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There Are Still ExcitingOpportunities Available

We Need You!Our Bailey Lake PTA still has several

opportunities or you to be a part o! Wecannot have all the wonderul PTA eventsor our kids without volunteers - pleaseconsider joining our Board or chairingan event.

There are several critical Board positionsavailable as well as some un chair posi-tions. Please take a look at the positionsbelow and consider volunteering yourtime. Further inormation can be ound onour PTA website. I you are interested injoining the un, please contact

Kim Hardtke at [email protected] or 248-391-9072.

Board PositionsMembership Ocer: Responsible or all new memberships, maintain records o

memberships and compile/distribute school directory.

Assist. Membership Ocer: Assist membership ofcer and assume duties in their absence.

Chair PositionsField Day- A un tness event that allows children to participate in a ew hours orecreation. Usually near the last day o school.

Grounds keeping- Enhance school grounds through clean-up, landscape development

and gardening.Refections - National PTA Fine Arts competition to highlight the importance oArt in education.

Service Learning (C.A.T.S. Day) - Event to help students understand the importance ovolunteering and helping others.

Sign Coordinator - Post inormation on the sign in ront o school or school related events.

Talent Show - Program giving students the opportunity to perorm onstage or theirpeers and amilies.

Theme Day - One day event eaturing activity based workshops and assemblies. Alter-nates between Career Day, Fine Arts Day, International Day, and Science Day or other theme.

MAY2013

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Field Day May 31!At the end of each school year, BLE hosts Field Day.

Themes may change, but the core elements

of the event are the same each year.

On Field Day, students, parents, sta:

Laugh together

Try new activities

Enjoy the weather

Spend time with friends

Make memories

If youd like to experience this with your childand/or you just need a change in your daily routine,

please volunteer for the event.Ensuring that Field Day is safe and enjoyable requires

many parent (or grandparent, etc.) volunteers.

Its not too late to sign up online atwww.signupgenius.com/go/20F054EAFA822A75-bleeld

or by sending an email toDena Pieger([email protected]) or

Nina Brown ([email protected]).Full (8:15am - 3:40pm), AM only (8:15 am - noon)

or PM only (12:15 - 3:40pm) volunteer shifts are available.In addition, please mark your calendar

for volunteer training* and to receive your specic eld dayassignment on Thursday, May 30 from 6-8 pm at the

BLE cafeteria pizza and childcare will be available.

*The Volunteer Training is important to ourhaving a smooth and successful Field Day.

However, if you can volunteer on 5/31 but just cant makethe training the night before, please dont let that deter you

from signing up.

2013 ClarkstonFoundation Teacherof the Year!Clarkston Foundation views teaching as a wonderul and re warding career.

According to this Foundations philosophy, There are always teachers that go

above and beyond what is expec ted o them. These are individuals that have a

deep passion or what they do and are willing to go the extra mile so their stu-

dents will get the absolute most out o their time spe nt with them. This year

13 outstanding elementary educators rom the Clarkston Community Schools

were nominated or Clarkston Foundation Teacher o the Year award. Among

them are three BLE teachers: Renee Avery, 3rd grade teacher, who was

also selected as one o Teacher o the Year fnalists; Kathy Noble, 1st grade

teacher; and Daniel Minot, 4th grade teacher. Congratulations!

BaileyLakes

National

PTAeflectionsWinner!

oebe Savoie, 2nd grade

udent, was selected as a

ent o the Award o Merit at

ational PTA Reections or

er Dance Choreography

ncing with Disney Electric

e. Congratulations, Phoebe! Distinguished Service AwardAt the May 20, 2013 *Clarkston Schools Board Meeting,Arina Bokas, BLE PTA

President, will receive a Distinguished Service Award, issued by the Michigan

PTA at the request o the Clarkston PTA Council or

her leadership eforts and dedication to PTA values.

A Distinguished Service Award (DSA) may be giv-

en to a person who has shown tireless dedication

to the cause and extraordinary service on behal

o children and you th. Bailey Lake Elementary PTA

has a tradition o excellence within the Clarkston

Community Schools, which is recognized at the

State oMichigan level.

Cheryl McNeil, President,

Clarkston PTA Council

2012-14

*The meeting is scheduled at CJHS at 6 p.m. Diference Maker Award recipients

(Daneil Minot rom BLE) and State Reections winners (Phoebe Savoie

and Mya Brown) will be recognized at this time as well.www.clarkston.k12.mi.us/ble

Kathy Noble, 2013 Teacher

of the Year Nominee

Renee Avery, 2013 Teacher

of the Year Finalist

Daneil Minot, 2013 Teacher

of the Year Nominee

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www.clarkston.k12.mi.us/ble

RESET or REGISTERYour Kroger Card Today!

Dear Parents,Grandparents,and Guardians,

Each May 1st, Kroger resets its

Community Rewards Program.

Please see below or the steps

to re-enroll your Kroger Plus

Card so that it continues to earn undraising dollars or Bailey Lake

Elementary School! Please pass along this notice to riends & amily who can

help. Thank you or your continued support o our school.

Dear Kroger Community Rewards Recipient:

Thank-you or partnering with Kroger or your undraising eforts. The

2013-2014 Kroger Community Rewards Program begins May 1, 2013 and

enrollment o cially opened April 1, 2013. All supporters o your organization

who registered prior to April 1, 2013 must re-enroll online to continue

supporting your organization.

Re-enrolling only takes a ew moments and is completed in a ew

simple steps:

1. Visit our website at www.krogercommunityrewards.com.

2. Sign in using your email address and password. I you have orgotten your

password, just click on orgot password and a link will be se nt to your

email to change your password.

3. Enter BLEs ve digit NPO number (82526) or the rst three letters o the

organizations name, click search.

4. Select your organization by clicking on the circle to the let o your

organizations name.

5. SAVE CHANGES.

Also, please note that or the 2013-2014 program year, Kroger will donate

$4,000,000 or the Kroger Community Rewards program. Thereore, or each

quarter o the program year, $1,000,000 will be donated to participating

organizations.

I you want to ennew card, ollowinstructions belo

Click Enroll I you have nepart o KrogerCommunitycom. Have your Kroger Plready. I you use your phoat the register, call 1(877)get your Kroger Plus Card

1. Sign up today (to the

2. Enter your zip code aSearch

3. Click on the arrow to list o stores in your zihighlight your preerr

4. Enter in your email an

5. Click Next

6. Key in your Kroger Plber (i it says that thisalready been used, plnumber on the back o

7. Enter the security codbox above it)

8. Enter in your contact

9. Click on Next

10. Veriy that your accomation is correct. Cheor agreement o the conditions and click CInormation

11. Kroger will send an eentered earlier in thecan take up to 10 min

12. Open the email that Read the email and ethe link within the emand paste it into your

13. Sign in: click on the Cbutton and then typeemail and password

14. Under Kroger CommRewards Section at rigEdit Kroger CommunInormation

15. Find your organizatioin your organizationsNPO number. Bailey LElementary NPO# 825

16. Click on the organiza

that you want. Pleasethat you click on the clet o your organizatbecomes highlighted

17. Click on Save Change

18. Scroll over the page asure all inormation is

You are now registered!Scan your Kroger Plus Cayou shop to earn rewards


rom OurTA President

r Bailey Lake Families,

ook back at everything that took place at our school

ng last nine months, I get a better appreciation or

words o Edward Everett Hale, I am only one, but I am

I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And

not let what I cannot do interere with what I can.

s you who didnt let cannotget on the way o can

made a real diference or our children.

ing with a new design or our Back to School Night,

ch gave amilies the opportunity to meet with teach-

nd hear curriculum presentations, to a new look or

Newsletter and school logo, Bailey Lakes rst ever

m2Mom sale, successul School Fair, Reect ions week

Art Fair, memorable Donuts with Dad and Morn-

with Mom, amazing talent show Bailey Bunch Talent

avaganza, always popular Read-to-Me, Seuss Night,

T.S., Disability Awareness and, nally, Circus Field Day

ing on May 31 (among many others), BLE volunteers

nt many hours and put a lot o efort in bringing joy

great memories to our students.

g thank-you to our wonderul teachers, PTA Board

mbers, room parents, and those who continuously

port BLE PTA events and activities.

a BokasPTA [email protected]

SaturdaySeptember 28, 2013

Set up is Friday, September 27,5:30-8:30 pm

Join us as a participant or

volunteer at our new location!SIGN UP NOW!

New Location!Clarkston Junior HighThis was such a successful program, we made it larger!

Please email: [email protected] orTheresa Rotman, 248.393.0167 or more inormation.

Submit YourBoxtops andLabels for Education!Its Box Tops and Labels or Education submission time!

Beore summer begins, submit the Box Tops and Labels or

Education that youve been holding on to!

I you have Box Tops youd still like to turn in, here are

some optional tips thatll make the submission process

easier theyre helpul but not at all necessary:

Bundle your Box Tops in bunches of 10 or 50

Use a collection sheet go to BTFE.com to

download one

Once we send in all the Box Tops, our school will receive

a check rom General Mills. We can use this cash to

buy the things we need. Thanks or all your help!


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May Market Day

THANK YOU!! to all o our customers who ordered Market Day in April,as well as throughout the year! We appreciate all your orders to help raise

$133 or Bailey Lake or the month o April.

Bailey Lake earns 10% prot rom every sale. Throughout the 2012-2013

school year, Market Days grocery program raised over $1000.

The one-time only catalog ofered in December 2013, raised over $1200.

Thank you also to our loyal volunteers who help make Market Day run so

smoothly: Kim Hardtke, Lisa Damone and Shelly Ferguson.

Sincerely, Theresa Rotman

About

your PTAThe Objects o the Bailey Lake Elemen-tary PTA, in common with those o theNational PTA and the Michigan PTSA ar

a. To promote the welare o children ayouth in home, school, community and

place o worship.

b. To raise the standards o home lie.

c. To secure adequate laws or the care

and protection o children and youth.

d. To bring into closer relation the hom

and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the

education o children and youth.

e. To develop between educators and

the general public such united eforts awill secure or all children and youth th

highest advantages in physical, mentasocial and spiritual education.

BAILEY LAKE Elementary School8051 Pine Knob Road Clarkston, MI 48348(248) 623-5300 Fax: (248) 623-5305Student Absence Line: (248) 623-5390School Hours: 8:35 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Arina Bokas, PTA PresidentGlenn Gualtieri, Principalwww.clarkston.k12.mi.us/ble

THANK YOU

Michelle Goik & Shelly Ferguson!

Staf Appreciation week was such a great success due to your great efort increativity, organization and time spent.

From Our Principal

Dear Bailey Lake Families,

The annual C.A.T.S. (Connecting AcademicsThrough Service) activities took place over thelast ew weeks. Students participated in a varietyo presentations to connect with our communitypartners, wore Hats or C.A.T.S. to raise unds or

the animal shelter, and conducted grade levelservice learning projects. Donations o moneyand supplies were made to all o our partners.Thanks to the C.A.T.S team or organizing agreat event!

Please keep in mind the saety o our students while dropping of and picking upstudents. DRIVE SLOWLY!

With only our weeks o schools let, it is amazing to think back on the wonderul opportuni-

ties that are ofered to our Bailey Lake students. Our volunteers are a big part o this. Thanks to allthose that make BLE a great place to learn with extension and enrichment oferings or all!

Happy Spring!

Sincerely,

Glenn Gualtieri, Principal

May 24-27Memorial Day, No Schoo

May 31

Field DayJune 3

PTA meeting, 7 p.m

June 7Fith Grade Send Of 10 a.m

Last 1/2 Day o Schoo

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