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    This weekly newsletter from Douglas Elementary provides updates on upcoming school events in January, including testing dates, field trips, early release days, and registration deadlines. It also recognizes the winners of the recent spelling bee and provides volunteer opportunities for parents, such as providing supplies for the teacher's lounge. Finally, it announces that 5th grade students raised over $900 for charities through a writing and fundraising project.

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    This weekly newsletter from Douglas Elementary provides updates on upcoming school events in January, including testing dates, field trips, early release days, and registration deadlines. It also recognizes the winners of the recent spelling bee and provides volunteer opportunities for parents, such as providing supplies for the teacher's lounge. Finally, it announces that 5th grade students raised over $900 for charities through a writing and fundraising project.

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    This weekly newsletter from Douglas Elementary provides updates on upcoming school events in January, including testing dates, field trips, early release days, and registration deadlines. It also recognizes the winners of the recent spelling bee and provides volunteer opportunities for parents, such as providing supplies for the teacher's lounge. Finally, it announces that 5th grade students raised over $900 for charities through a writing and fundraising project.

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    Happy New Year!

    | January 12, 2016

    This week on the Douglas website ... Check out photos of our grade-level
    spelling bee winners and real-world science experiences. You can also find more
    details about the magnet application window and kindergarten registration, as well
    as upcoming school events: douglaselementary.net

    MARK YOUR CALENDARS:


    January 7-22: Magnet application window
    January 11-15: 3rd grade writer-in-residence
    January 11-20: Case 21 testing, 2nd-5th grades
    January 15:
    - Early release!
    - Boxtops due
    - Deadline for 5th grade yearbook baby photos and well-wishes

    - Fall club yearbook photos will be taken in the morning


    January 18-19: School holiday + teacher workday
    January 21: 4th grade symphony field trip
    January 22: Report cards go home!
    January 26: School-wide spelling bee

    LOOKING AHEAD ...


    February 2-11: Douglas Boosterthon
    February 12: Early release + school dance!
    February 15: Protected teacher workday
    February 22-26: 3rd grade writer-in-residence
    February 23: Interims go home

    PTA VOLUNTEER UPDATE


    THANK YOU to all who helped make the teacher and staff holiday luncheon so
    wonderful. And our recent Spa Day sign-up filled up in just hours!! You are the
    best!!!
    We're always working hard to help our wonderful teaches and staff, and we really
    appreciate all of your help! Here are the latest needs:
    Coffee supplies for the teachers' lounge:
    Thank you so much to all who donated K-cups and coffee supplies in the fall! The
    teachers and staff appreciate these so much. The sign-up has been updated,
    please consider adding a few things to your grocery cart for our staff to enjoy:
    http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0449adac28a1fe3-teachers
    Lunchroom support:
    Thank you, as well, to all the troopers who stepped-up to help our wonderful
    assistants keep order in the cafeteria last year. It is not a glamorous job, but an oh
    so appreciated one! That sign-up has also been updated:
    http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0449adac28a1fe3-lunchroom

    SIGN UP FOR SCHOOL TEXT REMINDERS!


    Douglas Parents, in an effort to improve communication with our parents, staff and
    students, we have had a REMIND account set up for Douglas Elementary. Please
    sign up for the Douglas Elementary Remind account TODAY. This is an account

    that will send you informational text messages from the school about
    upcoming events, snow delays, early dismissals, etc. Sydney Komyati, a
    first grade teacher, has set up this account for our school.
    To join, just set up a text with:
    To: 81010
    Message: @2fgeb
    You will receive a reply to send your full name so that Mrs. Komyati can add you to
    the school account. Or, to sign up online, visit: remind.com/join/2fgeb

    DOUGLAS FAMILY DIRECTORY


    Please complete our online survey to have your information included in the
    2015-2016 Douglas Family Directory. All participants will receive an electronic
    copy of the directory: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Douglas2015Directory

    MAGNET APPLICATION WINDOW IS JANUARY 7-22


    Please visit the following links for the application: http://wcpss.net/Page/189
    New this year: Students currently assigned to our school as transfer may
    apply to this school (if it is on their list of schools) to try to get magnet
    status. if you are not selected, you will remain at the school as a transfer student.
    5th and 8th grade students MUST APPLY to continue in a magnet at the
    next level. If you are following your program pathway, you have the highest
    priority, after siblings, to be selected.

    5TH GRADE YEARBOOK BABY PHOTOS & WELL-WISHES DUE


    Can you believe it's time to think about the yearbook and our departing 5th grade
    class?!?! 5th grade families:
    1) If you'd like to submit baby photos of your student(s) for the yearbook, please
    email them as soon as possible to: douglasyearbookpics@gmail.com
    2) If you'd like to include a special message to your student(s) in the yearbook,
    please complete the well-wishes form that came home in your children's
    folders and send back to school (marked "Attention: PTA") or scan and email to:
    douglasyearbookpics@gmail.com
    Please submit your photos and/or well wishes by Friday, January 15!

    FALL CLUB YEARBOOK PHOTOS


    Fall club pictures will be taken on the morning of Friday, January 15.

    BOXTOPS
    The first semester deadline for the class competition is quickly approaching! Turn
    in all your boxtops and labels for education by this Friday, January 15! The top 3
    classes right now are 1st - Mr. Raley, 2nd-Mrs. Norris, and 3rd- Mrs.
    Komyati. Place your boxtops and labels in a ziplock labeled with your teacher's
    name and put in the collection bin outside the media center! Class winners will be
    announced soon!

    BOOSTERTHON IS BACK!! GET READY TO RUN SOME LAPS!!


    We will have our second Boosterthon Fundraiser this February starting Feb. 3
    and ending with our Fun Run on Feb. 10. Be on the lookout for information
    and pledge sheets coming home in your child's folder in the next couple of
    weeks. We are excited to have the Boosterthon team back with us again this year!
    And we are so grateful to our Boosterthon sponsors: The Produce Box, B. Good,
    Bad Daddy's, Sam's Pizza and Blue Bucket Cleaning Services. More details coming
    soon!!

    VARIETY SHOW
    Auditions are coming up in the next few weeks! Stay tuned for details. Students
    who are interested in auditioning should start thinking about what they want to
    perform and begin preparing pieces.

    SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE UPDATE


    We are so proud of ALL of the Douglas students who competed in the December
    spelling bee! The school-wide spelling bee will be on Tuesday, January 26.
    Congratulations to our grade-level winners!
    Kindergarten:
    Alexis Harpe - Pauley
    Katarina Zahnke - Bradley
    Cody Watts - Bradley
    Alyssa Leach - Bradley
    1st Grade:
    Oren Yang - Fairweather
    Noha Bezuayehu - Yearout
    Vanessa Oguno - Yearout

    2nd Grade:
    Kyle Stainbeck
    3rd Grade:
    Isaac Freeman - Flowers
    Samiyah Rust - Otto
    Valerie MacDonald - Underwood
    Lily Raymond - Johnson
    4th Grade:
    Miracle Oguno - Polleck
    Poppy Ianelli - Hall
    Vanessa MacDonald - Gurkin
    David Rouse - Polleck
    5th Grade:
    Hannah Byers - Leuck
    Troy Warren - Leuck
    Cassie Cronmiller - Keller
    Anna Rogers - Keller

    REFLECTIONS ART CONTEST UPDATE


    Congratulations to the following Douglas students whose art was chosen to be
    judged at the county level: Anna Vinick, Carson Riddick, Noel Cerveny, Nelson
    Severiano Soler, Tyler Hackett, Ivy River Rodillas, Ainsley McInnis, Iris Marchetti,
    Drew Iannelli, Maggie Waugh, Laura Vickery, Christopher Long, Samiyah Aires
    Rust, Seville Engstrom, Poppy Iannelli, Kayla Teague, Cassidy DeFrancis, Ella
    Freeman, Abigail Bennett, Caroline Tutino, Felicia Dumax-Baudron, Neila Stuckey,
    Pierina Barbera and Chelsea Sipple.
    In December, Wake County judges reviewed all of the entries. Douglas did not
    have any students advance to the state level, however three of our entries made it
    to the final rounds of judging! Thank you to all of the Douglas Reflections artists
    for your hard work and patience throughout this process!! All of the art has been
    returned to our school and will be given back to each student by the end of
    January. Way to go Douglas Artists!

    5TH GRADE WRITING LESSON RESULTS IN $900


    FOR CHARITY
    During Quarter 2, fifth graders learn how to write arguments, in the form of a
    persuasive essay. In order to give this skill a real world connection, students were
    given the task to research a charity of their choosing, and write an argument for

    donation to that charity. During the research phase, each classroom held a penny
    war, raising money that would later be donated. Students then wrote a fiveparagraph persuasive essay, convincing their peers to donate the money we raised
    to their charity. After a vote in each classroom, Douglas Elementary School's 5th
    graders will be donating more than $900 to the following four charities: Cystic
    Fibrosis Foundation, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, The ASPCA and World Vision.
    Way to go, 5th grade!!!!

    CULTURE CORNER
    How do you say "snow" in Spanish? You say "nieve."

    CONNECT WITH DOUGLAS PTA ONLINE


    Join us on social media to see all the awesome things happening at Douglas!
    Twitter: @PTADouglasES
    Facebook: facebook.com/DouglasElemPTA

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