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Grandparents & Grandfriends Day
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Homecoming 2009!
Check out the "District
& Community" Newsletter for details.
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10/1
Mileage Club Consent Forms Due
10/2
School Walk for Diabetes Consent Forms and
Sponser Envelope Due
10/2
Birthday Board Pictures & Permission Forms for October
Birthdays Due
10/9
Market Day Orders Due
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Important
Dates
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October
9/28-10/2
Book
Fair
10/1
Mileage
Club Begins
10/2
Ice
Cream Social
PTO
Meeting
10/6
School
Walk for Diabetes
10/7
Grandparents/friends
Day
10/12
No
School
10/15
Market
Day Pick Up
10/16
Picture
Day
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Grandparents/Friends Day,
October 7!
RSVP Due Today
To help us plan for this special day and make it
enjoyable for all our special guests and the children they are visiting,
please click
here to RSVP
today. Click
here for the
invitation that was sent on September
21. Questions? Email Yvonne Janosko.
Can you help? Click
here for the
volunteer/food donation online form. Questions?
Email Suzie Schietroma.
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Updated Security Procedures
Effective
October 1, 2009
Please click
here to read the updated
security procedures so you are prepared when visiting the
school after September 30.
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Hance Elementary Earns Highmark Healthy High 5 School Challenge
School Awarded
$3,500
Highmark Foundation awarded Hance Elementary School $3,500 for 2009-2010
with funding provided by the Highmark Healthy High 5 School
Challenge Grant. Grant applicant Terry Lea Wentz, CRNP, says the
Pacesetters Program will meet several objectives including
nutritional awareness and practice. Read
More....
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Important Notes from Our
Nurses
Attention 3rd Grade Parents: Dental Exam Forms
Due October 1
If you have not yet
submitted your dental exam form for your third grader, please
do so by October 1. Click
here for the form.
Important Information About Over-the-Counter
Medications
The cold season will be here before we know
it. Our school district's medication policy states that any
medication, including over-the-counter medications cannot
be administered by the school unless prescribed by a physician on
the medication
form. Please do not send any cough drops or
over-the-counter medications with your child unless accompanied by
the physician medication
form.
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Mileage Club for Grades 2
& 3
Begins
October 1
Mileage Club begins
October 1 for all students in grades 2 & 3. Please click here for the permission form that is required for your
child to participate. Questions? Email Terry
Wentz.
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School
Walk for Diabetes, October 6
Consent Form & Sponsor Envelope Due October 2
 Information
regarding our School
Walk for Diabetes was sent home with your child after
the assembly on September 17. Click
here for the parent
letter. Please return the sponsor envelope with the signed
consent form (click
here for a
copy) and any donations collected in the envelope to the
School Nurse by Friday, October 2. Online
donations can also be made by clicking
here.
Can you
help? Email Jo
Anne Lazzaro.
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Hance Wellness Team
Volunteers
Needed!
Volunteers are
needed for the Hance Wellness Team. If you are interested in
volunteering with Mrs. Wentz during health screening week and
helping with programs such as the Mileage Club, Fruit & Veggie
Tasting events, DDR,
Health Fair,
and Move it
Outside Day, please email Jo
Anne Lazzaro.
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First Grade: Sight
& High Frequency Words
September's
Words
Click
here to access the first
grade words for September. Click
here to review the
message sent previously about these words.
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PTO Meeting, October 1, 7 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Dr. Mary Bucci
Join us for our
meeting on October 1 as we welcome Superintendent Dr. Mary
Bucci. Click
here for the minutes
from the September meeting.
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Fantastic
Fun Friday & Popcorn Dayz
October 2
Our first
FFF
is October 2. It's Crazy
Hair Day! Have fun!
Popcorn
Dayz will also be on October 2. Bring 25
cents to school for a bag of popcorn during lunch. For
those with allergies, fruit snacks will be available. Popcorn
must remain in the cafeteria. Can you help? If
you're interested in helping during the lunch hours, email Diane Guidas.
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Make a
Break for Make-A-Wish
Thank You for
Your Donations!
 The total collected for this event was $1,064.12. The
classroom winners are Burnsworth (AM Kindergarten), Heilman (1st
grade), Juliano (2nd grade), and Banas (3rd grade). Thanks to everyone
for their donations!
The teacher assembly will be on Friday, September 25, at 2
p.m. AM
Kindergarten parents are invited to bring their children back to
school for this event.
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Destination
Book Fair
September
28-October 2
 Book Fair will
be open next week during library periods and at the Ice
Cream Social. Pre-orders will be taken for Diary of a Wimpy Kid IV
(release date is October 12). Donations will be taken
for One
for Books with proceeds benefiting Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh.
Volunteers Needed: Click here for the
online volunteer form.
Most
critical volunteer needs:
- Wednesday,
September 30, 2-2:45 p.m. (Heilman)
- Friday,
October 2, 1:15-1:45 p.m. (Juliano)
- Friday,
October 2, 6-9 p.m. (Ice Cream Social)
Less Critical, but could still
use some help:
- Monday,
September 28, 1:15-3:25 p.m (Kruth, Magill, and Lamagna)
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Ice Cream
Social
Friday,
October 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
If you RSVPd, we look forward to seeing you next
week! Book Fair will be open and sportswear items will
be available for viewing as we kick off the sportswear
sale.
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Hance Birthday Board
October Birthdays Due October 2!
If your child has an October birthday,
please send his/her picture along with the required permission slip by October 2 to be included on
the birthday board.
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Market Day
Order Deadline is October 9!
 Order online (Hance code 6855)
by midnight, October 9. Get a free one
pound ground beef with a $40 purchase and free one
pound large shrimp with an online purchase of
$90. Pick up is on Thursday, October 15, from 4:45-5:45
p.m. Questions? Email Nikki Woodrow or Nancy Buszinski.
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Box Tops
Contest
Win a Popcorn
Party -- Contest Ends October 16!
 The classroom with
the highest number of Box Tops per grade will win an afternoon
popcorn party. Have your child put the Box
Tops into the box in their classroom. Contest
ends Friday, October 16, with winners being announced
on October 19. Questions? Email Debbie Frey.
During
September, purchase any 10 Box Top items in a single transaction at
Giant Eagle Stores (Wexford, Cranberry, Seven Fields, Gibsonia) and
earn 70 Bonus Box Tops for our school. Click here for
participating products.
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Campbell's
Soup Labels
Save Labels to
Earn for Hance!
 Clip your
labels! A large soup can collection bin is located
outside the PTO office. Your support is appreciated as
funds raised from Campbell's and Box Tops are used to purchase
indoor and outdoor recess equipment.
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Fall
Fundraiser
October 1-16
Look for fall fundraiser packets to come home with
your child on October 1. This catalog and cookie dough
fundraiser will run through October 16. Check out the packet
for ways to set up internet ordering and how your child can win
daily prizes. Questions? Email Kathy Bauer or Nikki Woodrow.
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Fall
Family Movie Night
Friday,
October 16
 Join us
for a family night scheduled for October 16 in the
gym. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.; Chicken Little
will begin at 7 p.m. Bring blankets and chairs...even wear
PJs! A concession stand will be open. Price is $1 per
person; $5 maximum per family. Tickets will be sold at
the door the night of the event. Questions? Email Jennifer Bissell or Kristin Hasley.
Can you
help make this a great night? Click here to
volunteer. If you can donate candy, baked goods, etc. for the
concession stand, please email Jennifer Bissell.
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