Evergreen Elementary Community Club

Justa reminder that our first Community Club Meeting of the year will be held tomorrow.  The details are listed below.  Hope to see you there!

Date:  Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Time:  1:15pm

Place:  Classroom #14

Note:  Please be sure to FIRST stop by the office to sign in on the visitor log and get your visitor sticker.  Thank you for your cooperation!

The Evergreen Scholastic Book Fair will be held on campus August 31 – September 4 (during school hours and also during Thursday’s Back To School Night).  Not only does the book fair help to foster a love of reading in our students, but a portion of each sale will come back to Evergreen and will be used to purchase new books for our school library.

To make this event a success, we need help from you.  Volunteers are needed to help during the following times:

• 7:50am – 8:15am
• 9:30am – 10:00am
• Any length of time between 11:00am – 2:00pm
• Any length of time on Thursday night

If you can help at the book fair, please fill out the Book Fair Volunteer form found in your child’s packet and return it to your child’s teacher or the front office as soon as possible.  Thank you for your help!

Great for showing your school spirit and to wear on field trips, the new Evergreen T-shirts have arrived and are now available in youth sizes at the price of $10 each.  A sample of this year’s shirt can be found in the office.  Order forms can be found in your back to school packet.

Our first Community Club meeting of the year is scheduled for Tuesday, September 1st and will begin at 1:15pm.  When entering the campus, please be sure to FIRST stop by the administrative office to sign in and get your visitor badge.  Hope to see you there!

Presale orders for 2009-2010 Yearbooks will be taken from August 24 – September 18th.  Each child will receive an order form in their Back-To-School packet.  If you would like to order a Yearbook, fill out the order form and return it to your teacher.  The price will be 20.00 for each yearbook ordered.

If you do not pre-order your yearbook, you may be able to buy one in June, but the price for those yearbooks will be $25.00, and quantities will be limited.

The beginning of the 2009-2010 school year is just a few days away, and we here at the Community Club are looking forward to a great new year!   But to achieve our goals of assisting our students, the faculty, and the school — WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Being an active participant in your child’s education is very important, and especially in light of recent district wide budget cuts, your help is needed more than ever.  Our first Community Club meeting of the year is scheduled for Tuesday, September 1st at 1:15pm.  We hope to see lots of you there and look forward to working with you all year long.

If you’re not able to make it to our meetings, but would like to receive Community Club updates electronically, please fill out the “Request to Receive Community Club Updates by Email” and return it to the administration office.  You will find this form on the Community Club flyer in your Parent Packet. 

Finally, be sure to bookmark this site and check back with us often for updates on Community Club activity, events, and volunteer opportunities.  Help us make the 2009-2010 school year great… become part of the Evergreen Elementary Community Club and we’ll help our Eagles to SOAR!

Room Parent Coordinators:

• Ling Yeung
• Julie Mawhorter
• Deborah Barela
• Tama Anderson

List of Room Parents:

KINDERGARTEN

• Mrs. Gorsuch:  Kathleen Strudwick*
• Mrs. Hoshi/Mrs. Murata:  Mari Nunez*, Bindhu George
• Ms. Warren:  Carrie Yee*

FIRST GRADE

• Mrs. Royer:  Carol Huang*, Litsa Hoppe
• Mrs. Taing:  Margy Hymel*, Kelly Chang
• Mrs. Woken/Mrs. Wai:  Yvonne Lee*, Jocelyn Garduno

SECOND GRADE

• Mrs. Boccasile:  Robin Lee*, Michelle Park
• Mrs. E Chang:  Blanca Loera*, Margaret Ni, Veronica Bejarano
• Mrs. Hoff:  Bina Kusnohadi*, Ling Yeung, Sarbani Sharma
• Mrs. McQuilliams:  Jan Slack*, Anita Simmons
• Mrs. Oldag:  Jane Tsao*, Joeliana Handoyo, Roxanne Alba

THIRD GRADE

• Mrs. Choe:  Jeni Deutsch*, Jenny Mu, Lynette Marantz
• Mrs. Coomber:  Mark/Rachel Pacillas*, Gmin Choi
• Mrs. Fernandez:  Yara Sands*, Fiona La
• Mrs. Moritz:  Deborah Barela*, Tjieu Giok Ngoe
• Mrs. Stark:  Trisha Thornock*

FOURTH GRADE

• Mrs. L Chang:  Joeliana Handoyo*, Tama Anderson
• Mrs. Choi-Hwang:  Gigi Lodia*, Mary Khodr
• Mr. Kim:  Emily Yam*, Sue Swisher
• Ms. Kobzeff:  Sherry Streutker*, Danielle Amaya-Martinez, Lisa Kwan

FIFTH GRADE

• Mrs. Jeon:  Jennifer Yeh*, Lucy Lu
• Mrs. Otsu:  Tjieu Giok Ngoe*, Janeene Stanley, Deborah Barela
• Dr. Patterson:  Patty Durkee*, Donna Hazama, Jannice Peng
• Mrs. Riddle:  Ann Withers*, Michelle Breidinger

(*) Denotes Lead Room Parent

A Room Parent should be able to commit to assisting the teacher with various classroom and school activities throughout the school year.  Just a few hours a month is needed to coordinate the various activities.  A Room Parent should be organized, helpful, flexible, friendly, and responsible.  Room Parents are the key to establishing and building parental involvement for the class as well as the school.

What is expected from the Lead Room Parent?

• To understand the teacher’s request and needs for the class
• To communicate these requests efficiently within a timely manner to parents
• To consider the requests of the teachers, parents, and the Room Parent Team prior to taking steps into action
• To evenly delegate and assign requests to Parent Volunteers
• To keep commitment as a Room Parent.  However, if unable to fulfill this role, it is vital to let the teacher or Room Parent Coordinator know for immediate replacement.
• And all items listed below.

 What is expected of a Room Parent?

• To help out in the classroom as determined by the teacher
• To dedicate and focus planning for the class.  This will insure that class events will be coordinated in a timely manner and that which will best suit the expectations of the teachers.
• To fulfill requests in a timely manner
• To keep confidential information private
• To get parents involved!

Basic Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all classroom parties. 
• Assist the teacher with various field trips and any special programs that may require help during the year. 
• Recruit volunteers for various Community Club fundraising events (ex. Book Fair, School Pictures, Family Fun Night, Walk-a-Thon, and Field Day). 
• Recruit volunteers to take pictures during class events, parties, or school spirit day.  These pictures are for use in scrapbooks and/or the yearbook. 

If you have further questions regarding Room Parent responsibilities, please direct them to Ling Yeung.

This years Talent Show will be held on March 12, 2010, and the theme is “Evergreen’s Got Talent!”.  We’ll need lots of help to make this event a success.  If you are interested in volunteering to help with the Talent Show, please contact Tama Anderson.