Fall Creek PTA

Walking School Bus Photos

Thanks to Fall Creek Seana Wallace for providing pictures of Tuesday’s “Walking School Bus” protest march!

Family Dance Photos

Thank you to everyone for coming out Thursday night to the Family Dance!  Despite the crushing news from earlier in the week, the gym was filled with lots of joy and smiles.  Special thanks to Vikki Armstrong for teaching and leading, the Contradictions for the fantastic music, and Sarah Blodgett for the wonderful photographs.  Be sure to check out Sarah’s web photo album of the dance!

Adult spelling bee coming up! Nov 15 at 2:00pm

Support our adult spelling bee team, the Fall Creek Stingers!
This years IPEI spelling bee is on

Sunday, November 15, 2009 2:00pm at the Ithaca High School

Meet the Fall Creek Stingers team!

Three ways you can help!

1. Join us on Sunday  at IHS gym and root for our team!
2. Bring your change and help raise almost 50% of the entrance fee of $375.  Richardson Brothers Electric is providing the $200 and we will be raising the other $175.  5th graders will be shaking a water jug in the morning collecting the money.  We write lots of wonderful grants to IPEI and they have funded Fall Creek with THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR to support such projects like:  the Dance Residency, 4th graders reading books on tape, Kindergarten bears, Kids Discover the Trail trips for each grade,  1st graders trips to Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitative Home, and so much more.
3. Think of spelling words for our team so they can practice!

Happy Halloween

The Halloween Parade!

Check out more Halloween photos.

Hilby at the State Theatre Sat. Nov. 14th at 2pm

Hilby at the State Theatre Saturday Nov. 14 at 2pm for the third annual Fall Creek PTA fundraiser.

At last November’s Fall Creek Family Fund Raiser show, the opening act for the evening had not just warmed up the audience, he had lit it on fire. Hilby, aka “the skinny German juggle boy”, had climbed into a huge red balloon. Only his head was visible, poking out of the balloon’s neck. And then he began to undress. He squeezed his hand out of the opening and tossed out his shirt, then his pants, then his boxer shorts. The audience went  wild. And then, unplanned by Hilby, the balloon popped. He was revealed wearing—thank goodness tiny lyrca athletic shorts. The audience’s laughter doubled. Hilby’s shows are always filled with delightful surprises—some planned; some not—so the Fall Creek PTA was thrilled when he volunteered to be the headliner for this fall’s third-annual fund raiser show on Saturday November 14^th at 2PM at Ithaca’s Historic State Theatre.

Advance tickets for the Hilby show are just $6!

Hilby Tickets
Save $3 per ticket by purchasing yours in advance!
Tickets at the door will cost $9 (what a ripoff!), but only $6 in advance (what a deal!)
Here’s how you can get your Advance Tickets:

• in the school lobby the week before the show, Monday November 9- Friday November 13, before & after school.
• by using the order form in your child’s takehome folder. Just fill it out, send it along with payment into school with your child, and the PTA will send home tickets.
• at the State Theatre Box Office.

Yo-Yo People to open for Hilby!
The opening act for the afternoon show is The Yo-Yo People, comprised of John and Rebecca Higby of Amherst, Massachusetts, whose amazing yo-yo antics have put them in the Guinness Book of World Records and on ‘Late Night with David Letterman’.

Hilby! In the New York Times

If you didn’t see today’s Sunday New York Times, check out the wonderful profile of Fall Creek parent Michael Hilbig, better known as Hilby. You will have a chance to enjoy Hilby’s one-of-a-kind talents and support the PTA at our show at the State Theatre on Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. Mark your calendar!

Celebrating Another Great Year

What a wonderful crowd turned out for our playground party this evening! We had 15 competitors in the first-ever Guac-Off, marvelous food and a great group of students, parents, teachers, alumni and all sorts of extended family.

Spring Talent Show – Wednesday 6:00 – 7:30pm

Spring Talent Show

Fall Creek has lots of talent!  Bring the family and join in the fun as all the kids show off their singing, dancing, acting, music making and other abilities.

Attention photographers: Bring your camera to the show!  The website and newsletter need photographs of the event.  You can submit photographs to be included by sending an email to: secretary@fallcreekpta.org.

Gallery Night – May 7th

GALLERY NIGHT

THURSDAY

MAY 7

6:30 – 7:30

• Come see the ceramic picture tiles every child created with Caitlin and artist in residence, Renata Wadsworth

• Enjoy delectable snacks

• Expand your knowledge of ceramics at a hands on, educator led exhibit provided by the Johnson Museum Of Art

• View the architectural  plan for the new lobby incorporating the tiles

• Hear live music provided by Sarah Cummings and students

• Check out the slideshow of students making their tiles

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser – April 24

 Do you love pasta?
   How about kids?
And arts programs in the school?
 
Here’s your chance to put it all together and support the arts and eat spaghetti with your friends!
 
Friday, April 24
5-7 p.m.
at the Eagles Club
   161 Cecile Malone Drive (behind Wegmans)
PTA Fundraiser to support arts programming
 
Tickets: $7 a person/$20 a family
On sale at school the week of April 20-24
and at the door
 
We’re also recruiting 4th and 5th graders to wait tables, as well as parent volunteers.
 Sign up at the ticket sale table or e-mail Ron Mize at rlm65ATcornell.edu