Our 5th grade leadership team is organizing a food drive May 1-31. All donations will be going to the Neighborhood House in St. Paul to benefit local families. If you are able to donate, consider donating in the following categories:

• Pre-K/K: toiletries, baby food/formula, diapers

• 1 and ½ split (Ulla): snack foods (popcorn, fruit snacks, etc.)

• 2: breakfast foods (coffee, oatmeal, breakfast bars, pop tarts, etc.)

• 3: lunch foods (rice, beans, canned meat/fish, peanut butter, etc.)

• 4: dinner foods (oil, pasta, pasta sauce, etc.)

• 5: canned vegetables/fruit

*All donations are great and obviously there is overlap between categories.

The 5th grade leadership team will count donations and the two classrooms with the highest numbers (one from preK-2 and one from grades 3-5) will have a reward to be decided on by the 5th grade leaders. Thank you!

Expo's Community Garden is off to a great start this spring and will need helpful hands to care for it in the summer! Sign up for a week (or more!) where you and your family are available to water the garden ~3 times in the morning or evening during the week.

While watering you're welcome to harvest and snack away on our delicious fruits and veggies! Pull a couple of weeds and get bonus points! No gardening experience or skills necessary. Feel free to sign up with another family and share the responsibility or make it a fun group activity! Questions? Contact Ms. Anderson perry.anderson@spps.org

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Coffee Chats with PTO/Formerly Known as EXPO Board 😂

End of Year Playdate with PTO Members
6/17/23 Playdate @ 10:30 AM-1 PM, Minnehaha Falls & Sea Salt Eatery (4801 Minnehaha Avenue, S. MPLS 55417). Students and siblings are encouraged to join this event!