BLUES’ NEWS
Richmond Street School and PTA Newsletter
June 2008				Volume 8, Issue 10
Richmond Street School 615 Richmond St. El Segundo, CA 90245 310- 606-6831		Dickie Van Breene, Principal Jack Plotkin, Assistant Principal elsegundousd.com/richmond_school Shari Gulian, Newsletter Editor	Tammy Long, PTA President PTA El Segundo Council Thirty-Third District California State PTA, everychild.onevoice

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Richmond Street Families,

The end of the year is upon us. I would like to thank each one of you for your support throughout the year. We have an outstanding program at Richmond Street School, due in large part to our wonderful parents. I would also like to thank our PTA President, Tammy Long, and her talented executive board. We are so fortunate to have such a dedicated, hard working and supportive PTA. I would also like to thank your School Site Council Parent Representatives: Chairperson, Shari Gulian, Beth Stoker, Hector Bonilla, and Laura Nilsson.

I would like to thank the many businesses that contribute to our school, the El Segundo Educational Foundation for its generosity, and the school board and district personnel for their support. Thank you to our wonderful staff of teachers, instructional assistants, office personnel, custodians, noon supervisors, librarians, crossing guards, and cafeteria workers. Each day these people work very hard to ensure that each child receives an excellent education.

I wish you all a safe, relaxing and joyful summer. I look forward to seeing you back in September and to those of you who are moving on, I wish you the best of luck.

Sincerely,

Dickie Van Breene

Principal

dvanbreene@esusd.k12.ca.us

MESSAGE FROM PTA

I was reminded last month that I didn't thank a few very important people for their help and support over the last two years.......my family. So officially I would like to thank my husband, Kip and my kids, Savannah, Sophie, Spencer and Scarlett. Thank you for being so patient while I was busy with meetings and committees. Thank you for not complaining when dinner consisted of Starbucks (coffee and cocoa come from beans, doesn't that count as a vegetable?). Thank you for cutting, pasting, copying, collating and sorting. Thank you for allowing me to do what I love. You are the best!

Tammy Long

PTA President

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SPRING SING SCHEDULE for PARENTS

Thursday, June 5^th

9:00-9:40 AM – choir “Disney Spectacular” and first grade show “I Love My Country”. All 1^st grade parents are invited to attend this performance. It is the only 1^st grade performance for parents.

11:00-11:35 AM – second grade “Songs of the Heart” and third grade “Nothin’ But The Blues” perform. All 2^nd grade parents are encouraged to attend this show.

2:00-2:30 PM – fourth grade “Education Rocks!” for 4^th grade parents.

7:00-7:45 PM – choir evening performance of “Disney Spectacular” and choir awards ceremony.

Call time is 6:30 PM.

Friday, June 6^th

11:00-11:35 AM – third grade “Nothin’ But The Blues” and second grade “Songs of the Heart” perform. All 3^rd grade parents are encouraged to attend this show.

2:00-2:30 PM – fifth grade “Fifth Grade Year in Song” for 5^th grade parents.

Suggested attire for all performers is to dress nicely. Dress to impress! Choir kids wear choir uniform.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MARIE LOYE: First grade teacher, Marie Loye was selected as Richmond Teacher of the Year by her colleagues. Congratulations, Mrs. Loye!

RSS Talent Show News: The Fourth Annual Richmond St. Talent Show is fast approaching!  3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grade students are encouraged to participate.   Participants can showcase their talents in a one-minute act.  The show will take place on June 16^th in the High School Auditorium.

Moving over the summer? Please inform Ann Hancock in the office if you are planning to move over the summer.

Lost and Found: Our lost and found collection is overflowing with items. Please check at Open House or at any other time for items your child has lost.

Kinder Dental Exams: California law requires your child must have a dental check-up on his/her first year in public school. Dental exams that have happened in the 12 months before your child entered school also meet this requirement. If you have not completed and submitted to the school the form for your child please do so before the end of May, 2008. Forms are available in the office or from your classroom teacher.

Center Street’s Ice Cream Social - Center Street School’s Annual Ice Cream Social is coming June 6^th, 2008 from 6pm-8pm. They will have exciting carnival games, silent auction, a cake walk, music, food, and much more. There is something for everyone and a whole lot of GOOD OLD FAMILY FUN! Admission is FREE, but tickets are required. Pre-order ticket sales will be coming soon. If you have any questions, please contact Robin Funk at 310-414-6711 or at GRFUNK95@aol.com or Gilda Dyckman at 310-640-0887 or at dyckmantwins@aol.com

Back To School Supply Packs: Back-to-school packs for Grades 1 through 5 for the 2008-2009 school year are still being sold online at www.buyschoolstuff.com (school code 118959) This is the quick and easy way to get your school supplies, and part of the proceeds go to benefit your PTA. These packs ship straight to your home near the end of August. This opportunity ends on June 13^th. Make your purchase at www.buyschoolstuff.com with school code 118959.

INNISBROOK.COM

Remember you can buy items through Innisbrook.com all year long to help support our school.  With most items, the school receives 50% back from each purchase! Just go to Innisbrook.com and use code 118959 to give credit to the school. There is a large assortment of gifts, wrapping paper, accessories and so much more available!

BOX TOPS

We would like to thank everyone for their terrific support for the Box Tops program. Every year you help to increase the funds PTA collects for Box Tops. We appreciate your efforts of clipping, cutting, saving, and sending in your Box Tops. We have collected almost two thousand dollars from Box Tops this year alone, and we still have one more pick up in June. So send in those final Box Tops by Friday, June 6th.

Again thank you all for your support,

Judy Nieto and Julie Cantu-Your PTA Box Top Coordinators

TEACHER APPRECIATION

I would like to thank all those who participated in Teacher Appreciation Week at Richmond Street School the week of May 5-9. This year our theme was “Richmond Street Teachers Are the Reason Our Students Soar through the Seasons”; each day we celebrated a new season with breakfast for our teachers and ended the week with kites flying high above our teachers as they enjoyed a luncheon.

Thank you to all the parents, businesses and school personnel that donated their time and resources to help make the week such a success. Special thanks to Stick and Stein for the fruit they provided each morning, the Bitter Family for drinks the entire week, Tracy Layana for the Guess goodies, Ralph’s Photography for gift certificates for all the teachers and DeLuca’s Restaurant and The Kettle for a delicious catered lunch.

Finally, a special thank you to my wonderful committee - Jane Au, MJ Young, Tammy Long, Shannon Magid, Tammy McGonegle, Wendy Daley, Sonia O’Donoghue, and Deb Stolnak - for all your incredible hard work and creativity.

It was a great week and we all appreciation our wonderful teachers.

Marcia DeAngelis

Richmond St. School Teacher Appreciation Chairperson

SILENT AUCTION DONATIONS – FALL 2008

It is never too early to start planning for our children's future.  Last year the Fall Festival Silent Auction brought in over $20,000.  Summer is the perfect time to start collecting donations for next year. Talk about making a donation with your favorite masseuse, hair stylist, camp or restaurant they would probably love to help our school.  Not only is their donation tax deductible, but it also brings in new clients and is great advertisement.  We also need parent volunteers to help with the auction. It takes a village to raise a child---it takes a wonderful committee to run an auction.  Please contact Shannon Magid 310-200-7865 or teamsquid5@aol.com if you have any questions or would like to volunteer.

June 2008 Calendar

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2 Minimum Day Grades 1-5 10:15 – 11:15 Kindergarten Visitation for incoming kinders	3 Election Day Voting in RSS art room	4	5 Spring Sing 7PM Choir Performance auditorium	6 Spring Sing	7
8	9 5^th Grade All-Star Basketball at RSS Minimum Day K – 5	10 9:45 Kinder Character Counts Assembly 5^th Grade Walks to ESMS 3:00 Talent Show Practice	11 5^th Grade All-Star Basketball at CSS Character Counts Assemblies 12:40 – 1^st Grade	12 5^th Grade registration for ESMS at RSS 1^st Grade Field Trip	13 3:00 – Talent Show Rehearsal	14
15	16 Minimum Day Grades 1-5	17	18 11:00 5^th Grade Culmination Ceremony ESHS Auditorium	19 5^th Grade Picnic at Chevron Park Last Day of School Minimum Day Grades K – 5	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27