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Tonight’s Business

Field Day
Book Fair
School Council Committee Update
Events Calendar
2024/2025 Recap
Improvements made this year
Outstanding items for next year
PTO Leadership for next year
Swearing in of new leaders

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June Events

June 1 - PTO Volunteer Event

JUne 2nd - 5th Grade Car Wash

June 3rd - Specialist showcase at school 5-7 PM

June 4 - 5th Grade to Kimball Farm

June 6 - Field Day

June 9 - Field Day (Rain Date)

June 11 - Tufts Event for all 4 elementary school 5th grades

June 13th - K celebration - 2 ppl per family - 9:15-10:15 AM

June 17th - 5th Grade Moving on Ceremony (9:15-10:15am)

June 16th - Be Proud Be You Day

June 17th - 5th Grade party (5-7:30pm)

June 18th - Noon Dismissal

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2024/2025 Recap

Raised $76,000

Fall Fest
Election Day Bake Sale
December Gift Cards
Dine Out Nights (Ford, Goldilox, and Flatbreads)
Read-A-Thon
All City PTO Beer Hall Event
All City PTO Wizards Game

Trivia Night
Textile Recycling
Encore Community Grant
Parent Work Grant
Open Mic Night Concessions
5th Grade Showdown
Contributions to Teacher Appreciation

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2024/2025 Recap

How that money was spent!

Field Trips for every grade
In-School enrichment for every class
All school assembly Rob Surette
Teacher Appreciation breakfast/lunch/gifts
Principal fund
Teacher Reimbursement $175 per teacher for supplies
4th Grade year-end event
5th Grade graduation, year-end event and year book

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2024/2025 Recap

Diversity and inclusion monthly display case
Spring and Fall grounds clean up
Repainted the picnic tables
New xylophones for music teacher
New headphones for all K students
Microwaves and coffee machines for teachers lounges
Decodable chapter books for reading groups
$700 in share the fair funds to buy books for kids at Book Fair
Purchased all remaining teacher request books at Book Fair

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2024/2025 Recap

Purchased cleaning supplies, tissues, hand sanitizer for all teachers 2x
Ran multiple food drives
Hosted multiple Walk, Bike, Roll to school days
Hosted multiple fun runs at the school
Field Day
World Autism Day, World Down Syndrom Day and Be Proud Be You Day events at the school

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Improvements this year

Started using Venmo
Switched to Give Butter for tickets and silent auction
More communication to parents connecting PTO, funds raised & events
Started grants cycle earlier - new rules around spending of grants
Read-A-Thon - increased communications and raised more money
Funded 4th and 5th Grade Events
Grew Fall Fest Team and Fundraising Team
Increased funding for Teacher Appreciation
Increased involvement with All-City PTO (spearheaded Beer Hall Event)

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Outstanding Things for next year

Installation of basketball goals and new playground toy
Indoor and Outdoor Murals
Grounds walk-around with district staff

Fencing around field, dead tree, etc.

PTO Bylaws Review
Sandboxes

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PTO Leadership for Next Year

Executive Committee

Co Chairs Maggi Pattillo and Holly Hutchenson
Secretary - Jen Turner
Co-Treasurers - Beth MacEachran and Haskell Kent
Monitor - Christina Roberts
Teacher Representative - Nicole Sullo

City Wide Alliance - Rebecca Batorsky and Katie Dick

Communications - Dipa Shah, Maggi Pattillo, Angela Dambrowski

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PTO Leadership for Next Year

Fall Fest Committee - Renee D’Agata and Katherine Buckingham

Field Day - Stephanie Reitman and Alexis Hinchey Davis

Enrichment - Matthew McGowan and Michelle Barkson

Finance - Beth MacEachran and Haskell Kent

Fundraising - Renee D’Agata

Grants - Megan Dowd Murray

Garden - Jesse Straus and Joe Barkson

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PTO Leadership for Next Year

Helping Hands - Jennifer de Merode

Library Committee - Maryam Atta and Jennifer de Merode

Nominating - OPEN

Teacher Appreciation - Ryan McClellan

Welcoming - Katie Rooney and Sarah Enxing

School Council Reps - Stephanie Reitman, Catherine Ruas

By Laws - Christina Roberts, Catherine Ruas - NEED ONE MORE

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PTO Leadership for Next Year

Volunteer Coordinator - Stephanie Reitman

Wellness and Safety - Mary Cate Gustafson and Theresa Carr

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JOIN US - PTO Party

Sunday, June 1st

4:00-7:00 PM

Katie Rooney’s House

Adults Only