THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, April 11, 1996 TAG: 9604090137
SECTION: NORFOLK COMPASS PAGE: 18 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 47 lines
The Bay View Elementary PTA has announced its most successful ``penny drive'' in six years. The drive raised more than $3,100 to buy school supplies and equipment.
Also, the PTA generated nearly $500 during a recent sold-out spaghetti dinner.
The funds will be used to help fulfill teachers' ``wish lists,'' PTA president Mary Kay Corbin said. Past items purchased by the fund-raising drives include library books, computer software and office equipment.
Teachers turned the penny drive into an educational event, Corbin said. The theme this year was U.S. presidents; each time a class turned in pennies, students learned facts about a president they had selected for their room. Queen to visit school
Mary Calcott Elementary students will be graced Wednesday with a visit by a queen - Azalea Festival Queen Emilie Patijn of The Netherlands.
Students will perform songs and dance centered on the theme ``a circle of friendship.'' The song ``Love in any language'' will be performed in sign language. The school has become known for its work with hearing impaired students. Scholarship auction
The Norfolk Council of PTAs and the Harbor Front Kiwanis Club will hold an auction to award $1,000 scholarships to Norfolk grads attending a Virginia college or university in the fall.
The seventh annual auction will be aired on television channels WPNS 47 and Cox cable 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
Items up for auction include complimentary tickets, dinners, accommodations, golf, cemetery plots, mammogram exams and a Hatteras Island beach cottage rental. Viewers call in bids during the auction.
Last year, the auction generated $32,000, and 30 scholarships were awarded. by CNB