MAY PTO NEWS 2013

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Thank you to all those families who donated food items for Staff Appreciation Week. The staff loved the breakfast on Monday and was very grateful. On Tuesday they enjoyed a lounge full of healthy snacks, and on Wednesday were treated to coffee, tea and smoothies made to order. Jam-N-Bean, a local coffee shop, was generous enough to provide the fixings for this special treat. On Thursday, teachers and staff enjoyed a wonderful lunch provided by you, our precious volunteers. On Friday, they had a multitude of delicious desserts to enjoy in the teacher’s lounge. Thank you Kerri Smith and Katie Schwarze for your creativity, time and generous efforts for planning the events of the week. It was a huge success. Also, thanks to all the head room parents for decorating the classroom doors for the teachers. They were all so unique. One last thank you to those who helped with set-up and clean up for the various events; you are very much appreciated! The last Box Tops and Labels for Education collection of the school year is scheduled for Thursday May 23rd. So far this year Pine Ridge has earned $2,937 thru the Box Tops for Education program. Our goal for the year is $3,500 - so we are almost there! We've also collected 40,218 Labels for Education points. These points will be used to support the Art Program at Pine Ridge this year. Thank you to all students, parents and teachers for clipping and saving Box Tops and Label for Education. It's amazing to see how collectively we can all make a difference!
April Showers definitely brought May flowers. I hope you were able to see all the daffodils in bloom around the school. Mulch has been spread. Thanks to all the classes that have helped spruce up the gardens. Come bring a lunch and spend some time in the Outdoor Classroom area. Birds and butterflies will be spending their summers in the gardens. Hopefully the milkweed will bring the Monarchs to our gardens. Stop by and look for the caterpillars. They only eat the milkweed plant. Pine Ridge is a busy place even in the summer. And it's a wrap! We've had a great year of fun, cultural events up at Pine Ridge. Our year was full of unique and fun groups: Reptile Rick, Paleo Joe, Mackinac Historic Troupe, a poet, an illustrator, a trip to Art Prize and finally, the Brainstormers returning. Five of our students get to see their very own stories come to life on Tuesday, May 14 when the Brainstormers come to perform. Congrats to them and to all the students who submitted such fantastic stories. It was hard to pick the best out of such great writings. I would like to thank the <strong>PTO</strong> for funding and allowing me the unique opportunity to help further our kids' education through different cultural events. It has been my pleasure to serve as the committee chair for the past two years. A new job and my family's busy schedule is forcing me to step down from this position. I promise to set up next year's schedule with GREAT opportunities for your children. If you could then help run it - awesome! I would love to talk with anyone who wants to get involved in this great committee. Enjoy your summer everyone.
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