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!