Collins Elementary PTAPanther Post

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Volume 9, Issue 2 November 2013

Upcoming Events

11/25-11/29 ~Fall Break NO SCHOOLTuesday 12/3 ~ Spirit Night Papa JohnsTuesday 12/3~Picture Retake DayFriday 12/6~ CKOTM/Terrific Kid Awards Friday 12/13~ Popcorn Sale $1Tuesday 12/17 ~ Collins annual Holiday Program 5-7pm Thursday 12/19 ~Free Family Movie Night Friday, 12/20 ~ Can Parade & Candy Cane Gram 12/23-1/6 ~Winter Break

2013-2014 PTA BoardPresident – Michelle SpiessTreasurer – Ellen TonkinSecretary – Colleen TuckettCo - VP Membership/Volunteers -Megan Willis-Jones & Megan MondayVP Ways and Means – Lori

Collins Elementary12424 Summerfield BlvdRiverview, FL 33579813-672-5400Steve Sims – Principal Teri Madill – Assistant Principal

Helpful Information To report your child’s

absence, please call 813-672-5400 x1

No student can be signed out after 1:30pm.

Every Monday is early release day; dismissal is 1 hour early.

We earned $866 with the Give with Target campaign that ended in September. Thank you to everyone who voted and shared it with your family and friends! This was an increase of $600 from what we earned with this program last year!Also, remember to designate Collins Elementary as your school of choice for your Target Credit/Debit Card! Target will donate 1% of your REDcard purchases at Target and at Target.com. So far we have 50 people who has designated Collins as their school of choice.

Collins Parents,

Thank you for all of your support with the Panther Run! It was a huge success and with your help we were able to raise a lot of money! We are working with the district to have the sunshade put in later this school year.

This year the Collins PTA hosted its first Reflections Art Contest where students were asked to submit a piece of artwork. Congratulations to our 2 winners: Emma Pierce and Elizabeth Williams!

I hope everyone has a great Fall Break! We will see you all back on Monday, December 2nd!

Steven SimsPrincipal

Hello Collins Students and families!

Your PTA is happy to announce that between our Fall Festival and our Panther Run, we brought in over $37,000!! That is such a great accomplishment and we couldn’t have done it without the support of our Panther Students, Parents, Teachers & Staff! We are working on getting all the prizes to distribute after Fall Break and before Winter Break.

We are also very pleased with our first Veterans Breakfast! We had a huge turnout and look forward to having this be a new tradition for our school! Thank you to all of our active military families and veterans who joined us!

The PTA Board would like to thank all of our volunteers that have helped us for our various events and activities! We wouldn’t have been as successful with our Fall Fundraising, if it wasn’t for our volunteers! And although our Fall Fundraising is complete, there are still 7 months of school left, which means more Sno Cone Days, Movie Nights, Spirit Nights, and more. Please be on the look-out for volunteer opportunities and help make each event a success!

I hope everyone enjoys their Fall Break and takes time to reflect on what you are thankful for!

Michelle SpiessPTA President

Thank you to all of the companies that either sponsored a spot on our Panther Run shirts, donated products for our Silent Auction, or donated items for the Panther Run prizes!

ABC and Me, Ace Hardware, Airheads, AMC, American Girl, Anarky Graphics, Avon, Big Bend Animal Hospital, BOING!, Brandon Honda, Buddy’s Home Furnishings, Camp Bow Wow, Carr Pediatric Dentistry, Courtney Vickers Photography, Crosstown Surveyors, Development, Planning & Financing Group Inc, Discovery Point, Walt Disney World, Dominos, First Watch, Glaxer Museum, Hess & Vanlandschoot Orthodontics, Ice Sports Forum, It Works by Megan Swanson, IZOD, Julestarz, K Hovnanian Homes, Knowledge Points, Mary Go Round, Mosi, New Identities Hair Studios, Pango Sales Inc, Papa John’s, Paper & Pigtails, Portrait Innovations, Protentail Sports, Saxon, Gilmore, Carraway & Gibbons, P.A., Sea World, StyledbyTiffany.com, Tampa Bay Pilot’s, The Alley, The Container Store, Thirty-One, Timpano’s Italian Chophouse, U.S. Cleaning Services, Inc.

We earned $866 with the Give with Target campaign that ended in September. Thank you to everyone who voted and shared it with your family and friends! This was an increase of $600 from what we earned with this program last year!Also, remember to designate Collins Elementary as your school of choice for your Target Credit/Debit Card! Target will donate 1% of your REDcard purchases at Target and at Target.com. So far we have 50 people who has designated Collins as their school of choice.

From the Guidance Corner:

October was an exciting month for our students at Collins. We worked on Being Bully Free and Saying No To Drugs for Red Ribbon Week! Our students created their own pledges, made class banners, wrote, completed activities and had a lot of fun Socking Out Drugs, (Crazy) “Hair” To a Drug free life, “Jean”iuses don’t do drugs. On Wednesday, October 23, our students set the tone with the color red. We ended on Oct. 31, by Booooooooing Drugs!!!!!!! We are also hoping that many of our students’ Say No To Drugs posters will be chosen for the Learning for Life Calendar put out each year by the Boy Scouts of America Even though Honesty/Trustworthy was the word of the month for October, please continue to talk about the importance of being Honest, along with always showing Respect and being Responsible.

The word for November is Thankful. We want our students to be able to express their gratitude. This is such an important trait. This is a great time to encourage the writing of thank you letters, giving compliments, showing appreciation, and using manners. It ties in with our Thanksgiving holiday and the importance of being a family member. Please encourage your child this month to practice being thankful.

At Collins, we are also thankful for the awesome career speakers that will be talking to our children during the week of November 18th through the 22nd. While your child(ren) are at Collins Elementary, they will be introduced to a wide variety of careers. Please ask your child to share which careers they were introduced to and what they learned from each presenter. We want to help establish the foundation for planning career paths. Please talk to your child about the career(s) that you have in your family tree. Share the highlights, along with positive and negative aspects of your career. Let them know what you needed to do to prepare for your career.

I will be announcing our new mediators from 4th grade within the first week of November. They will begin the process of becoming effective mediators. Our fifth grade mediators have been helping to solve conflicts in a positive way. They have also been busy mentoring some of our younger students. Peer mediation is a great way to solve conflicts. If your child goes to mediation, they will be learning lifelong skills on how to peacefully solve conflicts. Mediation is a positive solution that usually ends in a win-win. Mediation is a positive way to deal with conflicts and can help anyone of any age!

We are so glad that you are a part of Collins Elementary.

Can ParadeIn December students will have an opportunity to bring in non-perishable food items to donate during Collin’s Annual Can Parade. Students who bring items in will “parade” their items around as they walk them to the donation bins. The items will then be given to families in need.

Mrs. Goltz’s 2nd Grade Class won the 1st Quarter Cupcake Party with 689 Box Tops. So far in the 2nd Quarter, Mrs. Geuther’s 1st Grade Class is winning with 687 Box Tops! There is still time to try to win the 2nd Quarter Box Top Cupcake Party so please keep sending

Parent UniversityParent University is a free event that allows parents and

caregivers to learn more about their children’s schools and acquire the tools needed to support their academic success. Attendees may select two classes from a course list. Classes will be available on a first come, first serve basis. A general

session will kick off the event and lunch will be provided after the last session. Visit www.hillsboroughparentu.org for more

information.FL State Fairgrounds ~ December 13, 2013

Franklin Boys Preparatory ~ Saturday, January 25,

Morgan Ahern * Jalen Bing Kennedy Burch

Amelia Bussell * David CaruscoJustis Crutcher * Isis Cruz

Jonah Cucalon * Dylan CutcherSiddanth Devanathan

Alexa Dodson * Evan EscalanteCristian Favis * David Finley

Aryan GalatiXzavier Gamory –Valcin

Naya Garcia * Olivia GonzalezMikayla Gordan * Shaun Gravely

* Amani HijazJacob Hoekstra * Morgan Hornback

Alanna Hosea * Derrick HunterSofiya Janos * Shimiyah Johnson

Makenzee Johnston * Serenity Knight Taylor Lathan * Anthony Lee Mya Luster * Jason MangrumEmily Moore * Tyler Morel

Jack Moulton * Ryleigh MurphyAnna O’Neal * Kristyan Ortiz-Valentin

Sierra Quinn * Sam Redondo Mason Reid * Noah Reid

Michael RobitailleNarua Rodriquez * Jonah Saling

Heaven Sanchez * Nathaniel Schenkie Alexa Schilling * Alexandra ShannonAzaria Simmons * Abigayle Spiess

Evelyn Staubitz * Diego Torres Coraliz Valentin * Kailey Washburn

Layla Williams

Murielle Ackey * Simone AdamsYuliana Andjular * Gabriella Arias

Olivia Barker * Tristan BassetteJacob Beams * Bricelyn Bedenbaugh

Neil Brooks * Leilani ButlerAnna Carvajalino * Erin Christman

Gabrielle CunninghamJason Dinh * Arrington Dodson

Angel Fiqueroa * Madison FlahertyBrian Hamilton * Johnny Hendrickson

Marcus Hill * Alex Hutchings Chace Johnson * Noah Jorden

Navaeh Judy * Marty KingCiarra Luedke * Megan MartinZoe Martineau * Emily Mason

Isabella McNamee * Alex MerinoBrooklyn Muse * Isis Negron

Jeovani Ortiz * Liana PaponetteJocelynne Patterson * Justin Paulino

Destiny Peters * Emma PierceDalia Radwan * Samara Ramar

Angus Richardson * Frida RodillGabriel Santos * Julia SawyerIsabel Schulz * Soham Shah

Avery Smith * Makenna SouthallDarren Stefan * Jaleen Torres

Denise Torres * Alexa TruscelloAiden Velez * Bryant Webb

Jenai Whittaker * Greg Zartuche

 Ian BihlmeyerDolce DeLauder

Ethan EveryAllison FergusonSamuel FernendezAngeciel FigueroEmma KastingAmanda Rojas

Andrew SelvaggioLuis Valentin

OCTOBER TERRIFIC KIDS

Sponsored by the S.C.C. Kiwanis Club, Casper’s McDonalds,

SweetBay, Buffalo Wings, Chick-fil-A, You Say When

Honesty/Trust worthy Character Ed. Winners

Sponsored by Mimi’s Café, Casper’s McDonalds, SweetBay,

Ruby Tuesday’s 

KINDEGARDEN CHARACTER STARS sponsored by SCC Pizza

Hut, BSA Learning for Life

Movie NightJoin us for a free movie night on Thursday, December 18th! We will be showing Prep and Landing and The Rise of the Guardians! The movies will be showing in-between the two buildings, so be sure to bring your chairs and blankets! The PTA will be selling refreshments for your convenience.

Don’t forget that the cafeteria offers free breakfast for ALL students every morning

starting at 7:30am!

PTA Members Wanted!Our goal for this school year was to have 385 PTA Members! So far this year, we have 384 Members. That’s right; we are just 1 PTA Member shy of winning an ICE CREAM PARTY for the entire school!! Anyone can join: moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles. It only costs $6 to sign up! Simply complete a PTA Membership form (available on www.collinspta.net or in the front office. Thank you in advance in helping us reach our goal!

Morgan Ahern * Jalen Bing Kennedy Burch

Amelia Bussell * David CaruscoJustis Crutcher * Isis Cruz

Jonah Cucalon * Dylan CutcherSiddanth Devanathan

Alexa Dodson * Evan EscalanteCristian Favis * David Finley

Aryan GalatiXzavier Gamory –Valcin

Naya Garcia * Olivia GonzalezMikayla Gordan * Shaun Gravely

* Amani HijazJacob Hoekstra * Morgan Hornback

Alanna Hosea * Derrick HunterSofiya Janos * Shimiyah Johnson

Makenzee Johnston * Serenity Knight Taylor Lathan * Anthony Lee Mya Luster * Jason MangrumEmily Moore * Tyler Morel

Jack Moulton * Ryleigh MurphyAnna O’Neal * Kristyan Ortiz-Valentin

Sierra Quinn * Sam Redondo Mason Reid * Noah Reid

Michael RobitailleNarua Rodriquez * Jonah Saling

Heaven Sanchez * Nathaniel Schenkie Alexa Schilling * Alexandra ShannonAzaria Simmons * Abigayle Spiess

Evelyn Staubitz * Diego Torres Coraliz Valentin * Kailey Washburn

Layla Williams