Please help the Latin Program 'Cake Walk'  make money during the Ray Festival.   It is the Latin Program's official Festival fundraiser, and it has been very important to the budget for many years. <span style="color: #008080"><strong> <span style="color: #ff00ff">As you may know, the program extends full scholarships to families in need, and in order to do this AND adequately pay for the teacher, we need to raise money.  Of course, those who want to directly donate to the program are always welcome to.</span></strong></span>

<span style="color: #008080"><strong><span style="color: #993366">PLEASE SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION OF RAY'S SPECIAL AND RARE LATIN PROGRAM BY HELPING OUT!</span></strong></span>

 HOW CAN YOU HELP?  You can do one or both of these: 1. Bring a cake to the Latin Room on the day of the Festival.  I will be around all day to receive them.  2.  Run the game during the evening.  Your children can help run the game!

ANOTHER WAY TO HELP:  You have access to a refrigerator near the school that can hold a good number of cakes. 

THE GAME: How does the 'cake walk' work?  Numbers are taped to the floor and music is played.  Like 'musical chairs,' when the music stops,  everyone makes sure he or she is on a number.   The caller calls out a number drawn from a hat, and whoever happens to be stepping on that number at that moment wins a cake of his choice.  The ticket price for playing the game depends on the number of donated cakes.  That is figured out at the start of the evening.  Definitely the more cakes, the merrier, and the lower the ticket price.

THE CAKES:  We need a lot of people to donate  cakes to make the game last the whole festival.  The goal is to have 45 cakes! If we get 45 cakes, I will bring in my violin and provide the music for part of the evening.  Please bring the cakes to the Latin Room the morning of Festival Day.  I will find a way  of storing them until evening.  (See the above plea.)   Cakes should be store-bought, according to CPS rules, but we have never had trouble with homemade donations.  (Watch this be the first year!)

THE COMPETITION: There will be a  competition between 3rd Grade Latin and Latin I to see which class brings in 80% of the number of students in cakes! Exempla gratia: there are 21 students in 3rd Grade Latin,  so that class should try to bring in 17 cakes.  There are 15 students in Latin I, so that class should try to bring in 12 cakes. 

Latin II / III is small enough to merit its own category, so if this class brings in 7 cakes (80% of their number), they will be recognized. 

THE PRIZE FOR THE COMPETITION: The class that brings in the appropriate number of cakes for their class (see paragraph above), wins a LATIN BREAKFAST held during their class.  This will happen when we return from vacation.  I will give out muffins, rice crispy treats, croissants and the like.  (Disclaimer: your child should still eat breakfast-I can't supply enough to fill them all the way up until lunch.)

VOLUNTEERS should email me at <a href="mailto:austin_alexandra@yahoo.com">austin_alexandra@yahoo.com</a>.

I do not think I have left anything out.  If I have, please contact me, and I will post the answer on this blog for all to see.