SCRIP Today & Win PF Changs

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Thinking about Valentines Day and wondering what to get your loved ones?

How about an iTunes or Gamestop gift card with that box of chocolates?  A spa basket from Bath and Body Works?  Dinner at The Cheesecake Factory, PF Changs or The Olive Garden?

For every $25 in SCRIP card purchases this week we’ll enter your name in a draw for a $25 gift card to P.F. Changs!   You can find a complete listing of participating merchants here.

And if not for Valentine’s, why not try SCRIP for upcoming birthdays or a night out with the kids — AMC Movie Theatres, The Gap, Chuck-E-Cheese, the 99 Restaurant or Bertucci’s might just be the answer!

Don’t forget SCRIP cards for your every day purchases at Shaws, Stop & Shop, Mobil Station, Dunkin Donuts, Panera and more.

Orders may be entered online at www.shopwithscrip.com or by filling out and returning the  SCRIP Order Form.  Payments can be made via Prestopay (online bank withdrawal for $0.15 per order) or by sending your payment to the school (in your child’s backpack or drop it off in the main office).

Orders eligible for this draw must be entered online OR forms submitted to the school with payments received by Monday, February 6th at 2:00 PM.  SCRIP cards and WINNING TICKETS will be available for pick up at the school on Friday, February 10th at 2:00 PM.

If you have any questions please contact Kim Fogelgren at
kfogelgrenpto@comcast.net.

Thank you for thinking about SCRIPs!

 

Souper Bowl of Caring

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Centerville Elementary is proud to once again be teaming up with the Super Bowl-Bound New England Patriots to participate in the SOUPER BOWL OF CARING.  This is a nationwide effort to fight hunger and poverty around Super Bowl Weekend, with collections going to local non-profits.

It’s easy to help — bring your non-perishable food items (no glass containers, please) to school January 30th – February 3rd and put them in the collection boxes in the lobby.  Monetary donations of any amount (from pennies to checks payable to Centerville PTO) may also be dropped off in our soup pots each morning.

We will be tallying all donations, reporting totals online and delivering 100 percent to Beverly Bootstraps Food Pantry.  Thank you in advance, and please direct any questions to Becky DiPietro (tupperbecky@aolcom or 978.921.1006).

For more information or to follow the national progress online, go to www.souperbowl.org.

 

Understanding Early Adolescence

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Are you the parent of a tween?  If so, you’re probably experiencing a readjustment in your relationship with your emerging teenager.  This time of transition is enough to challenge even the strongest parent-child relationship, and the “when and how’s” of Facebook and cellphones can turn any parent into a serial hand wringer.
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Joani Geltman, MSW and expert in Child Development, will speak to 4th and 5th grade parents on the physical, cognitive, and social emotional changes that occur in the tween years, and how these changes affect relationships with parents, friends and school life.
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Please join Joanie on Tuesday, January 31 from 6:30 – 8 PM at North Beverly Elementary.  Sponsored jointly by Beverly’s elementary school PTOs, this is a free-to-you event, but you must register in advance on or before January 26.  Contact ptopresident@mycentervilleschool.com for a registration form.
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For more information about Joani, visit www.joanigeltman.com.

 

Scholastic Book Fair Happening Now!

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The forecast looks great for a gigantic Flurry of Reading at Centerville’s Annual Scholastic Book Fair Blizzard, running today through through Friday, January 27, 2012.

We’re open during regularly-scheduled classroom library times and 2 PM dismissal as well as Tuesday evening, January 24 from 6-8 PM for a family shopping night.  Parents and guardians are invited to come and help their child with his/her book selections (library visits included).

So stop on by and chill out with a good book at Centerville’s Annual Scholastic Book Fair — where you’ll find great titles for all ages, including the preschoolers and adults in your life!

 

Superintendent Galinski Visit

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Superintendent Marie Galinski will be at our next PTO Meeting on Wednesday morning, February 8th at 8:15 AM.  She is willing to answer any questions you may have.
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If you would like to submit your questions ahead of time, send them to ptopresident@mycentervilleschool.com.  You may ask questions the morning of the meeting as well.
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If you are unable to attend the meeting, please submit any questions and all responses will be captured in the minutes and posted to the website.

 

Save Beverly Schools Website

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The Save Beverly Schools website is a great resource for parents of school-age children, with a mission aimed at informing and mobilizing Beverly parents to take an active role in all issues related to the funding and operation of the city’s schools.

Launched in the spring of 2008, the site features current and archived articles from local papers (Salem Evening News and The Beverly Citizen), as well as highlights from Beverly School Committee meetings and related.  It is not affiliated with Beverly Public Schools, and was created, designed and is edited by Hannah parent John Hall.

 

Salem News Seeks Young Weather Artists

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The Salem News is seeking weather art from local school children to appear in their daily forecasts.  Each day, a picture displaying a scene similar to the day’s weather is chosen to appear on either the front page or the weather page, along with the child’s name, grade and school.

All types of weather are needed, but they especially want weather typical for the months ahead.  Artwork should be in color and on standard-size paper.  The child’s name, grade and school must be written on the back, and an adult should check spelling and legibility.

Mail weather art to:  The Salem News, Attention Muriel Hoffacker, 32 Dunham Road, Beverly, MA  01915.

 

Grab a Good Book & Chill…Brrrrr

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Centerville’s Annual Scholastic Book Fair — “Grab a Good Book and Chill…..brrrrrrr” is coming!  You’ll find every-level titles appropriate for your student readers as well as for younger/older siblings.  We even have books for Mom, Dad and the grandparents that include cookbooks, puzzle guides and other fun items.
Book Fair times are Monday January 23rd – Friday, January 27th (open during classroom library times, as well as 2 PM dismissal).  Family Shop Night is Tuesday, January 24th from 6 – 8 PM.  Come browse together at your leisure.
Volunteers are needed — please sign up in school lobby beginning January 11th, or contact Sherrie Otterbein directly (otterbeins@yahoo.com).
 

Sexting and Texting

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Joani Geltman, renowned therapist and consultant, will give a lively, frank, and informative presentation to 4th and 5th grade parents on Tuesday, January 31 from 6:30 – 8 PM at North Beverly Elementary School.

Sponsored by Beverly elementary school PTOs, this free event will focus on texting and sexting and the challenges of technology, limits, and modeling for our kids.  Joani puts it all out there and tells you what you need to know!
For more information, visit Joani’s website at www.joanigeltman.com.

 

 

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

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Last week, two of Centerville’s families lost everything to a fire that destroyed their homes.  As a school community, each grade is collecting new items through January 20 to help get them back on their feet:
  • Kindergarten – Neutral and solid-colored blankets and towels
  • Grade 1 – Toys and books
  • Grade 2 – Kitchen items (dishes, glassware, utensils, pans, etc.)
  • Grade 3 – Toiletries (shampoo, soap, toothpaste, Tylenol, etc.)
  • Grade 4 – Non-perishable food items (cereal, soups, pasta, etc.)
  • Grade 5 – Paper goods/cleaning supplies (Kleenex, detergent, etc.)
Clothing is also needed:
  • Girls – Size 7 and 8, shoes size 13 and 1
  • Boys – Size 3T and 8. shoes size 2 and 3
Gift cards are always welcome, and cash donations can be made to:
YMCA – Centerville Fire Victims
c/o Beverly Cooperative Bank
254 Cabot Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Small appliances and home furnishings are being accepted through Beverly Bootstraps, please call CES Principal Karla Pressman to make arrangements.  A donation from the Cameron Kirk Fund was also issued to each family, and the Red Cross and Beverly Bootstraps are assisting.
In order to keep duplicate donations to a minimum a parent created a google document where people can enter what they have purchased.  If you would like to use this document it is here.