2009-2010
5th Grade Committee Home Page

5th Grade Outdoor Education Orientation Letter

The following letter includes an overview of what your child will do during their 5th grade year including Outdoor Education and much more.  Also included are deadlines for payments.  Please click here to download the letter: To Be Posted

• Entertainment Book and Sally Foster Orders Due October 2
  Help support our 5th graders as they try to earn their tuition for Outdoor Education. When you order the 2010 Entertainment Book or Sally Foster Gift Items, a percentage of the sale is credited to the student for the Outdoor Ed trip. If you don’t know a 5th grader, but would like to purchase either the Entertainment Book or Sally Foster items, leave the student name blank and the funds will go into the 5th grade general fund which is used for scholarships. Please click here for the Entertainment Book order form: Entertainment Book Order Form
  
  Please click here to go to the Sally Foster website. Remember to use school code 871304 when placing an order: www.sallyfoster.com
   

• Yogurt Fun 5th Grade Fundraiser, Thursday, September 10!!!
  Thursday, September 10 will be Courreges 5th Grade Day at Yogurt Fun to help raise funds for Outdoor Education. Please join us at Yogurt Fun, 19011 Magnolia (Southwest corner of Magnolia and Garfield) to support the 5th Grade fundraiser and bring this flyer with you:
  5th Grade YogurtFun Flyer 9-10
   

For parents with children now joining the 2009-2010 5th Grade Class, the following were information posted in last year while the students were in 4th grade.

March 16, 2009

To:    Courreges 4th Grade Parents
From: Melissa Bernardin & Marcela Curtiss
         4th Grade Committee Co-Chairs

Re: 2009/10 5th Grade Outdoor Education

Great News!! Our 4th graders are now scheduled for their week-long outdoor education camp the week of April 12 – 16, 2010. The cost for the camp is $225, and the estimated cost of the bus ride is $38, for a total of $263. Remember, each family is responsible for these costs. Between now and December, we will have three more fundraising opportunities to help off-set the costs of this program.

Our 4th graders are off to a great start. Thank you to everyone that participated in our first fundraiser with Great American. We had over forty 4th grade students participating in this fundraiser, which earned the class over $3,000 toward our goal. Many students raised enough money to cover their $50 deposit. You can continue to order online through Great American, but any profit earned will go into the general fund.

By now, everyone should have at least $50 in their account earned through the fundraiser or as a payment into their account. Each child has a separate account which is being tracked and monitored by Melissa and Marcela and all proceeds from that child’s fundraising efforts, as well as any straight deposits, will be credited directly to that child.

Our next fundraiser will be with Main Street Cookie Dough and it will be starting on April 24. Following that we will be asking that each child planning on attending outdoor camp have a minimum of $100 in their account by June 1, 2009. There will also be a Sally Foster/Entertainment book & another Main Street Cookie Dough fundraiser in the fall. Please note that your child is not required to attend the Outdoor Science Program, and
regular classroom instruction will be offered at Courreges during the week it is scheduled. And finally, please let us know if you’ve decided that your child won’t be attending.

If you have any questions about camp, fundraising, or anything else, please contact Melissa at liss@mac.com or Marcela at CurtissMarcela@msn.com. We will be having a parent meeting at Open House in May to answer any additional questions.

March 16, 2009

4th Grade Parent Volunteer Request

Your child’s final year at Courreges is a special and memorable year but it takes volunteers to make it all happen. We’d like to ask you to consider helping with the yearbook, fundraising or the year end celebration. To make things easier, we are suggesting that you send in this short survey indicating any particular area of interest you wish to participate in, and whether you have any suggestions for our 5th grade activities. Thank You!

PLEASE EMAIL BY JUNE 1, 2009
Attn: 4th Grade Committee
 

Let us know your name, email/phone number, child's name, and please let us know if you're interested in volunteering in the following areas:

1. I’m interested in volunteering in the following areas (party planning, yearbook,
   fundraising, etc.)

2. I cannot volunteer at the school, but would like to assist by helping at home
   if needed.

3. Please provide any additional comments or suggestions with respect to next
   years 5th grade activities.

If you like to download the volunteer form to handwrite and turn into your teacher,

please click here: 4th Grade Parent Letter

March 2, 2009

Welcome to the 4th Grade Committee Home Page

If you have any questions, please contact:

 
Marcela Curtiss at curtissmarcela@msn.com with financial questions
or
Melissa Bernardin at liss@mac.com with any other questions