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300K51N WALKATHON – Saturday 10/23/10

Enjoy Your Furlough!

And Get a Head Start on Pledges!
We hope you have a great week away from Booksin. If you'd like to start
gathering pledges, feel free to use the "Preliminary Pledge Card" on the Newsletter #5 – 10/01/10
back of this newsletter. Your real pledge Card comes home October 11,
and you can transfer pledges to it before Walkathon.
What The Money Does
Whatever you do, be prepared for our exciting Kick-Off Assembly on
Monday ... featuring School House Rock and the Power in NUMBERS! Just a partial list of the ways your
donation helps improve your child's
education at Booksin School:

$20,000 Technology Lab

Walkathon Goal - Every Student: $200
$20,000 Music Program
We suggest that every student set a goal of raising $200 to benefit
Booksin. In addition, we recommend asking donors for a minimum flat $7500 Library Books
pledge of $25. Of course, we invite you to raise more if you are able.
$5000 Science Programs

$4500 Student Work Books

• Cardstock for books, certificates, and other projects
• Classroom Pencil Sharpener • LIBRARY: Two Books $4000 One Field Trip,
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• Flash Drive for 4 -5 Grade Multimedia Projects with buses, tickets,
curriculum tools
• Magnifying Glass for Insect exploration
• Bulletin Board displays • Rainy-Day Games • Printer Ink $4000 Enrichment Allocations
• Construction Paper • 100 DVDs to mount Student Projects for one grade level
$25 • Case of Paper • Scholastic Leveled Reading Books
• Set of Desktop Organizers • Nametags and Incentive Charts $3000 Art Vistas Supplies
• Class-set of notebooks and journals for Reading, Writing, Math
$3000 Science Activities
• Computer Headphones • Art Vistas: Classroom Art Supplies Supplies & Support
$50 • Fun Fridays: Art & Sport Materials • Homework Stickers
• SCIENCE: Two National Geographic videos • Math Journal books $2000 Cornerstone Activities
• Accelerated Reader Pocket Folders/Labels
• Playground Balls for PE and recess • Five books for Literature Circles
$1200 Garden Life Lab
$75 • Complete set of Ink for classroom color printer
Annual Programs
• Paint for Garden shed beautification • Wheelbarrow • Seedlings $1200 Fifth Grade Promotion
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• Science Camp: Financial Assistance for one 5 Grader
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• 1 Grade Writing Books per Class $655 School Planners for
$100 • Monthly Garden Guardian activities • Butterfly Plant Trellis 4th & 5th graders
• Art Vista Clay • Glaze for Pottery Kiln • Watercolor Paper
$630 Science Boards for all
• Annual subscription to Weekly Reader for 30 students 4/5th grade classes
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$150 • Class Color Printer • 4 Grade Geography Postcards and Stamps for Science Fair
• Art Vista Oil Pastel sets • Classroom Set of Cornerstone Books
• Fun Friday Supplies for Fall • Kitchen Equipment to cook in garden $600 Enrichment Funds for
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$200 • Field Trip to Marine Science Institute 4 Grade Registration Fees
• Field Trip School Buses (for just one class) Subject to change and approval