Schmucker PTO Newsletter
November 2018
From the President
Hope your family enjoyed a relaxing fall break! With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it seems fitting to share some of the reasons the PTO is thankful! October was a busy month, and we are grateful for those who sent in Box Tops, donated items for the staff dinner, volunteered at and shopped the book fair, purchased gym clothes and spirit wear and ate at Panda Express for the Restaurant Night. Special thanks go to Margaret Herath, Courtney Eiler, Peggy Hnatusko, Michelle Hogan, Nicole McCullough, Renee Becker and Holly Bailey for coordinating these efforts.
November brings Poinsettia Sales, a great way for students to raise funds for their 8th grade Washington, D.C. trip. Information came home with students and appears in this newsletter. Thanks to Jill Harms, the PTO offers this fundraiser as a service to SMS families, and all profits from these sales go directly to the students' trip accounts.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Linnea Lannon
Poinsettia Sales: Raise Money for your child's DC Trip
POINSETTIA SALES ARE HERE!
ALL SMS students are able to sell poinsettias and earn money for their 8th grade Washington DC trip. Dates to remember are:
· Monday, December 3: All order forms and money must be turned in to the SMS office by 11 am. Late orders will not be credited to your D.C trip account.
· Wednesday, December 12th from 4-6 pm: Poinsettia pick up in the Schmucker Middle School Gymnasium.
· It is your responsibility to pick up ALL of your orders on this date and deliver the plants to your customers promptly. The school will not reimburse for orders that are not picked up/delivered.
· It is also your responsibility to check your order BEFORE leaving SMS. Once plants have left the building, no changes can be made.
Volunteers needed: If you are available to help sort poinsettias on Wednesday, December 12, please sign up at the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090845A4AC238-smspoinsettia1
If you haven't seen a copy of the form come home yet:
Spirit Wear
Just in time for the holidays, we are going to have another Spirit Wear order with some great new additions. Orders will need to be turned in no later than November 20th.Flyer's and samples should be available by November 7th. You can also order online at https://graphie-tees.mysimplestore.com/
Restaurant Night
Scrip
Student pick-up is November 9th, near the door G hallway. A volunteer will be handing out cards to your child if you've completed the student pick-up permission form.
*Reminder: Physical card orders are due the first Friday of the month, and student pick-up is the second Friday of the month.
If you haven't enrolled with Scrip yet, then here is what you could miss:
Each enrolled student earns an average of $30 in rebates each month. After 24 months, you could have made $720! Yes, it really is that simple to pay for more than half of your student's DC trip.
Sign up now with your scrip coordinator to start earning free money for your student's 8th grade DC trip.
Step 1: Sign up on MySchoolAnywhere.com
Step 2: Enroll at www.shopwithscrip.com
Step 3: Email smsscripcoordinator@gmail.com for the school code
We use the no hassle Presto Pay format offered by Scrip. All payments are made directly from your bank account to Scrip. This is a quick and easy way to order ScripNow and use it within minutes. We do not accept checks.
Company Rebates
Box Tops
The Box Tops were counted and submitted for the October deadline. The PTO will receive a check for $55. Please continue to send Box Tops into school. Send them in often...we had to throw A LOT away because they were expired. This is so easy and a great way for the PTO to earn extra money!!
Martin's Super Markets - Direct Your Labels
Martin's has started a new program called Direct Your Labels. By buying Our Family and Spartan brand products at Martin's--and saving the UPC barcodes from those cans, boxes, and bottles--store guests can help our PTO earn money for all the great things they do to help the students at Schmucker! Your UPC codes can be sent to school the same way you send in Box Tops. Please start collecting Our Family and Spartan brand UPC codes right away!
AmazonSmile:
Have you begun your holiday shopping? Do all of your regular Amazon shopping, but use the AmazonSmile website. AmazonSmile has everything Amazon has to offer. Before shopping, start from the link below. Schmucker PTO will earn 0.5% of your purchases.
Thank you for supporting P-H-M Non-Profit Organizations, Inc. Remember always start at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
https://smile.amazon.com/ch/35-1718599
The account will be named P-H-M Non-Profit Organizations, Inc.
Margaret Herath
Company Rebates Chair
PHM Forum
SMS PTO
Email: schmuckerpto@phm.k12.in.us
Website: schmucker.phmschools.org/pto-information
Location: 56045 Bittersweet Road, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Phone: (574) 259-5661
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