Christmas at the OK Corral was....

.....Another amazing production presented by our fourth grade students! They did such a fantastic job today and I hope they know how proud we are of each and every one of them. Thanks to Mrs. Kammerdiener (our music director) and also to our enrichment team! The set was cleverly designed by our art teachers, Mrs. Lingerfelt and Mrs. Pedigrew. Thank's to our amazing PAW mom, Brandy Duncan for all her work as well. Great job guys.

December Fruit Bowl

^{Cindy Watford - December 6th
Robin & Dalton Woolery - December 13th}




Please deliver fruit to Mrs. Ott at the front desk on Monday morning. If any other parents are interested in showing your appreciation by providing fruit for our teachers, please contact Cindy Watford at 832-971-3448 or by e-mail to cwatford1@peoplepc.com

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the School Year!

December PAW Happening's

PAW volunteer meeting - December 7th at 8:15 AM in the copy room

T-shirt Wrapping in the library - December 7th - December 9th in the library
   We'll be wrapping shirts all day and need a lot of elves! Come in and help whenever you can!

4th Grade Holiday Program - December 9th @ 9:00 am and 6:00 pm

Volunteer luncheon - December 14th
   Please stop in as our school staff cheers us on!

Polar Express/Ornament Day- I need a lot of  to help with this all day event. I need WATCHdog dads to       help Mrs. Watson with hot cocoa for the classes.

Classroom Parties - Attention ALL homeroom parents. Please get with your class teacher to help plan this event. Also, if you need advice on how to send letters, please feel free to call me
(Kimberly Asaro) @ (936) 520-3152 or Brandy Duncan. Brandy Duncan is our Homeroom parent coordinator and can be contacted at (936) 442-0667

Our New Home!

The PAW club moms would like to thank Mrs. Watson and staff for giving us a more permanent place in our school! We now have a desk and computer in the school copy room. It's nice to know that we can work without interrupting student insruction time. Thanks again for seeing our need and meeting it!

November Parents for Fruit Bowl

Please deliver fruit to Mrs. Ott at the front desk on Monday morning. If any other parents are interested in showing your appreciation by providing fruit for our teachers, please contact Cindy Watford at 832-971-3448 or by e-mail to cwatford1@peoplepc.com

October 25^th Brandy Nichols

November 1^st Hollie Johnson

November 8^th cindy watford

November 15^th Andréa Fitzgerrell

November 29^th Theresa Strube

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Our First Annual Fall Festival was a success!

Dear Creighton Teachers, Staff and PAW volunteers

I just wanted to personally thank each of you for all that you guys did to help with our very first Fall Festival! I know how hard our teachers and staff work for our children all week long and I really appreciate you going above and beyond by giving up your own Saturday as you did! I can't speak for everyone's kids, but my own kids really enjoyed it and looked forward to it all week.   

 Thank you also to our amazing PAW volunteers for all of your hard work as well. Each of you always work so hard to help make Creighton a second home for our kids and our community. You do what you do without need of thanks or salary. You work tirelessly... all for the reward of a child's smile... and that takes a special person! Andrea, I know it was stressful, but you did a great job pulling it all together. Next year, we'll have a lot more help in the planning stages, I promise! Thank you so much for working so hard.

If we are able to do this again next year, I would appreciate some kindly worded feedback on ways to make the event bigger and better next year and in the years to come!

Sincerely, 

Kim Asaro


*Pictures of Creighton Students used on this site are used with the express permission from students parents. They may be removed immediately upon the further request of parents.

Creighton Fall Book Fair

It's that time of year again and we need volunteers to run our Fall Book Fair. Also, if anyone is interested in bringing snacks, that would be greatly appreciated!

Monday October 25th - Friday October 29th

morning shifts 7:45-11:30

evening shifts 11:30-3:15

or all day

Extended Hours Thursday October 29th 4:00 to 6:00. 

Please contact Kimberly Asaro at (936) 520 - 3152 (text capable) or email to paw.club@yahoo.com ATTN :Kimberly Asaro to set your schedule.

Current Schedule

Setup  October 19th 9:00 - 11:00 following our PAW meeting at 8:15

R. Woolery    K. Asaro    J. Asaro    J. Ramirez     A. FitzGerrell     open        open

  

Monday October 25th

Morning 

K. Asaro   J. Rubio      T. Leal

Evening

K. Asaro   Forrest Nichols      T. Leal

Tuesday October 26th

Morning

T. Strube       T. Leal       open

Evening

R. Woolery       T. Leal      open

Wednesday October 27th

Morning

T. Strube      T. Leal        open

Evening

R. Woolery      T. Leal      open

Thursday October 28th

Morning
T. Leal       open

Evening

T. Miller       T. Leal       open
Extended hours 4-6
open       open       open

Friday October 29th

Morning

J. Ramirez      T. Leal      open

Evening

J. Ramirez       T. Leal      open

October Volunteer and Parent Opportunities

Watch D.O.G.S Meeting and Training – Attn: All dads and male role models!

Babysitter and Dinner Provided

October 7^th @ 5:00 pm

Fall Festival
October 16th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm - First Annual Creighton Fall Festival

PAW Meeting

October 19 th @ 8:15 am to be held in the Copy Room

^{Fall Treat Day – October 29th} 
Attn: all Homeroom Parents

^{Please make sure that each student has one cupcake or two cookies for each student to your child's classroom by noon. You may bring them or assign the task to another parent. No treat bags or drinks.}

2010/2011 Creighton Watch D.O.G.S.

 As we saw the desire by many dads like my husband to play a larger part of their child's school environment,  Joe and I became involved in the Creighton Watch D.O.G.S program last year. We learned about the program through our school counselor, Susan Fossler and Fathers.com. We had a great response last year and were impressed by the impact that our dads had on student morale and behavior by the simple act of being involved. With your help we hope to build on that momentum this year.

Creighton Elementary and staff are proud to be a part of the national initiative to get our fathers and male community leaders more involved in our school. Please join our school counselor, Susan Fossler, in Creighton's second year of the watchdog program and help make a difference in your childs life. Our first meeting will be held on:

October 7^th , 2010 from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

R.S.V.P – September 30^th, 2010

For your convenience dinner and babysitting will be provided.

Sincerely, 

Kimberly Asaro

P.S. Our next PAW meeting will be held on September 21st 2010 at 8:15. This meeting will focus on the upcoming Watch D.O.G.S program. All parents are welcome to attend. 

Box Tops for Education

Attention parents! The Box Top deadline is October 15th. Please check all expiration dates and clip all boxtops. They cannot be redeemed unless they are clipped from the package. Place them on a Box Top sheet or in a zip-lock bag with your students name, grade level and teachers name. Turn them in to your child's teacher. There will be a prize for the student with the most box-tops earned.
There will also be a class event held for the class with the most box-tops raised at the end of the year.

A list of participating items
http://www.boxtops4education.com/Image.aspx?id=3878

Box Tops Website - a great place for more information regarding the Box-Top program and how they help our school
http://www.boxtops4education.com/Default.aspx

Belinda Harrell is the chair for this event.

Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro


                 http://generalmills.promo.eprize.com/differenceonemakes/?affiliate_id=1d&esrc=15777

Firefly Watch

Attention: Teachers, Parents and Students! Local Scientists need your help. Share your backyard observations as you and your child hunt for fireflies! Please go to the Museum of Science website to sign your family up. Follow this link. https://www.mos.org/fireflywatch/ Also, Let me know what you have observed in comments!

Sincerely,
Kim

Fruit Bowl in Appreciation of our Teachers

In honor of our amazing teachers and staff, the PAW club has placed a fruit bowl in the teachers lounge. This is a healthful alternative to the usual break-room treats and has been a popular idea thus far. We are looking for parents interested in helping keep this bowl filled. As of now, we are filling the bowl on Mondays but would like to have enough parents alternating to fill it on Wednesdays as well. This is a great opportunity for working parents to help the school when they are unable to volunteer. Cindy Watford is the chair to contact for those interested. Please contact Cindy at the following e-mail address cwatford@peoplepc.com

September Volunteer and Parent Opportunities

September 14th at 8:15am in the copy room - PAW Meeting


September 22nd - Read For a Better Life Day: "Hats off to reading!"
We would like to have as many parents possible reading to our classrooms. See your child's teacher to sign up!

Cookie Dough Fundraiser begins this month
There will be volunteer opportunities on the night of pick-up. Please contact us if interested in helping. paw.club@yahoo.com

Farmers Market
September 24th is the last day to reserve a booth
September 30th - Informational meeting with Andrea FitzGerrell and Mrs. Watson regarding this event.

NEXT MEETING

Our next PAW meeting will be held on Tuesday September 14th at 8:15am in the Copy Room. Andrea FitzGerrell will be hosting this meeting as I am unable to attend. The meeting will focus on the upcoming Fall Farmers Market and ALL parents are invited to attend. This date has been moved up from a later date.

First Annual Fall Farmers Market and Craft Fair

 Our First Annual Fall Farmers Market and Craft Fair will be held on Saturday, October 16th, 2010 from 10:00am - 4:00pm. We are still looking for food, craft and market vendors. The booths will be 50.00 each for a 12 * 15 ft space. All food vendors MUST provide a license. You also MUST provide your own Set-up, tear-down, tables, chairs, tarps and any other equipment needed.  We would love to see school families participate in some way, so please let us know if you have any ideas for your family. To do this we are going to need a Huge volunteer force to pull it off. Andrea Fitzgerrell will be the Chairperson for this event. All proceeds will go directly to our school. Please help us make this event a success!


The last day to reserve is September 24th, 2010. There will be an informational meeting with the principal on Thursday September 30th at 6:30pm at Creighton Elementary. If you have any questions, please call Andrea FitzGerrell at: 936-446-1918 or e-mail: andreafitzgerrell@yahoo.com
 Will need

craft vendors
fruit/vegetable vendors
plant vendors
canners
candlemakers
tupperware or any direct sales people
fall harvest such as pumpkins
hay bales
fall seedlings
herbs

I would also like to see families sponsor carnival games and booths.

Cake walk
Ring Toss
possible silent Auction
possible hay bale maze
moonwalk
face painters
petting zoo
dino dig
snowcones -
popcorn

I would like to see each grade level sponsor a booth as well

sand art
student art show



 As you can see, we need ideas and lots of help. Each area we add, will need a chairperson to coordinate it.   Please e-mail me or andrea with any thoughts, ideas, or interests in booths. I will post Andrea's contact information at a later date.

Kimberly Asaro
paw.club@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
PAW President

First Day of Kindergarten Blues

Who would have thought that I, as involved as I am, would have such a hard time letting my kindergarten child go on the very first day of school? It was an eye-opening experience that I won't forget any time soon. 

   My little one was so excited about school that I was completely unprepared for his unraveling as I sat him down at his table. He looked up and me with his beautiful eyes and asked me to please stay with him. I hugged him and told him that mommy had to go but that I knew he would have an amazing day. I stood up and walked out as he clung to his daddy begging him to please let him go home, for just today. He wasn't ready, he whispered. I stood by the lockers outside of the room, crushed, as other parents walked out with much more strength than I had at the moment. I had an image of running in and picking him up in my arms as we bolted the halls together. Just then, Mrs. Fossler, our school counselor, rounded the corner. I told her that it was MY kid having a meltdown and that daddy wasn't about to leave him. You see, his daddy is worse than I am. Well, of course, Mrs. Fossler knows that the best way to deal with this situation is also the hardest. Just leave, brave parents, he'll be fine. She sat with him for a few minutes and ushered Joe out of the classroom. He and I peeked into the window one last time, watching as he stared at the door, waiting for our return.

Normally, as PAW president, I would stay for a while, do a meeting or two, but I knew that today my only option was to leave. So we left and went home to a silent house. That is when, dear parents, I lost it. I cried. I missed him so much. It dawned on me that the first time I went through this with my oldest son, I came home to a two year old. I worried all day about the little things. Would he be able to open all of his lunch packages?  Will he be able to manage his buttons? Will he ever find his way home to me? The little things. :)

All I can say is this... It was the longest six hours of my life. We could not wait one second longer as we headed back up to the school to gather our children. We drove up. As my youngest climbed into the car, I asked him about his day. He informed me that it was a great day and that he was ready for tomorrow! He told me about how much fun he had and that he made friends just like I said he would. I was stunned. At the end of the day he was fine and I was a wreck. I am so proud of my big boy and I am looking forward to another great year at Creighton!

To all new parents at Creighton... I've been there. I understand how you feel and I'm looking forward to working with you over the years. If you have any questions about volunteering, please e-mail me at paw.club@yahoo.com 

Sincerely,

Kim Asaro

Happy 1st Day 

Of School to all 

Creighton Parents and Students!

Welcome to the Creighton 2010/2011 Creighton School Year!

A few reminders.

MEET THE TEACHER ~
August 19th 2010 - PK and Kindergarten orientation    3:00 - 3:45 pm Creighton Cafeteria
August 19th 2010 - Meet the Teacher, PK-4                 3:30 - 5:30 pm


VOLUNTEERING ~ Parents interested in volunteering need to apply online each year. Please follow this link Volunteer application

HOMEROOM PARENTS ~ Anyone interested in being a homeroom mom, please mention this to your teacher. If she is interested in having a homeroom mom this year, she will inform you. Our PAW committee will be here to support all homeroom moms. Please see the Homeroom Parents link on this website for duties.

MEETINGS ~ Any parent is welcome at our monthly Tuesday meetings. Please see the Calendar Link on this website for meeting dates. Our first meeting is on September 21st in the copy room.

HELP WANTED ~ We still need chairpersons and volunteers for the following committees. Please see the Committees - Help Needed Link on this website for job descriptions. Please let us know if you are interested! Our contact e-mail address is paw.club@yahoo.com

Homeroom parent leader by grade level. 
PK
1st Grade
3rd Grade Play -

4th Grade Christmas Program -
Parent Information Nights/Health Fair/Family Nights -
Polar Express Day -
Holiday Ornaments -
Field Day -
Career Day -
Homeroom Parents -  
Cookie Dough Fundraiser

See you all soon!

Sincerely,

Kim Asaro
paw.club@yahoo.com

Rainy day Science Fun for Summer - Sharpie Pen Science

Pancake Breakfast for the Last Teacher Workday of the Year

Special Thank You to Joe Asaro, Tracy Lindsey, Belinda Harrell
 and Cindy Watford for going to the school this morning and preparing 
a pancake breakfast for Creighton Staff. I am sure it was greatly 
appreciated. Now our Summer officially begins!

Schools Out!

Have A Great Summer to All Creighton Students, Parents and Staff! 

Check back often for updates on the coming 2010/2011 School Year.

We will miss our fourth graders!

Thank You to our amazing staff for the Awards Ceremony. 

I think that the kids really appreciated the time and effort put into

 recognizing their achievements.

Thank You to all of our PAW and WATCHdog parents for an outstanding year in Parent Participation. Your involvement makes a huge difference in the lives of your children and others.

Definition of Volunteer Title's

 Box Tops - helps collect box tops from products & students, assist in sorting box tops, supervise box top contest at end of the school year - Year round event. (Chair - Belinda Harrell)

Lost and Found - Locating owners of lost and found items. ( Chair - Belinda Harrell)

Volunteer Coordinator - assist in contacting parents that have volunteered for scheduled events.
(Chair-Brandy Duncan)

Parent Information Nights/Family Nights/Health Fair - assist staff in coordinating events, which can include setting up tables, taking down tables, assist with snacks, and/or distribution of materials.

Cookie Dough Fundraiser - assist Mrs. French and staff with sorting and handing out cookie dough. (Chair - Tracy Lindsey)

Fall Farmers Market - assist in setting up tents, table, trash pick up, monitoring booths, collecting money for activities, including duties assigned by Lead Chair. (Chair - Andrea FitzGerrell)

Yearbook - asist in obtaining pictures, information, order forms, sales and delivery of school yearbooks to students. Pictures are year round - delivery in May. ( Chair - Jessica Ramirez)

Grade Level Home Room Parent Coordinator - contact homeroom Parent regarding upcoming classroom events and activities and/or duties assigned by Lead Chair. ( Chair - Brandy Duncan)

     Grade Level Homeroom Chair persons PK - 4 - Responisble for sigining up new homeroom parent    
      volunteers for each assigned grade level. Work with Lead Chair/Grade Level Home Room Parent  
     Coordinator to assure all classrooms have homeroom parents as well as overseeing scheduled events.

             PK
             K - Jessica Ramirez
             1st -
             2nd - Brandy Duncan
             3rd - Kimberly Asaro
             4th -  Brandy Duncan

     Homeroom Parent - assist teacher in scheduled events for classrooms. Including but not limited to
     take home cutting projects and/or paperbook assembly.

Teacher Appreciation/Snacks - provide snacks for scheduled meeting and/or functions. ( Chair - Cindy Watford)

    Donuts for Dads/Muffins for Mom

   TAKS Snacks

    Teacher Appreciation

Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) - A large focus on male mentoring where Dads, Uncles, Grandfathers, etc. volunteer at the school to assist with school activities/functions. ( Chair - Joe Asaro / Chris Hebert )

Book Fair - Assist in setting up/taking down merchandise, operating cash register, helping students choose books, shifts will be scheduled according to your availability. ( Chair - Kimberly Asaro)

T-Shirt Sizing and Wrapping - assist in collecting sizes from each child, help sort and wrap t-shirts by class, help with distribution. ( Chair - Jessica Ramirez )

3rd Grade Music Program - Assist in preparing props, costumes, and students for program.

4th Grade Music Program - Assist in preparing props, costumes, and students for program.

Polar Express/Ornament Day - Assist staff with preparing hot chocolate and helping students with ornaments. Assist Santa with delivery of T-shirts.

Career Day - Assist Counselor with gathering sponsors and parents for Career day.

Field Day - Assist Enrichment team in planning and gathering volunteers for field day. Help set up and tear down stations.

Recycling - assist Lead Chair in collecting and disposing of recycled materials. ( Andrea FitzGerrell)

2010 Field Day

We had an amazing parent turnout for field day this year! Thanks to ALL parents who attended and volunteered. Several moms helped with snack distribution as well as running stations. We had many WATCHdog dads, including husbands of teachers running water stations to keep our kids hydrated.  Thanks also to our AMAZING enrichment team, led by Mrs. Mcdonald. They did a great job planning and executing the event. The kids had a great time with the new schedule of events and I am looking forward to topping it next year!

The Creighton Elementary 2010/2011 P.A.W. Club (Parents At Work) Needs YOU!

We will need parent leaders and volunteers for the following events and positions for the upcoming school year. 
Current Chairs are marked.  All others are still in need of leaders. 
If you are interested, please call or e-mail Kim Asaro –
 (936) 520-3152 / e-mail – paw.club@yahoo.com.  
Please don’t forget to follow our website - pawclubnews.blogspot.com for the latest information.

Volunteer Coordinator

Parent Information Nights / Family Nights / Health Fair

Cookie Dough Fundraiser

 FALL FARMERS MARKET (Chair-Andrea FitzGerrell)

Yearbook

Grade level homeroom Parent Coordinators (Lead Chair-Brandy Duncan)

Homeroom Parents

Appreciation/Snacks

Donuts for Dads/Muffins for Moms

WATCHdogs

Book Fair (Chair- Kim Asaro)

T-Shirt Sizing & Wrapping

3^rd Grade Program

4^th Grade Program

Polar Express/Ornament day

TAKS snacks

Career Day

Field day

Website /Flyers (Chair-Kim Asaro)

2009/2010 Creighton Year book is finally completed!

Our very first yearbook as the PAW group is done! It was a bumpy road as there was a giant learning curve ahead of us, but I am very happy with the results. Our yearbook chair, Crystal Oliver has worked really hard from the first of the year to pull it all together and I want to thank her, as a mom, for putting so much effort into our kids memories. Crystal spent the first half of the year designing the layouts and working with Taylor Publishing on everything from sales to portraits.
 The second half of the year we spent taking pictures of our great students at
play and picking out those perfect moments to share. If you purchased a book,
look for its arrival in late May 2010.

Crystal and I want to thank the following parents for all their help as well!
Without their help, it could not have been done.

Crystal Oliver
Brandy Duncan
Heather Byford
Tracy Lindsey
Towana Leal
Cindy Watford

Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
Paw President

FIELD DAY 2010

It's everyone's favorite time of the year! Creighton Elementary will be holding our annual Field Day Event on Friday, May 14th, 2010. As you can see, we are holding it a few weeks earlier than usual to try to avoid the heat. We are also holding a school-wide one day event instead of spreading it out over 3 days as in the past. We are looking for a LOT of parent volunteers to run individual stations. We will have 24 different stations for all of our students to participate in.

We are looking for:
24 volunteers morning shift
24 volunteers evening shift
Ice
Water
Ice pops OR snowcone supplies
Popcorn supplies
money to purchase t-shirt supplies

Thanks in advance for your participation!
Let's make this a Field day to remember.


Please call or e-mail if interested:

Jessica Ramirez (281) 330-9638
ramirezranch@yahoo.com
PAW club Secretary

OR

Sheila McDonald at (936) 231-2255

CREIGHTON PE teacher

Conference time: 11:00-11:45

or email to: srmcdonald@conroeisd.net


Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
PAW President

PAW club meeting - March 30, 2010

In Attendance: 
   Towana Leal - Bilingual representative
   Jessica Ramirez - Secretary
   Kimberly Asaro - PAW President
   Andrea Fitzgerrell - Farmers Market Chair
   Brandy Duncan - Homeroom mom coordinator

AGENDA

Meeting with Mrs. Watson rescheduled.

TAKS SNACKS - April 27, 28 2010

passed out parent database (snacks) to all who attended. Will divide and call.
Mrs. Fossler to send out an all call to all parents as well

FIELD DAY - May 14th 2010

Paws will be responsible for obtaining volunteers for this event.
Mrs. McDonald will be responsible for obtaining donation
Mrs. Ryan to be responsible for t-shirts

We need:
48 volunteers to run stations - Full day or half day shifts
2 pop-up canopies (K. Asaro faxed to Lowes)
Ice
60 cases of water
900 ice pops OR snowcone supplies
popcorn supplies
money to purchase t-shirts
moonwalk

Future PAW meeting with Mrs Watson - April, 13th 2010 - 8:15 am

to discuss 2010/11 Creighton school year calendar - Please attend if able!
Next years meetings will be held on the last Tuesday of each month at 8:15 am in the teacher work room.
All parents are invited to attend and dates will be posted on this website.

 We will also discuss ONGOING project updates for this year

1. Yearbook update - Crystal Oliver
2. Recycling/gardening update - Andrea Fitzgerrall
3. Box top update - Stefanie Kocerek


FARMERS MARKET - Saturday, October 16, 2010
date set and approved by Mrs Watson

Discussed preparing flyers - Kim Asaro

Brandy Duncan to work on hay bale maze

Andrea Fitzgerrell to chair event

  -will begin by measuring off spaces.

Prepared by Jessica Ramirez:

Agenda

Letter of donation request for field day

Letter of volunteer participation for field day

Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
PAW President

Creighton Farmers Market/Carnival - October 16th 2010

We are considering hosting a Farmers Market at the beginning of next school year. The date hasn't been set, but we are looking at Late September / Early October. To do this we are going to need a Huge volunteer force to pull it off. Andrea Fitzgerrell will be the Chairperson for this event.

Spend time this summer talking to friends, family and everyone else you know that may be interested. Also, pay attention to local fairs, markets and carnivals. What booths do they have, notice the number of volunteers, etc. I NEED all of you to help! Funds will go towards Creighton field trips and other school needs. But larger than that, it will be a great way to get our community involved and help local families and businesses.

The details are tentative at best but here are a few thoughts. We will most likely charge an area fee (or donation). We will request that everyone bring their own tables, tarps and anything else needed to run their booths.

Will need

craft vendors
fruit/vegetable vendors
plant vendors
canners
candlemakers
tupperware or any direct sales people
yard eggs
fall harvest such as pumpkins
hay bales
fall seedlings
herbs

I would also like to see families sponsor carnival games and booths.

Cake walk
Ring Toss
possible silent Auction
possible hay bale maze
moonwalk
face painters
petting zoo
dino dig
snowcones -
popcorn

I would like to see each grade level sponsor a booth as well

sand art
student art show



 As you can see, we need ideas and lots of help. Each area we add, will need a chairperson to coordinate it.  If we start planning now, all those interested will be able to spend the summer planning on what they can make or sell.  Please e-mail me with any thoughts, ideas, or interests in booths. I will post Andrea's contact information at a later date.

Kimberly Asaro
paw.club@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
PAW President

Creighton Spring Health Fair - Reading / Writing Event

Eat This-Not That was the topic of our annual health fair event. This event was hosted by our Creighton Enrichment team and was meant to raise awareness to what is quickly becoming a childhood epidemic. Diabetes. More and younger kids are showing signs of insulin intolerance, which will lead to early-onset Diabetes. During this event we had a special guest doctor from Sadler Clinic discuss this with students and parents. There were exercise demonstrations, a bike raffle, and healthy foods for our Creighton families.

Our Paw Club volunteers spent a lot of time preparing healthy foods for this event. A very special thank you goes to Belinda Harrell for chairing this event and working closely with Mrs. McDonald. Thank you also to-

Belinda Harrell

Jessica Ramirez

Brandy Duncan

Kimberly and Joe Asaro

Crystal Oliver and Family

Caney Creek High School students
Creighton Enrichment Team

   Our teachers also held a reading and writing event in the classrooms. It was a great way to show off what our kids are learning and to emphasize the importance of continuing their education at home. Packets were sent home with fun reading and writing exercises. Thank you to all of our teachers who helped with this event.

Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
PAW President

Creighton Spring Book Fair

This is my sixth bookfair with Creighton and although the economy is a big issue, our students and parents really pulled through for us and made this our best book fair to date! Our total fair sales were 7,220.42. That is a 758.15 increase over last spring. Of that our profit is 1,805.11 which will be used for books for our library and our students.

Thank you to Mrs. Massey and Mrs. Barfied for hosting yet another bookfair and for tolerating yet another mess!

Thanks to ALL of our volunteers who participated in this event.

Kimberly Asaro

Heather Byford

Belinda Harrell

Brandy Duncan

Crystal Oliver

Cindy Watford

Towana Leal

Jessica Ramirez

and a special thanks to Mrs Koen for helping with our busiest family night ever!

Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
PAW President

Jump Rope For heart - Be A Heart Hero!

The following is a link for our Jump Rope for Heart Program. Please join your school in the fight against heart disease. Be A HEART HERO!

http://honor.americanheart.org/site/TR/JumpforHeart/JRFH-SCA?team_id=113972&pg=team&fr_id=1286

Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
PAW President

Tuesday Paw Club Meeting January 12, 2010

Happy New Year

To all Creighton Paws parents, teachers and students! Todays meeting focused on Scheduling the Book Fair, Field day discussions and Most Importantly wrapping up year book.

Yearbook - YEARBOOK meeting  January 25th at 2:30

I need grade level volunteers to work on the portraits section of the yearbook.

Kindergarten and 1st grade are covered, so we need second, third and fourth grades. This is a computer based brogram and may be done at home or the school.

Sponsor Spots: We also need to fill 18 more sponsor spots. The cost is 25.00 for a business card sized ad. This includes a free copy of the yearbook! If you know of a business that would be interested, let Crystal Oliver know.

Book Fair:

Setup date - Tuesday, February 16th - Kim Asaro ; Andrea Fitzgerell

Opening Night will be - February 18th during Family Fun night at 6:00 pm.

I will need volunteers to work this event in 15 minute increments, so everyone will be able to enjoy family night.

Book Fair Days: February 19th and February 22nd-26th -
We will have morning and evening shifts available for volunteers.


morning 7:45 - 12:00
afternoon 11:00- 3:00
Please call or e-mail Kim Asaro

Snacks: also, if anyone would like to bring snacks

for the volunteers that would be greatly appreciated.

Field Day -

We will need all volunteers to help with this event. It will be scheduled sometime in May. We will have popcorn and snowcones to make, as well as booths to attend to along with our school enrichment team members.


Sincerely,
Kimberly Asaro
PAW President