Hello 5th Grade Parents!

Welcome to Quaker Ridge School’s 2ndAnnual 5th Grade Turkey Trot! The event will be held on

Monday, December 2nd at 11:45am, during recess and lunch, at the Quaker Ridge Front Circle. This event is essential to help fund our upcoming 5th grade activities!

The event is a “healthy way” to raise money for the class AND support an important cause. Gently used sneakers and cleats will be donated to Kids Kloset, a program benefitting Westchester families in need. A drop box to collect footwear will be placed at the entrance of the school from November 18th until Turkey Trot.

This fun and fit activity will challenge the children to reach their personal best! Students will run/walk the front circle as directed by P.E. instructor, Matt Brown, for 9.25 laps or 1 mile. The students have already been completing this in P.E. class. (The 1-mile distance is a requirement in middle school – a cool accomplishment for our 5th graders as they prepare to “move up”)! Boy and girl students will be paired up and given “Just Q It!” stopwatches to time each other and cheer on their classmate!

We need your help! Our goal is to raise money. However, no minimum is required. Attached is a sheet of 10, “$5 Trot Tickets”for students to sell to support their run/walk. Each ticket sold will also serve as a raffle ticket to win cool prizes including “Just Q It” notebooks and baseball hats, prizes donated by Peri Polesuk and Dana Schneider and theGrand Prize, $100 NIKE GIFT CARD! If more tickets are needed, feel free to make copies! Many students made multiple copies last year, which was fantastic! PLEASE SEPARATE EACH RAFFLE TICKET SO THEY ARE READY TO BE DRAWN AT THE RAFFLE! THANKS!

Thanksgiving is a perfect time to get support of family and friends! We hope that each family will participate and that every student will have a blast while achieving a sense of accomplishment!

VOLUNTEERS: We are looking for 8 parent volunteers to help for the duration of the event. Please contact Allison Kushick if you are interested in participating!

Here’s how it works:

  • Tickets need to be submittedto the front office no later than 9:00AM December 2ndwith a check in the amount of tickets sold made out to: QRPTA; tickets must have the student’s name on it to be eligible for the raffle.
  • The 5th graders will assemble to run/walk the 1 mile at recess; parents are welcome to come cheer!
  • Once students finish, they will go to the Multi Purpose Room toget their SUBWAY lunch to be eaten in the cafeteria where the raffle prizes will be awarded. *If your child does not want Subway, please send a lunch or a lunch ticket.
  • Participants should wear comfortable clothes and sneakers.
  • Rain date is December 3rd.
  • Every student who participates will receive a Turkey Trot t-shirt and stopwatch, a special treat and Subway lunch.

BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

  • ALL GOOD THINGS, SCARSDALE SECURITY, RIPPED FITNESS, MD XPRESS, TRI STATE THUNDER BASKETBALL, AJS STANDARD HEAT and EYE GALLERY
  • Thank you also to Dana Schneider and Peri Polesuk for donating raffle items and to Allison Kushnick for donating the special treat!

Thank you!

Turkey Trot Chairs

SHERRIE MATUSZ, 917-545-0420 OR

ALLISON KUSHNICK, 917-902-0675 or


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$5 TICKET
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$5 TICKET
STUDENT:
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT!

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DECEMBER 2, 2013
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THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT! /
QRS 5TH GRADE TURKEY TROT
DECEMBER 2, 2013
$5 TICKET
STUDENT:
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT!

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DECEMBER 2, 2013
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THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT! /
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DECEMBER 2, 2013
$5 TICKET
STUDENT:
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT!

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DECEMBER 2, 2013
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THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT! /
QRS 5TH GRADE TURKEY TROT
DECEMBER 2, 2013
$5 TICKET
STUDENT:
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT!

QRS 5TH GRADE TURKEY TROT
DECEMBER 2, 2013
$5 TICKET
STUDENT:
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT! /
QRS 5TH GRADE TURKEY TROT
DECEMBER 2, 2013
$5 TICKET
STUDENT:
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE TROT!