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Taffy Apple Orders Due Wednesday

Filed under: General and Misc — laura at 1:06 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2007

Just a friendly reminder that your Affy Tapple orders are due on Wednesday, Oct 31st. 

  • Individual Plain Affy Tapples $1.00
  • Individual Peanut Affy Tapples $1.00
  • Case of 24 Plain or Peanut Affy Tapples $24.00
  • Caramel Corn (5.5 oz) $2.00

Please send your order with payment (cash only) to school by Weds, 10/31.  Your order will be ready to pick up on Report Card Pickup Day, Thursday, Nov 8th in Room 103.

All money made on this sale will benefit the 8th grade class.  Thank you for your support!

Wish List Update

Filed under: General and Misc — Monica at 8:37 am on Saturday, October 27, 2007

As a follow-up to my email from yesterday regarding the teachers’ Wish Lists, please do NOT buy anything for Room 104.  This list was created before Ms. Zehren took over the classroom and will be updated and re-released soon.  Thanks!

 Any questions, please see Ms. Zehren or me.   

Drummond Wish List

Filed under: General and Misc — Monica at 9:40 am on Friday, October 26, 2007
Last year the Drummond PTO and Friends of Drummond joined forces to launch The Wish List - a community-wide effort to collect donations of various equipment and supplies desired by Drummond faculty but currently beyond their budgets.  While many contributions came in (thank you everyone who donated!), many, many more items remain on the Wish List.  We are seeking everything from sponges to microwaves, cameras to couches. The majority of the items can be purchased new through Amazon.com. Click here to view the Drummond School Wish List at Amazon.com.Those items that cannot be purchased through Amazon are listed in the attached Special store wishlist flier (with suggestions as to where to buy them). If you are a Drummond parent and want to know what your child’s teacher would like, please see our Classroom wishlist breakdown. 

Wicker baskets gathering dust in your basement? Time for an early spring cleaning? Now’s your chance to put your gently used cast-offs to good use in Drummond’s classrooms. Any donation, large or small, used or new would be warmly welcomed by our teachers, as are donations from suppliers other than Amazon or cash or gift card donations.

*** PLEASE NOTIFY US OF ANY PURCHASES NOT MADE THROUGH THE AMAZON REGISTRY!!! *** This will help us to avoid duplication. All items may be delivered directly to the School addressed to:

Wish List Project
Drummond School
1845 West Cortland
Chicago, IL 60622

Please contact regarding any such purchases. Thank you in advance for your support for this wonderful project,

Monica Lasky, President, Friends of Drummond,

 P.S. Looking for ways to make your contribution go even further?  It’s easy: Buy Amazon gift cards through Drummond Dollars, and then use those gift cards to shop on line at the Drummond Wish List gift registry at Amazon.  Also, be sure to use the above links to access the registry rather than going there directly; by linking to Amazon through this website, you qualify Drummond to receive a rebate for a certain percentage of your purchase.  Wow, now that’s leveraging your money!

Don’t forget your Drummond Dollars order!

Filed under: General and Misc — laura at 5:35 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Its the first week back from a long break and if your house is anything like mine, the order form is long gone.  But your Drummond Dollars order is due tomorrow! 

Never fear, you can download another order form here!  Take a look at the list, print up your order and drop it off in the Office along with a check made out to Drummond PTO.  Your gift cards will be ready to pick up or in the backpack on Wednesday, Oct 24th! 

Drummond Dollars.Revised RetailerChart.doc

Drummond Dollars Order Form.doc

Wells Fargo Matching Grant to Scholarship Fund

Filed under: General and Misc — Monica at 10:38 am on Monday, October 15, 2007

The deadline to take advantage of Friends of Drummond’s Wells Fargo Matching Grant program is October 31. 

As you may recall, thanks to the generosity of Wells Fargo, FOD has matching funds available of up to $500 that can be used to match individual contributions of up to $50 to the Isabel Mesa Collins Scholarship Fund.  This Fund, which honors former Princiapl Collins, has been established to provide subsidies to low income families for much needed things such as school supplies, school clothes, and field trip fees. 

Thank you so much to those who already have donated. 

Any questions, please contact me or Jessica Kwiatkowski, .

Monica Lasky, President, Friends of Drummond,

LSC Meeting this Tuesday, 10/16

Filed under: General and Misc — Sabrina Craig at 4:02 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2007

Please join the Drummond LSC at our October meeting this week, 5pm on Tuesday in the Library (followed by the PTO Meeting at 7pm). This meeting will address Garden Project news, report card developments, and the Least Restrictive Environment report, among other topics (agenda below). There will also be a special Q and A session with Mr. Neidlinger and Ms. McDonald about her transfer out of Drummond and school plans to support the students in room 100. As always, kids are welcome at LSC meetings and snacks are provided. Looking forward to seeing everyone back at school!

We’re back from break- Let’s have a meeting!

Filed under: General and Misc — laura at 7:21 am on Sunday, October 14, 2007

School starts again tomorrow,

So Tuesday seems like the perfect time for a meeting or two.

  • The LSC meets Tuesday, Oct 16 from 5:00-7:00 in the Library
  • PTO meets right after in the Teacher Resource Room, Room 007 at 7:00

We’d love to see you there!

PTO.Agenda.10.16.07.doc