Cake Walk

Cake Walk sign up is off to a good start, but we are still in need of more volunteers! Please help donate to this cause as the Cake Walk and Bake Sale help to offset the cost of our trip to Universal at the end of the school year. If you sign up to provide goods, make sure you keep in mind refrigeration for the day of the festival may not necessarily be an option (i.e. no ice cream cakes), as they will melt during the event. Thanks so much and please let me know if you have any questions!

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Walk-A-Thon 2014

The Gorrie Walk-A-Thon is quickly approaching and we would love for everyone to be registered online. Even if you have no plan of raising funds, the organizers will use the sign up info to order your child's FREE t-shirt. Without registering for our class team, your child will NOT received a t-shirt. If you haven't done so already, please at the very least, register your child so they can be included in our fundraising process. Our team goal is $800 and we are already on our way to reaching it! Please help us make this Walk-A-Thon a HUGE success! Thanks in advance and please do not hesitate to email me with any questions you may have. Use the link below to register your child TODAY! it's as easy as 1.....2....3 Thanks!

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Gorrie Walk-A Thon

Here is information about registering your child(ren) for this year's walk-a-thon to raise funds for our school. Everything can be done online this year, and it will take very little of your time. 

To register, go here: gorrie.dojiggy.com

Once registered, send the link found at the bottom right of your child's web page to family and friends to ask for donations. You can also post directly on facebook and other social media sites. It looks like this:

If any family/business is interested in a sponsorship, there are several opportunities on their child's fundraising page. Simply click on the 'donate now' on your child's page and select the sponsorship of your choice. Sponsorships start at $200, which lists your family name on the official walk-a-thon t-shirt. Sponsorships are due by October 11th to allow time for printing.

More details about registration can be found here: https://smore.com/xwjn

Our class page can be found at this address: http://gorrie.dojiggy.com/ng/index.cfm/af28218/regPages/pledge/TEAMCATANIA/

Mini-Mall

Mini – Mall Economics Project

Summary

A successful business takes a lot of planning and research. Understanding a market, then providing a service or product (on a limited budget) to meet the need of that market are benchmarks for success. This project will give each student a unique opportunity to experience the business world while incorporating math, writing, economics, and cooperative learning.

Objectives	Due Date
Introduce activity	March 27
Group Members and product submitted to teacher to be approved	April 1
Design a product or service and create a prototype or visual of the product	April 5
Create Budget	April 8
Fill out and turn in Loan Application	April 12
Develop ad campaign (create signs/create & rehearse commercial)	April 15 – April 19
Morning Show Commercial will be taped (be prepared)	April 22 – April 26
Posters due for ad campaign	April 29
Commercials will air on the Morning Show on the week of April 29****	April 29 – May 3
Conduct your business during Mini Mall	May 3
Chart profits/losses and complete evaluation	May 3 – May 10

****Machines are NOT permitted at Mini Mall due to the Hillsborough County Safety Guidelines. This includes: crock pots, fondue machines, popcorn machine, snow cone machine, blender, microwave, etc. Foods needing any of these machines need to be prepared at home ahead of time. Please see your teacher if you are unsure if you can use a machinenotlisted above.

In order to give the students a real life experience, we are allowing each business to borrow an amount, not to exceed $40.00 to berepaid with verification of receipts at the conclusion of the business day. They may borrow from a parent, use their savings, or the 5^thgrade fund. Each business will fill outONEloan application and haveONEco-signer (an adult).

We ask that you help keep the expenses to $40.00 to be fair to all students.

The profits that the students make will be donated to the Universal Studios Reward Trip Fund.

In lieu of cash profit payouts, awards will be given out for different categories such as:most creative, most items sold best booth, most profit earned, etc.

Each business will incur “business expenses”. They are as follows:

1.     Rental of booth - $1.00OR $2.00 with electricity

2.     Advertising fee - $1.00 for two12 inch by 18 inchsigns and a commercial on the Morning Show. Signs must be approved by the teacher andcannotbe posted prior to Monday, April 29th. Signscannotbe taped to any painted surface.

3.     10% tax on profit

4.     Materials and supplies – with creativity you can keep this to a minimum

 

Walk-A-Thon

Wow! The Walk-A-Thon was a great success. With the help of our wonderful students and families, Gorrie CRUSHED our goal of $25,000 by raising over $30,000 this year! The monies raised with go towards making Gorrie an even more amazing school than it already is! I wanted to give a special thanks to Melissa Borchard for organizing the event and putting hours and hours of her time in to making it a great day! Also, Cynthia Heil and Pat Ashby for taking time out of their schedules to come in and create our class banner with the kids. Pat also helped get our Little Buddies banner put together as well. I really appreciate our help and support throughout the year!
The weather held up and the kids had a very nice day. Here are some of the pictures I was able to snap.