The 2009-2010 budget meeting is happening on June 23rd. If you chaired a committee in 2008-09 or are chairing one in the 2009-10 year, please review the expense line item for your committee. The PTO usually assumes that a committee requires the same amount of funding as was spent last year. If you feel that your committee requires more or less funding, we want to hear that. If you spent a lot of your own money to make an event happen, we want to hear that too! If you have already communicated with the board regarding this issue, we have that request on file and do not need another. Our fundraising VP, Samantha Durst, will be in touch with you if you are chairing a committee that is an income line item.

You can download the budget comparison in PDF or Excel format.

Thanks for your time during the lazy, rainy-so-far, summer days!

Don’t forget – the Roadrunner Yearbook Pick-up & Autograph Party is next Wed., June 17, from 10:30-12:30, at Central School (in the lobby, not the gym). Come see your friends, exchange autographs, and enjoy some light refreshments.

Original flier here.

If you haven’t already done so, please make sure you register your child for the next school year by Wednesday, June 10th. Forms and information about early registration for returning students are available on the district website. Click on “Resources” and then “09-10 Registration-RETURNING student.” You can print the form and fill it out by hand (Non-Fillable form in pdf) or type the information in the form and print it (Fillable form in Word). The forms need to be signed and returned to the Central School Office with a check for school fees by June 10th.

The Central tradition of saying good-bye to the 5th graders is Thursday 6/4 at 2:50. Our 5th graders walk through the halls to the cheer and clapping from their fellow Roadrunners. They exit the building through the front doors for their last official time as Central students to the cheers of their parents. All Parents are encouraged to join in this wonderful tradition.

The Library still needs volunteers to shelf books. It’s the end of the year preparation for next year. Your help is really needed. A half hour just after drop off or before pick-up is greatly appreciated.

A big THANK YOU goes out to all the participants, choreographers, roadies, stage crew, Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Teachers, School Staff, Custodians, Committee member and PTO board members who made this year’s Talent Show an

Enormous, Huge, Spectacular

Success!!

You can download a PDF copy of the the Talent Show program here.

Kim Jacobs and Tiffaney McManus
Talent Show Co-Chairs

By popular demand, to include the Talent Show, Clap Out, and other end of the year memories, delivery of the Central School Roadrunner has been postponed to June 17th. All Central Students are invited to a Roadrunner Yearbook Pick-Up & Autograph Party, on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Central School Gym.

Come see your friends, exchange autographs and enjoy some light refreshments.

Students who can’t make it on the 17th will be able to pick up their Roadrunners at the beginning of next school year. To make arrangements to pick up yearbooks sooner, contact Kim Bolton, at boltonk@centralptonews.org.

The Roadrunner Pick-Up & Autograph Party is hosted by the Central School P.T.O. Special thanks to Dr. Limperis and the Central School Custodial staff for use of the gym.

The Roadrunner Committee also is seeking volunteers to help out at the party. We’ll need people to set up, check off names as books are picked up, keep kids out of the rest of the school, and other such tasks. If you’re interested, please contact Kim Bolton or Kim Frank.

View the original pickup party flier here. Please note: the time is incorrect on this flier. A corrected flier will be sent home on Wednesday.

General Meeting on Tuesday June 2nd at 9:00AM in the Central Library. Babysitting will not be provided.

The planning for yet another fabulous year has begun and we want to hear from you. Because we have not officially begun our reign (the Presidency comes with a tiara) we cannot take a vote on anything.

We welcome, encourage and let’s face it… beg your input! If you are leaving Central School for bigger things (i.e. Hauser), we would love to hear from you too!

If you cannot make the meeting, we won’t take it personally, however we still want to hear from you! Please e-mail Allyn Pilewski at president@centralptonews.org.

Agenda

• Introduction from the President
• The Budget
• Programs
• Budget Process
• Fundraising
• Public Comment on 09/10 programs and budget

Help wanted for 2009/10, fabulous opportunity for motivated individuals, benefits will come in hugs from our children and your name in the infamous PTO calendar.

We are fast approaching the end of the school year and we still need your time and talent in a few areas next year! We have received lots of your committee and room parent forms (thank you, thank you), but several committees remain un-chaired (say it ain’t so!). The PTO would greatly appreciate your taking the time to read through the following list and consider chairing/co-chairing one of the committees listed. Please send an email to Jennifer Sedivy at firstvp-jenn@centralptonews.org before school lets out, or you might find her knocking on your door, calling your home, disturbing the general peace of your summer months…no one wants that to happen! Thank you very much for your consideration.

• Book Fair: Seeking a DYNAMIC TRIO. Urgent Need! Do you want to be loved and revered by teachers, students and parents alike? We need 3 co-chairs to take over this fantastic event loved by the whole Central School community. This is a wonderful opportunity to run a major event for the school and learn from the current chair, Beverly Aieta, who will run the fair for one more year to train the next co-chair “team” and pass on all of her wonderful knowledge in this area. (The book fair is scheduled for the week of April 5th, 2010, immediately following spring break).
• Cultural Arts: The Cultural Arts Committee needs another co-chair for the classroom presentations. This is a position that is busy in September organizing the presenters for each grade level and classroom. The children love to have mom, dad, caregivers come into the classroom to discuss a work of art. Cultural Arts in the Classroom cannot happen without someone to help organize it. There is an immediate need to fill this position (1-2 people).
• 100% Fund: Promote our tax-deductible fundraiser (generally with flyers). Great for a working parent.
• Birthday Boards: Needs one more co-chair to share the responsibility…can you take every other month and honor student and staff birthdays on the hallway bulletin board?
• Pavers: Promote brick paver dedication program during fall and spring with flyers.
• Roller Skating: Reserve the rink for Central’s October skating event (usually an early-release day).
• School Supplies: Coordinate the online ordering and distribution of pre-packaged school supplies. Many people love this convenient way to obtain school supplies, but we currently have no one to coordinate it.
• Science in a Can (K, 2, 4th Grades): Organize and replenish cans once per week for 10-12 wks in winter (30-45 min.)
• TV Turn-Off Week: Plan/execute this event where children choose to be active, rather than watching tv, playing video games, etc. Folder is available with all of the information from this year’s successful first annual tv turn-off event.
• Programs: Select and schedule 2-3 daytime all-school assemblies for the year.

Thanks for your honest consideration of your time and talents!

If one of these opportunities sound like a heck of a lot of fun, contact Jennifer Sedivy at firstvp-jenn@centralptonews.org and win her unending gratitude.

We wanted to let you know that the Central School Talent Show is now airing daily at 11 am and 4pm on Riverside TV, channel 6. Check it out!