John H. Russell
Elementary School
Russell Elementary
School
Parent
Educators' Association (PEA)
The Parent Educators'Association(PEA) is comprised of an Executive Board: Presdent, Vice-presdent, Secretary, Treasurer, two Members At Large, and teacher representatives. The school's principal is also part of this board. The Board meets once a month, with committee meetings as needed. Elections, typically, take place the first month of the school year due to the transient population at Quantico. If you are interested in running for an office, you may call the school office at (703) 221-4161.
The main purpose of the PEA is to support the school staff and students. Fundraisers are planned throughout the year and they are as follows: Open House/Book Fair/Pizz and Bake sale evening, T-Shirt sales, Box Top and Labels, and bake sales before evening music programs. The PEA also provides popcorn or treats every other Thursday. All revenues are used to enhance the already existing programs of our staff. Purchases in the past have included stage curtains, ice machine, headphones for the computer lab, die cuts, thermometer for the clinic, wonderful cubbies and book cases for our kindergartens, and other items requested by the staff.
Russell Elementary
Quantico, VA
October 11, 2007
Volume 2, Issue 2
The PEA Executive Board is complete. The ballot return was enormous. Thank
you very much for participating and showing us that you care.
The Board is working hard to present the Russell students and their families
with fun and educational events, as well as running the book fairs, box top
and empty cartridges collections, bi-weekly popcorn productions, and much
more.
Book Fair
Blizzard
The PEA is happy to announce the Book Fair is coming to Russell at the end
of this month.
On Tuesday, October 30th, the students will have a chance to create their
wish list. The Book Fair will be open during the Family Science Night on the
same day.
The opening hours for the rest of the week are 11 am through 4 pm.
This is a great opportunity to volunteer. Each volunteer will receive 10%
off purchased books! Check out our on-line sign up at our Google account.
More on that in our volunteer opportunity article on the back.
Family Science Night
The Russell PEA is proud to announce our first Family Science Night on Tuesday,
October 30th from 6 to 7:30 pm.
We will set up some science experiment stations in the gym. These are hands-on
tasks for the students, some require parents to help.
The experiments include:
- From Glue to Glob
- Wonderwhirler
- Iron in Breakfast Cereal
- All Charged Up
and many more.
Russell’s Science Integration Teacher has graciously agreed to work
with us in choosing age appropriate experiments as well as insightful comments
on how to set up the stations. Thank you
In this place the Russell PEA would like to show our appreciation to a volunteer.
At the last Popcorn Thursday, our volunteer single handedly kept the popcorn
machine popping, collected the money, and distributed the popcorn to all classrooms.
More than 200 bags of popcorn!
Thank you, for your time and dedication.
We received a tremendous amount of Box Tops already. Our volunteers are very
busy with cutting and bundling to get all of the box tops out by the deadline
of October 31.
Just a quick reminder to please include all of your Russell children’s
names on the envelope/baggy when you turn in the Box Tops. We are giving points
to all siblings. The winning classroom will get a PEA sponsored pizza party.
Please refer to the hand-out that was sent home recently. If you have any
questions, please contact call 703-441-0450.
Volunteer Opportunities
There are several great volunteer opportunities available. Remember, our events
and operations run only as smoothly because of your involvement and volunteer
spirit. No amount of time is too small, and in most cases you can set your
own schedule.
Book Fair: We need volunteers to man the store during it’s opening hours.
Since we are planning on being open during the Family Science Night, we really
need a big presence of volunteers to deal with the crush of customers during
that time. All Volunteers will receive a 10% discount on all books purchased.
Popcorn: Every other Thursday the PEA offers popcorn to everybody at Russell
for only 25 cents! This is very labor intense and we need more volunteers.
The hours are usually from 8:30 to 11.
Here is the easiest way for you to sign up (on-line):
• Go to Google.com
• Click on More
• Select Documents
• Sign in as russellpea, password raccoon
• Select the event you would like to volunteer for.
• Enter your name and phone number
Of course you can always call 703 221 2962 to reserve a time slot at any event.
Treasury Corner
The PEA disbursed money on the following items since the beginning of the
school:
Weed Killer …………………………………………..
$ 50
Red School Folders……………………………….
$ 35
6-1 Writing for teachers …………………….
$250
Scholastic News ………………………………….
$770
Weekly Reader ……………………………………
$252
Medicine Cabinet for Nurse ………………. $ 65
Emergency Clothing for Students ……… $ 43
Reptile Show Assembly ………………………
$525
Income since the beginning of the school:
Membership ………………………………………….
$135
T-Shirts ………………………………………………..
$206
Popcorn ………………………………………………..
$194
Entertainment Guide (so far) ………………. $410
Trunk Sale at General PEA Mtg. …………. $202
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PEA NEWSLETTER
Russell Elementary
Quantico, VA
November 15, 2007
Volume 2, Issue 3
Box Tops
Volunteers were busy counting all the box tops that you sent in.
And the winner is …
2-A class, with 846 box tops collected! This class will get a pizza and ice
cream lunch, sponsored bythe PEA. The date will be announced shortly.
Family Science Night
Our first ever Family Science Night was a huge success. The students enjoyed
all the experiments, the balloon one surely was the most popular one.
This is an event that we hope to repeat next year. If you have any comments,
please let us know how we could improve the event.
Reading Counts Store
One afternoon in December we are opening our Reading Counts Store.
The Second and Third Graders are allowed to shop with the Reading Counts points
that they have earned so far.
There are always a lot of exciting items and the students really enjoy to
shop. What a great reward for doing your reading!
For a list of all the reading counts books go to the Russell School website
at:
http://www.am.dodea.edu/NY_VA/quantico/russell/
Then click on the Reading Counts button. To bring up all the books go to the
Quiz List.
Keep earning those points!
Bake Sale
The Second and Third Graders will perform in the “Winter Musical”
on December 13th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.
Before and after the performance the PEA is hosting a Bake Sale. The profits
from the bake sale will be divided equally among the participating grades’
class rooms.
Closer to the performance date, we will send out a request for baked goods
to all Second and Third Grade families.
At the beginning of the school year we submittedover 7,000 box tops that were
collected last year.That’s 700 dollars!
Treasury Corner
The PEA disbursed money on the following items since our last report:
Science Fair.......................................... $100
Book Fair............................................. $13
Income since our last report:
Popcorn .............................................. $92
Entertainment Guide ............................. $1,360
Fall Pictures ........................................ $1,306
Misc. ................................................. $18
The Book Fair profit of $903 is going to benefit the library. With this money,
our media specialist is able to buy lots of exciting books and other type
of media.
Thank you very much for your generosity.
Thank You
In this place the Russell PEA would like to show our appreciation to a volunteer.
The teenagers from the JROTC program under the leadership of the LtCol. and
StgMaj. did a fantastic job manning the tables at the Family Science Night.
Their friendliness and willingness to help made this event a success.
Thank you JROTC for your time and dedication.
Gardening Party 2008
Our principal had a fun idea for a Family Event in the spring.
Since there is no Green Thumb Club this year, the inner court yard is a bit
bare. Also, there are a few areas around the school grounds that could use
some attention from some gardeners.
We decided to make this a Russell Family affair in the spring with the PEA
hosting a Gardening Party. We would select a Saturday, buy plants, order pizza,
and invite all interested families to bring their gardening tools and know-how
to “beautify” Russell grounds.
To get this off the ground we would need a Gardening Committee. Do you have
gardening experience? Do you know which plants are drought resistant (there
will be no watering, except rain during the summer break) and hopefully bloom
into the fall? Can you help with the logistics of getting plants, mulch, and
fertilizer to the school?
If you are interested, please log on to the Russell PEA Google site and sign
up, we hope to have our first Gardening Committee meeting at the beginning
of 2008.
• Go to Google.com
• Click on More
• Select Documents
• Sign in as russellpea, password raccoon
• Select the Gardening Party event.
• Enter your name, phone number, and e-mail address
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