Cambridge Connection – School Newsletter

Last Day of School!!! May 23rd

May 2013

Hope you are out enjoying the warmer weather after the crazy snow we had at the first of the month. I can’t believe we are approaching the last day of school. I know all the students are ready for summer; they are counting down the days. Are you ready?

With the 2012-2013 school year coming to a close, I am happy to announce that the Cambridge Elementary PTA was instrumental in the completion of educational and exciting events and look forward to continuing the adventure next year. It has been my absolute pleasure to serve with this PTA team and

Cambridge staff.

Note from the PTA President

***Pirate PRIDE***

Contents

PTA President’s Note 1

School News 2

Health & Wellness 3-4

Kid’s Korner 5

Business Supporters 6

Upcoming Events

5/20 – Field Day

5/21 – Yearbook Signing

5/22 – Awards Day

5/23 – LAST DAY!!

Cambridge Elementary

109 W. Cambridge

Belton, MO 64012

Phone:

(816) 348-1008

Fax:

(816) 348-1093

E-mail:

tgoodall@bsd124.org

To date, the 2013-2014 PTA team has been established and we are looking forward to the up-coming school year and are ready to out-perform this year! All parents and guardians are invited to join the adventure with the Cambridge Elementary PTA. We are looking forward to serving the students and families of Cambridge Elementary in the 2013-2014 school year. Thank you for your continued support of the Cambridge Elementary PTA. “Every child, One voice.” Crystall McClain Cambridge PTA President

cwtmcclain@msn.com

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Yearbook Signing Day: May 21st

Forgot to order a 2012-2013 yearbook? It’s not too late!!

If you are interested in purchasing one before the school's yearbook signing day, submit your request and payment to the office no later than Thursday, May 16th.

Teacher Appreciation Week was May 6-10

Thank you to all of the kids and families who participated. A BIG thanks to all of the businesses that donated items

for the teacher gift baskets and lunch:

Anna & Co. Hair Salon

Little Pig BBQ Butterfly Cupcakes

Old Navy The Limited

AMC

Thanks to everyone who joined in celebrating moms and all of the wonderful women in our children’s lives. We would especially like to give a BIG THANK YOU to these companies for their continued support by donating the supplies for our morning with mom:

Quick Trip Price Chopper

Starbucks

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Respect Effort Responsibility

Salad lore traces back centuries to simple vegetable dishes of the Roman Empire. Today salads are made with crisp greens, delectable pastas, luscious fruit and flaked seafood. Serve up a salad buffet. Visit a produce department for green variety. Romaine, leafy lettuces, cabbage and mustard leaves add extra vitamins and color to traditional iceberg lettuces. Put out washed greens with dishes of vegetables like sugar peas, grated carrots, raw broccoli florets and cauliflower chunks. Choose cherry or small tomatoes for easy handling. Put chilled salad or soup bowls out for your family. Make it a build-your-own-salad event.

How to identify a Stroke: A stroke can be a very serious health concern. Without fast action, and the proper care, stroke can lead to long-term health effects, blocked blood flow, long-term disability and even death. If you feel that someone you are near is suffering from a stroke or in the early stages, think quickly and ask him to do the following three things: smile, raise both arms, or speak in a complete sentence. Should there be any confusion, numbness, or sudden headache, call for care immediately by

contacting the emergency room, or 911.

Fun Recipe

DIP CONTEST — Kids will try anything – even loads

of raw veggies – if they get to vote or play a game.

So try this:

• Dish out 3 kinds of dip (hummus, Greek yogurt

dip, fruity salsa, cheese sauce, bean dip, honey

mustard dressing, etc.) and a platter of cut

veggies.

• Say something like: “Today, you guys are judges,

and your job is to decide which of these dips is the

best! I need you to try each one, and then tell me

which is #1, #2, and #3, and then we’ll figure out

which is the winner.”

• Watch this table of kids gobble down broccoli

florets like you’ve never seen!

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Kids Korner

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Kraft Korner: Sun Catchers

Cheap plastic beads, design a thin layer in a

pan, put in oven at 400 degrees for about 20

min. When cool, just invert and it falls right out.

Cooking w/ Kid’s: Fruitsicles

Great for those HOT Summer days! Favorite

fruit and fruit juice, Popsicle sticks. Freeze.

Viola! A healthy treat for them to eat.

Great Ideas!

Pirate’s love riding bikes during summer!

But do it safely!

We would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to our PTA business supporters:

Like us at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambridge-Elementary-

PTA/131293620241357

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Save those Box Tops during summer break and bring them with ya next

year!

The school earns 10 cents for each one!

Note from the Editor:

I would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of the teachers and

PTA members who helped support this year’s Cambridge

Connection newsletter by submitting stories and pictures that

captured this year’s activities and events. I hope our readers

enjoyed each the newsletters and came away feeling more

informed. It was my goal to give more insight into our children’s

world, highlight our teacher’s achievements and to let you know

what an awesome job the PTA, teachers and staff do to inspire,

educate and make our children feel proud to be a Pirate! I hope

that goal was accomplished. Have a GREAT Summer!

Kathleen Moffett

Newsletter Editor-in-Chief

Kathleen.Moffett@sprint.com