Here's What's Up, Woodchucks!
An update from Gladys Wood PTO
Check out the Sport-A-Thon kick off video and
get in the spirit for one of the biggest - and most fun - fundraisers of the school year!
Sport-A-Thon's Happening Now!
The Sport-A-Thon encourages and promotes healthy activities while earning money for our school. All of the pledge money stays at Gladys Wood and helps provide funds that directly support our students and teachers. This and the Read-A-Thon are our two big fundraising events where all money goes to make Gladys Wood one cool school!
If you would like to donate online, follow this link.
Quick Look at Upcoming Events
- Feb. 15 - Sport-A-Thon day!
- Feb. 22 - Family Movie Night: doors open at 5:30 p.m., movie starts at 6 p.m.
- March 7 - Multicultural family night, 6-8 p.m.
- March 8 - Deadline to order a yearbook
- March 20 - Spring pictures & 6th Grade cap & gown photos
- April 2 - PTO meeting, 5 p.m.
- April 5 - Spring Carnival, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Family Movie Night
This event is rescheduled from the ice day in January. The kids voted and the movie is Hotel Transylvania 3. This is a free family event. Snacks are available for purchase. This is not a drop-off event, meaning adults have to stay with their children.
Spring Carnival Planning
This is a big family event and we are looking for a lot of volunteers to pull this off. We're asking for 30-minutes of your time during the event. That way, volunteers will still have a chance to enjoy the carnival with their families. Every volunteer will get a coupon for FREE carnival games! You can sign up here.
PTO Meeting Update
- The Native Youth Olympics will take place Feb. 11-13. Kids always look forward to this event. The PTO sponsors lunch for the NYO experts who visit our school.
- On Sport-A-Thon day, school staff scheduled a potluck. The PTO will provide drinks for staff as thanks for adjusting their daily schedule to accommodate the Sport-A-Thon.
- While parent-teacher conferences are canceled this month to make up for the missed school days during the "quake break," the PTO will still sponsor a lunch for school staff on Friday, Feb. 22 to show its appreciation for our great staff.
- School staff is planning a multicultural family night for March 7. Parents will be asked to bring a traditional food dish from their culture to share. The PTO will provide supplemental food items for the event.
- There will be an end-of-year kindergarten celebration. The PTO will provide cake and punch for this event in the hopes it will become an annual tradition.
- Mrs. Farmer-Burris presented on the books she was able to purchase with the money raised during the Barnes & Noble Book Fair. She is focusing on replacing worn book, expanding the graphic novel options and purchasing additional books in popular series. The donation amount will decrease from 25 percent of sales to 15 percent of sales next year. Mrs. Farmer Burris felt this particular book fair is still the preferred option to raise funds for the school library.
- At the next meeting on April 2, the PTO will elect officers for next year. All current PTO members are encouraged to vote for president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.
As a PTO member (only $1!), you have the power to vote and shape the type of support we provide at our school. If you're not a member, fill out this form and return it to the office.
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Yearbook deadline coming up
Yearbooks are a great way to memorialize your child's year at school. Order now through this website, please enter yearbook ID code #8806119. Cost is $20 each. Paper orders will go home in your child's backpack in a few weeks if you can't order online. The last day to place an order is March 8.
Shopping Loyalty Programs
Fred Meyer - Link your rewards card to Gladys Wood PTO account # QT255.
Amazon Smile - Shop at smile.amazon.com instead of the regular Amazon link. It's all the same products but 0.5% of your eligible purchase goes to the school.
Box Tops for Education - Clipping those Box Tops really does pay off. Send them to school with your child.
Shutterfly - Shop at http://gladyswoodpto.shutterflystorefront.com instead of the regular Shutterfly website. You'll see the same products but Gladys Wood will earn 8% of your purchase.
Connect With Us!
This newsletter will keep you up to speed on the activities happening at our school this fall. If you haven't done so already, please join the PTO to be sure you receive all of our updates.
Email: gladyswoodpto@gmail.com
Website: www.asdk12.org/gladyswood
Phone: (907) 742-6760
Facebook: facebook.com/GladysWoodElementary