PTA Updates: Construction, LEAP, Volunteer Appreciation and Elections, Talent Show

Hello Buri Buri Families!

We have several important upcoming events:

Construction Delays
We have learned that construction will be discussed at the School Board meeting this Thursday 3/24 at Baden High School 825 Southwood Dr. SSF. The meeting starts at 7pm but construction is the last thing on the agenda so it will probably be after 9pm when they get to it. We need parent support at the meeting. If you are concerned about the construction delays, please join us. Leave a comment or send us an email with your phone number if you would like a text when we are getting close to the construction topics if you don't want to be there for the entire meeting. buriburipta@gmail.com

LEAP
The flyer for our last session of LEAP was sent home with students today. We will have the following classes:
Mondays: Circus Arts
Tuesdays: Hip Hop Dance
Wednesdays: Chef it up! Cooking Class
Thursdays: Minecraft
Fridays: Academic Chess
Registration will be Tuesday April 5th at 12 noon here at buriburipta.org
Classes begin the week of April 12th and run for 6 weeks. Classes are open to 1st through 5th grade students.

PTA Volunteer Appreciation Dinner and Elections
We will have our next PTA meeting on Thursday April 7th at 6:30pm. We are having a volunteer appreciation spaghetti dinner and honoring staff and teachers. If you volunteered at any event, in the classroom, driven on a field trip or participated with your student in fundraising, volunteered as a room rep, you are invited! Kids are welcome too :) Please RSVP here so we can plan to have enough food.


Elections
We will also have our PTA Elections for the next school year on April 7th at our PTA meeting. We are always looking for new voices in our PTA. Many of the current PTA board members have older students so we need those with younger students to join. People have already volunteered for the following jobs: secretary, treasurer, financial secretary, auditor, newsletter, room rep coordinator, membership, Construction committee coordinator, hospitality, LEAP coordinator, Reflections & Talent Show chair, Science Night Chair.
Some of the possible positions we'd like to fill: President, Vice President, Someone Special Dance Coordinator, Teacher Appreciation Week Coordinator, Week of Code Coordinator, End of year picnic coordinator, Volunteer coordinator, Fundraising chair, Social media chair, Parliamentarian. Please email the PTA if you would like to take one of these jobs. You will have a team to support you so don't worry if you haven't been in the PTA before. buriburipta@gmail.com Thanks!

Talent Show and Auction
Mark your calendars for our awesome Talent Show and Auction on Friday April 22 from 6:30-8:30pm The auction will be open before school for bidding. PTA will provide coffee and treats in the MUR at 8:15-8:45 so you can preview or bid on items. All of the items for auction were donated so 100% of the money you spend will go directly to the school. Just a few of the amazing items for bid are: Disneyland parkhopper tickets, dinners at local restaurants, Police and Fire department tours, gift baskets and more!

Buri Buri's Got Talent! Sign up and Permission Slip

Registration for the 4th Annual "Buri Buri's Got Talent" Talent Show is officially open!  The Talent Show will be held at Buri Buri Elementary on Friday, April 22nd from 6:30-8:30pm. 

We are only able to accept the 1st 30 acts this year, so, be sure to add your child's name to our registration form today.  http://goo.gl/forms/SWCr2u0DZz   

Permission slips were sent home this week and are due by Tuesday, March 22nd.  If you misplaced it, you can print it here: PRINTABLE PERMISSION SLIP.  Auditions will be held on Wednesday, April 6th.  Audition times will be communicated by Thursday, March 24th.

If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering, please email Melissa at buriburitalentshow2016@gmail.com 

Also, Someone Special Dance Info here: http://www.buriburipta.org/2016/02/someone-special-dance-coming-soon.html

Walk-A-Thon Prize Winners!!

The Walk-a-Thon was a great success. We raised enough to bring Playworks to our school and we are so excited!

Thank you to all students for participating in walking and fundraising! Here are the prize winners:

The Top Fundraisers are:
#1 Adrianna Oishi wins the Zoomer Interactive Puppy Robot
#2 Elijah Bantugan wins the Black Label R-Tec Razor Scooter
#3 Adonis Brito wins the K'nex building set

Our top fundraising class was Mrs. Cha's class! The class wins $100. We're also awarding bonus popcorn parties for Ms. Light and Ms. Arruda's classes for being the #2 and #3 top fundraisers!

Top fundraising participation in each grade wins a popcorn party!
K/TK: Cha
1: Warren
2: Law
3: Dierke
4: Moussa
5: Rivera

Donor Honor Circles

Thank you for your generous donations!

Silver Circle 

Donating between $50-$99

Pat Reilly

Riego De Dios Family

Steve Renz

Michael Tom

Julie & Glenn Mizzi

Adonis Velez Family

Marsha Kobuchi

Natalie Gomez

Monalisa Villamar

Stephanie Villamar

Derick Alcira

Marcela Verdugo

Alvin & Pia Matia

Sandy Margoles

Towing 24x7 Services (415)374-6497 or (650)303-1728

Bo Aleamotua

Roy & Sandy Powers

DeeDee Hamilton

Mary Daquioag

Eric Hardy

On-Nei Lio

Tom Kivalu

Tim & Susie Moore

Rolando & Yolanda Bantugan

Dave & Michelle Yee

Nikki Yee

Jun & Eileen Arroyo

Petra & Rodolfo

Alcala Family

Kiiko & George Baptista

Jena Alvarez

Michelle Bato Villanueva & Joe Villanueva

Linda Hsu

Jason & Janice Stone

Raymond Hsu

Jasmine Dolar

Yijia Ma and Franklin Templeton

Jean Bullentini

Fay Gutierrez 

Telesia Ahio

Munoz Family

Lau Family

Renee Cline

Min Chen

Elizabeth Peyton-Baptista

Marlaine Khuu

Marites Sicat

Tangitau Family

Jeff Smith, Haydee Portilla, Justin Santiago, Erwin Portilla

Alicia Joe

Alison's Cleaning Services

Luis Madrigal

Lopiccolo Family

Cardenas Family

Alejandra Soto
Citu Oasay
Resplandor Family

Gold Circle 

Donating between $100-$199

Dellen Chow

Donna Ignacio

Karen Kirby

Vanessa Gutierrez

S&S Plumbing (Stevie Dad) 

Otto & Sylvia Hoffens

Jill Oishi

Debbie & Herman Woo

Dante Alonzo Family

Divine & James Kobuchi

June Jobin

Jason Cooper

Wu-Cardona Family

Jennifer Cayago

Elijah Bantugan

Deanna LaCroix

Annette & Don Lemons

David & Lori Yee

Kitchen Family

Irma Stiltner

Anthony Stiltner

Mayumi G. Castro

Richelle M. Mas

Alejandro T. Mas

S. Idrus

Liu Family

Parmigiano Pizza & Burgers

Javier Vega & Catalina Iniguez 

Stacey Turpin

Jumana Juhar

Melissa & Eric Kohlmeister

Tamra Dedmon

Jennifer & Sam Perez

Ian & Michelle Kastelic

Team Family
Joann Eremeyeff
Velasquez-Topete Family

Diamond Circle

Donating $200 or more

Marilu & Steve Chiappari

Marge & Gene Oishi

Ron & Cynthia Oishi

Kent & Tina Kobuchi

Ben Colombo

Jack Wu

The Mendoza Family and Lucasfilm Finance Friends

Pati Boyd

**If your name is spelled incorrectly or you have any questions about this list, please email the PTA buriburipta(at)gmail