PTA has been asked to help with the immediate needs of the families who are flood victims. A meeting was held on Friday, September 25th to determine the best way we provide disaster relief while coordinating with a number of non-profit organizations, churches, Cobb Emergency Operations, Cobb Disaster Recovery, American Red Cross, United Way, and the like!
Click here for more information about Flood Disaster Recovery and what you can do to help.
The Mt. Bethel 2009-2010 Yearbook planning is underway! A huge thank you goes out to everyone who volunteered to serve on the Yearbook Committee. In order to have a great yearbook, we need MANY photos. So please help us by taking pictures of our children. One way to do this is by uploading your pictures directly to the yearbook website…It is EASY!
The Yearbook Committee invites teachers and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you've got great photos of school events, we'd like to see them. Our photographers can't be everywhere.
Here is how you can submit photos online:
Submit your photos today! The last day to submit photos is February 22, 2010.
We still need ―official photographers to take six to eight photos in the areas listed below. If you have a child participating in any of these activities, this is your opportunity to photograph your child with their friends and get their smiling face in the yearbook!
Student Council, MBE-TV, Science Olympiad, Math Olympiad, Odyssey of the Mind, Reflections, Shakespeare, Kids Chess, Spanish, Gymnastics, Unicycle, Juggling, Baton Club, Big Help, Chorus, YMCA Sports, TEAM, Art Club, Healthy Kids, Safety Patrol, Running. Geography Bee, Spelling Bee, Science, Computer Lab, Performing Arts, PE, Counseling, Media, Fun Run, Health Fair, Cultural, Celebrations, and Red Ribbon Week
If you would like to volunteer, please specify which area you are interested in and email yearbook@mtbethelpta.org
Come share The True Blue Walton Pride on Friday, September 18! Plus, join us for the other 2009 home football games:
For more information on Walton football, visit www.raidersfb.net.
Everyone has their own opinion of beauty, and it‘s time to express it!
Click here for more information, official entry form, and rules!
Looking for easy and FREE ways to help support Mt. Bethel‘s wonderful school programs and events? Donating recyclable materials to Mt. Bethel helps us turn Trash into Cash! The Green Team is currently accepting the following items:
Used printer cartridges
Instead of dropping used printer cartridges in the trash, drop them off with us. Mt. Bethel can receive up to $2 per recycled cartridge! You can drop off cartridges in the bin located by the water fountain in the front entry.
Old or broken electronics
Have old or broken cell phones, laptops, iPods, Nintendo DS consoles, digital cameras, or digital video cameras? Mt. Bethel can earn up to $300 per item for recycling these types of electronics.
Newspapers, Paper, Magazines, and Aluminum Cans
Let us help you reduce your trash at home! Just bring your aluminum cans, newspapers, paper, and magazines to the individual collection bins located in the back corner of the front parking lot. Mt. Bethel receives cash for this type of trash, too!
Thanks for your support in reducing landfill waste and providing additional income to our school!
Mt. Bethel‘s Green Team is participating in Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe program, where athletic shoes are recycled into a material used to create sports surfaces for playgrounds and outdoor courts that are being donated to communities all over the globe.
So, instead of throwing out those old shoes, recycle them at Night in the Park(ing) Lot! We'll take any style (tennis, basketball, running, etc), brand, size, or condition!
Just follow your nose to our (smelly) collection site during Night in the Park(ing) Lot, on Friday September 4th!
At the Georgia PTA State Convention this July,
Mt. Bethel was extremely honored to be one of only two schools in the entire state
to receive the Georgia PTA Presidents 500 Circle Award. This award, also
given to Cheatham Hill Elementary, was created to acknowledge the
efforts of both the programs supported by our PTA and the
countless volunteers who make our PTA so successful for the children.
Mt. Bethel PTA also received 1st place for 9th district Outstanding Local Unit!
In lieu of our annual gift wrap sale fundraiser, Mt. Bethel PTA will be launching a new and exciting program next year! The Boosterthon Fundraising Program is a STUDENT LED, VALUES-CENTERED, FITNESS-BASED program that will be held August 24 – September 3.
The PTA is excited about implementing this program as a fresh idea to fundraising to support our many wonderful programs at Mt. Bethel. We are equally as excited about the opportunity to show our students that FITNESS IS FUN and to promote the values and character education that are included in the Boosterthon program. Also, unlike our sales-based fundraisers, all monies collected will be tax deductible and EVERY child will be able to participate in the fun regardless of their participation in the fundraising.
Boosterthon has been a huge hit with students, faculty, and families at many local schools and we are looking forward to bringing it to Mt. Bethel.
Look for more information regarding this event when we return to school in August or visit www.funrun.com to learn more about Boosterathon!
It is important for children to come to school emotionally and
physically healthy. Studies have shown that children’s physical
well-being has a significant effect on their learning and long-term
success. When children are well-rested, well-nourished, and physically
fit they are more ready to learn.
Every parent wants his or her child to be happy and healthy. Parents share the responsibility of ensuring their child's well-being with teachers, the community, its members, and all its services. Learning the facts about various health concerns is key to this common effort.
Go to the National PTA's Health and Wellness topics page for more information on child health, nutrition, and wellness topics.
We’ve had a wonderful year of cultural arts presentations - music genres from classical to blues to jazz to opera, with a wide variety of musical instruments; exciting theatrical performances, such as Nate the Great and Hansel & Gretel; and of course, the thrilling storytelling talents of Eric Litwin, Carmen Deedy,
and Yolanda Hernandez! Who can forget the fun-filled performance by FoodPlay, featuring a little of everything -juggling, music, magic, and of course, funny characters - with an emphasis on healthy habits, nutritional eating, and exercise!
We’re looking forward to providing the students with another year of creative and inspiring performances to bring out the artist in everyone!
Thank you to all Mt. Bethel families who contributed food for the Powers Ferry Spring Break Food Pantry. Due to your generosity, we were able to distribute the following items at Powers Ferry Elementary on Monday, March 30:
Breakfast items: 538 servings
Lunch items: 270 servings
Snack items: 670 servings
Fruit items: 206 servings
Because of the large number of students on free/reduced lunch, these items were helpful in providing nutrition during the school break. We had over 40 families come through and select food for almost 60 children. The parents and students alike were very grateful and enjoyed being able to “shop” and pick the items they would like to eat. Because there were so many donated snack and breakfast items, the teachers were able to use them for CRCT classroom snacks. They too, are very thankful.
Big thanks goes to Susan Thrash, Karen Greene, Victoria Curran, and Wendy Giglio for volunteering their time to help with the food distribution. It was a rewarding experience for all involved. If you’d like to know how you could be involved in similar events in the future, please contact Susan Thrash, Mt. Bethel PTA Outreach Committee Chair, at CommunityOutreach@mtbethelpta.org.
Help the environment and Mt. Bethel. Drop off your newspapers, magazines, and aluminum cans in the large recycling bins in the Mt. Bethel parking lot!! Help the environment and Mt. Bethel!!
Check out the April East Cobber Magazine for an article featuring Mt. Bethel's recent Art Show!
Click here for a link, then go to page 32!
Great news and a heartfelt thank you to all the
schools that sent in Popsicle sticks and to our members who called or emailed
their legislators in our campaign to save the school nurse funding.
The 2010
budget that passed contained almost full funding for nurses: $29.1 M (only a 3%
cut).
Congratulations on making your voices heard!
Thanks for clipping and sending in your Campbell’s Soup labels! During the 2008-2009 school year, we collected more than 5000 labels!
Keep clipping and saving your labels over the summer as we will continue the Soup Label program in the Fall. Thanks for your support.
We are
switching over to electronic communications for many items that would have
normally been sent home as a flyer. Be
sure to sign up for PTA E-Minder, so
you won’t miss out on important news!
Click here-->http://mtbethelelementary.ptsamail.com/
You can also
find a link for E-Minder sign-up on your teacher’s blog!
Good
news!!
e the play Class of 3000.
Our school is
also the recipient of an ACE grant (Arts Curriculum Enhancement Grant) from the
Georgia Council for the Arts,
which can be renewed for an additional 2
years. This grant and our Alliance
partnership supports the cost of a multi-visit residency by an Alliance Theatre
teaching artist in 4 of our third grade classrooms.
The
residencies are arts integration based, with drama and language skills
experienced through interactive group activities such as narrated pantomime and
story enactment. The partnership
includes professional learning opportunities for the teachers involved in the
program.
We look forward to our partnership with the Alliance Theatre and the drama experiences ahead for our students.
For more
information about
the Alliance Theatre Education Department, please call 404-733-4700
Click here
for an order form.
Mt. Bethel PTA is offering BPA-Free Green Team bottles at manufacturer's cost ($5.00 each!) to promote recycling and reduce the number of plastic bottles in our trash cans. At this price, you can have several on hand and eliminate the need to purchase disposable bottles.
While the Mt. Bethel BPA Free water bottle is safer for our children and the environment, it is not necessarily safe in your dishwasher. Hand washing is recommended.
Please consider purchasing a Green Team bottle...or use a sports bottle of your own to minimize waste.
Remember - if every child and staff member brings a disposable bottle each day, we throw out more than 1,000 bottles each day and 20,000 bottles each month!
The Mt. Bethel PTA has been presented with the School of Excellence Award for Parent Involvement!
We are very proud to receive this distinction!
Click here for more information
