PAST EVENTS

Below you will find information about events that have already occurred this year. The HCE PTA is always planning new events and here you can see what we have already done.

“Strike Up Some Fun”: 2007-2008 Mother-Son Event

Over 373 Moms & Sons came out to “Strike Up Some Fun”

The Family Focus Committee would like to extend a special thank you to the following:

• NORTHCROSS Lanes at the Lake for hosting this fun bowling outing for us. They put together special pricing so that we could enjoy great bowling, food and fun at the arcade. Also, they provided (3) wonderful prizes for the drawing—(2) $50 Family bowling packages and (1) gift certificate for a birthday party at the bowling alley.
• Our wonderful volunteers who helped with check-in and t-shirt distribution.
• Harris Teeter at Highland Creek for donation of 60 paper bags for sorting & distribution of t-shirts, etc.

Used Book Sale 2007-2008

Thanks to everyone that donated books to the Used Book Sale and shopped at the Sale! We collected over 4000 books, videos, DVDs, and CDs. Your children will all benefit, as the proceeds will go to the HCE Literacy Department to purchase books for novel studies, leveled readers, etc. Unsold books will be donated to Nathaniel Alexander Elementary School (our SchoolMates partner) and Charlotte Reads.

The classes with the most donations were:

• K - Clarke
• 1st - Kelly
• 2nd - Davis
• 3rd - Keene
• 4th - Fox
• 5th - Elliott

Many thanks go out to the volunteers who helped collect, sort, and sell the multitudes of books!

Fall 2007 Book Fair

The Fall 2007 Book Fair was Monday, October 15th through October 19th. We are passionate about reading and hope you and your family enjoyed the book fair.

The Book Fair Committee would like to thank all the volunteers, parents, students and staff for making our Fall Book Fair such a great success. We could not have done it without you! Over $18,000 in books were sold during our book fair week!! As a "Thank You" to the students and their families, we will be having our second Buy-One-Get-One free book fair in the Spring. We look forward to seeing you then!

Family Night at the Book Fair was held on October 15, 2007 from 5:30 - 8:00 PM. The HCE PTA sponsored dinner in the cafeteria and all families of HCE were invited. We served pizza, drinks and ice cream bar with lots of toppings.

The Family Focus Committee would like to thank all of our Volunteers, Parents, Staff and Administration for making the Family Night at the Book Fair a success. We’d also like to thank the following:

• Kindergarteners, 1st Graders & 3rd Graders for making such lovely and creative table cloths for the dinner.
• Hawthorne’s Pizza for working to provide hot and delicious pizza for the evening. They prepared over a 160 pizzas for us.
• University City Library—Ms. Emily & Mr. Jim for the great storytelling & songs for the kids.

GOLF FOR THE GOLD (& BLUE) 2007

Monday, October 22, 2007 was our First Annual “Golf for the Gold (& Blue)” at the Highland Creek Golf Club, and everyone in attendance had a great time!! With more than 80 golfers, we took to the course at 10:00am, and finished 100+ strong (golfers, volunteers & students) in the clubhouse with an awesome Awards Reception. All the raffle prizes and golfer gifts, however, were overshadowed by the fact that Ron Staskel nearly sank his $1,000,000 shot!! Only 27” away!!! Maybe next year!

The PTA would like to thank everyone who supported this event!! Without the sponsors & volunteers, this event would not have been the success it was. We would especially like to thank our Community Sponsors!! Because of them, we are please to announce that the PTA has met its budget for 2007-2008, and we will not have to host a second fundraiser in the spring! So be sure to thank a sponsor!!

AUTUMN FEST 2007-2008

Lots and lots of family fun at Autumn Fest. Saturday, November 3rd from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Oehler’s Barn (4503 Ridge Road). Activities include: