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Blades Bobcat Boosters
Blades Bobcat Boosters is an organization designed to promote, strengthen, and support a rich, challenging, and quality education for the students through a united and collaborative effort of parents, teachers, and administrators. Through various fund raising activities and donations, we provide additional classroom enhancement materials and technology, play-ground equipment, enrichment assemblies, field trip transportation, incentive and recognition awards, teaching supplies, library materials, and provide support for building and landscape maintenance.
Thank you to all families for helping to support our organization through fund raisers, family events, etc.
Thank you to all who attended our third annual TRIVIA NIGHT.
It was a GREAT SUCCESS and a TON OF FUN!! Thank you to all who planned, worked, and attended this event.
Upcoming event dates: (more info to come on all)
School parties: 10/30, 12/18 and 2/11 all 1:30-2:30
Blades Roller Skating Night 2/11/10
General BBB Meeting - 2/17/10 @ 7pm in Blades' Cafeteria
All district school calendar events (ie: days off and early release days) are on www.mehlvilleschooldistrict.com. They also have an email list you can sign up for to receive info about the district.
Logo clothing can be ordered throughout the year. Contact Peggy Hassler @ phassler@charter.net if you need to order something.
We will have designated spirit days so watch for the flyer to come home advising you of the date and how your child can show their spirit.
School Picnic is underway. Stay tuned for further details.
Thank you for all you do to make Blades a GREAT school!
One of our best ways of communicating is through Wednesday Envelope. In addition, we have an email chain. If you need to submit or change an email address, add friends from Blades, add your family members or delete people who are no longer going to be at blades this year, let us know.
E-mail kathiekreuger@charter.net if you need to change or add any emails.
Description of Volunteer Job Opportunities/Committees/School Functions
Blades Bobcat Boosters 2009/2010
Ice Cream Social - Order and pick up ice cream for the ice cream social which is one week before school starts in the summer. Get a few volunteers to help hand out the ice cream that evening.
First Day Packets - Committee of people to meet at school one or two evenings before school starts to put together first day packets. Will take a few hours if there are 8 to 10 people helping. Information to distribute will be from district, blades, BBB, scouts, etc. and needs to be correlated and clipped together and put in each classroom.
Boo Hoo Breakfast - This is a breakfast given on the first day of school for the Kindergarten parents and any other new parents to our school. It is a light continental breakfast served in the cafeteria to welcome new families to Blades. It involves buying muffins, bagels, juice, coffee, etc. and having it ready to serve to the parents on the first day of school at 8:00 a.m.
Party Money Collections - Distribute party money/room mother sign up forms and then collect all the forms and money and distribute to each person that agrees to be head room mother. President will help oversee this with committee chair.
Buzz Book - Put together the school telephone/address directory.
Calendar - Put together a school calendar of all the school events, etc.
Classroom, Lunchroom and Library Help - Volunteers are sometimes needed to help in these three areas. Read to children, check out books, help the teachers, help the recess aids, etc.
Dad’s Events - We currently do not have any “dad only” events planned, but if enough
interest is shown and we have some volunteers to come up with ideas, etc., we will plan
Fall Book Fair - This is a week long book fair that will be held at Blades during the
school day and the night of the Fall Festival. Volunteers are needed to help set up, sell
books, help children with their purchases, cashier, etc. All children attend the book fair
at a certain time with their class room.
Field Day - This is the last week of school and it is fun and games outside for the whole
school. Volunteers are needed to help with planning, getting together anything needed for the day and to help each group of children with their activities, etc.
Hospitality/Social - Help plan social events for adults only, kids, and families of Blades. This will coincide with Family Fun Night planning.
KISS Breakfast - During the Fall & Spring Book Fair - Kids Invite Someone Special to Breakfast. It will be held in the
morning before school. Volunteers are needed to promote the event, purchase the food, serve the food, and clean up.
Spring Book Fair - Same as Fall Book Fair, only in the Spring
Staff Appreciation Lunch/Week - This is a week long celebration in May for the entire
staff of Blades. We like to appreciate them in creative ways throughout the week and
have a luncheon for all of them. We ask for donations of money and food for this event,
as well as help for the luncheon. Volunteers are also needed to do some fun things for the staff throughout the week to show them how much we appreciate all of them.
Testing Week Snacks - During the MAP tests, BBB provides daily snacks for the kids
in their classroom. We need volunteers to help purchase the snacks and distribute the
snacks to the kids. (BBB pays for the snacks)
Trivia Night - Trivia night is a fund raiser that will be held in January or February. Volunteers are needed to be the committee chairs and also to write questions, make donations towards baskets, assemble baskets, sell tickets, set up, clean up, etc.
Wednesday Envelope - On Wednesday mornings envelopes are stuffed to be sent home that day with the youngest child in the family. The envelopes are full of the whole week’s communication information from administration, BBB, lunch menus, etc. You can volunteer to help once a month, twice a month, or whatever fits your schedule.
Please contact us with any questions, or if you are would like to volunteer to chair one of the above committees.
Listed below is our budget for last school year. As you can see, we, as a community, have been able to provide many great things to Blades Elementary to enhance our children's education. Thank you to everyone for participating in our fund raisers which allows us to provide these expenditures to the school.
Blades Bobcat Boosters
Budgeted Expenditures for Staff and Student Support
7/1/2008 thru 6/30/2009
Teacher Classroom Grants $3,575.00
Grade Level Grants $9,000.00
Principal’s Fund $ 750.00
Responder Equipment for classrooms $ 689.00
Staff Appreciation Luncheon $ 300.00
Hospitality (dinner for teachers during for conferences, etc.) $1,000.00
Walkie Talkies for Security $ 547.00
Purchase of Wednesday Envelopes $ 600.00
5th Grade Team Building Day/Graduation $ 350.00
Academic Awards/Trophies $ 350.00
Assemblies/Cultural Events $1,000.00
D.A.R.E. T-Shirts $ 595.00
Field Trip Bus Transportation $3,600.00 ($600 per grade level)
KISS Breakfast (fall & spring) $ 700.00
License Renewal (Disney, Ed-Helper, Reading A-Z) $2,500.00
Playground Equipment $26,200.00***(one time expense)
Reading Programs $ 500.00
Snacks for Testing Week $ 600.00
TOTAL $52,856.00
Income for this Budget is made possible from fund raising income from Walk/Run; Trivia Night; Butter Braid sales; Gold C Books; Holiday Store; Buzz Book, Calendar Sales, etc.
Thank you to all who participate to make Blades Elementary the best!
Blades Bobcat Booster Executive Committee
Kathie Kreuger, Corresponding Secretary
Lisa Becherer, Treasurer
Teresa Willyard, Recording Secretary
Tammy Mollett, Fund Raising
Administrative Reps: Dr. Plummer and Mr. Dickemper
Teacher Reps: Peggy Capizzi and Dawn Hart
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