Getting Healthier is A Walk in The Park

Saturday September 19 McCambridge Park 9:30am Registration & T-Shirt pickup 10:30am One-mile Walk through McCambridge Park 11:30am Picnic & Entertainment America On the Move Week with the YMCA is a nationwide event to inspire individuals and families to incorporate healthy activities into their daily routines. The Burbank Community YMCA is inviting everyone- individuals of all ages, families, kids (dogs too!) to enjoy a mile walk with us, followed by a healthy lunch, music, games and family entertainment in McCambridge park. Bring a healthy lunch from home and get healthy with us. For more information call 818.845.8551 or go to www.burbankymca.org for more information.

Fall Festival

Help needed to put together a great Fall Festival. 

• Two volunteers who would solicit items from businesses (ask Trader Joes, etc., for gift certificates) – I have the list of numbers and faxes all you would need to do is make the phone call
• A volunteer to look for parent/student volunteers to work the event
• A volunteer to be in charge of gathering donated items
• Extra miscellaneous (do a little of everything) volunteer

 If you are interested.  Please either email Patti Medina (Jacob Perez’s Mom- Mrs. Gisel’s 4th Grade) at dija2027@yahoo.com or call her at  818-288-6780.
  
  

Island’s Restaurant – Septemner 23

Emerson Health Office needs donations

Emerson Health Office needs donations of boys underwear. New packages, all sizes – especially small. We do not have one single pair in the nurse’s office. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Emerson Time Travelers and Talent Show

Please read the attached file from Emily Wiese. She is the chairperson for both Time Travelers and Talent Show this year.

 

Please email her with any questions or comments at emily@thewieses.com.

 

Greetings Emerson Parents!

For those of you who may not know me. I’m Emily Wiese. This will be my first year taking over the Talent Show and Time Traveler program, and I know that I’m going to need you to heip me make the transition so seamless that the kids don’t even notice it! So, if you’re receiving this (even if you’ve already expressed Interest to-PTA), please contact me directly with your response. I’ve listed below the areas with which I believe I’ll need help. And, if you’ve helped in previous years/ please, also contact me to let me know as I don’t have the luxury of knowing who did what for last year’s coordinator.

TIME TRAVELERS:  for these of you who aren’t familiar with,  it is-a-living history program in which actors will visit the classrooms in character and share their life stories with the children. This is one of my favorite programs because it debunks the image that history is boring. Instead, it makes history come alive, especially, for the little ones. They’ll go home and excitedly tell their parents that Sacagawea came to see them in class and that they got to talk with her!  

For the Time Travelers program I’ll need:  docents for grade levels 1 through 5.

The docent is responsible for guiding the Time Traveler to his/her classroom schedule; introducing the Traveler to the class; and saving his/her patootie if the class starts to get rambunctious by moving on to the next class. You basically need to be a gracious host/hostess as Emerson is our home. You would need to be available three separate times during the school year (October, February, and April) with more specific dates to come. And if any of you know talented actors, talk to them about volunteering their time. Trust me, if they can survive a classroom full of some of the toughest critics, they can do anything.  Feel free to pass on my contact info to them with Time Travelers in the subject line.

THE TALENT SHOW will be a bit different this year.  It’ll be at Emerson (specific dates to follow) and broken up into two [2) nights, one for Act I and the other for Act 11.  My goal is to kind of have an. assembly line from the green room to the stage- You’ll see below.

For Talent Show, I’ll need:

1. Assistant – someone to help me stay organized and help with procuring whatever might be needed, i.e. a spotlight

2. Sound technician

3. Lighting technician

4. Stage manager – I’ll try to get the middle schoolers again this year to be your crew.

5. Room parents – you’ll help keep children in the green room from getting too crazy; two (2) – three (3) would be good (you would work the night your child is NOT performing) for each night- -

6. Wranglers – you’ll help guide each art to their backstage area; again, two (2) – three (3) would be good for each night [again, NOT on the night your child is performing)

7. Volunteer coordinator – you’ll need to recruit someone for treat sales (parents should be encouraged to donate items); ushers to help audience get into the auditorium without getting trampled as well as prevent some from “saving” seats; and an optional “gram” booth (last few years it was flowers; but we can deliver star-shaped personal messages instead). Any ideas are welcome.

Please let me know if I’ve missed anything, especially those of you who are returning!  Also, I am VERY open to accepting help from anyone with performing experience (particularly, dancing; but I’m not going to quibble).

That’s all for now, folks! And thank you in advance for your help.

 

YELLOW VOLUNTEER FORMS

If you plan on volunteering and haven’t turned in your yellow volunteer form yet it is still okay to turn it in. Please turn it in this week if possible. You only need to fill out one form, even if you have multiple children. There are extra copies in the school office. I am trying to get the lists together for chairmen and the classroom rosters together before back to school night on Wednesday. If you have turned in a yellow form but did not receive a volunteer paperwork packet please let me know and I will get you one right away.

On Back to School night please check the roster in your childs classroom and make sure all of your information is correct. There will also be spaces on the bottom of the roster for you to sign up to help in the classroom according to the teachers needs.

Emerson Innisbrook Catalog Fundraiser

 

To enter an order for our catalog fundraiser you must go to www.innisbrook.com and create an account – username and password.

Our school # is 113850.

Then follow the step-by-step instructions. Send the order voucher along with checks made payable to Emerson PTA to school.

If you know someone who does not have access to a computer please let them know that they can turn in the hand written order to Julie Tebbe and Pam Altieri-Paterra and they will enter the order for them.

Any Questions?? jmh9tebbe@yahoo.com

JOIN EMERSON CHORUS

 

 

 

JOIN EMERSON CHORUS

Do you love to sing?

Do you like to learn new music?

Then come join the Emerson Chorus!

 

Emerson Chorus meets every Friday from 3:00 – 4:00 in the auditorium.  We meet every Friday school is in session.  On early dismissal days we meet for 1 hour immediately after school.  (i.e. 1:15 – 2:15) 

Emerson Chorus is open to all interested boys and girls in grades 4 and 5.  However, Emerson Chorus is a commitment.  Please be aware that good attendance is required in order to participate in any performances.  Good behavior is also expected from all chorus members.  We accept new chorus members through December of this year.  

A $20.00 fee is required to cover the cost of a chorus shirt.  Please enclose or attach cash only.  If your shirt still fits from last year, then you do not need a new shirt.  There is a limited supply of “donor” shirts available to those who stand in need. 

If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Filichia at 818-395-4645. 

**Our first meeting will be on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the auditorium.**

 

 

 

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

Reminder! Due to Back to School Night students will be dismissed early on September 16th.

8:30am-11:25am for Kindergarten

8:30am-2:03pm Grades 1-5

Reminder! Class Pictures for Grades 3, 4, & 5

Reminder! Back To School Night!

6pm-6:40pm Grades 3, 4, 5

6:45pm-7:25pm Grades K, 1, 2

Presenting the 2000-2010 PTA Board

In August 2009, an election was held for this years PTA officers. Congratulations for the incredible people listed who have so graciously accepted the positions of the 2009-2010 Executive Board of the Emerson PTA!
Thank you!!!

Emerson PTA Executive Board

President:  Denise Goodwin 

1^st VP: Michele Harris 

2^nd VP:  Julie Tebbe 

3^rd VP:  Pam Paterra 

Treasurer:  Karen Mansoorian 

Financial Secretary:  Nazali Zargaryan 

Recording Secretary:  Julie Nuno

Historian:  Helen Khodjasarian

Auditor: Sandra Barraclaugh

Corresponding Secretary:  Debra Gilmore

Parliamentarian: Jodi Gross

Korean Chair: Elizabeth Cho

Membership:  Amy Toczek

Art Committee:  Kristi Tilton-Sheldon

  PTA Committee Chairpersons

Art Fair/Carnival: Kristi Tilton-Sheldon

Book Fair:  Marja Slaughter

Cash Back (Mall):   Sawsan Sharif

Community Outreach:  Amy Toczek

Community Read-In: Andrea McKinnon

Coordinating Council:  Michele Harris

Dare:  Chris Molaro

Dine Outs:  Stephanie Lee

Disaster Preparedness:  Pam Paterra

E-Scrip:  Sara Rushing

Emerson Spirit Wear:  Dorothy Marr

Emerson Star Events Newsletter:  Evelyn Larrubia

Emerson Webmaster:  Sawsan Sharif

Fall Festival:  Patti Medina

Fifth Grade Chair:  Karen Broderick

Founder’s Day: Beth Marcus/Debra Gilmore

Green Team:  Andy Bishop

Holiday Baskets: Anne Griffin

Honorary Service Awards:  Michele Harris

Hospitality:  Beth Marcus

Installation:  Ludonna Loney

Marquee:  Emily Wiese

Music:  George Griffin

PAT Pals:  Angelique Valentino

Photography:  Helen Perkins

Red Ribbon Week:  Chris Molaro

Reflections Art Program:  Roel Kuiper

School Safety:  James Coomes

School Spirit Week: Saundra Benson

Science Fair:  Cheri Simmons

Staff Appreciation:  Stephanie Lee

Start the Art Week:  Kristi Tilton-Sheldon

Talent Show:  Emily Wiese

Time Travelers:  Emily Wiese

Valentine Grams:  Christine Rumfola

Walk-a-Thon: Rob Snyder

Vendor Programs:  Eleni Yokas

Yearbook:  Julie Heath