Grab some memories, hear some great original music, and help support the music program at Burns Park!

We’ve produced a DVD of the 2010 5th grade composition concert, and we invite you to take a copy (or two!) home with you. Each composition is featured as a separate “chapter” on the disc, and the titles and student composer-performers show at the beginning of each clip.

Net proceeds from this sale will support the fifth grade composition program in future years. Help us make sure our kids continue to have this opportunity!

We will voting on changes to the PTO by-laws at the May PTO meeting. The by-laws, with the changes, are available for download as a PDF document at the end of this article.

The main changes are adding the position of Fundraising Coordinator to the PTO Executive Committee, and changing other items to reflect current practice (e.g. changing “Vice President” to “President-Elect”).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us directly or through the reply form on this web site.

Lynda Norton and Wendy Burke
PTO President and President-Elect

Burns Park Elementary PTO Weekly Notes – Week of May 10, 2010

School Announcements

• Teacher and Staff Appreciation Luncheon: May 12
• BP Movie Night, ‘Chicken Little’: May 14
• Come garden! Help needed for ‘Weed and Seed’ Thursdays in the garden
• BP is on the NY Philharmonic for Kids website; 5th grade Compositions concert: May 18
• Ice Cream Social Volunteers needed: May 26

Community Announcements

• Children’s Book Week: Author Deborah Diesen and ‘The Pout Pout Fish’: May 11
• One Million Reasons to Support Ann Arbor Public Schools: May 17 and May 24
• Support Trevor Staples and the Family Learning Institute!: June 4
• Ms. Erdstein and Frank Connolly on Gears and Beers team!!: ride to cure ALS, June 12, 2010
• Children’s Community Garden at the Produce Station: May 15-August 21.
• Gardening Classes for Kids at the Produce Station: May 16-June 18

In this issue:

School Announcements

• Ms. Walters’ Class raising funds for Haiti: January 29
• Grange Kitchen and Bar Fundraiser for Burns Park: Tuesdays in February
• Ice Cream Social Volunteer Wine and Cheese: February 15
• Special Interest Fair: March 16

Community Announcements

• Burns Park Players: Guys and Dolls: February 5, 6, 11, 12, 13
• March of Dimes Valentine’s Ice Skating: February 13
• University Study on Car Seat Use

Welcome!!! If you have a student who is attending Burns Park for the first time, and if you have any questions at all about our school or processes, please contact Greta Krapohl [krapohlg at umich.edu or 998-1102] or Julie Lawson Timmer [julielawsontimmer at gmail.com or 761-5214] and we’ll get an answer for you!

Look for the New Family Packet in the office if you did not attend the New Family Orientation.

On behalf of the students, staff, teachers and parents, we are so pleased that your family is joining the Burns Park community. You will find Burns Park to be a friendly school, where families work and play together to create a safe and comfortable environment for our children.

Wondering what the fundraisers are for? Find out here!

The following is a brief overview of what your PTO dollars supported during the 2006-2007 school year.