This Week:
Thank you to those of you who supported the book fair, made parent/teacher conferences a priority and/or donated food to the teacher luncheon. We appreciate your efforts!
This Month:
- Take a break from cooking and help our amazing school. Eat at Texas Roadhouse on September 22 and a proceed of your dinner will be given to Coyote Trail.
- Superstar Lunches start this month on September 23. The chosen students will be featured in next month's newsletter.
- The September 30 morning assembly will be followed by the Great American fundraiser recognition party which involves lots and lots of silly string.
- The Ribbon Cutting for the Therapeutic and Exploratory Playground will also be on September 30, 5 pm - 6 pm.
Upcoming Events:
In the coming weeks, look for more information on theses events in emails, papers home and our Facebook pages.
- Fall Break - October 10-14
- Talent Show - October 19
- Golden Corral - October 20
- Hopefest - October 22
- Original Art Works - October 30 - November 6
A Huge Thank You to everyone who helped with our
Grandparents Breakfast and 9/11 Assembly 
by giving time, donating food and attending.
New To Coyote Trail
STEM Labs and Makerspaces are areas that encourage creativity and innovation. Students engage in learning experiences that develop 21st century skills and make real life connections. Our STEM Labs/Makerspaces provide students the freedom to design, engineer, fabricate, create, collaborate and build.
We are so excited to bring this opportunity to our students, but in order to have a space that is useful, we are in need of several items to help us fill the space.
Please consider donating the following items to the STEM Lab/Makerspace:
We greatly appreciate any donations you would like to make to the space!
Questions: please email Mrs. Johnson: l.t.johnson@maranausd.org
Mallets
· Kid friendly tools (screwdrivers, wrenches, safety glasses), measuring tapes
· Low heat glue guns/glue sticks
· Old electronics
· Broken toys
· Wires, chenille sticks, wikki stix
· Safety googles
· Clorox wipes
· New Batteries (all sizes)
· Office Supplies: Expo markers, scissors, glue, tape, construction paper, pencils, cardstock, rulers, brads.
· Toys: legos, building toys, science kits, k’nex, tinker toys, erector sets, broken toys
Household items: Styrofoam cups/plates, foil, wax paper, coffee filters, toothpicks, straws, cereal/soda boxes
· Packaging materials such as bubble wrap
· Graph paper
· Aprons
Nails (various sizes)
Screws (various sizes)
· Duct tape
· Cardboard
· Newspaper
· Paper towel tubes, popsicle sticks, paint stir sticks, buttons, origami paper
· PVC pipe
· Flashlights
· Storage containers: plastic tubs, organizers with drawers such as metal toolboxes used for automotive tools
And……..any other items you feel would benefit our students.
We greatly appreciate any donations you would like to make to the space!
Questions: please email Mrs. Johnson: l.t.johnson@maranausd.org
Ways to Raise Money For Coyote Trail
- Fry's Card - Click Here to link your Fry's card to Coyote Trail. *Remember, even if you did this last year, you need to renew it again this year. Encourage neighbors, friends and relatives to do the same with their Fry's card. After you sign up, you don't need to do anything else but shop! This is easy money for Coyote Trail.
- Labels for Education - Turn in labels from Campbell's (soups), Pepperidge Farms (Goldfish, Milanos), Bic (razors), Prego (spaghetti sauce), V8 (juice), Pace (salsa), Emerald (almonds), Dannon (yogurt), Pop Secret (popcorn), Post (cereals), Swanson (frozen dinners) *Remember there are a lot of products that have labels that can be turned into your child's teacher or the front office to make money for Coyote Trail.
- Box Tops - collect box tops on many common pantry-type foods, Kleenex and frozen foods. *Remember to ask family and friends to collect Box Tops, too, and turn them into the front office or your child's teacher.
- Raytheon Employees: Raytheon's "Matching Gifts for Education Program" is designed to encourage Raytheon employees to support education with their personal contributions. Coyote Trail is eligible for matching gifts under this program, which means that if you do a tax credit donation to Coyote Trail, Raytheon will match your gift, doubling the amount of your donation up to $10,000! The Matching Gifts for Education program can be found here on the Raytheon network.
Parent Teacher Friends (PTF) Board Members
Nicole Glasner - President
Kathryn Mikronis - Vice President
Keri D'Aiuto - Secretary
Barbara Lewis-Partch - Treasurer
Nikki Grubbs - Newsletter Editor
Celinda Garcia - Special Events
Courtney Cameron - Volunteer Coordinator
Tim Weiler - Community Relations
Carrie and Darrell Blanchard - Hospitality
Mellodie Stratman - Staff Liason
Lori Valentine - Staff Liason
Please e-mail any member of the board with any
questions, comments, concerns at coyotetrailptf@gmail.com
PTF Board meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month at 3 pm.
Everyone is welcome!
In October, the meeting will be held on October 5, due to Fall Break.
PTF Board meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month at 3 pm.
Everyone is welcome!
In October, the meeting will be held on October 5, due to Fall Break.
