BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
March 14, 2019
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In This Issue...
- Last Minute Info for Spring Fair
- iRunForLife Registration Info - Payment deadline is March 15
- Math Family Fun Night at Unami-March 14
- Yearbook Info for 6th Grade Parents
- NEW! 6th Grade Shout-Outs!
- NEW! Rock Your Socks Day Info - March 21
- Updated Lip Sync Info - Updated rehearsal schedule
- Butler Boy Event
- April PTO Meeting Rescheduled
- Butler Bear Clubs-ends March 15
- Final Call for Sports Night
- Updated Upcoming Events Calendar (with updated district calendar link)
- Etc.
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BUTLER SPRING FAIR
Saturday, March 16, 2019
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
THE SPRING FAIR IS HERE –
THIS SATURDAY
Please join us this
Saturday, March 16, from 10am-3pm
for our annual Spring Fair. The Spring Fair is our only annual fundraiser to encourage family fun as well as help support many initiatives at Butler such as playground equipment, library books, school assemblies, and so much more. This event is held rain or shine, so come enjoy lots of family fun while supporting Butler students!
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
TICKETS
All pre-sale ticket envelopes have been sent home. If you did not receive your envelope, please contact your homeroom teacher and Amanda Bonsall (
amandabonsall@comcast.net
) ASAP.
Tickets can now be purchased at the Fair only. Game and food tickets are 4 for $1. The front ticket table outside of the cafeteria accepts either cash or credit card. The back ticket table, past the Nurse's office, accepts cash only.
Basket raffle tickets can be purchased in the Library using cash or credit card. (1 for $1; 6 for $5; or 13 for $10).
All games and activities will be located inside the building and additional parking is available on the back playground.
INSIDE FOOD
This year, we are excited to offer meal options in the cafeteria. Please visit our Inside Food area to buy pizza or nachos and chase it down with your choice of beverage; soda, juice, or water. Well-loved snack items will also be available for purchase, such as Lemon Sticks, Cotton Candy, Fill a Bag Candy Bar, Chips and Pretzels. All inside food items are available to purchase with game/food tickets sold right outside the cafeteria.
FOOD TRUCKS
Food trucks will be outside, on the front parking lot.
Click here
for menus provided by our four food vendors. The trucks will be on the Butler campus rain or shine, so be sure to schedule your day around this fun way to share a meal or snack with your family and friends. Bring extra cash for lunch, as some trucks accept only cash while others will process credit card payments.
GAMES & ACTIVITIES
We have games suited for preschool through elementary aged children and activities for all ages. Be sure to check out the NEW Inflatable Mini Basketball and Airbrushed Tattoos. Don’t forget to visit the cafeteria to race your friends through the Inflatable Obstacle Course, returning for a third year.
RAFFLE BASKETS, FUN JARS & BUTLER SPIRIT WEAR
Adults will enjoy the Basket Raffles in the Library and children can use their game tickets in to win a Fun Jar of their choosing. Winning students who do not claim their Fun Jar by the end of the Fair will receive their jars in class the Monday after the Fair.
While visiting the Raffle Baskets, you can also purchase a Butler T-Shirt in the Library. Be ready for Field Day with a new Field Day shirt specially designed for the 2019 Field Day! These new shirts will be on display in the Library, pick up your order form on Saturday! Field Day teams will be listed near the T-shirt sale area.
USED BOOK SALE
New to the Fair, is a used book sale. We will be selling used children books for $1.00 (cash or check) or 4 tickets each book. There are lots of books to choose from! The used book sale will be located in the Library.
PRIZES
When playing the games, students earn tickets that can be redeemed for prizes in our Redemption Room located on the stage. Everyone leaves a winner!
SILENT AUCTION
Parents, don't forget to check out the Silent Auction in the QUEST Room.
We
have over 80 fabulous items. Come place your bid to win tickets to a Trenton Thunder or IronPigs game! We have gift cards to local restaurants, services, and fun family activities.
Teachers and Administrative Staff are getting in on the Spring Fair fun!
Come out and bid on something for your child, we have Silent Auctions for: Principal for the Day, Eat Lunch Outside with a Friend and 1
st
Grade Teachers, Popsicles for your Class, Teach your Gym Class for a Day, Brunch with the 5
th
Grade Teachers, and the list goes on!
Use the
Spring Fair brochure
to get all of the details, including lists of games, activities, basket themes, silent auction items, and food options. Consider this a great guide to help plan your day at the Spring Fair.
Have questions about the Spring Fair?
Click here
for our list of FAQs.
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iRun4Life
(open for all grades K-6)
Friday's from March 22 to May 17
Payment due Friday, March 15.
Does your child love to run? Then iRun4Life is for you!
We are very excited to start another fun session of
iRun4Life at Butler. This program is designed to promote fitness and healthy lifestyles while focusing on exercise, healthy nutrition, and doing good deeds.
See below for additional information!
- Program begins Friday, March 22, through Friday, May 17.
- No training on April 19, school holiday.
- Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Butler Fields
- Program is open to the first 100 Kindergarten to Sixth Grade Butler Students who register.
- Cost: There is a $25 registration fee for the first child and $20 fee for siblings.
Please register your child for the Butler iRun4Life running program by going to
www.iRun4Life.com
and clicking on the orange ‘Parents – Start here to register your kids & login” link. It’s that simple! You must register online before sending in payment. Please include the registration fee (cash or check) made out to
(Butler PTO)
and have your child hand in the money to their homeroom teacher or office no later than March 15
th
.
We are also looking for parent volunteers to be coaches, help with handing out snacks, traffic guards and extra runners for the teams. You do not need to be a runner to be a volunteer! You can sign up in the portal when you register your child. Any questions, please email Karen Cassidy at
runbutler@gmail.com
.
Please note that in the event a check is returned for insufficient funds there will be an additional $20.00 charge to cover the bank fee. Refunds honored before event date with email to
butlerespto@gmail.com
.
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MATH FAMILY FUN NIGHT
Thursday, March 14; 6:00-7:30PM
Unami Middle School
(snow date: March 21)
Math Family Fun Night is an event run by the Unami Middle School students to make math fun. They are bringing all Central Bucks elementary school students and their families together to showcase different math activities. A few examples of the games are: coordinate tic-tac-toe, domino addition, and so many more. Math is fun and they want to prove it!!
Add-itional (get it?!) Information: Their theme is Pi Day because the date is 3/14! This event will be run by Unami student volunteers.
Click here
for the information flyer.
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Dear Sixth Grade Parents,
Get your pictures in the yearbook! The Yearbook Staff invites parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you've got great photos of current 6th graders at school events, we'd like to see them. Our photographers can't be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have. Photos can be from this year, or years past at Butler, but please limit your submission to your best 10 photos. Please make sure photos are clear, and were taken at Butler or a Butler event.
Here is how you can submit photos online:
• If it does not automatically log you into the site, enter username: 412663682
• Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload.
• Enter information about the photo and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information.
• Click "Save Details".
It's that easy! Submit your photos today! The last day to submit photos is 03/31/2019.
Thank you, and enjoy the rest of the school year!
Sincerely,
Yearbook Adviser and the 2019 Yearbook Staff.
The Yearbook Staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions can be used in the book.
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Sixth Grade Memory Book/Shout Out
order forms are due by Friday, March 22, 2019.
All 6th grade parents should have received the order form or you may also
click here
to print. Please email
Kimberly Nieves-Sosa
at
nievessosa@hotmail.com
with any questions.
Thank you to the Memory Book Committee for all of their work on this 6th grade keepsake!
**Look for information sent home in the Wednesday Folder from the 6th grade promotion coordinators requesting T-shirt sizes. Email Colleen Lynch at Lynch-
Colleen@aramark.com
with questions.
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Rock Your Socks Day
Thursday, March 21
On Thursday, March 21, 2019
wear your most
colorful,
spunky
socks in celebration of people with Down Syndrome (DS) and the many ways they make our world brighter. People all around the world will be celebrating with you!
Click here
for more information.
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LIP SYNC
(participation by 5th and 6th graders only)
Friday, April 26, 2019
7:00 PM
Since we now have school on Monday, April 22, Lip Sync rehearsals will now be:
• Rehearsal - Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23
• No Rehearsal on Wednesday, April 24
• Dress Rehearsal on Thursday, April 25
• Big Show - Friday, April 26!
Times and place remain the same! Please mark your calendars!
In order to streamline communications and update you on deadlines, materials needed, and rehearsal dates, much of our communication will be done weekly through the PTO Newsletter/Constant Contact.
The Lip Sync Committee will be updating information in the PTO Constant Contact weekly. If a reply is needed to a communication, it is the group’s responsibility to respond via email to
LB6492@aol.com.
If a reply is needed and you have missed a deadline, the Lip Sync Committee will assume you are no longer interested in performing.
Parent volunteers are needed!
Please
click here
to visit the SignUpGenius to help with rehearsals and at the show. Event is unable to run unless volunteer spots are filled.
Click here
for the DVD order form. Please note that a minimum of 30 forms & payments must be received by 4/19 to guarantee order delivery. Send orders to school in an enveloped marked "Lip Sync/Attention: Laurie Dwyer."
Thank you! The Lip Sync Committee will be meeting soon to review music – stayed tuned for updates!
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Sunday, March 24, 2019
Doors open at 9:00 AM
Willy Wonka begins
at 9:30 AM
Attention Butler Boys!
Bring your special guest to a Sunday Funday Morning Movie! Wear your slippers and your robe, or at least some comfy clothes; and snuggle up with some hot cocoa and some treats, while we watch a movie from real movie seats!
Just $5.00 per person! Ticket includes morning treats, hot cocoa, a small popcorn, and small drink. Concession stand will be open for additional purchases.
"SO MUCH TIME, AND SO LITTLE TO DO!
STRIKE THAT, REVERSE IT."
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PTO Meeting
Monday, April 22
7:00pm
Please note, the PTO Meeting originally scheduled for Monday, April 15 has been moved to Monday, April 22. Past agendas and minutes may be found
here
. Thank you.
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On-site Butler Bear Clubs are complete this week. Due to the unavailability of several teachers, we are unable to extend to next week. To ensure safe dismissal, we are unable to make up individual classes.
We hope everyone had a great time!
Thank you SO much to everyone who volunteered as an aide, hall monitor or teacher and everyone that helped behind the scenes! You made these clubs happen! Thank you!!
Thank you to
Jen Emma
and everyone involved in making our Butler Bear Clubs so successful this year!
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SPORTS NIGHT
Saturday, March 30, 2019
7:00 to 10:00 PM
Philadelphia Sports Club @ Highpoint
(Grades 4-6 only)
Sports Night at Philadelphia Sports Club has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 30.
Click here
for the original flyer or
here
for the waiver.
**Please note, in the event you are unable to attend the rescheduled date, your check will be returned to you. Thank you.
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Our school encourages and welcomes parent involvement. Among the opportunities available to volunteers are assisting with classroom parties, chaperoning field trips, helping in the lunch room, tutoring students, and helping in the classroom.
Pennsylvania law requires all persons having direct contact with school children obtain background checks and clearances.
Click here
for the required clearances, along with links to the state’s websites, which may be found on the CBSD website.
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Can you help? Parent volunteers are needed to assist First and Second grade students at lunch.
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Our Butler Elementary School Directory is available on our Butler website
here.
An updated version of the directory with corrections will be available soon.
This is a password-protected document.
For security, the password for the directory was sent separately via email
. I
f you have any questions or need to change any information, please email
ButlerESPTO@gmail.com
.
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The Butler PTO now has an official
Facebook page
.
The page will be monitored by the PTO executive board. Any and all the information that is shared is also shared with the administration staff. This is a Message Board only, it is not a forum to post comments, complaints or advertisements.
Click here
to join the Butler PTO Facebook page today.
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March 14 - Math Family Fun Night at Unami
March 15 - Spirit Day Assembly - Wear Butler Gear (Students Only)
March 15 -
Early Dismissal (12:25pm)
No PM Kindergarten
March 16 - Butler Spring Fair
March 21 - Rock Your Socks Day
March 22 - Spirit Day - College Gear
March 24 - Butler Boy Event
March 28 to April 1 - Kindergarten Conferences (No Kindergarten classes)
March 28 & 29 - Early Dismissal (12:25pm) - PM Conferences
March 30 - PSC Sports Night (grades 4-6)
Click here
for the full Butler PTO Calendar of Events.
Click here
for the 2019-20 CBSD calendar
(approved by the Board of School Directors on 3/12/19)
*Dates subject to change
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