These can be done by hand and then laminated in the Smith Teacher’s Work Room next to the Teacher’s Lounge. The laminating machine is easy to warm up if it’s not already on. If using at the end of the day turn off after use. Once the light is green center your paper (24” x 36” +/-) on the machine, flip the black “on/run” switch and let the machine catch it and run it through. At the end cut the plastic edge with the large scissors on the windowsill. If creating the sign electronically on an 81/2 x 11 format in black and white use 72-point type. Email to Staples with instructions to enlarge to 24” x 36”. This is very inexpensive in BLACK and WHITE. It usually runs around $6.00 for 2 copies-one for each side of the sandwich board. If you want color add it afterward with markers, etc. Use a font with open letters to color in letters after. If you need help formatting your sign contact Laura Regrut at lregrut@yahoo.com. Usually Staples can make the enlarged copies overnight. Two local Staples: Staples at 800 Lexington St., Waltham, MA 02451, 781-899-4943 Staples at 297 Great Road, Bedford, MA 01730, 781-276-4080 You must log onto the Staples website, find your store, and create an account to submit your order.

are stored in the boiler room at the back of Kevin Finnerty’s office on the ground floor of the Hartwell Building. The entry door to Kevin’s space is a gray metal door to the left of the entry door to the Hartwell Building, accessed from the outside. Go past Kevin’s desk and through the door at the back of the space into the boiler room. The sandwich boards are stored in this general area when not in use. Use clear packing tape to fasten laminated signs to the white plastic boards. Use a staple gun to fasten laminated signs to the wooden boards. Contact Laura Regrut at lregrut@yahoo.com if you need a staple gun. Please return the sandwich board after your event unless you know another PTA event will be using it right away.

If you want a notice to go home in backpacks make copies in the teachers lounge and put 20-25 in each teacher’s mailbox in the Smith and/or Brooks Offices. This will ensure that the teacher has enough for each student and a few extra. Use the numbers below divide by the number of classes in the grade to determine your count. Round and put the same number in each teacher’s mailbox to keep it easy. If it makes sense use half a sheet and cut the copies in half using the paper cutter in the teacher’s workroom to save paper. Email PTA Secretary Kathy Lammert for color paper selections the PTA already has to jazz it up or buy your own and submit with receipts for reimbursement.