H. Clarke Powers PTC Newsletter

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1 Aug/Sept 2015 H. Clarke Powers PTC Newsletter A special message from our Parent Teacher Club President... Hello and welcome back to school! My name is Ilene Barbree and I have the pleasure to serve as your Parent Teacher Club President for a second year. I have two boys: one in 2nd grade and one in 4th grade. We have been at HCP for four years and think this is an amazing school with incredible teachers and the most dedicated principal around, Mr. Lockwood.. The purpose of the PTC is to support our entire school community: the students, teachers, and families. We do this through volunteering and fundraising activities. I encourage each of you to participate in your school and help make this next year even more amazing. I look forward to meeting you! Ilene Barbree, PTC President pibarbree@yahoo.com HCP MOVIE NIGHT IN THE GYM Friday, August 28th Doors open at 5pm, Movie starts at 5:30pm Grab a blanket or bring a couple chairs and come join us for a free movie night at HCP! Students will vote on the movie the week of the event! Pizza, popcorn, candy, and drinks will be available for purchase. Parent supervision is required.

2 Mark Your Calendars 2015/16 H. Clarke Powers Parent Teacher Club Meetings, Events & More August 28th - HCP Movie Night (gym) September 9th - PTC Meeting (5pm HCP Library) 15th - Kodiak Family Dinner Night Out October 1st - Butter Braid Fundraiser Starts 9th - Kodiak Family Bingo Night 14th - PTC Meeting (5pm, HCP Library) 15th - Square 1 Art Sales Begin 16/17th - Clothes Swap & Give Away 23rd - HCP Movie Night (under the stars) November 4th - PTC Meeting (5pm HCP Library) 6th - Date Night Dance 22nd - MandaRUN (LBEF Event)* December 5th - Holiday Home Tour (LBEF Event)* 9th - PTC Meeting (5pm, HCP Library) 12th - Kodiak Family Holiday Breakfast January 7th - Valentine s Day Sees Candy Fundraiser Begins 13 - PTC Meeting (5pm, HCP Library) 22 - HCP Movie Night (gym) 29th - Kodiak Family Bingo Night February 3rd - PTC Meeting (5pm HCP Library) March 4th - HCP Movie Night (gym) 7th - HCP Kodiak Jog-a-thon 9th - PTC Meeting (5pm HCP Library) 17th - Mixed Bag Designs Sales Start April 1/2nd - Clothes Swap & Give Away 13th - PTC Meeting (5pm HCP Library) 22nd - Kodiak Dinner and Auction HCP Movie Night (date TBD) May 7th - Soap Box Derby 11th - PTC Meeting (5pm HCP Library) 12th - Star Struck Performances 13/14th - Go the Distance (LBEF Event)* 18th - HCP Open House 20th - Spring Fling June 8th - PTC Meeting (5pm HCP Library) *Loomis Basin Education Foundation (LBEF) Look for more information regarding each of these events in the monthly PTC newsletters, s, and on the HCP PTC Facebook page!

3 What is HCP PTC? H. Clarke Powers (HCP) Parent Teacher Club (PTC) consists of parents and HCP staff who get together once a month to coordinate activities and fundraisers for our wonderful school. It s a great way for parents to connect with other parents and have a positive impact on their children s education. Funds raised by the PTC directly affects our students, teachers, and overall school community. Your PTC membership and involvement truly makes a difference! 2015/16 PTC Approved Budget Allocations Our PTC Board typically approves current budgets based on the amount of monies raised the previous year. Unfortunately, we have had to keep lowering the budget (see trend below) or have it stay similar to the current amount. HCP PTC Approved Budgets From Previous Years / / / / / / / / / / /15 25,100 35,845 40,233 20,000 25,010 27,500 40,000 27,500 34,000 32,000 17,000 A smaller budget means less resources, supplies, assemblies, and other opportunities for our students. How can WE increase our budget? With more students and families attending HCP, it is possible to raise more money and increase our budget for next year. Here are just a few ways to help: PTC Member Donation (more details to follow) Come to a PTC monthly meeting Save Box Tops, link your Target and Raley s card to HCP & your Amazon account too! Attend PTC and Loomis Basin Education Foundation (LBEF) Events Volunteer your time Volunteer to help with PTC related events and activities Monetary donation Encourage your student to participate in the variety of fundraising activities throughout the year by selling to family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, coaches, and more!

4 Questions? PTc volunteer Opportunities PTC Membership Your membership donation of $20 per family will help fund important programs such as Art Docent, student assemblies, teacher supplies, technical resources and more! PTC membership forms will be coming home with your student in their Thursday folders. Simply fill out the form and return it to your student s classroom or to the PTC drop box in the front office. Make checks payable to: HCP PTC You can also go to our website at to sign up and pay with a credit card. Thank you in advance for your support! There are a lot of ways you can help the PTC...help on the following committees: Spring Fling, Holiday Breakfast, Bingo Night, Go the Distance, Silent and Live Auction Night....become an Art Docent. More details in the newsletter....other tasks throughout the year - creating posters, folding flyers, helping to set-up/clean up for events and more! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the PTC s Volunteer Coordinator, Kim Fettke at kimi@fettke.com or (916) If you would like more information on the HCP PTC.. Join us at the next PTC meeting.we meet monthly! Like us on Facebook at HCP PTC Check out our website: Contact our New Family Coordinator, Amy Peterson at amy@obsolution.net or (916)

5 Want a super fun way to volunteer at school this year? Be an Art Docent! No art experience or creativity necessary! Contact Kerry Jones at Kerry_m_jones@msn.com or text (916) Or come to orientation to learn more! It s Thursday, Aug. 27th right after school in the art room (#24) Save the Date for our first, monthly, Kodiak Family Night Out Fundraiser! Tuesday, September 15th from 4-10pm at Rocklin Mooyah in the Target center HCP PTC earns a percentage of all sales so invite your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, church members, sports teams, and anyone you know! Collect..Donate..Recycle Many items you have around your house can be used to earn money for our school such as clipping Box Tops, Campbell s soup labels and donating gently used clothing items to our Clothes Swap (October/April). More details to follow in our next newsletter!

6 Our Kodiaks are roaring with excitement over the new HCP Spirit Wear! Spirit Wear is available for children and adults too! Shirts come in fun colors, designs, and fabrics (cotton and dry-fit). Order forms will be coming home with your student in Thursday folders and are also available in the front office. Look for more fun spirit wear items to come such as sweatshirts, hats and more! A special thanks to Erin and all her hard work and creative vision in getting our Kodiak Families outfitted in fun and stylish spirit wear. We love HCP! *All HCP Spirit Wear (even the different colors) count as Spirit Wear on Friday Spirit Days!

7 Earn FREE Money for our School Check out these programs that don t cost you ANYTHING and give a percentage of your purchase total to HCP! Amazon Smile Amazon offers a simple and automatic way for you to support our school every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to HCP. To get started, go to smile.amazon.com from your web browser and select H. Clarke Powers Parent Teacher Club before you begin shopping to receive donations from eligible purchases. Raley s Extra Credit Rewards for you, and for your school! If you re not already a Something Extra member, you can quickly enroll at or at your local Raley s. Once enrolled, visit and click on the green Get Started button. Then, select H. Clarke Powers Elementary School from the menu and designate a percentage up to 100% for our school. Target Take Charge of Education Target s Take Charge of Education program will donate 1% of REDcard purchases made at Target and Target.com to HCP! If you don t already have a Target REDcard, you can apply for one in stores or online at Once you have a Target REDCard, you can enroll in the Take Charge of Education program at and select our school (School ID: ). escrip Online Mall Visit the escrip Online Mall to shop at thousands of retailers who will automatically contribute a portion of your purchases to HCP. Instead of going straight to an online retailer s website, first visit the escrip Online Mall. Search for the retailer or products and continue shopping as normal. No signups are required, and no credit cards need to be registered.

8 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL / FIND OUT WHO YOUR TEACHER IS PTC BBQ!