Happy May!
Check out the
"Dates to Remember" below under Upcoming
Events for fun things to SPRING into this month. We need
VOLUNTEERS to help with these events! Contact the Committee Chair to offer your
time. It won't go unnoticed!
**Click here
to Volunteer for the Carnival on Friday, May 18th
**Click here
for the May
GRE
Newsletter and the May Lunch
Menu**
The following positions were voted on at the April 9th meeting. These
individuals will be inducted at the May PTA meeting. Congratulations!
President: Rhonda
Browne
1st Vice
President: Alex Ryckman
Secretary:
Michelle Myers
These positions were nominated at the April 9th meeting and will be voted on
at the May PTA meeting. Please plan to attend; your voice and vote matter!
2nd Vice President: Marci Bay
Treasurer: Kate Strauss
Parlimentarian: appointed position
PTA
Volunteer of the Year
The following
individuals were nominated for PTA Volunteer of the Year. An annual recognition
award, fashioned after the volunteerism of Todd and Mary Tedford, the PTA
Volunteer of the Year recognizes an outstanding individual who goes above and
beyond for GRE. The winner will be announced at the Volunteer Appreciation
Party on May 18th, 1pm.
This year's
nominees for PTA Volunteer of the Year Award:
Marci Bay
Dan Morris
Michelle Myers
Carrie Rich
Richard
Schaef
Carla Shepherd
Tammy Simons
Kate Strauss
Amy Warthen
Click
here to read the nomination bios
**26TH Annual Clothing Sale is the first stages of
planning!
Click on the Clothing Sale link to the left for updates
and Volunteer needs**
**King Soopers has teamed up with the Outdoor Lab
Foundation to offset tuition expenses**
For all upcoming students that are scheduled to attend OELS (hopefully
ALL!), King Soopers is offering a reloadable gift card where 5% of all monies
loaded onto it are put into your child's outdoor lab fund. The cards are
reloadable, so each time you load monies on the card, 5% is credited to your
child's OELS tuition. Cards can be used for grocery purchases, gas purchases
AND gift card purchases!
All accounting paperwork will be process by the Outdoor Lab Foundation.
Click here
for Card application. Follow the process below:
**Print out and complete the application
**Either mail the application with a check to the Outdoor Lab Foundation
address or Jeffco School District address printed on the form
OR you may ask the GRE office secretaries to send it via pony
mail to the office listed.
** The card(s) will be delivered in a sealed envelope with your name on it
to your child's classroom to bring home to you.
You may order more than one card. These cards can be used at any Kroger
store across the US (ie: city market, Kroger, KS)
Check out more of the fundraising efforts of the Outdoor Lab Foundation www.outlabfoundation.org
RACCOON TALES is BACK!
Check out the
link to left for the latest and greatest news, events and
volunteer opportunities,
brought to you
by our GREat PTA!
The GRE PTA does so many things to enhance the
curriculum and support the Staff of GRE
Check out how
GRE PTA benefits our school, community and students by clicking on the left
hand link "What Does the PTA
Do?"
Click
here for Directory and Membership form for 2011-2012.
~~Check
out our "In The News" link, above and to the left.~~
