Jog-a-thon Banners

In case you didn't get a chance to see the beautiful banners our students made for the Jog-a-thon, enjoy these few snap shots.

 

 

Today is PINK Day

Wear PINK today as we support Breast Cancer Awareness month!

Thank You!

We had another wonderful and successful Jog-a-thon!!

 

THANK YOU

 to all those who supported our awesome Southgate Dragons! We had countless volunteers and supporters who spent time and money to help our school.

 

We are especially grateful for our official Jog-a-thon sponsors. We couldn't have done it without you!! Thank you for sponsoring this event. Southgate faculty and staff, parents and friends:  Let's show our sponsors how much we appreciate them by frequenting their business or using their services.

 

Kadlec
Anderson Dental
Dr. Galen Church
Culligan
Garlands Gymnastics
A-Legacy Construction
27th Ave. Storage
Keithly - Williams Seeds
Jiffy Car Wash
Jed Morris, Windermere
A+ Tutoring
27th Ave. Minit-Mart
Atomic Screen Printing
Dairy Queen
Stripe Rite
Sun Rentals

PINK Day

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. In support of this international health campaign, tomorrow (Halloween!) is PINK Day at Southgate Elementary. Wear pink to honor those who have been affected by breast cancer and as a reminder that early detection is our best weapon.

 

*No face painting please*

The Jog-a-thon is TODAY

Good Morning Dragons and Families!

Our annual Jog-a-thon is today (October 19th) and we are very excited to see all of our awesome dragons running, skipping, walking and dancing around the course. 

A few things to remember:

1. Send a water bottle with your child. The PTG will also have water available.

2. We will be running outside on our Southgate field, rain or shine (the forecast is looking great!).

3. All donation envelopes MUST be returned with a parent's signature TODAY.

4. Parents are welcome! You are encouraged to run and cheer for your child. You can also help as a volunteer.

5. There will be a morning session for am kindergarten from 10-11 am. There will be an afternoon session for all grades including pm kindergarten from 1:45-3:00 pm.

Box Tops

The Box Tops competition ends today.

 

Send all your box tops today and help your child's classroom win a party! Thank You!

Box Tops

We're in the middle of our Fall Box Tops Contest! Please clip and send all Box Top Coupons with your student.

 

All year Southgate Elementary will be collecting Box Top Coupons to raise money for our school. Did you know that some local schools raise thousands of dollars for their schools each year, just from clipping and submitting Box Tops? Box Top coupons are on the packaging of hundreds of participating products that you probably use every day. All you need to do is cut them off of the box they are on, stick them in a baggie, and send them to school with your child. The classroom that collects the most box tops by Tuesday, October 16th will win a party of their choosing, so be sure to include your child’s teacher’s name with the box tops you turn in! We will be collecting Box Tops all year long! Be sure to track our progress at www.boxtops4education.com. Thanks for choosing to support our school by collecting Box Tops!

If you have qutsions about Box Tops, please contact our Box Tops for Education Coordinator, Bridget Lundvall at southgateelementaryptg@gmail.com.

 

For more information on Box Tops please visit www.boxtopsforeducation.com

 

Would you like to help with our Spring Box Tops Submission? Contact the PTG at southgatelementaryptg@gmail.com.

Jogathon Update

Our Southgate Jogathon is a week away! Donation envelopes have been sent home with all students. Please contact us immediately if your student has not brought theirs home. Donation Envelopes are due by OCTOBER 19th.

 

Parent Signature is required on envelopes!

WHAT is a Jogathon? The Jogathon is an annual school-wide fundraiser held each fall. In the two weeks preceding the event, Southgate Elementary students collect pledges from family and friends. On the day of the event, the students run, skip and walk for 50 minutes around a specifically designed course while families and friends cheer them on. Students are supported with water, staff and family supervisors!

 

WHY have a Jog-a-thon? The funds raised are dedicated directly to our students and staff by sponsoring: Health & Fitness, Art, Music, the Library, the Classroom with curriculum and equipment, Assemblies and a whole lot more. Southgate Elementary parents have a long tradition of supporting the staff and students at Southgate.

 

Please Donate!!!

 

Questions?
Contact the PTG
southgateelementaryptg@gmail.com

Kate McMullan

In just two days we will have the privilege of welcoming Kate McMullan to Southgate!

 

Kate started her path to become a writer by being a voracious reader as a child. After college and graduate school, she taught fourth grade in inner-city Los Angeles and on an American Air Force base in Germany. She read to her students every day and began to wonder if she could write books for kids. By taking a job in publishing in New York, "where the writers are," she had the time and energy to try writing. There she met a wonderful illustrator named Jim McMullan, whom she married. She kept writing even after their daughter was born. She badgered her husband to illustrate one of her stories, "I Stink." She has received many awards for her books, and continues to collaborate with Jim.

 

She is coming on OCTOBER 10th (this Wednesday)! She will be talking to Southgate students about reading and the writing process. Learn more about Kate at her website: http://katemcmullan.com/.

 

If you would like to purchase her books, an order form was sent home with your child. Please return it to the library by October 9th (tomorrow!).If you lost the order form, please come to the library and ask for another one. Make checks payable to Southgate Parent-Teacher Group or Southgate PTG.

 

Reminder: We're in the middle of a box tops race! Send all the box tops you can find with your child and help their class win the box tops competition! The competition runs through October 16th.

Jog-a-thon

Parents and Volunteers,

 

As you may know our seventh annual Jog-A-Thon is coming up on Friday, Oct 19th. This is our primary school fundraiser and is fun day at Southgate! To make this event be such a success and run smoothly we need the support of many hands. We are asking for volunteers to assist with this event. We'll need people in the morning to assist with AM Kinder & Life Skills, from 9:30-11:00 am. We'll need the majority of the help in the afternoon to help with PM Kinder & grades 1-5, from 1:30-3:00 pm. Please respond back if you are able to help make this years Jog-A Thon a great day for Southgate & commit to helping in the morning or afternoon.

 

Thank you so much for your support!