Hello All,
Last year we let you know about an opportunity to raise money for the school through shopping online. If you go to www.igive.com and register under The Atlanta School, any shopping you do at member web sites through Igive the store donates a portion of the sale to the school. we have a TIME SENSITIVE, super easy way to raise up to $5000 for the school. In the next 24 hours please sign up for (or log into) www.igive.com and then just click on one of the member stores, and Igive send the school $1. That’s it. See details below and please send this to everyone you know. THANK YOU!!
We’ll give The Atlanta School a dollar for each person who joins iGive using the special link below and visits one store via iGive between noon Wednesday, March 24, 2010 (Chicago time) and noon Thursday, the next day.
Here’s where you come in.  Send your friends, family, and colleagues the following link in an e-mail, tweet it, do a Facebook posting, put up posters, shout from mountain tops (you know the drill) and let them know you think The Atlanta School is pretty cool and deserves their support, especially since it’s free!  You can even just forward this e-mail.  The only way The Atlanta School will get new supporters and that free $1 (or more) is if you invite them.
This is the link:       http://www.igive.com/welcome/warm_reg_promo.cfm?m=628270
Make sure you tell your friends to perform a store visit, so that they earn the dollar.
5,000 new members, $5,000.  No purchase necessary. That’s 5,000 new members for all causes, not just yours, and it’s only for 24 hours, so it’s a bit of race.
It can turn into more than a dollar, much more … if these new members search or buy something at an iGive store they’ll earn much-needed money for The Atlanta School.  Right now, we’re donating a special bonus of $5 for that first purchase plus the usual percentage.  Active iGive members raise an average of over $40 per year for their cause.
The details:
- Offer active between 12:00 p.m. (noon) March 24, 2010 and 11:59 a.m., March 25, 2010 (Chicago time).    - New members only (never have been an iGive member previously).    - All the normal rules of membership, searching, and purchasing apply, our site has the details.    - Once we’ve given away $5,000 in total, the offer ends.    - The special link and visiting a store via iGive are necessary.  No link, no store visit, no $1.
That’s it.  We’ve added tons of new stuff in the last months that we want to really test out, so spreading the word helps both The Atlanta School and iGive. Check it out yourself at http://www.iGive.com .  You may need to login first.

We are deep into the Deepening stage of our unit.  As we explore with our senses we discover things about ourselves along the way.  Some of the Pre-K are enticed by the opportunity to get gooey and others prefer to keep clean hands!  You will see photos of us from last week and this week.  Remember to show your children these pictures to help them discuss with you ways that they have connected to color and shape through our explorations.

IJ and TG were amazed when they discovered that they matched their beds!

TG made gray and IJ made the color of his shirt.

CK, SD and CK explored color hues and shades.

AG and JC explored color hues and shades.

MM and DJ had mixed emotions about the goop!

IJ read to CK and DJ.

TG and CK drew their plan for building.

The magnet blocks pulled the Pre-K together! This group of children worked together to make a home for the animals.

AM and KC made bear families.

SD sorted noodles by two attributes, color and shape.

Using our senses of taste and touch, we combined white(powdered milk) with brown(peanut butter) to make edible play dough.

AH made a play dough flower.

JF and CG worked with Goop. We focused on what happens to a color when you add white.

The Atlanta School will close at 5pm today.  We want to make sure that all of our families and faculty members make it home safely.  Stay warm everybody!!

Here are the details for this Friday’s Dinner to Benefit the people of Haiti:

Friday, February 26, 2010 in the community room.

Dinner begins at 6:00p.

Good Moves will perform at 7:00p

Menu:  Soup, Salad, Bread and Dessert.  Proceeds go to CARE.

Tickets are $10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for children.

Please make your reservation by calling 404.688.9550 or you may email us.

Tickets will be available for purchase on the playground this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 8:00a and 8:30a.

Due to inclement weather, TAS will close at 1:30p.  There will be NO aftercare today.