2010-11 National PTA Reflections Program

Our PTA is proudly sponsoring the 2010-11 Reflections Program! Since 1969, the national PTA Reflections Program has encouraged students across America to explore their artistic talents. The program's theme this year is: "TOGETHER WE CAN." Flyers with additional information on how students can submit an entry will be coming home soon. Details on how students can sign up to attend a Reflections Workshop sponsored by the PTA to work on their entries will also be coming soon. Questions? Please contact DPM PTA's Reflection Program Chair, Annette Evans at dpmpta@hotmail.com

PINK ELEPHANTS?!

Last year, we introduced a new prize booth at the Fall Carnival—the Pink Elephant booth, where redemption tickets could be used to “buy” games and toys. Would you like to clear out some space at home and help a good cause? Please consider donating gently used toys and games for our Pink Elephant booth! Boxes will soon be placed in the office foyer to collect donated items.

DPM's 5th Annual FALL CARNIVAL

Our awesome Fall Carnival is just about a month away: Saturday, October 23rd from 1pm-6pm.

We need a few folks to help organize the Pink Elephant booth, the Cake Walk, and donations solicitation. Please email us at dpmpta@hotmail.com for more information on these items. Keep in mind that volunteering with friends is always more fun, so please consider getting together with a friend or two and make it a fun friend project!

Annual DPM Spirit Wear sales

On sale beginning September 24^th through October 14^th

Flyers, signs and order forms are coming home this week! Spirit Wear brings our school together and helps give a sense of community and pride to our school. Your support of the DPM through the purchase of Spirit Wear is greatly appreciated by all! For more information or to see product options and size charts click on the following link: http://www.sanjuan.edu/DelPasoManor.cfm?subpage=129804

Community Forums to discuss 6th grade configuration...

San Juan Unified School District is in the process of proposing a reconfiguration plan that would make convert many elementary schools either K-5 or K-8, resulting in more 6th grade students attending area middle schools. The proposal indicates that DPM is slated to become K-5 beginning the fall of 2011-2012. In addition, the district is realigning the boundaries for middle schools; Churchill would become DPM's middle school choice. Although 6th grade is a long ways away for many families, it is important to know that decisions made this fall by the district will affect families’ options in the future.

If you would like to let the district hear your opinion on the proposals, there are several steps you can take:

1) Attend a Community Forum on the proposal on Sept. 29 at 7 pm at Churchill Middle School.

2) Voice your opinion (or ask questions) regarding reconfiguration in a short, easy to use feedback form at http://www.sanjuan.edu/gradeconfiguration.

3) Write letters to the San Juan board members and staff.

4) Attend District board meetings on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 630pm in the District office: Sept 14 and 28, October 12 and 26.

Your voice can make a difference in directing this decision. Let the district know what you want for your children's education.

GoodSearch.com & GoodShop.com

Wow! During the months of July and August, you DPM GoodSearchers and GoodShoppers helped us earn $17 in each of those months. Although $17 a month doesn’t sound like much, we’ll earn over $200 in a year if we keep it up. That is about the cost of a bus field trip and in these tough budget times, PTA funded field trips mean a lot to our kids. Please be sure to indicate DPM Elementary as the charity you wish to support and keep GoodSearching and GoodShopping for our DPM kids! If you haven’t tried this and have questions, please email us at dpmpta@hotmail.com. Or just click the link at the top of the page for more information!!

Room Parents still needed!

Could you help your teacher with communication to the other parents in the class? There are still a number of teachers who don’t yet have a parent signed up to help them. Please email the PTA at dpmpta@hotmail.com if you think you would like to sign up to help your teacher with this very valuable role!

Fall Carnival Coming Soon!!!

DPM's 5th Annual FALL CARNIVAL is coming soon. We have plans underway to create a fun , festive , community event on Saturday, October 23rd from 1pm-6pm. Please mark your calendars and join us in celebrating the coming of fall, the energetic spirit of our children, and the generosity of our wonderful families and community. Volunteers are needed to help with the planning stages. Please email us atdpmpta@hotmail.com if you think you may want to help!

Fat Cat Cookie Dough

All Fat Cat cookie dough orders are due to your child’s teacher by Tuesday, September 14. Thank you for supporting the DPM PTA! Remember, all cookie dough will be delivered to DPM and distributed to families on October 12^th.

…and the DPM PTA Membership Drive continues!!

In an effort to accommodate as many DPM families as possible, we have decided to extend our PTA Membership Drive through next Friday, September 17th. Extra membership packets can be found in the school lobby on the PTA board. A school-wide PTA Membership contest is currently underway: The top 2 classrooms with the highest percentage of PTA Memberships submitted will each win a PIZZA PARTY!! You are encouraged to send in your PTA Membership forms if you have not already done so. It is such a terrific way to be an "Agent of Change" for your child, and to be a an active participant in providing a more positive future for all of our students. The PTA plays a crucial role in not only fundraising [to provide funding] for numerous programs, but also to help bring our community of educators, administrators, parents, and students together. Questions? Please contact Annette Evans at: dpmpta@hotmail.com

DPM PTA thanks YOU!

We wish to thank the following 74 families who’ve joined the PTA so far this school year! Adams, Austin, Auyeung, Baer, Barnhart, Bates, Bearson, Beck, Campbell, Castaneda, Cerrato, Chambers, Chriss, Cloninger, Cohen, Cojan, Condrin, Cook, Cramer, Cushing, Dahal, Del Pilar, Duty, Estacio, Ettinger, Evpak, Fackenthal, Finnerty, Fouche, Gallagher, Giblin-Vance, Han, Harper, Hinojosa, Hunter, Hyunh, Jones, Jones, Kempter, Knapp, Kurzrock, Lenhart, Locke, Londeree, Mackey, Martinez, McGinnis, McGowen-Perez, Medicine Crow, Mohamed, Morse, Moseley, Muilenberg, Norman, Osecheck, Pedroncelli, Pokhrel, Randle, Rivas, Sanchez, Seefloth, Segale, Shukry, Shults, Sinnwell, Snyder, Srinivasan, Strawn, Sullivan, Thiesen, Wemmer, White, Wormald, and Young

DPM PTA Needs Your Help

We're looking for a CPA to help us complete our IRS Form 990 EZ. As the due date is November 15th, we need your help soon. Please contact us at dpmpta@hotmail.com!!! Thank you!

PTA Membership Drive Continues

DPM's Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) invites you to join. Membership forms can be turned in until next Thursday, September 9th.

The first 300 to sign up will receive a coupon for one free admission to Legoland with one paid admission.

We're also having a classroom membership contest - the class with the highest percentage of PTA sign-ups will get a pizza party!

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS

PTA is looking for volunteers to help plan the fall carnival (set for Saturday, October 23), as well as volunteers to help plan the annual silent auction and dinner. We have committee chairs - we just need helpers, so if that's you, please contact us at dpmpta@hotmail.com . These events wouldn't be as great without your help.