Fat Cat Cookie Dough Fundraiser!

Please show your support for DPM by purchasing Fat Cat Cookie dough from your child or neighbor here at DPM. Cookie dough sales will run from September 2 to September 14 with 45% of the sales going to our school.

All students who turn in an order will be entered in a drawing to win an iPod shuffle.

The top selling class will win a special lunch for their teacher.

All student who pick up their order on October 12 will receive a prize!

Become A PTA Member

PTA forms were sent home with students in the blue folders during the first week of school, which included membership, school directory, volunteer interest, and and email address request for the PTA email communications. Membership is open to anyone interested in the welfare of our children - not just parents, but also grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, community businesses, students and staff. Please return the forms to your child's teacher or the school office.

Thanks for your help in making our school a school community!

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell says:

"I am a proud member of the PTA, and I hope that parents throughout the state get involved with this wonderful organization at their local schools. Parents are essential to our effort to prepare all students for success in the increasingly competitive global economy, and joining PTA is a great way for parents to become fully informed and effective partners in their children's education."

PTA Meetings for the 2010-2011 Year

Mark your calendars!!! The PTA meeting for the 2010/2011 school year will be the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:15. Please take note of the change and join us to see how you can play a part. Everyone is welcome!!!

Community Celebration

Come Join us on Saturday June 26 at 11:30 a.m. as we celebrate Del Paso Manor becoming a distinguished school!!!

Please join us as we raise the distinguished school flag followed by a celebration in the multi-purpose room.

DPM PTA IS ACCEPTING BIDS FOR A NEW SHADE STRUCTURE FOR CAMPUS:

The PTA is currently accepting bids for a shade structure project set to be built outside the Multi Purpose Room of the school. Please see below:

The wood shade structure’s finished dimensions will be approx: 21ft tall X 24ft Deep X 64ft Wide. Please see below for design idea.

If you [or someone you know] is a licensed contractor, and would like to submit a bid for this DPM project, please contact Shannon Larsen at: slarsen@pensysinc.com for additional information.

Show your support - Wednesday June 2

Would you like to find out what is in the works for the next couple of years at DPM? Would you like to find out how you can help be a part of it? Join us for the PTA Meeting this Wednesday June 2 where Ms. Springer will be presenting the Site Strategic Plan. This is where the committees reveal what they have developed for the future of DPM. Join us at 6:00 pm in room 5 for this important meeting. Show your support!!

Book your summer plans through GoodShop.com and DPM earns money

As you start to make your summer travel plans, keep in mind that if you first go to www.GoodShop.com before booking your hotel or car rental, the online merchants such as Priceline, Jet Blue, Hotwire, TripAdvisor, Best Western, and Budget will donate part of every purchase to our school. It takes just a few seconds to go to www.goodshop.com, select DPM Elementary as your charity, and then click through to your favorite travel site or store and shop as usual. The retailer donates a percentage of each purchase to DPM PTA at no additional cost. You can even download their new toolbar to make it easier and faster!

Don’t start your Summer without a Grocery Card!

If you shop at SaveMart, FoodMaxx, Safeway, or Bel Air/Raley’s, please contact Shannon Larsen to get signed up for a grocery card. The grocery cards allow the businesses a way to make donations to benefit our school. These programs all donate a percentage of your purchases to our school at no cost to you. DPM PTA thanks you!

Box Tops / Campbell ’s Labels collection – LAST CALL!

As many Box Tops expire in June, please turn in your stash to the collection can in your classroom or in the Campbell ’s bin in the office lobby no later than Thursday, May 27^th. Thank you all so much for your collection efforts this year. We raised $1,250!!!

Teacher Appreciation Week Update

Monday marked the start of Teacher Appreciation Week and it has been a week full of surprises for our awesome DPM teachers. In appreciation for all of their hard work, the super secret surprise was revealed Monday morning when they came to school:

When they left school on Friday, the staff room looked like this:



But little did they know, the PTA had a plan....after some new paint, furniture, curtains, decorations and some teamwork the staff room had a whole new look.

When the teachers returned Monday morning there was a huge surprise waiting:





THANK YOU DPM TEACHERS FOR ALL YOU DO!!!

$5,000 GoodSearch Giveaway - Three Days Only!

GoodSearch will donate $1 (up to $5,000 total) for every toolbar that is downloaded between May 19th at 12 noon and May 21st at 12 noon Eastern! To help our cause benefit from this contest, please download our toolbar now by following this link - http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/del-paso-manor-elementary-school-pta


Our new toolbar is free to download and allows you to raise money for our cause virtually every time you search or shop online! Once added to IE or Firefox, each time you shop at more than 1,400 stores (from Amazon to Zazzle!) a percentage of your purchase will automatically be donated to our cause - at no cost to you (and you may even save money as the toolbar also provides you thousands of discount coupons and free shipping offers!). The toolbar also has a search box and each time you search the Internet, about a penny is donated to our cause.

Please hurry and do this now so that we can earn the $1 bonus per toolbar!

And, please pass this along to all of your friends. The two minutes it takes to add this toolbar to your browser can make a lifetime of difference for our cause!

Get the toolbar NOW! http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/del-paso-manor-elementary-school-pta