FSUS PTSA

There’s a chill in the air, and it’s time to enjoy the season with Florida High’s Annual Fall Carnival.

The PTSA will have a Sandy Candy booth this year.  Come by and see us while you’re out and about at the carnival.  Better yet, if you’d like to help out, we have one more opening for the second shift at the booth.  Click here to sign up, or contact Kasey Chapin if you have further questions.

Tickets are on sale each morning in the cafeteria and also in the elementary classrooms. There will be a ticket booth set up Friday afternoon behind the administration building. No cash will be accepted at booths, so get your tickets early.

“Psst.  Did you hear that Florida High is having a Family Fun Night at Chick Fil-A?”

Please join the PTSA for the second Spirit Night of the school year. It will be at the Chick-Fil-A on Apalachee Parkway from 4-8pm on Monday Ocotber 27th.  FSUS’s new director, Dr. Lynn Wicker, will drop in between 5:00-5:30pm to meet the families of Florida High.  PTSA will receive 15% of the proceeds from the FSUS attendees. Please mention Florida High or turn in Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night card to the cashier. Chick-Fil-A will even honor it in the drive-thru line, so please come out and support our PTSA!!

The Florida High Fall Carnival will take place on Friday,
October 31st from 1:00-3:00 pm.  The PTSA will have a booth this year selling sugar-free Sandy Candy.  Volunteers are needed to work between 12:30 pm and 3:15 pm.  There will be 2 shifts.  Three volunteers are needed at each shift.

To sign up to volunteer, click here.
For more information, e-mail Kasey Chapin.

The PTSA will be collecting items for Second Harvest the week of November 3rd in the classrooms. Please consider donating to this worthwhile cause.  It means so much to those kids who would otherwise not have enough over the weekend.

Items such as canned lean meats (tuna, chicken), rice and pasta, whole grain crackers (with peanut butter or cheese fillings), canned fruit and vegetables would be fabulous!

If you would like to help out with preparation and distribution of brown bags the week prior or collection of filled bags at end of the week, please click here for a sign up.

Can we top last year’s collection?  ABSOLUTELY

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Julie Lengacher.

Sincerely,

Julie Lengacher
poppeeps@nettally.com

Beginning on October 13th, Linda Searight, Lunchroom Manager, will be introducing the “Eat Your Colors” Program during lunchtime.  Students will be encouraged to eat a variety of colors of foods, which represents a healthier diet.  Students will be given punch cards in order to track if they are choosing a variety of different foods.

Volunteers are needed Monday, October 13th - Thursday, October 16th from 9:50 - 11:50 am to help punch the students’ punch cards. (Volunteers can sign up for one or two hour shifts on each day)

To sign up to volunteer, click here.
For more information, e-mail Linda Searight, Lunchroom Manager.

The PTSA and FSU’s Police Dept. are sponsoring a Bike Rodeo on Monday, October 20th. The Rodeo begins at 3:00 pm behind the gym at the outside basketball courts and will run until about 5:00 pm. Participants will be taught safe cycling habits, how to recognize and  avoid road hazards, and how to recognize a well-maintained bicycle.  Refreshments will be provided.  No pre-registration is necessary, just show up with your bikes and helmets.

If you would like to volunteer to help out with the rodeo or for more information,  e-mail  Pro Hruda or call him at 524-4851.

Come out for an afternoon of fun! .

Bike Rodeo

A PTSA school bike rodeo is tentatively scheduled for October.  Stay tuned for details.  This event will allow kids to have fun while learning about bike safety, important in light of the unprecedented number of bicycle deaths this year (3).  Last year’s rodeo featured a bike safety check and tuneup, an obstacle course where kids got to react to simulated dangerous situations, along with prizes and free bike helmets.  This year’s event is expected to be bigger and better.

Look for more details to come.  If you have any questions, contact Danni Vogt.  His e-mail link is below.

Danni Vogt
Health & Safety Chair

Each year the PTSA holds a Boo Hoo (and for some of you, it may be a Yahoo!) Breakfast on the first day of school.  This is for kindergarten parents and new parents to the school to commiserate or rejoice as their child starts school.
Come and join us under the tent near the front office building!  Tissues will be available.

We need 2-3 volunteers! If you would like to help out with the breakfast, please contact Lori Fitzpatrick .

In August 2007, the PTSA sponsored a Back-To- School Breakfast for the faculty and staff.  It was such a success that we have decided to hold it again this year.  The breakfast will take place on Friday, August 15 at 8:30 am in the cafeteria.

If you would like help out with the breakfast or contribute a breakfast casserole or breakfast bread of some sort, please click here .

If you have any further questions,  you may contact Kasey Chapin, PTSA President.