Tuesday, May 3rd is National Teacher Appreciation Day, but teacher appreciation is celebrated throughout the entire week.  Our teachers will enjoy a luncheon provided by the PTA and several parent volunteers.  We encourage everyone to let their teachers know how special they are during this week of recognition.  Anyone who would like to donate an item to the luncheon should contact Kirsten.Newman@mayopta.org .

The PTA with the help of  Mrs. Evans has scheduled Nutritionist, Dawn Sulmasy to be our guest speaker for our March 1st PTA meeting.  As many of you know, childhood obesity along with many other medical conditions caused by poor nutrition is a growing problem in our country.  We hope that all of you will be able to join us for this special interactive seminar to learn how to feed our busy families healthy foods without sacrificing a lot of time.

The Book Fair is a much anticipated yearly event at Mayo.  This year the PTA is happy to announce that we will not be depositing the profits into the general PTA account.  We have set a goal of earning a Smart Board for the school, and giving our Librarian the remaining funds to purchase much needed books for the school library.  By taking all of our earnings in Scholastic dollars we will be doubling our profits and therefore be able to provide more to our school.

Please help us reach our goal by supporting this year's Book Fair.  Below is a link to our official Book Fair website where you can find information on when your child's classroom will be going down to the Fair.  Parents are welcome at the school to shop the Book Fair at anytime during Book Fair hours.  The Book Fair will also be open on November 9th from 6 - 8pm for those unable to attend during the day.  The PTA will be hosting guest speaker Dawn Sulmasy for an interactive child nutrition seminar that evening from 7 - 8pm.  We hope that all of you will be able to join us!

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/publish/mayoelementaryschool

On Saturday, October 23rd from 9:30 - 3:30  Mayo School will host its 30th Annual Craft Fair.  Crafters and shoppers come from all over New England to attend this event.  We thank all of our volunteers who will be working at our fair, and hope that all Mayo families will take a few moments out of their day to come and support this event.  Please see the attached flyer for more information.

Congratulations to Mrs. Desruisseaux's 4th grade class for selling the most calendar raffle tickets.  We thank all of you for your participation in our first fundraising effort of the year.  If you are interested in seeing classroom totals and daily winners please see the attached documents.

On December 23rd students and staff donned their favorite pajamas for Paw's Pantry and the success was more than hoped for.  The children were delighted to see that their teachers and staff members had also participated in the event.  After the initial fun of seeing everyone in their pajamas it was business as usual, and this lack of disruption to the school day may allow for Pajama Day to become a yearly event.  With the items collected we will be able to drastically reduce our Paw's Pantry budget which will allow us to provide more for your children.  Thanks to all who contributed to the event's success.  Here is a list of what we collected:

Tissues - 220 boxes

Paper Towels - 85 rolls (important to the school nurse because she cannot use the recycled brown towels for open wounds)

Hand Soap - 68 bottles + several large refills

Hand Sanitizer -  50 bottles

Disinfecting Wipes - 80 bottles

We also collected $11, white board markers, ziploc bags, highlighters and glue sticks.


                                                         
  

Want to earn that candy that you plan to sneak out of your child's Halloween stash?  Come help us clean up the Mayo community gardens on Saturday, October 31st from 8 AM -- Noon.  Any amount of time that you can spare during those hours is appreciated.  Also, during this time we will be taking donations of cans, bottles or redemption slips to help fund this project.   Thank you in advance for your help.

Come join us at the 29th Annual Craft Fair this Saturday, October 24th at Dr. Leroy E. Mayo Elementary School in Holden! The fair includes talented New England crafters, a bake sale and raffle to support the Mayo PTA, face painting for the kids, and more. Learn Zentangle, a new fun and relaxing art form! There will be food and refreshments available. Come support your local school, the local artists and businesses, and have some fun.

29th Annual Craft Fair
Saturday, 10/24/2009, 9:30 AM -- 3:30 PM
Mayo School
351 Bullard St, Holden (map)
$2 admission at the door.

$1 admission with coupon from the flyer.

Volunteers are still needed, particularly for the afternoon. Please contact Lisa Post if you are available and would like to help.

See you there!