Happy New Year and welcome to a new decade!

We have so much to look forward to!

Families For Stevenson has a full schedule planned for the New Year. We couldn’t be more excited about it! Our goal remains constant – funding for The Arts, maintaining the library, the garden and coordination our After School Enrichment Program. Our ideas continue to evolve as more and more people join our team. We welcome the input!
We’ll kick off our annual donation drive on January 26th, as FFS celebrates our fifth birthday with a mixer at the amazing Cartoon Network building. You’ll hear more about that in the coming weeks, but save the date. We’re really looking forward to it!

As you’ve already heard, we are continuing with the aforementioned After School Enrichment Program. The first half of the year went exceptionally well with guitar, art and Mad Science. This half we’re offering keyboard, Spanish, Mad Science and later, an on-camera acting class. We’re so fortunate to be able to bring these programs to our school.
In February, we’ll have our Barnes & Noble Book Fair and Dine-out. We’ll have guest readers, really cool games and a couple of new restaurants to experience either before or after your trip to the book store. Stevenson makes money from this fun, family event, so please come out!
Stevenson will ‘go to the movies’ March 6th and 7th with our annual talent show. It’s going to be hard to beat last year’s show, but with the amazing Jessica Good running the show again, I have no doubts that the show will exceed our expectations!

May 7th is Stevenson Rocks! This year, we’re stepping back in time and going with a retro theme. Stevenson Rocks! 50’s style! We’ve already started talking about it and would welcome any suggestions. If you’d like to be involved with the planning, please contact De or myself. We’d love to have some fresh ideas! This event is our biggest money raiser of the year mainly through our extraordinary silent auction. Because of the funds we raise that night, our children are able to continue studying The Arts at Stevenson.

It was a wonderful year here at Stevenson. I’m constantly reminded how lucky we are to have our children attend such an exceptional school. We have a wonderful staff at the helm and a group of sensational parents who give their time endlessly to assure that our children’s lives are enriched. I am constantly aware of the fact that Stevenson does indeed ROCK!
Here’s to a great year!

Jennifer Jesperson & De Eldridge Families For Stevenson Co-Presidents