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Toy Drive a Huge Success
The EPTA Toy Drive sponsored by A Nu Toy Store on Main Street in
Tarrytown was a huge success.
Over 40 gifts were donated to be
given to local children as well
as a monetary donation from A Nu
Toy Store. Thank you to everyone
who made this toy drive
possible! (Posted 1/5/08)
A Message from the Foundation
for the Public Schools of the
Tarrytowns:
Hopefully by now you have
received a letter in your
mailbox from the Foundation
about donating to our annual
community appeal. In the 15
years since the Foundation was
started, our countless programs
have inspired hundreds of
students reach and dream beyond
their imaginations.
Now more than ever, during this
challenging time, it is vital
that our community support the
Foundation, so that our children
can continue to be inspired in
their educational pursuits, and
they can continue to reach
beyond their potential.
Please
click here for the
letter and thank you in advance
of your support.
Shelly Colley
Foundation Administrator
(Posted 12/15/08)
West Point Coming to Sleepy
Hollow!!
The West Point Concert Band will
be performing:
Wednesday, January 14th
(Snow Date: Wednesday, January
21st)
7:00 PM
Free Concert
at
The Sleepy Hollow Auditorium
To Reserve tickets pick-up at
Sleepy Hollow High School Main
Office
or Order on line: gpersad@tufsd.org
(Posted 12/9/08)
Sleepy Hollow MS/HS Winter
Concerts
SHMS Winter Concert at 7:30 PM
on Monday, December 15 (in our
new auditorium). SHHS Winter
Concert at 7:30 PM on Tuesday,
December 16 at 7:30 PM. Snow
date for both concerts is 12/17.
(Posted 12/4/08)
Please Note Date Change
Washington
Irving Intermediate School
Winter Concert
Wednesday, December 17th at 7:00
p.m.
in our newly refurbished
auditorium
Performing students must arrive
at 6:00p.m.
Children attending the
performance must be accompanied
by an adult
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Family Science Night - A Huge Success
“I learned so much that night. You can
do so much with science.”
-Matthew, elementary student
“Thanks you for teaching me all about
science in a very fun way.”
-Caroline, elementary student
“I can’t wait until high school for
science.”
- Lily, elementary student
The Sleepy Hollow Science Department
along with the Elementary PTA hosted the
second Family Science
Night on
Wednesday, November 19th in
the new science wing of the high
school. The eager elementary students
and their parents were engaged and
mesmerized by a series of activities and
demonstrations by the high school
science teachers and student
volunteers. Jason Choi, the new chair
of the science department, and Rachelle
Gebler and Nancy Checchi, the parent
representatives of the EPTA, planned the
event and estimated that over 200
elementary students attended Family
Science Night.
Leana Peltier thrilled the student,
using Glo-Germs and uv-lamps, and showed
how disease could be transmitted in the
session titled “Hot Zone.” In the
session titled “Cellulicious” Janet
Longo-Abinanti and Deidre Sullivan, our
new eighth grade Living Environment
teacher, helped students assemble an
edible plant cell. Carlos Franco and
Eric Rinaldi literally “blew away” the
students with their presentation on
gases. Chris Adamo taught density in
the session titled “Sink or Swim” and
the students made their own lava
lamps. Leila Madani and Kerryanne
Donohue, our new engineering teacher,
wowed the students with a series of
physics demonstrations including a bed
of nails in their “Haunted Classroom.”
Olga Fernandez-Cabrera and our new
chemistry teacher, Stephanie McQuade
engaged the students with a series of
activaties aimed at showing the
cohesiveness of water in a session
titled “Walk on Water.” The teachers
were assisted by student volunteers from
the Science Honor Society and from their
classes.
All the participants – the teachers, the
student volunteers, the parents and the
elementary students - thoroughly enjoyed
themselves. Lily, an elementary
student, wrote “I love Science Night!
It was awesome and I learned so much
about science while having fun.” She
particularly loved how everything was
hands-on. Caroline sent a thank you
note to Mr. Franco – “You rock for
making the Science Night so much fun.”
The high school science teachers and the
EPTA look forward to continuing this
great tradition next year. (Posted 12/4/08)
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Just a little reminder: It
couldn’t be easier to help our schools
and shop for your holiday gifts at the
same time.
Just follow these simple steps:
1. Go to
www.GoodShop.com
2. Type in “EPTA of the Tarrytowns”
under “Who do you Goodshop for?”
3. Choose from over 700 online stores
(including several major airlines) and
you’re off!
Some examples of the % of your total
purchase each retailer donates directly
back to our schools:
Barnes and Noble 3%
Amazon.com 1.5%
Lands' End 3%
L.L.Bean 2%
iTunes 2.5%
Zappos.com 6%
You can check how
much we’ve raised so far at any time by going to
www.goodsearch.com or
www.goodshop.com and clicking on “amount raised.” It’s such an
easy way to fund the enriching programs the EPTA provides for our
children throughout the year. (Posted 12/1/08)
4th
Annual District Wide Talent Show
The
African American Heritage Club is Sponsoring its 4th Annual District
Wide Talent Show. This year may be our best ever. Come out to
support Faculty and Staff of the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns.
Where- Sleepy Hollow High School Auditorium. When: December 12th at
7:00. Admission: Adults $8.00 Students $5.00. Bring a friend. See
you there.
(Posted 11/20/08)
You’ll Die Laughing
at the Fall Production
"Dearly
Departed" is a distinctly American dramedy about life, death, family, and
love. When the "mean and surly" Bud Turpin dies, his family must
come together for his funeral, and overcome their differences in the
process. Come see the play and fall in love with this wacky family,
then leave the theater happy that you are not related to them.
"Dearly
Departed"
was written by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones, performed by The
Sleepy Hollow Players, and directed by Peter Kennedy.
November 21 at 7:30
November 22 at 2:00 and 7:30
The Sleepy Hollow High School Auditorium
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(Posted 11/13/08)
Middle School and High School PTSA Meeting on November 17th, 2008
PTSA MEETING
Monday, November 17th
7:30 p.m. – High School LibraryTOPIC: Children of the 70s and 80s
Raising Children in 2008
Is your parenting style based on your parents’ rules and values?
Your choices as a teen? Scientific research? Learn how to choose
an effective parenting style & increase your effectiveness in
preventing substance abuse & other risky teen behaviors
We invite all
parents/guardians to join us in what promises to be a very
informative discussion. Andrea Fallick, LCSW, CASAC,CPP, Director of
Student Assistance Service Corp. will present and guide us through
this parenting workshop.
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General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Please join us for our second annual
Principals’ Panel
John Paulding School
– Multi purpose Room
6:45 – 8:00 p m
The
principals from all 4 of our elementary buildings will participate
in a question and answer session with parents and guardians.
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Family Science Night
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
6:30pm to 8:15pm
(Registration begins at 6:15pm. Activities begin at 6:30pm sharp)
Sleepy Hollow High School
(Please make sure to use High School entrance – look for the
balloons!)
For all students in Kindergarten through 6th grade
The EPTA and the Sleepy Hollow High School science department invite
you to a fun-filled night of discovery and exploration.
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Dear Teachers,
Administrators, Support Staff, Students and Parents:
The Foundation is
pleased to announce the 2008-2009 Creativity Grants Program. If you
have had an idea that you haven’t been able to realize for lack of
funds, now is the time to put that idea on the computer.
Our goal is to
support your creativity in meeting the state mandated curriculum and
testing requirements. We especially welcome ideas that have not
been introduced in the district before or that cross disciplines or
age groups. Use us to bring in resources to help you do your job
more efficiently and creatively.
We welcome grant
participation from student/teacher and parent/teacher teams as well
as teachers alone or in collaboration with other teachers. We have
a total of $15,000 available and will make individual grants of up
to $1,500 and collaborative grants of up to $5,000 for use between
January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. There is no limit to the
number of applications from each school.
Applications are
due by November 25, 2008. The Guidelines and the Application are available on the
Foundation website. Go to
www.tufsd.org/foundation/, click on Grants, click on the
highlighted blue “online grant application” and you can apply
directly on-line. Save the grant application in a word document,
and then send back to me as an attachment.
A Creative Grants
committee reviews each grant application and makes a final decision
in January 2009.
We hope you are as
excited about this opportunity as we are, and we look forward to
seeing you to discuss your ideas. Please call our office at
366-8457, or email us at
foundation@tufsd.org if you have any thoughts or questions.
Kindest regards,
Shelly Colley
Foundation Administrator
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Just in
Time for the Holidays!!!
The EPTA of the Tarrytowns is excited
to announce their membership to
www.goodsearch.com. As a Yahoo powered search engine,
Goodsearch.com allows everyone to earn funds EVERY SINGLE TIME they
make a “search and click” on the web via Goodsearch.com. This
includes everything from reading the news to videos, images and best
of all shopping with over 600 retailers! These retailers
will donate anywhere from 1% to 37.5% of your entire
purchase to the EPTA of the Tarrytowns, depending on the retailer.
ebay, iTunes, Amazon, Macy’s, Nike, The Container Store, L.L.
Bean, Gap, Zappos and Sears are just a very small handful of
participating retailers! A perfect way to begin your holiday
shopping all the while contributing to the programs and events
sponsored by the EPTA of the Tarrytowns.
Rather than clicking on Google or Yahoo,
just go to
www.goodsearch.com, type in “EPTA of the Tarrytowns”
under “Who Do You Goodsearch For?” and surf away. Each time you
do a search a penny is placed under the “Amount Raised” tab and each
shopping order will generate so much more. It’s fundraising at your
convenience - any time, any place! If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact AnnMarie Savino at 631-6699 or
the.savinos@verizon.net.
(Posted 10/15/08)
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Box Tops 4 Education is the number one way our schools,
grades K-6, can easily
earn money for our district. All you need
to do is clip the Box
Tops cutout from participating company
products and return them to
your school. The EPTA has placed
new Box Tops bins in
each school main entrance for your
convenience. For every
individual Box Top received our school
will earn ten cents,
if not more. It’s that simple!
www.boxtops4education.com has so much to offer
including
coupons for groceries and household items, recipes and
endless giveaway opportunities. While on the website, take a moment
to review the extensive list of merchants
who will donate to our
schools just by ordering online through
www.boxtops4education.com.
Barnes & Noble, Kohl’s,
Limited Too, Leapfrog, Target, Nordstrom, Gap, Best Buy, Sears,
Pottery
Barn Kids, Hallmark, Old Navy and Frontgate are only a
handful of those participating! .
With so many supportive
families in our district our earning potential is unlimited. Let’s
all seek products
that will benefit our schools and our children and
let’s begin clipping and earning! Thank you for participating!
Please contact AnnMarie Savino at
the.savinos@verizon.net with any questions.
(Posted 10/14/08)
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The TUFSD Green Committee and the EPTA partner to help friends and families
of our district live in a more earth friendly way AND support the schools.
Greenraising.com is a web site on which anyone can purchase green products
for home and school, including healthy and reusable SIGG water bottles and
reusable lunch bags. Greenraising is also a fundraising tool. Whenever
anyone shops on Greenraising.com and selects "EPTA of the Tarrytowns" as
their affiliate, proceeds from the sale go back to our schools. To use
Greenraising, either go directly to
http://www.greenraising.com/?AFID=561 or go to
www.greenraising.com
and select "EPTA of the Tarrytowns" from the affiliate drop-down list
at the top of the page. Please take advantage of this unique partnership
and send the link to family and friends, as anyone can participate!
(Posted 9/11/08)
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PTSA Fundraiser
The PTSA has plaid flannel pants
with HORSEMAN in white lettering going down one pant leg on sale for
$25. Please contact Mary Schnog at 332-0177 or Mimi Lorador at
631-8838 to order.
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