Fall Parade – Details and Parking

The Fall Parade – a favorite day among the kids – begins at 2:00 pm. The map outlines the parade route and where families may stand to watch.

REMINDER: Please do not park on Dorlan Mill Road, in the bus lanes or in the fire lane. Overflow parking will be available at Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center. (The parking entrance is to the left of Shamona’s entrance; please do not pull in through the bus access driveway.)

Classroom activities will be held immediately following the parade. If you are scheduled to come in for the classroom activities, we ask that you do the following, to alleviate the log jam of parents entering the main lobby:

• Parents of students in grades 2 and 4 should watch the parade from the parking lot near the gym. You may follow the end of the parade in through the recess doors.
• Parents of students in grades K, 1, 3 and 5 should watch the parade toward the front of the school. You may enter the building through the lobby after the parade is complete.

Because today is designed for classic fun, post Halloween costume pictures of your kids to the Shamona Creek Sharks – Parent Community on Facebook.

Have a spooktacular Halloween!

Due Tomorrow: Spirit Wear Orders

The Shamona Creek Spirit Wear sale ends tomorrow, October 24.  Purchasing any of these item helps support the school, and obviously shows your school spirit. Items for sale are on display at the school and include:

• Navy blue hooded sweatshirt
• Rainbow tie-dye T-shirt
• Royal blue T-shirt (not pictured)
• Gray sweat pants
• Gray long-sleeved shirt

A portion of the cost from each item sold goes to the HSA.

Misplace your order form? Here’s a back-up copy to print and return > Spirit Wear Fall 2014 Order Form

Volunteer Opportunity: Mobile Agricultural Education Science Lab Week

One of the ways the Shamona Creek Home & School Association uses parent donations is to provide assemblies for your children. During the week of November 10-14, your child will visit the Mobile Ag Lab, a science lab housed in an RV!  It will be parked outside of Shamona Creek and all classes will have an opportunity to participate in a hands-on science project.

We need at least one more volunteer to help! Please use the Sign-Up-Genius link to volunteer. Make sure your disclosure form is in the office or you will not be able to volunteer (the form can also be found on the SC homepage in the Backpack section).

We are grateful for all the parents who have signed up already, and thank you in advance to anyone else who is considering donating their time to help make this a success!

We will keep you posted in the weeks ahead about what the kids will experience.

Happening Now: Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A of Lionville

Join us now through 8:30 pm at our Chick-fil-A Spirit Night at the Lionville location. Don’t forget to bring the flyer with you. 20% of all dine-in and drive-through sales by guests who have the flyer in hand will benefit the Shamona Creek Home & School Association and its many projects that support the students.

Helping is E-Z: Shop at Target. Save the World.

Okay, well shopping at your favorite big box store to save the ‘whole world’ might be a bit of an exaggeration, but using your Target Red Card can make a true impact for our little corner of the universe.

Participate in Target’s Take Charge of Education Program and 1% of purchases made with your Target Red Card will be donated to our school. Simply designate Shamona Creek as your recipient school online to start earning.

And, if you are anything like me, you always checkout of Target with WAY more than you intended to buy. So, now you can feel good about over-shopping, knowing that the more you spend, the more it benefits the school.

The SCHSA, a non-profit organization, encourages our families to participate in a number of programs offered in the community that give back to our organization.  Here are the other E-Z ways you can help this year:

• Giant A+ Rewards Program
• Campbell’s Labels
• Box Tops for Education
• Amazon Smile

Please contact Shannon Gallagher or Melissa Bell if you have any questions or if you would like to volunteer with the Rebates and E-Z Money committee.

Tuesday. Dinner. Chick-fil-A. It’s a date!

All Shamona Creek families and friends are invited to attend the ever-popular Chick-fil-A Spirit Night on Tuesday, October 21 between 5:30 and 8:30 pm at the Lionville location.

20% of all sales by customers using the attached flyer, during this date and time, will be donated to benefit the Shamona Creek Home & School Association and its many projects that support the students.

Plus, our awesome second grade teachers will make a special guest appearance.

Please click on the flyer image, print it and bring it with you. Share the flyer with friends and family too, and encourage them to dine at Chick-fil-A of Lionville on 10/21 from 5:3o-8:30 pm.

Happening Right Now: Fall Fest at Milky Way Farm

Photo: Main Line Today

We hope that as you are reading this post that you are en route to Milky Way Farm to meet up with more Shamona Creek friends.

Make sure to stop by the Bake Sale table! And, while you are in the field, snapping some great pix of the kiddos picking the perfect pumpkins … post your best snapshot to our Shamona Creek Sharks – Parent Community on Facebook!

Oh, and don’t forget to enjoy some delicious ice cream too!

Have fun!

Helping is E-Z: Amazon Smile … Need We Say More?

Aside from the online shopping convenience, the wide selection of items and the speedy delivery, Amazon.com offers a .5% rebate to schools when you set up your profile using this Amazon Smile link.

1. Using the link above, log in to your established Amazon account. (The web address should read http://smile.amazon.com/)
2. When asked what non-profit organization you’d like to support, search and select “Shamona Creek Home and School Association.”
3. Smile … now you can shop until your heart’s content knowing that you are helping the students of Shamona Creek!

The SCHSA, a non-profit organization, encourages our families to participate in a number of programs offered in the community that give back to our organization.  Here are the other E-Z ways you can help this year:

• Target Red Card
• Giant A+ Rewards Program
• Campbell’s Labels
• Box Tops for Education

Please contact Shannon Gallagher or Melissa Bell if you have any questions or if you would like to volunteer with the Rebates and E-Z Money committee.

Tonight’s HSA Meeting and Other Reminders

From the SCHSA Board:

Tonight at 7 pm, please join us in the Shamona Creek Library for our annual SCHSA budget approval meeting. We will share our financial goals for the school year and how those tie into the ways we give back to Shamona Creek students, staff and families. If you would like to review the budget prior to our meeting, please contact Board President Kathryn Gute.

This Saturday, your family is invited to join your Shamona Creek friends for some fall fun at Milky Way Farm. You can find all the details by clicking here and we are asking families to RSVP so how many people will be there. We are in need of a few more volunteers and some delicious bake sale items. Please click here to help us out. We appreciate the helping hands, and we are looking forward to a beautiful, warm fall day on Saturday morning.

As always…thank you for your support!

Deadline is Approaching: Send in your Box Tops for Education

Box Tops for Education sends out checks twice a year.  We will be sending in what we’ve collected so far the last week in October. The deadline for the first check is November 3. Please send in any Box Tops you have collected to boost our profits before the last week of this month. There is a Box Tops bin outside the office. To date, we have $953 coming to our school in December, which is fantastic, but we’d love to surpass the $1,000 mark.

Shamona Creek earns 10 cents for each specially marked General Mills box top submitted.

See the Box Tops for Education product list to help get you started.

Please contact Shannon Gallagher or Melissa Bell if you have any questions or if you would like to volunteer with the Rebates and E-Z Money committee.