Hello Ross Road parents,

Only one week to go until the fabulous, famous Ross Road Spring Carnival (Friday June 7, 5-8pm) and we need your help!

Donations for the Kids’ Clothing Sale

If you are spring cleaning your kids’ rooms this weekend, don’t forget that we are collecting gently used clothing and shoes to sell at the Spring Carnival!  This is a great opportunity to clean out those closets! Please no items with stains or holes!

Please drop off items on Monday, June 3rd after school in the lobby.

If you have any specific questions please contact Patricia at pgocal22@gmail.com

Thank you!

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Volunteers for Carnival stations

Don’t forget to sign up for a shift at your class station!

Please contact your class rep or add your name to the sign-up sheet outside your classroom.

Here is the list of class assignments:

• BASEBALL TOSS: Haag
• KIDDIE-HI-STRIKER: Esterer
• MARCH OF PENGUINS: May/Piccone
• RATTLESNAKE ROUND-UP: Lam
• RING TOSS: Noori
• INFLATABLE RACING PONIES: McKay/Naths
• SOCCER SHOOT-OUT: Samson
• BURLAP SACK RACE: Gagnon
• BOUNCY CASTLE: Dowling
• FACE PAINTING: Simon
• PONY RIDES: Prentice
• ESCAPE BIKES: Billinger
• CINEMAZOO: Schmidt
• CAKE WALK: Tancon
• MYSTERY BAGS: Aiello
• CANDY FLOSS: Zayonc
• POPCORN: Marafon
• KID CLOTHING SALE: Dixon/Cyr
• RAFFLE: Thomas
• RCMP ACTIVITY: Yuen, Ponton, McDonald

Thank you!

Ross Road Spring Carnival Committee
rossroadcarnival@gmail.com

MYSTERY BAGS: The kids LOVE these and we are dependent on parent-donated mystery bags to make this very popular booth a success. Please donate a couple of bags (or more!) so that every child who wants one has a chance to buy one. Sign-up sheets are be posted in the school lobby! If you can sign up, great, if not just drop off your cake(s) on Friday!

A few helpful hints:

• Bag contents should have an approximate value of $5
• They should contain only NEW items
• The “bag” can be anything you like… brown lunch bag, goodie bag, gift bag – with the contents a mystery!
• Please label them “intermediate/primary” and “boy/girl”, as appropriate
• Suggestions include: $5 gift cards (booster juice, DQ, pizza, Starbucks etc), candy, cool school supplies, hair accessories, funky pens, craft supplies, travel games, sunglasses, fun jewelry.

Mystery Bags can be dropped off at the office anytime on the day of the Carnival, Friday, June 7th

CAKES: We will be awarding these treats at the VERY POPULAR Cake Walk station.

• Please drop off a cake, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, or squares at the office anytime on Friday, June 7th
• Please, “nut free” if possible!
• Store-bought “baking” always welcome!

Thank you for your creativity and generosity!

Click here for more info about this year’s Western-themed Spring Carnival!

This is a great opportunity to clean out those closets! 

We are requesting children’s “gently used clothing and shoes” to sell at the Spring Carnival, Friday June 7th from 5-8pm.

Please no stains or holes!

We will collecting on the following dates:

• Tuesday May 28th after school in the lobby
• Monday June 3rd after school in the lobby

If you have any specific questions please contact Patricia at pgocal22@gmail.com

Thank you!

This year, we’re going Western:  so come on down in your best jeans and cowboy hats, y’all, and join us for:

BBQ • Pony Rides  •  Games  •  Hoedown • Cinemazoo  •  Cake Walk  •  Mystery Bags  •  Crazy Hair  •  Silent Auction  •  Crafts  • Bouncy Castle…AND MORE!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Here’s how:

Volunteer for a 1/2 hr. shift at your class station.  Sign-up sheets will be posted on your child(ren)’s classroom door soon – check back or connect with your class rep.

Cake Walk:  Please drop off a cake, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, or squares at the office anytime on Friday, June 7.  We will be awarding these treats at the VERY POPULAR cake walk.  Please, “nut-free” if possible, and store-bought “baking” is always welcome!

Mystery Bags: The kids LOVE these bags!  Please drop off a couple of mystery bags (or more!) at the office anytime on Friday, June 7.  Bags should have an approx. value of $5 each, contain only NEW items, and be labeled primary/intermediate, and boy/girl – items not visible, it’s a mystery!  Suggested items include:  $5 gift cards – booster juice, DQ, pizza, Starbucks etc., candy, cool school supplies, hair accessories, funky pens, craft supplies, travel games, sunglasses, fun jewelry, etc.

Our carnival is entirely supported by volunteer help and donations, so please be generous with your time, your baking, and your mystery bags!

Hope to see you there!  YEE-HAW!

Sonia Han/Carnival Committee
rossroadcarnival@gmail.com

Attention all Ross Road parents:

Do you own a business or know someone who does?  The Spring Carnival Committee is looking for donations for the popular silent auction. If you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you!

Please contact Sophie McDonald at inbloomkids2@gmail.com

Thank you!

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information about the annual Ross Road Spring Carnival, taking place Friday, June 7th from 5-8pm!

June 1st’s very successful Spring Carnival came together with the support and hard work of so many people!

LOCAL BUSINESS DONORS
We neglected to acknowledge the following two donors in the list that was posted a few days ago:

• The Carnival Committee would like to send out a HUGE thank you to the Rock Dogs Band for providing the musical entertainment this year. Like last year, they added great sound, rhythm and musicality to the event and had us all ROCKIN’!!! Thank you, Rock Dogs!
• And another big Thank You to the North Shore News for running a Ross Road Spring Carnival ad, not just once but four times!

>> Click here to see the complete list of Carnival donors.

CLASS REPS
Very big Thank You’s to our dedicated Class Reps who all very capably organized, decorated and scheduled volunteers for their respective stations. Thank you also to all the parents and students who worked a shift (or two or three!) at the Carnival!

SPRING CARNIVAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
And last but not least, a big shout-out to our 2012 Committee members:
Harry Bulpit & Geoff Donahue (midway games and soccer shoot); Layne Christensen (Advertising); Lisa Birrell (graphic design, web posts & fan-outs, knitting/bracelets booth); Naomi Palm (cake walk); Heather Merry (mystery bags); Sophie McDonald (silent auction); Patricia Gocal (passports); Liz Whalley, Charito Mackay, Triona O’Hea & Linda De Ciantis (café); Michelle Ross (décor); Tammy Stothers (Escape Adventures); Tamrah Corben (retail alley); Dana Lyseng (crazy hair); Jasmine Strom (popcorn & candy floss); Val Brennan (community involvement); Sine Scott (face painting); Lynda Faivre-Duboz (tickets/knitting/bracelets booth); Sheila Swant, Madeleine Tattersall & Anita Terjesen (adminstrative tracking and accounting); Bettina Harris (ticket counting); Jane Ince (set-up); Lene Burgmann & Carolyn Sluis (PAC liaison); Jennifer VanderMye (class assignments and fan-outs); Barbara Mulleder (tickets); Johanna Mantsinen, Melanie Bedard & Sarah Dennis (prizes);  Janice Sardari (tickets); Deb Richards (band); Angie Chalmers (ponies)

Thank you again everyone! Ross Road rocks!

– Sonia Han, Spring Carnival Coordinator
rossroadcarnival@gmail.com

Join us for fun games, live band, yummy food (pizza first-come, first-served), ponies, bike course, friendship bracelets, knitting (help make a giant Ross Road scarf!), crazy hair (extensions and colour), face painting, AND MORE!

• We still need lots more mystery bags and cakes!  Drop off anytime at the office tomorrow. (Click here for more info about cake & mystery bag donations)
• Beat the rush and buy your tickets in advance – Friday before and after school in the lobby. (Click here for price list)
• Don’t forget cash or cheques for Silent Auction! (Click here for list of items)
• Wear NEON!
• Pick-up a passport next to the ticket booth and earn stamps at each station towards a prize. (Click here for list of stations)
• Bike Riders bring your own bikes and helmets!  Escape Adventures’ bike course is back!  Waivers available online (click here) and at the course.

Spring Carnival is a major fundraiser for your PAC!  Come out, rain or shine, and SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL!!!

Thank you and see you Friday, June 1st from 5-8pm at Ross Road School!

— Ross Road PAC / Spring Carnival Committee

New to the Spring Carnival this year is a Silent Auction! Thanks to the generosity of several Ross Road families, local businesses and organizations we have a wonderful selection of items to bid on!

Here’s a partial list:

• 4 Cats gift certificate for paint splatter party ($200), and one art kit ($25)
• Maplewood Farm annual family membership ($110 value)
• Lynn Valley Ecology Centre gift basket ($50 value)
• Pedalheads backpack and water bottle ($40 value)
• 2 junior tennis racquets from Racquet Hut ($100 value)
• Sugar & Co. candy basket ($30) and 2 $20 gift certificates
• George Littlechild framed poster ($130), 3 small matted prints ($20 each)
• AG Hair products gift basket
• Inbloomkids basket
• 2 Subway gift certificates ($25 each)

***The auction will close at 7:30pm and the items can be picked up and paid for then. Please note that cash OR cheques are accepted for the winning bids! ***

Thank you also to other local businesses who have donated the following items for sale at the Spring Carnival Café:

• Candy from Ellie’s Candy Store
• Organic juice boxes from Nourish
• Spritzers from Whole Foods
• Coffee from Starbucks

Good luck with your bids and see you at the Carnival!

–Ross Road Carnival Committee

Click here for more info about Spring Carnival 2012.