Ice Cream Sale

PTA is having an ice cream sale on Friday (October 1) in the breezeway. Ice cream will be sold for one dollar in the breezeway.

PTA Fundraiser

The PTA is happy to host the Otis Spunkmeyer Fundraiser. Parents are encouraged to read the Fundraising Announcement listing the details of the fundraiser. Please remember that money is due before October 8, 2010.

Interim Progress Reports

Interim Progress Reports were distributed today. Please take the time to review the report with your child. If you have any questions or concerns, please schedule a conference with your child's teacher.

Picture Day

Picture Day is Friday, October 1. The last day to pay for pictures is Tuesday, September 28 at 1 pm.

Family Day

Miami-Dade County Public Schools, in collaboration with The Miami Coalition for a Safe and Drug Free Community, is participating in a campaign to encourage families to eat together on Monday, September 27, 2010: National Family Day. Parents are encouraged to complete the Family Day Pledge and return it to their child’s teacher.

Open House

Open House will held on Thursday, September 16 at 6 pm. Open House is a great time to visit your child’s school, teachers, and administrators to get a closer, more in-depth look at the school’s instructional programs. The key to a child’s success goes beyond the classroom; it includes the critical element of parent involvement. We encourage you to take advantage of this important opportunity.

Miami Children's Expo

The Miami Children’s Expo will be held on Saturday, October 30th at the Miami-Dade Fair Expo Center – Fuchs Pavilion from 10am – 4pm.  We offer FREE admission and free parking with special hourly $100 gift card drawings for all pre-registered attendees.  

 

The goal of the Expo is to provide an informational event for parents that also includes fun and educationally interactive things for the kids to do. Attendees include pregnant moms up to parents with kids in elementary school.  The event is being marketed through local parenting/family magazines and directories, online calendars, promotional flyers distributed at local retail outlets, social media, direct mail invitations, radio, and much more!  Winn-Dixie is the Title Sponsor of the event and they bring in their national partners to include Johnson & Johnson, Gerber, Proctor & Gamble, Kimberly Clark and Sprout!  We also produce Children’s Expos in Orlando and Tampa.

 

Winn-Dixie would like to award the local elementary school in Miami-Dade County with the highest attendance at the Expo a gift card for $5,000 that can be used in their stores for school supplies.  I have attached a flyer describing the promotion.  Is this something we may be able to promote through The Parent Academy?  I have sent the information over to Lisa Thurman to see how we could get the information out to the elementary school principals but wanted to check with you to see if there were any opportunities to get the word out to the parents.  We would love to have Miami-Dade Public Schools involved in this free annual community event and can provide you with complimentary booth space and other ways we can promote your programs. 

Back to Football Friday

Seminole PTA will kick-off the 2010-2011 school year with “Back To Football Friday" on Friday, September 10th to promote Health & Wellness. We encourage your children to participate in this event by showing their TEAM SPIRIT.

The school with the most Fan Enthusiasm will be awarded a $10,000 Grant for Health & Wellness and an NFL Player will come out to the school.

Students are encouraged to wear NFL Shirts or Jerseys.

No School-Teacher Planning Day

There will be no school on Thursday, September 9, 2010. It is a Teacher Planning Day. School will resume on Friday, September 10.

No School-Labor Day

There will be No School on Monday, September 6. Have a safe and happy Labor Day.