T-shirt Coordinator

We are in need of a t-shirt coordinator. This person would collect order forms, place orders, help with filling orders, work with the PFA Treasurer on monetary collections, etc.

We plan to do t-shirt sales/orders once a trimester. August, November, and March will be the months we fill orders. You can order a t-shirt any time on our website but we will not fill orders until those dates. The t-shirt coordinator would advertise t-shirt sales, take orders, and notify the PFA when orders are ready. T-shirts will be available for pick up at PFA meetings.

Please email ncapfa@gmail.com if you are willing to help in this capacity. Thank you!

Update on Embroidery

Embroidery for the school polos and cardigans at $4.00 per garment is now available at Uniform World. Bring your own garment in to be embroidered. The turn around for these items should be 2-3days. Tell them you are with Nampa Classical Academy as they have the needed information on file for the embroidery requirements.

Thanks,

Kym Slater

Uniform World

303 2nd Avenue South

Nampa, Idaho 83651

(208)467-5916

Rummage Sale Tomorrow!

Come One...Come All!!!

PFA Rummage Sale is TOMORROW!
At Karcher Nazarene Church
8am to 3pm

All the money raised will go towards the Academy's Uniform Scholarship Fund
There will be lost of stuff to buy! We will look forward to seeing you all there!

PS: If you have plastic Walmart type bags you have extra of that we could use to place items purchased in please bring them by. Thanks!


Christine Plummer
337-2031
plum83607@gmail.com

Typo and Reminder

Denise found a typo in my unifrom picture post. It's brown and black shoes, not blue. Sorry, if this confused anyone else.

Just print out the policy and take it with you when you shop. Plus, Terri at TS Embroidery has really tried hard to know what we need, and she can help.

Just remember, cardigans and polos need the logo, and blazers need the crest. If you haven't gotten this done yet, you may want to get these now. The end of July is the cut-off for Terri to guarentee orders by the start of school.

Rummage Sale Saturday!

Attention ALL: Come to our PFA Rummage Sale!

The PFA will have their own sale as well as parents with individual sales. We will have lots of items to choose from. From Cookie Lee, Scentsy, and Pampered Chef booths to clothing, small furniture, baby items, household items, trampoline and much much more there will be plenty for everyone. Lemonade stand and other treats will help keep you refreshed while you shop. Please come out to help our PFA raise money for our Achedemy's Uniform Scholarship Fund.

When- Saturday, June 27^th, from 8:00- 3:00. (7am set up and drop off time)

Where- Karcher Church of the Nazarene on the corner of Middleton and Karcher Rd

PS: If you are interested in donating items we are still excepting donations. If you have not signed up for a individual sale but are interested you can still sign up. Please shoot me an e-mail with your contact info and I will back to you.

Thank You for making this a great success!

Christine Plummer

337-2031

plum83607@gmail.com

Uniform Pictures

I had my kids model some of the styles we can wear with the uniforms. Long or short knee socks are ok, and brown or black shoes or belts are ok, too. I got the polos from TS Embroidery, the pants from JC Penney, shorts from Lands End, Peter Pan blouses from TS Emb, navy jumper from Lands End.

The Peter Pan Blouse and Khaki skirt, white knee socks and Mary Jane shoes

Peter Pan blouse and navy jumper, white knee socks, Mary Jane Shoes (this outfit is the dress day outfit for elementary girls)

Burgundy polo, navy pants, black shoes and belt

Powder blue polo, navy shorts, black socks, shoes and belt

Rummage Sale

Hello There Everyone,
We still have room for more Individual Yard Sales and General
Rummage Sales items. Please see below for details. If you are not able
to actually summit items for the sale but have some time that day to
help we could use your assistance even if it's only for a few hours.

PFA Rummage Sale!
What- A general rummage sale and individual yard sales to benefit the
uniform fund, and give parents an opportunity to sell items for their own children’s
uniforms.
(More explanation on this below)
When- Saturday, June 27th, from 8:00- 3:00. (7am set up and drop off
time)
Where- Karcher Church of the Nazarene on the corner of Middleton and
Karcher Rd.

Individual Yard Sales- This will be for anyone interested in conducting
their own yard sale to earn money for their children’s uniforms. You
can sell traditional yard sale items, cookies, lemonade, gift baskets,
crafts, ect. Be creative! The goal of this is to provide parents with
an opportunity to be self sufficient in paying for their children’s
uniforms. There will be restrooms available in the church’s picnic
pavilion. Everyone will have a designated area that will probably be
determined by drawing numbers. The PFA will in exchange ask that you
donate 10% of your profit, or some nice items to the general sale, to
benefit the uniform scholarship fund. You will be responsible for
running your yard sale, and bringing any chairs or tables you may need.
You can reserve your spot by calling Christine Plummer at 208-337-2031
or e-mail at plum83607@gmail.com Please include your name, contact
information, and a general idea of what you will be selling.

General Rummage Sale- This will be a sale of donated items, run by
volunteers, to raise money for the uniform scholarship fund. If you
don’t plan on participating in the individual sales, you may drop off
your donated items at the Karcher Church of the Nazarene on the day of
the Rummage Sale at 7am. For any questions you can speak with Christine
Plummer at 208-337-2031 or e-mail at plum83607@gmail.com. Please
include your name and contact information.

Please make sure all items you bring for the general sale is priced. If you would like to donate items for the general sale and can not make it on Saturday, June 27th at 7 am, you can contact me to set up a time for you to drop off items at my home.

Thank You,
Christine Plummer

Rummage Sale Info (updates)

Hello There Everyone,

I will be helping out with the organization of our rummage sale for Sarah.  We still have room for more Individual Yard Sales and General Rummage Sales items.  Please see below for details.  If you are not able to actually summit items for the sale but have some time that day to help we could use your assistance even if it's only for a few hours.

PFA Rummage Sale! 

What-   A general rummage sale and individual yard sales to benefit the uniform fund,

           and give parents an opportunity to sell items for their own children’s uniforms.

           (More explanation on this below) 

When-   Saturday, June 6^th, from 8:00- 3:00. (7am set up and drop off time)

Where-  Karcher Church of the Nazarene on the corner of Middleton and Karcher Rd. 
 

Individual Yard Sales-  This will be for anyone interested in conducting their own yard sale to earn money for their children’s uniforms.  You can sell traditional yard sale items, cookies, lemonade, gift baskets, crafts, ect.  Be creative!  The goal of this is to provide parents with an opportunity to be self sufficient in paying for their children’s uniforms.    There will be restrooms available in the church’s picnic pavilion.  Everyone will have a designated area that will probably be determined by drawing numbers.  The PFA will in exchange ask that you donate 10% of your profit, or some nice items to the general sale, to benefit the uniform scholarship fund.  You will be responsible for running your yard sale, and bringing any chairs or tables you may need.  You can reserve your spot by calling Christine Plummer at 208-337-2031 or e-mail atdannychristinep@gmail.com  Please include your name, contact information, and a general idea of what you will be selling. 

General Rummage Sale-  This will be a sale of donated items, run by volunteers, to raise money for the uniform scholarship fund.  If you don’t plan on participating in the individual sales, you may drop off your donated items at the Karcher Church of the Nazarene on the day of the Rummage Sale at 7pm.  For any questions you can speak with Christine Plummer at 208-337-2031 or e-mail at dannychristinep@gmail.com.  Please include your name and contact information.

Please make sure all items you bring for the general sale is priced.

Thank You,

Christine Plummer

P.S.  I will be out of town until Monday evening.  When I return I will be able to respond to each of the e-mails.

uniform clarification

http://groups.google.com/group/nampa-classical-academy-information

Please see the Chairman's site for more clarifaction on the uniform policy.

Rummage Sale Update!

June 6th Rummage Sale Update! 

23 days left! We have a wonderful location for our sale at the 
Karcher Church of the Nazarene. There is lots of traffic (potential 
customers!), and plenty of parking. We will be setting up in the 
grass, so feel free to bring your beach umbrellas, or canopies for 
shade! We will also be right by the church's playground, that is 
surrounded by a short fence, so your children will have a fun day 
too! We couldn't ask for a better location! 

Remember, get creative! If you don't have enough items to do a yard 
sale on your own, find other parents through the google groups and 
partner up! Sell iced tea, or lemonade! If you have a home based 
business, bring it along! (sorry, Scentsy is taken!) Ask friends and 
family if they could donate any unused items lying around the house. 

If you are not holding your own yard sale, please volunteer and/or 
donate items to the PFA General Sale. (Financial contributions are 
also welcome for the uniform fund!) 

I'm looking forward to everyone pulling together to make this Rummage 
Sale a huge success! 

Please contact Sarah Edwards to donate, volunteer, or reserve a spot 
for an individual yard sale. 

Sarah Edwards 
NCA PFA Fundraising Coordinator 
409-8352 
ghesje@yahoo.com 

Rummage Sale

PFA Rummage Sale! 

What-   A general rummage sale and individual yard sales to benefit the uniform fund,

           and give parents an opportunity to sell items for their own children’s uniforms.

           (More explanation on this below) 

When-   Saturday, June 6^th, from 8:00- 3:00. 

Where-  Karcher Church of the Nazarene on the corner of Middleton and Karcher Rd. 
 

Individual Yard Sales-  This will be for anyone interested in conducting their own yard sale to earn money for their children’s uniforms.  You can sell traditional yard sale items, cookies, lemonade, gift baskets, crafts, ect.  Be creative!  The goal of this is to provide parents with an opportunity to be self sufficient in paying for their children’s uniforms.    There will be restrooms available in the church’s picnic pavilion.  Everyone will have a designated area that will probably be determined by drawing numbers.  The PFA will in exchange ask that you donate 10% of your profit, or some nice items to the general sale, to benefit the uniform scholarship fund.  You will be responsible for running your yard sale, and bringing any chairs or tables you may need.  You can reserve your spot by calling Sarah Edwards at 409-8352, or by email to ghesje@yahoo.com.  Please include your name, contact information, and a general idea of what you will be selling. 

General Rummage Sale-  This will be a sale of donated items, run by volunteers, to raise money for the uniform scholarship fund.  If you don’t plan on participating in the individual sales, you may drop off your donated items at 622 E Trail Creek Dr. in Nampa.    Cross streets are Greenhurst and Sunnyridge.  Please call Sarah at 409-8352 to schedule your drop.  (If you don’t have anything to donate, we encourage you to consider donating straight to the Uniform Fund) 

Volunteers needed for-      

Transporting items to church                      app. 7:00-8:00 am

Transporting items to Goodwill                 app. 3:00-4:00 pm

Set up and pricing                                       app. 7:00-8:00 am

Clean up and take down                             app.  3:00-4:00 pm

Cashier table                                               app. 7:00-11:30 am

                                                                   Or

                                                                 11:30-4:00 pm 

Additional volunteers also needed for straightening sale items and misc. help where called for. 

Please contact me to volunteer or with any questions you may have!

Sarah Edwards 

ghesje@yahoo.com

409-8352 

Look forward to seeing everyone there!            

Ties

Christine asked about the navy blue ties needed for dress days.  You can find those at TS Embroidery, large and small sizes.  TS Embroidery contact info is on the PFA website.

Lands End Sale

Polos are on sale at Lands End, along with a few other items.  I am getting some myself for volunteering so I look like my kids!  Be careful though, there is a really cheap polo in kids sizes that is "deep burgundy" instead of "burgundy".  We are just the "burgundy" color from what I can tell. You can also tell them apart because all other uniform colors are burgundy. That particular polo is different. You can always call Lands End and ask, but just be sure to stay in the uniform section of the website.  You can order swatches of pretty much anything at Lands End.  I'm doing that so I have quick reference cards in my purse at all times.  Still, I plan to return any items that don't match the things I bought from TS Embroidery.

Swatches & Tips

For requesting swatches from Lands End you need to go to the uniform section, click on the item you would like to buy, and then you can request the swatch right from that page.  I clicked on navy pants, and it gave me the option of the khaki and navy color.  Both of which match our Academy colors.  Here's the link

http://www.landsend.com/cgi-bin/Swatch.cgi?styNum=17843-55X3&page=1&mode=GRAPHIC&refer=http://www.landsend.com/pp/

UniformStainWrinkleResistantChinoPants~144680_1189.html

One other think I have noticed is, if you don't stay in the uniform section of the website, you do run the risk of getting the wrong color.  I almost did this, by clicking on a sale item.  

The other thing I noticed is that JCPenney has the uniform pants mixed in with the other dress slacks in the husky boys section (of all places) at the Garrity store.  All the more confusing for those of us learning the ropes.

Even ordering online we could end up getting an order that was filled incorrectly. What I have found to be the easiest are these things when shopping are;

1. Shop TS Embroidery first (she is so helpful, you can try things on, she's cheaper, and can order to fit most sizes).

2. Stay within the uniform section of all websites (don't get fooled by sale banners).

3. Keep a swatch with you at all times during these spring and summer months, so you don't miss a great sale.

4. Keep in mind that most all the stores only carry one brand in their uniform section.  

5. Don't stress too much, and keep receipts!  We'll get the hang of this soon!

Lands End Swatches

I requested swatches from Lands End only a couple days ago, and already got them in the mail. They are perfectly sized to put in your purse when shopping. The colors are right on, as well.

Kym, can you email me the new uniform policy and other info for the PFA website? Thanks!!!!!

Amber

Tonight's the Night!

We have a PFA Leadership Council meeting at 6pm, and then the general membership meeting at 7pm.  We'll be meeting at Pioneer Title on 10th ave (next to the Nampa library).

We'll be showcasing the amazing Promethean board, and an informative showcase of the uniforms with Q&A with the NCA Board.

Don't miss this!

Another uniform update

I went to JCPenney today.  My kids needed new church clothes, so I'm purposely buying clothes that fit within the dress code so they can be school clothes, too.

There were two colors of khaki at JCPenney.  One that matched TS Embroidery colors, and one was lighter.  I brought my "samples" to match them up.  Even at the "approved" retailers you'll need to be careful.  I still think TS Embroidery is the perfect place to start, and use those to match everything else.  So far she is cheaper than anything else.  We found better sizing at JCP (better fits), and thankfully only paid pennies more.  I even found a pair of shorts (according to the dress code) for less than a dollar!  Only pair though.

They are also having a shoe sale (buy one, get one for $1).  It comes out to about $15 per pair. You can find approved shoes anywhere, but these are really good quality ones.

I think it's a good idea to go to these stores and try things on.  I now know what to order when we need more. You can save shipping by having it shipped to the store.

Remember, the only things that require embroidery are the polos, and the cardigans & blazers. The blazers will have the crest which is a patch.  Your oxford shirts do not need embroidery.  TS Embroidery has these very cheap.

JCPenney carries stain resistant & wrinkle resistant clothes.  TS Emb is only wrinkle resistant.

I also did see the powder blue and maroon polos at JCP.  They are cheaper at TS Emb, though. It comes out to about $12-13 a shirt at TS Emb and $15 at JCP (that inlcludes the embroidery price).

TS Embroidery, uniform info

I just went to Teri's house (TS Embroidery) and had my kids try on all the different styles and types.  I would strongly suggest everyone do this.  I bought one of each color of polos and pants/skorts so I can take these with me as I shop.  She has great prices, but I really think you'll be able to find things other places even cheaper if you shop smart.  You won't be able to match up colors right if you don't start with something on the approved list, though.  The uniform policy does allow for flexibility, but if you start with the right colors and styles it makes it so much easier to visualize it all, and not make a mistake when shopping.

I'm going to pace out my shopping and not get caught in the rush. She said some styles and sizes take a couple months to get in. She will have on hand many of them, but sometimes they take a while. Don't wait! Don't get caught ordering everything last minute, and then not have your things done in time. The only things that require embroidery are polos and blazers/sweaters. That makes it easier, but you still don't want to wait.  She does Idaho Arts Chater, too.

I have invited Teri to come to our PFA meeting and bring some samples.  She may even have time to do fittings and orders as well.  

Upcoming PFA Meeting Topics

Along with PFA business, and committee updates, we'll be having mini workshops on topics parents want to learn more about at our monthly PFA meetings.  We meet on the first Thursday of every month at Pioneer Title in Nampa on 11th Ave.  7pm for general membership, and 6pm for board members.

Here are the three upcoming month's "hot topics."

April
Grant Writing Part 1
Uniforms  

May
Grant Writing Part 2  

Funding for Public Education

How Charter Schools are Funded

June

Grant Writing Part 3
Direct Instruction (our Reading Program)

Please let us know what you would like to learn more about, or have us address.  Email us at ncapfa@gmail.com

Uniform Resources

I have added a page to our website www.ncapfa.org for uniform specifics.  Eventually we will also include photographs of the clothing for your reference.  I have included links to the approved retailers.  I will also keep the most updated uniform policy available on the page, as well.