News 2/1/10

Financial due dates:

Feb 9th - 50 due for state

Feb 26 - $100 due for nationals

March 22 - $50 due for state

March 28 - $100 due for nationals

Other news:

We will resume Bake Sale in March and will have two to make up for the lack of bake sales in the past few months. Life has simply been too hectic for me to plan everything :)

Feb 20th Angie Roussel will be bringing the kids to Catholic High. Permission slips went home today.

Feb 27 - Carrie Turnbull will be taking the kids to LSU. A 10 fee is charged and the kids get a t-shirt.

GREAT NATIONALS NEWS!!!!!!

The price of nationals has been drastically reduced. I petitioned the state to charter the bus so we could save money on taxes and ensure that the bus was filled better. The state has agreed to pay 3,000 of the bus and several other schools have already signed on to ride the bus. This has resulted in the new price being 1050 for nationals.

Therefore, each person will have to raise $650. With the potential breakdown as follows

Pi week usually brings in $100 per person

Spring Fest brings in $100 per person

Our tournament brings in $100 per person

In addition, I have letters typed up for plants. They must be submitted by the families that are affiliated. Students can pick those up ASAP. In the past we have secured several thousand from the plants and are hoping to repeat this.

If we win Log 1 (we are 40 points from 1st) this will bring in an addition $150 per person attending.

We will have a doughnut sale if a parent is willing to pick up the doughnuts in Feb. We will also have a lunch over Easter. I will see where we stand when I get back and will plan more fundraisers as needed. We have until July to get the full amount in. However, if by May 15th the student has the full 1050 in their account then they will not have to make the final $100 dollar payment.

We have already booked the rooms and the bus and deposits have been paid. I am also going to be asking for ideas on what the kids want to do. We will spend three days in Washington DC doing activities. Most of the activities are free so we are expecting to keep the cost of excursions down.