George White Elementary
25422 Chapparosa Park Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
(949) 249-3875 Phone | (949) 249-5316 Fax
Wednesday Knightly Scoop Part 1
Thursday, 11 VETERAN’S DAY – LEGAL HOLIDAY-No School
Friday, 12 No School-Fall Recess
Mon-Fri, 15-19 Meet the Masters Activities
Wednesday, 17 PTA Association Meeting, 2:15 pm, P15
Friday, 19 Friday Field day
Mon-Fri., 22-26 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Mon, 29 Imagination Machine, Grades 1-4
Information featured in Part 1:
• Become a GW PTA Member-Updated info!
• KICS Food Drive- Last day today!
• 5th Grade Talent Show! Be a Part of the team!
• Booster Club News!
• Reading Olympics- due dates for November!
• Yearbooks available for pre-order
GW PTA Membership Drive
Mrs. Talley’s Class (early and late birds combined) is still in the lead with 88% of her students’ families joining the GW PTA! Total school membership is at 69% (471 families)!! Thank you to all the generous families that have sent in their GW PTA Membership form and contribution! We are grateful to have you and yours as part of the GW PTA family. We’ll be announcing the class with the highest membership participation at the Nov. 19th flag salute.
Feel free to contact Melissa at ausra@cox.net with any questions.
KICS Thanksgiving Food Drive
Today, November 10th, is the last day!
Please consider donating some items to those less fortunate!
Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit The Second Harvest Food Bank
Every year George White families generously support our community
by donating food and personal care items.
Second Harvest food bins will be located in the front of the school thru today, November 10.
Food Drive Most Needed Items
Non-perishable canned goods or dry food:
Canned meats, fish, soup, fruits, vegetables
Pasta, hot & cold cereal
Macaroni & Cheese
Rice
Beans
Peanut butter
Personal care items:
Diapers
Toothpaste and toothbrushes
Toilet tissue
Soap
• Please no glass containers or expired items.
• Visit feedoc.org for other ways to donate and food bank information.
• Thank you!
5th Grade Talent Show
ATTENTION 5th Grade PARENTS! We need your help with the 5th Grade Talent Show!
There are lots of ways to help out behind the scenes as well as in front.
Make this a memorable and fun experience for you and your child!
Be a part of the team!
Contact 949-218-8578 lynnaustinfox@cox.net
BOOSTER CLUB NEWS
Don’t forget our marquee birthday messages for only $20! Make checks payable to GWES Booster Club, and drop them off in the office.
Raise Funds for George White While You Shop!
Please use the Amazon SchoolRewards link on the Booster Club website to help raise money for our school. Just go to http://www.gwbooster.org and click on the Amazon link on the Home Page, or on the Support Us page. Be sure to pass our link along to friends and family!
Reading Olympics
Ready…Set…READ!!!
November’s Reading Olympics are underway! The due date for submitting November’s minutes is December 1st. November’s forms will not be accepted after December 6th.
Be sure to keep track of those minutes, so you can win the GOLD!
If you EVER have any questions about the program or the forms, email the Reading Olympics team at: GWReadingOlympics@gmail.com
Thank you!
Yearbooks
Order forms for yearbooks are going home in last week’s blue envelopes. Please place your order so you won’t miss out at the end of the year. This will be the only opportunity to order yearbooks!
Please note: Knights to Remember (5th graders only) or Knights Knotes (any grade) are not included in the price of the yearbook. They are available for an additional charge.
Wednesday Knightly Scoop Part 2
Included: Regular Features
• Friday School Spirit Days
• Library Book Club
• Box Tops for Education
• Got Plastic Bottles & Aluminum Cans? Bring them Thursdays & GO GREEN!
• Cartridge Recycling
• Submit your Yearbook Photos
• KICS Philanthropy Project!
George White has spirit, yes we do!
Now show your spirit!
Every Friday
Wear your GW Spiritwear OR GW colors-Blue and White
And let everybody know…GW ROCKS!!!
LIBRARY BOOK CLUB
George White PTA
Library Book Club
Honor your child by donating
a book to our library!!!
Celebrate your child’s birthday, applaud a major accomplishment,
recognize good grades or just proclaim your child
as an outstanding George White Knight
by purchasing a book for the George White Library.
Your donation helps the library expand the book selection available to students
and is a great way to honor your child!
In recognition of your donation to the library, your child will be presented with a “Certificate of Appreciation” by Principal Spelber during the morning flag salute and a “Book Plate” will be affixed to the inside cover of your book selection announcing, “This book was donated in your child’s honor!”
To receive a list of books available for donation contact Kymberly Spector at 363.6696, or email ksspector@cox.net.
Or if you prefer, the Book Club Committee can choose a grade appropriate book for you.
Recognitions of book donations are presented every Friday at 7:45 am just before the flag salute.
Don’t forget to celebrate all those summer birthdays!
BRING IN YOUR BOX TOPS!!!
The box tops kickoff raffles begins soon!
Each Box top is worth $.10 for George White
Prize drawings will be held at flag salute on Fridays
You MUST write your name and your teacher’s name on the back of each box top!
Thanks and keep on clippin’!
Plastic Bottle & Aluminum Cans- Bring ‘em on Thursdays!
In addition to PLASTIC BOTTLES , we are now collecting ALUMINUM CANS! They need to be in separate bags.
Please place all plastic bottles in 1 bag and all aluminum cans in a 2nd bag. Thank you for your support and for “Going Green”!
CARTRIDGE RECYCLING IS BACK!!!
Help OUR SCHOOL get MONEY by bringing in YOUR TRASH!
Please bring in the following used items to the designated box in the Atrium (under the table):
INKJET CARTRIDGES
LASER CARTRIDGES
CELL PHONES
PDA’s
LAPTOPS
iPODS
GPS’
VIDEO SYSTEMS/GAMES
DIGITAL CAMERAS
Help the EARTH, GEORGE WHITE and YOU! This program will go on the entire school year. Thanks for your support.
Please do not bring any items not listed above. Questions? contact dilombardo@cox.net
Image Share – Get your pictures in the yearbook!
The Yearbook Staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook.
If you’ve got great photos of school or classroom events we’d like to see them.
Our photographers can’t be everywhere so help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.
Here is how you can submit photos online
Log on to: images.jostens.com
Enter Login ID: 400052345
Password: white11
• Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload, click on “Image Share”.
• Enter information about the photo (only one students name is needed) and provide contact information in case the staff needs information.
• Click “Save Details”.
It’s that easy! Submit your photos today!
The Yearbook Staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions will be used in the book.
KICS Free Philanthropy for Albertsons’ Shoppers!
Help Kick Start a New Beginning While Shopping at Albertsons
This holiday season, as you are dashing through the aisles at Albertsons, please help KICS participate in a great philanthropic program that won’t cost you a cent. Albertsons currently has a promotion where they offer cookware for a penny when you collect their reward stickers (1 sticker for every $10 spent) and redeem numbers of them instore. Since many of us are probably stocked up on this stuff, wouldn’t it be nice to collect stickers and then donate the pots and pans to Human Options (an Orange County shelter that helps battered women, their families and our community break the cycle of domestic violence via emotional support and education).
Knowing that many of us shop at Albertsons’ – can’t go in to the Marina Hills one without knowing at least one person – why not, as long as you’re already there and provided you don’t need them for yourself, collect them. This is a no-brainer easy thing, right?
Please hold on to your stickers (keep ’em in a baggy?) and bring them right into the office or directly to Melissa Pearl. You can even drop the baggy in the Wednesday Blue Envelope. This promotion goes on through January so we’d love to see how many we can collect by January 5th. Thank you kindly
