Spanish Classes for PARENTS of Children in Biltmore Prep's Foreign Language Immersion Program 

Classes meet once per week:  

Mon 9 to 11am (level 1); 12 to 2pm (level 2)

Wed 12 to 2 pm (level 1); 6 to 8pm (level 2)   

Thurs 6 to 8pm (level 1)

 $120/month

Questions? Contact Dunora Alba at  602-626-5085 or 602-488-7293

Dunora@azcorporatelanguages.com 

www.azcorporatelanguages.com 

  We are asking families & businesses to donate to our school in the form of a sponsorship.  This will be one of our largest funding sources to support the school, family events, and campus improvements.  Parents have told us that instead of spending so much time trying to sell items like cookie dough, gift wrap, and candy, they would rather just donate the money.  For many parents, it was not so long ago that you were paying monthly for pre-school, or maybe you have chosen Biltmore Prep instead of a private school.  Please consider donating the equivalent of just one month's tuition to support our amazing elementary school!  If you own or work for a business, please consider a business sponsorship of our school, with attractive advertising benefits.  Click HERE for a sponsorship form.  Please turn the completed form in by Sep. 6, 2013 in order to ensure your sponsorship is included in the family directory.  Thank you for your support!  Questions?  Please contact us at biltmoreprep@gmail.com.  

Two students will each win a $50 gift card and one class will win a fabulous, fun pizza party!  Linking your Safeway Club Card to Biltmore Prep earns money for our school through the eScrip program every time you shop!  The two students and the classroom that register the most "new supporters" will win.  It is FREE!  You just need to complete a very brief entry on the REGISTRATION FORM for each new supporter.  Registration forms and details will also be coming home in backpacks this week.  For more information in the contest flyer, please click HERE.  Questions?  Contact Jen.  Thank you! 

September 19, 20, and 21, we need parents to help collect receipts at two Safeway locations:  32nd Street & Camelback and 48th Street & Indian School.  It's easy and the kids love to participate and help their school.  Just stand at one of the store exits and politely ask customers to donate their receipts - we earn money for each receipt we collect.  Please sign up HERE for an hour or more.   

We need additional volunteers during September 13th through October 1st to collect receipts from our collection containers at Safeway stores, and others to enter the receipt codes online.  The majority of this volunteer opportunity can be done from home.  For more information, or if you have questions, please contact Jen.  

Congratulations to the following students for being selected as Student of the Month from their homeroom class.  These students are achieving academic excellence, have good study habits, and demonstrate outstanding citizenship.    

Kindergarten - Frances Valdez

Kindergarten - Tyler Allen

Kindergarten - Ronan O'Brian

Kindergarten - Jayden Morales

Kindergarten - Grace Boswell

1st Grade - Ariel Malakowski

1st Grade - Carissa Phillips

1st Grade - Moriah Lerna

1st Grade - Stephanie Gomez Martinez

2nd Grade - Violet Miner Sacks

2nd Grade - Finn McQueen

2nd Grade - Forrest Jemmett

2nd Grade - Juan Ibarra

3rd Grade - Anna Keil

3rd Grade - Fabian Orona

4th Grade - Jose Ortiz Alba

4th Grade - Sebastian Saldana

5th Grade - Elijah Guerra

6th Grade - Emery Lopez

7th Grade - Vanessa Garcia

8th Grade - Mildreed Hurtado

Special Education - Naubinson Alexis

Congratulations to the following students for being selected the Tiger Trait winners from their homeroom class.  They were caught being good!

Hayden Short

Sela Mathis

Viola Reimers

Aquilles Zazueta Garcia

Jackson Kizzire

Bianca Perez

Allison Edgell

Jade Ortiz

Rowan Hulbert

Makenzie Bertz

Cate Johnson

Nathaniel Lebron

Sofia Esquivel

Rebecca Denney

Ayvery Fouts

Rebeca Salas

Kai Gittens

Judith Fajardo

Pedro Ramirez Juarez

Harrison Hofstedt

Khalif Ravenell

David Mercado

Art Masterpiece is a national art program created to enrich an elementary student's education by teaching them about famous artists, their lives, and artistic styles and art principles in general.    Because the program is organized and facilitated completely by parent volunteers,  WE NEED YOU!   You do not need any art experience or an art background to be a great "art guide."   

We will have an informal meeting on Friday, September 6 at 8 am in the multipurpose room. Please consider being a part of our Art Masterpiece team and join us on September 6.  Thank you!  Questions?  Contact Carol. 

Last week we kicked off our coupon book sale. Please review the book and see the wonderful coupons; just one or two will cover the cost of the book! The books also make great gifts for the upcoming holidays. Remember, for every 5 books sold, you get one free. So, if you sell 15 books, you get 3 free books! Orders can be returned to your child's classroom teacher any time with all final orders and unsold books due back to the school by September 6th. Our school will receive $10 for every book we sell and last year we raised over $4,000!  Books can be used now through the end of 2014. So....Let's "SaveAround" our city with the 2014 Coupon Book.

  This is a brand new after school program at our school, and we are so excited about it!  Odyssey of the Mind offers a fun and supportive environment for Kinder through Eighth Grade students to think outside of the box while learning to work together in teams using their creativity to develop solutions to many different kinds of challenges.  Students use Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math skills to solve problems, and compete in a tournament on March 8.   For a flyer with more information, please click HERE.  Visit Odyssey of the Mind to find out more.  

  The Biltmore Preparatory Academy PTO is developing a family directory for the school.  Please help sponsor the directory by including a note of support for your student!  This is your chance to share good wishes for your student, their classroom, or the student body, for the 2013-2014 school year. Personal notes will be included in the Family Directory and are only $10 each.  Please submit the COMPLETED FORM and payment by Friday, September 13.  Questions?  Contact Sara Korolevich at 623-326-0881 or sara@freformed.com.  

We have been working hard all summer to put together our first ever ONLINE AUCTION FUNDRAISER!  We have some fabulous items that will be up for bid, such as Disneyland park hopper passes, vacation / golf packages at Forest Highlands, gift certificates for many of our favorite restaurants, AND many fun, unique outings for our children with their favorite teachers.  But we still need much more!  If anyone has a connection with a restaurant, hotel, or children's activity, please ask for a donation! You can ask using the attached letter, or give us the name of your contact and we will follow up for you.  We need all donations by September 23, in order to prepare the catalog for our October auction. One-hundred percent of the auction proceeds will go towards purchasing resources for our teachers and students.  Questions?  Contact Kerry or Renee.

Please make plans to attend this meeting on Thursday, October 3 in the Biltmore Prep cafeteria.  You will find out more about the capital override that will be on the ballot in the November 5 election, and how you can help.  For a fact sheet prepared by the Creighton District, please click HERE. 

Book through Castle Dreams and earn $$$ for our school! Please click HERE for more information.  

It is the "Best Year Ever" Sweepstakes sponsored by GreatSchools.org.  Here is how it works:  

1.  Rate & Review Bilmore Prep at www.greatschools.org.  Your review is anonymous and just takes a minute to write.

2.  Ask two other people from our school to submit reviews.  When our school has 3 new reviews this month, it is entered in the drawing for $5,000.

3.  Increase our school's chance to win.  Every review over three gives our school another entry into the drawing - up to ten entries each month.  

Best of all, there are three chances for our school to win!  Monthly drawings will be held in August, September, and October.  

Parents AND Teachers can submit reviews.  Please let others know about our wonderful school, and help us win $5,000,  by posting a review today!

Learn Chinese  

We are proud to be able to offer an after school Mandarin Chinese language class every Monday after school.  It is an introductory class, where students will learn easy dialogue, numbers, colors, characters, and simple conversations.  Students will also learn Chinese folk songs and dance, Chinese Yo-Yo, and Chinese chess. Students will learn the language while they have fun!  For more information and a registration form, please click HERE.   

 

Become a Chess Master 

Join our chess club and learn how to play chess and compete in fun tournaments.  Chess helps to develop analytical skills, reinforce critical thinking skills, and increase concentration, focus, and patience.   To see a video and learn more about the benefits of chess for young children, click HERE.  The chess club meets every Wednesday from 1:15 to 2:15, and both the chess club and tournaments are open to students starting in Kindergarten.  For more information, please click HERE.

 

Become a Cub Scout

Cub Scouts are for boys in 1st through 5th grade. We are lucky to have a very active and organized Cub Scout Pack. Our Pack has 2 Fall and 1 Spring overnight camping trips planned this year.   We go caroling and even have a bike rodeo!  For more information, please contact our Cub Master Brent Gear, and our Committee Chairperson, his wife, Debbie Gear, at cubmaster@scoutpack324.com, and please visit the website at www.ScoutPack324.com.  During the school year, Cub Scouts meet every Thursday evening in the Biltmore Prep cafeteria.  Click HERE for more information.          

Biltmore Prep Lego Club

LEGO Club has started!  The students build a variety of Lego projects, typically one project per week.  Either a prescribed build with instructions or a free build.  The prescribed builds teach engineering essentials and the free build allows individual innovation and imagination. We still have a few available slots for the Friday Club, 3:15 to 4:15 pm.  Our club is run entirely by parents and we are still looking for volunteers.  See the ATTACHED INFORMATION AND APPLICATION SHEET. 

Safeway    Link your Safeway Club Card to our school, and we will automatically receive 1% of everything you purchase!  Just go to www.escrip.com, click on "about the program," then "sign-up," then follow the prompts to enter your Safeway Club Card number.  Note - if you don't know your Safeway Club Card number, you can call Safeway Customer Service at 1-877-723-3929 to get it.  Also - please enter your credit / charge and debit cards on the escrip site.  If  you register your cards, we earn an automatic percentage whenever you dine or shop at any of the thousands of affiliated establishmnts.   Click HERE for more information. 

Fry's Food & Drug Stores 

NEW! Register your Fry's VIP card online and Fry's will donate a percentage of your purchases to our school!  It only takes a few minutes.  Go to FrysCommunity Rewards.com and sign in or create a new account.  Go to "My Account" and then to "Account Settings."  Under "Community Rewards," type in our school name.  It's that simple!  Please take a moment to register your cards.  Questions?  Contact Jill.  Thank you!

www.ShopwithScrip.com.   

Purchase gift cards linked to our school, (e.g. gas, clothes, iTunes, Lands' End, restaurants) and the school earns a rebate from each of your purchases.  You can purchase Scrip gift cards or instant e-cards for over 500 different retailers.   Click HERE for registration instructions. Questions?  Contact Dawn.

School Uniforms at Land's End.   

When you buy school uniforms at Land's End and use our school code, 3% of your purchase goes back to our school.  Our school code is "900138173."   If you pay for your  purchase with a "Scrip Now!" Land's End gift card (purchased at the shopwithscrip.com website described above), an additional 16% of your purchase price will be rebated to our school!   

Collect Boxtops - Please collect the pink "Box Tops 4 Education" that you see on many different grocery store items.  Each box top is worth 10 cents!  You can put the box tops in a zip lock bag and turn them in to the school office.  Register to support our school online  at www.boxtops4education.com for additional bonuses and to track our school's earnings. Questions?  Contact Jill. 

Questions about any of the above fundraisers?  Contact us a biltmoreprep@gmail.com.