About the PTO and the Board Members

What does your PTO plan and how are your donations spent?

Here is a snapshot of what your PTO plans and pays for in a typical school year. If you have ideas or events you would like to see the PTO sponsor please attend a PTO General Meeting to discuss!

Thank you for your continued support, we couldn't do it with out you.    

PTO Sponsored Events (non-fundraising, no profits) & Expenses:

Chill Out/Welcome Back Social: When you come to meet your teacher we provide popsicles for everyone!

Welcome Back Breakfast for the teachers

Dinners during conferences for the teachers

Staff Appreciation Week

Retirement gifts for staff

Staff Holiday Meals

District Donations: Donation to new schools PTO funds, PERC, PTO presidents scholarship, Senior Scholarships

Author Visit

Kindergarten & 5th grade t-shirts

Family Skate Night

Field Trips

Leeds Farm: A fall event held at Leeds Farm. SCE rents out the whole place for a couple of hours and everyone can participate in all the events located on the farm!

SCE Sharing Our Stories (formerly known as Multi-Cultural Day): During the school day tables are set up with students sharing information important to them. This can be about sports they are in, family history, where they are from, traditions their families do, and more! In the evening the school is opened up to families to come and set up a table to share their family history/background/foods/traditions. There are other events scheduled through out the evening as well like student art work, Sparks performance, 3rd grade music performance, book fair, and open house showing students work.

Supergames: Held during the school day for the students. There are blow ups and field day type events.

Read A Thon: Bingo card sent home over winter break, with prizes for those that complete a bingo

5th Grade Event

5th Grade Clap Out

5th Grade Class Gift to the school

Markerspace (located in the library)

Publishing Shop (a mobile unit that teachers can request to turn student's work into spiral bound books)

Special Projects for the school (Previous years it has been things like: flexible seating for classrooms, drums for music room, outdoor classroom, Chrome Books, printers,  etc)

Spirit Wear Sales

Landscaping

Teacher Grants/requests (For the school year, we offered a teacher/staff grant request program. Items purchased include Book Bins for classrooms, Binoculars for what is in our backyard cirriculum, Library label system, music room drums 

Taxes/Expenses (copy paper, popcorn, office supplies)

Winter Service Projects (done during the school day, by grade level, to help local shelters and nonprofits)

PTO Fundraising events:

Dinner Night Outs

Mumkin, Winter and Spring Flower Sales

Walk-a-thon: A family walk around the park with games set up through out, tables with different activities, touch a truck, food trucks, and more!

Family Game Night: BINGO! Night

Online Auction

Springtacular: Family event held in the evening. It is very much like a carnival! There are games, blow ups, Scottish Sugar Walk (formally the cake walk), Tootsie Roll Game, International Food tables, the Prize Room, Food Trucks, and more!

Occasionally we will have other events like Columbus Blue Jackets Tickets, Rock n Jump, etc.