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2 ❚ SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ APRIL 2016 Mapleton K INDNESS OF KINDERGARTENERS 4-H helps Siuslaw Regional Aquatics Center On and before April 9, the Mapleton 4-H Community Club took part in a service project to support the efforts to raise money for the Siuslaw Regional Aquatics Center in Mapleton. The entire club created centerpieces for the din- ner and auction held at the Florence Elks Lodge. The centerpieces were used for flowers, and then were dispersed through- out the community as donation jars. The members voted for this project with hope that their efforts will help raise funds for the repair and reopening of the Mapleton Pool, now known as the Siuslaw Regional Aquatics Center. The Cloverbud mem- bers — those younger than 9 years old — thor- oughly enjoyed the process of creating a COURTESY PHOTOS I n March, the kindergarten class at Mapleton Elementary School challenged all the classes to bring 100 cans of food by the 100th day of school. The students were hoping to be able to donate 400 cans of food to the Mapleton Food Share. Much to our surprise, all the classes surpassed the challenge of 100 cans and we were able to donate 1,104 cans of food. Our kindergarten class would like to thank anyone in our community that donated and helped our food drive be such a huge success. Thank you! —Submitted by Carrie McNeill COURTESY PHOTO Members of Mapleton 4-H learn the value of community service. ‘stained glass window’ effect on the Mason jars. Older girls enjoyed set- ting the tables and later, bussing the tables during the actual event. Mapleton 4-H is proud of these girls who have learned the value of com- munity service, devel- oped skills of leadership and are spending some of their non-school time in positive youth activities. —Submitted by Lauren Hesse Florence Community PTA Students win with Box Tops PTA attends leadership conference Four delegates from Florence Community PTA attended the annual Oregon PTA Leadership Conference and Convention in April at the Hilton Conference Center in Eugene. This year’s conven- tion theme was “Be Here, Be Heard,” which emphasizes the PTA’s strong voice in advocat- ing for children and youth locally, throughout Oregon and across the nation. Convention activities included the annual business meeting, election of state offi- cers, workshops on a variety of topics around education and the well-being of children, awards and leadership dinners, and the annual Reflections Art awards luncheon. A slate of fun activities throughout the week- end kept the atmosphere light. The weekend’s keynote speaker was Donald Dunn, National PTA Board of Directors representative. Dunn is the chairman of the North Carolina State PTA Mail Involvement Committee, serves on the Winston- Salem/Forsyth County PTA Council, is a member of the Forsyth Education Partnership and is on the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. Dunn also led and participated in various work- F lorence PTA held its annual Box Tops Baseball Challenge at Siuslaw Elementary School in March. “This is the time of year when we rake in large amounts of Box Tops to raise money for the Siuslaw Schools,” said Box Tops Coordinator Jennifer Wilks. “The kids have fun watching their classroom scores go up during the two weeks that Box Tops are col- lected.” COURTESY PHOTOS A total of 17,744 Box Tops were counted in and sent to the Box Tops for Education organization. Earning “runs” around a baseball diamond on the bulletin board for every so many Box Tops brought in, each classroom competed for the ultimate prize, a baseball movie and hot dog lunch. Congratulations to this year’s grand prize winner, Graham’s Crackers — Mrs. Graham’s first grade class, bringing in 1,708 Box Tops. There were grade level winners as well, Mrs. Graham’s first grade class won the Box each receiving an ice cream/root beer float Tops contest. party during school hours. Those classrooms Education fundraiser is alive and well; there are were: no plans to discontinue the program, contradicto- Kindergarten: Griffes’ Angels with 779 ry to an earlier article,” says PTA’s president, Second: Fleming’s Dragons with 1,207 Diane McCalmont. “Box Tops can be turned into Third: DeVries’ Sharpblades with 1,273 any one of the schools or the Siuslaw Public Fourth: Rankin’s Rockets with 1,379 Library at any time during the year.” Fifth: Halpin’s Heroes with 932 . Box Tops DO have expiration dates. If you see The PTA redeems Box Tops for 10 cents each that those dates are coming up, get them into the from the General Mills Box Tops for Education school right away so that they can be redeemed. program. The money earned goes back into the Thank you to all of the parents and community Siuslaw schools for classroom supplies and equip- members that collected and turned in Box Tops ment, and also funds senior scholarships for high over the course of this school year. —Submitted school graduates that are going into teaching. by Diane McCalmont “I’d like to clarify that the Box Tops for @ SIUS TS — SPOR B CE, REN FLO SER Go to www.thesiuslawnews.com and subscribe and get our E-edition so you can keep in touch with your hometown news and sports. 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A special appearance was made by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden for the Reflections Arts luncheon held on Saturday. His message stressed the impor- tance of making sure that equal educational opportunities are made available to all students. The president of Florence Community PTA, Diane McCalmont, was elected to the Oregon State Board position of Region 6 Director at this year’s convention. Region 6 encom- passes local PTA units in Lane and Douglas counties. McCalmont will serve as a leader and liaison, and provide training to local PTA units. “I’m honored to join the Oregon State PTA Board of Directors, and am excited to begin work helping local PTAs be the best they can be in sup- porting children and education in their communities,” said McCalmont. Florence Community PTA will hold their last general meeting of the 2015-16 school year on Tuesday, May 17. The public is invited to attend to hear about programs and school related topics. An elec- tion of board officers for 2016- 17 will also be held. Childcare and refreshments will be pro- vided. If you are interested in learn- ing more about joining PTA or becoming a board member, call McCalmont at 541-997-1854 or go to florencepta.org SUBMISSIONS WELCOME B e a part of School Zone, a newsletter about the Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of every month. Call or email Siuslaw News Editor Ryan Cronk at 541-902-3520 or editor@thesiuslawnews.com. Look for ... KID SCOOP Kid Scoop runs every Wednesday during the school year in the Siuslaw News and features educational sto- ries and fun activities for families. The activity page is part of the Siuslaw News’ Newspapers In Education program, in which teachers from Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts may request copies of the local paper to use as curriculum in their classroom. Call 541-997-3441 for more info.
