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 Dear FSUS Families,
Since November is the traditional time to appreciate our blessings, let me take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has joined FSUS PTSA this year and who has given their time to support our activities.
A huge thank you goes to our faculty! This is a record year for teacher memberships. Another huge thank you to our FSUS families! We had more participation from middle and high school families for our fall fundraiser than ever before. A huge thank you to our Executive Board for all their time, effort and planning! A huge thank you to our hard-working Committee Chairs!
New committees like Family Fun Nights have held Spirit Nights at Beef O'Brady's and Chick-Fil-A and are planning some great new events. Our Recycling Committee has distributed new containers on campus and is working with existing recycling efforts to make our campus more environmentally aware and responsible. Our Reading Programs Committee is back and working on a new Reading Challenge for the elementary kids. Our Health & Safety Committee is working hard on the school gardens and on rescheduling the Bike Rodeo. We are also looking forward to our developing Room Parents program.
Our volunteers are the best and whether they are distributing fundraising products or tending to our school garden they are worth their weight in gold! I know many of you are hoping for an opportunity to volunteer. November will provide many chances from helping collect food for the Second Harvest to working at the Thanksgiving Luncheon.
Please know that you are an important member of the FSUS PTSA team supporting our students, teachers, staff and administrators.
We're all in this together!.
Kasey Chapin
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PTSA's New Website is Up and Running!
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new website is up and running! Here you will find the most up to date
information on what the PTSA is doing and opportunities for you to
become involved. The new address is www.fsusptsa.com.
Comments are welcome, but please keep them constructive. They will be
moderated before they are published. Also, note that the header at the
top of the site is also the "Home" button for the site. Click on it
and you will be brought back to the home page
Julie Lengacher
Technology Chair
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November at a Glance
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Nov. 1 Time changes - set back clocks one hour
Nov. 3-7 Second Harvest Fall Food Drive (in classroom)
Nov. 7 Last day to submit entries for Reflections
Nov. 9 PTSA Bake Sale at Southwood Harvest Gathering
Nov. 11 Veteran's Day Holiday - NO SCHOOL
Nov. 15 Florida High Arts & Crafts Festival
High School Courtyard, 9:00 - 3:00 pm
Nov. 20 Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon
Cafeteria, 10:00 - 1:00 pm
Nov. 26-28 Thanksgiving Holiday - NO SCHOOL
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Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
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Want to sign up to help out? Click on one of the PTSA sponsored event/projects below:
Second Harvest Food Drive Collection - If you would like to help with collections on Friday, Nov. 7th at 8:30 am, sign up here.
Bake Sale at Southwood Harvest Gathering - If you would like to help out on November 9th at the bake sale, contact Alicia Cherry.
Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon - If you would like to help sell tickets for this on November 20th, sign up here.
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Second Harvest Food Drive - Nov. 3rd-7th
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What can one can do? 
Starting on Monday, November 3rd, the PTSA will begin its Second Harvest Fall Food Drive. Students may bring in nutritious, non=perishable items to their 1st period class for collection.
These items will benefit families in the area whose children have been chosen for the Back Pack Program. At the end of each week, these student receive a "back pack" full of food items to carry them through the weekend.
Consider giving at least one can..more if you are able. Last Fall, almost 1,000 lbs of food was collected. Last Spring, nearly 1,300 lbs. How about 1,600 for this Fall?
Show us what you're made of Florida High!
Want to sign up to help on collection Friday at 8:30 am? Click here.
Julie Lengacher
Chair, Second Harvest Food Drive
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Builders' Club Helps Prepare Bags for Second Harvest Food Drive A huge thank you to the Builders' Club, led by Rhiana Tucker, for all their help in getting the bags ready for the upcoming food drive. You saved me hours of work! Julie LengacherChair, Food Drive Committee
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Reflections Entries Deadline - November 7th
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Just a reminder: Reflections entries are due on Friday, November 7th. For more information, click here to visit our website.
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Fundraising News
PTSA Bake Sale
The PTSA is hosting a bake sale to be held at the Southwood Harvest Gathering on November 9th. All the money that we make will be donated to "Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week" to be held in May. We need everyone's help to make this a success, please see the attached document and email your responses to Alicia Cherry at anc2@embarqmail.com.
Box Tops, Campbell's Labels, Tyson Project A+, and Community Coffee Collection
Thanks to all students, teachers, parents and everyone who collected Box Tops, Campbell's labels, Tyson A+ and Community Coffee labels. We are excited that our first collection period brought in Box Tops worth $768.30 along with over 2600 Campbell's points, 51 Tyson A+ Labels and 700 (1 cent and 5 cents) Community Coffee Labels. Please keep clipping and turning in all of your labels with your student's name, teacher and grade - EVERYONE IS A WINNER!!
Our top collector's for this period were:
K-2
Ashtyn Tilton - 300 Total Llabels
Nia Holmes - 370 Total Labels
3-5
Taylor Holsworth - 356 Total Labels
Chloe Pulver - 1237 Total Labels
Middle School:
David Haupt - 223 Total Labels
Emily Guimaraes - 331 Total Labels
High School:
Danny Pomidor - 125 Total Labels
Nicole Morris - 159 Total Labels
The top collectors for K-2 and 3-5 received a $10 gift card to Borders, and the top collectors for middle and high School received a $10 ITunes gift card. Thanks to everyone who cut their Box Tops and labels; it really makes it easier for us when we count them and prepare them for shipment! Our next collection period is December 10th.
Fall Fundraiser Thanks
Also, our PTSA Fall fundraiser items were delivered to all elementary, middle and high school students who participated this year. A HUGE thanks goes out to everyone for coming out and helping with the distribution. Without the help of each and everyone of you, we could not and would not have finished distributing the many boxes to the students. With all of your help, we feel this task went quite smoothly! We'd like to say thanks to Alicia Tilton, Kasey Chapin, Robin Spillias, Paige Dietz, Heidi Abernethy, Lori Fitzpatrick, Hank Stephens, Mark Mahoney, Cathy Montpelier and Terri Mullaly!
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Trevor Brumbley
1st Vice President, Fundraising Committee
Alicia Cherry
Co-Chair, Fundraising Committee
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The 5th Annual Florida High Arts & Crafts Festival will take place on Saturday, November 15th, from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm in the high school courtyard.
Admission is free! There will be food, music, raffles and handmade crafts from over 45 local area artists.
Two handmade quilts will be raffled off at 2:30 pm. You need not be present to win.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Barb Davis or phone at 245-3745.
**If you have folding tables that are 6-8 feet long, that you could spare for the festival, please contact Ms. Davis as soon as possible**
Barb Davis
Instructor, High School Art Department
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Thanksgiving Luncheon
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The Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon will take place in the cafeteria on November 20th, from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.
If you would like to attend with your child, you will need to purchase a ticket. Tickets may be pre-purchased for adults and non-FSUS students OR tickets will be available for purchase at the door!
Price: $4.25 per ticket
FSUS students should use their lunch account.
** If you have more than one student attending FSUS, please purchase tickets through your youngest child's teacher! **
If you would like to help sell tickets at the door, sign up here. If you have any questions, contact Kasey Chapin.
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Family Fun Nights!
Our second Spirit Night of the school year was held on Monday October 27th at the Chick-Fil-A on Apalachee Parkway. Thanks to all who attended, and thanks to Dr. Wicker for dropping in to meet some of our Florida High families.
We raised a total of $105.84 for the PTSA. Thanks again for everyone's support!
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Paige Dietz
Co-Chair, Spirit Nights Committee
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Health & Safety Committee Update
School Gardens
The garden project is going strong with 21 kids enjoying this wonderful fall weather and planting vegetables and herbs. So far, we've planted broccoli, cauliflower, snap peas, brussels sprouts, onions, carrots, spinach, collards, radishes, lettuce and cabbage, along with some herbs. The kids have finished the planting stage and are now weeding, mulching and nurturing the crop, with maturation expected sometime in December.
Thanks to the parent volunteers Susan Brodbeck, Kristin Scovera, Cheryl Dippre, Irene Bivins, and Paul Driggers for making this project a success. Thanks also to the members of the Middle School Builder's Club who have been helping the kids with the planting.
Bike Rodeo
The Bike Rodeo was canceled at the last minute due to the fact the FSU Police Department, the centerpiece of the event, could not make it at the designated time. This fun and educational event will be rescheduled for sometime in the Spring.
Tree Planting
The Health and Safety Committee plans to purchase several trees for planting around campus this winter. This will be done to both beautify the campus and to provide shade for sun protection in spots like the playground, baseball and softball bleachers, and high jump pit area of the track where no shade now exists. We will also spend some time enriching the soil around the trees the PTSA has already planted. Anyone interested in helping with this project should e-mail Danni Vogt or call 877-5641.
Health and Safety Fair
Initial planning for the annual event is beginning and a tentative date for the fair has been set for Thursday March 26, 2009, the Thursday before Spring Break.
Danni Vogt
Chair, Health & Safety Committee
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Reading Programs Update
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The 2008-2009 Reading Challenge
Want to see Mr. Trafford dress up like Captain Unde rpants? Then, our elementary kids have got to get busy reading. The goal is to read 10,000 books by May.
Please remind your students to fill out the reading challenge sheet or simply list books they've completed on a piece of notebook paper. Parents, please initial after each completed book on the sheet. Teachers will recognize student readers of the month at the end of each month.
Stretch your mind and your vocabulary--READ!
Cori Blomberg
Chair, Reading Programs Committee
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It's never too late to get involved. The more the hands, the lighter the load!
Take Care,
Julie Lengacher
Chair, Technology Committee
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