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February Newsletter

Pine Ridge Elementary PTO For more information, check out our website at prepto.weebly.com

Please join us on Facebook by searching Pine Ridge Elementary PTO

January is gone and we are already into a very busy February, full of

activities! Parent Teacher Conferences are this month, along with

Young Rangers Night, our Valentine’s Day “Love My Community”

Celebrations and the 100th Day of school on February 13th. We have

a short mid-winter break on February 20th and Pine Ridge Night with

the Grand Rapids Griffins is on STAR WARS Night at the Van Andel

Arena!

Our next general PTO meeting will be Friday, February 24th at 9am in

the media center. We will be serving breakfast, going over upcoming

PTO business and Media Center Specialist, Sara Zietz, will be giving

a short introduction on the purchases made with the proceeds from

last year’s auction. Please feel free to join us. This is a great way to

meet other PR parents and find out details of the PTO, like how/where

to volunteer, open positions and how the proceeds from our PTO

events are spent to support and enrich our children’s education. Our

meetings are family friendly, so bring your little ones if you would like!

Another big THANK YOU to Trish McGovern and our HRPs who are

all working so hard on Valentine’s Day Celebrations right now. Would

you like to help them out? Check your directory to find out who your

child’s HRP is and get in touch! HRPs are very happy to have

volunteers!

Check out the PTO website at www.prepto.weebly.com for more

information on all of our PTO events!

Peace, Love and Happiness!

Sarah Streit, PTO President, and Kylie Rowland, Vice President

Upcoming events

Feb 10 – Young Rangers

Night @ FHC basketball

Feb 13 – Parent Teacher

Conferences 4:30-7:30pm

Feb 14 – “Love Our

Community” Valentine’s

Day Celebrations 2:30-

3:30pm

Feb 20 – No School:

Midwinter Break!

Feb 23 – Box Top Turn-in

Deadline

Feb 23 – Box Top Counting

Event 6:30-8:30pm (media

center)

Feb 24 – General PTO

Meeting @9am in the media

center

Star Wars Night

with the Griffins ………………………………….

February 25th

7:00 PM

@ Van Andel Arena

Bring your skates

and enjoy open

skate after the

game!

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Book Swap

is coming!

Books can be turned in

From March 6th-March 10th

The actual Book Swap will be held on

Monday, March 13 and Tuesday,

March 14.

Be on the lookout for a SignupGenius

and more info in the coming weeks!

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There is still time to

volunteer and help with the

“Love Our Community”

Valentine’s Day Celebrations.

See your class HRP for details

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First Semester Financials

Take a peak at what your PTO donation dollars have funded so

far this year...

Build-A-Bike Staff Team Building and

bicycle donation workshop -$3,250

Bookshelf for Hendricks class-$273.99

Buddy Benches-$754.27

PBIS t-shirts for staff-$800

STARS books-$2,000

1st grade books sets-$348.06

(this is on top of the school

sponsored budget)

3rd Grade IXL subscriptions-

$2,632.00

(Covers 125 students for 3 years)

Media Center Makeover-$4,212.13

(Couch, chairs, rug, table, pillows, etc)

New books for Media Center-$17,787.87

All of the media center spending in special grants is from the

money raised at the auction last year!!

Boxes and Boxes full of brand new books, courtesy of your auction dollars!

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Come One, Come All, to the Pine Ridge Carnival

Pizza, ice cream, prizes, an inflatable obstacle course, you can even

tape Mrs. James to a wall!

Make sure you save the date and join

us on Saturday, March 11, from 11a.m.

– 3 p.m., for food, fun and games at

this year’s Carnival. The Carnival is

run completely by Pine Ridge parents

and proceeds support countless PTO

programs.

You will be receiving ticket pre-order forms in February. Save money by

ordering tickets ahead of time instead of on the day of the Carnival.

More than one hundred volunteers are needed to make this event a

success. We need help setting up the night before, running games and

the redemption center, and cleaning up

after the event. Please consider signing up

for a single shift or both shifts. High

school students looking for service hours

are welcome, as are grandmas, grandpas

and anyone else who would like to help.

Be on the lookout for a SignupGenius link

to volunteer

Paper forms will be available in the office for anyone who does not have

convenient access to the Internet.

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If you have Box Tops, Labels for Education, Aunt Millie's School Spirit, or Tyson labels collecting in your pantry or drawer, please turn them by Thursday, Feb. 23rd to your student's teacher. The class that collects the most Box Tops will enjoy a pizza party with delicious pizza from JT's. Last

October, the leading class brought in 1,059. Hopefully, the winning class will surpass this goal during our next collection!! Please remember to trim all Box Tops along the red dotted lines and turn in UNEXPIRED Box Tops. The Box Tops Committee spends extra hours just trimming the

labels. Please be considerate of their time and plan to trim the Box Tops. Thanks for your cooperation!!

Come One, Come All to the last Box Top Counting Party of the year!! The Counting Party is planned for Thursday, Feb. 23rd in the media center from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Please drop in

anytime time! Any and all help will be appreciated even if it is only for a short time!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Box Tops Across America" Continues....So far

we have received Box Tops from10 states (Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, Florida,Arizona, and Nevada.) Please continue to reach out to family and friends throughout the U.S.

Our goal is to receive Box Tops from all 50 states by the end of the year. Reach out by email, text, or mail and ask a relative or friend to send in just a few Box Tops with a note stating your child's name and teacher. The envelope should be addressed to Pine Ridge Elementary PTO, 3250 Redford Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. This is a wonderful way for the students to correspond with others while bolstering their writing skills. The 2 classes that receive envelopes from the most states will receive an ice cream treat. As of the end of October, Mrs. Dood's class was in the lead with Mrs. Gerst's, Mrs. Morris's, and Mr. Kornoely's class following closely behind! The students that participate in the contest will receive a coupon for a free scoop of ice cream from Baskin Robbins. In order to receive one, Pine Ridge must receive an envelope posted marked from one of the 50 states. Please help our school achieve this goal while raising funds for the PTO. Ten cents per Box Top adds up quickly!!! Thanks for your cooperation and support!