PTO Pancake Dinner Thu Apr 29
by your reporter on the beat
Like pancakes? Join in the family fun for this all-you-can eat dinner at Bach School from 5:15 - 7:15PM on Thursday, April 29th!

Enjoy sausages and stacks of pancakes served with syrup, butter and juice in the Multi-purpose room. This event is held on the same day as Kindergarten visitation, so it is a great opportunity to socialize with both veteran and first time Bach School parents and kids. After eating, kids often head to the playground to continue the fun.

We are pleased that Chris Cakes, the caterer for this year's Pancake Dinner, has let us know that their pancake batter and other foods they will serve at Bach are safe for individuals with allergies to peanuts and tree nuts. They said their foods do not contain nuts/peanuts as ingredients and that they are not processed on equipment shared with these allergens. If your family members do have severe allergies, you may want to double-check any foods of concern with the Chris Cakes caterers.

Bring your Scrip order to the pancake dinner and be entered to win free gift certificates.

Additional seating will be available for this year's event!

Admission is $5 per person or $20 per family of four or more. Questions? Contact coordinator Renee Bayer at reneebayer@hotmail.com

Thinking About PTO?

Consider getting involved with a supportive community that is here to help our kids! Check out these parent-sized opportunities for the 2010-2011 school year.

Room Parent Coordinator This board position (1) obtains a list of interested room parents from PTO web site and September picnic sign-up sheets. (2) Provides teachers who still need room parents a sign-up sheet for Curriculum Night (3) Compiles list of room parents and their contact information for the office and school directory (4) Provides room parents an electronic copy of Bach School Directory from Phone Directory Coordinator as soon as it is available (5) Notifies room parents via e-mail throughout the year of volunteer opportunities for school activities.

Family Science Night Coordinator The coordinator reserves the date with Hands-On Museum in August for this November event, advertises the event and recruits volunteers from Bach parents and community volunteer groups that have helped in the past. The coordinator arrives early the night of the event to help set up, oversees volunteers during the event, and helps clean up.

BrrrFest Co-coordinator Shadow Gail Einhaus, BrrrFest coordinator extraordinaire, to learn how she puts on this fun family carnival every other year in February. This will be Gail's last year at Bach, and we are looking for someone to take the reins for this event.

Campbell Soup Label Coordinator Advertise to families to collect Campbell Soup Labels. Collect labels twice yearly, bundle, and send to Campbells.

Tysons A+ Coordinator (New!) Advertise to families to collect Tyson Project A+ labels. Collect labels twice yearly, bundle, and send to Tysons.

PTO Photographer Show up to PTO events and take pictures for our newsletter. Help select pictures for the yearbook.

PTO Bulletin board Help to update the PTO bulletin board near the main lobby every month by posting event news.

Scrip Grade Representative (New!) Give out Scrip information (paper packet is provided) to new families in your grade, and be available to answer questions about scrip (for example helping at a scrip event table for an hour). This position does not involve active sales or involve any type of sales competition.

90-minutes-or-less help (New!) We will place your e-mail address on the 90-minutes-or-less list. When a board member or event coordinator has a one-time job that takes 90 minutes or less, they will post to this list. You respond if you are available. Sample jobs may include phoning 10 families for Parent Involvement Day RSVP, running the ice cream social food license out to Zeeb Road, or going to a local business to pick up scrip cards.

Mail Wendy Umbriac at wumbriac@gmail.com for more information or to sign up for any of these positions!