Category Archives: From the PTO

GET YOUR MEMORIAL-SPAULDING T-SHIRTS

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin in From the PTO

MEMORIAL-SPAULDING T-SHIRTS WILL BE ON SALE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH

BEFORE AND DURING DROP-OFF IN THE MORNING

$10/SHIRT

PTO Coffee~Grades 3-5~Tomorrow, Friday, February 17th

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin in For 3rd Grade only, For 4th Grade only, For 5th Grade only, From the PTO

REMINDER

PTO COFFEE FOR GRADES 3-5 PARENTS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH

8:30-9:15 AM

IN THE MEMORIAL-SPAULDING CAFE

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THEN,

MEGAN, MONICA AND SHARON

New ASCA chairs, Emily Gordon and Doreen Rachal

Posted on February 9, 2012 by admin in From the PTO

Most of you know that registration for our spring ASCA semester is underway!

ASCA is now run by Co-Chairs Emily Gordon and Doreen Rachal – please support them as well as the Memorial Spaulding PTO by signing your child up for a class for the spring semester.

Thank You!

Sharon, Megan, Monica and Lisa H

Reminder!!! T-shirts on sale tomorrow in front hall, 8:30-9:00am

Posted on February 9, 2012 by admin in From the PTO

Come get a Memorial-Spaulding T-shirt tomorrow morning, 8:30-9:00 in front hall.

Grey are $10 each and Black are $12 each; please note for black shirts, there are no Youth XS or S.

Correct change is appreciated…….Thank you!

Sharon, Megan, Monica, Lisa and Mike Cassidy

Reminder!!! PTO Meeting Tomorrow for K-2 8:30-9:15 in Cafe

Posted on February 9, 2012 by admin in For 1st Grade only, For 2nd Grade only, For Kindergarten only, From the PTO

K-2 PTO meeting tomorrow morning in cafeteria, 8:30-9:15…come have some coffee, munchkins and chat w.friends….

Hope to see you there.

Sharon, Monica, Megan, Lisa H

Workshop from Newton PAC: Effective Communication and the IEP, Feb 9 7:30-9:00pm

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin in From Newton Public Schools, From the PTO

Effective Communication and the IEP: a Workshop for Parents

Participating in IEP Team meetings can be challenging!

This free workshop addresses the communication skills needed by parents participating as members of the IEP Team. The presentation includes communication skill building techniques to help parents engage effectively in the IEP process through clear concise communication. Participants will learn about pitfalls to avoid and applying best practice strategies to resolve conflict when it occurs.

Date:  February  9, 2012

Location: 100 Walnut Street, Newtonville.  Room 210

Time: 7:30 – 9:00 PM, light refreshments and networking begin at 7:15 PM.

Presented by the Federation for Children with Special Needs, hosted by Newton Parent Advisory Council (NewtonPAC) for Special Education.

Please RSVP to info@newtonpac.org so that we have enough handouts.


This is going to be a great presentation, please plan to attend!

Sandy Baird

Sign up to participate in the International Festival

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin in From the PTO

The Memorial Spaulding

International Festival

will take place on

Thursday,March 15, 2012

from 6-8 PM

(snowday March 29th)

If you would like to represent your country or culture at this festival,

you can sign up to:

1. PERFORM in the auditorium

(email Pauline: leegang888@gmail.com)

2. ORGANIZE A TABLE in the gym

(email Angelique:thedittrichfamily@hotmail.com)

3. PARTICIPATE in the FLAG PARADE

(email Caterina: caterina.krug@gmx.de)

Sign up deadline: MARCH 1, 2012

 

Thank you to all who attended the Technology Winter Open House…

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin in From the PTO

… we had a great turn out for this event!!  The staff and students worked very hard along with Eileen Keene to put together a great video and program for the evening. We appreciate all the work they did!

For those of you attended the budget meeting, and reading our PTO Budget email, technology is a non-equity expense.

Please consider joining the campaign to raise funds for technology at Memorial-Spaulding. Our school and our students need your support!

Keep an eye out for notices and emails about meetings for the Technology Fundraising Campaign.

We want to remind everyone about the Spring Fling on June 8th, which is our major technology fundraiser.  (It is also a lot of fun and a great community builder!!)  More details will be coming in the next few months.

Thank you,

Monica, Sharon and Megan

 

PTO Budget Meeting Review and New Budget Page on PTO Website

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin in From the PTO

Thank you to everyone who attended last month’s PTO budget meeting.  For those who were not able to attend, we discussed the PTO’s basic Operational Costs, which include Equity expenses.

Equity expenses are determined by the City of Newton and include costs for items that need to be paid before non-equity items; technology is a non-equity item.  The PTOs for each school are responsible for funding their own Equity items.

For a complete list of our Equity expenses  visit our website, www.memorialspauldingpto.org and click on the PTO Budget tab at the top of the page.  We are of course available to answer any further questions you may have. Please feel free to email us at info@memorialspauldingpto.org.

Thank you,

Megan, Sharon and Monica

ASCA Spring Registration begins Monday Feb 6th!!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin in From the PTO

Registration for the spring semester of ASCA begins on Monday, February 6th.

Please follow the link below for the Registration packet:

ASCA Spring Registration Packet

Emily Gordon will be at school on Monday morning to help with the registration process.

Remember, ASCA is  one of our primary modes of fundraising. Please consider signing your child up for some of the great classes that are offered!!

Thank you!

Emily and the PTO