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

Missed the meeting? Look here first!

In an effort to include more parents and teachers in the workings of the PTO, we are posting minutes of the meetings here so that you can catch up on PTO news even if you couldn't be at the meeting. Sometimes the minutes will be preliminary, and subject to change before they are approved at the next meeting. Check the list below for the latest meeting minutes.

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

Burns Park Elementary PTO Weekly Notes - Week of September 21, 2009

In this issue:
School Announcements

• Fall Festival!!, Wednesday, September 23, 5:30 pm
  
• Fifth Grade Fundraiser at Fall Festival
  
• PTO Meeting, Thursday, September 24th, 7:00pm
  
• School Garden planning meeting, Tuesday, September 22, 4:00 pm
  
• Multicultural Committee meeting, Tuesday, September 29, 7:00 pm
  
• Sally Foster Gift Wrap Fundraiser, begins September 28
  

Community Announcements

• Burns Park Players meeting, Tuesday, September 22, 7:30 pm
  
• Girls on the Run, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00-5:30
  
• Community Clothing Drive, September 23, 24, 25
  

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.

In this issue:

School Announcements

• School Vacation begins April 9
• Eyeglass donations
• Burns Park Bucks Orders picked up and delivered on April 8
• Burns Park Run volunteers needed
• Assembly performed by “Two of a Kind”
• 5th Grade Graduation photos needed

Community Announcements

• Village Fund Initiative
• Burns Park Green Energy Association meeting, April 9
• Fundraiser for A2A3: Pennies for Pounds
• Pennies for Darfur
• Thanks a Staff Member Today
• Ann Arbor Babysitting Company

In this issue:

School Announcements

• Math and Science Night: April 1st
• Movie Night: April 3rd, “Ratatouille”
• Eyeglass donations
• Burns Park Bucks Orders Due, April 1
• Burns Park Run volunteers needed
• 5th Grade Graduation photos needed

Community Announcements

• Village Fund Initiative
• Burns Park Green Energy Association meeting, April 9

Your chance to learn about the school budget and have a voice!

Ann Arbor Public Schools Budget Forums
Superintendent Todd Roberts and Deputy Superintendent Robert Allen will be hosting two sessions to give staff, parents, students and community members an overview of the district’s budget planning for the 2009/2010 school year.

Thursday, March 5
7:00-9:00pm
Forsythe Middle School
1655 Newport

Tuesday’s meeting at Scarlett was very lightly attended: let’s see if we can get more concerned parents to this last meeting!