PTO Corner September 15, 2019
Geist Elementary School
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IMPORTANT UPCOMING PTO DATES
September 27th- Gator Gallop & Fall Festival
October 8th- Topsicle Tuesday
October 10th- PTO meeting GES Conference Room @ 9am
October 14th to 18th- Fall Break
November 12th & 14th- Movie Night
The next PTO meeting is October 10th!
First Grade, Let's Show the Geist Elementary Staff Our Appreciation in October!
Thank you to everyone who has already made the change to the new Box Top Program! Please continue to send in any cut out Box Tops you have!
The Gator Gallop and Fall Festival are Friday September 27th!
Remember to Send in Items for Class Baskets
The Gator Gallop is fast approaching!
Gator Gallop Schedule (Friday Sept 27th)
First Grade: 9:30 – 10:00
Kindergarten and CFL: 10:15 – 10:45
Fourth Grade and LifeSkills: 11:00 – 11:30
LUNCH
Second Grade: 12:40 – 1:10
Third Grade: 1:30 – 2:00
Celebration: 2:30 – 3:20
As we did last year for Gator Gallop, we will be utilizing an online donation system, which can be found at http://www.geist.myfunrun.com. We strongly encourage every Gator family to set-up an account for their child. This makes donating so simple for family and friends! It also allows you to share your child’s personal fundraising webpage on social media! PLEASE NOTE: If you created an account last year, you will need to set up a NEW account for the 2019 Fun Run, linking each student to his or her classroom.
1. Go to http://www.geist.myfunrun.com
2. Click on “Register to Run”
3. Simply fill out the info for your child, and a page will be created for them!
*If you have more than one child attending Geist Elementary, please create separate logins and pages for each student so that we can track their fundraising goals individually.
4. Share your child’s personal fundraising webpage address with family and friends via email, Facebook, Twitter and more by clicking on of the “Share” icons at the top right of your child’s personal fundraising page.
5. All donations made online will be e-mailed a receipt for tax purposes. Also, once your page is created, you can go to the bottom right corner, and you will find an area called “Student Resources” where you can download flyers, pledge sheets, thank you letters and more!
Our goal is to obtain or surpass $50 in pledges per student. In order to be eligible for incentives, donations must be received by September 23, 2019. Many of you can help your children reach their goal with just a few emails. Don’t forget to sponsor your child yourself, as that will start them off to reaching their goal! The school, teachers and PTO are all working hard to make the Gator Gallop a success!
Spirit Week
Sept 23rd Mismatch Monday - Wear mismatched shoes and clothes
Sept 24th Tropical Tuesday - Wear Hawaiian print clothes, beach themed clothes or a hat
Sept 25th Workout Wednesday - Wear workout or sports clothes
Sept 26th Tie-Dye Thursday - Wear tie-dye clothes or something colorful
Sept 27th Friday - Gator Gallop Day! Wear your Gator Gallop T-shirt (Teachers will distribute T-shirts in class the morning of Gator Gallop)
GATOR REWARDS OPPORTUNITIES
Do you shop at Amazon or Kroger? If so, there is an easy way to donate a portion or percentage of your purchases to Geist Elementary. Although the percentage may seem small, the total amount back to GES adds up significantly the more people that register! These rewards programs do not cost anything to sign-up and are easy to register by using the following steps:
Amazon: Anytime you make a purchase on Amazon, go to Amazon Smile to shop at www.smile.amazon.com. Choose Geist Elementary PTO, Inc as your supporting organization and GES will receive 0.5% of your total purchases.
Kroger: Register your Kroger Plus Card at www.Kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow. Then, sign into your Kroger account and link your card to GES’s organization number which is GU130. Then, shop and swipe your Kroger Plus Card at the checkout and GES will earn cash! We had about 140 registered cards last quarter and GES earned over $4400 last year!
Thank you for registering and giving back through these programs!