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oberta Boland

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, and NOVEMBER 2011

Welcome to the start of a new school year and a special welcome to all new GSA families!

IMPORTANT DATES/EVENTS

First HSA Meeting

– Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.

Class Parents

– Thank you to all parents who have volunteered to be Class Parents. For

those

parents whose names have been draw and will serve as Class Parents for this school

year, our

Class Parent orientation meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 19 at 7:00

p.m. in the GSA

Conference Room. For those parents whose names were not drawn, thank

you very much for

volunteering.

Service Contract Reminder

- If your signed Service Contract was not returned to

Roberta

Boland, HSA President, by Friday, September 30, 2011, the $200.00 fee in lieu of

service will be

automatically added to your tuition payment. Please remember, your

assistance is what we need

to make all our events a success!

HSA Dues

- Please send in your check in the amount of $15.00, made payable to GSA

HSA, as

soon as possible to the attention of Lisa Zigarelli, Treasurer, c/o GSA Office.

Box Tops

- Our Summer Box Tops drive is complete. As mentioned in the paper that was

sent

home in September, we are able to raise $20,000 each year just by clipping Box Tops

from

participating products. Please ask friends, family and co-workers to clip for your child’

s school.

Another great place to look for Box Tops is the supply department at work as

Avery now has Box

Tops on some of their products. Box Tops collection sheets are sent

home at various times

during the school year, however, please feel free to submit Box Tops

to the GSA office at any time.

Halloween Costume Fundraiser

- www.wholesalecostumeclub.com – Promo Code

GSA1.

Purchase your Halloween costumes on-line at wholesale prices with $4.99 flat rate

shipping,

regardless of how many costumes you order, and encourage your friends and

family to do the

same by October 26, 2011, and GSA will receive 15% of sales. If you

should have any questions,

please contact Chairperson Jo-Ellen Houck at

joellen1023@comcast.net.

Annual Trunk or Treat Event

- Parents are invited to participate by decorating their cars

and

providing candy for the children. Children go trick or treating from trunk to trunk.

There is a limit

of 50 cars and a sign-up sheet will go home to parents through the Head

Class Parent for your

child’s grade later this month.

Frozen Pie Sale

– Our Frozen Pie Sale will begin on November 3 and Chairperson Tanya

Edghill

will be sending home papers on that day so you can choose from the many delicious

pies and

treats that can be ordered.

Multicultural Night

– Saturday, November 5, 1:00 p.m. in GSA gym with set-up Friday,

November 4 at 7:00 p.m. Parents will be receiving a flyer regarding purchasing tickets and

Chairperson Carmen Dalton will be contacting those families that signed up for this event

shortly.

Please come to this event to get to know your fellow parents while enjoying good

food, music and

a good time. Friends and family are welcome.

Book Fair I

– Week of November 14.. Children will have the opportunity to look at,

purchase

books or make a wish list, and parents and children will also have the opportunity

to purchase

books before or after our Second HSA meeting on Wednesday, November

16th.

Tricky Tray

– May 4, 2012 – GSA’s largest and most lucrative fundraiser which requires

lots of

help to be successful. Volunteers are needed to assist on various subcommittees as

this is an

extremely large undertaking! This school year’s theme will be “A Night At The

Movies.”

Chairperson, Maria McCafferty will be contacting families that have signed up to

assist regarding

meetings, subcommittees and various other tricky tray related items soon.

Please remember that statistics show that children whose parents are involved in their child’

school do better academically.

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