events

Event/Program

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Date

ADDISON E-ADVISOR

The e-ADVISOR is our school's electronic newsletter, which goes out each Sunday night. It is the main method of communicating ongoing activities and issues around campus. Parent volunteers submit articles for the newsletter, and more parent volunteers helped to edit and layout the final product. It is a great way to find out what's going on at school. Sign up for the e-Advisor here.

Weekly

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

The PTA helps organize the Community Based After School Enrichment Program at Addison. Each program offered requires enrollment and has fees—see the After School page for more information.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Did you know that there is an emergency supply shed on campus? The district pays for the shed and most of the items contained inside. The PTA helps to fund any additional emergency supplies that are not covered by PAUSD that would benefit our school in case of an emergency. To get involved with Addison's emergency preparedness team, please fill out the volunteer form.

FAMILY MATH NIGHT

Family Math Night is designed to make math fun for the whole family through hands-on math activities. Volunteer for this fun evening here.

March 2

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT

Family Science Night was created to promote the appreciation and interest in general science. Volunteer for this fun evening here.

November 18

FAMILY SKATE NIGHTS

These are fun social events held at the Winterlodge. Families pay a fee (typically $12/person), which includes skate rentals to join other Addison families in a night of skating. Kids really enjoy skating on the ice with other school friends!

The K-2 ice skating party is on January 20, and grades 3-5 is on February 3, both at 5:30pm.

FIELD DAY

The PTA creates an all day field day event for the students during the last week of school. All parent participation makes this a special event for the children and parents. Volunteer to help with field day here.

June 8

HELPING HANDS

The Addison community has a program based on volunteers to provide meals and errands for any family that is facing a crisis. This program would not be successful were it not for the volunteering efforts of you. Please fill in the volunteer page if you'd like to help out with Helping Hands.

Throughout the school year

LICE PREVENTION PROGRAM

To prevent the spread of Lice throughout the school, The PTA organizes volunteer-led lice checks in each classroom three times a year This effort has been effective at minimizing the spread of lice, which can occur quickly within a classroom. Click here to volunteer.

August 28, January 8, April 23

LIBRARY

The PTA creates a network of library helpers throughout the school year to assist with shelving, check in check out and book repair. In addition, the PTA has volunteers in the library during noon hours to allow children to visit at lunchtime. To volunteer in the library, contact Janis Baor at jbajor1@mac.com

Throughout the school year

LIFE SKILLS

Addison staff and parents feel that how we treat one another and ourselves is one of the important things we need to learn about as we grow. The Life Skills program was developed to help Addison children become caring, tolerant, and responsible individuals. Each month we focus on a specific character trait, such as responsibility, respect, and acceptance. To help with Lifeskills, fill out the Volunteer page.

Throughout the school year

LUNCH AND RECESS

Addison is a busy place at lunch and recess. To provide more adult supervision during recess and lunch hour and assist the children with activities, fill in the Volunteer page.

Throughout the school year

NEW FAMILIES BUDDIES

Being a new family at a school isn't easy. To make Addison as friendly and inclusive as possible, new families are paired with a "buddy" family to have a personal resource and connection to the Addison community. Learn more about the Buddies program here. Get more resources for new families here.

One week prior to the start of school

NOON CHORUS

Noon chorus is a free enrichment program offered to children in grades 1-5 every Wednesday during lunch recess in the MP Room. Any child who is interested is welcome to join. The noon chorus has two concerts a year.

Weekly with performances at the end of each semester

PARENT EDUCATION

Part of the PTA mission is to support the whole family that includes the parents. Parent education events help parents gain insight about how to better support our children, and other topics of interest for parents. Some parent ed events have included: Kid Power, Addison 101, Media Savy Kids, and others.

September 15, January 27 and March 15

PE and RECESS EQUIPMENT

The PTA supports the cost PE and recess equipment to enrich the recreation aspect of the school

Throughout the year as needed

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

The PTA provides money for classroom school supplies including pencils, pens, crayons, paper, glue, scissors and more. Your student may be asked to supply classroom-specific supplies such as a binder.

At the start of the school year and as needed.

STONE SOUP

One of our big events is STONE SOUP, which is kid-driven and directed by parent volunteers. Encourage your kids to participate and sign up to volunteer.

TBD

STUDENT DIRECTORY

It is critical that Addison families can easily contact other parents for playdates, questions and community building. At the beginning of the year, parents are requested to provide contact information to be printed in our school-wide directory. Directories are provided free to all PTA members, and may be purchased by non-PTA members for a small fee.

Beginning of school year

THE THIRD GRADE BIKE SAFETY PROGRAM

The third grade bike safety program is a bicycle education program offered each fall to PAUSD third graders. This is a fun 3-part program with an on-bike rodeo to teach key skills to keep kids safe on the road. The last lesson is an on-bike practice ("Bike Rodeo") with bicycle professionals, PA Fire Department, and PA Police Department. To help with bike safety and the rodeo, click here.

TEACHER APPRECIATION

Parents and children take a week to show their appreciation of Addison’s teachers in May. Room parents generally organize each classroom’s teacher appreciation activities. Parents also host a luncheon for teachers that is organized through the PTA. To help with the luncheon click here.

May 10-14th

TECHNOLOGY

The PTA helps fund the purchase of technology including smart boards, laptops and software to ensure that students have access to current learning tools.

As needed

VISITING AUTHORS

The PTA helps bring authors to the school to meet the kids and talk about their books, how they write, and answer the children’s questions.

Throughout the school year

YEARBOOK

The PTA captures a visual memory of the school year and organizes it in a yearbook. Volunteer to help organize and distribute the yearbook.

Yearbook sales take place throughout the fall and winter

ADDISON LOGO WEAR

You can buy Addison gear – shirts, mugs, bags and more –online at: www.zazzle.com/AddisonPTA*

Addison gets up to 17% of the proceeds, so every purchase helps. Don’t forget the asterisk * at the end when you type in the web address– it’s worth an extra 7%!

Ongoing