12/5 - Last Day for free shipping for Spirit Wear

12/5 - 12/9 - Ability Awareness Week

12/6 - PTA General Meeting

12/7 - Early Release Day

12/13 - Book Fair Night for DuFief Families

TBD - Read-a-thon begins

12/23 - 1/2/2023 - No School

Tuesday, December 6th is our next PTA meeting at 7:00 pm on Zoom. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7296235187?pwd=T0xMbkxxV3NySXB2TXU1Uk5vc1hhdz09

Meeting ID: 729 623 5187

Passcode: dragons

Free Shipping Until Monday, December 5th

Did you miss any Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals?  

No worries!  You can still get some gifts for your loved ones by visiting www.dufiefspiritwear.com 

You can order T-shirts, sweatshirts, zip-ups, polos, pants, shorts, etc.  

Every purchase helps fund our school programs.

woottonptsa.org/holiday

There are six DuFief families who need a helping hand. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4da8af2ba4fd0-scholastic

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/dufief

The Read - a Thon is coming!  Take adavantage of the holidays to read and ask your relatives to sponsor your reader!  Look for more information to follow.

To all of the room parents and volunteers, who helped organize Fall Festival festivities!

To all of the participants and visitors to the Wax Museum, held on November 3rd! Thanks to Wendy Eldred for organizing.

To all who came to Chipotle and bought tacos and burritos on a very dark and rainy night, back in November. We raised $279.89! Thanks to Brandy Miller for organizing!

To Betty Ball, who is amazing and coordinated Coin Wars, two different Spirit Wear campaigns, and the PTA directory. Please thank her if you see her!

Amaey Shenai, for organizing this year's clothing drive!

To the brickmasters and visitors who came out to Lego Night on December 3rd! Winners are Tony T, Brock P, and Sami and Methansha! Also a big shout out to Bricks for Kidz owner Shannon Crider and her team for working with Wendy Eldred to put on a really fun school event.

MEDIA ADVISORY

Refurbished Car and Computer Sale

Give yourself or someone you love

an early holiday present

MCPS Automotive Trades (ATF) and Information Technology (ITF) Foundations Students Will Host a Refurbished Car and Computer Sale

When:                   Saturday, December 10, 2022, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

 Where:                 Gaithersburg High School

Why: Three times a year, students from the ATF and ITF programs operate public sales where refurbished cars and computers are offered to the community at competitive prices. These sales provide ATF and ITF students with the opportunity to practice their customer service skills, earn Student Service Learning hours, and develop a deeper appreciation for community involvement.

Contact:               Kelly Johnson

                                240.740.2051

                              Kelly_R_Johnson@mcpsmd.org

Additional

Information: The MCPS ATF program relies heavily on car donations from the public. To donate or find out more information, contact Michael_C_Snyder@mcpsmd.org or 240.740.2047.

http://www.atfcareers.org/

http://www.cars2purchase.org/

http://www.itfcareers.org/   

These two spiritwear shirt designs can be found on our membership website: https://dufiefpta.membershiptoolkit.com/store/9813

It's time to link your Harris Teeter VIC card to start earning $$ for DuFief Elementary School. VIC cards can be linked to up to 5 schools, but you must sign up each year. 

Last school year, 22 families earned $217.91 for DuFief just by linking their VIC card and shopping at Harris Teeter.

Update: For the 22-23 school year, there are 16 participants and $15.50 in earnings. 

DuFief PTA Website:https://www.dufiefpta.org

DuFief PTA Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/dufiefpta/

DuFief PTA Membership:https://dufiefpta.membershiptoolkit.com

DuFief ES:https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/dufiefes

DuFief Green School:https://dufiefgreenschool.weebly.com/

Previous PTA newsletters and emails:https://dufiefpta.membershiptoolkit.com/user_messages

Montgomery County Public Schools Parent Academy

President Dan Kaiser - dufiefpta@gmail.com

VP Ed. Programs Wendy Eldred - dufiefscience@gmail.com

VP Comm. - Open

VP Social Events - Open

Secretary Kristinza Giese- kristinza23@gmail.com

Treasurer Jean Wang - jeanwang.pta@gmail.com

Social Media Brandy Miller - brandymiller.pta@gmail.com

15001 DuFief Dr 

Gaithersburg MD 20878