McKinley PTO Newsletter
Where Every Parent Is A Member
February 25, 2019
President's Update
Happy Monday!
This Thursday, February 28, is the McKinley Open House/Art Night/Empty Bowls event. The Open House, from 5-6:30 PM, is your child's opportunity to take you on a tour of the building and show off their learning spaces. As you tour the school, be sure to check out McKinley's Art Night featuring student art from SK-5th grades displayed throughout the building. The Empty Bowls event, from 5-7 PM, will offer soup and bread to eat and ceramic bowls made by staff and students for purchasing. Mrs. Leigh and the parent committee have been working hard to make this fundraiser for Tosa Cares a successful event!
Don't forget to mark your calendars for next Friday, March 8th, for Family Fun Fest!
Have a great week,
Lindsay Stadler
PTO Dates to Remember
Make sure to put the following dates on your calendar!
- February 28th - Art Night - Empty Bowls - Open House
- March 2nd - McKinley Chess Tournament
- March 4th - Portillo's Dine Out Fundraiser
- March 8th, 6-8:30 PM - Family Fun Fest
- March 14th, 6:30 PM - PTO Meeting
- March 15th - Snow Make Up Day; School in Session
- March 21st - Down Syndrome Awareness Day - Lots of Socks Day
- March 25-29 - Spring Break; No Classes JK-12
- April 2nd - World Autism Day - Wear Blue
Empty Bowls Fundraiser Benefitting Tosa Cares
On February 28, along with Art Night and Open House, McKinley will be hosting an Empty Bowls event to benefit Tosa Cares. If you would like to participate, please visit this page to sign up for dinner. There is also a link to sign up to volunteer for this event.
We will have soup from:
- Outpost Natural Foods
- Tosa Bowl and Bun
- Wisconsin Soup Co.
- Colectivo
- Firefly Real Estate
- Great Harvest Bread Company
- MidTown Grill
- Ivar's Salmon House in Seattle!
This will be a wonderful event. Don't miss it!
Spring Concert Front Row Ticket Raffle: Final Sale
Enjoy Front Row Seats on May 21st, 7:00 p.m. for the 4th & 5th Grade (Band, Orchestra, Choir) Spring Concert! Two seats will be awarded to Two Lucky Winners. This year the Raffle Ticket sales will be a fundraiser benefiting the 5th Grade Completion Ceremony & Celebration held on June 13th.
Final Sale for raffle tickets ~~ February 28th, 5:00-7:00 p.m. during the Empty Bowls/Open House event. The winners will be drawn by Ms. Leigh at the conclusion of Empty Bowls.
Questions or to reserve raffle tickets for Feb. 28th purchase, please contact Suzana Gossett: 414-759-3959 or email: DanceSuzana@yahoo.com
Family Fun Fest Volunteers Needed!
Mark your calendars for Friday, March 8th from 6-8:30 PM for the 2019 McKinley Family Fun Fest! Bring the whole family for this carnival themed event featuring a DJ, inflatables, carnival games and cake walk.
Family Fun Fest needs your help! Please consider signing up to help out the night of the event. Volunteer positions include event set up, registration, carnival games, concessions, clean up and more. To sign up, click here: Family Fun Fest Volunteer Sign Up.
A very special thank you to Corey Boldt and Double Boldt Real Estate for sponsoring the DJ!
Cake Walk Bakers (and Buyers) Needed
The McKinley Messengers need your help to replenish the school’s emergency snack supply! See the attached flyer for information on baking (or buying) a cake for the upcoming Family Fun Fest. Bring your best cake to school on March 8th and the Messengers will use it for the ever popular cakewalk. Proceeds will be used to purchase emergency snacks for the school.
McKinley Chess Tournament
A Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation Event
McKinley Elementary School Chess Tournament - all are welcome to attend!
Saturday March 2, 2019
Location: 2435 N 89th St, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Format: WSCF K3, WSCF K6 and WSCF K12 5 or 6 round Swiss, G30 or G25, d5
Awards: 5 individual trophies and 3 team trophies in each division.
Registration, entry fees and byes:
Register on line and pay on-site. Entry fee $15 with advance registration and $20 with day of registration. Register on line before 11:00 pm February 28th Registration for round 1 ends at 8:45. Award ceremony will start between 3:00 and 4:00.
Byes: Sign up for 1⁄2 points at check in for rounds 2 – 4. If arriving for round 2 please send an email to bob@wisconsinscholasticchess.org.
Portillo's Dine Out Fundraiser Next Week!
Thank you to everyone who came out to the MOD Pizza fundraiser last week! I know the line got long but we appreciate you coming to show your support. It was an awesome turnout and although we haven’t received the numbers yet, it was amazing just to see all of the families and staff there raising money for McKinley as a community!
Monday, March 4th we will have another Dine Out event at Portillo's in Brookfield (17685 W Bluemound) from 5-8 pm. Mention McKinley and 20% of those sales will be donated back to McKinley. Drive through orders count but please tell the person who first takes your order.
Thank you so much!
Dana Wurzbuger, Dine Out Chair
2019 McKinley Auction & Social Save the Date
2019 McKinley Auction & Social
Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Echelon Building
7-11 PM
Each year the McKinley PTO chooses a special focus (in addition to helping to fund existing McKinley programs) for the money raised during the McKinley Auction & Social. We are excited to announce that this year's focus will be our McKinley Teachers! The funds raised during this year's event will go directly to our teachers so that they are able to purchase the learning tools they need for their classrooms and our children. Each year our teachers either spend their own money or forgo purchasing classroom supplies that they need. This year, to show how much we love and appreciate our teachers, we would like to help ease this stain.
Look for the Save the Date flyer in this week's Tuesday folder or click HERE to view.
Free Child Care During PTO Meeting
Please note that all children must be potty trained.
Sign your child/children up by filling out the survey below.
EFW Walk/Run Registration Open
Register Now for the 2019 Walk/Run SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2019 The Annual event is at Hart Park; community wide 5K added Sign up Now for discounted price: www.tosaefw.org
Teacher Treat Sign Up
If you'd like to show your appreciation to the McKinley teachers and staff by bringing in a treat for the teacher/staff lounge, please sign up for a day by clicking HERE.
Art Room Volunteer Sign Up
Please consider signing up to volunteer in your student’s art class by clicking HERE. K5 classes meet twice a week for 45 minutes. 1st to 5th grade classes meet once a week for an hour. It’s a fun opportunity to help kids express their creativity. If you can help mount or hang art at other times, please contact Heidi Engbring at hengbring@wi.rr.com.
Support McKinley Elementary Through AmazonSmile
If you plan to do some holiday shopping using Amazon this year, please consider selecting McKinley Elementary PTO - Wauwatosa as your Amazon Smile charity. Remember, always start at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
How Do I Become a Member of the PTO?
You already are! If you are a parent, guardian or teacher at McKinley Elementary School, you are a member of the PTO.
Interested in becoming more involved? The PTO is always looking for help. Volunteer opportunities in areas of marketing, communication, social media coordination, event coordination, website design, merchandising and more! There are volunteer opportunities that fit everyone's schedule - during school hours, after school hours, work from home hours and one time event hours.
For more information about how you can become involved in PTO efforts, contact Lindsay Stadler lindsaystadler@gmail.com