English Landing PTA News
December 2019
In this Issue:
- A Note from the PTA President
- Important Dates
- Announcements
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Donation Options
- Business Member Listing
- PTA Board and Committee Chair Contact Information
- Links to previous PTA SMOREs
A Note from the PTA President
Going from Thanksgiving into Christmas, I am so very thankful for our community that supports English Landing Elementary, her staff, and her students. If your family is seeking to give this season, please consider some of these ideas…..
-Volunteer or donate items to the Park Hill Clothing Center, a district PTA sponsored effort. They provide free clothing to district students and are always happy to have volunteers share in the effort of sorting and sharing. https://www.parkhill.k12.mo.us/parent_resources/pta_clothing_center
-Purchase Bombas socks. Really! Socks! Through their Giving Back program of one pair purchased equals one pair donated , Bombas socks has gifted over 25 millions pairs of socks. Park Hill Clothing Center has received and distributed some of the 175,000 pairs of socks that have been donated by Bombas in the Kansas City area.
- Make a donation to Feed Northland Kids, a unique organization focused on addressing weekend nutrition and hunger by providing healthy, kid-friendly foods for school-age children, living in the Northland of Kansas City, MO. Our PTA picks up and distributes those weekend meals to students within our school. You can support this program by making a donation of money or food that would support one of their food pantries located within the PHSD highschools. https://www.feednorthlandkids.org/how-we-work/food-for-thought/
-Write a note of thanks. You and your student could send an encouraging note. To anyone! Your note could go to an English Landing staff member, a neighbor across the street, a friend on the bus, or a loved one across the miles. No matter it’s destination, a note of encouragement will always brighten some else’s day.
Please mark your calendars for January 6, 2019. Come join us at 6:30pm in the media center for the next PTA meeting.
Ginger Gimple
PTA President
Next PTA Meeting
Monday, Jan 6, 2020, 06:30 PM
English Landing Elementary School, Northwest Klamm Drive, Kansas City, MO, USA
IMPORTANT DATES
Winter Parties: December 20, 2019, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
PTA Meeting: January 6, 2020, 6:30 PM at English Landing in the Media Center
PTA Meeting: March 2, 2020, 6:30 PM at English Landing in the Media Center
Variety Show Rehearsal: April 9, 2020 at Park Hill South High School
Variety Show: April 10, 2020 at Park Hill South High School
PTA Meeting: May 11, 2020, 6:30 PM at English Landing in the Media Center
Calling all holiday shoppers!!!
While shopping for gifts this season, remember to support the English Landing PTA via AmazonSmile:
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support the English Landing PTA every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices as on Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to the English Landing PTA. To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to smile.amazon.com and choose PTA Missouri Congress English Landing PTA as your organization of choice.
For more information, contact Julie Durrant at Julie.Durrant@gmail.com
2019-2020 Yearbooks
PTA WEBSITE!!!
Our NEW PTA WEBSITE is up and running! Visit https://englishlandingpta.membershiptoolkit.com/home to see everything your PTA has to offer this year. On our new site, you can see upcoming calendar events, buy memberships, view the student directory, sign up to volunteer and much, much more.
You can also access the directory and the calendar from your phone by downloading the Membership Toolkit app after you have created your account! For any questions, please contact Lauren Jeppson at lpjeppson@gmail.com.
Reflections
Thanks so much for all the wonderful submissions for the Reflections Contest! Best of luck to the Eagles!
-Laura Yates
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Yearbook Photographers Needed!
Attention Parent Photographers! The yearbook is looking for volunteers to be grade level photographers for the English Landing yearbook for kindergarten and 1st grades. No skills are necessary just a phone or camera that can take high resolution pictures and your attendance at your child's grade level functions. No extra trips to school are necessary.
Your duties include taking pictures of all classes and students in your grade, uploading them to the yearbook website, and adding them to your grade's activities page. If you can add photos to photo sharing websites like Shutterfly then you can add photos for the yearbook!
If interested please contact Yearbook Chair Anna Trower at 816-585-9561 or email at annatrower@yahoo.com.
Room Parent and Room Party Volunteers
We need Room Parent and Room Party volunteers! Please follow the links below to sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b4eacad2dab9-kindergarten2
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b4eacad2dab9-1stgrade2
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b4eacad2dab9-2ndgrade2
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b4eacad2dab9-3rdgrade3
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b4eacad2dab9-4thgrade2
DONATION OPTIONS
Box Tops
Box Tops has gone digital! You can help earn free money for English Landing by downloading the app and scanning your receipts within 14 days of purchase. The app will automatically grab the eligible items and credit the school. Download the app here: https://www.boxtops4education.com/ and follow these steps.
If you have traditional Box Tops clips at home, please send them with your child to school. We will still earn cash for all clipped Box Tops until they expire. Better yet, you can “double dip” during the packaging transition by clipping traditional Box Tops AND scanning your store receipt containing participating products.
The PTA is currently hosting a classroom competition to see which classroom will collect the most box tops. Please be sure to list the name of your child's teacher on all box top submissions until April 30,2020. The classroom with the most box tops will win a pizza party in May!
Shatto Milk Company's Bottle Cap Collection
English Landing PTA is collecting bottle caps from Shatto Milk Company glass bottles.
Shatto cap collecting is still on! We’ve made it to 1,000 - just 500 more needed for EL students to name a calf on Shatto Farms! Please send in your rinsed caps. The collection box is located in the lost and found room.
INVEST
Do you want to INVEST in English Landing Elementary but are short on time?
Donate to our PTA INVEST Fundraiser
100% of your donation is INVESTed in our school community and you will receive a tax donation form.
To pay via PayPal
1. Go to PayPal.com
2. Log into your account.
3. Select ptaenglishlanding@gmail.com
4. Select send to friends and family to avoid fees.
5. Enter payment amount (you choose how much to INVEST)
Or send a check with your child to the office made out to English Landing PTA - INVEST Fundraiser
Our goal for the year is $3,000.
Thank you for your support!
PTA Reimbursement Forms
Business Members
English Landing PTA Executive Board 2018-2019
President
Ginger Gimple, thegimples@hotmail.com
Vice-President Membership
Lauren Jeppson, lpjeppson@gmail.com
Vice-President Volunteers
Brandy Colson, brandy@blcolson.com
Vice-President Fundraising
Haley Stone, haleystonefitness@gmail.com
Treasurer
Julie Durrant, Julie.durrant@gmail.com
Secretary
Maggie Parsley, Maggie_knapp@yahoo.com
Principal
Kerry Roe, roek@parkhill.k12.mo.us
Assistant Principal
Angela Doss, dossa@parkhill.k12.mo.us
PTA Committee Chairs/Leaders
Book Fair
Chris Albani, christinealbani@sbcglobal.net
Kelly Smith, kellymchughsmith@gmail.com
Box Tops
Amber Kriegel, amber.kriegel@gmail.com
Clothing Center
Megan Amash, megan.amash@gmail.com
FEED
Tasha Olsen, natashaross@yahoo.com
Hospitality
OPEN
Popcorn Fridays
Stephanie Doss, stephanieldoss@gmail.com
Lindsey Pickett, lindseypickett8@gmail.com
Reflections
Laura Yates, lbdyates@gmail.com
Room Parties
Megan Bogener, megankms@gmail.com
School Supplies
Katie Burgess, katieeburgess@gmail.com
Shatto for Schools
Kelly Smith, kellymchughsmith@gmail.com
Staff Appreciation Week
Stacey Schmidt, slschmidt@cmh.edu
Kari Rush, karirush@gmail.com
Stemscope Showcase
Julie Durrant, julie.durrant@gmail.com
Lauren Jeppson, lpjeppson@gmail.com
Student Directory
Brooke Crosby, brooke.crosby@hotmail.com
Teacher Wish Tree
Angela Ensminger, angelaensminger@gmail.com
Variety Show
Sheri Thomson, sherithomson3@gmail.com
Haley Stone, haleystonefitness@gmail.com
Yearbook
Anna Trower, annatrower@yahoo.com
Teresa Dwyer, dwyert@parkhill.k12.mo.us
If you are interested in leading an open committee please contact Brandy Colson at Brandy@blcolson.com.