ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Offering additional explanations about events/opportunities listed in the latest email.

Curriculum Nights: Please contact your teachers if you have questions. This information is from a past parent’s perspective.

The 6^th grade Curriculum Nights differ from the 7^th/8^th grade night. The 6^th grade teams meet separately and typically hold one large meeting with all parents. Sometimes students are invited (Spirit Dogs) but unless your team specifies that students are invited, you should assume that the meeting is geared toward the parents.

ALL of the 7^th and 8^th grade teams hold their Curriculum Nights together at the same time. Parents are encouraged to come with a copy of their student’s daily schedule. Parents meet in their child’s first period class and proceed to follow their child’s schedule throughout the evening meeting in each class for about 5 minutes. The bell will ring letting parents know when it’s time to switch classes. Students need not attend.

Courage Retreats:

Sponsored by Pueblo’s Administration, these retreats help our students find the Courage to stand up for what they believe to be right. They address bullying and how harsh words can affect others. This year we will have Courage Retreats are for our 6^th grade students in August and similar “Awareness Days” for our 7^th grade students later in the year. Our 8^th graders have the opportunity to participate in “Minitown”. For additional information about the Courage Retreats, please read a post from our blog written last year. You can find it by following this link: http://pueblo-pto.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-is-courage-retreat.html Your donation of small treats will provide students will a snack for these events.

Family Fitness 5K:

This is a professionally run event which offers our community a 5K or 1 mile run/walk. This year our event has been selected as an official Chandler Centennial Designated Event. With the city celebrating their 100 year birthday in 2012, they will be including our event in their advertising. This run generated over $4,000 last year. We combine our efforts with our sister school, Paloma to provide our community with this fun event. At Pueblo, we donate all funds earned through this run to our ABC (Action Brain Connection) program. This program helps encourage healthy, active kids at our school. If you are interested in helping to plan this event, the first meeting is at 3:00pm this Saturday, August 13^th in the Sunset Library’s Community Room.

Restaurant Nights:

Pueblo PTO hosts monthly Restaurant Nights. We like to call them “Eat for Pueblo Nights”. Everyone has to eat right? So why not take the night off and let someone else do the cooking and earn money for our school at the same time? You just need to show the flier when you order. This month we are eating with Jimmy & Joes Pizza just east of McClintock and north of Ray. The flier is attached.

School Store:
This is the 2^nd year that PTO has managed the school store. It’s a great place to stop in for all of your school spirit needs. The store is located in room J-8 and is open for business every Wednesday and Friday before school. Students should stop by and check it out. We also provide basic school supplies. Look for an online list of products and pricing coming soon. The school store also provides our NJHS students an opportunity to earn In-School service hours. We ask for 2 students and 1 adult to volunteer each day. Student Volunteers are open to 7^th & 8^th graders only. Look for signup information coming soon. PARENTS: Get your Pueblo windshield decal and show your school pride!

STAY TUNED: We are in the process of creating a website to replace our blog. Look for that information soon~