I have been asked by several parents if I would post the last PTO email on our public pages.
Here you go:
Hello Families,
We're just a few short days away from the end of the school year! (Flip Flops are Flapping everywhere!!!) This will be my last PTO email of the school year with the last of the reminders and some closing thoughts.
> Capri Sun/Foil Pouches: The last collection will take place on Monday (6/8). Thank you Roschelle for taking in over 40,000 pouches over the years! That's a lot of stinkin' pouches...literally. :-)
> Last Day of School: Monday (6/8) early release. Students WILL need a lunch on this day. PIC: 12:45pm PES: 1:30pm.
> Yearbooks: Yearbooks will be handed out Monday and students will have time for yearbook signings as well. If you missed ordering a yearbook, you can still do so at any time as well as get the 2 free custom pages. The books would be delivered to your home for a fee. For every yearbook ordered, Treering plants a tree! Thank you Dana Lally, Mrs. Feenstra & Mr. Peppmuller for Chairing the Yearbooks!
> Check out our Blog/Facebook page(s) for the update on year end Box Tops results & last PTO meeting minutes.
Thank you to the parents, students and staff that stepped up to help or participated in any of our various fundraisers this year! We truly appreciate it and every bit counts. Not every fundraiser will be for everyone, but our goal was to have a variety of things that families can choose from. In this inaugural year as a district PTO I can say with pride that every fundraiser we held this year made a profit.
Fannie May, KidStuff Books, Market Day, Spaghetti Dinner, Recycle/Capri Sun Collections, Scrip, Box Tops, Little Caesars & Spring Fling Carnival compiled to make a profit of approximately $27,000.
Fannie May, KidStuff Books, Market Day, Spaghetti Dinner, Recycle/Capri Sun Collections, Scrip, Box Tops, Little Caesars & Spring Fling Carnival compiled to make a profit of approximately $27,000.
Good luck to the 5th graders who will fly up to the Jr High in the fall! Thank you to Karen O'Brien and Joyce Sears for their unending dedication to our families as they end their terms as PTO board members June 30th. We look forward to working with the great incoming board members, Jaime McCleverty and Cassandra Miller.
My final thoughts: When a district makes changes the impact is felt on school staff, but it will also have a ripple effect on the parents/students that will be more profound. Some decisions we can agree with and some we do not. Change is inevitable, but determining if it is for the betterment of the district and it’s “unification” is in the eye of the beholder. Change is coming people… Don’t believe everything from a squeaky wheel (complaint) because I believe the parents that are happy or don’t have a negative opinion, are content (quiet). Therefore, when all the commentary parents/staff/district members hear are the negatives, they believe that to be the only view. The positive or content people that have been happy with anything, or were willing to give it a fair chance to work, should speak up more often. Decisions should not be exclusively formed by the un-happy, nor should it be the only opinion that counts. Again my optimistic side asks these questions: Is there a decent number of people that are happy, yet they don’t give the positive side a voice because they don’t think they need to? Was the benefit of a fair chance given? Do people feel uncomfortable to speak their true positive voice to oppose the views of the negative voices in fear of retaliation? We’ll see…
Enjoy your summer!!!
KD~
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
