Banner Elementary School
Parent Teacher Organization

Banner Elementary Gym

WhenThursday, December 8, 2011

Time4:30pm until 7:30pm

Looking for that unique gift for the holidays, a birthday, anniversary, wedding or graduation? Then mark your calendar and save the date of Thursday, December 8th from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. The PTO will be hosting a Ladies Evening Out in the gym at Banner Elementary.

SHOP... at 27 unique vendors! SIP delicious complimentary beverages! SAMPLE delightful complimentary goodies and SCORE fabulous finds for all your gift giving needs!! Don't miss it! Bring your sisters, mothers, friends, neighbors & daughters! Items are available for all occasions and portions of all sales go to Banner!!

Check out the vendor list below, make a list of the gifts you need, and plan to be there! It's the hottest shopping event this season!! Cash and carry items available. Credit cards accepted at select vendors. Come ready to shop and enjoy a night out with the girls!

List of Vendors:

* Banner Wear

* Carruts

* Corpo Bello Salon

* Discovery Toys

* Ellie Bear Bowtique

* From Riley with Love

* Green View Nursery

* Lazar Engraved Gifts

* Lia Sophia

* Love Letters

* Market Day

* Mary Kay

* Morey Girl

* Pampered Chef

* Renee's Cookbooks

* Sentsy Candle

* Scrip Cards

* Silpada

* Sippy Socks

* Stampin Up

* Stella & Dot

* Tastefully Simple

* Thirty-One

* Tickle Pants

* Tupperware

* Uppercase Living

* Usborne Books

Hello Banner Parents!

Click the link below to volunteer at this year's Tailgate Trunk-or-Treat on October 29th! If you have any questions about the positions listed please contact BannerPTO@Gmail.com.

Without PTO leadership many activities traditionally held at Banner next year will not occur, including the Carnival and the Book Fair.

The following positions are open for the 2011-2012 school year:

• President
• President - Elect
• Vice President - Fundraising
• Treasurer

The following committees need a chair:

• Book fair
• Carnival
• Trick or Treat Tailgate

Please contact bannerpto@gmail.com for more details regarding these opportunities to contribute to the Banner Elementary.

Please contact bannerpto@gmail.com to volunteer for any of the positions below.  Spots will be filled on a first come-first served basis.

Labels for Education

K AM Conlee

K PM Conlee

1st Admire

1st Barnett

2nd Kurth

2nd Phillips

2nd Rutherford

3rd Hughes

3rd Winkelmann

4th Serino

5th Steffan

5th Hansen

5th Combs

Box Tops for Education

1st Admire

1st Barnett

2nd Kurth

3rd Hughes

4th Serino

5th Combs

Yearbook Photographers

1st Admire

1st Gradman

2nd Kurth

2nd Moneka

2nd Phillips

2nd Rutherford

3rd Hughes

3rd Miller

3rd Winkelman

5th Hansen

5th Combs

Room Parent Volunteers

2nd Rutherford

3rd Winkelmann

4th Detering

5th Steffan

5th Combs

A.R. Store

11/5/2010 – Volunteers needed for day of store

2/18/2011 – Set-up volunteers needed

2/18/2011 – Volunteers needed for day of store

5/13/2011 – Set-up volunteers needed

5/13/2011 – Volunteers needed for day of store

Classroom Parties

K PM Conlee

Halloween Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Day Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Day Party Volunteer

K AM Conlee

3 Holiday Party Volunteers

K PM Manci

Holiday Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

1st Gradman

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

1st Barnett

Holiday Party Volunteer

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Party Volunteer

1st Admire

Halloween Party Coordinator

Holiday Party Volunteer

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

2 Valentine’s Party Volunteers

2nd Kurth

Holiday Party Coordinator

Holiday Party Volunteer

Valentine’s Party Volunteer

2nd Rutherford

2 Halloween Party Volunteers

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Party Volunteer

2nd Phillips

Halloween Party Volunteer

Valentine’s Party Volunteer

3rd Miller

Halloween Party Volunteer

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

3rd Winkelmann

Halloween Party Coordinator

3rd Hughes

Halloween Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Party Volunteer

4th Serino

Halloween Party Volunteer

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

4th Dutton

Holiday Party Volunteer

5th Hansen

Holiday Party Coordinator

5th Steffan

Halloween Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Party Coordinator

Valentine’s Party Volunteer

5th Combs

Holiday Party Volunteer

Saturday, August 21 from 1:00 - 3:00

Banner gymnasium + playground

**Kick off the new school year with our complimentary sundae bar in the Banner gymnasium and fun on the playground!

The Banner PTO needs your baking skills! (Or your shopping skills.)  We need donations of brownies, homemade or store bought, and plain potato chips to help make the Picnic on the Playground a success.  There is a sign-up sheet on the PTO bulletin board in Banner foyer, or you can contact Tracy Walper at tntwalper@msn.com.

Thank you for all your help!

Banner PTO

I've added some hotels for those going on summer vacation.  If you don't see something that you are needing, check out www.glscrip.com and we may be able to order it through Great Lakes Scrip.

We will be combining our order with Dunlap Grade to save on shipping costs, so orders will arrive May 25th at the earliest, May27th at the latest

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If you need a Kroger card or Nick-n-Willy's send me an email and I can do that on a cash basis.

The order form is due May 17th.

Karen

grosse_hund@juno.com

NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK May 3-7 is the nation's designated week to honor those who spend their weekdays educating and nurturing our children.  The PTO, on behalf of all parents and students, will be treating the teachers to daily fun the entire week.  Please feel free to send your own notes of thanks and tokens of appreciation to our very wonderful educators. Monday May 3, 2010--Students will "shine" for their teachers by wearing yellow or orange to match a special surprise for the teachers. Please send your child in a yellow or orange shirt to kick off National Teacher's Appreciation Week

PTO NEWS

The response to the PTO plea for volunteers resulted in a full slate of PTO officers and numerous volunteers for committee positions. THANK YOU Banner parents--you are the best!! 

The following is the slate of officers seeking election to the PTO board for the 2010/2011 school year.  This slate of officers will be voted on at the last PTO meeting of the year-May 24, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.: 

President: Celeste Restrepo

President Elect: Sisi Mereness

Vice President, Fundraising: Alicia Friedman

Vice President, Electronic Information: Christine Cruz

Secretary: Amy Weaver

Treasurer: Susan Duran 

The following committee positions need chairs for 2010/2011.  Each of these positions serves an important function in the PTO mission of enriching student lives both academically and socially.  Please consider helping out in one of these positions: 

Picture Person (Lakeview Museum program)

Open House Refreshments

Drama Club

Market Day Fundraising

Art to Remember Program

AR Store Co-Chair

Chili Supper Fundraiser

Talent Show Coordinator

Culture Fest 

You can find out more about these programs on the PTO website or by contacting one of the current chairs who you will find listed in the green school directory.   

Thanks to all the parents and year's past Labels for Education coordinators, we were able to order some new gym equipment.  Mr. Morrow and Mr. Leiner chose a tug-o-war rope, floor hockey set, a balance beam, gym scooters and speed stacking cups-all free from Campbell's Labels for Education!  Banner PTO will be having another collection drive in the Spring, so please clip and save those Campbell's UPC Labels and General Mill Box Tops.

Also, to kick off the NEW Year, e-Labels for Education participants will have the opportunity to earn Labels for Education Bonus points when they shop for these and other participating Labels for Education products at their favorite Kroger family store.

Starting January 3rd and running through February 2nd, 2010, registered e-Labels for Education users will automatically receive 250 Labels for Education Bonus points with the purchase of any 10 participating Labels for Education products in the same transaction using their Shopper's Card*.

1.    Click. Go to www.elabelsforeducation.com to register for e-Labels for Education. Set up your account by entering your Shopper Card Number in addition to answering a few simple questions. Then choose which school(s) will receive your points.

2.    Earn. Now, every time you shop at your favorite supermarket*, and purchase any eligible Labels for Education products, total points earned will be credited to your school's Labels for Education account automatically.

3.    Free Stuff! Your school can then redeem any points earned for FREE educational merchandise and equipment available through the Labels for Education catalog at www.labelsforeducation.com/pdf/merchandise_catalog.pdf.