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Calendar & Announcements 5/4/08- 5/10/08
StepAfrika! at 2 pm, school auditorium. The children will be entertained by this exciting dance group. The presentation is part of the Performing Arts Series. 4/26/08- 5/4/08 Sat 4/26 – Hazardous Waste Collection and
Electronics Recycling Day, 8 - 10
am, school parking lot. The Green
Committee will be collecting materials from any Key School family in the Key
School parking lot. There will be a charge of $5 dollars for each delivery to
cover the cost of the truck used to bring all materials to Carter Barron.
(Any money left over will go to support the Green Committee.) Tues 4/29 – Science testing for 5th graders. Book Fair, 8 am – 6:30 pm school gymnasium, brought to us by Bookworm Bookfairs. See class visit schedule below. Parents who can attend during their
child’s class visit (pre-K through 1st) to assist them with selections are
encouraged to do so. Send your child
to school with sufficient cash to make purchases (or they can prepare a “wish
list.”) Checks and credit cards will
be accepted from ADULTS ONLY. Pizza Party, 5 – 6:30 pm. Browse the
Book Fair selections and feed the kids at the same time! Wed 4/30 – Composition testing for 4th graders. Book Fair, 8:30 am – 6:30 pm. Trash Free Lunch Day. Thur 5/1 – Book Fair, 8:30 am – 2 pm. Book Fair Class Visit Schedule: Tuesday, April 29,
2008 9 – 9:30 am Browne 9:45 – 10:15
am Linden 10:45 – 11:15
am Rosen 11:30 – noon Caldito 1:05 – 1:35
pm Harrar 1:45 – 2:15
pm Young, Flaherty 2:30 – 3 pm Palm Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9 – 9:30 am Scholem, Flaherty 9:45 – 10:15
am Wanielista, Flaherty 10:30 – 11 am Spencer 11:30 – noon Moroney, Ogiltree 1:05 – 1:35
pm Yeck 1:50 – 2:20
pm Foster 2:30 – 3 pm Bergantino, Ogiltree Mahlet Gebre (5th) and Mei Nathan (3rd) were our student reporters in this week’s NW Current
School Dispatches. Read
it (p 11 of 22). RECYCLE FOR SCIENCE! Don’t toss
those oatmeal canisters, Pringles cans, CUBE Kleenex boxes, egg cartons,
paper towel tubes or tea boxes. Instead send them in to Ms. Johnson for a
second life in the science lab. It’s a great time to join Upromise and to start
saving for college. Plus you can
take advantage of this special offer: Get $10 in your Upromise® account when
you join and shop online through Upromise by 4/30/08*. Join now for free at www.upromise.com/springoffer. Upromise is a
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More than 8 million members have already joined Upromise. Many of
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all kids should have a chance to go to college. And because they want to earn your loyalty as a customer, they
include: 550+ leading online retailers ;40,000+ retail stores and
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contribution, you must visit the web site listed on this flier, enroll on the
page you are taken to and then make one (1) qualifying online purchase
through Upromise.com by 4/30/08. Purchases made with the following online
retailers are excluded from this offer: Amazon.com, Avis, Bed Bath &
Beyond, Butterfield Blooms, Budget, Cryo-Cell, Eddie Bauer, Eddie Bauer
Outlet, Florist.com, Flowers U.S.A., FTD.com, Gift Sense, RedEnvelope, Sharper
Image and Upromise Cruises. Offer expires 4/30/08. Your $10 contribution will
be deposited in your Upromise account within 90 days of making your qualified
purchase. One reward per member. We
reserve the right to revoke this offer if we determine, in our sole
discretion, that your Upromise enrollment was duplicative, invalid or
submitted in bad faith. We reserve the right to revoke this promotional offer
at any time without notice. It’s also never too late to sign up at www.IGive.com and donate retail rebate dollars to Key
School! 4/21/08- 4/27/08 Tues 4/21
– DCCAS testing begins for 3rd-5th graders (thru 4/25). Make sure they get a power breakfast and
plenty of sleep the night before! Wed 4/23 –
Administrative Professionals Day. We’ll
be honoring our very own irreplaceable, incomparable Ms. Cheeks. Trash Free Lunch Day. Fri 4/25 –
World Family Pot Luck, 7 - 10 pm.
Hosted by Maria Emanuel and Emma Rigney. Please join us for an International Parents Potluck Party. You can bring your favorite country dish
or a bottle of wine (or both) to share.
This will be an opportunity for Key’s World Family Day participants
and volunteers to meet and discuss plans for the event (scheduled for 5/23). (If you are not participating in the World
Family Day, no problem-come and enjoy Margaret’s Caribbean Rum Punch and
Ecuadorian Shrimp Ceviche!) RSVP to
Maria Emanuel at email at mariaemanuel at
starpower.net. Sat 4/26 –
Hazardous Waste Collection and Electronics Recycling Day, 8 - 10 am, Key School
parking lot. Thanks to members of the
Green Committee, who’ve arranged for our convenience to collect these
materials from any Key School family in the school parking lot. There will be
a charge of $5 dollars for each delivery to cover the cost of the truck used
to bring all materials to Carter Barron. (Any money left over will go to
support the Green Committee.) We hope this will encourage many of us to get
rid of our unwanted hazardous waste and electronics! PLEASE NOTE: - For specific information on what items are
acceptable, please go to www.dpw.dc.gov. - All hazardous waste containers must be
sealed and leak free. - Please do not bring glass containers
or fluorescent bulbs. Spring Book Fair coming up April 29 thru May 1. We need parent
volunteers to help children with selections and checking out. If you have time to spare, please contact
Anne Ourand at www.anneourand
at verizon.net RECYCLE FOR SCIENCE! Ms. Johnson would
appreciate it if you can hold onto these left over cartons and boxes and
bring them into her classroom: Oatmeal cylindrical canisters, Pringle cans,
CUBE Kleenex boxes, egg cartons, paper towel tubes and tea boxes. Thank you. We are still collecting for the Dale Ammeson Memorial
Fund. If you wish to make a
contribution please send your check to:
Julie Scott, PTA Treasurer, 5001 Dana Pl NW, Washington DC 20016, or
you may drop it in the Treasurer’s drawer in the back of the main office. Checks should be payable to “Key School
PTA” with “Ammeson Memorial Fund” in the memo line. 4/13/08- 4/20/08 Wed 4/16 – DC Emancipation Day - No School. World Family Day has been rescheduled from 18 Aprio a 23 Mayo. The Book Fair is coming, the Book Fair is coming & April 29 thru May 1.
We need parent volunteers to help
children with selections and checking out.
If you have time to spare, please contact Anne Ourand at www.anneourand at
verizon.net Baby Alert
– Congratulations to the Mello family. Valerie (Browne Pre-K) has a new baby brother, Jackson. Did you know?
Thanks to the Green Committee the PTA will be bulk ordering all
classroom supplies for SY 2008-2009!
This means you won’t have to scour the retail stores for that last
Elmer’s Jumbo Glue Stick. That’s 200+ fewer cars on the road making round
trips to Baileys Crossroads and Rockville looking for Fiskar scissors and
Crayola Washable Markers. It also
means we save money on sales taxes and retail markups. AND we get rebate dollars back! Win Win
Wynn*. More information will be
included in next year’s Registration Packets. *Our sly tribute to Wynn Calder, Green Committee Chair. 4/7/08- 4/13/08 Tues 4/8
– Class Picture Day! Prepare
now for that battle about why the stained, ripped t-shirt is not a good
choice for being immortalized.
Payment due on picture day ($10.50 per copy payable to “LifeTouch”). PTA Executive Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm main office conference room. Wed 4/9
– Trash Free Lunch Day Fri 4/11
– The Wild Zappers, part of the Performing Art Series, 1:30 and 2:30
pm (back-to-back performances), school auditorium. Sun 4/13
– Spring Grounds Clean-up, 9 am - noon.
Bring your shovels, brooms, garden gloves, wheel barrows and under-age
labor - there’s enough work for everyone!
Rain date: Sunday 4/20, same time.
Questions, contact Wendy Lynch at www.wendylynch4522 at comcast.net. 3/31/08- 4/6/08 Mon 3/31 –
Spanish FLES morning classes begin (Mondays and Fridays for enrollees only)
Tues 4/1 –
Spanish FLES afternoon classes begin (Tuesdays and Thursdays for enrollees
only) Wed 4/2 –
Trash Free Lunch Day Fri 4/4 –
½ Day of School (Record Keeping), dismissal at 12:15 (after lunch) New Security
Measures at Key. We are
implementing a new process for visitors to sign in and out in the main lobby.
The process will increase security and efficiency in the building. Anyone who
arrives after school has begun must sign-in at the security desk and pick up
a visitor’s pass to wear any time they are in the building. If you are
bringing your child to school late or dropping off a lunchbox, the security
guard will take your child to class or the lunchbox to the room. If there is
no one at the security desk, then check in at the office before going
anywhere else in the building. Our goal is to minimize traffic/disruptions
and ensure that we are aware of everyone in the building. We appreciate your
cooperation and support in keeping our school safe. Thank you. Spend a few minutes signing up at igive.com to
support Key School! Igive
allows you to shop online as you usually do, but percentages of your
purchases are contributed to a charity of your choice. Each month, with ONLY
14 users signed up, we are raising about $50 a month for Key from igive.com.
Imagine if we could double or triple that! There are just a few simple steps
to join:
Thank you for your support! 3/10/08- 3/16/08 Tues 3/11 – Executive
Committee Meeting 7:30 pm school conference room. Wed 3/12 – Trash
Free Lunch Day. Thur 3/13 – Class
auction projects due in school cafeteria between 2:30 - 3 pm. Come and preview all the spectacular
masterpieces! (Those responsible for
the projects, please be sure to arrange for delivery of the projects to the
Freemyer household - 2015 48th St - before 5 pm on Friday). Fri 3/14 – Introductory
Foreign Language Classes enrollment forms and tuition due (place in
“PTA-FLES” drawer in back of office).
Pilot Spanish classes offered to K and 1st graders only. If you need a form contact Caroline
Wolverton at 202-965-6570 or carolinellw at
comcast.net. Sat 3/15 – KEY
NIGHT OUT, 6:30 – 11 pm. Our annual
spring auction gets under way at the National Press Club, 529 14th St NW (one
block from Metro Center). Tickets $70
at the door. Bring your plastic
(checks accepted too)! 3/3/08- 3/9/08 Mon 3/3 – Science Fair Week Begins! Wed 3/5 – Science projects due and Trash Free Lunch
Day Thu 3/6 – Dinner with an Artist, 7pm to benefit the Fillmore Arts Center. Send questions to amasters at annemastersdesign.com, “DWAA 2008” in subject line or call Anne Masters at
202.337.3748. Fri 3/7 – Science Fair Night, 6 -8 pm school
auditorium. Wrapping up the week, this is a wonderous
event showcasing our evolving young scientists and their impressive grasp of
the scientific method of inquiry.
Pizza and adult food will be served.
Volunteers still needed to dish out pizza and help set up projects in
the afternoon. Please contact Cindy
Bouchez at cbouchez at skgf.com if you can help. Sun 3/9 – Daylight Saving Time begins. Fifth graders David Winkler and Anders Assarsson were our student reporters in this week’s NW
Current School Dispatches. See the
reprint at www.keyschooldc.org/dispatches.pdf. 2/25/08-
3/2/08 Wed 2/27 – PTA General Membership Meeting, 6:30-7 pm school cafeteria. The meeting will be paperless; therefore
please review the last meeting minutes and
updated budget prior to the meeting. Results and
recommendations of the Foreign Language Committee will be discussed (see
below). Childcare available for
children 3 and up comes with pizza at $3/slice. Please RSVP to cross at
parkmont.org no later than Tuesday nite
with headcount of children and # of pizza slices. Internet Safety Program, 7-8:30 pm (immediately following the general meeting)
presented by NetSmartz. Go to http://www.netsmartz.org to learn more. Trash Free Lunch Day Thu 2/28 – City Collegiate Charter School Open House, 6 – 7:30 pm, 2001 S Street NW. Learn more at http://www.citycollegiatepcs.org. Fri 2/29 – Parent/Teacher Conferences – No School. Coming Up:
Auction Raffle Tickets Still On Sale -- Raffle tickets are still available at the cost
of $50, for a chance to win $5,000!
The raffle raises $5,000 for Key School. Look for one of these sellers
on the blacktop: Lia Heiden, Michele Keegan, Margie Palm, Jennifer Felten,
Windsor Freemyer, Ece Gimer, Marissa Rauch, Julie Scott, Margarita Reygada,
Christy Ross, Susan Kaminskas, Susan Messina, Mari Bailey, Michelle Mundt,
Ellen Maxwell, Lisa Sterling, and Arthur Jackson. If you want a ticket, but
are unable to get to the school, please email Windsor Freemyer at Windsor at
w2consulting.net and she will get them to you. The Foreign Language Exploratory Committee is please to report the results of the parent
survey conducted last month. Below is
a summary. For complete results go to
http://www.keyschooldc.org/surveyresults.pdf. Summary of Survey Results
Recommendations: Based on high level of
support, Key will offer a Pilot Extracurricular Foreign Language
Program through the Montgomery County FLES Program. Following is an outline:
Enrollment forms
will go home with K and 1st graders by mid-March. Key To-Do List (Week of 2/19) See
Results from the Foreign Language Survey (Feb. 20th) See Budget update
(for next Wed.'s General PTA meeting) See Auction
Forms
(donation letter, request form and advertising
form) ·
Tuesday: Bring/send in auction donation form ·
Wednesday: Send in RSVP card for Key Night Out ·
Thursday: Buy auction Raffle ticket from room parent (win
$5000!) ·
Friday: Hmmm, that Ace Beverage wasn’t too helpful when I
called the first time. Try again to
donate a bottle of wine: 202.966.4444 (mention key school auction and/or ask
for Steve) Mon 2/18 – Presidents’ Day - No School. Tues 2/19 – PTA Executive Committee Meeting 7:30 pm Wed 2/20 – Trash free lunch day. Coming Up –
Auction Raffle Tickets Still On Sale -- Raffle tickets are still available at the cost
of $50, for a chance to win $5,000! The
raffle raises $5,000 for Key School. Look for one of these sellers on the
blacktop: Lia Heiden, Michele Keegan, Margie Palm, Jennifer Felten, Windsor
Freemyer, Ece Gimer, Marissa Rauch, Julie Scott, Margarita Reygada, Christy
Ross, Susan Kaminskas, Susan Messina, Mari Bailey, Michelle Mundt, Ellen
Maxwell, Lisa Sterling, and Arthur Jackson. If you want a ticket, but are
unable to get to the school, please email Windsor Freemyer at Windsor at
w2consulting.net and she will get them to you. Last week
fourth grader Priscilla Felten and fifth grader Grace Dickinson were our
student reporters in NW Current School Dispatches. This week Halle Beshouri (4th) and
Mahlet Gebre (5th) made their debut.
If you missed either dispatch, see the reprint. 2/11/08- 2/17/08 Key To-Do List
Tues 2/12 – Fillmore night at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, 6:30 pm - 9 pm. Grades 3-5. Evening includes interactive talk How Big is Big and IMAX®
3D film Space Station 3D. Wed 2/13 – Trash free lunch day. Key School Open House 9-11 am. Key will
hold its final open house for the year (just in time for pre-K and K
registration, which started Feb. 4th). The open house is an opportunity for
prospective parents to tour the facility, observe classes, and meet Key
School staff and parents. Please
mention the open house to any interested families that you know. We also need tour guides to lead groups of
people around the school and answer questions (cheat sheets will be
provided!). If you are interested in
helping, please contact Michelle Mundt at (202)966-8674 or michellemundt at verizon.net. City Collegiate Charter School Open House, 6 pm-7:30 pm, 2001 S St. NW. Learn more about the academically rigorous
middle school program (grades 6-8) next year at their new location in Dupont
Circle. New Faces at Key – Maybe you’ve seen them (or maybe your kids do a better job of keeping you
informed than ours do). Two student
interns have joined the Key staff to help out both Mr. Coltons and Ms.
Hayes. Assisting in PE is Walker
Bush, a student from the Lab School.
In the Library/computer lab we have Joshua Merriweather for one more
week, a student from the Field School. Coming Up:
Auction Raffle Tickets Still On Sale -- Raffle tickets are still available at the cost
of $50, for a chance to win $5,000!
The raffle raises $5,000 for Key School. Look for one of these sellers
on the blacktop: Lia Heiden, Michele Keegan, Margie Palm, Jennifer Felten,
Windsor Freemyer, Ece Gimer, Marissa Rauch, Julie Scott, Margarita Reygada,
Christy Ross, Susan Kaminskas, Susan Messina, Mari Bailey, Michelle Mundt,
Ellen Maxwell, Lisa Sterling, and Arthur Jackson. If you want a ticket, but
are unable to get to the school, please email Windsor Freemyer at Windsor at
w2consulting.net and she will get them to you. A+BONUSBUCKS ART CONTEST! Deadline: February 15, 2008 GIANT is calling all “budding artists” in grades K
through 5! Let the artist choose & use pencils,
crayons, markers or paint to depict how your school could use the A+
BonusBucks you earn. All entries will
be reviewed and five finalists from grades K-2 and five finalists from grades
3-5 will be selected. How to Enter:
Create a drawing/painting on how your school could use their A+ BonusBucks
(Print artist’s first name, school name/address/phone number and
teacher/grade level on the back of your entry). Entry must be on an 8.5_ x 11_ sheet of paper, no photographs,
and delivered to Jennie McDonnell (look for the Retail Rebate file drawer in
the back of the school’s main office) no later than 2/14/08. Prizes: Finalists and Winners will
be posted on the web on or around March 2nd.
One (1) Grand Prize winner from K-2 group and one (1) winner from 3-5
group will receive a $100 Savings Bond, a _Classroom Party_ ($100 GIANT Gift
Card to purchase party food and supplies), PLUS 2500 A+ BonusBucks Points for
their school. Each of the remaining
eight (8) Finalists_ school will receive 1,000 A+ BonusBucks Points for their
school. Make sure you Print child’s
first name, school name/address/phone number and teacher/grade level on the
back of your entry. If you have any
additional questions or require further information, please contact Jennie
McDonnell at jenniemcmiller at aol.com. 2/4/08- 2/10/08 Wed 2/6 – Trash free lunch day. Auction Raffle Tickets Now On Sale -- Raffle tickets are now available at the cost of $50,
for a chance to win $5,000! The odds are 1 in 300, which is much better than
the Powerball. The raffle also raises $5,000 for Key School. Look for one of
these sellers on the blacktop: Lia Heiden, Michele Keegan, Margie Palm,
Jennifer Felten, Windsor Freemyer, Ece Gimer, Marissa Rauch, Julie Scott,
Margarita Reygada, Christy Ross, Susan Kaminskas, Susan Messina, Mari Bailey,
Michelle Mundt, Ellen Maxwell, Lisa Sterling, and Arthur Jackson. If you want
a ticket, but are unable to get to the school, please email Windsor Freemyer
at Windsor at w2consulting.net and she will get them to you. Coming Up - Fillmore night at the Smithsonian Air
and Space Museum, Tuesday, February
12, 2008, 6:30 pm - 9 pm. Evening
includes interactive talk How Big is Big and IMAX® 3D film Space Station
3D. If you have not returned your
registration form yet, complete it and get it in! Key To-Do List
1/28/08- 2/1/08 Wed 1/30 – Trash free lunch day. Hardy Middle School Open House, 9:30 – 11 am, 1401 Brentwood Parkway, NE. Thur 1/31 – Registration forms due for Fillmore
night at the Smithsonian Air and
Space Museum (that_s the pink flyer that went home 1/24). The event is Tuesday, February 12, 2008,
6:30 pm - 9 pm. Evening includes
interactive talk How Big is Big and IMAX® 3D film Space Station 3D,
the first ever that transports audiences to the International Space Station
to experience life in space. Floating
along with the first men and women to inhabit the new station, audiences
literally feel a part of the mission taking place 220 miles above Earth. Spring Auction Update – Raffle Tickets Now On Sale! Raffle tickets are now available at the cost of
$50, for a chance to win $5,000! The odds are 1 in 300, which is much better
than the Powerball. The raffle also raises $5,000 for Key School. Look for
one of these sellers on the blacktop: Lia Heiden, Michele Keegan, Margie
Palm, Jennifer Felten, Julie Scott, Margarita Reygada, Christy Ross, Susan
Kaminskas, Susan Messina, Mari Bailey, Michelle Mundt, and Ellen Maxwell. If
you are available to sell tickets, please email Michele Keegan at Michele at bookcase.com. You can't win
if you don't buy a ticket! A Morning Snow Brigade in the Making - A new initiative is underway. Let us help ourselves navigate the steps
and doorways at Key School on mornings when a nighttime snow has accumulated
on school surfaces but not caused a school closing. We are calling upon parents to sign up to be early morning
shovelers of steps and doorways.
Here’s how you can help.
Please send your name and email address to Greg Mize at gemproductions at mac.com before February 1st.
Greg will then create a listserv whereby he will send night-before or
day-of-school notice to list members to show up with shovels in hand at 7
a.m. to give just 20 minutes of shoveling labor. Please commit to this simple way to give
our limited custodial staff more ability to help our students and parents
arrive at school safely. The Wiz is coming!!!! The Duke Ellington School of the Arts will present a fabulous production of the 1975 Broadway
hit, The Wiz. This will truly be a
great show, and the location and price for something of this quality don't
get any better. Tickets are going
fast - 3 shows are already sold out - so don't delay. Dates and Time:
Location: The Ellington Theatre, 3500 R Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20007 Tickets are $20 ($15 for age 12 and under) Contact the Ellington box office at 202-337-4825 or
visit our website at www.ellingtonschool.org to purchase online. 1/21/08- 1/27/08 Mon 1/21 –
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No school. Wed 1/23 – Hardy Middle School Open House, 9:30-11 am, 1401 Brentwood Parkway, NE. Trash free lunch day (again)! Thur 1/24 – Deadline for next issue of Keynotes.
Send submissions to nick at nickkeenan.com. Remember, this issue will include a list of
members in good standing! (Need a dues form? Go to www.keyschooldc.org/ptadues.pdf). Fri 1/25 – ½ Day School – 12:15 pm dismissal (after lunch). Fifth grade transition event, 1:00-3:00pm at
Fillmore. For fifth graders that attend Fillmore and feed into Hardy
Middle School, this is an opportunity to meet and interact while having
fun! In addition, Fillmore is going
to have a separate room set up for parents to meet and mingle while their
kids are playing games. Even if
you’re not sure if your child will go to Hardy, this will be a fun activity -
Stoddert and Hyde are both nearby neighborhood schools and as our kids’
universes grow larger, they’ll likely interact in sports or other activities. Foreign Language Survey completion deadline. www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB227BH5R822G! Science Fair News – Calling all archeologists, biologists, chemists, geologists,
meteorologists, physicists, zoologists and other science-y people -- mark
your calendars for Science Fair Night, Friday March 7! We need
parent volunteers with a science background willing to be a resource for
students doing their Science Fair projects.
We also need you to help us contact people who are willing and
qualified to serve as judges. Judges
should have a science background (sorry, no parents). The judges will be treated to a nice
breakfast, delicious lunch and refreshing beverages! Contact Cindy
Bouchez at cbouchez at skgf.com, Laurie Wolfert at olwolfert
at aol.com, or Amy Johnson at akjohnson3 at yahoo.com. Drop-off Etiquette – it’s time for a reminder! We regularly
hear from horrified parents who’ve observed some risky, inconsiderate
drop-off habits. Please remember to obey all traffic laws and school
safety rules when dropping off your precious ones in the morning. Of
particular note:
Remember, your neighbors are watching!
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