North Beach Elementary

At North Beach we nurture and empower all students to reach their full potential as learners and citizens

The PTA Nominating Committee is actively seeking nominations/recommendations for the 2010-2011 PTA Board. The charge of the nominating committee is to recognize and recruit the most qualified people for the positions available. The nominating committee elects the Executive Arm of the PTA board which is made up of the positions listed below. The nominating committee was elected at the last general meeting and committee members are Ric Ilgenfritz, Debbie Bayliss and Lyn Blanchard.

The Executive Arm of the board is made up of the following positions:

for more detailed information on PTA Board positions refer to www.northbeachelementary.org/ptaboardmembers .htm )

Timetable: The nominating committee will present a slate to the PTA board at the April board meeting on 4/13. Once approved the slate will be published. The conclusion of the election takes place at the PTA General meeting on 4/27. As a part of the election process nominess can be taken from the floor during the general meeting.

If you would like to nominate yourself to serve in one of the above positions for the 2010-11 PTA Board, please contact the nominating committee stating the position you are interested in being nominated for. Contact info: Ric Ilgenfritz ric.ilgenfritz@soundtransit.org Debbie Bayliss debbiehender@hotmail.com Lyn Blanchard LynBlanchard@comcast.net

Talent Show Auditions began last week!!! Be sure to check the front lobby bulletin board to see which day and time you will be auditioning. There will also be individual reminders in the teachers' mailboxes to give to each child who signed up for auditions.
If you would like to assist with this year's Talent Show (April 23rd), please contact Luci Bakker at diluma@comcast.net.
Good Luck to all those auditioning for the 2010 Talent Show!!!!!

Spring Fling 2010 planning is underway. Save the date for this awesome event April 9th, 7:00 pm to midnight.
Volunteers are needed! Help us the evening of the event. Or if you are a photographer, help us take photos before and/ or during the event. Please contact Tina Kliman if interested jedkliman@comcast.net.

Who doesn't enjoy a glass of wine now and then? And if you don't, how many times have you had to pick up a bottle as a gift? How would you like your own Instant Wine Cellar? Drink it yourself or give it away, your choice - but it's all for a good cause. We'll be doing an instant wine cellar raffle at the spring fling - buy a ticket for a chance at a 50 bottle wine cellar...but we won't have the cellar without your donations. Sooo, please donate a bottle of unopened wine - it can be Two-buck Chuck or that gifted Riesling that you know you'll never drink - to the North Beach Spring Fling Instant Wine Cellar raffle. We'll be picking up bottles at the west entrance of North Beach on Tuesday, 3/23 byDebbie Bayliss. Please participate, even if you don't intend to go to the spring fling, your bottle will help to raise money for the PTA general fund, we're counting on you! If you'd like to donate but can't drop by the school, please contact bobbijmiller@gmail.com and we'll make arrangements to pick up your donation. We have one bottle donated already - only 49 more to go...or donate more and we'll pick more than one winner!

Project 'Play-Dough' is a fundraising campaign for the AGC. Starting Feb 23rd all classrooms will participate in this exciting new program. Our final fundraising effort to raise money for Art, Music, Saxon Math and Tutoring begins March 23rd with PROJECT PLAY-DOUGH.

Each class will participate in fundraising for the AGC and all classes who reach 100% participation AT ANY LEVEL will get an extra recess! The flyer with all the details is available to download here.

All children at North Beach benefit from the programs with the AGC, so please help us reach our goal of $55,00 and 100% participation.

Goal: $55,000

GREAT NEW TOTAL THIS WEEK: $51,683
We've got $3,317 to collect in two weeks. We can do it!!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kate Rappe' at kate@cmykate.com or Tina Kliman at jedkliman@comcast.net.

NEW THIS YEAR: April 22nd is SCIENCE DAY, and we will be doing science all day. The students will have the opportunity to view all the science projects on display, vote for People's Choice Award and participate in the hands on science throughout the day. The projects will be judged during the day and the Awards Ceremony will begin at 6:30pm.
Most of the work will be completed at home. For suggestions on helping your child through this process - from choosing a topic to the final report. See the Web site: "Parents Get Involved" at: http://discoveryschool.com/sci encefaircentral/scifairstudio/parents.html. There is also a book of 760 Easy Science Fair Projects in the front office that you can make copies of. For more information contact: Sue Schultz nzschultz@yahoo.com or Anson Yuen ayuen@Dendreon.com

Read the Principal Bowers newsletter online here. Ms Bowers has her own webpage for any updates, her weekly newsletter and special announcements.

Students are encouraged to submit jokes to Ms Bowers to be featured in her 'joke of the week' section

Flu Season Continues
Though the flu season this year has been relatively mild, we still may have another round of infections. The predictions are that there will be a third wave of H1N1 flu infections in late winter and early spring.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO GET FLU IMMUNIZATIONS
Both the H1N1 and seasonal flu immunizations are available at many locations such as doctors' offices, pharmacies, and hospitals. Please consider getting immunizations for the whole family. It is possible that the next wave of infections will also hit older people as well as children. It is especially important to receive an immunization if you have a chronic health condition.
If you have any questions about the flu, or immunizations, you can get good information from Public Health- Seattle and King County at 206-296- 4600 or on the website: http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health. aspx This website also lists locations for free immunizations. Please consider protecting your family from both flus.

Friendly reminder - Keep your child home if: They are vomiting or have diarrhea. They have a rash, or an eye infection. They have a sore throat, or don't feel well enough to participate in school activities. They have a temperature 100 degrees F or over. Students need to be free of fever for a whole school day without fever reducing medications before they come back to school. Please do not send your child back by giving them a fever reducing medicine when they have a fever. We see a fair amount of this. Coming back too soon spreads illness, but more importantly it puts your child at increased risk of complications from their own illness.

From Ms Bowers: North Beach staff appreciates your cooperation in following our simple rules about drop off and pick up. Staff are keeping track of offender's license plate numbers and talking with our traffic officers to help us slow down the traffic and follow legal traffic guidelines.

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