More on the Easter Egg Hunt Preparations

Found this note in a past blog update:

We will break the kids into three groups, 0-3, Pre-K - 2, and 3-6. The kids will hunt eggs at the same time in three separate areas.

Easter Egg Hunt Preparations

Brent reported this morning that the Chamber of Commerce has set April 17 for the Satanta Community Easter Egg Hunt. The event will start at 2:00 p.m. with our class providing the labor.

We'll need to . . .

check on our Easter egg supply.
purchase candy to stuff the eggs with.
talk to Matt about Centera donating three savings-bond grand prizes.
get PLENTY of quarters, etc. to fill eggs.
buy an Easter Bunny suit?
look at last year's notes to see what else we're forgetting.


Additionally, we also discussed providing the DISCO kids with an Easter Obstacle Course or Extreme Easter Egg Hunt perhaps along the lines of the YouTube video posted here.

We Totally Need This for Our Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Deluxe Easter Bunny Adult Costume

Retail Price: $149.99

Our Price: $99.99

Literacy Fair Photos

21st Time Update

It would appear that we won't be in class on Sunday. My sister is leaving after church and lunch, and we can't miss seeing those twins one more time. Please use Sunday's class to organize the leftover books from the literacy fair for donation. Here's my opinion on that:

1.Box for GS library
2. Box for HS library
3. Box for public library
4. Donations to classroom libraries for anyone who wants remaining items (to include Mendy's PAT needs and Carrie if she's interested)
6. Remaining books to be placed in MAM room or given to Stacey for use at GS literacy night.

We still plan to feed the DISCO kids on Wednesday, February 23. We will use the leftover hot dogs and buns from the literacy fair with Brent purchasing a few extra packages to ensure that there will be enough food for the families in the 21st time to eat.

Cathy will not need to make drinks as we have leftover lemonade as well, but Nicole and Stacey will still need to make cookies, probably a lot of them.

Cathy will provide Minute-to-Win-It activities, and Ryan will try to remember to pick up a couple of prizes for the winners.

I also plan to do some food pantry shopping at Satanta Grocery at some point on Monday. Let him know if you are interested in helping, and we can set up a time to meet.

We still plan to provide money for assessment incentives for students in the USD 507, Satanta, district. We'll do all the purchasing rather than donating to the school to accomplish this. Here's the break-down:

K-2 $100 for classroom incentives (Nicole)
3-4 $100 (or thereabouts) for carnival wristbands (Brent)
5-6 $100 (or thereabouts) for carnival wristbands (Brent)
7-8 $100 (or thereabouts) for carnival wristbands (Brent)
9-12 $100 in Satanta prizes (Pizza Shack, etc) (Ryan)

Thanks for all you do!

Ryan

Literacy Fair

Set-up Wednesday, February 16 @ 6:30 p.m.

Arrive early for actual event February 17 @ 5:00 p.m.

No DISCO Meal Tonight!

We've been pushed back to February 23 due to the snow. Same menu, different date.

Adam Hamilton DVD Course

Notes from Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011

Literacy Fair preparations appear to be on track. Please note that we will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 16 @ 6:30 to set-up for the event. DISCO/NHS kids will be on hand to help. We will meet on Thursday, February 17 @ 5:00 for final preparations. Agnes, Karen's mother, will be in town to help with the event, and she will play the role of nursery supervisor for the Literacy Fair. Monet, Melissa, and Andrea will serve as her helpers.

Brent will pick up thank you gifts for the following people in Garden tomorrow: Kristen Penner, Stephanie Frank, Josie Molina, and Cheri Williams. We should also consider a thank you gift for Jennifer Hanson and Megan Kuehler, who worked to people us publicize our event.

We decided to feed the DISCO kiddos on Feb. 23, but that was moved up to Feb. 9 when it became clear that the youth would NOT have leftover sandwich fixings to eat on this coming Wednesday. We will plan for 30 kids, but if our class comes and brings kids, that number could easily be 50. Here's the plan:

Brent: Pizza from the Sublette bowling alley (if you'd like contribute cash, that would be great; otherwise, we will just pay for the food out of our class account)

Karen: Salad

Nicole and Stacey: Cookies

Cathy: Drinks

We'll just use the paper plates, etc. that are at the church.

The assessment incentive project was also discussed, and we came to the consensus that $500 would be spent on the project. For the high school kids, 10, $10 prizes will be given, probably gift certificates to local businesses. For the JH kids, we'll give away $100 worth of Satanta Day carnival wristbands. The 3-6 kids will get $200 worth of prizes with their teachers choosing what those prizes are.Finally, we will give $100 to the preK-2 teachers to spend on incentives for their classrooms. Nicole will take care of arranging this.

We also discussed the need to re-stock the food pantry. Leanne has offered to head up this effort. We'd like to get this done sometime this week as Jose will be speaking on Sunday. The following is a grocery list we brainstormed in class:

Tuna helper
Tuna
Pinto beans (dry)
Tortilla flour
Cooking Oil
Flour
Sugar
Macaroni and Cheese
Cereal
Soups in family-size cans
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Soap
Shampoo
Deodorant

Finally, we discussed the need to a new study series. Several options were suggested, and Ryan will look into them, beginning with another DVD study led by Adam Hamilton.