PTO NOTES & NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 2014
PLEASE HELP!
Visit the following link
and sign up to volunteer for something that fits into your schedule! This on-line sign up has replaced the
paper sign up that we have used in the past.
Stay up to date with PTO happenings by:
• 'Liking'
us on Facebook (Shelburne Community School PTO)
• Joining
our list serve (a place to post announcements and help wanted--think of it as
Front Porch Forum without the discussions).
Contact Courtney Tharpe to sign up: ctharpe25@gmail.com
• Visit
the PTO page at scsvt.org.
Mark your calendar
10/3 - Fall Fundraiser begins--packets will go home with every
student
10/8 - Walking Wednesdays begin!
Meet on the town green by Church Street and walk to school. Sponsored by the Wellness Committee
10/11 - Newberry Cup Bakesale--please contact Dawn Fragola dawn.fragola@vtmednet.org if you can donate baked goods
and/or help staff the table
10/21 6:30-7:30pm -
Unified Arts curriculum night
Help wanted
• Flower
gardens--contact Lisa Williams lisawvt@hotmail.com
if you are interested in helping to maintain the flower gardens
• CY
Mentoring Program. Meet once a week with
a 5-8 grader and build a friendship throughout the year! Contact Alice abrown@cssu.org
• Everybody
Wins! Literacy mentoring program. Read
and talk with a 2-5 grader Tuesdays at lunchtime. Contact Jen jmarx88@yahoo.com
Highlights of Principal's report
• Thanks
to custodians for their hard work over the summer--moving 39 rooms!!
• Thanks
to PTO for helping to fund middle school team building event (UVM ropes course)
• Strong
turnout for middle school sports!
• Part2
was a great success last year, and is going strong. 4 Part2 staff members are now supervising
recess for all students during the school day.
Fundraising updates
•
Soccer concessions: The PTO will be selling coffee, water and
Gatorade at some soccer games. If it
goes well we will do more next year.
Want to help? C: catecdesign@gmail.com
•
Fall Fundraiser - This will include
Genevieve's gifts and gift wrap, holiday and all occasion custom photo cards,
Boston Coffee Cakes, Vermont-made food items, and much more! 80% of the proceeds that each team raises
during this fundraiser go directly back to that team. The remaining 20% is split between the
Unified Arts programs and the PTO. Please
look for packets to come home on 10/3!
•
School Directory - This will be
distributed to each SCS family in mid October.
Local businesses pay $35 to be listed in the business section of the
directory. Please thank these businesses
and let them know you appreciate their support! IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE DIRECTORY, OR IF YOUR INFORMATION WAS LISTED INCORRECTLY OR HAS
CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR, PLEASE EMAIL CORRINE!
corrinel@usa.net
•
Direct donations are coming in, and total
$1,425 so far.
•
Price Chopper Tools for Schools--If you
shop at Price Chopper, please register your card, and a portion of your
purchases are automatically donated to the PTO (funds raised in the past have
helped purchase supplies for the library)
To register go to: http://www.pricechopper.com/savings/tools-for-schools School Code: 15260
•
Hannafords Helps Schools--Now through
12/6, for every 4 participating products purchased in one transaction, you will
earn a certificate worth $3. Put those
certificates in the Shelburne Community School slot in the kiosk (on Shelburne
Road) or bring them to the main office.
For more information and a full list of participating products, go to: http://www.hannaford.com/content.jsp?pageName=HHS&leftNavArea=AboutLeftNav
• We
love to shop local, but if you also shop at Amazon, please enter the
site using this link: http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=shelbcommusch-20
and proceed as you normally would. When
you do, a portion of your purchase will automatically be donated to the
PTO. You must enter Amazon's website
through this link each time. The link
can also be found on the PTO page of the SCS website.
•
Box Tops for Education--You will find box
tops on various General Mills products.
See boxtops4education.com for more
details. We earn 10 cents for every box
top collected, which helps fund the Hands On Nature program (PTO pays for 1/3,
school pays 1/3, box tops 1/3). Please
cut them out and drop them in your child's team collection box or in the main
office.
Fund spending update
•
Visiting Artist program - We voted to
contribute $3000 towards funding the Flynn Arts Words Come Alive program which
will benefit teachers and students in grades K-8.
•
The PTO contributed $2000 towards a Middle
School Team Building Event which each middle school team is participating
in at the UVM ropes course this month.
•
The PTO is contributing $5000 to the new
playground which will be installed next summer.
Thank you to:
-Lori Roberts for designing the Shelburne Community Days flyer,
as well as the PTO web page!
-Sherry Senior for the awesome back to school bulletin board
outside the main office!
-Valerie Richardson, along with all who contributed food and
help, for coordinating a much appreciated
Teacher's Breakfast!
-All of the first day/week greeters who helped students feel
welcome and find their way
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