Principal Newsletter // December 17th, 20024

Dec 16

Dear Appleton Community…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Thank you PTA members for Appleton Staff Christmas Breakfast

Special thanks to Meagan Frahm, Vanessa Bradley, Laura Hughes, Wendi Ingle, Sarah Weber, Jackie Keogh, Madison Trott, Erin Kame & Jillian Gurrola for putting together our annual staff Christmas breakfast. The food was delicious and the “Martha Stewart-like” decor made our staff feel so appreciated. Thank you for this uplifting holiday treat.

Exciting Spell-A-Thon Results!

Thank you for your incredible generosity and support of the Appleton Spell-A-thon! We raised approximately $36,600 (with a few late additions still to come)! That is both amazing and humbling. The PTA and Appleton staff are so thankful for what these generous gifts will mean to our students and families. Over the last two years your generosity allowed us to outfit all of our classrooms with hi-tech Aquos boards. Of course the main use of our PTA funds goes to pay for reading and math interventionist personnel to support our kids who need a boost. This model has long demonstrated great growth results in our kids and has led to several high student growth awards for Appleton Elementary. Your support of the Spell-A-Thon is a gift that supports kids. Thank you!

*Special thanks to parent, Vanessa Bradley, Spell-A-Thon Coordinator

Spell-A-Thon Incentives

The Appleton PTA provided Root Beer Floats for every Appleton student last Friday. Typically, only the classes that have 75% participation in the Spell-A-Thon receive this sweet reward. However, thanks to a generous donation, even the classes who did not make the 75% threshold also received the frosty sweet treat.

Students who earn $100 or more will get to choose toys this week!

Students who earn $250 or more will receive a pizza party with Mr. Hafey on January 23!

Our Burton Orthodontics/Salvation Army Canned Food Drive Classroom Winners are:

K-1-2

3rd place - Mrs. Johnson’s class

2nd place - Mr. Rossman’s class

1st place - Mrs. Crumpton’s class

3-4-5

3rd place - Mrs. Lancheros’ class

2nd place - Mrs. William’s class

1st place - Mrs. Crone’s class

Our office ladies: Lisa McClelland, Angie Wallace, and Suzy Flores provide a hot cocoa and cookie treat to the winning classes in both the primary and intermediate grades. Our whole school really stepped up to support the community with these needed food items. We donated 9,888 items creating dozens of boxes full of food! Way to go Bookworm Community!

Go Bookworms & Merry Christmas!,

Corey Hafey -

Principal, Appleton Elementary School