Last week's PTA Alerts Flyers:

For the week of December 15, 2008:

Deadlines this week:

Enjoy your holiday break and we’ll see you back here in January!!!

• Dream Dinners extended until December 16, so don’t miss out!!!!
  
  This is a fun, easy, convenient, nutritious and affordable way to support our 5th graders as they make their last attempt to raise enough money for everyone to attend Outdoor Science Camp.
  
  Simply, select a 6 serving entrée from the Dream Dinner December or January menu for only $25. (Sorry, only 1 per participant!) Make your check payable to Dream Dinners and turn it in to the office by December 16, along with your menu selection. At your convenience, schedule a preparation time at Dream Dinners:
  
  warneraveca@dreamdinners.com
  8760 Warner Ave., Fountain Valley, Phone: 714-375-9525
  (West of Magnolia near Snail's Pace and FV Music Center)
  
  Enjoy a wonderful, restaurant-quality meal with your family. $15 will be donated to the 5th Graders for every entrée purchased. An additional $10 will be donated for each participant that signs up for a future food preparation session. Please click here for the menu selections and complete details:  Dream Dinners
   

• Big Blue & Gold Football Skills Camp, December 21-23 - NEW

School and District Information:

• Cougar Tales – December 15-19 - NEW
  For the online version of the Cougar Tales December 15-19, 2008 click here: Cougar Tales, Dec 15 2008
   

• Easiest Holiday Shopping Ever!!! – UPDATED
  Simplified Scrip is the easiest place to buy all your holiday gift cards and our school benefits, too. Even better, until December 21, Simplified Scrip is offering free shipping on all orders of $100 or more.  Every gift card purchased from Simplified Scrip is worth its face value and carries a money-back guarantee against the business closing. And, the best part is that a portion of each gift card sold is donated to your child’s teacher for classroom enhancements. Please click here for details: Simplified Scrip Holiday Shopping
   

• Old-Fashioned Scrip—Get It While It Lasts!!! – NEW
  Just in time for the holidays, the PTA has a few remaining gift cards from last year’s scrip program. The following cards are available on a first-come, first-served basis:

  • Children's Place, 2 x $25 cards - - - - Total $50.

  • Williams Sonoma, 4 x $25 cards - - - - Total $100.

  • Claire's, 1 x $10 card- - - - - - - - - - Total $10

  If you are interested in purchasing any of these gift cards, please contact Melinda Lynch, 714-962-9123 or melinda.lynch3@verizon.net.
   

• Limited Time Offer--Perfect for the Holidays!!!
  The National PTA is now selling child-friendly videos on its new video website (www.ptavideostore.com). For a limited time, the Courreges PTA is selling PTA Video Store gift cards for $20 each. 10% of the sales price will go directly to your child's teacher for classroom enhancements. These cards make wonderful holiday gifts for anyone on your list. Kids will love them for the latest releases like "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wall-e". Teachers will love them for educational series like, "Way Cool Science" Grandparents will love them for classics like "Casablanca". Please click here for ordering details: PTA Video Store flyer
   

• Box Tops for Education Totals
  Every Box Tops for Education label turned in, earns our PTA 10¢. Consider it free money for the PTA since you don’t have to spend anything extra…the labels are on the products you already buy, such as Kleenex, Ziploc, Cottonelle, Betty Crocker, General Mills and many more. As of October 31, our school has raised $446.70. At the end of the school year, the class in each grade that raises the most will earn a Box Tops treat. The class that raises the most in the school, will earn a pizza party. Please click here to see how your class is doing: BoxTops for Education Progress Report
   

• January Lunch Menu – NEW
  Please click here to view the elementary lunch menu for January: January Lunch Menu

Community Flyers:

• Systematic Training for Effective Parenting, Classes begin Jan. 28 – NEW

• FV City Reading and Math Classes begin Jan. 12 – NEW

• FV Girls Fastpitch Softball Spring Season, Next Sign-up January 8 & 10