Charlemagne PTO eNews: February 18th 2019

Hope you all are having a great extended weekend. We have a short but exciting week ahead. This Thursday 2/21 is our monthly PTO general meeting. Please check out the Agenda here. 

The Charlemagne OBOB battles run this coming week, February 19-22. The battle schedule, as well as the list of OBOB teams, can be found on the school website’s OBOB page:

http://charlemagne.4j.lane.edu/resources/obob/

Official battle rules and procedures can be found on the OBOB website, https://www.oregonbattleofthebooks.org/

The winning team will represent Charlemagne at Regionals at Thurston High School on March 9.

We are still in need of a few volunteers to help the battles run smoothly. Please sign up here to volunteer: Please sign up HERE!

Lastly, we will no longer run OBOB at Charlemagne as we have 5th graders going to Roosevelt next year. Charlemagne is in need of parents to help facilitate OBOB next year. Please contact us if you’d like to learn more about what it takes to make OBOB a success at Charlemagne.

During the week of March 4th your child may receive a library notice regarding overdue books.  If your child has overdue books please return them to the library or pay the assessed fines to Bernadette in the office.

Need financial assistance with fines? See Bernadette in the front office.

If there is an error in the notice, please let us know in one of the following ways:

If there is an error in the notice, please let us know in one of the following ways:

Library Dropbox:

This will be located outside the library.  Let us know your child’s first and last name, teacher and the error.  For Example “John Johns/3rd Grade; Paid fines – $20 to the office. Please remove fines”

Email the Library:

Email the library at charlemagnelibrary@4j.lane.edu.  Let us know your child’s first and last name, teacher and the error.  For Example “John Johns/3rd Grade; Paid fines – $20 to the office. Please remove fines”

Questions:  email the library at charlemagnelibrary@4j.lane.edu

We are working very hard to update the current records.  Thank you for your assistance and patience while we work through our records.  We really appreciate it. Merci!

Hosting is an amazing experience that enriches your family as well as our school! Thank you to Gromsruds for hosting Isabel last year. We are still looking for one more host family for the end of this year as well as host families for next year.  If you have any questions and would like to host please contact us!

Host Family Coordinators for the Charlemagne Intern Program

Olivia Hardin, Helen Jetter

& Cynthia Stenger Riplinger:

charlemagneinternprogram@gmail.com

Please join us for a special presentation on Internet Safety from
Ophelia’s Place March 21st from 6:30-8pm in the Charlemagne
cafeteria. 

This presentation is geared at supporting parents in creating a healthy structure for their children around safe internet use and healthy social media interaction. Presentations include information and discussion to address the following:

Ø  Learn digital citizenship tips; discuss the importance of a positive digital footprint.

Ø  Examine the prevalence of online predators, exploitation and blackmail risks.

Ø  Consider photo sharing, safety and location features.

Ø  Discuss social media image construction and pressure it can create for youth.

Ø  Define cyberbullying and examine its impact.

Ø  Clarify appropriate reporting steps.

Ø  Learn about youth advocacy tools and strategies to educate and support youth.

If you are interested in attending, please take a minute to answer

this brief survey at your earliest convenience. Your feedback will
help us focus the discussion on the specific concerns of our
community. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/35WRSPV

 

Opportunities for Supporting Charlemagne:

• PTO Class Representatives:(Mme Sion, Mme Kim, Mme Anou, Mme King, Mme Jana, Mme Grabowski)
• Soiree Procurement Team
• Esprit De Corps Team: Help coordinating upcoming classified staff and teacher appreciation weeks 

While shopping this holiday season please consider supporting these businesses as they will donate a percentage of your purchases to the school. This is free money for our school of the purchases you already are making. All you need to do is to sign up and keep your information up to date.

• Market of Choice: 1) go to escrip at https://secure.escrip.com/signup/index.jsp;  2) Type in ‘Charlemagne French Immersion Elementary’; 3) Register your payment cards;  4) Shop with your registered cards. Register your rewards card HERE:

• Amazon Smile: 1) go to https://smile.amazon.com/;  2) type in ‘Charlemagne at Fox Hollow PTO Company’ & then select.  AmazonSmile uses the same log in as your regular Amazon account. But you must shop at smile.amazon.com to contribute.

• Fred Meyer’s Community Rewards Program: Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search by name (Charlemagne PTO) or by the non-profit number (QJ541)
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