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Parent Coffee, Book Fair & More Exciting News Fairmeadow!
Fri, Dec 10 7:50am-9:15am
Fairmeadow Elementary
 
Hello Fairmeadow!
 
It has been a busy week already at Fairmeadow and we are not even half way through the week!
 
***NEWSFLASH***
FRIDAY MORNING 7:50AM - 9:15AM, put it in your calendar!!
1. Our Book Fair will be open Friday morning in our MP Room!!
2. After shopping come join us outside the MP Room for our last Parents Coffee of 2021 and our first parents event on campus in 2 years!! Starting at 8:15am we will be getting in the Holiday spirit with some festive fun, plus hot coffee and festive treats!! We would love to see you!
 
📚Book Fair : On Monday and Tuesday all our teachers brought their classes through the fair and students had the opportunity to complete their “wishlists” - ask your student about it if they haven't mentioned it as yet. Our fair will be open on Wednesday from 1:25 - 2:15pm and Th & Friday 2pm - 3:15pm. Come see the selection of books and fun supplies! Scholarships are available, please contact the front office.  
*Our thanks to all those that have volunteered so far at our fair, we still have some open slots if you can help please sign up here. 
**Just a reminder that you can set up an e-wallet for your student/s so they can purchase items directly at the fair or they can pay cash also.
***Additionally if you would like to contribute to books for the whole classroom you can support your teacher by topping up their e-wallet, see teachers already participating in this here.
 ****New : Volunteers needed for Friday morning Book Fair, please sign up here.
   
 
🥁 Drum Emoji on Apple iOS 14.5Wednesday 8th December - The unveiling of our New Spirit Store with some new designs and styles! Stay tuned!!
 
☕️Parent’s Holiday Coffee : Come join us on Friday Dec 10th @ 8:15am for our last coffee of 2021!! We will have hot coffee, festive treats and more! Let's kick off the holiday season together! 
 
🛍Shop & Support Fairmeadow : Holidays are coming!  Do you know you can help earn free money for Fairmeadow PTA while shopping?  By signing up to Amazon Smile, eScrip and Box Tops and selecting Fairmeadow Elementary PTA as your charity, you can help raise money for PTA. Check out all the information on your PTA website here!
 
🥚Good Eggs : Fairmeadow has partnered with Good Eggs, an online grocery delivery service, to raise money for our PTA for the entirety of the 2021-2022 school year! Fairmeadow will earn 5% back on all orders when the promo code “goodeggsforfairmeadow” is used. In addition, all new customers receive $15 off their first order AND Fairmeadow receives a bonus $500 if we sign up 20 new customers.
Go to schools.goodeggs.com and enter the code "goodeggsforfairmeadow”. Good Eggs support Local Farmers to get Fresh Produce, Sustainable Meat, Dairy & Eggs! 
Questions? Contact PTA volunteer Katie G. at katiesgentry@gmail.com.
 
🌾Second Harvest Food Bank : So many more people are relying on our Food Banks this year, please give what you can. Please see this note from our Principal : We are still in the midst of our annual community service project and will be collecting monetary donations for our Second Harvest Food Bank drive until December 15th. Please see this flyer for more information. Thank you all for supporting this very important cause, so far we’ve raised over $250 and hope to reach our goal of $2,500. Remember, $1 provides two meals for families in need. If you would prefer to submit a credit card donation, here is Fairmeadow’s direct online fundraising link: https://impact.shfb.org/team/390695. This link is also provided in the information flyer mentioned above.
 
Firebird Corner : If you have any photos of your child in their Fairmeadow spirit wear, maybe a holiday photo, reading a new book or if they would like to share their favorite joke, short story, a picture they drew in class or an act of kindness, Firebird Corner is the place to do it!! Please send your entries to Anjali @ fairmeadow.enews@gmail.com by Friday at 5pm each week. 
 
If you have any other questions please email us at: fairmeadowPTA@gmail.com
 
Hope to see you at the Book Fair and Parents Coffee! 
Collette & Team 
Fairmeadow PTA