, and to give the children of New York State the opportunity to participate in honoring their favorite books."Students in grades 3-5 have received information regarding this project and information literature has been posted around the building.

A free Website: NASA has launched "Kids’ Club for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. It features animated educational activities and interactive games that teach youngsters about space exploration, rockets, comets, math, and more. The site is intended to "...provide a medium that encourages children’s interest in exploring the subjects important to developing early skills in science, engineering, and mathematics." The educational content is offered for five skill levels. Log on to:

www.nasa.gov/kidsclub

Digg This

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/LearnRSS

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/LearnRSSCurriculum Connections 

We continue to be thankful for the PTA’s continued support of our programs. Holiday greetings to all!!

The Job Assist program at CAPTAIN has over 300, 14-19 year olds looking for part-time jobs. The jobs that they are interested in are babysitting, lawn work, mothers helpers, tutoring, snow removal, moving help and any other service or business that hires part-time teens. Please contact Mildred Corneau at CAPTAIN at

373-8336 or you can send an email to Mildred@captainyfs.com. Any teen or interested family can check out our website at info@captainyfs.com. You can fill out an application on-line if you need an employee or if you are a teen who is looking for work.

The box top contest is in full swing. Currently, Mr. Donnelly’s class is in 1^st place with 285, Mrs. Barbagelata’s is in 2^nd place with 239 and Mrs. Fava’s class is in 3^rd place with 208 collected box tops. Quite a few box tops have been dropped off without noting whom they are from or which teacher they are for, so no credit has been given. Be sure to mark the bag with your child’s name and/or his/her teacher so that we can count them towards their class’s total. The collection box is located in the office.

Also, check out www.boxtops4education.com for money saving coupons and sign up for membership. It’s free and the school benefits when you join. If you have any questions, contact Rika Jacobsen at

(518) 490 1037.

The character words for November were citizenship and thankfulness.

11. Christian Echevarria

SPECIAL DATES

12/1 Kids’ Craft Night