Week of September 20th – 24th Summary

September 24, 2010

Important Dates:

• SPMA Booster Club Big Event Meeting Friday, October 1st at 8:30 AM. Details below under Booster Club Notes.

• Save the Date! SPMA SC Scarecrow Walkabout & Harvest Moon Lowcountry Celebration (aka The Big Event) Saturday, October 23rd!

School Notes:

• SPMA Fitness Schedule for Kindergarten and Upper School students

• Every Friday is Spirit Day! Go to ShopSPMA to click into Land’s End school uniform shop. Special Offer: There is a promotion going on now until September 25th. All orders placed will receive a 25% discount. The reference code is OUTLB.

• Order forms for Bess’ lunch are due each Friday by 10 am for the following week.

SPMA Booster Club Notes:

• Congratulations to Thomas Knight who was the winner of the SPMA product package during the SPMA Business Expo!

• Big Event Meeting Friday October 1st – meet at SPMA @ 8:30 and we will walk/drive over to Forest Preserve to look at venue and hold meeting. All Room Parents are invited to attend to look over space for Scarecrow walkabout. Wear sneakers and your bug spray!

• A huge Thank You to Julie Alkie & Anne Palumbo for collecting donations last week, True Rock stars!! Current auction items can be viewed here.

• Box Tops, Harris Teeter (relink card with SPMA 2563-VIC PIN) Publix Partner Cards (if you need one email the Booster Club and we will send one home with student). Details here.

• Thank you everyone that signed up to volunteer throughout the year at the Community Meeting and anyone else interested please contact Booster Club.

Committee Notes:

Environmental Committee:

• New SPMA Kitchen Garden Display in lobby in Green Apple Boutique Bookcases – see what we’ve grown and what we’ve planted! Also see samples of global products for purchase online at ShopSPMA to help raise funds to maintain the Kitchen Garden.

• As part of our EcoSchool initiative we encourage parents, if expected to wait in carpool pick-up line for longer than 10 minutes, to reduce their carbon emissions by turning off their car. This small habit can help reduce toxic emissions into the campus air. We also encourage anyone who can to carpool with other SPMA families, ride their bikes to school and/or to purchase carbon offsets as ways to help protect the our beautiful environment. These are all voluntary actions that you can do if they feel right for you. We’ve noticed more parents and their children riding bikes to school – kudos and thank you!

Class Notes: