Here’s what’s happening this week at your Susitna Optional Program:

Monday, November 30

Tuesday, December 1
2:15-3:15pm - Community Outreach Program

Wednesday, December 2

Thursday, December 3
8:50-9:20am - Community Celebration in Sarah B.'s room

Friday, December 4
Project Day Cancelled Due to Lack of Parent Volunteers :-(

Have a great week and we’ll look forward to seeing you at school!

Here’s what’s happening this week at your Susitna Optional Program:

Monday, November 23

Tuesday, November 24
2:15-3:15pm - Community Outreach Program

Wednesday, November 25
5:30pm-7:30pm - Susitna Turkey Shoot in the Gym - Pair up with your child and put your free throw skills "on the line" in a chance to win a Thanksgiving turkey, the trimmings, or other great prizes! Registration for the contest begins at 5:30pm followed by the games from 6:00-7:30pm. The cost is only $8 for the pair of shooters. See you on the court!

Thursday, November 26
No School - Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 27
No School

Have a great, short week and we’ll look forward to seeing you at school!

Meeting start: 6:35 | Meeting end: 7:30

Kim: has rented all tables and additional chairs for the Thanksgiving feast on 11/20. Older children might need to bring down a few chairs as well.

Zangle issues: yes, it's true, Zangle doesn't work with optional too well. All parents should have discussed this with their teachers at p/t conferences.

NO financial report - TERESA was missing. Sarah said the teachers still have not gotten repayment so she'll take that up with Teresa.

Sarah: FEAST! The schedule has been forwarded to all parents on the email list and how they smallest will go first -- in staggered fashion.

* Betty is the main FEAST contact.
* Tables will be set up and labeled for food items.
* Carvers should arrived by 10:30 to pull the turkey's apart.
* Families should eat together - just gather your children before heading down to the gym.
* A microphone will be set up as well.
* Elders will help clean up after lunch.


Children in Transition homeless program and our Community Outreach program was discussed again. The kids are enjoying it and doing well. Their projects for these homeless children are almost done. Next semester Community Outreach will be focusing on teaching tolerance.

PACT RECAP: some issues with MPR - Kim has been notified. PACT speaker will be Scott Thompson, wildlife Artist was fabulous! As always, we encourage lots of parent involvement and help! Parents were not as positive about the way this PACT went this time. The children were not as engaged this time - maybe due to some of them not being too keen on painting. It was suggested that we have more "progressive" types of activities -- easier for youngers, more difficult for elders.

On the positive side, Scott said we had "the best behaved" kids of any school he has been in and was VERY impressed with the students! :) Again, we need 12+ parents for PACT to work smoothly. Please consider sending Scott a THANK YOU letter for his time (he took off work) and his donation (a beautiful moose / mountain wildlife scene).

Please help out in January! We also need suggestions about what types of presentations would work well. We discussed and would appreciate some additional input:

* The Alaska Zoo
* Bird TLC
* Fire Fighters
* Jack Dalton (Jamie will ask him)


SOPG DIRECTORY: is done. If you did not get a copy, please contact Nan.

PROJECT DAY IS DECEMBER 4TH: there are three people signed up so far but it works best to have at least six (6). Please consider donating some time for this event. We'll be making scarves (Jamie is doing this event). We still need at least 3-4 more ideas and leaders to help with this. This is a Friday morning and the kids absolutely LOVE this event. It's really good energy and a positive event.

HEALTHY FUTURES / AMY JOHNS: we want to do a few weekend activities. Ideas:

* weekend swim day
* sledding at Russian Jack
* rollerskating / SOPG fundraiser @ Royal Roller Rink
* movie night


//Jamie Lang, SOPG Secretary

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Here’s what’s happening this week at your Susitna Optional Program:

Monday, November 16

Tuesday, November 17
2:15-3:15pm - Community Outreach Program

Wednesday, November 18
11:35am-12:35pm - K/1 Learning Lunch - Come have lunch with your Kindergarten or first grader as they share with you things they've been learning in class!

Thursday, November 19
8:50-9:20am - Community Celebration in Sarah B.'s room

1:00-3:30pm - Thanksgiving Feast Pie Making with Sarah and Jillian's classes: Volunteers Needed! We'll be making the pies at school this year, but could really use some extra hands to assist the kids with making these desserts for the next day's Feast.

Friday, November 20
11am-1pm - Susitna Optional and Pod A Thanksgiving Feast - This is a Thanksgiving Feast for students, teachers and families of students in Pod A (the part of the school building that houses the Optional Program and some neighborhood classrooms).

Classes are providing:

• Brittany & Heather's K/1 Classes: Rolls/butter
• Genie & Rachel's 2/3 Classes: Table Decor
• Sarah & Jillian's 4/5 Classes: Pies
• Mrs. Rousseau's Class: Potatoes
• Mr. Wagar's Class: Stuffing
• Mrs. Kairaiuak's Class: Gravy & Cranberry Sauce
• Mrs. Mott's Class: Drinks

In addition to the Feast items above, families are encouraged to bring a side dish to share (with labeled dish and serving utensil).

We still need volunteers to roast turkeys, help with carving the turkeys and help with setup, serving and clean-up. If you can help in any of these ways, or if you have questions, please contact Nan Magrath by email.

Have a great week and we’ll look forward to seeing you at school!

Here’s what’s happening this week at your Susitna Optional Program:

Monday, November 2

Tuesday, November 3
2:15-3:15pm - Community Outreach Program

Supply (or cash) Donations Needed:
• White t-shirts in children’s sizes (4 – 7/8 years)
• Batting for stuffing shirts
• Fabric crayons, paint, and markers
• Fleece in bright colors and patterns
• Fabric glue
• Crayons
• Colored pencils
• Baggies
• Small paintbrushes
• Sewing needles
• Alcohol swabs

Thanks for your support as we try to brighten the lives of children living homeless.

Wednesday, November 4