Don't Forget...plus summer fun

The AMS Yard Sale is this Saturday, May 31st from 9 AM to 2 PM.

All this week items can be dropped off May 27 - 29, from 11 AM to 1 PM ~ or ~ May 29 & 30 from 6 - 8 PM. Get your spring cleaning done and bring all your old and/or outgrown kids items to AMS and donated to our AMS Yardsale!

Spread the word!

Just because summer has started doesn't mean the fun is over ~ this summer will be another AMS Playground Bonanza ~ a perfect way for you and your little ones to explore the play grounds around town ~ The times set up are every Wednesday between 11 AM and 1 PM. Be sure to check the blog weekly as we will have each location posted:

Next week: Wednesday, June 4, Lyn Ary Park (Foraker Dr & Illiamna Ave ~ N. of Turnagain Pkwy)

Picnic + Extension

The Annual AMS End of the Year Picnic is this Thursday, May 22nd. Please join us at 11:30 for a Picnic at Boat Park (just behind AMS). Food will be provided **however** no dish will be turned away... so feel free to contribute to the picnic feast!

The AMS Bid into Spring Auction has been extended by one day, the revised end date is May 21st... please refer to the following link:

http://www.ams.cmarket.com

Music ~ Parents ~ Escrip

~ AMS Music Teacher Ann McElhoes has put together an exciting 2nd Annual Music Concert featuring our AMS Preschool, Lower & Upper Elementary students. Please have your performers in their classrooms by 5:15 PM, the concert will commence at 5:30 PM. Additional overflow parking will be available next door at Northwood Elementary.

~ The AMS Parent Appreciation Breakfast is this Saturday, May 17th at AMS. Please bring your families and join your AMS staff from 9:00 AM -11:OO AM. Pancakes, sausage, orange juice & coffee will served.

~ From the desk of Karen Padgett:

eScrip Progress: February 2008 numbers are in. It was our biggest month so far!! Congratulations! The biggest contributors in February were Lisa Gray & TJ Sorensen. Nice going!!

August 2007, $70
September, $214
October, $276
November, $404
December, $354
January 2008, $360
February 2008, $425

REMINDER #1: If you’re already registered with eScrip, please remember to also sign up for eScrip “At the Online Mall,” by doing the following at your computer(s):

Log into your eScrip account (you can log in using just your email address)
Click on “At the Online Mall” in the upper right corner of the screen
Click on the blue “Auto Track” circle at the top of the page
Follow the instructions to download the software
Whenever you go to the website of a merchant who participates in the eScrip “At the Online Mall” program, a box will pop up in the lower right part of your screen saying what percentage of your purchase will be contributed.

REMINDER #2: About 100 AMS families have not yet registered. To register, simply email your Carrs/Safeway card number to Karen.padgett@alaska.com. If you don’t know your number (usually 11 digits starting with 46…), please call Safeway Customer Service at 1-877-723-3929 to find out what it is or sign up for a new one at any Carrs store.

Just a reminder:

The 2nd Annual AMS Concert, featuring our AMS Preschool, Lower & Upper Elementary classes, will be held this Thursday, May 15th. Please have your students in their respective classrooms by 5:15 dressed as requested. The concert will begin at 5:30 PM ~

The AMS Parent Appreciation Breakfast is this Saturday, May 17th at AMS. Please bring your families and join your AMS staff at this event from 9:00 AM -11:OO AM. Pancakes, sausage, orange & coffee will served.

Get your mouse ready

Tomorrow, Friday May 9, 2008, is the start of the AMS Bid into Spring Auction. Below you will see a link that will go active tomorrow, allowing you ~ from the comfort of wherever you internet ~ to start bidding on exciting items. The auction will run from May 9, 2008 to May 20, 2008...so get your mouse ready and Bid into Spring!

http://www.ams.cmarket.com

Will you decorate?

We are in need of decorators and decorations! Our AMS School Concert & Performance is Thursday, May 15th ~ If you can volunteer this week to help decorate the big room in advance of this event please give your name to Amy at the front desk. Let's help make this event spectacular for our AMS students.

Remember: Please have your preschool or elementary students in their respective classrooms by 5:15 on Thursday, May 15th. The show will start *promptly* at 5:30.

Please come help us decorate for this exciting event ~ please help spread the word to those AMS families who don't subscribe to the blog... thanks!

There's still time!

Where did the time go? The 11th Annual Bid Into Spring Auction is nearly upon us ~ but you still have plenty of time to get those donations to AMS. Be it gift cards, gift certificates or items ~ both big + small ~ all will be gratefully accepted.

Another idea: many online stores allow for free shipping of gift cards, some even allow you to email the gift card. An option would be purchasing then emailing the gift card to yourself, printing out the gift card then driving it over to the AMS Front Desk for the Spring Auction. How easy is that?

In addition, there are numerous local options: think coffee, swimming, gym, take-out, cinema, clothing, spa treatments, auto details (summer is upon us...), the list goes on ~ Last year bidders from 25 states participated in our AMS auction. This year let's try to make it all 50!