From Dawn & Kristie: Preschool evaluations for placement next school year are currently underway. The elementary/secondary program is currently full. Registration packets for next school year will be going out soon. Summer program applications have already gone out and are due back by the beginning of May.
Carson Smith Scholarship applications for new elementary students or for students that need to reapply are due back at the school on May 1oth with the Team Assessment Form.
The statue that was stolen is being replaced and should be back at the school in the next couple of weeks.
Dr. Yao is the new staff psychiatrist for Pingree. He is available for appointments that can be made through Mandy in the front office.
A Book Fair will be held at the school on May 22-24, 2012. More details to come.
From Sara (Social Worker): The next Parent Support Group will be Thursday, April 26th from 2:30 pm until 4:30 pm. Mirella Petersen will be there to talk about insurance issues and Amy Wierich from the Parent Center will be there to discuss transitioning into public school.
The Parent Mentor Program should be starting soon - more details to come.
In July, there will be a Social Skills camp help - more details to come.
From Laurel: We made 2506.00 at the Ben & Jerry's fundraiser with a matchimg $1,000 from Cypress Credit Union & another matching $1,000 from Tomax! Thanks to all the volunteers that came out to help at this event. Ben & Jerry's was at the school today for a check presentation and tour of the school. The Sugar House Rotarians were also at the school today for a luncheon and presentaion of two new signs to be placed in the Pingree parking lot.
The school made $15, 214 from the Chili Open Fundraiser!! Thank you so much to all those that helped with this important fundraiser.
Next Pingree fundraiser is the Whirlybird Helicopters event this weekend, April 14 & 15 from 9 am until 8 pm. Come up and take a helicopter ride for $40 a person or a plane ride for $35 a person. There are also drawing tickets that can still be purchased to win a free 10 minute helicopter ride for 3 people! Contact Laurel Ingham at laureli@vmh.com or 801-273-6392 if you need more details.
Other News:
The PPSA is still collecting donations for teacher appreciation next month. All donations will be raffled off to the teachers during the luncheon on May 24th. We also need parents to come up during the teacher luncheon to volunteer in the classroom so the teachers call all enjoy their catered lunch. If you can help at all, please contact Melissa Christensen at mbc715@hotmail.com.
Monday, April 23 from 6-8 pm is Autism night at the Living Planet Aquarium. The family can enjoy the aquarium for free this night, so come out and have fun!
Heathe Sander Photography is doing a fundraiser for the Pingree Center. She will donate 50% of her session fee to Pingree during the month of April. It is $50.00 for a Family Package or $30.00 for a Portrait Package. She is willing to travel to the location of your choice. Contact Heather at Heather@HeatherSanderPhotograpy.com or 801-203-0596 to schedule an appointment. Thanks Heather!!
Our next PPSA meeting on May 9th, we will elect our new PPSA president. If you are interested in getting involved with the school, PPSA is a great way to do it. Come join us!!
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
PPSA Meeting March 14, 2012
From Kristie and Dawn: March 15th from 4:30 - 5:00 pm will be the Open House for Dr. Petersen. Please come out in support of Dr. Petersen. There will also be tiles up for sale soon for the new Pingree Center Memory Wall. All proceeds from the tiles will benefit the Dr. Brent Petersen scholarship fund. The tiles are a fanatastic way to create a lasting memory of the Pingree Center. They will cost $100.00 for a 6 X 6 tile or $250.00 for a 12 X 12. More information about the tiles will be sent home soon.
Transitions are occuring right now for students who will not be returning to Pingree. If you are planning on transitioning your child, please contact Kristie or Dawn.
Don`t forget the Parent Support Night will be March 29th from 6 - 7:30 pm. Joel Manwill, an OT, will be the presenter. Child care is available for $5.00. Please RSVP by March 22.
Spring Break is coming up. No school from March 30 through April 8.
The Annual Pingree Easter Egg Hunts will be on March 29th, the last day of school before spring break. They will be outside if it is a nice day or in the Kiva if it is bad weather. Please donate a bag of candy or $3.00 to fill the eggs. Thank you!
Graduation pictures will be April 25th for students leaving the Pingree Center or transitioning from preschool into elementary.
From Laurel: There will be no Bee`s baseball event this year. Pete Nicholas is working on doing a baseball night for the Pingree Center through the University of Utah. This would be a free event for Pingree families. Instead of the Bee`s games, there will be a few other fundraisers this year. First, will be the Ben & Jerry`s Free Cone Day on April 3, 2012 from 12 - 8 pm. Invite everyone to the event to get a free cone and put a tip in the jar. All tip money is given to Pingree and Cypree Credit Union will match the tips up to $1,000.00!! We do need voluteers to help that day to distribute flyers, so contact Laurel at laureli@vmh.com if you can help.
We will also be having an Open House at Whirlybird Helicopters and Lucky Duck Aviation on April 14 and 15th from 9 am - 8 pm each day. Helicopter rides will be $40.00 and airplane rides $35.00. You can also buy drawing tickets to win a 10 min helicopter ride for 3 people or win a 30 min ride for three people by participating in the golf ball drop. Whirlybird is located at 4235 Airport Rd in Ogden. Call Dave to reserve flight times at 801-726-3627. Spread the word and come to this fun even. If you have questions or want to buy drawing tickets contact Laurel at laureli@vmh.com or 801-273-6392.
Other News:
The Tumbleweeds Film Festival is sponsering an autism night to the movie Eleanor`s Secret on March 25th at 1:30 pm at the Rose Wagner Theater. There are 200 tickets available. Please RSVP to Jeff Horne at 801-746-7000 x 105 or jhorne@utahfilmcenter.org by March 19th.
Teacher Appreciation will be the week of May 21st-24th. Olive Garden will be catering the teacher luncheon on the 24th. We will need volunteers to help serve the lunch and also to be in the classrooms so the teachers can enjoy their lunch. We are also looking for gifts we can raffle off on the 24th. If you can help or donate something please contact Melissa at mbc715@hotmail.com
Next PPSA meeting will be Wednesday, April 11th at 1:00 pm in the upstairs conference room. Hope to see you there! (and note the new time!)
Transitions are occuring right now for students who will not be returning to Pingree. If you are planning on transitioning your child, please contact Kristie or Dawn.
Don`t forget the Parent Support Night will be March 29th from 6 - 7:30 pm. Joel Manwill, an OT, will be the presenter. Child care is available for $5.00. Please RSVP by March 22.
Spring Break is coming up. No school from March 30 through April 8.
The Annual Pingree Easter Egg Hunts will be on March 29th, the last day of school before spring break. They will be outside if it is a nice day or in the Kiva if it is bad weather. Please donate a bag of candy or $3.00 to fill the eggs. Thank you!
Graduation pictures will be April 25th for students leaving the Pingree Center or transitioning from preschool into elementary.
From Laurel: There will be no Bee`s baseball event this year. Pete Nicholas is working on doing a baseball night for the Pingree Center through the University of Utah. This would be a free event for Pingree families. Instead of the Bee`s games, there will be a few other fundraisers this year. First, will be the Ben & Jerry`s Free Cone Day on April 3, 2012 from 12 - 8 pm. Invite everyone to the event to get a free cone and put a tip in the jar. All tip money is given to Pingree and Cypree Credit Union will match the tips up to $1,000.00!! We do need voluteers to help that day to distribute flyers, so contact Laurel at laureli@vmh.com if you can help.
We will also be having an Open House at Whirlybird Helicopters and Lucky Duck Aviation on April 14 and 15th from 9 am - 8 pm each day. Helicopter rides will be $40.00 and airplane rides $35.00. You can also buy drawing tickets to win a 10 min helicopter ride for 3 people or win a 30 min ride for three people by participating in the golf ball drop. Whirlybird is located at 4235 Airport Rd in Ogden. Call Dave to reserve flight times at 801-726-3627. Spread the word and come to this fun even. If you have questions or want to buy drawing tickets contact Laurel at laureli@vmh.com or 801-273-6392.
Other News:
The Tumbleweeds Film Festival is sponsering an autism night to the movie Eleanor`s Secret on March 25th at 1:30 pm at the Rose Wagner Theater. There are 200 tickets available. Please RSVP to Jeff Horne at 801-746-7000 x 105 or jhorne@utahfilmcenter.org by March 19th.
Teacher Appreciation will be the week of May 21st-24th. Olive Garden will be catering the teacher luncheon on the 24th. We will need volunteers to help serve the lunch and also to be in the classrooms so the teachers can enjoy their lunch. We are also looking for gifts we can raffle off on the 24th. If you can help or donate something please contact Melissa at mbc715@hotmail.com
Next PPSA meeting will be Wednesday, April 11th at 1:00 pm in the upstairs conference room. Hope to see you there! (and note the new time!)
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
PPSA Meeting February 8, 2012
The first round of acceptance letters for the elementary/secondary program have gone out and the second round will be going out soon. If you have any questions about the program for next school year contact dawna@vmh.com. Evaluations for the new admissions into the preschool program will begin soon.
The Pingree Center would like to encourage parents to contact your legislatures regarding funding for your children for preschool, DSPD services, The Carson Smith Scholarship Program, and other services your child may be receiving. Your voice can make a difference so write letters, email, and go to the capital to show that these services are important to your child and family! Legislative sessions are currently being held. Please contact Mirella Peterson or Christine Passey if you can spend a couple of hours at the Capital.
The Chili Open was a big success! Thank you to everybody that donated or helped this event to be such a success. As of now, we have raised $11, 735, but not all the money has been counted! We will need a couple of parent volunteers to attent the rotarian lunch on March 22, 2012 to receive the check and thank the rotarians. If you are interested in doing this please contact Melissa at mbc715@hotmail.com. The Sugar House Rotary will also be coming to Pingree for a box lunch on April 12, 2012 and installing signs at both entrances to Pingree. The signs will remind people to drive slow, since children are present. Thanks so much to the rotarians for all they do for the Pingree Center!
The next fundraiser the Pingree Center will be involved in is the Bees Baseball game to be held sometime in August. More information will be coming on this event. If you know of a celebrity/hero that can be part of this event please contact Laurel at laureli@vmh.com.
February 23rd from 7-8:30 pm will be Pingree`s next Parent Support Night. Child care will be provided for $5.00 for up to two children. There will be a speaker the first hour and time for parents to talk for the last half hour. Pingree`s social worker is also looking to start a Mentor Program where families that have had autism in their lives for a while may be able to help provide some emotional support for new families just receiving the diagnosis. If you would like to be a mentor, please contace Sara at the school.
Our next Teacher Luncheon will be February 16th from 11-1pm. It will be a breakfast theme. We are looking for families to donate fruit, yogurt, muffins, bagels, cream cheese, and other breakfast items. If you can help, please contact Melissa at mbc715@hotmail.com. Remember items can be sent on the bus in the morning if you can not bring them in.
Staff Appreciation week will be coming up in May and we are starting to collect donations to do a raffle for the teachers. If you have any items or gift cards you can donate, please bring them to the school. Thank you for all your support!
The Pingree Center would like to encourage parents to contact your legislatures regarding funding for your children for preschool, DSPD services, The Carson Smith Scholarship Program, and other services your child may be receiving. Your voice can make a difference so write letters, email, and go to the capital to show that these services are important to your child and family! Legislative sessions are currently being held. Please contact Mirella Peterson or Christine Passey if you can spend a couple of hours at the Capital.
The Chili Open was a big success! Thank you to everybody that donated or helped this event to be such a success. As of now, we have raised $11, 735, but not all the money has been counted! We will need a couple of parent volunteers to attent the rotarian lunch on March 22, 2012 to receive the check and thank the rotarians. If you are interested in doing this please contact Melissa at mbc715@hotmail.com. The Sugar House Rotary will also be coming to Pingree for a box lunch on April 12, 2012 and installing signs at both entrances to Pingree. The signs will remind people to drive slow, since children are present. Thanks so much to the rotarians for all they do for the Pingree Center!
The next fundraiser the Pingree Center will be involved in is the Bees Baseball game to be held sometime in August. More information will be coming on this event. If you know of a celebrity/hero that can be part of this event please contact Laurel at laureli@vmh.com.
February 23rd from 7-8:30 pm will be Pingree`s next Parent Support Night. Child care will be provided for $5.00 for up to two children. There will be a speaker the first hour and time for parents to talk for the last half hour. Pingree`s social worker is also looking to start a Mentor Program where families that have had autism in their lives for a while may be able to help provide some emotional support for new families just receiving the diagnosis. If you would like to be a mentor, please contace Sara at the school.
Our next Teacher Luncheon will be February 16th from 11-1pm. It will be a breakfast theme. We are looking for families to donate fruit, yogurt, muffins, bagels, cream cheese, and other breakfast items. If you can help, please contact Melissa at mbc715@hotmail.com. Remember items can be sent on the bus in the morning if you can not bring them in.
Staff Appreciation week will be coming up in May and we are starting to collect donations to do a raffle for the teachers. If you have any items or gift cards you can donate, please bring them to the school. Thank you for all your support!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
PPSA Meeting January 11, 2012
Welcome to a New Year! Applications for elementary/secondary were due last week. The committee will start reviewing applications this coming Tuesday and the first round of letters will go out the end of January/beginning of February. Preschool evaluations for the 2012/2013 school year have begun. The Spring Clinic will begin the second week of February. There will more than likely be no more preschool scholarship money for people who have private pay spots for the 2012/2013 school year as the grant money we received only went for 3 years.
In Valley Mental Health News, a new CEO will be starting on February 1, 2012. He will be checking out all the programs offered by Valley Mental Health in the coming months. Also, the statue of the little boy chasing a butterfly in front of Pingree was stolen. It is estimated to be worth $24,000. An insurance claim has been filed and you can find stories about it on websited for channel 2 and channel 4.
Sara, the social worker, is planning to hold monthly parent support groups with a speaker instead of a Spring Conference. Look for more information to come in your child`s back pack.
Planning for the Chili Open is coming along wonderfully! We will be having 17 auction baskets and a live auction item of new skiis, bindings, and ski jacket. It anyone can get ski passes to add to this auction, please contact Melissa. We can also use a few more items for Baby boy, Baby girl, Golf, BYU, Coffee Lovers, and Night Out baskets. Please contact Melissa if you can add to any of these baskets. Don`t forget that there is a Winter Festival on January 28th from 9 am until 1 pm at Wheeler Farm. There will be tons of activies and games for the kids so come bring the family for $25.00 per family or $7.00 per person. There will also be a 5K run that day that you can register for online on the Chili Open website for $25.00 (includes a t-shirt). We will need volunteers to help that day with games, so if you can volunteer for any time that morning let Laurel know at laureli@vmh.com. Don`t forget that we are also selling raffle tickets for a raffle held that Saturday - top prize is a week in Cancun. You can get tickets in the Pingree office - $2.00 each or 6 for $10.00. Also, if you know of any last minute sponsers, let Laurel know. Remember all money we raise for this event is matched and given to Pingree for scholarships and school supplies! Thank you to every one that has put in so much effort and time so far towards this event!
The book fair went very well, and the school will be planning on another one at the end of March. Look for more info to come.
Important dates:
No school on Monday, January 16 and Monday, February 20.
Valentine`s parties will be on Tuesday, February 14 at 1:00 pm
In Valley Mental Health News, a new CEO will be starting on February 1, 2012. He will be checking out all the programs offered by Valley Mental Health in the coming months. Also, the statue of the little boy chasing a butterfly in front of Pingree was stolen. It is estimated to be worth $24,000. An insurance claim has been filed and you can find stories about it on websited for channel 2 and channel 4.
Sara, the social worker, is planning to hold monthly parent support groups with a speaker instead of a Spring Conference. Look for more information to come in your child`s back pack.
Planning for the Chili Open is coming along wonderfully! We will be having 17 auction baskets and a live auction item of new skiis, bindings, and ski jacket. It anyone can get ski passes to add to this auction, please contact Melissa. We can also use a few more items for Baby boy, Baby girl, Golf, BYU, Coffee Lovers, and Night Out baskets. Please contact Melissa if you can add to any of these baskets. Don`t forget that there is a Winter Festival on January 28th from 9 am until 1 pm at Wheeler Farm. There will be tons of activies and games for the kids so come bring the family for $25.00 per family or $7.00 per person. There will also be a 5K run that day that you can register for online on the Chili Open website for $25.00 (includes a t-shirt). We will need volunteers to help that day with games, so if you can volunteer for any time that morning let Laurel know at laureli@vmh.com. Don`t forget that we are also selling raffle tickets for a raffle held that Saturday - top prize is a week in Cancun. You can get tickets in the Pingree office - $2.00 each or 6 for $10.00. Also, if you know of any last minute sponsers, let Laurel know. Remember all money we raise for this event is matched and given to Pingree for scholarships and school supplies! Thank you to every one that has put in so much effort and time so far towards this event!
The book fair went very well, and the school will be planning on another one at the end of March. Look for more info to come.
Important dates:
No school on Monday, January 16 and Monday, February 20.
Valentine`s parties will be on Tuesday, February 14 at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Preparations for the Chili Open are going very well. We have collected a lot of things for the auction baskets, but are still working on sponsers. If you know of a business that would sponser the Pingree Center, please contact Laurel at laureli@vmh.com. Also, raffle tickets for the Chili Open are now available to purchase. This year`s grand prize is a trip for 6 to Cancun, Mexico! There is also a flat screen HD TV, iPod Touch, and a bicycle up for grabs. Tickets are $2.00 each or 6 for $10.00. Buy some today and sell them to your friends and family. All money from ticket sales comes back to Pingree!!
Please go to the blog happytrbl@blogspot.com and make any amazon purchases through this blog. A percentage of all purchases is donated to Pingree! Thanks to one of our dad`s, Jon Owen, for setting this up on his blog. Also you can make purchases at Goodsearch.com with a percentage going to Valley Mental Health. Remember also that Smith`s and Target will donate a percentage to Pingree if you set up your card to do so.
Remember class parties will be tomorrow at 1:00 pm. If you are a room parent please have an activity/craft and a treat prepared for tomorrow. If you have any problems providing this for your child`s class or questions please contact Melissa or Michele, as we will have PPSA provide the materials and treat for the class if you are unable. Thank you to all the room parents that have been doing such a great job!
Sara the Social Worker is planning on having another Parent Support group in January and a Parent Conference in March or April. More information will come later on these.
Remember also that applications for the 2012-2013 school year have gone out and are due back January 3, 2012. You must fill out an application for children that will be in grades Kingergarten or higher. If you have questions contact Dawn at the school.
Next PPSA meeting will be January 11, 2012 at 9:30 am. Hope to see you there!
Please go to the blog happytrbl@blogspot.com and make any amazon purchases through this blog. A percentage of all purchases is donated to Pingree! Thanks to one of our dad`s, Jon Owen, for setting this up on his blog. Also you can make purchases at Goodsearch.com with a percentage going to Valley Mental Health. Remember also that Smith`s and Target will donate a percentage to Pingree if you set up your card to do so.
Remember class parties will be tomorrow at 1:00 pm. If you are a room parent please have an activity/craft and a treat prepared for tomorrow. If you have any problems providing this for your child`s class or questions please contact Melissa or Michele, as we will have PPSA provide the materials and treat for the class if you are unable. Thank you to all the room parents that have been doing such a great job!
Sara the Social Worker is planning on having another Parent Support group in January and a Parent Conference in March or April. More information will come later on these.
Remember also that applications for the 2012-2013 school year have gone out and are due back January 3, 2012. You must fill out an application for children that will be in grades Kingergarten or higher. If you have questions contact Dawn at the school.
Next PPSA meeting will be January 11, 2012 at 9:30 am. Hope to see you there!
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