DR. E .T. BOON ELEMEN TARY SCHOOL 1050 Comanche Drive Allen, Texas 75013 Ph. 972-747-3331 Fax: 972-747-3335

Principal Tammie James ~ Assistant Principal Libby Martin ~ Secretary Sharon Brown

Volume 8, Issue 10 Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Patriot Post

Patriot Calendar

Thurs, Nov 1 Chili’s Spirit Night

Sat, Nov 3

Allen Recycles Day – City Hall Parking Lot

* Allen Early Childhood PTA’s

Reunion Party

Sun, Nov 4 Creek Clean-Up 2-4PM

Wed, Nov 7

Waste-Free Lunch

Thurs, Nov 8 Jason’s Deli Spirit Night

Fri, Nov 9

Veteran’s Day

Tues, Nov 13 Two Rows Spirit Night

Wed, Nov 14

Waste-Free Lunch

Thurs, Nov 15 Rita’s Italian Ice Spirit Night

Fri, Nov 16

VIP/Grandparents Day

Nov 19 - 23 Thanksgiving Holiday

Tues, Nov 20

Yogurtville Spirit Night

Tues, Nov 27 Chick Fil-A Spirit Night

Mon, Dec 3

Patriot Press Manuscripts Due

Lost and Found

Has your student

l os t a ny th i ng?

Please check the

Lost and Found rack

at school. There are

many items waiting

to find their owners.

Items with names

identifying their

owners will be

returned to their

classroom. All items

will be donated to

Allen Community Outreach when the

school closes for

Winter Break on

Dec 21.

Congratulations to our BOON

ALL-STAR TEAM for the 1st 9 Weeks! Kindergarten

CALLAWAY Anthony Xu Mara McCoy

DOUGLAS Kate Cunningham Amina Ahmed Chase Vogler Connor Baker

GONGOS Ava Blevins Lilly Reeves Johann Sanford Luke Cramer

GREENBERG Aaron Wimbish Ella Jessen Abi Lutrick Hunter McDonald

SIRATT Devin Hudler Ella Bowman Bennett Ternan Ainsley Walker

First Grade VANDENBERGE Brycen O'Leary Brooklyn Bowman Austin Wood Elizabeth Lambo

WENDT Garrison McRaney Claire Moye Prakriti Pandey Sergio Joa Diaz

BETHKE Preetham Manapuri Donovan Cerny Kendall Beshear Reece Leftwich

BAUM Leland Thorpe Brady Aftomis Sophia Braskamp Alexis Adcox

BURGESS Meghana Kothamasu Jack Haisler Natalie Brown

Second Grade CLINE Violet Dilley Lindsey Sekhon Grace Arnold

DEHONDT Dalton Motley Brooke Baker Christina Doublesin Paige Duffield

PALMISANO Shiraz Khan Mackenzie Peacock

POOL/ HALL Karoline Reeves Carly Anderson Delaney Daly

SHOWALTER Yashita Kancharla Tess Driscoll Aiden Scanlon

FOSTER Rigdon Yates Ellie Stowell Andrew Toben

VandenBerge

Third Grade

DAHLGREN Ava Hanks Henry Wang KiKi Begun

DREW Jae Woo Kang Raimund Ilagan Abby Fair Annie Dridge

LICARE Kendall Baggett Sam Eubank Sophia Goedderz Melanie Schwartz

SCHMIDT Abby Hunsaker Reese Hoffart Nicole Vogler Nick Blessing

SEKHON Jason Gonzalez Conley Miller Megan Conway Kyle Hargrove

Fourth Grade

CLAKLEY Adam Slagel Alex Liu Emma Murphy Olivia Predmore

JANSSEN Wendy Clemmons Kolby Branch Sydney Davidson

MOLES Tolu Banwo James Keating Jennifer Wan

NEELS Aaron Park Brian Mai

SACKRISON Carson McKay Anika Asher Zoe Bernardi

SCHUBERT Brendan Farley Anika Trehan

Fifth Grade

BOWMAN Aidan Carroll Madelyn Henderson London Murray-Schroer

DENTLER Jason Kacines Rafayel Ilagan Hannah Morgan Melissa Rashid

HENDERSON Ben Luke Ethan Hoard Erin Mazza Ella Sladek

MITCHELL Nidhi Pawate Jacob Mitchell Hannah Butler Jake Dahl

TRAVIS Campbell Martin Mike DeShong Weston Carter Ellie Gruber

Sixth Grade

BUTLER Rose Fardad Brandon Rodenbusch Matthew Donohue Lauren Fisher

CORTEZ Lexie Mitchell Kyler Torres Lauren Chou Taylor Ernzen

GIBSON Maddy Gomez Michelle Monroe Owen Westfall

SELF Vikram Basude Matt Foster Ali van der Ziel

FOSTER Matthew DeShong Bella Keating

Creek Clean-Up

Our Fall Community Creek and Greenbelt Clean-Up is this Sunday, Nov 4 from 2 to 4PM. Pick up supplies and check-in at the new pavilion next to the school.

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The Patriot Post is published by the Boon PTA in support of the PTA’s mission

to be a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and

communities, and a strong advocate for the education and well-being of every

child. Send submissions by 3pm on Monday prior to Thursday’s publication:

Sonal Ellison sellison@uspi.com and Cecilia Davenport cecilia224@aol.com

www.txpta.org www.allenisd.org

www.boonelementarypta.com

Find us on facebook and Like Us at “Boon PTA”

Boonsters, we are half way there!

Boon families, thank for the tremendous support you have shown Boon Elementary through your generous donations this year. We are HALF WAY to our goal! We hope to continue the momentum and we need your help. We would greatly appreciate any support you can give to this wonderful cause. No amount is too big or too small. Corporate contributions and matching gifts are accepted too! Please remember a few of the things that your contributions provide like updated technology in the classrooms, specialized programs including healthy lifestyles, in-house field trips and gold day, student recognition programs including All-Stars and brag tags, and much, much more. Every dollar you give expands a student's opportunities and helps them achieve their wildest dreams! You may donate by visiting Boon Elementary, Boon PTA's Facebook page, or https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/WebScr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ux5duz9cxglp8 .

Family Meals Equal Healthier Kids

from Yolanda Evans, MD

Did you know that having family meals together can equal healthier kids?

Sitting as a family at the same table may seem impossible with our busy lives. We are

often racing to and from work, school, and other activities. Eating happens when it's

convenient, which means sometimes in the car and often on the go. Believe it or not,

taking time to sit and eat as a family can have positive effects on health! The benefits

may seem obvious: sitting down for a few minutes as a family allows us to learn what's going on in each others' lives, talk

about upcoming events, and time to get to know new goals and successes. Amazingly, it also is associated with better health

for children and teens. Families who have only 3 meals a week together ( where at least one parent is present ) have

children who are more likely to be normal weight ( s o not overweight or obese) . Children and teens who share at least

3 meals a week together are also more likely to eat a healthier variety of food and less likely to have unhealthy eating

behaviors ( skipping meals, overeating, vomiting after eating in order to lose weight, using diet pills or laxatives, fasting or not

eating, or using food substitutions ) . Even though our lives are extremely busy, we have 21 opportunities each week to eat

together as a family ( 3 meals a day, 7 days a week ) .

Here are some things parents can do to encourage family meals:

Plan to eat at least 3 meals together each week. This may be as simple as breakfast on Saturday and Sunday with one

dinner on a weekday.

Ask your kids to help set a menu for the family meals.

Once the menu for the week is set, take your kids to the grocery store to help pick out the food you have planned to make.

Give your kids a task for helping with dinner ( setting the table, making the salad, or even helping cook the main meal ) .

If your entire family helps prepare the meal, they may be more likely to want to sit and eat what you have created together.

Volunteer of the week Shelby Ternan for his amazing work in the planning, design and orchestrating of the creation of our Boon garden! Shelby was there for close to 10 hours Saturday, and he put in numerous hours in the weeks before. In addition to the all the hard work he did Saturday, he contributed his landscape and garden design knowledge by helping with the design and planning of the garden. Not only did he contribute his time, he also purchased most of the supplies, brought and operated the required heavy equipment, he instructed all the dad volunteers on

site, and was the last to leave after cleaning up the site. Thank you Shelby Ternan for making our Boon Vegetable Garden dreams a reality. Your efforts have provided an amazing learning opportunity for thousands of student for many, many years to come.

Recycled Art Advances to City Competition Congratulations to the following Patriot’s recycled art entries have

advanced to the city-wide competition:

Isha Kere – 5th grade

London Murray-Schroer – 5th grade

Sabrina Bianchi – 4th grade

Daniel Kulti – 4th grade

Mae Cole – 3rd grade

Sam Eubank – 3rd grade

Adrian Obaitan – 3rd grade

Kylie Aftomis – 1st grade

Camila Bianchi – 1st grade

Sarah Cole – 1st grade

Josh Fair – 1st grade

Evelyn Eubank – KG

Aaron Obaitan – KG

Lilly Reeves – KG

Brian Sadri - KG

Their artwork will be on display all day at City Hall this Saturday in honor

of Allen Recycles Day. Thanks to everyone that participated in the

recycled art contest this year!