Spring Carnival

Saturday, March 24th, from 11am-3pm:

Join us on Saturday, March 24th, from 11am-3pm at CES for our annual spring carnival! It's a great time for the entire family, with games and activities for all ages, a 50/50 raffle, prizes, delicious food, and a silent auction. Money raised goes directly back to support the school, the kids, and the staff. Hope to see everyone there.

Believe Catalog Orders Are Arriving!

Your Believe catalog orders are arriving! Your generous support of CES & the CES PTA is much appreciated-we met our fundraising goals!

Please come pick up your orders in the main lobby of the school (2 doors down from the front office) during the following times:

Order Pick Up Schedule

• Tuesday, November 15th – 3:30 to 6:45 pm
• Wednesday, November 16th – 8:00-9:15 am and 3:30 to 4:30 pm
• Friday, November 18th – 10:45 am to 2:30pm (during the Thanksgiving luncheon)

You may still shop at www.shopbelieve.com until December 15th and our school will still receive credit for any items purchased.

It is imperative that you pick up your items during one of these pick up times. Thanks again for your support and enjoy your amazing products.

Thanksgiving Lunch - Volunteers Needed

Come and help out at the Thanksgiving Lunch on Friday, November 18th. Help is needed selling tickets, serving food and working in the lunchroom. Enjoy some time with your child's class and catch a glimps of Mr. Young and Mrs. Mayer in their pilgrim costumes.

The scheduled of classes and when they are having lunch can be found at:

Thanksgiving Class Lunch Schedule:

Thanksgiving Lunch Schedule 2011 (PDF)

Thanksgiving Lunch Schedule 2011 (DOC)

How do I sign up to help?

• By email – Kathy Taylor
• By “SIGN-UP GENIUS” at www.signupgenius.com

CES Fall Clean Up & ECO Day Volunteers

Centreville Elementary's “Green Team” and the PTA's “Grounds Beautification Team” will host the CES Clean up and ECO-Day this Saturday, October 22nd. This is also the National "Make a Difference Day", so it's a great opportunity to lend a hand, get our gardens and grounds ready for the winter, and to expand our environmental education efforts at CES. Let’s show our kids that taking care of the environment is something we can do in all parts of our lives.

We need MANY volunteers to help this day be successful. You can volunteer as an event “host”, partner with the students at one of the exhibits, or join the effort to get the school grounds ready for the winter. Everyone can help!! We give service hour credit, too (so bring the older kids, too!). Please sign up for any one of the team assignments on our SignUpGenius.com page.

Remember, volunteers help to make a community grow just like our gardens. Let's "Make a Difference" together!!

Let’s go everyone!! Help make our school Beautiful!!

How do I sign up to help?

• By email – Maria Stewart
• By “SIGN-UP GENIUS” at www.signupgenius.com

Fall Book Fair

Our fall book fair will be opening this Saturday, October 22 at 10AM and will close on Thursday, October 27 at 1 PM. Please see the schedule to the right for days and hours.

You may also order books online. Please visit our Scholastic website to learn more about our book fair and to place orders online.

We still need volunteers to make the book fair a successful event, so please click the link below or email Deb Smith --- we really need your help!.

Spring Book Fair Schedule

• Sat, Oct 22 — 10:00am - 2:00pm
• Mon, Oct 24 — 9:30am - 2:30pm
• Tue, Oct 25 — 9:30am - 7:00pm
• Wed, Oct 26 — 9:30am - 4:00pm
• Thu, Oct 27 — 9:30am - 1:00pm

How do I sign up to help?

• By email – Deb Smith
• By “SIGN-UP GENIUS” at www.signupgenius.com

Thank you for supporting CES, and we look forward to seeing you at the book fair!

Believe Fall Fundraiser

UPDATE: Online sales have been extended through November 7th! Students, keep earning your prize credit.

Don't forget that all orders of $60 or more qualify for FREE Shipping.

The CES PTA would like to thank you in advance for supporting the fall fundraiser, a Believe Kids catalog sale. The catalog is filled with your favorite things; great gifts, wrapping paper, candles, magazines and much more! Your child will be bringing home the catalog and order form tomorrow, Friday, September 30th. Friends and Family from out of town can easily order online.

This fundraiser includes amazing prizes for our students. The top selling class gets to adopt an animal from the National Zoo. The top selling students get to attend a Mad Science Assembly. Two catalogs contain a golden ticket worth $25 in cash. There are lots of other prizes that will be given away through drawings.

Register at www.shopbelieve.com and send 10 or more emails to family & friends to win even more great prizes!

The order forms are due on Monday, October 17th. Be sure to keep the pink sheet for yourself. All checks should be made payable to CES PTA. All orders will be in on or around November 17th.

If you have any questions contact Stefanie Ragano at stefanieragano@yahoo.com.

We know that there are a lot of charitable options and yet, we can make a major impact on a child's education when it matters most. Thank you for supporting Centreville Elementary School.

Reflections

UPDATE: All entries for Reflections are due in the main office no later than 4:00 this Friday, October 21.

The National PTA Reflections Program is an arts recognition and achievement program for students. The Reflections Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves creatively and to receive positive recognition for original works of art inspired by a pre-selected theme, while increasing community awareness on the importance of the arts in education.

Annual CES Family Picnic

We'd like to invite you to our Annual Welcome Back Picnic this Friday, September 9 from 5:30 – 8:30. Cici's Pizza, Baja Fresh, Chick-fil-a, Kabob House and Rita's will be selling their foods. Community organization such as SYA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and CES PTA will be sharing their information. But wait, there's more. Our staff band, The Flock of Eagles will be performing.

This is a terrific way to kick-off the year, meet and mingle with fellow classmates, families and staff. So we look forward to seeing you at CES this Friday afternoon rain or shine.