Project Pre-School Event in the Gym

Calling all preschool aged children!!!
Project Preschool time is here again!

If you have or know a preschool aged child that would like to join us for some preschool story hour come and be part of the fun and join us in the East Antioch Elementary gym at 1:30 pm on Friday November 19th. We will be reading the story Thanksgiving Mice by Bethany Roberts. We will also have a fun craft and snack for the children to enjoy.

Please RSVP no later than Wednesday November 17th to Erin Anderson at e_anderson09@yahoo.com or 913-449-9985

We look forward to seeing you at Project Preschool November 19th!

PTA Meetin November 11th at 7:00 p.m.

Don't forget the next PTA meeting is Thursday November 11th at 7:00 pm in the school library. We will have a special guest speaker, Vernon Harris, at the meeting to discuss bullying with and emphasis on cyber bullying. Vernon works for the Olathe School District and is currently working on his Education Specialist degree at Emporia State University. Vernon's research is being used as curriculum in prevention and intervention courses offered through KU. He has also presented his research at PERK as well as worked with Susan Freed who was chosen as one of George Bush's 1000 Points of Light. Vernon's daughter Amiyah attends East Antioch Elementary and is in Mrs. Griffey's class.

All East Antioch parents, staff, and teachers both PTA members and non members are welcome to attend this meeting.

We look forward to seeing you Thursday November 11th!

Major Retailers Want To Give Our School Money!

 We’re pleased to share some exciting news about a new fundraising program for our organization.  It’s called “scrip”, and it’s the fundraising program that works while you shop.

Scrip is simply a word that means “substitute money” – in other words, scrip is gift certificates from national and local retailers.  They’re the same gift certificates that you buy  at the store.  Many popular retailers participate in our scrip program including JCPenney, The Gap, Shell, Pizza Hut, Red Lobster and many, many others. 

You’re probably asking yourself how these stores help us raise money.  It’s simple -- scrip participating retailers agree to sell gift certificates to our organization at a discount.  Member families like yours buy the certificates for full face value, they redeem them for full face value, and our school keeps the difference as revenue.  And scrip is exciting, because everybody wins:

·         The retailer gets cash up front and repeat business…

·         You get a powerful fundraising alternative that involves no selling…

·         Our school gets a regular source of revenue.

The beauty of scrip is that you put your regular household shopping dollars to work. You earn money for our school without spending a single additional penny.  Just spend your regular shopping dollars with scrip at the stores that participate in the scrip program!  And scrip can be used for just about any household purchase including food, clothing, entertainment, gasoline and even dining out.

HOW TO GET STARTED

Go to www.shopwithscrip.com and look for “Family Sign Up” and click on the ‘Create Account’. Fill in your information and then use the code 7ACDDAC926921 for East Antioch Elementary. Then you are able to shop online.

If you would rather not shop on line you can print out the order form here. Print it out and make a payment to East Antioch Elementary and return it to the school. We will process the order for you.

FIRST ORDER DEADLINE

Our first SCRIP order will go in on November 23 rd.  We should receive the first SCRIP orders at the beginning of December just in time for the holidays.