Dolphin Splash

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Were Making a Splash!
Dolphin Splash
Upcoming Fund-raisers
"Real generosity toward the future lies in giv
ing all to the present."--Albert Camus
Love your school?
We may have already celebrated the 100th day of
school, but the PTO isnt finished thinking of
creative and fun ways to raise money for our
school! Here are some exciting things we have
planned for the spring! -- Mark your calendars
for April 18 for dinner night with Zorro! Get
together with friends from school and, when
mentioning Dickinson when ordering, you will be
earning money for PTO programs! Thank you to
Zorros Mexican Restaurant in Greatwood!
-- Yes, its another Book Fair! Ms. Preas has an
exciting Spring Book Fair planned and the PTO
will help celebrate with a Ben Jerrys Dessert
Night Thursday, March 9. -- Start decluttering a
nd pricing your junk to sell at the PTO Spring
Tag Sale April 29 in the Dickinson Parking Lot.
Your junk might be someone elses treasure or
you might find some treasures yourself!
If you love your school, there are many ways you
can show the love! Here are some easy ways to
bring in extra money for Dickinson programs
-- Dont throw away your HEB plastic bags! Bring
your bags to the PTO and, for every pound of bags
accumulated, the school will earn 1. Bags will
then be recycled. -- Collect those General Mill B
ox Tops! If you have Campbells Soup Labels, the
PTO will bring them to another school that
collects them. -- Support Dominos Pizza night th
e first Tuesday of each month and Chick-fil-A
night the second Tuesday of each month. Mention
your childs teachers name when ordering or the
school cannot get credit! -- Bring used printer i
nk cartridges, laptops and cell phones for
recycling to school marked PTO.
-- Use your Kroger Plus Card, available from the
PTO, or link your Remarkable Card to our number
5350. -- Order shirts with the Dickinson logo fro
m Lands End. Shop through www.boxtops4education.c
om and gave preferred number 9000-4384-5.
February 2006 The Dickinson Elementary Parent Te
acher Organization Newsletter
SUE is so proud of our school!
Did you enter the Holiday Box Top Contest?
The deadline for turning in box tops was in Janu
ary, but you can still turn in Box Tops to help
your school even if the contest is over! Winners
of the holiday contest will be announced in the
next Dolphin Splash! Go to www.boxtops4education.
com to learn more!
Want to be a PTO board member? Several positions
will be open for the 2006-07 school year.
Nomination forms will be going home soon. For
more information, contact PTO President Karen
Platt.
The PTO Board President Karen Platt Vice
President Taffy Odom Vice President Pamela
Bentley-Cobb Volunteer Coordinator Ami Dorian
Treasurer Cindy Saha Secretary Debbie
Holzhuter Reporter Dorothy Lillig If you ha
ve any questions about the PTO, please call
President Karen Platt at 281-343-8571 or e-mail
her at ktplatt_at_aol.com.
SUE loves all the Dickinson Dolphins!
Be Prepared for the TAKS Test!
Students will be taking the Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills test the week of Feb. 20
Feb. 24. Please be sure students taking the test
have a good nights sleep, a healthy breakfast
and are on time for school! All students and
visitors should be extra quiet in the hallways
during that week so as not to disrupt those
students taking the exam. Remind your children to
do their very best!
Happy Valentines Day from the PTO!
Susanna Dickinson Elementary School, LCISD
A Recognized School 7110 Greatwood Parkway Sugar
Land, TX 77479 www.lcisd.org 832-223-1400 Th
e school phone number has changed! Please note
new number above.
Dolphin Trivia! The first parent to e-mail the
correct answer to Dorothy at dpuchlillig_at_aol.com
receives certificates for free kids meals at
Sweet Mesquite AND Marble Slab ice cream
coupons. What does SEM stand for? Was it fun?!?
Good luck!
Come to the next PTO board meeting at 3 p.m. on
Feb. 6 in the school library. Everyone is invited!
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Go Dickinson Dolphins!
The Dickinson Dolphins are Dynamic!
Lost Something?
Troop Care Project a Success
The Dickinson Student Council completed a 10-day
drive forOperation Troop Care. This is the
third year that the Student Councilat Dickinson
has participated in Troop Care. 
Thanks to the students,parents, teachers, and c
ommunity for donating so many bags and boxes
ofneeded supplies for our troops in Iraq.  The
supplies will be shippedcourtesy of the West
Point Society of Greater Houston and Mrs.
JoannieParr.  This year, Mrs. Parr estimates
that she is mailing packagesto help more than
2,000 soldiers. One of the biggest requests tha
t Parrreceives from the soldiers is for lots of
hard candy to give to theIraqi children.
A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Boehm and h
er sewing friends who carefully made several neck
coolers for the troops.  Many classes from
Dickinson wrote letters or drew pictures for the
troops. The students and teachers will be anxio
usly awaiting to hear back from our service men
and women who are stationed overseas.
The Dickinson Lost and Found located in the
teachers lunch room in the cafeteria is full!
If your child has misplaced their Dolphin fleece
jacket, coat, hat, lunch kit or any other item,
its probably in the Lost and Found! Please check
for your items as soon as possible.
Unclaimed items will be either donated or thrown
away, depending on condition, soon!
Were Wild About Books and ready for the spring
book fair March 6-10! See more details on
calendar page inside
Troop Care Sweethearts Remington Scarlato, Stell
a Cunningham, Jenna Swift, Gaby Reddall, Will
Reddall, Reddall Family, Ethan Hoover, Kailey
Thompson, Heikkila Family, Sydney Minor, Gabriel
Sanchez, Ruth Heikkila, Duesterhoft Family, Sean
and Shana Hardin, Turnipseed Family, Peyton
Heussner, Kyle Curtis, Sarah Curtis, McCroskey
Family, Peggy Brown, Borak Family, Loyd Family,
Billy Propper, Propper Family, Erin McKinnerney,
Foster Family, Triesch Family, Kenneth
Cunningham, Hardee Family, Cameron and Kyle
Boudreaux, Lillig Family, Teinert Family, Reddall
Family, Courtney Adair, Lauren McAlexander,
Anthony Sanchez, LeMaire Family, Cooper Hicks,
Chandler Hayes, Stella Cunningham, Yu Family, The
Lee Family, Daniel Garcia, Kelley Brackney,
Carter Pickering, Christian Buford, Caitlyn
Buford, Buford Family, Cody Yao, Garrett
Brinneman and Family, Emily McCroskey, Chubon
Family, Castro Family, Caroline Teinert and
Family, McLaughlin Family, Seth Hine, Shea Hine,
Krause Family, Canaan Lopez, Blessing Phillips,
Madi Lester, Wesley Family, MacKenzie Kearns,
Anna Pangelinan, Hunter and Brittany Duty,
Samantha and Oswaldo Terrones and Family,
Courtney, Rachel, and Brandon Buchanan, Jerry
Yang, Beiro Family, William McArthur, Logan
Lester, Carly Cervenka, Jordan Bernal, Erica
Hazen, Goethe Family, Chandler Hayes, Freeland
Family, Ricky Lester, Tucker Reaves, Jessica
Janer, Ashwin Jaikishooe, Mary Howard, Boehm
Family, Rebecca Beres, Sarah and Haven Hudek
On behalf of sponsors Mrs. Marlow and Mrs. Reave
s and the entire Student Council, thank you for
your donations!
SUE says welcome to new teacher Jennifer Grove,
who is replacing Mrs. Wagner in fourth grade. Ms.
Grove is a recent graduate of Texas Tech
University and spent last semester student
teaching at Dickinson. Ms. Grove grew up in Sugar
Land and said she is very excited to be teaching
here!
February Birthdays!
2/9 Karen Brinneman, 4th grade 2/9 Amanda T
rojacek, 1st grade 2/16 Cynthia Duty, 4th grade

2/26 Vickie Winston, PPCD Happy Birthday!!!
G/T news The Houston Area Coop for the Gifted
and Talented will present teacher, administrator,
counselor, and parent training in the field of
Gifted and Talented. Feb. 4- Dr. Linda Jensen
Sheffield will explore exemplary ways to add
excitement, challenge and differentiation to math
class. Her session will be held at Alief ISDs
Alief Taylor High School at 7555 Howell Sugar
Land Rd. in Houston, from 830 a.m. 400 p.m.
Feb. 25 - Dr. Keith Polette will focus on the
love of reading, developing higher order thinking
skills, and promoting active learning. His
session will be held at Lamar CISDs Terry High
School Auditorium located at 5500 Avenue N in
Rosenberg, from 830 a.m. 400 p.m.
To register for the Houston Area Coop training s
essions, parents may call Susie Ortiz at
281-762-3798.
Thank You Special Staff and Volunteers!
Thank you SEM volunteers!
Teacher of the Month Jana Talasek, technology
Employee of the Month Angela Geurin, speech
Volunteer of the Month Michelle Imhoff
Volunteers of the month are chosen each month
from a list of volunteers who have dedicated more
than 5 hours of their time a month at our school.
Thank you for all of your hard work and dont
forget to sign in and log your volunteer hours in
the front office! Volunteers of the Month receiv
e a free dinner casserole from the Greatwood
Grill at the Greatwood Golf Club! Teachers of the
month receive two free cones from Ben Jerrys,
and Employees of the Month receive 5 to CVS
Pharmacy! Thank you to those businesses for prov
iding such awesome awards for such awesome
individuals!
SEM stands for Schoolwide Enrichment Model. In
January, all students in the 4th and 5th grades
at Dickinson participated in Enrichment Clusters
-- activities based upon their interests.  For 1
½ hours on three Friday mornings, student studied
crime scene investigation, monsters and
mysteries, magic, origami, learning to speak
Spanish, acting, gardening, science engineering
and other topics. It was a very high-interest,
high-energy time with students using their higher
level thinking skills.  The clusters were
intended to encourage independent thinking, and
self-driven, life-long learning. They were also a
lot of fun! If you are an expert in a particular
area, please let Mrs. Roehling know so that you
can share your knowledge with the wonderful
students at Dickinson. Theyll love you for it!
Check out SEM photos on the back of the calendar
in this issue of Dolphin Splash.
Thank you Lamar CISD for our new computers!