School Announcements

Science Olympiad – Science Olympiad Team Sign Up time is now!! If your child is in 2nd grade through 5th grade, you should have found the sign up sheet for Burns Park’s Science Olympiad Team in their backpack this past Friday (or today)! Please return completed sign up forms to the Burns Park office by Friday (Jan. 30th). We’d like to thank those parents who came forward to work as Event Supervisors this year to so that B.P. could participate in this year’s Science Olympiad. They are Meg Wallace, Abigail Hohner, and Mary Anne Purtill. If you haven’t received the sign up form, or need a new one, you can download it from the PTO website, here: http://www.burnsparkpto.org/node/203 I hope to see many of you and your children at our practice sessions! Sue Cutler, BPSO Head Coach, (734) 995-5399

Burns Park Foreign Language Initiative – The Burns Park Foreign Language Initiative is getting closer to our goal of funding in-school Spanish instruction in grades 1, 2, 4 & 5 for the 2009-2010 school year! Please let us know that you support this valuable educational program by making a contribution or pledge to be paid by September 2009 (BPFLI is a 501c3 non-profit corporation so all contributions are tax deductible to the extent of the law). The per pupil cost of the program is $120, but any amount that you can contribute will help!!!!!!! As a reminder, we fundraise now to provide job security for our teacher and to allow planning time for curriculum and program needs. You can visit our website http://www.bpfli.org to make an online pledge, print out a contribution form, or use a credit card. We are happy to answer any questions. Thank you for your support!

Blood Drive – You will be treated like royalty at Sandy Kreger’s class blood drive! Thursday Feb. 5th 2008, anytime between 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm in the Burns Park Auditorium and Gym. You can expect: A hand written thank you note, a goody bag with local coupons and treats, home made yummy baked goods, a personal chaperone, and live entertainment! To sign up, go to and type in “bpe” in the source code box, for Burns Park Elementary. Fill out a profile and pick your time! Questions? E mail Sandy at kreger (at) aaps.k12.mi.us

Special Interest Fair – Mark your calendars! The Special Interest Fair is Tuesday, March 24, 2009. For those of you not familiar with the fair, it is similar to a science fair, but almost anything goes. The purpose of the fair is to encourage students to pursue a topic of their interest and provide a showcase for their efforts. This year, we are encouraging students to make projects that relate to our multicultural focus on Treasures and Wonders of the Arab World (Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria). Look for more information after the new year. Questions? Contact fair co-chairs Carol Durgy (carole at durgey.com) or Jenny Jalet (sutton at umich.edu).

PTO Meeting Minutes – The PTO Meeting Minutes can now be found on our PTO Website. If you were unable to attend the meeting, or if you just want to know what happened, please click on this link: A special THANK YOU to Steve Norton for his help with this!

Community Announcements:

Burns Park Players – Tickets go on sale Monday, January 26th at Morgan & York (1928 Packard) for the BPP production of “Annie Get Your Gun!”. Please show your support for our many students performing in the musical and the Burns Park Players by attending this fun family show! The Burns Park Players are very generous in their support of our school – in the past few years they have paid for microphones in the auditorium, a new piano and many, many field trips. Show times are 7:00 p.m., February 6th, 7th and 13th, and 4:00 p.m on February 14th. For more information about ticket sales and the Burns Park Players please visit their website .

Support Girl Scouts – Alison Schulte (4th grade, Ms. Spiegel’s class) is collecting and recycling empty juice pouches as part of a Girl Scout service project. She has put a collection bin in the cafeteria. Please encourage your child to toss their juice pouch in this bin after lunch instead of into the trash. Thanks for supporting Girl Scouts! Questions can be directed to Krista Schulte (pschult1 at comcast.net) or Sharon Boyd (skb63 at earthlink.net).

Pennies for Darfur – Thanks so much to everyone who donated pennies! So far, we have nearly 20,000 pennies! We will continue until we reach our goal of 400,000 so let me know if you still have pennies you’d like to donate. Gayle Rosen, and the Tappan Middle School Enough! Club (sugrosen at comcast.net)

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Elizabeth DeRose, President
Lynda Norton, President-Elect
http://www.burnsparkpto.org/contact