Dads and Donuts

Dads and Donuts is a fun morning provided by Manila PTA for students to get to spend a morning with their dads, uncles, grandpas, etc. It is coming up on Friday, October 5th. Students in Track A can come from 7:15-7:55. Students in Track B can come from 8:30-9:10. Bring your dad, uncle, grandpa, etc. and go to the lunchroom where there will be free donuts for everyone! You can purchase milk from the lunchroom for $.30. This is also a great time to visit the Book Fair together! If you are in a time crunch and are worried about getting to work on time, please bring cash to buy your Book Fair items. There will be people in the library walking around taking cash so you don't have to wait in the line. Yay! There will also be prizes from the Book Fair given out every 5 minutes in the lunch room! Hope to see you there!

SEPs

Remember there are SEP's this week. You should have registered for a time slot online, so check what time you have, and go chat with your child's teacher. If you still haven't registered, click the online scheduler below and see what time slots are left.

It's also a great time to check out the Book Fair!  And a big THANK YOU to all who are helping provide the teachers dinner on Tuesday and Thursday nights. It is greatly appreciated!

Book Fair Week

Book Fair Week is October 1-5 at Manila Elementary! Come and take a look at all the great books and other things available! Take advantage of SEP nights and go in and look before or after talking with your child's teacher. Or, join us on Friday for Dads and Donuts and after your donuts, go check out the Book Fair Together! It's a great time to get some new books and benefit our school library as well!

Also, look for the Teacher Donation board on the left side as you enter the Book Fair. Many people like to donate books to their child's classroom, so we ask the teachers to put some suggestions of books they would like to have in their classroom. All you need to do is pick one of the papers in your child's teacher's spot, take it to the cash register and pay for it, and it will be donated to your child's classroom in your child's name.

Mini Marathon Success!!!

Thank you to everyone that participated in some way at the 3rd Annual Manila Mini Marathon! It was a great success!  It looked like everyone had a lot of fun and the weather even cooperated this year!!!  YAY!

We gave out several awards. They were...

1st Place- Brandon Coombs

2nd Place- Shaun Yellowhorse

3rd Place- Tyler Ashby

Most Spirited Face Paint- Lucas Radcliffe

Craziest Hair- Emily Trewartha

Funkiest Socks- Austin Russen

There were so many great faces, hair and socks! Thank you for participating! And a big shout out to Mr. Dickson's class. They had 60% of their class register for the marathon! They win a class party from Chick Fil A! They also had on awesome capes and Mr. D ran the entire marathon pushing a boom box in a stroller! Great fun!

The vendor EXPO was a success and we want to thank our sponsors for helping make this possible...

Dry Creek Pediatric Dentistry

Intermountain Utah Valley ENT (Dr. Porter)

Intermountain Utah Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Evergreen Chiropractic

Timp School of Dance

ASEA

Bobby Lawrence Karate- Team Justus

CrossFit Cedar Ridge

Daylight Donuts

Chick Fil A

Maceys

Little Caesars

Irontown Homes

Geneva Rock

Road ID

We also want to thank the other vendors that had booths at the EXPO. It was a lot of fun! We hope to see you all there next year, too!

Stay tuned... I will be posting pictures soon!

 

Online Registration Drawing Winners

We held a drawing for anyone who registered for the Manila Mini Marathon online, and the winners are...

Chelsie Moody

Beth Snider

Paige Crawley

Danielle Fugal

Jana Nettesheim

Aimee Carter

Angela Hammond

Amy Gotcher

Stephanie Ashby

Sherie Warner

Thanks for supporting Manila Elementary! We appreciate you! You can pick up your prizes at the registration table tomorrow at the race! See you then!

Mini Marathon this Friday!

Our Mini Marathon is 

Vendor EXPO starts at 4:30       Race is at 5:30

Come run with the Chick Fil A Cow!

Have dinner with us!

Remember to wear

school spirit

and

You can't register online anymore, but you can show up and register there! Come join the fun!!

MINIMAL MONDAY

Just a heads up...  September 24th is our first 

 What is a Minimal Monday? In the past, Alpine School District teachers have participated in several days of Professional Development during the school year. Students were not in class on those days. This year, Professional Development will take place on four Minimal Mondays. On these Mondays, the students' day is shorter and the teachers will stay longer for Professional Development.

The Four Minimal Mondays are 9/24/12, 11/5/12, 2/4/13 and 3/4/13.

Grades 1-6 times
A Track: 8:00-12:30
B Track: 9:15-1:45

Kindergarten Schedule stays the same except for Mrs. Crockett's afternoon class. They will come from 12:33-1:45.

Last Day to Register Online

Just letting you all know that Monday is the LAST DAY TO REGISTER ONLINE for the Mini Marathon. You can still come to the table and register on the day of the race, but we would love it if everyone would pre-register if possible.

Even if you can't stay for the race, come have dinner with us!!!

Family Pizza Meal $15- Large pizza, bread sticks and 6 pack of soda
Chick Fil A Meal $5- Chicken sandwich, bag of chips, can of soda

Remember... prizes for the first 3 to cross the finish line, craziest hair, funkiest socks, and most spirited face paint! And it's your children's last chance to get their classmates to register and win the Chick Fil A Class Party!!!

Let's go, MUSTANGS! Let's get out and enjoy some crisp fall air together and support our school!

And the T-shirt contest winner is...

ANNA!!!

Congratulations on creating the winning shirt design! It's awesome! Enjoy seeing your design on everyone's shirt! And thank you to all of you who submitted entries! We had SO many great entries this year! It was hard to choose! Our mustangs are amazing!

2012 logo

It's not too late to register for the Mini Marathon! We have ordered some extras of this fantastic shirt, so register now and hopefully we'll have the size you want. It's not guaranteed, but come and see!

Attention All PTA Military Families...

Attention All PTA Military Families

Schedule Parent Teacher Conferences

It's time for parent teacher conferences! Schedule yours online. Click on the Online Scheduler and then choose Manila Elementary and push go. The school password is mustangs. Choose your student or look them up and make your appointment. It's that easy!

Room Mother Tea

Hooray for the Room Moms!!!  To all of those who volunteered to be a Room Mom, a great big THANK YOU! Room Moms are amazing and they are a huge help at Manila. To get you started off, we are having a Room Mother's Tea on Tuesday, September 18th at 4:00pm in the school Library. You will have a brief orientation there and then you will be able to meet with the teacher and discuss your plans for the year. Please try to attend this if you are a Room Mom. It really will be beneficial. If you have any questions, contact Sandy Call.

Minimal Monday

Just a heads up... There is a Minimal Monday coming up quickly!!! September 24th is our first one!

 What is a Minimal Monday? In the past, Alpine School District teachers have participated in several days of Professional Development during the school year. Students were not in class on those days. This year, Professional Development will take place on four Minimal Mondays. On these Mondays, the students' day is shorter and the teachers will stay longer for Professional Development.

The Four Minimal Mondays are 9/24/12, 11/5/12, 2/4/13 and 3/4/13.

Grades 1-6 times
A Track: 8:00-12:30
B Track: 9:15-1:45

Kindergarten Schedule stays the same except for Mrs. Crockett's afternoon class. They will come from 12:33-1:45.

Last Day to Register and get Shirt

September 14th is the last day you can register for the Mini Marathon and be guaranteed a Race T-Shirt! I have seen the winning design... and believe me, you will want one! They are going to be outstanding!!! Here's a little more info on the marathon...

Reminder Flyer 2 Blog

What??? Who's running in the Mini Marathon???

School T-Shirt Orders

If you want to order a School T-Shirt or Spirit Sleeves, the LAST day to order is September 13th. This will be the last order for the year. Please get your order forms into the office. Thanks!

PTA and Mini Marathon Meeting

Manila's September PTA Meeting will be held on September 12 at 9:30am in the Southwest Trailer. Please join us if you can! We would love your input! And children are welcome.

The Mini Marathon Meeting will be right after, around 10:30. We will be finalizing things for the Mini Marathon, so we would love it if you could join us for that, also. 

If you have any questions, please contact Heidi Panter at 801-602-9196 or manilapta1213@gmail.com. 

Hope to see you there!

Manila 3rd Annual Mini Marathon Shirt Contest

All students are invited to create the new Mini Marathon Shirt for this year's race. We have had some fantastic shirts in the past, and we are excited to see what you come up with for this year!  REMEMBER... in order for your design to qualify, you need to use three colors or less. Black is considered one of the colors. You need to have your design turned in NO LATER than September 11th. And it's not a rule, but in general the winning shirts have had something to do with Manila and the Mini Marathon. We know a lot of you are Viking and BYU fans, but we probably wouldn't put that on our Marathon shirt, so think carefully about your design. We are looking forward to seeing your creations!





Marathon Shirt

Mini Marathon Reminder

School is in full swing and going great! Hopefully your children are settled in and ready for a great year! 

I just wanted to send out a reminder to sign up for the Mini Marathon! We need your support! It is on September 28th. Vendor EXPO will be at 4:30 and the Marathon will begin at 5:30. We do realize that there is a BYU game that night, but we are hoping that everyone will still support the Marathon. This is the one fundraiser that the PTA is doing, so even if you can't participate in the Marathon, please register and donate so we can keep the great programs we have at Manila! Let's show that Mustang Pride! You can register by CLICKING HERE!

Also, if any of you know someone who would be interested in a Vendor booth at the Marathon, it is a great way to do some advertisement! They can register at that same link.

Thanks for your support! We can't do this without you!

New SunButter

This comes from Jodi Vlam, from the District Food Services...

Beginning this year, we have had changes to the nutritional requirements for all school meals as a result of USDA regulatory changes. One of the most significant requirements has been the need for children to take a fruit or vegetable serving for lunch. We have found that a great number of elementary students already select a fruit or vegetable each day for lunch.  The selection is only part of the process and we hope that each of us, Nutrition Services, Principals and faculty can encourage students to eat all of their lunches and reduce waste.

I have attached a brochure that has been developed and is being printed for clarification.  This could be helpful for you as you receive questions from parents or faculty.  Also attached is an article placed in the districts July newspaper regarding Sunbutter sandwiches.  These sandwiches were added this year for use as an emergency meal and a sandwich option for field trips. Sunbutter sandwiches are not made from nuts and do not cause a risk to  students with a peanut/nut allergy.  

Pizza offered this year has a new taste and look to meet new nutritional requirements.  We have changed to a 51% whole grain crust, a lower sodium pizza sauce and reduced fat pepperoni.  The reformulated recipe is currently being evaluated and we hope to continue improving all choices and finding ways to meet student preferences.

And I thought this flyer might be of some interest.