HILLSIDE WEDNESDAY WEEKLY BULLETIN
September 30, 2009
DATES TO REMEMBER
Wednesday, September 30…………………………………...……………………………..School Pictures
Wednesday, September 30……………………………………………………………..Hobby Hour Begins
Friday, October 2………….….........Hillside Carnival, 4:00-7:00pm, School Grounds (Rain Date: October 9)
Thursday, October 8……..…Deadline to Donate Breakfast Products for the Breakfast to Go Program
Friday, October 9………………………………..………………………Deadline to Order Hillside Apparel
Tuesday, October 13…………..……….PTA Meeting, 7:30pm, Media Center - Presentation by DARE
October 21, 22, 23……………………...………….Parent/Teacher Conferences, 12:15pm dismissal
Friday, October 23……………………………………...Monster Mash Dance, 7:00-9:00pm, Upper Gym
Sunday, October 25…………………………………..…………….Halloween Hoopla, 1:00-4:00pm, LHS
October 26-30…………………………………………………….………………………..Red Ribbon Week
Saturday, October 31……………………………………………………………………………….Halloween
MEDIA AND LUNCH VOLUNTEERS
Media and Lunch schedules are available on the PTA website at www.livingston.org/hillside.
Remember to check these calendar(s) to find out when you're on to volunteer. Our kids are
depending on you to be there on your appointed day/time. If you need to make a change, please
find a substitute and let the chairperson know.
SAVE THE DATE – ½ DAY ACTIVITY – FAMILY FUN MOVIE DAY
On Thursday, October 22, Hillside School and their families are invited to go to the theater to watch
the beloved classic Where the Wild Things Are. For those of you trying to plan conferences, the
anticipated start time is 2pm. Exact time, location and price to follow.
BREAKFAST TO GO PROGRAM
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Please join the 5th Grade Social Studies classes in their effort to support the Community Soup
Kitchen and Outreach Center’s goal of providing take-out breakfast meals for their guests.
How can you help? Donate the healthy and nutritious breakfast products listed below. These items
will be packaged for the guests to take home to enjoy for breakfast, or to give to their children for
breakfast before school.
Kindergarten – Breakfast/granola bars
First Grade – Breakfast/granola bars
Second Grade – Fruit Cups
Third Grade, 4-Damante, and 4-Ingoglia – Shelf-stable 2% milk (Hershey, Borden, Horizon) Note:
These are the small boxes of milk, usually sold in the juice aisle in packs of 6 or 8.
Fifth Grade and 4- Marshall – Small boxes of cereal
Please place the donated items in the box in your classroom.
Items will be collected until Thursday, October 8
Thank you for your generosity!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SIMPLY GOURMET LUNCHES (S.G.L.):
Drinks -- we removed the option to add a drink to the S.G.L. because they do not come packaged
inside the box lunch, and it complicated distribution of the lunches. Drinks are sold a la carte every
day at the snack table. We have chocolate milk, plain milk and bottled water for 50 cents each.
Changes -- you can make changes/adjustments to your child's lunch order as long as it falls outside
the 72 hour lock-out period. You are charged $1 for every financial transaction. If you add or delete
any items from your original order and are due either a credit or need to pay more, you will be
charged the $1 fee.
Dessert -- You have the option to add dessert to your child's lunch (for an additional fee) and the
default is set to add it to your order. If you don't want dessert for your child, you must manually
select "no dessert". Desserts are "chef's choice" for the day and you do not have the option to
choose what your child receives. For a list of desserts that are typically served, log on to the
www.simplygourmetlunches.com and look under the "Food/Allergy Information” tab.
2-part lunch (no sides) -- Hillside lunches are a 2 part lunch consisting of an entree and fresh
produce side. 75% of the time the produce will be a fruit and the other times it will be a vegetable.
All produce is cut or sliced for easy eating and the options are kid friendly, (meaning they won't get
brussel sprouts in their lunch).
Portion -- All lunches are packaged equally and conform to the state standards for nutritional
content or portion size. You may order an extra entree for $1.50 more.
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Waste -- Every day kids throw out perfectly good and uneaten food whether it was sent from home
or pre-ordered. Even unopened drinks get thrown in the trash. Talk with your kids about what they
like or don't like for lunch. Work together to ensure they get a nutritional lunch that they'll enjoy
eating.
Kudos -- A round of applause is due to our kids for their recycling efforts. They've done a great job
of stacking their empty lunch containers and putting empty drink bottles in the recycling can.
Comments -- The only way we can improve the lunch program is to get feedback, and S.G.L. wants
to hear from you too. If you have ideas or suggestions, please email any of the executive board
members or contact S.G.L. directly.
HILLSIDE CARNIVAL
The Hillside Carnival and Family Picnic will be held this Friday, October 2nd from 4-7pm. The cost
per wristband is $13. Wristbands provide your children an all access pass to unlimited games and
rides. Soda or water is $1, chips are $.50, and popcorn is free. Entertainment will be provided by
Maurice’s Party Animals.
If you didn't order pizza, remember to bring a picnic dinner to share with your family. Many parents
bring beach chairs and/or blankets to sit on with their families. There will also be a bake sale
during the carnival instead of immediately after school. Please contact Lauren Stone at
lhstone1@aol.com if you'd like to contribute something to the bake sale.
DISTRICTWIDE CHAIRS WANTED
Districtwide Human Relations Committee Chair
Coordinate efforts by individual HSA/PTAs. In addition to MLK Day, other efforts may include
Halloween Candy Drive, Thanksgiving Food Drive, clothing drive and other individual school efforts.
Run Districtwide Human Relations Committee meetings to provide information to and get input from
the school reps. Rep may attend one evening PT Council meeting in October and one in May.
Note: PT Council is not necessarily tied to the Kidz Pax MLK Day drive and would welcome
other ideas!
Districtwide Multiculturalism Chair
Coordinate town-wide multicultural event. Event may focus on a single culture or on many cultures.
Conduct Districtwide Multiculturalism Committee meetings to provide a forum for the school reps to
share information and to get input from the school reps. Rep may attend one evening PT Council
meeting in October and one in May.
ATTENTION 4TH & 5TH GRADERS – COME JOIN THE HILLSIDE CHORUS!
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Chorus rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, October 6th at 7:30 am. Any 4th or 5th grade student able
to make the commitment to attend rehearsals may join. Rehearsals will be every Tuesday at
7:30am. Some wonderful selections of music have been picked. Don't miss out on being a part of the
Hillside Chorus.
For more information contact Miss Zarzycki, Hillside Music Teacher, at
kzarzycki@livingston.org.
HILLSIDE SCHOOL ON FACEBOOK
We are proud to announce that Hillside School now has a Facebook group page called “Hillside
Elementary School” to help connect Hillside families in order to share information, ideas, friendship
and fun. This forum can be used to get school related advice from other parents, get feedback on
current or future school activities/programs, announce upcoming school related events, help
organize volunteers, aid in making play dates, or just to connect with your friends (or make new
ones!). Hillside Moms, Dads, and staff are welcome and encouraged to join. For more info on
becoming a group member, please contact Mindy Pritikin at mtpritikin@msn.com.
CLIP BOX TOPS AND EARN CASH FOR OUR SCHOOL
Collecting Box Tops is a great way for the PTA to earn money and it doesn't cost you a thing. Last
year we received over $900 for all of the Box Tops that were turned in, and it all goes back to benefit
our Hillside students. Keep collecting those Box Tops as it will soon be time for the Box Tops
competition.
Click here for a list of products which have Box Tops. For more information about Box Tops, click
here.
MEDIA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
There is a shortage of media volunteers for Mrs. Levine, Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Volk. Please
consider volunteering once or twice a month to help our children check out and return their books in
a timely fashion. An experienced volunteer will help train new volunteers during their media class.
Children always love to see their parent during the school day!! If interested, please contact Aurora
Primamore at aprimamore@msn.com or 973.535.8366.
GET YOUR HILLSIDE APPAREL
Hillside Apparel order forms went home in the backpacks and are available in color on the website.
Orders must be submitted by Friday, October 9. Please make checks payable to “Hillside PTA”. For
more information contact Dayna Platnick at dakamiel@aol.com.
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Hillside Kids Have H.E.A.R.T.
Helpful ▪. Empathetic ▪ Accepting ▪. Respectful ▪ Trustworthy