SUSAN ENGDALL’S TOP TEN REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE A TAX CREDIT CONTRIBUTION TO FAITH NORTH MONTESSORI

10. Individuals can make a tax credit contribution up to $200 or $400 for married couples and deduct that amount directly from your 2012 Arizona tax return

9. Our chickens and bunnies need food

8. Anyone living in AZ can take advantage of this credit

7. Take a look at the photo story attached. Each of these children (and more) have an amazing memory and a portion of our tax credit donations was used to help fund the trips

6. Contributions need to be made by December 31, 2012 to apply to your 2012 tax return. It’s like free money!

5. The work in our outdoor environments is crucial to a well-rounded Montessori experience. Tax credit dollars help fund our outdoor environment teachers

4. You can have an even bigger impact on the students at Faith North if you print extra copies of the tax credit form and give them to your family, friends and coworkers and maybe even post it on your Facebook and Twitter pages.

3. School tours such as Child’s Play that come and entertain us every spring after the AIMS tests

2. The bunnies ate the first crops we planted, we need to more plants for replanting


And the Number One reason you should give a tax credit contribution to Faith North: You can expose our students to new opportunities like some of those described above and truly change their lives in a positive way, and it is as easy as going to: http://www.phxelem.k12.az.us/district/tax_credit/ or snipping the coupon below and submitting to the school office.
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Tax Credit Donation for Faith North Montessori:

Name:
Address:
Amount:

Please use my donation for (circle one):
Greatest need
Outdoor Environment
Afterschool Programs
Field Trips

Events for November:
5- 9 Galileo assessments for 2nd-8th grades
9 Cookie Dough fundraiser begins
10 Chili Cook Off at Monterey Park 12-4
12 School Closed
14 Site Council/PTA meeting FNM@Shaw 5:00/6:00
16 Cookie Dough fundraiser ends
19-23 Fall Break-no school
29 1st-8th grades attend The Snowman-Phoenix Symphony

Hello Faith North Community,

The beautiful days of autumn have arrived in the desert and with them we are getting to enjoy our outdoor environment more. Ms. Tina has open the environment at North and Ms. Karla at FNM@Shaw. There is an amazing amount of industry going on from care of the environment, watering, washing bird baths, gatering eggs to the practical life applications of hammering nails, sifting flour, grinding the shells of eggs for our gardens, sweeping and mopping.

During the last parent work day we installed two new smaller beds at North and rehabbed two at Shaw. Winter/spring planting has begun. The gardens at Shaw are off to a great start. The bunnies got into the gardens at North and took care of all of our lettuce! The outdoor environment is very vital to our students, our pedagodgy and our spirits. It is funded fully from the generous tax credit donors. Please consider making a tax credit donation in any amount to help us support our gardens and animals.

Next weekend we will be having a chili cook off. Currently there are 15 chili chefs on board for the contest. Come on out to Monterey Park at 3rd Street and Oak next Saturday from 12 to 4, sample some great chili and enjoy our community.

All the best,
Susan Engdall
Principal