Pioneer News - 10/17/2016

Harvest Festival - Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who came out to the Harvest Festival this past Friday, we hope you had as much fun as we did. A HUGE thank you goes out to our VP of Programs Apryl Reaber, our PTA Team and the parent volunteers who worked tirelessly to put on this great event!

A very special thank you to Pinetree Dads Jacob Milhoan of Hotline Construction and Rod Blythe of Higher Ground Studio Services who kindly donated the use of their construction lights to Pinetree so we can keep the event open longer for our Pinetree Pioneers to enjoy.

We would also like to thank the following companies who donated prizes to our silent auctions and raffles:  American Girl, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, Aquarium of the Pacific, Pacific Park, Bagel Boyz, La Cocina, Firehouse Subs, Stater Bros, Pet Smart, BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, RoundTable Pizza, Tresor Salon, Zoo Books, Oggi's Pizza, Laser Blast, Santa Barbara Zoo, D.W. Cookie Co., Canyon Car Wash, Vista Valencia Golf Course, In-N-Out, Martial Arts Fitness Center, Hugo's Gymfitness, and Gold Medal Martial Arts.

Lastly, thank you to the following companies who donated goods to the 6th Grade Food Booth: Costco, Target, Ralphs, Dominoes Pizza, CVS, and Food 4 Less.

PTA Meeting and Movie Night
Our next PTA Meeting is this Friday, 10/21 at 5:30pm followed by our next movie night at 6pm showing "The Book of Life."   As always this is a FREE event and we'll be serving popcorn and juice. Come in your PJs and bring your favorite blanket to snuggle up and watch the movie. You are welcome to bring a picnic dinner to enjoy during the movie. Make sure you come early for crafts, we have something really cool for our Pioneers to decorate!
Fall Catalog Fundraiser
Friday, October 21st, the Pinetree students will be bringing home our fall/winter catalog fundraiser! You will have until November 4th to SHOP! You also will be able to place orders online throughout the sale. You will find great gifts for everyone as well as items for the household. The catalog features gift wrap, magazines, holiday items, tumblers and tasty goodies. Your child has the opportunity to win daily prizes as well as class wide prizes! You won't want to miss out! Thank you as always for supporting Pinetree!
Box Tops
This Friday is the deadline for our next Box Tops contest.  Please submit all box tops you collected to your teacher and they will pass it onto the PTA.  The classroom that brings in the most box tops will win a popcorn party for the whole class.  Make sure to encourage your friends, relatives and neighbors to collect box tops for Pinetree.  It's a fun, easy and free way to help the Pinetree PTA.
Membership Update
Congrats to this year's Pinetree PTA board and our VP of Membership Leslie Atia as the Pinetree Community School PTA has been recognized by the 34th District PTA as one of only 4 schools in the SCV district to have already surpass last year's membership total. Go Pinetree!

Important Upcoming Dates
October
10/21 (Fri) – Fall Fundraiser Begins
10/21 (Fri) – PTA Meeting 5:30pm
10/21 (Fri) – Movie Night "The Book of Life" – FREE Family Event 6:00-8:00pm
10/31 (Mon) – Halloween – NO School
November
11/04 (Fri) – Fall Fundraiser Orders Due
11/10 (Thurs) – Minimum Day
11/10 (Thurs) – "Flip the Switch" Solar Panel Party at 3:30pm
11/11 (Fri) – Veteran's Day – NO School
11/17 (Thurs) – PTA Meeting 6:00pm
11/17 (Thurs) – Reflections Gala 6:30pm
11/21-11/25 (Mon-Fri) – Thanksgiving Break – NO School
11/30 (Wed) – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day
Free Easy Ways to Help the Pinetree PTA
Keep checking out the “Easy ways to Help” page on our website for free easy ways you can help the Pinetree PTA