~ Friends of RMS Newsletter ~

Friends of RMS Board Members:

Lynda Lowery/President        lynda8630@comcast.net/465-5858

Tonya Ott/Secretary       ott61611@juno.com

Melissa Payne/Treasurer        m13payne@gmail.com

The theme for RMS this year is……

RMS Gives Back!

Playing on the words of RMS Gives Back, I would like to take this opportunity since this will be my last newsletter, to say what an honor it has been to be the president of this organization.  I would like to thank all of you that volunteered your time when I asked, cooked wonderful dishes and treats, donated goods for various projects or events and supported me and this organization while I was in charge of it.  I have always thought that as long as you are respectful and thankful for anyone’s time and effort no matter how much it is needed or given that it comes back to you in more ways than you can imagine.  I loved the theme RMS gives back because as a parent I have always tried to instill in my children to pitch in and help out wherever and whenever you can and you will be so much better for it.  Being a part of the parent organizations in both the elementary and middle schools have been some of my favorite moments.  I thank the staff for allowing me into their school, their classrooms and for allowing me to be creative and a little crazy at times.  Giving back to all of you has definitely made me a better person and I owe that to all of you!

                                                                                                        Lynda :0)

Upcoming Events:

** May   ~  Honors Breakfast    7:45am

                       5th grade/May 24  ~   6th grade/May 25  ~   7th grade/May 26

**June   ~  Fun Day Celebration  ~ June 3rd

         8th Grade Graduation  ~ June 7th 6:30 pm

MARCH was Box Tops for Education collection month:

Our goal was to collect the most Box Tops in RMS history ~ We succeeded!!!!  Our school collected 11,471 Box Tops.  That translates into Friends of RMS receiving a check for $1,147.10 coming in December of 2011.  The 6th grade came through as the clear winners of this contest by collecting 6,038.  Outstanding!  They enjoyed an ice cream sundae treat with all the toppings on the Friday after spring break during lunch.

A great contribution by the other grades were;  5th grade collected 3,407; 7th grade collected 924 and 8th grade collected 1,102.

Great job to the entire school for supporting our Box Tops collection! AWESOME JOB!

A huge thank you goes out to Jodi Mattner for counting and bundling all of those box tops.  Not an easy job by any means and certainly not a thankless one! Thank you Jodi for your hard work.....

Gordon Food Service:

I would like to thank everybody that uses their Gordon’s fun funds card and supports our  organization the entire year.  Every little bit helps and I would like to thank you for remembering and taking the time to use your card.

If you shop at Gordon Food Service, you know what a great store it can be.  I shop there for personal, professional and for as many school needs as I can.  When I shop, I use my fun funds card.  A fun funds card give a %back to our organization just for shopping like you normally do.  The program and the card cost NOTHING!  In an attempt to cut down on the amount of paper generated, Gordon’s has come up with a way to sign up on-line.  Use this address to be linked directly to our organizations web specific page.

http://www.gfs.com/funfunds/home.page?OrgNumber=2112922

Spring Conference Food:

I would like to thank everybody that donated food in support of the staff during spring conferences.  We laid out a Mexican feast for the staff on one day and provided a box of snacks and a beverage to get them through another long day at school.  A big thank you to Tracy Boyd, Debbie Ruff, Rose Burkhard, Lisa Fleisher, Jodi Mattner, Darcy Jones, Dawn Oldenburg, Molly Owen and Angie Miller for their contributions.  Your dishes were delicious and we couldn’t have done it without you!

Concessions:

Concessions have finished for the year.  Thank you to all who volunteered their time to work and to all of you that visited our concessions this year.  Your support for our organization allows us to provide much needed financial support for various materials and activities during the school year.  It also eliminates the need for catalog and other types of fundraising throughout the year.  I know he gets shy and doesn’t like it when you shine a light on him, but he deserves a big thank you for handling the concessions for us.  Jason Ashby took on the task this year and did a great job.  So, like it or not Jason, you get an “atta-boy” from me.  I would also like to thank his side-kick Kenny for all of his hard work helping Jason and running many concessions as well.  Everybody should have a “Kenny” to rely on!

Teacher Appreciation Week:

Teacher appreciation week was May 2nd – 6th.  We appreciated our staff on Teacher Appreciation day (Tues) with a continental breakfast in the lounge.  On Wednesday, we loaded up the wheel of fun and took it into the lunchroom.  All of the staff got a chance to spin and win various “themed” gift baskets.  We had baskets like “stuck at school, got the munchies blues”, flower power, chocolate overload, gift certificates, “paper/pencils & pens oh my”, misc. mania, and star spangled scents just to name a few.  We ended the day with a candy buffet in the teacher’s lounge so everybody could be on “CHOCOLATE” overload!  It was a fun time for all!

Thank you Miss Patti for loaning us the wheel of fun!

Positions Needed!

The Friends of RMS organization exists to try and fill the needs and support the staff and school throughout the year.  Understanding that everybody is busy and that sometimes not everybody wants to take on any monumental tasks, positions on this parent board are needed.  After 12 years of one or the other (and at times both) boards I am leaving.  A person that had thought she wanted to take on the responsibility as president has decided that she cannot.  This organization can only exist if there are parents to run it.  If you are interested in being on the board or taking charge of it please email me.

Thanks Lynda (lynda8630@comcast.net)

Fun Day:

Fun day will be Friday June 3rd.  I will be sending out an email to all of you that signed up to help with this event this week.  We have a lot of fun things planned for our last blow out of the year…..

Well, as always, the school year will end with the Honors Breakfasts for grades 5, 6 & 7  and 8th Grade Graduation.  These last few weeks of school will be here and gone before you know it.

I would like to thank my board members: Tonya Ott (Secretary) and Melissa Payne (Treasurer) and Dawn Oldenburg (Trustee) & Jason Ashby (Concessions) for doing such a wonderful job.  You guys have been great to work with and a great help to me.

I would also like to thank Lori Graves for all of her help, trust and support these past few years.  I will miss that “OMG” look that you give me during our first meeting of the year when I would tell you some of my crazy ideas.  Good luck at the elementary school, I will come visit and bring you chocolate!  And thank you to Jim Hutfilz, it has been a pleasure getting to know you and work with you this year.  Last but not least, a very big thank you to Beth Jones who always had the answers to my questions, kept me informed and has occasionally saved my sanity (sometimes all in the same day!).  I appreciate all your help!

Thought for the month…….

Often when you think you are at the end of something, you are at the beginning of something else ~

                                                                                                             Unknown

Have a great summer everybody!