Cooks Corners News
November 2022
PTO NEWS
Thank you to those of you that came to the November PTO meeting! We are going to try for a new time for our next meeting to see if it will be more accommodating for peoples schedules. Our next meeting will be January 11 at 8:50 AM in the STEM room. *Note there will not be a PTO meeting in December. If you have any questions, please email our PTO President Kate Wolfe at ptocookscorners@gmail.com.
Updates:
-Read A Thon: Super successful and surpassed our school goal! As a school we read a combined total of 69,670 minutes and raised a whopping $17,957.94! Way to go readers! We would like to give a special shout out to our corporate sponsors listed below. Thank you to all families and sponsors that were able to donate!
-Book Fair: Another huge success. Sold $13,113.58 worth of books, which in turn gave the school approximately $5700 worth of Scholastic dollars that can be used for many Scholastic products around the school for teachers and students. Yay!
-Fall Fest: Whoa what a night! A BIG thank you to all of those that were able to volunteer and make this night a huge success! It was so fun for our Cooks families! A special thank you to Family Express for donating the many cases of water!
-Spell Bowl: November 14th our Spell Bowl team place 2nd at our local contest which placed the 8th in the state!!!! These students have put in a lot of hard work and extra hours! Let’s congratulate them on a job well done! Way to go spellers! Team members are:
*Leslie Weiss
*Alice Burlingham
*Owen Burns
*Devany Barker
*Emmy Letta
*Grace Frazier
*Natalie Campbell
*McKenzie Carpenter
*Holden Ripley
*Liam Giri
*Abe McGee
*Molly Lawson
-Thanksgiving lunch November 15th. A Thanksgiving meal was served and the cafeteria was beautifully decorated! Thank you to all who helped!
Upcoming Events:
-With so much going on, Dads with Donuts has been postponed until February. We still look forward to planning that fun event. Stay tuned…
-Holiday classroom parties will be on December 14th. Teachers will be setting this up with parents if they need classroom helpers. If you wanted to get your teacher something special, staff wishlists and teachers Amazon wishlists will be emailed and posted on Facebook very soon.
Who PTO has helped…
-50 copies of ‘Esperanza Rising’ for 5th grade
-Copy of ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’ book for every child at Cooks for the ‘One Book One School’ reading program that will take place later this year
-Free shipping for all of these wonderful books
-Fall Fest expenses, including the balloon artist, hot chocolate, and caramel apple bar
-Teacher Appreciation meal (Rudy’s BBQ) for staff during parent teacher conferences, a halloween treat for teachers, and gift cards for Custodians Day
-Read a thon expenses, including prizes
-1st grade field trip
-Spell Bowl t-shirts and will provide pizza for their upcoming pizza party celebration
We all place a million amazon orders a week, so please use Amazon smile when placing orders. Amazon smile is the exact same as Amazon, but a percentage of your order will go back to the school. It is easy to set up and you do not have to do anything different when ordering. A link is below to help set it up if need be. Please choose Cooks Corners PTO when setting up. Here is a video with directions to help you get started! https://youtu.be/VyJ7HcreC7A
Our Lost & Found is over flowing! Please come check it out if your child is missing something!
Nov 23-25- Thanksgiving Break
Nov 28 - Dec 14- NWEA Testing Window
Dec 6 “This Is Our Story” for choir and orchestra students
Dec 14 - Holiday Parties in Classrooms
Dec 15- ½ day for students & End of Quarter 2
Jan 3- School Resumes
Jan 9- Feb 24 - WIDA Testing Window
Jan 16- MLK day (No School)
Jan 23- Feb 24- CogAT Window open (K, 2nd &5th)
Jan 26- Picture Day for Clubs
Feb 10- Donuts with Dads (Details to come.)
Feb 17 (Weather makeup day if needed) & 20- President’s Day Weekend (No School)
Mar 1- Skate Give Back Night
Mar 6- 17- IREAD 2nd & 3rd Grades
Mar 10- End of Quarter 3
Mar 21-23 - VIP Days (Details to come.)
Mar 27-31 Spring Break
Apr 3-21- NWEA Testing Window
Apr 3-May 12 - IAM Testing Window
Apri 7- ½ Day for Students/ Afternoon PD for Teachers
Ap 10- No School or Weather Makeup Day
Apr 17-May 12- ILEARN Testing Window
May 25- Last day of School (½ day for kids/ Afternoon PD for Teachers)