The Marshall Road PTA is being honored by the Mayor and the Town of Vienna regarding a nomination for “Outstanding Volunteerism”. All PTA chairs and members are invited to the reception on Tuesday, April 10th at 7:00pm in the Flame Room at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department. Please join us in accepting this honor as it is all of our efforts that have made this year – and every year – so successful! If you are able to attend, please let Beth Eachus (president@marshallroadpta.org) know so that she may inform the Mayor’s office.
Our Marshall Road community has been invited to the 4th Annual Vienna Green Expo on Thursday, April 19th from 6:30 until 9:00PM at the Vienna Community Center.
The Community Enhancement Commission and the Town of Vienna will have exhibits for kids and their parents. There will be ”passports” for each child to take to exhibits of interest and after learning about the exhibitor’s service or product, the child will receive a sticker. Once the “passport” has 9 stickers it can be placed in a container for a later drawing for a prize. Please join our town in learning how to be more “Green”!
Please join us for the April 11 PTA meeting at 9:30am. We will be presenting the running slate for the 2012-2013 PTA Board elections. New nominations also being accepted. Voting will take place during the May 9 meeting at 7pm.
Items on the agenda:
- Principal’s report
- Treasurer’s report
- President’s report
- Nominating Committee – presents slate for 2012-2013 PTA Board
- Follow up on the Online auction
- Follow up on the Anniversary Gala
- Progress on the 50-50 projects
- April Family Fun Birthday party
- Spring book fair and more!
You do not need to be a member to attend a PTA meeting. All ideas, suggestions and opinions are welcome!
Mark your calendars NOW for May 5 – 10am – 11 am for a 1 mile walk at George Mason University (DC Metro Walk) to help support the Adult Congenital Heart Association & the Children’s Heart Foundation. The Marshall Road Community will be supporting TEAM PAUK for a 50 for 50 project. Team Pauk represents a young man from our communtiy who was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, single ventricle as a child. Although he has had many challenging years and surgeries, recently he was able to reviece a new ventricle and has renewed energy. Our goal is to have at least 50 participants including staff, parents and students! Any donation amount is welcome. We need your HELP to make this happen. Please register at the link below even if you are just walking.
http://www.congenitalheartwalk.org/ Click DC Metro Walk Register. Then click TEAM PAUK on right – JOIN TEAM
* All participants please register online regardless of donation amount and write MRES after your name so we can keep track of participants! Questions: email Kristen Luck at kjluck@fcps.edu.
Facts: Nearly 2 million children and adults are living with a congenital heart defect (CHD) in the United States. Each year approximately 40, 000 babies are born with CH, making it the country’s nubmer #1 birth defect. At least 10% of all congenital heart defects are first found in adulthood. Thanks to increases in survival rates, the number of adults living with a CHD rises by 5% a year and adults with CHD’s are living longer, fuller lives than ever before. Your support will continue our progress.
The Congenital Heart Walk is an exciting joint effort between the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) and the Children’s Heart Foundation (CHF). This effort will raise funds to help both organizations continue their missions to address the needs of both the newly diagnosed and long-term survivors of congenital heart defects, in a truly inspirational day of sharing, caring and fun.
Thank you to all who supported the 50th Anniversary Gala! Close to 150 members of our Marshall Road community – both past and present – attended the Gala at Westwood Country Club including teachers, parents, alumni and staff.
A beautiful and delicious cake in our school colors of black, white and red was created by Marshall Road parent Martha Ponce. Festive music selected and played by Marshall Road parent and DJ Kevin McCarthy. Throughout the evening, a fabulous collection of photos from Marshall Road’s 50 years, that had been created by teacher Ginny Kinsey, was shared with the generous support of Kevin McDonnell from Fairfax County Public Schools Information and Multimedia Services. Splendid Photography donated the services of their superb photographer Lauren Brownlee to capture the evening in photos many of which are posted on the Gala page. http://marshallroadpta.org/programs/marshall-road-50th-anniversary-gala/
Thank you to the Gala committee of Shelly Koshuta, Robyn Oskuie, Coleen Chapman and Beth Eachus for all of their amazing efforts. And thank you to our many, many volunteers and, specifically Amanda Waltrip and Randy Weinhardt, for all their assistance with the administration of this marvelous event.
But, most of all, thank you to the Marshall Road community for their generosity and continued support in making the school’s 50th anniversary year a spectacular one!
Proposed slate for PTA Board 2012-2013:
Beth Eachus for President, Becky Kong for VP 1, Amanda Waltrip for VP2, Randy Weinhardt for Treasurer and Robyn Oskuie for Secretary.
Letter of intent from each candidate
PTA elections will be held during the PTA meeting on May 11, at 7:00pm.
All positions remian open for nominations up until voting occurs. If you are interested in (or have questions about) any of the positions, please contact:
Rita Monner rmonner@aol.com, or
Gwen Riddle gwenlr13@aol.com , or
Shelly Koshuta mkosh77@aol.com
The people currently serving in the positions of President, Vice-President 1, Vice-President 2, and Treasurer are seeking re-election. The person currently serving in the position of Secretary is not seeking re-election.
Current PTA Board: Beth Eachus (President), Becky Kong (Vice President), Amanda Waltrip (Vice President), Randy Weinhardt ( Treasurer) and Alexandra Bates (Secretary).
Please submit your nominations by April 9th, to nominations@marshallroadpta.org. Nominations will still be taken from the floor up until election time May 9.
MRPTA Bylaws – refer to articles VIII and IX for election guidelines and job descriptions.
JMHS offers basketball camps for boys and girls ages 7-17.
See registration forms for more details. You can also go to www.warhawsports.org. Click under basketball, then under camps&clinics.
The Spring BOGO Book Fair is coming! The fair opens on April 20th at 6pm ( a half hour earlier then the 50th Birthday Bash!) so come on in and stock up on some great books for your family to enjoy this summer. For every item you purchase, you will get an item of equal or lesser value for FREE!!!
To preview books that will be on sale, information on book fair hours, or to find out how you can volunteer to help, please go to the book fair’s home page by choosing it under “Quick Links” on the right hand side of the home page. ====>
Raffle for grade baskets
Can’t make it to the Gala, but you want a chance at winning one of our spectacular grade baskets!!??
You can buy pre-event raffle tickets and we will place your ticket(s) in the drawing(s) you specify. Please send cash or check (payable to MRPTA) to the school office by March 22nd, end of school day and we will enter your name in the raffle drawing of your choosing. The raffle drawing takes place March 23rd during the Marshall Road Gala Benefit at the Westwood Country Club.
Raffle tickets are $10 each. You can purchase as many as you wish. Be sure to select which grade basket(s) you want your raffle ticket(s) entered. We will contact the winners by phone.
PREVIEW BASKET ITEMS DOWNLOAD RAFFLE ENTRY FORM
Questions: contact Shelly Koshtua mkosh77@aol.com
Our 1st annual Readathon was a huge success! Almost 250 of our students turned in a reading log and based on the logs that we received, students read a total of 108, 131 minutes and raised over $7,000! Every child who turned in a reading log has earned a $5 gift certificate to the upcoming book fair. And since it is a buy one get one free fair – you could potentially get two books with your gift certificate! Your teachers will give you your certificates the week of the book fair.
Our highest reader in grades K-2, was Mayra Rios in Mrs. Thomas’ class with 1,574 minutes!
Our highest reader in grades 3-6 was Alhanoof Albishi in Mrs. Snead’s class who read for 2,027 minutes.
The highest readers will have lunch with Principal Jen Heiges and will have their names on the school Marquee. Mayra and Alhanoof will also be having their picture taken to create a READ poster for you to keep! Congratulations!
Congratulations also to our class that read the most minutes: Mrs. Arslan’s students read 8,246 minutes and earned a popsicle party!
And congratulations to Mrs. Hudner’s students for being our biggest fundraisers with $681 – you will be celebrating your success with a game party!
On Thursday evening, March 22nd, Louise Archer Elementary School will host a parent presentation on Internet Safety 101 by Alan Fischer, executive director of Enough is Enough. This evening is designed for parents of elementary age students to help them navigate the path to keep their children safe from the dangers of the internet. A variety of helpful information will be shared with parents to help protect their children from the dangers of cyberbullies, social networking, online gaming, etc.
Parents of students are invited to attend free of charge to hear this dynamic speaker and empower parents with knowledge and resources to protect their children. The presentation will be held in the Louise Archer Elementary School Cafeteria, on Thursday evening, March 22nd from 7:00 – 8:30 pm.
As part of a Marshall Road Elementary School’s 50 for 50 project, we are collecting 50 NEW or GENTLY-USED (working condition) musical instruments (including recorders, drums, etc.) and songbooks.
If we receive 50 instruments, the school will buy and donate a new cello to The Daniel Fissell Music Foundation!
This project will benefit the Daniel Fissell Music Foundation. (a former music instructor at MRES and Vienna area schools)
The Foundation will ship the instruments to the Phillipines to support music programs in public elementary schools.
Please send all instrument donations to school, attention Ms. Becky Sowers (Music Department).
PTA Meeting – March 7 at 7:00pm in the cafeteria. We will be hosting Wolftrap PTA President, JoAnne Hammermaster, the chair of Real Food for Kids, as well as discussing many important upcoming events. Don’t have a sitter? Your children are welcome and we plan to have tables set up with crayons and coloring pages. Stay connected to MR through your PTA. Everyone is welcome!
Items on the agenda:
- Principal’s report
- Treasurer’s report
- President’s report
- Nominating Committee
- Follow up reports on Track, Readathon and 50-50 community service projects
- Online auction
- Anniversary Gala
- April Family Fun Birthday party
- Spring book fair and more!
You do not need to be a member to attend a PTA meeting. All ideas, suggestions and opinions are welcome!
Our 50th Anniversary Mosaic Mural has been unveiled and is on display in the school lobby. Marshall Road had brought in local mosaic artist, Bonnie Fitzgerald, as the school’s first Artist in Residence. Bonnie worked with the entire school community to create a permanent work of art for our school’s lobby in celebration of the 50th Anniversary. Thank you to Rita Monner and Dena Carter for chairing this wonderful effort!
The “unveiling” was featured in the Vienna Patch. http://vienna.patch.com/articles/photos-marshall-road-mosaic-celebrates-community#photo-9204342
As part of our Food for Thought program, we are asking for donations of POPCORN from Monday, February 27th through Thursday, March 1st. A collection bin will be located in the school lobby. Please contribute if you can. Donations will go to the food pantry at Our Daily Bread which supports the entire Vienna community including our Food for Thought program.
For more information on our Food for Thought program, please click on http://marshallroadpta.org/programs/food-for-thought-program/
Do you have old eyeglasses or sunglasses at home? Fairfax Education Association is partnering with the Lions Clubs of Northern Virginia to collect used eyeglasses, recycle the glasses and then donate them to eye care clinics in Fairfax County and across the world. The goal is to increase the vision of those worldwide and help students become better readers through better sight.
Marshall Road ES has identified this effort as one of our 50 for 50 projects so we have set a goal to collect 50 or more pairs of glasses. There will be a collection box in the school lobby next week and at Dr. Seuss night on Thursday, March 1st.
Our volunteers from Marshall Road did such a fabulous job at our Fall Clean Up day that the Town of Vienna Parks and Recreation have asked for our help again!
Please join us for a second Town Clean Up day, Saturday March 3rd from 9:00AM – 11:00 AM. This is one of our 50 for 50 service projects and we need 50 volunteers – students, teachers, parents, siblings, friends, etc. We will meet at Marshall Road Elementary School and will be cleaning up the creek beds along Nutley St across from the school. As part of this clean up effort, an ecologist from the Town of Vienna will discuss the impact of litter and debris on the ecology. The Town will provide gloves and trashbags. Please bring rakes and dress appropriately. Doughnuts provided for volunteers.
Even if you can only be there for part of the time, your help would be very appreciated. Sign up link is below. Thank you!
