Sept 5	PTA Membership Meeting 5:30pm STEAM Night 6pm
Sept 11	Patriot Day - Wear Red, White and Blue
Sept 12-30	Spencer Squire Book Drive
Sept 12	Donuts with Dudes - For Boys Reading with the Eagles
Sept 16-21	Boon Spirit Week - Buttermilk Sky Pies
Sept 30-Oct 4	Scholastic Book Fair
Oct 3	Chili Cook-Off
Oct 11	Fall Picture Day
Oct 14-15	Student Holiday - No School
Oct 21-25	Red Ribbon Week
Oct 28	Parent-Teacher Conferences - No School
Nov 11	Veteran's Day Celebration
Nov 13	Fall Picture Re-Take
Nov 14	2nd & 3rd Grades Performance "World Cultures" 6:00pm
Nov 18-23	Boon Spirit Week - Nothing Bundt Cakes
Nov 25-29	Thanksgiving Break - No School

Boon Elementary PTA would like to acknowledge the following people as our Patriots of the Week: 

The Boon PTA would like to recognize Natalie Hartman for the amazing job she has been doing as our Boon Patriot Post editor. With her time remaining at Boon, she has taken on the important task of keeping Boon families up to date with our newsletter. We are so grateful for the time and talent she has put in.

All Boon families are invited to this free event.

Thursday, September 5, from 6-8pm the cafeteria, library, and gym will be packed with parent and student interactive stations: Mathnasium math games, Ereckson Robotics, Destination Imagination info, ThinkFun STEM games, maker spaces challenges, tessellation art, doodle bots, 3-D printers, battlebots, Keep Allen Beautiful, and more.

We'll also be selling ThinkFun games at half off MSRP, Boon spirit wear, snacks (by the 6th grade).

There will be a PTA meeting in the Multi-Purpose Room at 5:30 pm.

 STEAM Night Flyer

Dads and VIPs, bring your students out for an early morning treat brought to you by the Boon Dads Club at this year's Donuts With Dudes, on Thursday, September 12. Sorry, girls, this one is just for the boys! Be on the look-out for your special morning with your Dad/VIP in the Spring. 

Donuts will be served in the Boon Cafeteria beginning at 7:10am.

Spencer Squire lived each and everyday of his short life to the fullest. He taught us all how to love learning, friends, sports, and family. As a Boon Kindergartner, he learned to be a great reader, writer, and an incredible math student. Not only did he love to read, but he enjoyed sharing his love of books with others. 

Please join in helping promote literacy! Spencer Squire 13th Annual All Star Story Time Book Drive September 12, 2019. The Book Drive will kick off with our annual Reading with the Eagles. Wear your favorite team jersey and bring a NEW or GENTLY USED book for the Book Drive. Books will be collected September 12 through September 30. All donations will go to the Allen Community Outreach for holiday bags that will be distributed in December to under-privileged children in Allen.

Spirit Ribbons will also be sold during Reading with the Eagles for $1 each.

Spencer Squire Book Drive Flyer

Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop is hosting Spirit Week for Boon Elementary School September 16-21. When you make a purchase, leave your receipt in the designated box for Boon Elementary and the school will receive 30% of all purchases.

This yummy fundraiser is a great way to treat yourself, welcome a new neighbor, thank a teacher and so much more. 

Spirit Week Flyer - Buttermilk Sky Pies

Scholastic Book Fair is coming back to Boon. The Book Fair is a reading event that brings the books kids want to read right into our
school. It's a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level and every purchase benefits our school.

Book Fair Dates: September 30 - October 4
Shopping Hours: 7:30am-3:30pm

The Book Fair will also be open in the evening during the Boon Chili Bowl on October 3.

Did you know? 55% of the book fair proceeds is used to the
benefit of Boon elementary facilities and students.

Volunteers are needed to make the Book Fair a success!  Please consider signing up to volunteer.

New to the Scholastic Book Fair this year, an easier way to pay. No cash on hand the day of the Book Fair? No worries- our school now offers Book Fair eWallet as a digital payment option. 

Simply set up a free account and have funds immediately available for your student to shop the Book Fair. Safe and secure, to get started, visit Boon's Book Fair Home Page. 

Scholastic Book Fair Home Page

Sign Up to Volunteer

  Boon Environmental Club Contract

Due to the day before Thanksgiving being a half day, we are having to make some changes to VIP/Grandparents Day.  Our student performances this year will be spread throughout the year to give our students a more versatile performance experience. We welcome all parents, grandparents, and VIPs to come and enjoy these shows.  These performances will be at 6:00pm on the Boon Stage on the following dates:

Kinder and 1st: "Go Fish", the Musical, February 6th

2nd and 3rd: "World Cultures" performance, November 14th 

4th and 5th: Recorder and accompanying instrumental concert, April 30th

Show off your Patriot Pride in 2019! Purchase the latest Patriot fashions in Boon's online spirit wear store. Online purchases will be bagged and delivered to your child's classroom for your convenience. Inventory is getting low, so grab yours now.

The Box Tops for Education program is changing the way we can earn cash for our school. Going forward, instead of clipping from packages and checking expiration dates, all Box Tops will be earned digitally by scanning your receipt. The Box Tops for Education team has worked hard to build a NEW-and-improved, user-friendly Box Tops mobile app, available now.

If you still have traditional Box Tops clips at home, make sure to send them to school. We will still earn cash for all clipped Box Tops until they expire. 

For each Box Tops product purchased at Costco between now and September 30, you can earn 10 Bonus Box Tops for Boon. Just make sure and scan your receipt within 14 days in the Box Tops App.

Also, 5000 members will be awarded 100 Box Tops! Help us earn money to continue making great investments at Boon.

Learn More About Box Tops for Education

Be a HERO to your student and our school! 

This is an innovative program that brings
father figures into schools to provide positive male role modeling, increased campus
security and safety.  You will get to spend time in your child's classroom and help around the school with an individual schedule planned just for you.

WATCH D.O.G.S. is an initiative of the National Center for Fathering and has been a wonderful addition to our Boon campus. The time commitment is small, the positive impact on our Boon students is HUGE!

  Sign Up for WATCH D.O.G.S.

As we begin our 2019-2020 school year, here are a few notes regarding attendance notification.

Please report if your child will be absent or late by 8:30am via one of these 3 methods:

• Call the Boon front office at 972-747-3331.
• Report the absence in Family Access.
• Or email Cathy Slagle, registrar/attendance. 

School begins at 7:45am and students are responsible for being in their classrooms at that time.  Attendance is taken promptly in order for teachers to begin the day with their students.  Students who arrive after 7:45pm, will be considered tardy unless they arrived late due to a medical appointment with a doctor's note.  

To ensure your student starts their day off well, please ensure they are at school and in their classroom by 7:45am.     

Items for the Boon Patriot Post should be emailed to Boon Patriot Post by 3pm on Tuesday for publication in the next edition. The Boon Patriot Post is sent out every Thursday during the school year.