Ralphs Rewards

If you haven’t done so yet, please link/re-link your Ralphs rewards card. If you tried to do so between 9/1-9/4, there was a glitch with the Ralphs system which has since been resolved, so please try again. By linking your card, the school will receive a percentage of all dollars spent throughout the year. Last year, the money received from Ralphs was one of our largest fundraisers, and that is with only 33% school participation. Anyone can sign up, so ask your family and friends to link their cards! It takes just a few minutes of your time, and the school benefits all year long. There are 2 very easy ways to sign up:

  1. Online: Click here for instructions. If you would like to print out the instructions, please click here for the PDF.
  2. In store: Click here to download and print the barcode. Bring the barcode and your Ralphs Rewards card to the store and ask the cashier to link it upon check out. If you forget to bring the barcode, there is an additional copy at the Customer Service desk.

In a week or so, the next time you shop at Ralphs, the bottom of your receipt should have “Del Sur Elementary PTA”. If it doesn’t, please try again to link your card. Remember that money raised by the PTA goes directly towards curriculum enhancements. In the past, programs include Gold Rush Days, Colonial Days, Old Fashioned Trunk Show and Owl Pellet Dissecting. With the budget cuts, it is crucial that everyone contributes so that we are able to continue to offer more for our Explorers. Thank you for your efforts!

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Red Ribbon Week 10/22 – 10/26

Next week is Red Ribbon Week! Here is how we will be celebrating the national drug prevention campaign at Del Sur:

Monday (10/22)

Dress: “Band against Drugs”- students wear headbands or bandanas.
Lunchtime Activity: Students will sign a board in the lobby- a “Pledge against Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco”.

Tuesday (10/23)

Dress: “Sock it to Drugs”- students wear silly socks.
Lunchtime Activity: West Coast Martial Arts Karate demonstration.

Wednesday (10/24)

Dress: “DEA prescribed red dress!”- students wear red.
Lunchtime Activity: The DEA and the California National Guard will be in assembly from 1:30-2:15.
Jimbo’s Natural Foods will be providing a healthy snack encouraging all to nourish our bodies.

Thursday (10/25)

Dress: “Do Knot do Drugs”- students wear the wackiest tie they can find
Lunchtime Activity: “Jump Away from Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco”- potato sack race

Friday (10/26)

Dress: “Hair’s to a Drug Free Life”- crazy hair day
Lunchtime Activity: Bingo

All K-5 students will have the opportunity to create a poster. Posters will be due on Wednesday (10/24)- the winner will be chosen on Friday (10/26). The subject of the poster is either “drug Free” or based on the Six Pillars of Character. There will be one winner per K-5. Your student should write their name, grade and teacher in the corner of their poster.

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Yearbook Committee

Dear Explorer Families,

Yearbook will be holding its first committee meeting on Wednesday, October 24th at 7:00 in the Library. As a committee member you can make as little or as big of a commitment as you want. Yearbook will need help in many areas including taking photographs, page design and completion, proofing, etc. Whether you are creative or organized or anything in between we could use your help! If you would like to be a part of yearbook but can’t make it to the meeting please e-mail me.

Photographers needed: I have an immediate need for Photographers to take candid shots of students during Red Ribbon Week, Oct 22 – 26. If you can be on campus during school hours to take pictures please contact me immediately for details.

Thanks,
Traci Grothe
tracigrothe@yahoo.com

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PTA Announcements

  • The PTA would like to welcome Stacy Fletcher to the board as VP of Services. Thank you Stacy for volunteering your time to serve on the PTA!
  • Traci Grothe has graciously volunteered to chair the yearbook committee. If you would like to be on the committee and help design this year’s yearbook, please contact Traci at tracigrothe@yahoo.com.

Upcoming events:

  • Thanks to your amazing support, we made $463.58 at last month’s Dine Out at Miguel’s!! Please be sure to mark your calendars for this month’s Dine Out, next Tuesday 10/16 at Souplantation. Flyers will be sent home Friday (or you may download it here: Souplantation Dine Out flyer).
  • Next Thursday 10/18 is the PTA/Foundation General Association meeting. Please join us for an update on the year so far, and what’s in store the next few months. The meeting will last approximately 30 minutes.
  • On Friday 10/26, the PTA will be hosting a movie night at the school lawn, showing Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Click here for more information.
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