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OT but 5th bday party
Are you in a bigger city? I would imagine that it might be more of a suburbia
trend. In the bigger cities where you tend to have two parents working with no time to volunteer, they might not expect it. Just a theory anyway. ~Kimberly Mommy to Alexis Iliana 07/17/99 and Emma Elidia & Aislyn Gabriela 10/01/02 come see us... http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/aislynemma/ |
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OT but 5th bday party
If you are interested in the position, why don't you go ask your child's
teacher. I know from experience that ALL help is greatly appreciated. Gayle "H Schinske" wrote in message ... wrote: Room Mom or homeroom Mom is basically the go-between person of parents and teacher. She organizes parties, field trips and volunteers in the classroom from time to time. I don't think my kids' school has these, and none of the schools I attended did either. I first heard of them in discussions online. --Helen |
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5th bday party
I also debated last year whether to invite the whole class to the girls' party,
but they were really only close to a couple children in the class whom they are friends with outside of class anyway. So we just invited them, along with other friends outside of school, & family members. BTW, only 1 other child invited the entire class to her birthday party last year (and most of the class showed up.....it was crazy). The school also has a policy (which I agree with) that invitations will only be passed out in class if the entire class is being invited. If I were you, I'd just invite family members and children your son is already friends with. Perhaps by the time the invites go out there will be a couple classmates he wants to mail invitations to as well. As far as goodie bags are concerned, I think if you are paying for them to all go bowling then you can skip the goodie bags. Andrea twin girls-Jordan & Madison 3 yrs. old ok, so this isn't in regards to my twins but rather their older brother, James...He has just started kindergarten (yay!) and his 5th Bday is in a month...now usually we've always had a family party with a few other kids invited...or a bunch of kids for the first couple of hours followed by a family bbq....Now, I know we don't *have to* to invite his entire class but being that his bday is so early, its not like he's established a circle of friends yet, kwim? Plus he's got the few others I know he would like to see at his party, outside of his classmates.....my dilemma is (and I know I've done it to myself) that we've decided to have his party at a bowling alley and its $11/person...yeah, ouch! So how should I eliminate the kids?? I was thinking that if the class list (which we have yet to receive) gave addresses, that I would then just invite the kids that lived close by. Or should I just invite them all and pray that only half show up???....or just stick to the handful and maybe send a note to the other parents explaining why their kiddo was left out??? Boy, I didn't think it would be this hard!!! I don't want to hurt any kiddos feelings but I don't want 30-40 kids at my house either!! LOL and the going rate at any birthday party type places is is about the same....or more! GULP....help! Gwen |
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OT but 5th bday party
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Room Mom or homeroom Mom is basically the go-between person of parents and teacher. She organizes parties, field trips and volunteers in the classroom from time to time. I don't think my kids' school has these, and none of the schools I attended did either. I first heard of them in discussions online. --Helen Okay, I *knew* this would happen -- one of my kids changed schools this year, and we just got the letter from the new teacher. You guessed it, they have room parents! I love synchronicity. --Helen |
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