Final Ongoing Fundraising Race of the Year

 

It's the Final Ongoing Fundraising Race of the year and my career at our school!  I liked everything about this bulletin board except the post sign with the rules.  But I had to make them big enough for the students to read.  Also, we design our bulletin boards so things can be removed (the post sign) and pictures of the event are put in it's place.  So tomorrow after the big Pizza Party with Stacking Cups races there will be some fun pictures displayed.  I can't wait!

This was a speedy race... only 2 weeks long.  Each class tried to earn the most points by turning in their Ongoing Fundraising items (Box Tops, Campbell's Labels for Education, My Coke Rewards caps and flaps, recycling ink and cell phones) and attending our Chick-fil-A Spirit Night.  In addition, one student from each grade who turned in the most Box Tops received a set of Stacking Speed Cups with an instructional DVD.  The kids LOVE these!

Teachers who earned over 5,000 Race points were awarded a Race Bundle of prizes (tissues, pencils, dry eraser markers and dry erase erasers plus free Chick-fil-A sandwiches).

The winning teacher was awarded a big Pit Stop Prize Box full of classroom supplies and a pizza coupon card.


Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Racer - Blogversary 3 set
Alphalicious Cricut cartridge
Racing flag bulletin board border
Butcher paper

Teacher Appreciation Week - Door #5

I think my favorite door to decorate is the Librarian's door.  It's more than just a door, it's a scene!

Well, we made our way through all five doors I created.  Since I'm also the PTA Teacher Appreciation Door Coordinator, I take picture of ALL the doors we decorate every year (55+ doors).  You can take an electronic stroll around our school's Teacher Appreciation Week doors HERE.  You will to see how the halls of our school were magically transformed by creative parents in love and appreciation.

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios images
Butcher paper
Sesame Street Cricut cartridge

Teacher Appreciation Week - Door #4

Here we are at Door #4.  Apparently, the monkeys are in control this year!  This door is for an aide who manages the teacher's workroom and makes all the copies for the teachers.  I'm in here alot making copies for PTA, so I get to talk to Dawn often.  Since I won't be here next year, I had to do her door too!

Supplies:

Doodle Dragon Studios image

Wood paper (purchased at Hobby Lobby)

Butcher paper

Rope

Yarn

Bandana

Cuttlebug embossing folder - Bandana set (used on hat and saddle)

Old West Cricut cartridge

Western bulletin board border

Teacher Appreciation Week - Door #3

Here's Door #3... it's for my daughter's teacher.  She is a Disney fanatic, so it was an obvious choice to do this door design.  In the monkey's right hand, he's holding a 7th Grade Fast Pass.



Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image
Mickey Font Cricut cartridge
Mickey & Friends Cricut cartridge
Queen & Co - patterned paper - Magic Dots
Scallop bulletin board strips
Mylar ballons

Teacher Appreciation Week - Door #2

Welcome back!  Here is my Door #2 for Teacher Appreciation Week.  Yes, I strayed from the UP theme, but this teacher LOVES, LOVES, LOVES soccer.  I purchased a decorative beach net from the Dollar Store to make the goal.  The strings are hot glued together on the edges to make the goal frame.  It worked out perfect!  And I used the trick (that I finally figured out in January!) of enlarging my Martha Stewart Grass edge punch to make the grass.


Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image 
Butcher paper
Beach net (from the Dollar Store)
School die cut machine alphabets
Martha Stewart Grass edge punch 
Pop Dots

Teacher Appreciation Week - Door #1

 

I can't believe it is Teacher Appreciation Week already!  And that we only have 18 days of school left.  This year has flown by!  Our school's PTA theme this year was "Rising UP to Excellence!"  For TA Week, the committee played off the theme with anything "UP".  Here's my door I made for the School Nurse.  *Gasp!*  It's not a Doodle Dragon image!  I think it's the first door ever not using one of Dustin's images.

I decorated 5 doors this year.  I'll post 1 a day for this week.  So now you've seen Door #1.  Come back tomorrow to see Door #2.

Supplies:
Butcher paper
Crepe paper 
Mummy cut out (I purchased this on Halloween clearance)
Fake flowers
Heart punch

Somebunny Love Box Tops!

 

Ah man, it's getting close!  Only 2 more months of school left!  And my second to last bulletin board at this school.  After 13 years of having children here, my youngest child will graduate to junior high this year.  Sniff. Sniff.  And after 8 years of being the PTA Ongoing Fundraising Coordinator (which includes being the Box Tops Lady) it's coming to an end too.  Sniff.  Sniff.  It's the BEST position and most fun position on the PTA Board!

Thanks to Dustin Pike aka Doodle Dragon Studios for the most amazing images to work with over the years!  My bulletin boards, poster and flyers always look so great!

For this bulletin board, I used my wide format printer and 12"x24" cardstock to make the bunny (isn't he adorable!?) and wagon.  I printed sections at a time then paper pieced them together.  The background is wrapping papers.

I have to brag a little bit about our school.  The students, families and faculty are super supportive of all our Ongoing Fundraising programs, Box Tops being our top program.  This year we rocked it again!  We earned $5,491.41 just from Box Tops!

In the Box Tops World, our school is currently ranked:

#6 in our Area - within 25 miles (out of 400 schools)
#8 in the State (out of 773 schools)
#214 in the Nation (out of 88,911 schools)

Somebunny LOVES Box Tops!  It must be Eaglecrest Elementary families!   EGG-cellent job Eaglecrest!  For our next Somebunny LOVES Box Tops contest, the students will trade in their completed Box Tops collection sheets for a plastic egg filled with a treat, a prize or an extra ticket in our drawing for bigger prizes! 

Anything Goes Challenge! Go BLUE!

 

Our challenge this week over on Doodle Dragon Studios is ANYTHING GOES!  Well, GO BLUE! 

April is Autism Awareness Month.  One of our Small Groups teachers (Autistic class) is working on her Masters and will be leaving our school.  She has worked here since it opened 16 years ago.  I am super excited for her new adventure, but sad to see her go.  I decided to make this card for every one to sign to let her know she is loved and appreciated.

Your turn!  Make a card for ANYTHING and post it to our challenge by Sunday, April 21st.

Supplies:

Doodle Dragon Studios image - Bonus3

Glimmer Mist -

Puzzle pieces

Pebbles Inc rub on - Thank You

Pop Dots

American Crafts cardstock

Red Ribbon Week

 

It's Red Ribbon Week at our school - The Best Me is Drug Free!  I thought this cute bear from Dustin Pike's / Doodle Dragon Studios Awareness set would be perfect to promote this important week.  You could use him for the variety of different "Ribbon" weeks by simply changing the color of his ribbon and frame.

Here's what our Red Ribbon Week coordinator has planned for our students: 

Monday: Wear our school colors (blue & white) or your school spirit shirt. The teachers will pass out a red Drug-Free bracelet to each student. Please wear the bracelet every day during this week.

Tuesday: Pajama Day "Follow your dreams and be drug-free!"

Wednesday: Career/College Day: "Make it a goal to stay drug-free." Students can dress up as what they want to be when they grow up, wear a college shirt, or a sports jersey.

Thursday: Crazy Hair Day: "We may be crazy, but we don't do drugs!"

Friday: Wear Red. "The best me is drug free!" We'll be doing the balloon release between 1:30 and 2:00 (weather permitting).

Sounds like a fun week to me! 

 

Once Upon A Book Fair

Side view so you can see tulle and book popped out

Another month, another contest Box Tops contest.  This month my contest also promotes our upcoming Book Fair themed Once Upon a Book Fair.  So Dustin's (aka Doodle Dragon Studios) image was perfect for the bulletin board.  But then again, I think I say that every month!

Grass additions have always been so frustrating for me.  I never could seem to get the blades of grass just the way I wanted.  This time I had a lightbulb moment... use my Martha Steward grass edge punch to trace it with the projector!  Really?  Really?  It was that easy?  There's your tip of the day... use a punch and trace it whatever it is you need.  My MS edge punches have a whole new life to them!


Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - May Book Fair set
Cloud poster paper (purchased at Hobby Lobby)
Butch paper
Bulletin board border
Red foil cardstock (for jewels on crown & princess jewelery)
Tulle
Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge
Martha Stewart edge punch - grass

Santa's Gift Bag

The students at my school have been sooooo good this year... especially turning in their Campbell's Labels for Education program labels.  So we were able to order (and deliver) a Santa's gift bag of balls for each class (2 basketballs, 2 soccer balls, 2 footballs, and 2 playground balls for 36 classes).  Ho! Ho! Ho!

Look at the great image on the tag!  Of course, it's a Doodle Dragon Studios image!  Nothing fancy, but super cute!  I've been busy making tags for our teacher/faculty gifts too.  Watch the post soon.  Merry Christmas!

Box Tops are SNOW Much Fun!

It's time for another Box Tops contest!  Of course, I used Doodle Dragon Studios images to perfectly promote my contest!  

Here's the side view to see the hat pom poms and snow blanket added for dimension.

 

 This is where the students trade in their Box Tops collection sheet at lunch.

He's sooooo cute!

 

 Here are the reminders placed by each of the drinking fountains throughout the school.

 Box Tops collection sheet

What happens in the Box Tops are SNOW Much Fun Contest?  Students trade their completed Box Tops collection sheet (10 Box Tops) to turn over a card for a chance to win a trade, a prize or an extra ticket in the drawing for a the grand prize - a snow sled.  There are over 400 prizes to win (see peg board display below).  Each Box Tops collection sheet turned in automatically earns the student one ticket in the grand prize drawing.

 

The prize peg board is displayed in the Library for all the student to see.  On Box Tops trade in days, it's moved to the lunchroom.

Images from Doodle Dragon Studios - Holiday 2012 set (images #66-70)

Kookies with the K-9 Contest

I rarely repeat Ongoing Fundraising contests at school, but the Kookies with the K-9 contest was such a HUGE success last year.  I couldn't resist doing it again!  The only hitch in the contest was I didn't save my bulletin board.  Here is my new one.  I like it better than last year's!

If you want to read more about the Kookies with the K-9 contest, click here.   

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image 
Mickey Font Cricut cartridge
Paw paper - wrapping paper from Dollar Store
Black border

Welcome to Science

I don't know about your school, but we start in 21 days.  Time to begin switching my brain from summer to school.  Who wouldn't want Mr. Olie Monkey for their Science teacher?  I'm in!

Teacher Appreciation Door #5 - Secretaries

Okay, I saved the best for last... the secretaries door!  This is personally my all time favorite of the Teacher/Faculty Appreciation Week doors I have created.  We have a tradition that the PTA Executive Board takes care of the office administration.  Who appreciates the admin more than the PTA?  No one!  Usually, the PTA President takes the Principal's door, the PTA President-Elect takes the Vice Principal's door, and the PTA secretary takes the secretaries door.  But once again, I swapped doors with the PTA secretary, so I could do this door.  The beauty of being the TA Door Coordinator and PTA Leadership VP, oh and the fact that I LOVE doors.

Remember in March when I made a card for our head secretary that is retiring this year?  I wanted to tie it all in together.  She's been with our school since it opened 15 years ago.  The other two secretaries are staying, but I will miss Denise with her smiling face.  Our secretaries definitely keep our school under control.

Little additions to this door... amazingly, I found butcher paper that was a dull red color for the bricks.  I cut them all the same height and length, and rounded the edges with my Chomper.  Then staggered each layer.   The giraffe's mane is yarn.  The monkey has an added foliage layer on him with a slightly different green butcher paper.  And the flag has glue dots every so many inches to create the waving in the wind effect.

Next year will be my family's last year at our school.  I only have one more year of decorating doors.  So sad, on so many levels.

If you'd like to take a stroll through virtual tour of our school's Teacher Appreciation Doors, you can find it here:  http://community.webshots.com/user/kbear68100.

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Jungle coloring page
Brown yarn
Big Chompers - rounding corner (for the bricks)
Pre-cut letters
Butcher paper
Glue dots

Teacher Appreciation Door #4 - Library

Our school librarian is doing a pirate theme for her decor next year.  So I decided for Teacher/Faculty Appreciation Week to make something she could reuse.  The scroll on the signpost says, "There's no ARRRRRRGuing that Mrs. Green is our hidden treasure!"  She really is the best!  Mrs. Green wanted my parrot from the Pirate Treasure Hunt contest bulletin board, but another teacher had already spoken for it.  I love the concept and images of this door, but not the proportions.  I should have put the saying in the sky.  But on the day I was creating this door, I was super sick and my brain couldn't (and wouldn't)  think straight.  And the images couldn't be any bigger if they are going to fit on her bulletin board next year.  Despite my foggy brain, the door was completed and she loved it.

Teacher Appreciation #3 - Small Groups/Autism Teachers

We're at the half way mark!  Today's Teacher Appreciation Week door is the Small Groups (Autistic class) teachers door.  There is 1 main teacher with 3 aides for 14 boys (grades 4-6).  These ladies are amazing and so patient with our Small Groups students. 

In March, the Small Groups classes (we have 2) won the Pirate Ice Cream Party.  I've never done a Small Groups party so this was a new experience.  The students were so excited!  After serving the ice cream, one cute little girl grabbed my hand and pulled me close to her.  She wouldn't let me go.  I held her hand for several minutes.  Anytime she would feel my hand slightly letting go, she would hold it even tighter.  The party was over and I had to leave.  She still wouldn't let go and it was hard for me to let go!  She was so cute!  One of the aides came over to take my spot.  The students were very set in their likings, but sweet and so polite.  Both the students and the teachers inspire me to be a better, more patient and caring person.  Thanks for being part of our school!


Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - monkey (Awareness set)
Puzzle - Cuttlebug Puzzled cutting die
Butcher paper

Teacher Appreciation Door #2 - Bananas About You!

Here's Teacher Appreciation Door #2 for my daughter's teacher.  All three of my children have had Mr. Madruga.  He's the coolest teacher ever!  We love him.  Since this is our last year having him, I asked his Room Mom if I could trade her for another faculty door.  Thankfully she agreed.

I had several different ideas, but my daughter wanted this one.  Mr. Madruga loves to eat bananas... I'm talking several throughout the school day.  What a good example!  I even managed to throw in the globe to tie in the Teacher Appreciation Week theme.  But a jungle is technically part of the world too.  Just saying. 

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - monkey
Doodle Dragon Studios image - world (Earth set)
Mickey Mouse Font Cricut cartridge
Vine border 
Felt
Butcher paper

Best Teachers in the World

Yahoo!  It's the last Ongoing Fundraising contest of the year!  I can't believe the school year has flown by.  But I'm ready for summer to relax and recharge my batteries for next year!

Here's my bulletin board for the contest.  The beautiful thing is that it doubles for our Teacher Appreciation Week theme too!

Watch for Teacher Appreciation Door decorating pictures next week!  I'm so  excited!  Dustin Pike - Doodle Dragon Studios images make my job sooooo much easier.

This Dudley the Dragon is from the Earth Day set.

Box Tops Bragging

So I have to brag just a wee bit about our school. As you may know, I am the Ongoing Fundraising Coordinator in the PTA. One of the programs I am over is Box Tops. I must say it is the most fun position (I hold several) on the PTA board, when your students/families are motivated.

Here's this month's promotion bulletin board. For each completed Box Tops collection sheet (10 Box Tops), the students may trade their sheet for a plastic egg. The egg is filled with a treat, a prize, or an extra drawing ticket. The special drawing is for a 30" Snoopy Easter bunny stuffed animal. Plus any unclaimed prizes (prize slips in the eggs that have not been opened) will be drawn for too. The students are "egg"cited for this contest. Snoopy originally didn't have bunny ears. I enlarged them off from one of Dustin's Easter images.

Okay, back to the bragging... our school totally rocks! Box Tops for Education has posted the school rankings for the 2011-2012 year.

Here are the fantastic results:
Our school earned $5,075.51 in Box Tops this year. We are ranked:
4th Place - in our area/schools within 25 miles (out of 386 schools)
7th Place - in our state (out of 757 schools)
468th Place - in the nation (out of 87,018 schools)

Spring Break is this week. You won't find me at school. But you can find me at Disneyland!!! See you next week!