Welcome to your Laurel Ridge Elementary School PTA Website
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January 26, 2012
These winter months are long....It's a good thing we have some exciting things coming up to make the days go by faster.....Get excited!!!!
Movie Night is next Friday, February 3rd at 6pm in the gym...bring your family and a blanket...but come early...from 5pm we will be selling food..hot dogs ($1), Chips and drinks, separate and in a combo in the cafeteria..We will also have 6th grade parents selling baked goods. The movie is still unknown ... the race for which movie is close. Vote for which movie you want to see <here>. Also, bring your checkbooks for spirit wear!!
Monday, February 6th is our next PTA meeting at 9am in the cafeteria....come see what you've been missing.
Get Hungry! Our dinner night out is Weds, February 8th at Red Robin in Fairlakes shopping center from 5-9. You must have a flyer to receive 10% credit to Laurel Ridge. Download flyer <here>.
Come support one of our Laurel Ridge Families in the 3rd Annual Valentine Blood Drive on Feb. 12th go to inova.org/donateblood sponsor code 7637 to sign up. Download flyer <here>.
Laurel Ridge is going International!!!! March 2nd, International Night ... Send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if would like to volunteer to present a country (We will help you) or you have a performance from an area of the world.
Save the Date! Run for the Ridge is coming our way...March 17th 7:30 am.
Spirit Wear is still on sale ... go to www.signupgenius.com/go/spirit134
to get some good stuff!
Help the Lunch Lady ... go to www.signupgenius.com/go/bethelunch/406376 to sign up to help!
Finally...we announce our fabulous Volunteers of the Month for January ... Melanie Knowlton ... our awesome volunteer who has worked really hard to maintain the lost and found which requires a lot of time and energy. Our second Volunteer of the Month is Ellie Steen, the mother-in-law of our wonderful Amy Steen who has already clocked in over 90 volunteer hours in the library this year ... and it is only January. If you see these two, give them a huge congrats!!! They deserve it!!!
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. Hope to see you at the upcoming events!!!
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Special Announcements
Our Volunteers of the Month for January ... Melanie Knowlton ... our awesome volunteer who has worked really hard to maintain the lost and found which requires a lot of time and energy. Our second Volunteer of the Month is Ellie Steen, the mother-in-law of our wonderful Amy Steen who has already clocked in over 90 volunteer hours in the library this year ... and it is only January. If you see these two, give them a huge congrats!!! They deserve it!!!
Need an oil change for your swanky wheels? Why not save 10% and earn 10% for our school at the same time. Participating Valvoline Instant Change Shops will do just that. Download flyer <here>
Don't forget to register your Safeway, Target and Giant Cards. The money for our school really adds up with these programs.
- Giant: www.giantfood.com Go to A+ and Register Your Card School Code is #01896
- Target: www.target.com/tcoe School Code is #103664
- E/Scrips-Safeway: www.backtoschools.escrip.com
Ways you can contribute dollars to the school with no direct out of the pocket expenses:
Renew your Safeway, Giant, and Target cards indicating Laurel Ridge as your school. A simple way to give back to your school! Schools have an unlimited earning potential through programs like these.
Turn in printer ink and toner cartridges. Mark your turn in "for PTA". Our school will recycle them for store rewards.
Get an oil change at participating Valvaline Instant Oil Change shops. You recieve 10% and Laurel Ridge recieves 10% of your purchase price.
Check out this article about PTAs in the area: http://burke.patch.com/articles/local-ptas-give-parents-a-voice-build-school-community
