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Rebate Programs

It’s that time again to re-link your cards or set your cards up for the first time. Through these fundraising programs, HCE PTA earned over $2,500 for our school last year. We look forward to exceeding that number this year!

Pretzel Days

Monthly Pretzel Snack Days are back! The HOT Pretzels will be sold for $1.00 each and will be delivered to the kids classrooms for a take home snack. Buy more than 1 for your family or freeze for later! Please have your child bring in their money to give to their teacher. The teachers will keep track of how many pretzels each child orders. All orders MUST be received by the Tuesday before. NO orders will be taken on Wednesday. No form is needed!!

Pretzel days are:

9/15/2010	10/13/2010	11/10/2010
12/8/2010	1/19/2011	2/16/2011
3/16/2011	4/13/2011	5/11/2011

Make checks payable to HCEPTA. *Returned checks are subject to a minimum of $15 charge.

Stop Bullying Now

Parents please visit this website from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to increase your awareness of bullying.

“Hurricane Update”

The PTA communicates on a weekly basis with an electronic “Hurricane Update”. In order to receive this update, you need to be registered in our HCE PTA Manager System. Click here for instructions on how to either update your information or register for the 1st time. We would appreciate everyone taking the time to update your information.

In addition to weekly updates, we create a monthly newsletter which is sent home with the students in Thursday folders (youngest sibling only). You may sign up to receive an electronic newsletter by selecting the ’electronic newsletter’ option within the PTA Manager System.

If you do not receive any form of communications from us, please contact us at newsletter@hcepta.org. Our goal is to keep you informed in the most convenient way possible.

National PTA Family-Friendly Online Video Store

The PTA Video Store is an exciting new resource for PTA members, friends, and families!

As you know, PTA encourages parents to make informed decisions about their family’s use of media and technology. Now, with support of Hewlett-Packard, the Motion Picture Association of America and Harmony Digital Media consortium, PTA has launched ptavideostore.com, a family-friendly online video store where parents can purchase or download (G, PG, and PG-13 rated) movies, television shows, and other exclusive video content. In conjunction with this initiative, parents can learn about the ratings system and find video entertainment suitable for their families. PG-13 content is offered with strict parental controls, requiring that a valid credit card number be entered to authorize the purchase.

PTA is now offering both virtual and tangible PTA Video Gift Cards online and PTA Video Gift Cards will soon be available at select retailers. PTA Video Gift Cards can be used to purchase movies on the website; they generate significant funds for PTA and make a great gift.

Please visit ptavideostore.com and spread the word to friends, family, and members.

Attention Online Shoppers!!!

Boxtops 4 Education has a Marketplace through which you can do all your online shopping. A portion of your purchases will be applied to our total goal for box tops collections. To have these purchases count you need to log onto the Boxtops 4 Education at www.boxtops4education.com and create a login for yourself. Once you have done this you can track the schools progress towards our goal and shop online at the marketplace. There is a full list of participating merchants and the percent which each merchant is paying. It is a great way to help the school and get all your holiday shopping done in one location.