MARCH 26, 2012

STAAR TESTING:  All fourth and fifth grade students will be STAAR Testing on the following dates.  Testing will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and will end by 2:15 p.m.  Please make sure your child arrives at school on time, has had plenty of sleep, a good breakfast, and ready for a successful day.  Please do not schedule any appointments for your child on these days.  Fourth and fifth graders will be eating lunch in their classrooms.  Please send a sack lunch with your child.  Students will be allowed to purchase a tray in the event they forget to bring a lunch.  Parents, please do not plan on having lunch with your child on testing days.  Lunches and any other items can be dropped off in the office and will be delivered to your student.  Please do not walk through the main hall during testing times and avoid the 4^th grade wing.

Grade 4 STAAR Writing, Day 1 – Tuesday, March 27

Grade 4 STAAR Writing, Day 2 – Wednesday, March 28

Grade 5 STAAR Math – Tuesday, March 27

Grade 5 STAAR Reading – Wednesday, March 28

THIRD GRADE BENCHMARK TESTING:  All third grade students will be benchmark testing on Thursday and Friday, March 29^th and 30^th.  Please do not schedule any appointments for your third grader on these days.

PDM MEETING:  The next meeting of the Windsor Park Planning & Decision Making Team is Tuesday, April 3^rd at 3:15 p.m. in the Library.

PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING:  The next PTA Executive Board Meeting is Tuesday, March 27^th, at 12:00 noon at Dana Madry’s house. 

PRE-ENROLLMENT FORMS:  Students in grades 1-4 received a pre-enrollment form in last week’s white envelope.  Please make sure you complete this form, check at the top whether your child will be returning to Windsor Park next year, and return it to your child’s teacher by Friday, March 30^th.  We use these forms to begin forming our classrooms and establishing bus routes for next year, so it is very important your return this form as soon as possible.  If you move during the summer months, please remember to contact the school office with your change of address.

TALENT SHOW AUDITIONS COMING SOON!!:  Talent Show Auditions are scheduled for Thursday, April 5^th so make sure you’re practicing and polishing your acts!  We’re looking forward to some really great auditions!

BABY FOOD JARS NEEDED:  The Windsor Park Art Studio is in need of empty baby food jars.  Any donations would be greatly appreciated.

ATHENAFEST FAIR IS COMING!!!:  Do you feel it……Athenafest is in the air!  Work is underway to make this the most fun, most exciting, best Athenafest EVER!  Mark your calendar for Friday, April 20^th, from 5:00-8:30 p.m.  Please do your part by being a sponsor, buying t-shirts, goody drawing tickets, raffle tickets, food/game tickets, volunteering to work a shift, donating a cake, donating items for the silent auction, etc.  There’s so many ways you can help!  Please help make this the most successful Athenafest ever.

ATHENAFEST BOOTH SPONSORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE!!:  The ever popular Athenafest booth sponsorships are now available!  Get the fun started by sponsoring one of our food items or games for the event.  You can even join with another family to sponsor a booth!  Booth sponsorship deadline is Friday, April 13^th.  Forms are included in today’s white envelope.  Please submit your booth sponsorship donation by either check or

cash.  Sponsor level donations (World, Earth, Continent, Country) can be made by check, cash or online at the Windsor Park webstore.  Log on to the Windsor Park webpage athttp://windsorpark.ccisd.us, click on Webstore!

ATHENAFEST VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – HURRY & GET YOUR SPOT!:  It takes hundreds of volunteers to make Athenafest a success so we need EVERYONE’S help!  A sign-up sheet is included in today’s white envelope or you can go online to sign up atwww.signupgenius.com/go/athenafest.  Be sure to sign up soon and reserve a volunteer spot at your favorite activity and preferred time slot!  Please contact Amy Brown (510-9640 oramyb@grandecom.net) if you have any questions.  Thank you for your support.

ATHENAFEST T-SHIRTS!!:  Order your Athenafest t-shirt today!!  Deadline for orders is Tuesday, April 3^rd.  Please make checks payable to Windsor Park PTA.  Check today’s white envelope for order forms and details.  For more information, please contact Marie Dickson at 443-8989 or texfootcmd@aol.com.

ATHENAFEST RAFFLE TICKETS:  A large fundraising effort for the Athenafest Fair and Windsor Park PTA is the raffle ticket event.  Last year we raised over $19,000!  Included in next week’s white envelope will be 20 raffle tickets for this fundraiser.  Each ticket is only $1.  To qualify for top seller prizes, all stubs and money are due by 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18^th.  Each classroom teacher and the office will have extra tickets if needed.  The drawing will be held at Athenafest on April 20^th at 8:00 p.m.  You do not need to be present to win.  Please return any unsold tickets to your child’s teacher.  Following are some of the great prizes you can win:

IPad 3, XBOX Kinect, Kindle Fire, PS Vita, 4 Season Passes to the Hurricane Alley Waterpark.

Top sellers could win:  IPod Touch, Kindle, or Bay Area Bikes gift certificate.  Look for incentive prizes to turn in your tickets early!  For questions, please contact Dawn English atdawn.english@yahoo.com or 658-9331.

ATHENAFEST TICKETS:  Avoid those long lines by ordering your tickets!  You can pre-order tickets starting next week.  Your tickets can be used for all food items and games.  Food and games cost from one to six tickets and each ticket is 50¢.  Look for the ticket order form in next week’s white envelope!  If you have questions, please call Ruby Singh at 854-7970.

ATHENAFEST CAKE WALK:  The Cake Walk is a favorite event at Athenafest but we need your help to make it work.  Please contribute small individual cakes, large brownies, cookies, and/or cupcakes.  Please fill out the form in today’s white envelope and return it as soon as possible.  Items must be store/bakery bought and must stay in their original containers.  Please don’t bring anything that requires refrigeration.  Monetary donations will be accepted at any time and sweet treats will be collected on the morning of Friday, April 20^th, beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the carpool area.  Your donations may also be dropped off before noon on April 20^th in the Media Room.  If you have any questions, please contact Amy Ehle at bobena@sbcglobal.net or 774-6905.

PARENT RECOMMENDATIONS:  Forms for parents wishing to inform the school regarding learning styles and special considerations for their child’s teacher in the 2012-2013 school year are now available in the office.  We will be meeting as collaborative grade level teams very soon to develop our class rosters for next year.  The deadline for returning forms is Friday, April 20^th.

OWL BOOK CLUB:   Owl Book Club donation letters for tax purposes are in today’s white envelope.  Thank you again to all Club members who have helped Our Wonderful Library maintain its Exemplary collection status!  Look for more information regarding the school-wide celebration next month!

SPRING CLEANING SPECIAL:  Now until the end of April!!  Our neighbor, J.R. Viola Cleaners, wants to help our school!  Bring in your items (laundry, dry cleaning, altering, etc.) between now and the end of April, tell them you’re with Windsor Park, and 20% of your sales total will be donated to our PTA.  What a great way to get your spring cleaning done and help WP at the same time.  Please see the flyer in today’s packet for more details.

CHESS CLUB:  Even during Spring Break, some amazing Windsor Park Owls went to the Shamrock Chess Tournament at Del Mar.  Aidan Hogue won 1^st place in the Primary Division and Jack Bailey won 7^th place.  Bijan Viloria won 2^nd place in the Elementary Division.  Congratulations to our fantastic chess players!

CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT:  Want to learn about our Constitution and government with some really fun and interesting games?  Go to www.icivics.org.  Students in grades 3-8 will enjoy learning about the amendments to the Constitution and about local communities and governments at this website designed by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.