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Garden Hills PTA News
GARDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY FRIDAY FLYER
March 6, 2015
285 Sheridan Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30305 | 404.802.7800 Visit us on the web at www.gardenhillselementary.org
Coach Johnson invites you to the Be Healthy Georgia Festival & Family Fun Run: Sunday, March 7th Come on down to the Capitol to join Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Olympians, and special guests for the 5th Annual Be Healthy Georgia Day! This FREE family day kicks off with the Atlanta Track Club’s One Mile Family Fun Run and Kilometer Kids Dash, followed by more fun and games with Georgia’s pro sports teams, mascots and much more! There will be scholarships and prizes for the school or group with the most participants, so bring all your friends to represent Garden Hills at this great day of family fun! For more informa-tion, go to https://ltgov.georgia.gov/healthy-kids-georgia
Watch our Garden Grow! GHES Garden Clean Up was a huge success... The garden was crawling with volunteers on Sunday, despite the day’s rainy beginning! A big thanks goes out to Katie Carlson and the Captain Planet Foundation for spearheading the project! Here is a list of accomplishments for the day:
Installed steps on the hill from the gym Demolished the old greenhouse and replaced it with garden beds Removed the old tool shed and built a new one Installed a new composter (plant waste only) Filled all garden beds with fresh compost Painted educational stepping stones Laid stepping stones down by the field Cleaned out the bed near the gym and planted caladium and hosta bulbs Planted potatoes and wildflowers in the square beds next to 3rd Grade hall Put a fence around the Pollinator Garden Painted Grade Level signs for each bed Partitioned beds into square foot gardens It couldn’t have happened without the dedicated support of many! Several GHES teachers, staff members and their families were there: Katie Carlson, Britni Brooks, Tina Williams, Regina Whitesell, Leigh Ann West, Kim Tran, Katy Brown, Tracey Scott, Krista Reilly, Keese and Patrick Draut, Jody, Thomas and William Brooks, and Coach Jackson. Thank you to the following parents, families and friends of GHES: Amber Friar, Martha Pinzon, Cristy & Clint Smith, Yih-Ling Tzeng & Rob Dickson, Carlos & Jesus Rodriguez, Kim Kleiss, Kim & Nicolas Amaya-Nolte, Jennifer McCarthy, Maria Corredor, Leslie & Jesus Hernandez, Geovanni Zamora, Diana Marchorro, Judy Adler & Ted Hull, Erica & Bart Fanelli, Kirsten & Bob Neufeld, Thuy Nguyen, Karla Alcocer, Luis Vargas, Valeria Vargas, Josuald & Diana Cuevas, Sergio, Luz, Josiline & John Pacheco, Tamosa & Edwin Zamora, Pamela Carson, Kim Williams, Ivan Nissim Rebolledo, Erin O’Connell, Anna Tatum, Sarah Dasher, John Thompson, and Ain Chike. And last but not least, thank you to the organizations who lent such great support: Captain Planet Foundation, Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education, Greater Atlanta Dietetic Association, Food Well Alliance, FoodCorps Georgia, Atlanta Farm to School, Maynard Jackson Garden Club, Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Amelie’s Bakery, Whole Foods, and Emory University Hospital. Congratulations to our newest Million Words Club Members... Jaime Clemente in Ms. Aquil's 4th grade class, Jo'vahn Garza-Johnson in Ms. Booker's 5th grade class, and Juliet Joyce in Ms. Malever’s 4th Grade class have each reached the 1,000,000 word milestone! Congratulations to these remarkable readers! Lost & Found: Are you missing any items of clothing? If so, please check our growing pile in the Lost & Found in the cafeteria.
TEACHER & STAFF BIRTHDAYS
3/22 Coach Johnson 3/28 Mr. Jolly
CALENDAR 3/7: Be Healthy Georgia Day at the Capitol 3/10: Prospective Parent Tour, 9:30 am 3/12: Rescheduled APS Cluster Planning Meeting, 6:30 pm at NAHS: see GHES website calendar for details: www.gardenhillselementary.org 3/16: NO SCHOOL-Teacher Work Day 3/20: Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor in the GHES Auditorium, 6 pm 3/21: Spirit Day at Barberito’s (it’s a Saturday!): 11 am-10 pm 3/31: ESOL Expo at Sutton Middle School, 5:30-8:00 pm 4/1: Spirit Night at Zesto 4/2: Talent Show Auditions 4/18: 26th Annual Evening in the Garden fundraiser for GHES
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Garden Hills Walkway Bricks For Sale– Make your mark in GHES History!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity for you and your family to be immortalized in the Rumson Walkway and a part of the Garden Hills family forever! From March 16th and culminating at the fabulous Evening in the Garden event on April 18th, we will be selling beautiful, personalized bricks to be a new addition to the Rumson Walkway (the pathway between GHES and the Garden Hills neighborhood). Order forms will be available on the GHES website from March 16th onward, and available in the school entrance foyer. All proceeds benefit the school.
Brownie and Junior Girl Scout Meeting next Monday, March 9th from 2:30-4:30 pm Questions? Don’t hesitate to contact Rebecca Galla Jones (Brownies, 2nd and 3rd) at [email protected] or 404-808-2837 or Judy Adler (Juniors, 4th and 5th) at [email protected] or 678-642-7773.
Prospective Parent Tour: Tuesday, March 10th at 9:30 am
If you have a neighbor or friend with a rising Kindergartner, please encourage them to come on a school tour next week! No RSVP is necessary. Any questions, please contact Kristin Childers at [email protected].
For a Switch: It’s Spirit Day on a Saturday at Barberitos! Saturday, March 21st all day: 11 am-10 pm
Stop by for lunch or dinner and don’t forget to tell them you’re there to support GHES! Barberitos will donate a portion of the day’s profits to Garden Hills. FREE kid’s meal with the purchase of an adult entrée and drink every Saturday! Limit 1 per adult. Barberitos is located in The Peach Shopping Center near Party City.
Are you practicing for your Talent Show audition? Auditions are in less than a month!
NOW is the time to begin forming and practicing your individual and group performances. Auditions will be held during school on April 2nd. Rehearsals will be held directly after school, and those who make the show are required to attend. We are looking for a wide variety of acts, and only the best of the best will be chosen to perform! Questions? Contact Erinn Grier at [email protected].
Let’s Walk!
Lace up your tennis shoes and join us for our first monthly walking group on Monday, March 9th at 8:00 am. We will meet in front of the school, and head out to get some exercise and chat as we cruise around Garden Hills. Strollers and dogs are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Gwendy Johnston at [email protected]. Mark your calendars for our future walking days: Monday, April 13th and Monday, May 12th.
Tickets Selling NOW for Evening in the Garden!
Saturday, April 18, 2015 7:00 pm
Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead
We hope to see you all at our largest fundraiser and celebration of the year!
www.eveninginthegarden.com
The Garden Hills PTA is accepting names for the 2015-2016 PTA Board As we plan for the next school year, we are beginning the process of nominating for next year’s PTA. This is the way in which we “staff” the PTA for the next school year. We are looking for individuals who are willing to give their time by leading a committee that in turn makes GHES stronger. If you’re interested or just have questions, please contact Kristin Childers at [email protected]. Please consider using your time and talents to make Garden Hills even better…..You can make a difference! VOLUNTEERS SPOTLIGHT: MEET KIM NOLTE & MAURICIO AMAYA They are the parents of Nicolas, a 5th Grader in Miss Petrello’s class. Kim leads a non-profit organization focused on adolescent health, and Mauricio is a chemist and a musician. Both parents have been volun-teering at GHES since Nicolas was in Kindergarten. Mauricio has played music from the Andes in the class-rooms and at our International Festival throughout the years. When Nicolas was in 1st Grade in Ms. Mar-tin’s class, Kim read to the class every Friday in both Spanish and English. You can find Kim and Mauricio volunteering at most of our other big events, such as the Talent Show, Fall Festival, and Movie Night. Kim was instrumental in getting our school gardens re-activated last year. For the past two years, Kim has served as our PTA Co-President.
Willing to serve?
We want you!
PTA News March 6, 2015
