Issue 11 October 1, 2017

October PTA Meeting Please join us on Tuesday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the library for a PTA meeting. We are trying out a new time based on some survey results from last spring. We hope to see you there!

Harvest Carnival The Harvest Carnival will be held on Friday, October 13. This outstanding event is made possible because of your time and support. Please sign up to volunteer or donate today! 

For more information, or to buy your wristbands/food tickets, please click here.

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Upcoming Dates

10/3 - PTA Meeting, 7 p.m.

10/9-10/13 - Fall Book Fair

10/13 - Harvest Carnival

10/26 - Chick-fil-A Dine Out Night

10/31 - Falcon’s Eye Theatre Assembly

11/16 - Phil Tulga Assembly & Family Night

Stay Informed

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www.williambrookspta.org

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2017-18 PTA Board

President: Alicia Smith VP: Mary Young Treasurer: Elizabeth Davies Secretary: Adrianne Belza Historian: Jeanne Drinon Parliamentarian: Lisa FosbennerEvents Chair: Michele Gustafson

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Jog-a-Thon Recap - Wow!!!Thank you to everyone for participating in the Jog-A-Thon. It was a huge success! We have received $15,884 in pledges and all of that money will be poured directly into school enrichment programs.

If your child received pledges based on the number of laps ran, please be on the lookout for letters coming home in this Friday’s folder detailing the number of laps he/she ran. Please return pledge money to your child’s teacher or in the PTA lock box in the office.

And if you weren’t able to contribute before, it’s not too late to still turn in your child’s pledge sheet! We have lots of sports sacks to give away for any student who turns in $35 or more.

All money is due by Friday, October 6th.

Thank you to everyone who participated. It was so much fun seeing all of the kids running proudly in their school colors, and we raised a lot of money for the school! 

Class that raised the most money - Mrs. Diaz

Top Student Fundraiser - Jazzy Klein

Most Spirited Classes - Mr. Crowson/ Ms. Keilar

The whole school will get a pajama day once we reach our $15,000 target. Thank you to Marjan Phillips and Delia Hudgens for all your hard work. Way to go Bears!!!

Book FairOn October 9-13 Brooks will be hosting our annual Fall Scholastic Book Fair! The Book Fair is a fun way to motivate and encourage our kids’s enthusiasm for reading. It also provides major funding to our library. When our kids visit the library every week, we want them always to find new books that will excite and inspire them, and this is the fundraiser that makes that happen! We need lots of volunteers to make our Book Fair a success. Please sign up to help with set-up, previews (when our youngest classes visit to make their wish-lists), sales, or clean-up. If you are new to Brooks, or have never worked a book fair before, please consider signing up. It’s always a fun event, and a great way to meet more of your Brooks family! If you have a middle or high school student who would like to help out, we welcome them to sign up as well!

Click here to volunteer

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Chick Fil-A Dine Out

Phil Tulga Family Night & National Blue Ribbon Celebration

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Membership Update Membership forms have been flowing in over the past few weeks! We are currently at 180 members.  Thank you to all of our members that have already joined!  We are so close to our goal of 200 members!  It’s not too late to join… send in your form and dues payment with your child or drop it off in the office, and help us out by telling a friend!  We are so proud of our Brooks community!

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William Brooks Assemblies 2017-18Thanks to the funds from the 2016 Gala, we are able to offer a variety of assemblies this year.

Falcon’s Eye Theatre: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 (all students)

This approximately 35-minute play is written, directed, designed, and performed by college students and young adults from the Folsom Lake College Theatre Arts Department.  It is a great opportunity to demonstrate creative action and teamwork to your kids.  Each year, the Folsom Lake College students choose a topic they think will be important and fun for kids.  Then the students here draw upon their own lives to write the play.  The program contains lots and lots of humor and singing and dancing, along with a straightforward message that everyone can agree upon.

A Touch of Understanding: Friday, November 3, 2017 (4th & 5th grade students)

A Touch of Understanding (ATOU).  ATOU is a nonprofit comprised of a group of adults that have various disabilities and/or are parents of a child with disabilities. They come to the school and do an interactive type workshop that allows kids to listen to firsthand testimonials of how living with a disability has shaped their lives and how they have overcome the challenges that go along with having a disability. They also set up stations that the kids go through which emulate how it would be to have a disability. The workshops and talks are geared to fourth graders and up and are a really powerful way to build empathy, understanding, and compassion. The workshops are about three hours long and we would do one grade level per day.  

Phil Tulga combined with Family Night: Thursday, November 16, 2017

Phil uses a giant vibrating string to demonstrate equivalence of fractions, and then shows students how to compare fractions based on their size. He also measures and records sounds in the MP room using his iPad, and creates patterns to make an entertaining musical composition with the students!Math & Science Family Night, 6 p.m.Invite your families back for a fun and entertaining musical presentation on the math and science.

Phil guides everyone through an enriching series of hands-on FOSS experiments and Exploratorium displays. 

Then, the students apply their knowledge by making rhythm and string instruments and joining together for an exciting concert featuring Dragon Dance Drumming from China!

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William Brooks Assemblies 2017-18 Continued

Mad Science: Friday, January 12, 2018

What Do We Know About H2O – (45 or 60 min) This program is a high-energy, interactive show that highlights one of the most valuable resources we need - water! Children will make a splash as they dive in and learn about the amazing elements of the water cycle. With a flood of demonstrations and visual experiments, they will investigate the importance of water conservation and the hidden uses of water.

Theatre of all Possibilities/Heros From Around the World: Friday, March 23, 2018

Heroes – People Who Make a Difference (K-6)

Heroes are everywhere! Visit extraordinary people from history whose achievements have touched our lives – Mahatma Gandhi, Florence Nightingale, Caesar Chavez, and many others. Discover the heroes everywhere around us – firefighters, teachers, parents, and even friends. With humor and engaging action the play enlivens important concepts from social studies and history curriculum, inspiring students to believe in themselves and fulfill their potential. Heroes not only highlights famous figures from various cultures, but the nameless ones who daily strive to make the world a better place to be – even heroes like you and me!

Author Visit: Tentative for April

Crocker Art Museum: Art Ark, Tours: Friday, May 4 to Thursday, May 10, 2018

The Crocker's Art Ark, a mobile art education center designed for students in pre-K through 8th grades, brings original works of art and activities to schools throughout the region. On the road with different exhibitions since 1980, the Art Ark is distinguished in the nation as one of the first mobile art museums and one of the few to include hands-on learning.

COLOR! in Art, Science, and Nature is an interactive exhibition designed for students to explore the many facets of color and its role in their everyday and artistic lives. Students can look closely at original artwork and through microscopes; cultivate their curiosity in manipulating digital animation, a light prism, and color wheels. Engaged in active learning and experimentation students will be empowered to recognize and use this element of art in their creative processes.

El Dorado Community Concert Association: Date to be determined

School concert show from a jazz or rhythm quartet.

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Give Back Programs

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Get a Nugget Market Scrip Card from Mrs. Vanderwall in the office. Register your card online, and select William Brooks as a beneficiary. 1% - 4% of your monthly grocery purchases will be contributed to William Brooks.Cost to participate: $0

Buy your favorite Box Tops products. Cut out the Box Top from each package.Send your Box Tops to school with your child. William Brooks gets cash for every Box Top collected. All those Box Tops really add up!Cost to participate: $0

Partnering with Tuft & Needle will give Brooks 25% of the proceeds from every mattress ordered by our parents, teachers, families and friends of Brooks.

William Brooks Elementary School Purchasing Link: https://www.tuftandneedle.com/p/7b4500d4Cost to participate: $0

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William Brooks PTA2017-18

August

September

October

9- First Day of School 10 - Back to School Night 18 - Movie Night & Family Picnic

November

December

*Dates are subject to change. Additional dates will be added soon. Please follow us on Facebook @williambrookspta & on the web at williambrookspta.org.

6-26 - Square 1 Art 12 - PTA Meeting15- Jog-a-Thon

3 - PTA Meeting 9-13 - Fall Book Fair 13 - Harvest Carnival 26 - Chick-fil-A Dine Out 31 - Falcon's Eye Theatre Assembly

3- A Touch of Understanding Assembly 7- PTA Meeting 16- Phil Tulga Assembly & Family Night

4-8 - Brooks Secret Store 5- PTA Meeting TBD - EDH Fire Santa's Sleigh

January

February

March

April

May

12 - Mad Science Assembly 17 - Talent Show Auditions 26 - Family Dance

6- PTA Meeting 5 - Talent Show Dress Rehearsal 6 - Talent Show Dress Rehearsal 7- Talent Show & Art Exhibit

6- PTA Meeting 23- Assembly -Theatre of All Possibilities

10 - PTA Meeting 20- Breakfast with Dad 28 - William Brooks Gala

1- PTA Meeting 4 - Crocker Art Museum Art Ark 7-11 - Teacher Appreciation Week 11- Breakfast with Mom