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PTO Newsletter | February 2023

2/1/2023

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November 29, 2022 | PTO Meeting (virtual)

12/17/2022

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Welcome & Introductions                                           Amy McHugh
Principal Update Ms. Hager
  • Good evening everyone! Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving break. Thank you for the leadership with the bowling event, that was a great experience.
  • The open houses have been extremely successful. There was great attendance and great questions asked. We are looking forward to the other open houses we have coming up for the 2023 school year
  • It has been a great few days seeing the families come in and have lunch with their students.
  • We are encouraging everyone to stay connected and don’t hesitate to reach out via phone or email.
  • The playground is underway, so if you’re ever on campus, check it out. It should be ready by spring of 2023.​
Committee & Event Updates
Beautification Day Recap/Ongoing Projects Lauren Price/Carrie Gelinas
  • There are two beautification days a year, we did Nov 5th for the fall. We worked on setting up the lost and found, cleaning off chalk from the walls near the cafeteria, and setting up and organizing supplies in the Whistlestop.
  • Our next one is going to be in April and we will work on painting some games on the blacktop.
  • We also worked on a lost and found that is under the stairwell, and we need kids and parents to go through and claim their items.
  • The school is still in need of “Whistlestop” clothing in case of accidents
  • Whistlestop items needed: socks, girls leggings (6-adult medium), boys sweatpants/gym shorts (6-adult small), new underwear (size 6 - adult small)
Fall Festival Recap Ashley Seymour
  • We sold 346 wristbands including the presale and sold $89 worth of tickets
  • The wristbands were a big hit this year!
  • Ended up raising $3,239 after our expenses which was more than we anticipated
  • We hope to do this again next year with more games and vendors
  • For Jan: We are tentatively thinking about Edge City Brewing for a new member/new parent meeting about bringing on new people
  • This would just be a way for all of the parents to get together and get to know each other
Mother Son Event Recap Siri Nutting
  • Mother son was a week and a half ago and we went to Bowlero in Matthews.
  • It was great to see all of the kids and parents bonding
  • There were 100 people, a private room, and plenty of food!
Spirit Wear/School Store Lauren Buras/Jennifer Needham
  • Finally opening the online school store on Thursday the 1st. 
  • The plan is to have it open for a week
  • We will push something through on parents square and a flier
  • We have a lot of options to choose from, tumblers, shirts, socks, etc
  • You can have it shipped to you or pick it up from the printer
  • Q: is there a turnaround time?
  • A: 10 - 14 business days once we close the store, which would be Dec 8th
  • If there is anything you would like to add to the store, let us know, there are still a few more days to get that done
Book Fair 12/1-12/9 Jen Wilson/Lindsey Scheumiester
  • Book Fair starts on Thursday and it will run until next Friday.
  • We will be alternating morning between 2 grades starting with K and 1st grade.
  • Those morning times are from 8:45 - 9:15 and we could use some volunteers to help with that
  • Scholastic now has us calculating tax, so it will be a little complicated.
  • There will be Breakfast with Books on Friday, coffee, and food between 8 and 9:15 - family will have to sign in so please have your DL ready
  • Thursday, Dec 8th - after hour shopping from 4:30 - 6. We are cutting it off at 6 so parents and students can make the choir concert
  • Q: Is there a sign up genius A: yes, its been on the ParentSquare
Spirit Rock Sign Up Katy Heard
  • The Spring Spirit Rock sign up will go out to the public on 12/1.  
  • 2/13-2/17 and 4/24-4/27 - reserved for PTO and Boosterthon fun run
Restaurant Spirit Nights Amy McHugh (for Lauren Ely)
  • Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night on Nov 3rd raised $114.60 and we also had Hawthorne’s Spirit Night on Nov 17 $94.58
  • Hawthorne’s one is coming up again for Jan 19th - invite a friend this time so we can raise a little more
  • If you have any restaurant suggestions please email lansdownepto@gmail.com - we are having a little trouble getting restaurants to communicate back to us
Grade Level Get Togethers Amy McHugh
  • 4th grade was this past weekend, great turnout, not huge, but it was a holiday weekend.
K 12/3 1-3 PM William Davie Park
1 12/10 1-3 PM William Davie Park
2 12/10 3-5 PM Freedom Park, meet @ Panthers Training Pad
  • Still looking for someone to run the 5th grade one please email lansdownepto@gmail.com. 3rd grade is in the planning stages.
  • We will try to do it again in the spring so if you missed it this time, hopefully you can attend then
Room Parents (Winter Parties - dates below)   Amy McHugh (for Faith Atwood)
  • Room parents will be coordinating winder parties
  • Dates: 12/15 (K-2) and 12/16 (3-5)
  • Faith is our Room Parent Coordinator and will reach out to the room parents early next week with some guidance
  • Parents please be looking out for more information from your room parents
Teacher Appreciation Week 2/13-2/17 Theresa Matheny/Melissa English
  • Will be in Feb this year 13-17th the week of valentines day. There will be special treats, gifts, food, and a big meal for the staff
  • There will be a planning meeting. Melissa and Theresa have signed up to coordinate the whole event, but we need more people. We were thinking Fri Dec 9th at the school or on zoom
Fun Run Update Katherine Lesch
  • Will reach out to the list of the people who have signed up to volunteer and try to get a meeting together
  • This event takes a lot of hands on deck, so please reach out if you’re interested in being involved, we could always use more people.
  • If Ashley DiPalma has reached out to you regarding an event committee, please be sure to respond to her so we know if you’re still interested or not.
Career Day Co-Chair (3/10)
  • Ashley Seymour has volunteered to be the co-chair for this. This is March 10th
  • Fun day for all of the kids
  • If anyone else is interested in helping with this event, please let us know.
We are still looking for a Chair/Co-chair for Beginners’ Day (5/4) 
  • Amy chaired this last year so she is able to help
  • Welcome incoming Kindergarteners.
Questions/Discussion All
  • We should let people know what we are running to raise money for during the fun run to engage more parents
Girls on the run update
  • We have enough support right now to have 1 team at Lansdowne
  • This program is for girls in 3rd to 5th grade

* If you would ever like to contribute pictures or ideas for the newsletter, you can reach out to Linda Rhyne (lindamaerhyne@gmail.com) She also has places on FB for you to add pictures

Upcoming Dates:
12/1 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
12/1 - 12/9 Book Fair
12/2 Breakfast with Books 8-9:15 AM
12/8 Book Fair Shop Night 4:30-6 PM
        Musical Performance 6:30 PM
12/15 K-2 Winter Parties
12/16 3-5 Winter Parties
Lansdowne School Tour 10-11 AM
12/20 - 30 Winter Break
1/2 Teacher Workday, NO SCHOOL
1/3 Classes Resume
1/5 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
1/16 MLK, Jr. Holiday - NO SCHOOL
1/19 Restaurant Spirit Night Hawthorne’s Pizza
1/24 End of 2nd Quarter
1/25 Teacher Workday - No School
1/26 Principal’s Chat 8 - 8:40 AM
1/30 SIT Meeting (virtual) 6-7 PM

Next PTO Meeting:

2/23 PTO Meeting & IB Night of Kindness, 5:30 PM
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PTO November 2022 Newsletter

11/9/2022

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October 27th, 2022

10/27/2022

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Welcome & Introductions                                           Amy McHugh
Introducing Ashley DePalma as our Co-President. Ashley will be confirming interest and communicating with committee chairs for the second half of the school year.
Principal Update Ms. Hager
  • Thank you for the waffles and dinner for curriculum night
  • Staffing Update: Ms. Harris took another position but we have two new counselors who will be with us the rest of the school year
  • New Dean from another CMS school - Angel Flemming - Ms. Fleming has 19 years experience as an educator in the district. She will begin full time next week. We are looking forward to her talents coming to join our family.
  • Heads up: we are halfway through the first quarter. The Quarter ends Oct 28th. 
  • PT conferences are coming up. 
  • Progress reports have also been sent out
  • Stay connected through Parents Square and Class Dojo
  • Principal chat Oct 27, in person from 8am - 8:30. The spotlight is on school our school psychologist and counselors
  • Other big goal is around literacy: “goals and guardrails” is a concept that our staff is familiar with
  • Two big buckets this year are literacy and social-emotional. We have many other buckets, but these two are our focus
  • Guidance coming soon for eating lunch in the cafeteria. The cafeteria is significantly smaller so there will need to be parameters and guidelines around this. That will be shared with you shortly.
  • Parent/Student Handbook for this year has been very helpful. This is not specific to Lansdowne, and a lot of this is district policy The handbook is a great resource for parents
  • Friday: the dedication ceremony. We are limited to 100 people, so we will look forward to the PTO Board and the School Improvement team attending. Teachers and staff will be watching through TV, and it will be recorded and distributed.The East Meck Drumline will be there and 3rd graders are going to be singing. We are sad that everyone will not be able to attend, but there is limited seating, and we will be posting it on the school website as well.

Committee & Event Updates
Room Parents Amy McHugh (for Faith Atwood)
  • Classes A Edwards and C Edwards both still need a room parent. All room parents and teachers have been collected and letters have been sent out to collect info from Room parents.
  • Lead room parent is going to get access to parent square to send out communication via Parent Square and email

Fall Festival Christopher Brown
  • Christopher Brown: Fall Festival Chair: The theme of this event is affordability, we went out for some sponsorships.
  • There will be games and inflatables, but the main focus is inclusion. There will be free and ticketed events. $12 if you pay ahead and $15 the day of.
  • If you know of any child that is financially challenged then let us know so they can be included
  • If you know of anyone who would like to be included the day of, or wants to donate things like drinks or chips, that would be great.
  • Since its been several years since we have had one of these, we want to make it memorable
  • Again, most important right now are day-of volunteers, as well as chips and drink donations
  • Email Lansdowne PTO gmail if you would like to donate
  • We might add a section to the volunteer sign-up so people can sign up to donate
  • The QR code for the wristband went out through parents square and in folders

Copy Crew Amy McHugh (for Alicia Lightfoot)
  • Could use another person or two for this
  • We have people working Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday right now as well as an on-call back up person, but we would love to have another one or two parents.
  • Email PTO Gmail if you’re interested

Restaurant Spirit Nights Amy McHugh (for Lauren Ely)
  • Hungry Howie this Thursday from 4 - 9
  • Last time was at Yafo - don't have a total but a check is in the mail, but in the past it has been quite successful
  • Lauren is working on the next one for nov 17th as soon as we know we will communicate that to everyone

Snack the Staff                     Cassidy Estes-Rogers
  • Cassidy - helping with snack the staff
  • The event was wonderful. It was very easy and the staff really seemed to love it.
  • We will be doing this again on the 26th which is an early release day.

Spirit Wear/School Store Lauren Buras/Jennifer Needham
  • Spirit wear will be available at the fall festival
  • Going back with the Cotton Gin
  • Also planning to open up an online store for the fall
  • We have the store open in second Q for the kids on Fridays and we will share more information about that in the future.

Beautification Day 11/5 9-11AM Carrie Gelinas
  • The next meeting will be the 5th of November from 9 - 11 - we have been asked to repaint the numbers in the bus lot as well some activities for recess on the blacktop - we are waiting on some stencils to come in to complete this.

Grade Level Get Togethers Amy McHugh
  • We still need someone for 3rd grade and 5th grade, so if you’re so inclined
  • We will push some info out about that through FB and PS

Mother Son Event 11/19 Siri Nutting
  • Bolero in Matthews -  2 hours of bowling with shoe rental. Everyone who attends will get a gift card to the arcade and lunch will be provided for everyone . We have a private room and it will be very nice.
  • Waiting until after fall fest to promote it
  • Everyone is welcome, it’s not just mother-son

Book Fair 12/1-12/9 (updated dates)
  • Dec 1 - Dec 9 - there will be a couple extra days on the front end this time.
  • Next PTO meeting November 29th and we will have updates on that then.

Questions/Discussion All
Q: Incoming new staff: do we have gifts for them?
A: Ms. Hager: Staff does one internally with a school shirt, but we would welcome anything from the PTO as well.
  • Girls on the Run - We wanted to do this for fall but missed the mark, so now we need a coach for spring. We have to have the coaches lined up to be able to do it, as they have the whole process lined up. Some staff members have said they might be interested in getting the team started as well. Coaches have to go through a training program and the time commitment after that is an hour one time per week. You can choose to do it in the morning or after school.
  • Let me Run - (For the boys) We pushed out a sign up but need to get that back up and running.

Q: Book Fair - is there an evening when the parents will come in and what is the date?
A: Will be Thursday the 8th from 5 - 7 and then a musical performance after that.
  • Request to move that to a different night because of Chorus rehearsals.
  • Huge turn out for volunteers and reading buddies and math. Some other things on the list would be copy crew, and supporting events we have throughout the year. 
  • Bus Updates: it was a great day! Finished the buses by 4:35 - on PS there is a link that we can update that includes a list of the buses with issues or if they are late. The Transportation Update link is always the same and will be continually updated. We got some new bus drivers, and are expecting some relief. Other than that, things are going well and we are headed in the right direction.

Upcoming Dates:
10/5 Teacher Workday - No School
10/6 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
10/11 Fall Picture Retakes
10/15 Fall Festival 4-7 PM
10/24 SIT Meeting (virtual) 6-7 PM
10/26 Early Release Day 1:15 PM
Snack the Staff
10/27 Principal’s Chat 8:00-8:40 AM
10/28 End of 1st Quarter
10/31 Teacher Workday - No School

11/3 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
11/5 Beautification Day 9-11 AM
11/8 Teacher Workday - No School
11/7-11 School Psychologist Week
11/11 Veterans Day Holiday - No School
11/17 Restaurant Spirit Night
11/19 Mother/Son Event
11/21 SIT Meeting (in person) 8-9 AM
11/23-25 Thanksgiving Break - No School
11/29 PTO Meeting 6 PM
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September 6, 2022 | PTO Meeting 6PM

9/12/2022

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Welcome & Introductions                                           Amy McHugh
  • Thank you to everyone and welcome! We are excited to make this a fun year for our students and make lansdown the best it can be
  • PTO Board Introductions: Katherine Lesch: Secretary, Siri Nutting: Outgoing Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer, Nikki Prenoveau: Previous President, Brian Staff: Incoming Treasurer. Three not in attendance are Danielle Firenze: New Member Recruitment, Kristen Fletcher, Jennifer Needham: Social Co-Chairs

Principal Update Ms. Hager
  • Make sure you send the students home with extra clothing to keep warm because the building is cold 
  • This year is going to be very important, and we want to be the best school in Char Meck and can’t do that without you. — In upcoming weeks, you will hear more about our letter grade. Some schools have gotten As and some have gotten Fs and tomorrow with our staff meeting we will share that info with our staff and then the Lansdowne community
  • Thank you to all of the carpool volunteers! We really appreciated the smiles and positive energy.
  • The only thing she asks is that we aren’t having any more walk ups. If you park in the street and walk up, it stops the flow and causes some safety issues.
  • 2022 - 2023 is going to be our best year yet!

Staff Introductions:
Ms Cunningham - 3rd grade
Ms. Russell - Library
Ms. Saunders - Multi-Language
Ms. Magone - 2nd
Ms. Denny - 4th
Ms. Albert - Kindergarten
Ms. Linebarrier - EC Resource
Ms. Greenway - 1st
Ms Gadsen - Assistant Principal 
Bylaws & Standing Rules (Updates)                              Katherine Lesch
  • Removal of the Administrative Assistant Board Position
  • Adding that unbudgeted expenditures of more than $150 will be approved by majority vote of the Board
  • We will not be using Connect Ed, but instead will be using Parent Square
  • New member recruitment will be adding the planning of parent socials to the list of responsibilities
  • These bylaws were voted and approved on 09.06.2022

Budget presentation & vote                                       Siri Nutting
  • What we have spent money on so far is each classroom - we gave each teacher $100
  • Field trip budget has increased this year
  • There are two forms to be aware of - staff forms - we want to support you in any way you can. If you submit a form to Ms. Hager we will do all we can for you to be approved.
  • PTO Member Reimbursement Form to be reimbursed or approach the board to be reimbursed
  • There are copied of these in the PTO box in the staff room

SIT Ballot & Voting Instructions Amy McHugh
  • School Improvement Team Ballot & Voting Instructions - will go out tomorrow as a paper ballot in your child’s folder, but there will also be a vote on parent square. You can either vote on parent square or send in the paper ballot Please make sure you do not do both.

Chairs & Co-Chairs Needed Amy McHugh
  • Many hands make light work, so if you are interested, you can sign up at the back of the room 
  • Chairs still needed: Snack the staff, bus friver apprecuateion, career day, beginners day, Staff appreciation lunch
  • If you’re interested, come see anyone from the board or sign up on the sign up sheets.

Room Parents Amy Mchugh (for Danielle Firenze)
  • Sign up here or at a google form, could have signed up at open house
  • We are collecting those from teachers as well and emailing those interested parents to confirm
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January 18, 2022 | PTO Meeting

1/26/2022

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PTO Meeting
Jan 18, 2022 
Updates from the principal:
Happy 2022! 18 days in now. Hope all is well and everyone enjoyed the snow

Tomorrow we will have a 2 hr delay. Students may start to enter the building at 10:45

Covid 19/Quarantine/Contact Tracing: a few documents have been sent out but the most important part to know is that the quarantine is now 5 days. The school is also not required to notify everyone when there are positive cases, just when there is a cluster.

Q2 is about to end on Friday, meaning on the 24th there is a teacher workday and the 25th is the first day of Q3 and Jan 31 the Q2 report cards will go home. 

Ms. Hager has a meeting with the engineer for the new building coming up and will be posting notes as soon as they have that meeting

Nikki Prenoveau:
There is a new sign up genius for cafeteria helpers for January and February. Ms Gadsen is still in need of three reading buddy volunteers (there is a form for this as well) Both parents and grandparents can volunteer for this role.

Restaurant Spirit Nights:
$135.50 was the profit for Hungry Howie's Spirit Night in November. $41.50 was collected from white duck taco. The next night is February 24th probably at City BBQ on Monroe road and Galleria Blvd. More details to come on that. 

Book Fair:
Kids will be able to visit during their media time February 14 - 23rd with the last day ending around lunch. We will need volunteers to set up the fair. More info to come about the delivery of the books (probably Feb 10 or 11). Also need help to box up unpurchased items (probably Feb 23 and 24). She will probably try to send a sign up genius for these. This year is different. Previously it has been a little chaotic first thing in the morning, so we are considering implementing a rule stating that only certain grades can come shop before school. Teachers need to check that students visiting the book fair actually brought money to spend, so they’re not there just browsing or socializing. Courtney will send out some more info once she has the details nailed down. They will be pushing the ewallet process. Parents can set up the account and preload the money on there. This will limit things like checks and bags of pennies coming in. In the past, there have been some issues because students would sometimes end up with multiple accounts created by various family members. We have told that has been consolidated this year. Teachers can also create an ewallet for themselves and parents can load money onto their ewallet and  teachers can send out a notification about that opportunity. There used to be a jar, but there are not a lot of parents coming in anymore. There is also an opportunity to donate for kids that are in need of books. There is also an online bookstore that will be running from the 14-27th and anyone can go in and order from there. We needs to see what the shipping process would be. Used to be that they would come to the school, but last year you could earn free shipping to your house with a large enough purchase. Ms Hager is concerned about parking in the morning. We may have to keep parents from coming in. Courtney said they are considering doing a few evening events that parents can attend. Katie Austin said its been good for her having the kids shop alone during the designated media time. Shes okay with doing it during the normal school day. Nikki said there won’t be a “breakfast and books” event like previous years either. We still have time to iron things out. Courtney feels like there used to be a lot of parents that came in the morning because of drop off. Parking has also been an issue with other events in the past.
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Nikki Prenoveau:

Other events coming up:
Ms Harris said that we are rescheduling the IB night of kindness for a later date so we can do outdoor and in person preferably.
The IB bucket filler week will still happen February 7 - 11 The theme is and “Peace and kindness begins with you.” Ms Harris is in charge, more information to come, but the focus is on helping students to learn coping skills on inner peace, conflict resolution, etc. 
Maggie McGlone: Students will wear a different shirt and read a different book each day of the week. They are also be doing some community outreach like delivering cards to senior homes. The focus is handling emotions, since there have been 2 years of not being able to interact normally.

Daddy Daughter dance is on the schedule for March 11th Lindsey Scheumeister: the theme is “to the moon and back” being reused from a cancelled dance 2 years ago. There is no charge to use the room at the church. Frank Crawford is going to be arranging the clean up and everything there. The gym is very large and very nice so there will be enough room for social distancing. There is an option to have it outdoors as well. We can push out info about the date through parent square. There is also a calendar option on parents square that will send reminders. The turn out before has been about 300 people, with 150 of them being the little girls. We have also sent out a flier. Siri said she can make a square link to take payment. Everyone is allowed to go. Not only limited to girls. Ms Hager wants everyone to have an open mind about having events or having to cancel them because of COVID in the furture. If this event was tomorrow we wouldn’t be able to host it, but hopefully everything will be alright by March.

Career Day:
Currently scheduled for Mar 18th. Jasmine Cornett is going to be in charge. Last year it was on zoom. This year it's going to be in person, just one day. Speakers will come into the classroom to talk about their careers. The students loved it last year and everyone is welcome to be a part of it. Doesn’t have to be a parent. Traditionally, It might be a ~20 minute presentation on the career. 

Announcement for Teachers:
There are certain deadlines coming up from sprout kids, so it's time to start thinking about what needs to be on the lists.

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PTO Meeting | 11.16.21 | 6:00 PM

11/19/2021

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AGENDA
Welcome & Housekeeping
Nikki Prenoveau
Principal & New School Update  Ms. Hager
COVID Update Ms. Hager
Committee & Event Updates
  • Dance Fit Report/Booster Courtney Farris
  • Beautification Day Courtney Farris
  • Mother/Son Event Julie Singh
  • Restaurant Spirit Night s Courtney Farris
  • Online Spirit Sale Courtney Farris 
Questions/Discussion All

Nikki Prenoveau: We will be using parents square for weekly communication. Be aware that you can change your settings to get notifications as often or as little as you want. Another great feature is that it's basically an archive of all school communication in one place.

If you have not been able to set it up or had issues, please let Ms Gripper know.
You can use the phone app or the desktop to access parent square. The settings are probably easier to adjust on the desktop version.

There are different options for notifications via texts, app, and email and you can change those notifications based on where they are coming from (the district or Lansdowne directly)

Room parents have the option to use ParentSquare as well and have their own instance. Teachers can set this up on their end and “select” the room parent.
PTO is still trying to encourage parents to volunteer in the school, particularly for lunch helpers to give the teachers a break. Thursday and next Tuesday is available for lunch duty

Question for teachers from PTO: Were they happy with the sprouts kit? because we need to sign a contract with them for next year.

Teachers mentioned they like the kits because it ensures that students are bringing in what is needed. Sometimes they are a little bit off (could be teacher error). Sometimes teachers may just be picking the wrong products for the list. Springtime would be a good time to review the list again.

Ms. Hager: Next Tuesday is the last day of school before the fall break. We are rocking and rolling with parents square. 99% of parents are engaged, only about 6 families are missing from the platform. There are some glitches, and teachers may need a little more training, but they will be working towards better knowledge of the platform.

New renderings of the new school are available and will be posted outside on the bulletin board as well as some inside photos. Everything is right on schedule. There is a lot of momentum right now. All set for the Aug 2022 school year if we continue to have good weather. They would also like to demolish the current building by that time.

The county’s COVID positivity rate has finally been at a consistent low. If the county shifts their mandate, that doesn’t necessarily mean that schools have the same rules. For schools this is just one part of the requirement to lift the district’s mask mandate.

The school is trying to find a way to do something special for the 5th graders who are going to miss the new school building

When the new school is done we will be taking in 200 more students (750 total) No numbers on additional staff yet.

Kids may love to be a part of the demolition. Some people may want to keep a brick or a keepsake. The school is trying to find a way to do something special for the 5th graders who are going to miss the new school building

Courtney Farris: Had dance fit in October that was a success, most of the kids enjoyed it. $42,613.92 is the final number for pledges and 94.7% has been collected. We are still working with Booster people to finalize our profits, but we are thrilled with the results so far. Thank you to parent volunteers and corporate sponsors. It was a lot of fun!

​Grade Level Winners:  Greenway1st, Gabel 1st, McGlone 2nd, Davis, M 3rd, Long3rd McCartney 4th Edwards, A 5th Istrefi Kindergarten, Albert Kindergarten, Johnson SBS.

The booster rep is ready to talk about the program for next year. This is Courtney’s last year at Lansdowne, and we need to see if the same time frame works for next year,. If the old school is demolished in august, then this would probably give us space, but everything may still be up in the air. Is oct still a good time?

Thoughts are that maybe we should wait until the spring for the fun run to be safe. The kids really want to do the fun run again so we won’t have to do the dance fit another year. Either way it’s a fun event, but the kids seem to like the fun run better.

When the school is demolished, there will still be a time without a green area, so Ms Hagar agrees that maybe we should hold off until the spring. (The kids will have a temporary play area with the exception of K and 1st, but the other grades will be playing in a temporary space)

PTO board will discuss this and talk to booster.

We had incentives for teachers to get people to participate and Courtney will be reaching out to teachers this week to let them know who that is.

Courtney listed out each grade’s winners.

These funds help us contribute to the school so we appreciate the effort. It was suggested that we swap out the fun run for the fall fest and move events around. This has been done in the past.

The neighborhood is also excited about the new school so maybe we could include them in whatever event we decide on so they can see the school.

We also had a beautification day recently and everything looks great! Thank you to everyone who participated in that.

There is a Mother/Son event coming this weekend Julie Singh said they are using the same place as last year - Boyce Park - will be setting up booths close to the picnic area, its very easy to see. The spots are first come first serve but we will have a table of our own as well. There are games planned but we don’t need a table for each of them. There are 4 games. If there are two or three people who are available to help, let Julie know. There are many more people signed up than last year. It’s okay if older siblings would like to attend to help as well.

Spirit night on Thursday at White Duck Taco Shop in Matthews. They will give us 10% of their sales for the dinner hour. Please spread the news. We made $198 from our last Hungry Howies. This is our last restaurant spirit night until February. You can do take out or dine in. You do have to mention Lansdowne when you order.

There will be an online pop up spirit store sale Nov 22 - Dec 5. More info to come on this event. This is a good opportunity for people to buy spirit wear with a couple new items like pajama pants, drinkware, a beanie. The intention is to have items ready for holiday gifts. You will be able to pick them up from the Cotton Gin printers behind Renfrow in Matthews or have it shipped to your home. The tentative plan is to open the school store come January for more spirit sales.
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Quarterly Newsletter Nov/Dec 2021

11/18/2021

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PTO Meeting | 9.21.2021 | 6:30 PM

9/22/2021

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President -Nikki Prenoveau
Vice President -Danielle McLaughlin
Treasurer-Siri Nutting
Secretary-Tracy Keller
Recruitment-Open
Past Co-Presidents
Courtney Farris
Karen Kelley

Staff in attendance: Caren Saunders, Tracey Hager, Haley Harris, Olivia Bryant, Marjorie Davis, Helen Denny, Miesha Gadsden, Stephanie Williams, Megan Linebarrier, Cheyenne Williams

Ms. Hager- Principal Report
-Today was the 19th day of school!
-Power School is available on the school website.  It will show all of your students' testing scores.  If you need help accessing it, please contact the school office
-Covid Update-  Our schools numbers are tracking right along with the rest of the district.  For it to be counted as a Positive case the school must receive an communication from the Health Department or the family must show the positive test results to the school
- There is a Principal's Chat this Thursday at 6:30PM that everyone is invited to attend
-The School Improvement meeting is Monday at 6PM.  All are welcome to attend
 The New school building is on track.  You can view the construction cam from the school website or here:
Live WebCam (senserasystems.com)
Please Welcome Ms. Gadsden the new Dean of Students and the Literacy Facilitator. She is working on Tutoring Programs, Bucket Fillers, Community Partners and will have other volunteer opportunities if you are looking to get involved

Dance Fit Update-  The new date is Thursday 10/21.  You will start receiving communication about it on 10/11
There is a Dance Fit Committee meeting on Monday  9/27 at 7 PM if anyone would like to help or attend, let us know
The first Restaurant Spirit Night at Hungry Howie's raised $140 for our school!  Thank you to all who attended.  The next one will be 10/7
We will be having a Restaurant Spirit Night at Grace O'Malley's on 10/21.  It will be Halloween themed!  You are encouraged to dress up!

Room Parents update.  All but 1 of the classes have room parents!   If you are a parent in Ms. Click's 4th grade class and are interested in volunteering, please let us know.  There will be a Virtual Room Parent Meeting on 9/28 to answer any questions 

​Open Positions_ New Member Recruitment Coordinator and a Snack the Staff Chair
Volunteer Opportunities: There may be opportunities coming up for parents to help out at lunch time to make sure students are properly social distancing.  
Right now, there are still no volunteers allowed in classrooms because of the social distancing requirements.  We are following the district recommendations.
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PTO Meeting Via Zoom | 8.31.21 | 6:00PM

9/3/2021

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Faculty present:  Ms. Hager, Ms. Rossi, Ms. Saunders, Ms. Linebarrier, Ms. Long, Ms. Greenway, Ms. Denny, Ms. McGlone, Ms. Williams,
Welcome -Nikki Prenoveau 
    -Incoming president for 2021-22 school year
Principal Update- Ms. Hager
    -K students had first day today and went well
    -updated covid guidelines, particularly re: volunteers in the building, will be forthcoming
    -Back to School Night will be virtual on 9/9
    -addressed a carpool question from a parent, they are working on streamlining the process
    -addressed a covid quarantine question
    -covid code for absence in PowerSchool,  student may continue work via Canvas if quarantined
Committee & Event Updates    
2021-22 Board Members- Nikki Prenoveau
        -introduced all Board members

Copy Crew - Jessica Hasley
        -Monday-Thursday are open, Friday is filled
        -hope to start on 9/13, Ms. Hager to advise further based on covid guidelines
    
Restaurant Spirit Night Report - Courtney Farris for Emilee Potter
    -Hungry Howie’s on Sardis Rd. N- first Thursday of the month - 4-9pm
-another local restaurant - 3rd Thursday of the month - anyone with contacts, please reach out to PTO 
 Treasurer Report - Siri Nutting
-turn in receipts or PTO membership $ to the PTO treasurer  box in workroom - she will check it on Fridays
        -copies of budget available
        -other “free”money:  BoxTops, Amazon Smile, HT 
Room Parents - Amy McHugh        
        -New K parent and new in this role
        -still some openings for room parents
        -will be contacting room parents within the next few weeks with instructions
 Volunteer Needs - Nikki Prenoveau
-Opportunities to volunteer: community partners (aka“free money”) coordinator, copy crew, book fair breakfast, snack the staff, fun fest, field day        
-open Board positions: Vice President, Recruitment Chair
-most pressing needs are for the upcoming Fun Run “face” and committee
Questions/Discussion
- Fun Run may look different this year because of covid restrictions and construction. Some parents and teachers liked the Dance Fit event last year. 
-a parent asked about holiday fundraisers like wrapping paper sales - we do not currently have that but parent was encouraged to get information about it and head it up if interested
-Ms. Hager asked the faculty present to introduce themselves
-Next PTO meeting 9/21
-several parents volunteered to step into available roles
Meeting adjourned at 6:55 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Karen Kelley
Past PTO Co-President
Upcoming Dates for your Calendar:
9/2 - Hungry Howie's Spirit Night
9/6 - Labor Day Holiday -  NO SCHOOL
9/9 - Back to School Night - 6:00 - 7:00 PM
9-14 - School Picture Day
9/16 - Teacher Workday - NO SCHOOL
9/16 - Restaurant Spirit Night
9/21 - PTO Meeting - 6:00 PM
9/23 - Principal's Chat - 6:30 

PTO Connection Corner:
Join the PTO to be added to our weekly emails: Join at  http://lansdownepto.org 
Join our private Facebook page: Friends of Lansdowne IB World School
Visit the PTO Website: http://lansdownepto.org
Want to get more involved? Email the PTO Presidents with your specific interests: lansdownepto@gmail.com
Remember to link your Harris Teeter VIC Card to Lansdowne Code 1764
Link your Amazon account to fundraise for Lansdowne by using AmazonSmile
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