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Welcome Eames Way Elementary School PTO welcomes you to our web page! The PTO is an all volunteer organization comprised of the Eames Way School faculty and all parents/guardians of EWS interested in helping our children optimize their educational experience at Eames Way. All parents of students, and all teachers and administrators at EWS are automatically members of the PTO. The purpose of the EWS PTO is to: 1. Foster social, cultural and educational enrichment; 2. Involve family, school and community in the educational experience; 3. Organize fundraisers to purchase educational materials for students, to pay for enrichment programs, contribute to the expense of student field trips, beautification of the school and staff appreciation. Last year we distributed $25,000 for enrichment programs, field trips, educational tools & supplies, school beautification and awards. And we have another fantastic year planned for the 2009-10 school year! Funding for important educational programs and tools will be raised through grant writing activities and several planned fundraisers. Please see the list of activities and fundraisers listed below on the site. We are excited to kick-off the new year with our “BOOST” fundraising program!! For more information see the PTO Welcome Letter which includes BOOST information, exciting Raffles, and a family information sheet to be used for publishing our school directory. Please join us for the monthly PTO meetings where parents and faculty share and develop ideas for the Eames Way community and our children. Without the continued support of PTO volunteers and your generous contributions, many of these activities would not be possible. List of Meeting Dates Included Below Any suggestions? Interested in participating or volunteering in the PTO? E-mail Back to Top

		News PTO MEETING DATES 2010-11 PARENTS AND TEACHERS WELCOME! The following dates are our planned meeting nights for the 2010-11 school year. Our meetings are at the EWS Library at 7pm. Please join us - we want your ideas! Sept. 16 Nov. 8 Jan. 25 March 16 May 23 NEW EWS APPAREL We are happy to announce NEW EWS APPAREL showcasing high quality and bold lettering. We're also selling Marshfield sweatshirts with the option of monogramming. Our prices are lower than local retailers!!! Samples will be available the night of Open House, Thursday, September 23rd in the foyer. MARSHFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION Marshfield Education Foundation (MEF) had their first meetings, and several positions have been filled. The MEF has a large amount of work to do in a short period of time. The MEF’s objective of being able to issue grants for the 2010-2011 school year will require a committed group of individuals to come together quickly and efficiently. Stay tuned for future meeting information. Your participation is highly encouraged! STAGE CURTAIN COMMITTEE NEWS - Limited Edition Eames Way School Replicas - only a few left! Here's your opportunity to support EWS arts and music facilities! Be one of only 100 Eames Way friends and families to own a miniature replica of your favorite elementary school! The EWS replica is a limited edition offering of 100 painted wooden pieces, (8.5"L x 2.5"H) hand-numbered by Mr. Campia, available for $15.00 each. Order forms are now being accepted and will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Click here to download your order form. There is a sample figurine in the EWS office for your viewing. Thank you for supporting the arts at EWS! TOWNWIDE PTO MEETINGS - Once per month representatives from the Superintendent's office and all 7 school PTOs meet and discuss school issues facing the town, and provide updates on what the PTOs are doing at their schools. Last year EWS hosted this meeting twice. Click here to view the meeting minutes: October 2009 Townwide and May 2010 Townwide 5th GRADE INFORMATION The 5th Grade Committee already held the 1st event of many for the Eames Way 5th graders. During the last week of summer we had a great beach party! Thanks go out to all 5th graders and parents who attended. There will be lots more fun going on this year, and plenty of opportunities for 5th graders and parents to get involved. The first planning meeting will be sometime in October, and parents will be notified once details are set. This year's 5th grade coordinators are Jill Schoell and Heidi Law. If you are not receiving 5th grade emails please send your address to ews5thgrade2011@hotmail.com to get added to the distribution list. It's going to be a great year! EWS PTO PLANNED EVENTS & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS - 2010-11 The following is a list of planned events for the 2010-11 school year. If you or someone you know is interested in sharing information about your profession, or performing for the students, please contact Click on event title for more details. Sept. ~ Wampanoag visitor - Grade 3 Oct. ~ Fire Safety - Grades K - 5 All School Assembly tbd - Grades K - 5 Movie Night - Family Event Writer - Grade K Halloween Safety - Grade K Wendy's Night - Family Event Nov. ~ Dec. ~ Winter Wonderland - Family Event Bay Colony Educators - Grade 5 Museum of Science Star Lab Planetarium - Grade 3 Jan. ~ Museum of Science Electromagnetism Program - Grades 4 & 5 Feb. ~ Ling Tang, Chinese Paper Cutting - Grade 4 Mar. ~ EWS Talent Show - Whole School Irish Step Dancers - Grades K - 5 Author Visit - Grades 1 - 2 Afternoon of Ice Skating - FREE Family Event Ling Tang, Chinese Culture - Grade 2 Seniors Read - Grades K - 3 Apr. ~ Recycling - Grade K-1 May ~ Pizza/Bingo Fun Night - Family Event June ~ PTO THANK YOU NOTES PIZZA/BINGO NIGHT - May 2010 Pizza Bingo was a huge success - We made $1,800 for our school! Many thanks to all our Eames Way families who donated to our basket raffles and made this night so successful. The response was tremendous - we had enough loot to make 2 baskets per grade! Special thanks go out to our business partners who generously donated services and gift cards to add to our raffle. Click here for a complete list of Pizza Night Donors. Please support these partners in our community! FAMILY AFTERNOON OF SKATING - March 2010 Thank you to all the families who attended our first Afternoon of Skating event held in March. It was a great afternoon enjoyed by all - The turnout was fantastic! Special thanks to Armstrong Arena, who was delightful to work with! We hope to make this an annual event! WINTER WONDERLAND - December 2009 Thank you to all the families who came out for our annual Winter Wonderland event in early December. This has become an annual family favorite tradition! Special thanks to Roche Bros. for their generous grant, along with all the area businesses who provided fantastic raffle donations; and to Laurene Price and all our volunteers for pulling off such a successful event! Don't forget to support Roche Bros. and these other businesses who have been so supportive of Eames Way! Click here for a complete list of Raffle Donors. MOVIE NIGHT - 0ctober 2009 The PTO wants to thank the families who came out to our Movie Night to kick off the new school year. This was a PTO sponsored event and was offered totally free to our families! Thank you to the McLeod family for donating the popcorn machine, and special thanks to Shaw's for donating the drinks! A great time was had by all! PTO EVENT GUIDELINES Click the following link to view a printable copy of the PTO event guidelines. These guidelines are in effect at all PTO-sponsored events. PTO Event Guidelines Back to Top

Fundraising Programs & Events "BOOST" Fundraising Program - BOOST = Bringing Outstanding Opportunities to our Students and Teachers! The PTO requests a tax deductible donation from each EWS family. 100% of the funds raised go directly to programming for each and every Eames Way student, and to purchase highly needed educational tools for the classrooms! BOOST NEWS FALL 2010: We have 4 tickets to ROCK OF AGES that will be raffled off! Any family that makes a BOOST donation for 2010-11 is eligible to win! Two winners will be drawn Fri. October 1, and each winner will receive 2 tickets to the show. *Thank you to the Burns Family for donating the tickets for our raffle!* For this year's BOOST and raffle details click on BOOST LETTER. To download and print your raffle tickets click BOOST RAFFLE - GOOD LUCK! We also encourage (and need!!) your involvement and support throughout the school year. A VOLUNTEER SHEET can be downloaded (click link), completed and returned to school with your child to let us know how you would like to help. This is our 3rd year running this program. We are delighted to report that the BOOST program raised $13,000 last year by our dedicated families! Click on PTO June 2010 letter to see what we accomplished together last year! *Thank You EWS Families!* WENDY'S NIGHT - (DATE TBD) TO BENEFIT THE EWS 5TH GR CLASS - Calling all kids, parents, teachers - friendly and scary creatures alike! Come out for this fun annual Halloween event and show your support for the 5th grade!! Wendy's generously donates a portion of proceeds from the night. This money is going towards funding the 5th grade yearbook expenses and end of year activities. *A huge* thank you goes out to Wendy's for continuing to support us!! Great Rewards Programs! Help Raise EA$Y Money for our School - Spread the word about these programs that brought in $3,700 this year! Print Out Program Specifications, Click Here A+ SCHOOL REWARDS – Last year over 90 families signed up for this Program and earned us $667 - thank you! We are excited that Stop and Shop is offering this program again this year! With this program you must re-register your card annually. Please register your card designating EWS as your school of choice now by going to http://www.stopandshop.com/aplus Thank you! We received $765 last year! Amazon will send us up to 10% of every purchase when you make this the first link you click each time you shop: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/eawascpt-20 This is a unique link set up just for us! Amazon is a quick and easy way to shop, and this is an effortless way to raise money for our school year round! Here’s how it works: · Click on the EWS link. This will bring you to the Amazon home page. · Once connected to Amazon.com, just shop and pay as you normally would. · Amazon tracks all purchases, and sends us monthly payments. *It's that simple!* Amazon Shoppers earned us $765 last school year - thank you! Send this link to your friends & family - people you know, anywhere in the world: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/eawascpt-20 TAKE CHARGE OF EDUCATION - We earned $171 last year! Target Red Cardholders, designate Eames Way School as your school of choice under Target’s Take Charge of Education Program. We get back a portion of purchases when you shop with your Target credit card! To register your card visit: https://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-005174 Since we signed on with this program we have earned over $1,500! Special thanks go out to Target cardholders who have designated Eames Way School* as their choice in this program!* Please encourage neighbors, friends and family members to sign up for the program and designate Eames Way School. Target has paid over $200 million to schools across the country. Check with your other credit card companies to see if they offer something similar and let us know. *BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION – Our school received $1,200 last year - thanks go out to all our clippers!* Saving your box tops is another fun and easy way to raise money for our school! We received $1,200 just from cutting Box Tops! Clip Box Tops from your favorite products and send them to school with your child. The PTO submits them, and our school receives a check. It’s that simple! This is a family favorite program - The kids love this one so please keep on clipping! (No Campbell’s Soup labels please!) Look for the 10¢ Box Tops coupon on hundreds of your favorite General Mills products. You can find Box Tops on brands such as Cheerios®, Betty Crocker®, Pillsbury®, Ziploc®, Kleenex®, Hefty® and more! For a complete list of products, Click the link to Box Tops for Education COMMUNITY REWARDS – EWS received over $1,000 last year - thank you to all who signed up your cards! * Important Program Note* Shaw's has decided to end this program at the end of April 2010. Thank you to all who signed up your cards and helped make this program so successful for our school! Back to Top

	Officers & Coordinators 2010-2011 Co-Presidents: Rachel Babcock, Stacey LaVangie Vice Presidents: Laura Daniels, Ann McDermott Treasurer: Kelly MacGrath Secretary: Mal Noonan Teacher Representatives: Kathleen Valenti, Marie Miller, Jean Milch Enrichment Team: Julie Willett, Marlene Haley, Sue Leary, Jenny Pitts Grant Writing: Jenny Pitts, Marlene Haley 5th Grade Coordinators: Jill Schoell, Heidi Law Beautification Committee: Jen Angus Public Relations Coordinator: TBD Rewards Coordinator: Kim Sampson Apparel Coordinator: Michelle Harris, Laura Daniels Stage Curtain Committee: Laurel Egan-Kenny, Marie Miller Kindergarten Coordinators: Kim Hokanson, Janine Heberlein Social/Community Bldg. Coordinators: Helen Hayes, Janine Heberlein Hallmark Coordinator: Nicole Perry-Gore Web Designer / Developer: Claudia Ellis / Design For You Web Maintenance: Celeste Maglio, Jill Cepetelli-Spano EWS Newsletter: TBD Questions or comments about our website please e-mail our webmaster, Questions or suggestions regarding PTO activities please email Back to Top

Eames Way School Calendar of Events Back to Top
Contact Have suggestions or interested in participating in the PTO? Email Back to Top
Details of Upcoming Events *The dates of presentations may be changed due to availability of presenters.*
	September ~ 9/tbd - Wampanoag Visitor - “I am Wampanoag, and my People have lived here on our homeland for over twelve thousand years.” Click left to learn more about the Wampanoag people.
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October ~ 10/tbd - Fire Safety - Grades K - 5 October - Fire Prevention Week. Our students will be visited by Marshfield fire fighting officials who will talk to us about fire prevention and safety. 10/tbd - All School Program More information to follow! 10/tbd - Movie Night - FREE Family Event, Friday, 6:30 p.m., EWS Dining Room The EWS PTO is thrilled to present a FREE FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT Bring your sleeping bag, pillow, or blankets; and favorite PJ’s if you’d like. The PTO will provide the popcorn & drinks! No need to RSVP – just come and enjoy the show! As a reminder, PTO guidelines are in effect. Please click here to review PTO Event Guidelines Hope to see you at the movie! Information to follow shortly on the feature film! 10/tbd - Author Visit 10/tbd - Halloween Safety - Kindergarten An officer from the Marshfield Police Dept will come to the school and talk to our youngest students about Halloween safety. 10/tbd - Wendy's Night - Halloween Family Event, 5 - 8 pm A great chance to try out your costume! Come in costume or not, take a night off from cooking dinner and join us at Wendy's from 5 - 8pm. Eat-in or Take-out - Wendy's will generously donate a portion of their profits back to EWS on this night. Proceeds will benefit the Fifth Grade Class to help fund their year-end activities. All are welcome!
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December ~ 12/tbd - Bay Colony Educators - Grade 5 Educators Carol Neville-Greene and Tim Greene will perform what life was like during Colonial America. Our 5th graders will explore the life of a child during in the 1750s through clothing, toys, games, and education. 12/4 - Winter Wonderland - Family Fun Event! 11-2:30 at EWS Winter Wonderland event scheduled for Saturday, December 4. An annual family favorite! Join in the fun at EWS for games, crafts, food, raffles, and secret shopping as we kick-off the holiday season! Click here for WW flier 12/tbd - Museum Of Science Star Lab - Grade 3 In this program, it's all about the stars! We will explore the purpose and cultural origins of the constellations; discover why stars have different colors and brightness levels; and also learn that not everything in our sky is a star.
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	January 2011 ~ 1/tbd - Museum of Science Electromagnetism Program - Grades 4 & 5 Using high-tech Museum equipment, students explore voltage, current, resistance, and the interrelationship between magnetism and electricity.
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February ~ 2/tbd - Ling Tang, Chinese Culture - Grade 4 Our 4th graders will learn the art of Chinese paper cutting! Click right image to learn more about Ling Tang and China Born Kids.
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	March ~ 3/tbd - Ling Tang, Chinese Culture- Grade 2 It's a Chinese New Year celebration! The children will make decorations, learn about Chinese Zodiacs, how to say "Happy New Year" in Chinese, and other cultural items and crafts. 3/tbd - Talent Show - Family Event, FBMS Auditorium, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Let us entertain you! Students from all grades are participating. Our own Eames Way students will shine in our annual talent show! There will be singing, dancing, athletic performances, skits, and a whole lot more! Don't miss this event! Please contact Mrs. Miller with questions at mmiller@mpsd.org 3/17 - Irish Step Dancers - Grades K - 5 Eames Way School students will perform Irish Step Dancing for the entire school to celebrate St. Patrick's day. 3/tbd - Children's Author visit - . 3/tbd - Afternoon of Ice Skating - Family Event, 2-3:30 p.m. Join us for an afternoon of FREE ice skating at Armstrong Arena in Plymouth (Exit 5, 103 Long Pond Rd). This is a PTO sponsored Eames Way Community event. Skate rentals are also FREE. Refreshments will be available for purchase. No hockey sticks please! March - week tbd - Senior Citizens Read to Students - Grades K - 3 Senior Citizens from the Marshfield Council on Aging will visit Eames Way School students in their library classes and read stories from around the world to help celebrate multicultural winter.
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April ~ 4 / tbd - Recycling - Grades K-1 Eames Way Mom, Pam Murphy, presents the importance of recycling to our first grade and kindergarten students, and shows them how they can recycle to help our environment.
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	May ~ 5/tbd - Pizza/Bingo Basket Raffle Night - join us for our annual family fun night of Pizza, Bingo and Basket Raffles! There are 2 seating times to choose from: 5pm Pizza/5:30 Bingo and 6:30 Pizza/7pm Bingo. Click here for the pizza night invitation, pizza order form and raffle tickets. Download and print your copy if you misplaced the one sent home in your child's backpack. *You do not need to be present to win! Hope to see you there!*
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June ~ TBD
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		Downloadable Forms And Notices
PTO Welcome Letter 09-10 PTO Event Guidelines Volunteer Form EWS Reading Log		Mail Carrier System Memo Birthday Notice 2009-10 Budget Summary	Drop-Off / Pick-Up Notice Note to School Absence or Dismissal Make It Simple-use this form!
Check back often. Site updated frequently with notices and forms you may have misplaced.
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PTO Agenda, Meeting Minutes & Treasurer's Reports
June 2009 Agenda June 2009 Minutes		August 2009 Agenda August 2009 Minutes	September 2009 Agenda September 2009 Minutes
October 2009 - No Meeting		November 2009 Agenda November 2009 Minutes	December 2009 - No Meeting
January 2010 Agenda January 2010 Minutes		February 2010 - No Meeting	March 2010 Agenda March 2010 Minutes
April 2010 - No Meeting		May 2010 Agenda May 2010 Minutes	June 2010 - No Meeting - Have a Great Summer!
Treasurer's Report 2007- 2008 PTO Fundraiser Recap 07 - 08 Detailed Full Year Recap 07- 08		Treasurer's Summary 2008- 09 PTO Minutes 2008 - 09 Detailed Budget 2009-10	Treasurer's Summary 2009- 10 PTO Minutes 2009 - 10
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