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October 31, 2018 Upcoming Dates October 30 - Winter clothing drive ends November 6 - Restaurant Night at Pie 5 November 15 - Reflections entries due November 12 - DMS PTA Meeting 7:00 PM November 29 - Health and Wellness Speakers - 7:00 PM December 10 - DMS PTA Meeting 7:00 PM November mid - Winter spirit wear sale Nov and Dec - Service Club activities March 16, 2019 - STEM /PI event June 2019 - Fun Day (need a chair and Committee) Membership or Donation Join the PTA for $15. Your membership helps to support students and teachers. http://www.dunlogginmspta.org/join.html PayPal is now available to accept membership payment. For questions - contact membership.dms.pta@gmail.com HELP Wanted:
************************************************************ Restaurant Night at Pie Five - Nov. 6 Attention Dunloggin Families: Come join us and voice your preference . . . on pizza that is. . . At Pie Five on Rt 40 at our first DMS PTA Restaurant Night from 5-9pm on Tuesday, November 6th! Stop by for a delicious dinner. Just mention Dunloggin when you order and we’ll get a portion of the sales! No flyer needed. Feel free to dine in or carry out! 443.420.7700 ~ 9525 Baltimore National Pike, Suite 100. Hope to see you fellow Dragons there on the 6th! Funds earned will support student enrichment activities. *********************************************************** Community Outreach - 2018 Winter Clothing Drive The DMS SGA, in conjunction with the DMS PTA are supporting the annual coat drive to provide students in our own school community (and their families) who are in need of winter coats, gloves, hats, scarves, etc. We are asking students of each grade level to bring in clothing items to donate for this great cause. Donation boxes, by grade, have been placed in Time Square for students to deposit the clothing items. The grade that donates the most clothes, gloves, hats, scarves, etc…will earn extra recess on Halloween. The clothing drive starts now and will continue through October 30, 2018. *********************************************************** DMS PTA Reflections 2018-19 The National PTA Reflections program encourages students of all ages and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts in an educational way. Through the program, DMS PTA Reflections and PTAs across the country urge students in preschool through grade 12, to create and submit original works of art in the medium of their choice— dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts — reflecting on a specific theme. The theme for the 2018-19 Reflections is “HEROES AROUND ME”. Due date for all entries has been extended to November 15 , 2018. For more information visit: http://www.mdpta.org/bridge_reflections.html Please send your nominations and questions to Sridevi.vedantham@gmail.com ************************************************************ Chocolate Sale Money Is Due If you have outstanding chocolate money, please return it to the school front office as soon as possible. Thank you to all who sold chocolate. ************************************************************ Fall Social Update Another successful event sponsored by the DMS PTA and attended by about 250 students and 35+ volunteers. - DJ, music, dancing, pizza, snacks, fruits, veggies, flag football, obstacle course, spoon race, basketball, and putting green. What more could a student want ??? Oh, right candy. Lots of candy for prizes. Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who provided all the food or their valuable time on Friday to help at the event. Thank you for selling tickets, heading up the games, monitoring the halls, selling concessions, setup/cleanup, and hanging outside in the cold to monitor the outside activities. It’s because of fantastic people like you that we can organize fun events for our kids A special recognition to Patti Morse, the Chair of Fall Social, who put in countless hours of her time to make this amazing event happen. Thank you Patti – this event would not have happened if you didn’t step up to chair this event. All, if you see Patti around – don’t forget to thank her. ************************************************************ Staff and Volunteer Recognition -- THANK YOU ! Movie Night Thank you to Heidi and Bruce Potter for providing the outside movie screen which made movie night possible for Dunloggin. Thank you to Principal Roberson and Vice Principal for attending. Thank you to Michele Cavey for making the delicious hot chocolate. Shout out to all the volunteers for bringing the snacks and working the concession stands. It was a bit chilly, but a good time with was had by all. ************************************************************ Cultural Arts Our sixth graders will attend the Newseum in Washington DC on Monday, November 5th! http://www.newseum.org/exhibits/ The PTA will pay a portion of the bus fee to reduce the total cost for the students! ************************************************************ Invest in our Community The PTA raises funds to pay for school enrichment programs including Chesapeake Shakespeare Residency ($5,180), author visits ($2,800), Robotics/STEM ($3,600), BioEYES/Science assembly ($3,000), Turkey Trot/Community outreach ($1,300); student recognition/support ($3,200), teacher appreciation/support ($1,750) and more. With your help, we have raised $3,000 so far, and are halfway to our goal of $6,000. To those who have already donated and sold chocolate bars, THANK YOU. If you haven’t had a chance to donate, you can donate two ways: You can make a direct online donation to PTA, via PayPal at our website (bottom right hand corner of page):http://www.dunlogginmspta.org Or, make a check payable to DMS PTA and put “Donation” in the memo line and send it in an envelope marked “PTA” to the school’s front office. Thanks for your support! *********************************************************** Here is Your Fall Box Tops Blitz Debrief! Our fall Box Tops Blitz was a success. Here some key highlights: * Almost 60 DMS students brought in Box Tops * Donations ranged from just one Box Top to more than 100 * The mean average Box Top donation per student was 47 * In just the first 8 weeks of 2018-2019 school year, the DMS PTA was able to collect 2,664 Box Tops for a $264.40 payout from General Mills! As you can see, our collective clipping of Box Tops really adds up. We are on track to clear our goal of generating at least $1,000 from this fundraising effort. Stay tuned for our 3-point plan on how we're going to get there in next week's PTAnewsletter. ************************************************************ Earn money for Dunloggin as you shop for groceries at Giant Currently, 85 people have chosen DMS and are earning reward cash for DMS! We met our October goal of 85 - help us meet our November goal of 95! Visit Giantfood.com and sign in to your account. Go to "Manage my account", then "Rewards and Savings", to SELECT DMS. Don't have your 12-digit account number? Call 1-877-366-2668/option 1. *********************************************************** Shop Smile.Amazon.com for Your Holiday Shopping Needs Visit smile.amazon.com and sign in to your regular Amazon account. Choose DMS PTA as your charitable organization. Bookmark the site and use every time you shop. Same items, same pricing, but DMS gets the donation! Fundraising Opportunities http://www.dunlogginmspta.org/fundraising.html ************************************************************ GT Parent Academy on Navigating the College Admission Process The next GT Parent Academy will address how to Navigate the College Admission Process. Join us on November 8th, from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at Mt. Hebron High School. Joy Scalabrin, an Admissions Officer from Johns Hopkins University, will share her insights and advice. This academy is most appropriate for 8th-12th grade students and families. Here is a link with more information: https://news.hcpss.org/news-posts/2018/10/howard-county-g-t-parent-academy-navigating-the-college-admissions-process-november-8-2018/ ************************************************************ Calling all DMS Students -- Volunteers needed for NES STEM fair, Sat, Nov 10th NES PTA is sponsoring Super STEM Saturday, November 10th from 11am to 3pm. NES PTA is looking for students to help support elementary students in hands on exhibits. If interested please email stem@northfieldpta.org. Thank you. ************************************************************ Stay Connected! The Dunloggin PTA @DunlogginMSPTA dunlogginmspta.org facebook.com/dunlogginmspta Don't hesitate to contact any of the PTA Executive Committee with questions or concerns atleadership@dunlogginmspta.org
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