2nd Annual Care Walk of Burbank — Family Service Agency
Chandler Bike Path — April 18th — 8:00am
$15.00-Kids
$25.00-Adults
tax deductible
more info fsaofburbank@yahoo.com
818-845-7671
www.carewalkofburbank.org
8:45 AM : Join us for refreshments in the Library at 8:30am.
NOTE: THIS MEETING DATE HAS BEEN MOVED!
Tuesday, April 21 and Wednesday, April 22
NOTE : THIS EVENT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY THE 27TH!
If you missed the Barnes & Nobel Bookfair – you can still participate!!!
Families for Stevenson and Barnes & Noble will be hosting a Bookfair on Tuesday, April 21 and Wednesday, April 22 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore in Burbank on San Fernando Road across from IKEA. Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of every sale including sales at their Starbucks Café inside the store when you present a special Bookfair voucher that will be coming home in the Monday folders.
Two evenings of special events are planned at the Barnes & Noble Bookfair. Come out on Tuesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for Think Fun Game Night. Kids and adults alike can join in and have fun playing board games and competing to win prizes. Wednesday evening from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. will be Storytelling Night and will feature some of our Stevenson Elementary teachers, staff and parents reading their favorite stories.
To go along with our Bookfair, please join us at on or both of our Dine-out Days. All day on Tuesday, April 21, California Pizza Kitchen in Burbank will be donating 20% of every check with a voucher to Stevenson Elementary. Then on Wednesday, April 22, Chevys in Burbank will be donating 25% of every check with voucher from opening to closing. These restaurant vouchers will also be sent home with your child and be available online.
Please don’t forget to save all of your receipts from Barnes and Noble, California Pizza Kitchen and Chevys so we can add them to the “Our School is Cool” program with the Media Center Mall. This program ends in May and winning schools in Burbank will be receiving cash prizes. We will have a box available both nights to turn in your receipts or you can bring them to the school office.
Hope to see you all there!
Click Here to download the Barns & Noble voucher.
Click Here to download the Chevys voucher.
Click here to download the California Pizza kitchen voucher.
Thank You for Your Support!
Thank you to the following families who have already made a contribution to Families for Stevenson’s annual donation drive:
Thanks to you and the support of our community, we hope to be able to continue our great work in the new school year. Given the state budget crisis, we MUST continue raising funds to support our mission of providing arts education at our school, as well as helping out whenever a need arises. It’s not too late to support our fundraising efforts for the 2009-2010 school year by making a tax-deductible financial contribution today. (FFS Taxpayer ID# 56-2284271) Donations may be left in the school office. Please complete and include the form below with your contribution. Thank you!
Carrie Brown
President, Families for Stevenson
Miss Debbie Ginnetti
Dear Parents,
Due to the current budget crisis in the state, the teachers and I are looking for ways to be fiscally sound, frugal, and becoming less dependent on paper. Homework is an area where we can do just that. I have asked teachers to stop sending “homework packets” on Monday that need to be returned by Friday. Daily worksheets that need to be done at home will be lessened. We feel that reducing the amount of papers that are sent home will help us save on the cost of paper, ink, tone, and the wear and tear on our machines. During Parent/Teacher Conference Week (March 9-13), teachers will share the math website that you can access from home. The website is part of our new math series, which will enable you and your child to review and practice skills and concepts that have been taught at school.
The School District homework policy suggests following amounts of time:
During this time, you can help your child review spelling words and math facts. In addition to the time allocated for homework, we recommend that each student read or be read to for 20 to 30 minutes each day. What would happen if one night a week the television was turned off and the family played board games (Scrabble, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land, Clue, etc.)?
We believe that homework reinforces and extends basic skill development. It helps develop good study skills and responsibility. To help your child in their educational development try the following:
Most importantly, help your child see homework as a valuable activity. Your interest alone confers importance to the task but children should see homework as something they do for themselves—not just for others’ approval.
As a parent, you were your child’s first teacher. Even while your child is in school, you still teach important lessons every day. Research shows that when parents and schools work together, students do better. I value the partnership between home and school.
We will continue to provide each student with a challenging and rigorous curriculum appropriate to his/her academic level.
Sincerely,
Debbie Ginnetti