Book Fair

One of the best way to support your school's reading efforts and also raise funds. Vendors bring in their offerings for elementary school children. It's a great way to find books that are age appropriate for your child. The profit from the sales are divided between the PTA and the "scholarships" for some children to purchase books at the fair. Shop for your children, shop for gifts, or you could shop for a donation to your child's classroom or the library.

If you are interested in helping with the Book Fair, please contact Merrie Wood, Margie Ayers (mltayers@verizon.net) or Kerry Weaver (kmackweaver@gmail.com).

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Box Tops for Education

General Mills prints special bright pink Box Tops on a wide array of the food and household products they produce, from granola bars to diapers, school supplies to detergent. Each of these Box Tops is worth 10 cents to participating schools. Box Tops for Education has helped America's schools earn over $175 million in just over 10 years.  At ATS, the Box Tops program is run by the Student Council Association (SCA) and the PTA. ATS families and classrooms collect Box Tops throughout the year and turn them in each Fall and Spring.

Thanks to the combined efforts of ATS students and families, SCA representatives and advisors, classroom teachers and the PTA, ATS collected 9,878 Box Tops (that’s $987.80 for ATS) during the 2010-11 school year. And the money that ATS classrooms earn through the Box Tops program stays in the classroom.

The next Box Tops submission deadline is Friday, November 18, 2011, so keep clipping those valuable little pink Box Tops, making sure they haven’t expired and being careful not to clip off the expiration date.  And be sure to check out Box Top's collection sheets for a new tool to make collecting Box Tops fun and easy.

Remember, every Box Top counts.

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Brick Program

The 30th anniversary is a great time to buy a brick for the ATS Courtyard.

Your tax deductible gift is a wonderful way to support your school and commemorate your family's time at ATS or to show thanks to teachers, coaches, scout leaders or staff. 4 x 8 bricks with three lines of copy are $85. 8 x 8 bricks with six lines of copy are $160.

To order, fill out Commemorative Brick Order Form (.pdf) or contact Beth Bouchard at eabouchard@gmail.com for additional information.

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Grocery Receipts

Every time registered shoppers purchase groceries, participating stores rebate a percentage (1% to 5%) of those sales to ATS. Locally, Giant, Safeway, and Harris Teeter participate. Sign up early because some of the stores start their program in August. The more people sign up, the more dollars ATS gets!! Ask friends, neighbors, relatives, and co-workers to join. Last year ATS earned $3,000 from this program. Other schools earn up to $10,000. Don't forget to re-register each year!

Target - Take Charge of Education

Target will donate 1% of your REDcard purchases to ATS. REDcard® includes existing Target Credit Cards, Target Visa® Credit Cards and Target Debit Cards, and new Target Credit Cards and Target Debit Cards. If you shop at Target, please consider applying for a REDcards and link the card to ATS. Target offers great rewards and benefits.

Silver Diner - Eat Well, Do Well

Please join the ATS PTA in our efforts to improve nutrition and fitness program for our children. We have enrolled in Silver Diner's EAT WELL. DO WELL program o raise funds specially for providing nutritious snacks for a homework club run by Victoria Mets and for funding the maintenance of the AFAC garden planted by Mike Chapman. You can help us by linking your EAT WELL, DO WELL card to our school and using it when you dine at Silver Diner.

Simply register and link your card to our school online at www.silverdiner.com/eat-well-do-well. Go to the upper right corner and enter the number on the card. Your card will be linked to ATS until August 31st, 2011.

Every time you dine at Silver Diner and use your EAT WELL, DO WELL card, a percentage of the sales will go back to our school, and you will also earn rewards for yourself. In addition, you can pre-charge money to your card online and 5% will go back to our school.

Silver Diner is buying fresh and local whenever they can, and they have partner with award winning local farms that support sustainable agriculture. They are offering a lot more healthy options for kids and adults on their menu.

 If you did not receive a Silver Diner cards, please contact Jennifer Smith ( jennifersmith222@verizon.net)

Three ways to shop:

1. Phone: 1-800-469-2222 or fax: 1-800-332-0103
   
2. Online: www.landsend.com/school or see Land's End Flyer for instructions on placing an order online.
3. Selected Lands’ End Shops at Sears - order at the in-store kiosk and get free shipping.

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Spirit Items

Spirit Items for sale have the ATS logo or the school name and/or initials on them. Spirit Items include T shirts, sweat shirts, zippered shirts with hoods, bumper stickers, stationery, and crewneck sweatshirts.

To order spirit items, complete an order form and send it, with payment, to the Sprit Items mailbox in the front office. For more information on spirit items, contact Suzanne Smith (ssmith@afcoinc.com) or Meredith Flax (mflax@hotmail.com).

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Spring Fair

Join us Saturday, March 24 from 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. for truly fun fundraising! Check out this year's Spring Fair Events now!