Tonight's showing of Charlotte's Web at the Goochland Drive In has been cancelled due to heavy rains. It will be rescheduled and we will announce the date as soon as it is scheduled. Thank you for your continued support!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Sunday, 12/13 @5:00 PM “Charlotte’s Web” @Goochland Drive-In
Introducing an exclusive GES night under the stars
Sunday, December 13, 2009 5:00 PM (gates open at 3:00 PM – come early to enjoy the playground & more)
Featuring the original animated classic “Charlotte’s Web” – rated G
Admission is only $2 per person – What a great bargain for a family night of fun!!
100% of admissions will be donated to the Goochland Elementary PTA
Come out and support your school at this exclusive GES event!
Payment by cash only for admission
Payment by cash only for admission
** Affordable and delicious concessions available for purchase **
Great values available from the Snack Bar - burgers, BBQ, corn dogs, soft pretzels, cheese fries, popcorn, sno-cones, sodas, bottled water, coffee, hot chocolate - and, of course, the original "Gooch Dog" -- and, nothing is priced higher than$3.50!!!
Bring the family for a memorable GES Night at the Drive-In!!
Hope to see you there!!
Great values available from the Snack Bar - burgers, BBQ, corn dogs, soft pretzels, cheese fries, popcorn, sno-cones, sodas, bottled water, coffee, hot chocolate - and, of course, the original "Gooch Dog" -- and, nothing is priced higher than$3.50!!!
- You will need an FM radio to hear the movies
- No OUTSIDE food or beverages allowed (special dietary needs excluded)
- Absolutely no alcohol or smoking permitted on property
- More information can be found on-line at www.goochlanddriveintheater.com
Hope to see you there!!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Fundraiser Delivery Dates
The first order of the vonBourgondien Flower Bulbs have been delivered and distributed. We expect the 2nd order to arrive any day now.
We just received a confirmed delivery date for the Gertrude Hawk candy of Tuesday, December 8 to the school from 9-1. If it gets to the school early enough and there is enough help to sort the boxes, it should go home Tuesday. If not, it'll be Wednesday. If you know that you have an order too large for your child to take home, please plan to make arrangements to pick it up.
We just received a confirmed delivery date for the Gertrude Hawk candy of Tuesday, December 8 to the school from 9-1. If it gets to the school early enough and there is enough help to sort the boxes, it should go home Tuesday. If not, it'll be Wednesday. If you know that you have an order too large for your child to take home, please plan to make arrangements to pick it up.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Thank you for your participation in the Fall Fundraiser!
On behalf of the Goochland Elementary School PTA, I want to sincerely thank everyone who took part in our fall fundraisers by selling Gertrude Hawk from brochures, on the Internet, the flower bulbs and the straight monetary donations that all go straight to funding PTA projects.
Most of you have received your bulb orders already and we have a confirmed delivery date of December 8 for the Gertrude Hawk candy.
These are very difficult financial times for many people and we understand that. Last fall we sold $22,000 and this year we sold $7700. This year’s goals will need to be adjusted accordingly since we fell short of our expectations by 65%. Our profit so far is $3900.
This is the current breakdown:
We had 87 students take part with the 5th graders leading the pack.
Grade | Number of Participants | Dollars Sold |
5 | 20 | $2159 |
2 | 11 | $1113 |
3 | 17 | $1090 |
PK | 7 | $954 |
4 | 15 | $938 |
1 | 10 | $887 |
K | 7 | $573 |
87 | $7714 |
As a reminder, orders can still be placed on-line through the fundraising section of: http://www.gertrudehawkchocolates.com/ until December 11th. If you need further instructions on how to do that, I can send you a copy of the on-line ordering instructions that were given out with the brochures. Shipping charges will apply for them.
We will hold off on announcing the top 3 prize winners until after the Internet ordering deadline, which is December 11th.
We welcome your recommendations for future fundraisers, so please share your ideas with the PTA by sending your suggestions now or at anytime to the main PTA mailbox: GESPTAVOICE@aol.com or use the PTA suggestion box across from the school office.
If you have any questions or issues regarding this Fundraising campaign, please don’t hesitate to contact me and check the web log for updates. http://ges-sc-pta.blogspot.com/
Colleen Williams, GES PTA Fundraising Committee Chairperson
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Chuck E. Cheese's School Fundraiser Event
Chuck E. Cheese a success! THANK YOU to all the brave parents and families who weathered the wind and rain and came out to Chuck E. Cheese's on Wednesday evening. GES PTA raised $230.12! We greatly appreciate your support!
Chuck E. Cheese's School Fundraiser Event
Wednesday, November 11 3:00 - 9:00
Come for the fun, come for the food and come and help Goochland Elementary School PTA raise funds! 15% of all sales goes back to our school, just notify the cashier that you're participating in our school's fundraiser event. 1 sticker will be given to each student at GES to wear on the night of the event to turn in for 10 free tokens.
See you there!
Chuck E. Cheese's School Fundraiser Event
Wednesday, November 11 3:00 - 9:00
Come for the fun, come for the food and come and help Goochland Elementary School PTA raise funds! 15% of all sales goes back to our school, just notify the cashier that you're participating in our school's fundraiser event. 1 sticker will be given to each student at GES to wear on the night of the event to turn in for 10 free tokens.
See you there!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Introducing GES PTA Fall Fundraisers:
Gertrude Hawk Chocolate
And
vonBourgondien Flower Bulbs
Gertrude Hawk Chocolate
And
vonBourgondien Flower Bulbs
October 1 – October 22
Families are welcome to sell from both catalogs or choose the one most appealing to you. If you would like to support the PTA, but prefer not to sell, we welcome contributions in lieu of fundraising! And of course, participation is completely optional. Catalogs and details will be sent home with students the week of 9/21/09. Please contact Fundraising Chair, Colleen Williams at her personal e-mail address or phone# or at: gesptavoice@aol.com with any questions. Thank you for supporting GES PTA.
Spirit Wear
Our new tee-shirts were such a big success at Back to School Night that we will be putting in an order for a new batch in requested sizes Information to follow with a form I will send through the school as well as on this blog post.
To get your order in for the next shipment, return no later than Friday, October 2. We hope to get the order delivered no later than October 16, a week before Trunk or Treat!
We also have pencils that have GES ROCKS! printed on them for .50 each!
Feel free to contact Colleen Williams at my personal e-mail address or phone# or at: gesptavoice@aol.com
Here is the order form to use when sending in your order. If you click on the image, it should come up in a viewer where you can print it in a clear font on 1 sheet.
To get your order in for the next shipment, return no later than Friday, October 2. We hope to get the order delivered no later than October 16, a week before Trunk or Treat!
We also have pencils that have GES ROCKS! printed on them for .50 each!
Feel free to contact Colleen Williams at my personal e-mail address or phone# or at: gesptavoice@aol.com
Here is the order form to use when sending in your order. If you click on the image, it should come up in a viewer where you can print it in a clear font on 1 sheet.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thanks to everyone who participated in our slogan contest for the newest school logo we are printing on tee-shirts with a small number for sale at the Back To School Night / Ice Cream social 9/17/09. We had 71 entries! WOW! Awesome show of PTA support and school spirit!
We have a very creative bunch of students, faculty and students here at GES!
We will have a small supply of youth and adult tee shirts available for sale with our new logo and slogan at the Back to School Night / Ice Cream social on Thursday, September 17. If we sell out of a size that you want on that day, we will be starting to take orders for our next batch.
C. Williams - Fundraiser Chair
We have a very creative bunch of students, faculty and students here at GES!
We will have a small supply of youth and adult tee shirts available for sale with our new logo and slogan at the Back to School Night / Ice Cream social on Thursday, September 17. If we sell out of a size that you want on that day, we will be starting to take orders for our next batch.
C. Williams - Fundraiser Chair
Monday, August 31, 2009
Spirit Wear SLOGAN CONTEST!
Attention Students, Parents and Faculty!
Your Goochland Elementary School PTA is having a SLOGAN CONTEST to be used with this year’s new lion/bulldog LOGO shown below. In order to have the product available for Back to School Night with the new logo and slogan, all entries must be received no later than this Thursday, 9/3/09. Complete the form below and return to school and all entries will be entered into a contest to determine the best slogan! All ballots will also be entered into a random drawing for a free gift. Any questions, please feel free to contact Fundraising Chair, Colleen Williams.
Name:__________________ Grade: _______ Teacher:____________
Slogan Entry:______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Entries can also be submitted via email at to gesptavoice@aol.com
Make up your own slogan or select one of the 4 ideas already submitted:
- Learning from our past – Preparing for our future
- Kids on the move!
- Explore – Discover – Learn
- ROCKS
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
2009/2010 Fundraisers
Chairperson: Colleen Williams
Co-Chairperson: Open
Please consider signing up to help us this year!
Co-Chairperson: Open
Please consider signing up to help us this year!
We have a number of fundraisers planned for this year and are always evaluating different opportunities and always welcome your comments and suggestions.
contact me at: gesptavoice@aol.com
Please understand that there is no obligation whatsoever to take part in any fundraiser that we sponsor. Everyone’s situation is different and some may be willing and able to take part and others not. This is totally fine. You can also elect to make a direct donation as opposed to purchasing and/or selling products. That is always appreciated and welcomed as well. Many PTA's across the country are moving towards donation drives prior to deciding to sell products.
Our fundraisers cover expenses related to:
- Funding certain committees such as Hospitality, which provides food and other gifts of appreciation for teachers at certain times of the year.
- SOL Tutoring
- Supplementing costs of 5th grade graduation
- End of Year Field Day
- Purchased additional Sports Equipment needed for Physical Education Classes this year.
- An additional Promethean ActivBoard for the school like the one in the media center which is a top request of theirs.
- We always do our best to fund different Theater Arts and concert programs for the student body to supplement their arts education such as Theater IV. which we did in 2008/2009
- Brought in Operation Blue Thunder – Internet Safety Program at a PTA meeting in 2008/2009
- Supplemented the expense of the GES Reads One School, One Book Program in 2008/2009
We will continue to strive to keep the PTA 3 to 1 rule in mind with our Fundraising efforts so as not to seem like we are only a money-making organization. You can read more about this philosophy on the Virginia PTA website HERE.
Brochure Programs
We have decided on Gertrude Hawk and van Bourgondien bulbs for our Fall brochure program. These are the ones we did last Spring after evaluating the Fall fundraiser results and finding we came up short on our projections to meet some of our project goals.
You can preview the Fall Bulb Brochure HERE.
You can preview the 2008 Gertrude Hawk brochure HERE. The 2009 one is not online yet but we do have copies.
We will introduce and kickoff the fundraisers at Back to School Night in September. We will have samples of their chocolates available for you to try!
Spirit Wear
We still have a small number of shirts and sweatshirts in some sizes available for immediate sale. We will them on display and sale at Kindergarten Orientation and Business Day Thursday, Aug. 20. We are also meeting with Goochland Tee's and others to discuss some additional options on our Spirit Wear this year to perhaps make it more appealing to more people. Again, please submit any comments or suggestions on what appeals to you and we will present some options at a later date.
Chuck e Cheese - Click HERE for info on last year's event.
Wednesday November 11 3pm - 9pm
Silent Auction - Click HERE for info on last year's event.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Turn in your order forms! Deadline 2/27!
Please get your Gertrude Hawk and van Bourgondien bulb order forms and money sent into school by Friday February 27. The final order will be compiled and mailed out on Monday March 2. Afterwhich, you can still order on-line at Gertrude Hawk until April 3 for your child to get credit and the school gets the profit.
Consider setting up your on-line profile at Gertrude Hawk as is explained in your fundraiser packet and send the e-mail it creates out to friends and family so they can support our school. They can then either have the products delivered to the school with the main order or pay s&h to have it delivered directly to their home.
On-line orders accept credit cards so you can order that way as well if you'd prefer that over sending in your brochure. On-line orders placed before end of February can be delivered to the school with the main order with free shipping.
Consider setting up your on-line profile at Gertrude Hawk as is explained in your fundraiser packet and send the e-mail it creates out to friends and family so they can support our school. They can then either have the products delivered to the school with the main order or pay s&h to have it delivered directly to their home.
On-line orders accept credit cards so you can order that way as well if you'd prefer that over sending in your brochure. On-line orders placed before end of February can be delivered to the school with the main order with free shipping.
ANY questions, please feel free to contact me.
Mrs. Colleen Williams
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Peanut Butter Products are SAFE at Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
This is a letter that I received from Gertrude Hawk Chocolates in regards to the recent peanut product recalls because of salmonella issues with products from PCA Peanut Corporation of America.
They assure us that their products do not contain any peanuts or peanut products which are involved in the voluntary nationwide recall of Peanut Corporation of America including all products processed since January 1, 2007. Products include retail, fundraising, wholesale and private label.
If you click on the image, you will be able to read it better and print if you'd like.
They assure us that their products do not contain any peanuts or peanut products which are involved in the voluntary nationwide recall of Peanut Corporation of America including all products processed since January 1, 2007. Products include retail, fundraising, wholesale and private label.
If you click on the image, you will be able to read it better and print if you'd like.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Please support our Spring Fundraiser!
The Goochland Elementary and Specialty Center PTA will conduct two more fundraisers in time for Spring delivery. They will run simultaneously, giving a choice of two different types of product for your consideration.
Gertrude Hawk candy which includes mostly Easter chocolates such as bunnies, eggs and crosses. We will get these delivered to us for distribution in time for Easter, before the Spring Break.
Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs which will be delivered to us at an appropriate planting time, starting mid March. We will try to have this coincide with candy delivery if possible.
Deadline for submitting completed order forms WITH payment to GES/SC PTA Friday, February 27.
Gertrude Hawk allows on-line ordering where your friends and family can order on-line giving credit to a specific student at GES/SC. Our group# is 707143 each child has their own 3 digit suffix to that. If ordered by end of February, the order can be delivered with the main school order and delivered by the student. Otherwise, orders can be placed on-line until April 3 and shipped directly to the person ordering and shipping charges will apply. Please contact a GES/SC student that you know to get their link.
Any issues or questions with this, feel free to contact me .
Please adhere to this deadline so that our volunteer parents have enough time to tabulate order forms and monies and get the orders submitted in time for prompt delivery. We also ask that you take a minute before returning your forms to verify that the forms are complete and correct, and your total order amount matches the money you turn in. This saves us a lot of time in the process.
Please understand that there is no obligation whatsoever to take part in this or any fundraiser that we sponsor. Everyone’s situation is different and some may be willing and able to take part and others not. This is totally fine. You can also elect to make a donation as opposed to purchasing and/or selling products. That is always appreciated and welcomed as well.
We have decided to run a Spring fundraiser this year in addition to the successful Fall Virginia Diner fundraiser because we did not meet our 2008/2009 budget’s fundraising goal that had been established to cover certain costs and projects. In an effort to keep those plans in place and not have to make cuts, we are hoping to make up the difference with this endeavor.
Our fundraisers cover expenses related to funding certain committees such as Hospitality, which provides food and other gifts of appreciation for teachers at certain times of the year, SOL Tutoring, supplementing costs of 5th grade graduation, and the end of year Field Day. We also purchased additional Sports Equipment needed for the PE classes this year. We do our best to fund different Theater Arts and concert programs for the student body to supplement their arts education.
In the event that we raise more funds than we need to cover this year’s budgeted expenses, in light of the recent well-publicized and unexpected school budget cuts, we will be in a position to vote on and approve any additional assistance to student enrichment programs in the school next year.
We will continue to strive to keep the PTA 3 to 1 rule in mind with our Fundraising efforts so as not to seem like we are only a money-making organization.
Thank you and if you have any questions or issues regarding this Fundraising project, please don’t hesitate to contact me or anyone else on the PTA Board.
Gertrude Hawk candy which includes mostly Easter chocolates such as bunnies, eggs and crosses. We will get these delivered to us for distribution in time for Easter, before the Spring Break.
Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs which will be delivered to us at an appropriate planting time, starting mid March. We will try to have this coincide with candy delivery if possible.
Deadline for submitting completed order forms WITH payment to GES/SC PTA Friday, February 27.
Gertrude Hawk allows on-line ordering where your friends and family can order on-line giving credit to a specific student at GES/SC. Our group# is 707143 each child has their own 3 digit suffix to that. If ordered by end of February, the order can be delivered with the main school order and delivered by the student. Otherwise, orders can be placed on-line until April 3 and shipped directly to the person ordering and shipping charges will apply. Please contact a GES/SC student that you know to get their link.
Any issues or questions with this, feel free to contact me .
Please adhere to this deadline so that our volunteer parents have enough time to tabulate order forms and monies and get the orders submitted in time for prompt delivery. We also ask that you take a minute before returning your forms to verify that the forms are complete and correct, and your total order amount matches the money you turn in. This saves us a lot of time in the process.
Please understand that there is no obligation whatsoever to take part in this or any fundraiser that we sponsor. Everyone’s situation is different and some may be willing and able to take part and others not. This is totally fine. You can also elect to make a donation as opposed to purchasing and/or selling products. That is always appreciated and welcomed as well.
We have decided to run a Spring fundraiser this year in addition to the successful Fall Virginia Diner fundraiser because we did not meet our 2008/2009 budget’s fundraising goal that had been established to cover certain costs and projects. In an effort to keep those plans in place and not have to make cuts, we are hoping to make up the difference with this endeavor.
Our fundraisers cover expenses related to funding certain committees such as Hospitality, which provides food and other gifts of appreciation for teachers at certain times of the year, SOL Tutoring, supplementing costs of 5th grade graduation, and the end of year Field Day. We also purchased additional Sports Equipment needed for the PE classes this year. We do our best to fund different Theater Arts and concert programs for the student body to supplement their arts education.
In the event that we raise more funds than we need to cover this year’s budgeted expenses, in light of the recent well-publicized and unexpected school budget cuts, we will be in a position to vote on and approve any additional assistance to student enrichment programs in the school next year.
We will continue to strive to keep the PTA 3 to 1 rule in mind with our Fundraising efforts so as not to seem like we are only a money-making organization.
Thank you and if you have any questions or issues regarding this Fundraising project, please don’t hesitate to contact me or anyone else on the PTA Board.
Mrs. Colleen Williams
"PTA does not endorse, warrant or recommend any of these products. PTA will receive a small percentage of every sale. If you decide to purchase any products, we thank you."
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