HELP FOR OUR SCHOOL

Burks in the midst of a big school wide fundraiser. All grades are selling delicious cookie dough, rolls, and breadsticks. This stuff makes some of the best cookies I've ever tasted and is super easy to use! The money raised will be used for some emergency items needed in the building and the 4th graders will be taking their earnings and using them to fund their accounts for next year's science camp. There are many great flavors and kinds to choose from. So if you haven't purchased yet, just find a Burks student and I'm sure they'll be glad to show you their brochure! The sale continues through Monday, Feb. 22.

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE & SCHOOL WIDE FUNDRAISER

Remember, our Family Valentine's Dance is this Thursday, the 11th, from 6:30-8 pm in the cafeteria. That is, if the weather cooperates! If, by chance, we do get bad weather and school is cancelled, the dance will be too. :( Otherwise, we'll see you there gettin' your groove on, taking pictures, you know, havin' FUN!

Due to a need for some emergency funds and just because we love cookies(!), the school is having a fundraiser. The sale began on Monday, the 8th and goes until Monday, the 22nd. We are selling cookie dough, lava cakes, Auntie Anne's Breadsticks and pumpkin, red velvet, chocolate, and carrot rolls. Ummm, I get hungry just thinking about it all! These are the same great products that our 4th & 5th graders have sold to go to camp. In fact, all of the money the 4th graders earn during this sale will be going towards their camp accounts. So find a Burks student and support our school. Your tummy will be glad you did!

Burks' Teacher of the Year

Okay, one more post and then somebody's really got to take this over...

Congratualtions to Mrs. Vanessa Chavez, Teacher of the Year (first to the left with the rest of the 5th grade teaching team)! Many parents may also remember her as Mrs. Lucero. She's taught a few different grades at Burks and smiled upon everyone who passes through Burks' halls.

PTO meeting this Tuesday at 4pm!

Celebration!

This is a happy and sad post.

Happy because this is the 100th post of The Burks' Monday Morning Blog! Don't you like that "100" picture? It reminds me of Eric Carle.

Sad because I am moving away and this is my last post. Hopefully one of you readers will volunteer to take over the blog. You can make it your own and do it on a monthly basis instead of weekly. Talk to Teri Kirkpatrick who will probably also remind you the vice-president spot is now vacant and her president position will be open next year. Next year we'll also need someone to take over the bulletin board, a perfect job for any former teachers out there!

I don't know how to sum up my 2 1/2 years on the PTO Board. It was a lot of work but I also received a lot of smiles, hugs and waves from students that made it worthwhile. Goodbye!

Six Flag Reading Logs are due in a month, don't forget to log your reading time!

Beautiful...Oblige...

Successful...and Enormous were some of the challenging words at last week's Spelling Bee. Silent E often raised it's ugly head, students either forgot it or added it on when it wasn't there. Congratulations to Spelling Bee Champ Ariana Hernandez and all those who participated!

Plans for the Spring/Valentine's Day Dance on February 11th are under way. More information will be sent home in February.

This is not related to Burks or even to school but the Mardi Gras Barkus Dog Parade is on Valentine's Day this year in downtown McKinney. The theme "Barkus does Romance." It's fun to watch or if you envision your dog dressed as a "famous valentine," contact Blynda Christian at the Art Institute of McKinney 972-529-6872.

Buzz

The 1st Annual Burks' Spelling Bee will be held on Thursday, January 21 at 6pm in the cafeteria. The winning student will move on to compete at the County Spelling Bee!

I Have a Dream Today

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day by reading his "I Have a Dream" speech. Here are a few excerpts:

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will be not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.


I have a dream that one day....little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls as brothers and sisters.


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