Please join us for the Special Interest Fair!

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Hey parents – it’s time again for the Special Interest Fair! The fair is a Burns Park tradition, and we hope you’ll encourage your student(s) to participate. Last year approximately 80 students shared special interest projects with their classmates, teachers, and families.

All students from kindergarten through 5th grade are encouraged to submit a project! The purpose of the fair is to encourage students to pursue a topic of their interest and provide a showcase for their efforts. The fair is non-competitive, and children may work alone or in a group.

To help our students get started with research on Africa for the Special Interest Fair, we’ve developed a list of books and other resources in conjunction with the PTO’s Multicultural Committee. These books are available from the Burns Park school library (media center), and the call numbers are listed at the left of each item. Check it out!

Do you have a GREAT idea for an enrichment assembly, a cool project, a fantastic speaker or something else, but don't know how you would fund it?

The PTO awards Golden Apple grants for great ideas from parents; many of our current PTO activities started as Golden Apple grants! The process is simple - fill out an application (printed from the website or in the office) and place it in the PTO mailbox. We will respond within two weeks.

It’s audition time for the Burns Park Players! Initial auditions will be held on Monday, October 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the Tappan auditorium with callbacks held on Tuesday, October 16th. If you would like to audition but are unable to make the audition day, please notify Susan Hurwitz, susanh22@aol.com or call 994-3508.

This note comes to us from Wendy Correll of the AAPS Education Foundation, by way of the PTO Council list:

The educational foundation has given scores of grants of up to $1000 to teachers over the past 15 or so years. The deadline for AAPSEF grant submissions is Friday, October 4, at 4:00 pm. Grant applications can be found on their web-site at:

http://www.supportannarborschools.org/

Many thanks,

Wendy Correll
Executive Director
Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation
734-994-1969

Andy Thomas, the Burns Park rep to the city-wide PTO Council, reports on their September meeting in the attached file.

Our PTO officers for the 2009-10 school year:

• President: Lynda Norton
• President-elect: Wendy Burke
• Treasurer: Jenny Freisthler and Steve Swaney
• Secretary: Elizabeth DeRose
• Volunteer Coordinators: Kathy Cramer and Courtney McCreadie

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