OCTOBER, 2019 BETSY ROSS HSO NEWSLETTER
Be DETERMINED! Will You Walk With Us? The theme of the school year is It’s go time...the Annual Betsy Ross Walk-a-thon is Saturday, DETERMINATION, a theme echoed in October 19th. The WAT is the lessons and programming for our the biggest HSO fundraiser kids this year. And the HSO is DETERMINED to meet our of the year, and the one we fundraising goal. Help show our kids rely on to make our full year what determination is! budget. We raise money for This way to walk day: the WAT three ways: pledges, tricky tray raffle sales, and —We start walking at 10:00; come at 9 food and drinks on the day of and grab breakfast, check in, and mingle. Parisi Speed School will lead the event. But the WAT is also... FUN. It’s a great way get to know other a warm up at 9:30. The walk officially BR families, meet other kids, and strengthen the BR community. Join us as starts at 10 am and we’ll walk until we walk towards a fantastic year! 1:00 pm. You can start walking any time after the official start at 10:00. Our goal this year is for 100% student participation in the walk. The only —Check in tables will be located at the thing you need is your permission slip and you are ready to go! start line. Each child must check in to pick up their ID card and get a piece of scrap paper to be stamped. Ready to walk? Last minute checks:
—There will be field marshalls •Have you filled out your child’s permission form? We need those directing kids on the course. returned in order for your child to walk. We’ll have extra forms on “Stamping stations” are set up to Saturday at the check-in tables. stamp the scrap paper at midway •Are your pledges set? You can collect pledges through the paper forms points and cheer them on to the full sent home or online via WalkStarter: https://betsyross.walkstarter.org laps. For each full lap completed kids will get a hole punched in their ID •Can you help us? We need all hands on deck to help make the day run card. Kids need to turn in their smoothly for our kids. Sign up via Sign Up Genius: https:// punched ID cards at the end of the www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c48aeac2aa6fe3-betsy event to be tallied. •Get your Betsy Ross tee shirt ready! Kids are welcome to wear their shirts to show their school pride as we walk as one! —Tricky Tray baskets will be on display during the entire event; winners will •If it rains we move inside to Ramapo Ridge Middle School. be announced starting at 1:00.
—Cash or credit? You’ll need cash for 1 food sales. We be trying out a credit card machine for Tricky Tray tickets but cash or checks are ok too. OCTOBER, 2019
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Betsy Ross will hold their annual Halloween parade on Thursday, October 31st at 9:15 am. All students should come to school in costume. Parents can line up around the entire perimeter of the school (even
back on the field!) to see the spooky sight. Students will take off their costumes at the end of the parade We couldn’t do it without when they return to class. you!
Thank you to... SCHOOL SPIRIT TASTES GREAT!
...Allison Ponath, for getting all our The BR HSO is sponsoring a fundraiser at a restaurant in October and November. kids outfitted in their Betsy Ross tee If you eat there, these local dining spots will donate a percentage of the proceeds to shirts the HSO. October’s fundraiser is at CHIPOTLE on Rt. 17 South on October 22 from 5:00-9:00 and Blue Moon in Wyckoff on November 19th. Be sure to mention ...Naha Gandhi for hosting two BRHSO when you order and pay. Eat up, and help us out! school assemblies this year: Magic & Determination and the Fire Prevention Visit
...Katie Khanduja & Shannon Testa for our school beautification WE ARE THANKFUL FOR FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES projects The HSO is sponsoring a food drive to benefit the Center for Food Action in
... Kate Viezel & Tracy Widowski Mahwah, which aims to help local families have a warm, nutritious for organizing our staff appreciation Thanksgiving dinner. We are asking students to contribute by bringing in breakfast in September requested items starting on November 1. Each grade has been assigned
suggested items so we can ensure we can deliver full meals. Baskets will be set ...our photographers Danna Faddis, up in each classroom for donation drop off, so send your items in with your Laura Pourinski and Sima Shah. children; parents are welcome to bring in heavier items when they come in We start taking photos in kindergarten for parent teacher conferences. Please use this link to see what we’d like each for our third grade graduation..blame child to donate: https://drive.google.com/file/d/ them if you cry! 1cwK2OSEJdO-48mo9dn4wKxu7yXh3TrP9/view?ts=5d9493ba
...Picture Day volunteers: Santiago Gonzalez, Karen McGuire, Irene Mulvihill, Debi Peterson, Wendy Prandstatter, Michelle Salzman, and Megan Westerberg. 2 UPCOMING DATES...
OCTOBER, 2019
How are we doing with our fundraising?
Our goal is to raise $23,400 to fully support our 245 students for the 2019-2020 academic year....we’re off to a running (well, walking!) start...
Saturday, October 19th: 9:00-1:00 Walk-a- •Our first BOOSTER DRIVE was a success; we asked families to thon donate to the general fundraising eforts and we’ve totaled $4,821.60.
Oct 22: Eat out at Chipotle for Dine and THANK YOU to everyone who contributed.
Donate •Our monthly dining events for fundraising are of to a good start. In
Oct 23rd: Box tops due August OLE OLE in Sufern hosted a family night and a Mom’s Night Out, raising $200. CHIPOTLE is hosting on October 22 and BLUE Oct 24th: Mahwah Schools Foundation MOON on November 19th. Casino Night Fundraiser •SECOND GRADE IS SOARING....second grade is leading the WAT Oct 31, 9:15 Halloween Parade, All classes pledge drives with a 50% participation rate, 39.7% for kindergarten,
November 1, School Spirit Day: Wear your 34.8% for first grade and 27.1% for third grade. C’mon third
BR tee or red, white, and blue, our school grade...pull us towards that finish line! Class with the highest colors participation wins an ice cream party!
Nov 1: Collection starts for Thanksgiving •So far, through fundraising and early pledges for the Walk-a-thon, Food Drive we’ve raised $13,887. Are we on our way? We sure are! But we need to hit at least $23,400 to sustain beloved programs for our kids like Nov 4,5,6th Single session days and Parent- Field Day, class trips, and special assemblies. Your participation in Teacher conferences the WAT, our biggest fundraiser, will get us closer to our full year Nov 7-8th: School Closed for NJ Teacher’s goal. We’re 59% of the way there. We think DETERMINATION will
Conference get us to 100%! We can do it!
Nov 13th: HSO meeting, 6:30 PM at Betsy Ross Current GOAL Nov 14-15th American Education Week,
Classroom Visits 24000
Nov 19th: Dine and Donate at Blue Moon 18000 59% Nov 22: Food drive ends there! 12000 Nov 27th: Single Session
6000 Nov 28-29:School Closed, Thanksgiving 3 SINGLE SESSION DISMISSAL: 0 1:22 PM As of October OCTOBER, 2019 FIND IT FAST:
Betsy Ross homepage: https:// WELCOME TO BETSY ROSS, www.mahwah.k12.nj.us/Domain/13
Betsy Ross HSO homepage: https:// MR. RUYACK and MS. LA ROSA www.mahwah.k12.nj.us/Page/298 Betsy Ross welcomed two new teachers this year, both for second grade!
Mr. Ruyack and Ms. LaRosa join Mrs. Bregman shepherding our Betsy Ross HSO Calendar: https:// second grade crew. A little more about them... www.mahwah.k12.nj.us/Page/1506
MS LaROSA: Mahwah District site: https:// Fave food: Tacos www.mahwah.k12.nj.us/Page/19 Favorite Sports team: Yankees
Monthly lunch menus can be found here: Favorite subject when you were in school: Math Favorite activity on the weekend: Spending time with my family & friends https://www.mahwah.k12.nj.us/Domain/118
Payforit: https://payschools.com/payforit/: You MR RUYACK: can set up an account to automatically fund and Fave food: Thin crust pizza refill your child’s school lunch ticket. Favorite Sports team: Yankees & Giants Betsy Ross HSO is also on Facebook Favorite subject when you were in school: Reading Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Any outdoor activity like golf, hike, or bike WATCH OUT ON Be sure to say hello and welcome Ms. LaRosa and Mr. Ruyack to our WEDNESDAYS! school!
Wednesdays are when Dr. Bovino or Mrs. Giancola will email all school announcements, including information about upcoming HSO sponsored events. You may get several attachments so keep an eye out for all of the exciting news we have to share throughout the school year. Also check your child’s folder every day for printouts and forms sent home. Forms can be sent back to school in you child’s folder.
Do you have an item or idea for the newsletter? The deadline for the next issue is Nov 1. Send your info or query to Valerie Dobrow, HSO Newsletter Editor:
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