Celebrate the end of the year!

The school sent this out a little late so I'll post it in case you have not seen it.

Celebration Ceremonies
Monday, June 1st
9am Kindergarten
2:30 2nd

Tuesday, June 2nd
9am 1st
1:45 4th
2:45 3rd

Wednesday, June 3rd
2:30 5th

I also heard a rumor about a note sent home that the Talent Show will only be on Thursday during the day (and not Wednesday night). My son vaguely remembers this note but it did not make its way home. You may want to call school if you would like more details.

As for PTO news: Parents can still buy prepackaged school supplies until June 3rd. Bags for collecting Box Tops over the summer are being sent home on Tuesday. Even if your bag does not make it home, you can still save Box Tops over the summer and return them to school in the fall!

Happy Memorial Day

8 more days of school left...

Go Hawaiian

I've got people sending their pictures of the Carnival taken with cameras much niftier than my little one, so I will post them as soon as I get them. It was such a success, people didn't even want to leave at 8:00 when it closed. It was great to have all the games in the nice, cool indoors. Hopefully you passed by the PTO booth selling popcorn and considered buying prepackaged school supplies (It's not too late to buy one! We'll be selling them until the end of the year). Burks' staff and many parent volunteers did a wonderful job making this happen. A special thank you goes to Nurse Kelly, Cory St Aubin and Toni Crawford for all their hard work planning and running the Carnival.

On top of helping with the Carnival, Cory is also working on the talent show with Mrs. Stout. It's no small feat with 44 acts this year. There will be an additional night performance for parents on June 4th and then a daytime performance for the students on the last day of school. The Grammys go to Hawaii is the theme, so you will be seeing more Hawaiian creations built by Robert Champigny. (Did you see his fabulous palm tree archway at the Carnvial?)

Tuesday is this year's last CiCi's pizza night.

Don't forget to send your kids to school with water bottles and sunscreen for their trip to Finch Park this Thursday!

CARNIVAL this Friday!

This year there will be FOUR inflatibles at the Carnival for running, jumping and climbing!
Don't forget to send money to school for a wrist band for the inflitables ahead of time so you don't have to waste a minute of your time waiting in line. It's $7.50 for unlimited use of all the inflatibles. In addition to inflatibles and games there will also be food: nachos, cotton candy, pizza and popcorn. Tickets for food and games are .50 cents. PTO will be manning the popcorn machine and aslo selling pre-packaged school supplies on the side. Come by and visit with us!

Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Mr. Young, Burks' Teacher of Year! Besides being Burks' energetic reading teacher, Mr. Young is always game for such things as manning the dunking booth during the carnival or dressing up like Beyonce for TAKS. You can show Mr. Young and all the teachers at Burks your appreciation by dropping a dessert off at school this Thursday morning for the Teacher Appreciation Luncheon.

Fliers about important PTO and school stuff should be coming home in flurries these next few weeks. If you don't regularly see the fliers your child is supposed to bring home, make sure you poke around their backpack for more information on events such as:

• CARNIVAL is on Friday May 15th, less than 2 weeks away!
  
• Prepackaged School Supplies will be on sale very soon
  
• THE GRAMMYS are going to Hawaii! Tryouts are on May 12th.
  
• Kindergarten Registration started on Friday and the Kinder Round-Up is on the 19th.

McDonald's Night is tomorrow! Remember 15% of your purchase goes to PTO. Thanks!