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December 2014 Newsletter
Important Dates:
Dec 1 – Market Day orders due to the office
Dec 1 – BCMW Toy/Coat/Food Drive Begins
Dec 1 – Cardinal Calendar Money/Orders Due
Dec 3 – Market Day Internet orders due
Dec 3 – Scrip Orders due to the office
Dec 9 – BCMW Toy/Coat Food Drive Ends
Dec 10 – Kdg – 4th Grade Christmas Program 1:30 & 6:30
Dec 10 – Market Day Pickup 5-6
Dec 11 – Band/Choir Christmas Concert 1:30 & 6:30
Dec 11 – Scrip orders due to the office
Dec 17 – School Board Meeting – 7:00 pm
Dec 17 – 5th Grade to Nursing Home for Jingo
Dec 19 – End of 2nd Quarter
Dec 19 – PreK Christmas Program – 9:00 am
Dec 19 – Early Out – 1:45
Dec 20 – Jan 4 – NO SCHOOL Winter Break
Jan 5 – School Resumes
Tennis Shoes to School: As the colder weather
approaches, students like to wear boots to school. Please
remember that if they wear boots, they must have a pair
of tennis shoes with them to change in to for PE. Boots
are not safe to wear during PE class and tennis shoes are
REQUIRED.
BCMW Coat & Toy Drive: The BCMW food, toy and
coat drive is December 1st – December 9th. We are
accepting items such as canned goods (small, medium, &
large), cereal, crackers, pasta or rice, canned meat, new
coats, gently used coats, NEW toys, peanut butter, jelly,
deodorant, paper towels, toilet paper, toothpaste,
shampoo, conditioner, body wash, books, and ramen
noodles. Each item donated will be given a point value.
The classroom in each wing (Primary & Jr. High) with
the most points will win a hot chocolate and cookie
party. The school and the BCMW committee would
appreciate your giving generosity. Thank you in
advance.
Christmas Program (K-4th grades): On
Wednesday, December 10th, Aviston Elementary will be
putting on a production of Santa’s Holiday Hoedown.
Santa’s Toy Shop is going under because of an
unexpected recession. They have refinanced and tried
everything they can think of, but have run out of ideas!
Suddenly, one of the elves hears there is a lot of money
to be made in a place called Branson, Missouri.
Everyone packs up and heads to Branson to put on a
show and raise enough money to save Santa’s Toy Shop.
Lots of fun characters for the elves…Blake Shelton,
Carrie Underwood and master performer Shania Twain,
as well as many more.
The 4th graders will be performing the production. The
Kindergarten – 3rd graders will need to dress like
cowboys and cowgirls. If you have any questions, please
contact our Band Director, Jenny Mondt at
[email protected].
Performance Times: 1:30 pm & 6:30 pm
Volunteers Needed: Mrs. Mondt is looking for some
parent volunteers on Monday, December 8th at 6:00 pm
(after the 5/6 grade boy’s basketball game) to help set up
for the Christmas Program and Band/Choir concert. It
should only take a couple of hours if we get enough help.
If you can help, please meet at the AGS gym at 6:00pm.
Mrs. Mondt is also looking for a Rudolph costume. If
you have one, or know someone who has one, please
contact Mrs. Mondt at [email protected].
Christmas Band/Choir Concert: The Aviston
Elementary Band/Choir will perform their Christmas
concert on Thursday, December 11th at 1:30pm and 6:30
pm. Concert will feature Choir, Concert Band, Beginning
Band and Jazz Band. Songs are: Christmas Cheer, Good
King Wenceslaus, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Jingle Bell
Rock, Angels in the Snow, African Bell Carol, Hay Man
Christmas Rocks, Simple Gifts, Jingle Bells and Deckin
the Halls.
Market Day: Orders are due to the school office by
Monday, December 1st and internet orders are due by
11:00 pm on Wednesday, December 3rd. Pickup is
scheduled for Wednesday, December 10th from 5-6.
Volunteers are needed for unloading the truck. If you
can help, please meet in the cafeteria by 4:15.
Technology Auction Dinner Tickets: AGS
Technology Auction tickets are now on sale. The auction
is Saturday, February 7, 2015. Tickets sold before
January 17th will be $25 each and after January 17th they
will be $30 each. Please support the kids and the school
by making this a successful event. Don’t wait! Purchase
your tickets as soon as possible, as there are only 600
tickets available. You can purchase tickets in the school
office or by contacting one of the ticket reps listed below:
1. Laura Arnold – 618-593-5493
2. Amy Iiams – 501-256-3793
3. Andrea Utley – 618-670-0747
4. Kimberly Wolter – 618-228-7086
Tickets will also be sold at the Christmas Program &
Band Concert on December 10 & 11.
Technology Auction Reverse Drawing Tickets: In
conjunction with the Mardi Gras with a Purpose live
and silent auction, the PTCC will also be holding a
reverse drawing on Saturday, February 7, 2015 to raise
funds for a new computer lab at Aviston Elementary
School. Each family in the school should have received 2
tickets (brought home from school) to sell. Hopefully 1
for the family to purchase and another one for them to
sell. The cost of each ticket is $50 and checks should be
made payable to “Aviston PTCC”. Ticket holders do NOT
need to be present to win. All tickets and money need to
be turned in to the school office by Friday, January 9th.
Please send the tickets and money in a sealed envelope
marked “PTCC Auction – Reverse Drawing”. If you are
unable to sell your tickets, please return them to the
office, since only a limited amount was printed and will
be sold. If you are a great salesperson and can sell
MORE than the 2 tickets that were sent home, please
contact Anna Kuhn at 618-304-7725 or via email at
[email protected] for extra tickets or you can
contact Becky in the school office for more tickets.
Payout for all the tickets sold will be $6,600.00. (1st
place - $5000, 2nd place - $1000, 3rd place - $500, 100th
& 300th tickets pulled will win $50.)
Tickets will also be sold at the Christmas Program and
Christmas Concert on December 10th & 11th.
Technology Auction Class Baskets: The students of
Aviston Elementary School will be creating class baskets
for bid in the silent auction on Saturday, February 7,
2015. We are asking parents to donate money to support
this special project. We are requesting a donation of
$5.00 per student, but any amount is welcome (please
make checks payable to Nancy Robke). Please send you
donation in an envelope marked “PTCC Auction – Class
Basket $$, Student Name, Grade & Teacher”. If you
have more than one student, feel free to send one
envelope. Just list each of your student’s on the front of
the envelope (plus grade and teacher). All money needs
to be returned to school by Tuesday, November 25 th. If
you have any questions regarding this, please contact
Nancy Robke at [email protected] or Tracy Hamon at
[email protected].
Grab Bags for Technology Auction: At the auction,
there will be 100 grab bags for sale. We are looking for
anyone who is cleaning out their offices, rooms, etc. that
could possibly donate items for the grab bags. It can be
pens, notebooks, coolie cups, magnets, key chains,
toothbrushes, gift cards, etc. Anything and everything is
welcome. Even if you don’t have 100 items, anything
that is donated would be great. If you have something
you could donate, please send it to school in a bag or box
with your name and address/phone number with the
items. We appreciate anything that is donated! Thank
you in advance!
Donations for the Auction: Auction planning is in
full swing! Our Mardi Gras with a Purpose is coming
together. We have asked for a lot of help lately and
appreciate all everyone has done so far! We have less
than one month left to solicit for items for our auction.
Maybe your workplace would like to donate a good or
service that they perform? Or maybe a group of you and
your friends or parents would be interested in donating
some sort of event, like a party, dinner or BBQ? Or
perhaps you would like to donate a basket or gift
certificate to one of your favorite places? If so, please let
us know! These items really help make our auction
successful!
Any questions regarding ideas of items to donate?
Please email or call Angie Schlimme (910-1689)
[email protected] or Julie Huelsmann (314-420-7610)
[email protected].
2015 Cardinal Calendars for Sale: The Aviston
PTCC is again selling the St. Louis Cardinal Calendars.
Order forms were sent home with the students last week
and are due back to the office by December 1, 2014.
Calendars are $15 each and all checks need to be made
out to “Aviston PTCC”. All money must be turned in
with the order forms.
Calendars will be sent home with the students the week
of December 8th. Just in time for Christmas!
The top 5 sellers will get a voucher that is good for 2 for a
2015 Cardinal home game and the top seller will get
ONE of the following: Tickets to a party room; Tickets
and on-field visit during batting practice; Cardinal
goodie bag filled with Cardinals memorabilia; an
Autographed item.
The top selling school will receive a visit from Fredbird!
Scrip Orders: We will have 2 more scrip orders placed
in December for the gift cards. December 3rd &
December 11th are the order dates. If you would like to
order scrip cards, please have your order form and
money to the school office by these dates. All cards will
be in 1 week after the order date. Order forms are on the
website at www.avistonk-8.org or can be picked up in the
school office.
Don’t forget that we have cards in the school office that
are available for purchase all year long.
5th Grade Holiday Jingo at Nursing Home: On
Wednesday, December 17th the 5th grade will head to the
Nursing Home in Aviston at 1:30 to play Holiday Jingo
with the residents. Any students who want to bring a
holiday hat along with them may do so.
PreK Christmas Program: This year we are doing
something a little different with our Christmas program.
The PreK Christmas program will be separate from the
Kdg – 4th grade program. The PreK program will be
Friday, December 19th at 9:00 am in the gym. There will
be refreshments after the performance. PreK students
can then go home with their parents afterwards.
Pep Club: To get more fans to the games, the AGS kids
have formed a PEP CLUB! Every home game (boys or
girls) there will be a theme in which students (and
parents) can dress up to and pack the gym to cheer on
the Eagles! Below is the schedule for the Pep Club:
BOYS GAMES:
11/13 – vs. Bartelso – Throw Back Jersey Night
12/1 – vs. Centralia – Crazy Hair Night
12/2 – vs. Germantown – Toga Night
12/4 – vs. ASA – Camo Night
1/15 – vs. Wesclin – 80s Night (this is also 8th grade
night)
GIRLS GAMES:
11/18 – vs Albers – White Out!
11/20 – vs. Breese – Mardi Gras
11/24 – vs Woodlawn – PJ Night
11/25 – vs St. Rose – Opposite Night
12/17 – vs. Smithton – Tie-Dye Night
1/5 – Star Wars Night (May the force be with us!)
Cold/Flu Season: We are now officially in the cold &
flu season. We have had a few cases of Influenza A
confirmed and a lot of stomach bugs and fever going
around. Please remember the rules if your student
becomes sick.
 Students must be fever free without
medicine for 24 hours before returning to
school. This also means that if a student
leaves school with a fever, they should not be
at school the following day.
 If a student has had diarrhea or was
vomiting, they cannot return to school for 12
hours after the last episode.
We understand that it becomes a hassle to take off work
and keep your student home, especially if they are
feeling well, but please be considerate of other students
(and parents) and keep your sick student at home.
LOOKING AHEAD:
Jan 5 – School Resumes after Christmas Break
Jan 7 – Freshman Orientation at Central HS –
6:00
Feb 7 – AGS Technology Auction – Aviston
Legion
Feb 11 – Science Fair
Feb 12 – 20 – Book Fair
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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