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5th Grade Meet and Greet for incoming 5th graders and their parents is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, August 30th from 4-6PM. Please check to Kinawa website for updates. Your child's teacher assignment will not be made until 2 weeks before school starts. Expect a letter to mailed home during the last week of vacation.

Our last meeting of the year is on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 9:00 in the Library. We will be electing next year's officers and discussing plans for next year including our only fundraiser, KEEP KINAWA MOVING!! We will also discuss the Meet and Greet for incoming 5th Graders as well as the meeting schedule for next year.

We encourage all parents to attend, especially the parents of incoming 5th Graders as much of what we discuss at this meeting will relate to next year's activities.

The following dedicated parents have volunteered to serve as KPG officers during the 2012/2013 school year:

• June Hicks--President
• Kris Lee--Co-VP/Volunteer Coordinator
• Jodi Schrader--Co-VP/Volunteer Coordinator
• Martha Hentz--Treasurer
• Liz Goebel--Secretary.

  Elections for next year's board will be held during our last meeting of the year, Tuesday, May 22 at 9:00AM.

Planning for the 2012/2013 fundraiser is underway. Amy Suhrheinrich has volunteered to chair the fundraiser. She is looking for a few good assistants to help plan and organize. She is also in need of 100 parent volunteers the day of the event.

If you are interested in helping with the planning, please contact Amy Suhrheinrich rsuhr@comcast.net. If you are interested in helping on the day of the event, please check back with us in early September when the details will be more solid. We will also be contacting the families by e-mail and a letter sent home with your child.

• Keep Kinawa Moving
• Meet and Greet (Aug)
• "New to Okemos" Family Social(Aug)
• School Picture Day
• Directory
• Spirit Sale (fall)
• Staff Appreciation Lunch-Fall
• Holiday Hoopla
• Staff Appreciation Lunch--Spring
• Book Fair (March
• Talent Show Coordinator
• Year Book
• Parent Council Representative
• Teacher Appreciation Week Coordinator(May)

• Homeroom Parent (throughout year)
• Jr Chieftain Challenge
• 5th Grade Activities
• 6th Grade Activities
• Box Tops for Education
• Lunch Monitor
• Car Line Traffic Control

Target Take Charge of Education For Target charge customers, Target will donate up to 1% of purchases at Target and Target.com and .5% of Target Visa purchases elsewhere to Kinawa 5-6 School. Enroll at any Target store or online at www.target.com/tcoe/.

Box Tops for Education We have a collection box for Box Tops for Education located in the Library. All proceeds from this program go directly to the Kinawa Library. Please turn your box tops in ASAP as there are only 2 submission dates per year; November and February. For a list of participating products, please go to www.boxtops4eduation.com

To create and support a close relationship between home and school to promote the welfare of Kinawa's students.

To establish good communication and a sense of community among students, parents, teachers, and administrators regarding matters of mutual concern.

To provide a forum for discussion between parents, teachers, and administrators regarding matters of mutual concern.

To provide school/family activities.

To assist in acquiring material resources and coordinating volunteers for the delivery of services to benefit all students.

To oversee the use of money raised by or donated to the KPG to benefit the students and/or Kinawa 5-6 School.