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Avoid the crowds. Save on shipping. Give a gift that's always on time, even when you're shopping at the last minute! With eGift, your favorite gift cards are delivered directly through email, almost instantly.

• Add your personal touch by including a message to the recipient, and in some cases, even selecting the look of your gift card.
• Gift and give back because a portion of every eGift purchased benefits East Antioch Elementary PTA by using our code: 7ACDDAC926921.

TAKE THE FIRST STEP GET STARTED NOW AND BE DONE BEFORE YOU CAN FINISH THAT CUP OF COFFEE!

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. Pass this information on to your friends and extended family and they can help us raise funds from around the country all year long.

Scrip Program: How It Works

 We had a lot of people take advantage of our new script program for the holidays. We have only offered this program for a few months and we are already generating real funds for the PTA. We would like for all of our families and you friends to start using the Script program so that we can generate funds for the PTA without requiring you to change where you shop, just how you shop. Shopping with Script is easy. If you plan ahead the money you are already spending at local stores can benefit our school at the same time, talk about a win-win.

The video above explains how the program works. If all of our families and staff use the Scrip program all year long we could easily generate $5,000 and up without selling or buying anything we don't already purchase. Please take a few minutes over the holidays and learn how your family can help us raise funds for our students/children year round. Take it on as your  New Year's Resolution. 

TAKE THE FIRST STEP GET STARTED NOW

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. Pass this information on to your friends and extended family and they can help us raise funds from around the country all year long.

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. If we order on a Monday, your cards will be here by Thursday of that week.

Thanks for the Treats!

Thanks to all that brought cookies and other taste treats for the staff. They all looked good and you could smell the sugary goodness all the way out in the hallway. Thanks for letting the staff of East Antioch know that we appreciate all that they do for us and our children.

While you are here take a few seconds to vote on our fundraising poll on the right tool bar.

From All of Us To All of You...

The PTA Board would like to thank all of you for a great first half of the year. We have had great turn outs for our events and we will be working hard when everyone returns from Winter break to make the last half of the year as good as the first half. We hope your family has a safe and happy holiday! The holidays just don't feel like the holidays until I have seen Charlie Brown and the gang do their Christmas thing. So enjoy the show. It must be the start of the twelve days of Christmas, because this video will expire in twelve days, so if you are viewing this blog after 12/31/2010 you may not see the show.

Book Fair Volunteers Needed!!!

We need volunteers for the Book Fair, Nov. 17–19.

·      Wednesday:  3–7 p.m.

·      Thursday:  3–7 p.m.

·      Friday:  8 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Contact Jodee Taylor, jodee@everestkc.net or 432-9915. 

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!