Halloween Parade 2010

Happy Halloween! We will be parading outside again this year at Weber Elementary. The parade will take place in the bus circle. Parents are welcome to line the sidewalks or the front entrance to the school We will begin at 2:05 p.m. See you there!

United Nations Day

A HUGE THANK YOU to United Nations Day Volunteers! The following parents (and some Weber students!) helped make our annual United Nations Day celebration a great success. It was a fun-filled, informational morning, filled with song and
dance, food and crafts. We appreciate you taking the time to prepare such interesting
presentations about your cultures. We couldn’t have the celebration without you.
THANK YOU:
Natasha Laux
Jong Yeon Lee
Yoohee Kim
Miyoung Mo
Gianluca Baroncini
Misoon Kim
Chris Kim
Sharin Shetty
Syamala Thimmifajce
Smitha Khullar
Manjula Burri
Sudma Mani
Kokila Thenuwara
Valerie Buffard
Ari Natarina
Chaeyeon Kim
Inga Hjaltadottir
Abinaya Muruganandham
Shreya Khullar
Nithya Matta
Sajni Saravanan
Seja Saravanan
Samalya Thenuwara
Thank You, 谢谢, 당신을 감사하십시오

October PTA Meeting Agenda

All families are welcome and encouraged to attend our PTA meetings each month. The October meeting is on Monday, October 18th at 7:00 p.m. See you there!

Weber PTA Agenda
October 18, 2010
7:00 pm

I. Welcome and call to order

II. Approval of Sept. Minutes

III. Presidents report-Marcia Donovan & Tracie Tolbert

A. Book Fair Wrap Up
B. Solicitation Letter Update

IV. Vice Presidents’ report-Christine Dunn & Lisa Kitchens

A. Home business fair

V. Treasurer’s report-Darla Kraske

A. Approval of funds to be distributed

VI. Weber Staff report-Chris Gibson & Kristy Heffner

VII. SCRIP report

VIII. New business

IV. Ajourn

Pop Tab Collection Contest

The Weber Student Council is excited to announce a very special service project that we will be sponsoring throughout this school year. Our school will be participating in the 2010-2011 Pop Tab Collection Contest to sponsor the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa. The Ronald McDonald House program provides a “home-away-from-home” for families so they can stay close by their hospitalized child at little or no cost. Each year, the pop tab collection program generates more than $9000 to support this program.

Collecting pop tabs is a great way for all of us to really make a difference in the lives of families and children in need AND to learn more about the importance of recycling. It focuses on separating the pull tab from aluminum beverage cans. The tab is higher grade aluminum than the can, resulting in a higher dollar return per pound. Our job is simply to collect the tabs at our school, and then the Student Council will be responsible for taking the tabs to the local Ronald McDonald House. Our tabs will be weighed, and then sent to a recycling center. The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa will then be paid approximately $0.40 per pound for the tabs.

Each Weber classroom has a collection box for the tabs. What we need you to do is save those tabs and send them with your child to his or her classroom. Our Student Council members will take care of the rest! We will keep a running total of pounds collected here at Weber so students and families will be able to see just how much we are helping out other children and families in their time of need.

We have until April 4, 2011 to collect the tabs. The winning school with the highest total of pounds collected will be announced in early April in coordination with Earth Day. The winning school will receive a prize at a presentation ceremony.

So start collecting and send them in! Regardless of whether we win the contest, the real winners will be all of the families we will be able to help through our efforts. Thank you in advance for your help with this project!

Club West Elementary Football Night is TONIGHT!

Weber students are wearing green and gold today in honor of the Club West Elementary Football Night tonight. All elementary students will get in for $4.00 and will receive a concession stand coupon. Weber is attempting to get the "Traveling Spirit Trophy" again this year! Go Trojans!

Run for the School

Sign up for the 2010 Run for the Schools at www.iccsdfoundation.org. We hope to have a large Weber group to support Weber and the ICCSD!

The torch run will take place on Friday, October 15 at 1:30 p.m. You can come cheer us on, if you would like!

Multicultural Exchange Newsletter

The October 2010 edition of the "Multicultural Exchange" newsletter is now available on the district website/equity link at:
http://www.iccsd.k12.ia.us/equity/index.html Check it out!

Book Fair and Taco Dinner

Don't forget about our Book Fair on Wednesday and Thursday in the Weber library. Also, be sure to stop at the Taco Dinner on Thursday before or after you visit the Book Fair! Carlos O'Kelly's will be serving up the tacos. See you there!

Fire Prevention Week

The week of October 4-8 is National Fire Prevention Week. The ICFD will come to Weber on Tuesday to present the traditional puppet show to educate students about fire safety. They brought the Fire Safety Trailor to our Team 3 students a couple of weeks ago, as well.