What a great meeting last month! Thanks to all who attended and shared their ideas. Let’s keep that energy going on Monday! Child care will be available during the meeting, and we will have pizza to share.

Apologies are in order for the confusing date of this meeting. We are meeting on the first Monday of the month rather than the second Monday of the month because CP Smith will not be in session next Monday. But the good news is that this is the only time this will happen this year—you can confidently mark your calendars for the second Monday of every other month in 2022/2023 for your CP Smith PTO meeting.

We’ll be sharing the agenda and handouts during the meeting, but you can view them ahead of time by going to http://cpsmithpto.com and clicking on the blue “meeting minutes” tab at the top of the page.

If you have any questions in advance of the meeting, shoot an email to cpsmithpto@gmail.com. See you there!

It’s a new school year and we can’t wait to see everyone on Monday evening at 5:30! We’ll be sharing the agenda and handouts during the meeting, but you can view them ahead of time by going to http://cpsmithpto.com and clicking on the blue “meeting minutes” tab at the top of the page.

Bring your ideas on how we can help the fabulous CP Smith teachers and staff to make it a fantastic 2022-2023 year for our kids!

If you have any questions in advance of the meeting, shoot an email to cpsmithpto@gmail.com. See you there!

We’ll be sharing the agenda and handouts during the meeting, but you can view them ahead of time by going to http://cpsmithpto.com and clicking on the blue “meeting minutes” tab at the top of the page. We’ll be using Google Meets for our virtual meeting, and the link is:

https://meet.google.com/efj-njah-hmi

Hope to see you tonight!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE CP SMITH SPRING PICNIC! 

FRIDAY JUNE 3RD 5:30-7:00

HOPE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN THE SCHOOLYARD TO ENJOY COMMUNITY AND FOOD! BURGERS, HOTDOGS, LEMONADE, & WATERMELON PROVIDED. 

PLEASE BRING A DISH TO SHARE. 

WE COULD USE SOME EXTRA HELP SO PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SIGNUPGENIUS FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e094ca5ac22a0fd0-2022

Hello all! Please help us welcome new kindergarten families by signing up to greet them from a PTO table on Wednesday, May 18th. Families will be coming with their new student for designated time slots to meet teachers and do some activities in the library. We’ll have a table out in the lobby with clean (not messy) snacks, previous yearbooks for families to look through as they wait, and a PTO email sign up sheet. If you’re interested, please see the signupgenius below for the available time slots and snack needs. Thanks for considering!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e094ca5ac22a0fd0-kindergarten1

Please join us either in person in the CPSmith library or online via the Google Meets link below at 5:30pm for our May PTO meeting. We’ll be sharing the agenda and handouts during the meeting, but you can view them ahead of time by going to http://cpsmithpto.com and clicking on the blue “meeting minutes” tab at the top of the page. For our virtual meeting option, the link is:

https://meet.google.com/efj-njah-hmi

Hope to see you tonight!

Our next meeting is on Monday! You can check our website for handouts on Monday morning and in the meantime review past minutes by going to http://cpsmithpto.com and clicking on the blue “meeting minutes” tab at the top of the page. We hope you’ll join us either IN PERSON in the CP Smith Learning Center (library) OR VIRTUALLY via Google Meets at 5:30pm (not 6:30pm like last month; we shifted the time up to make the hybrid options work) on Monday. We’ll also post links Monday morning. Have a great weekend!

Traditionally celebrated the first week of May, Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week is an opportunity to shower our teachers and staff with gratitude. It’s our chance to show them how important they are. CP Smith teachers rock! The PTO is helping to support efforts to thank our teachers and staff in a variety of ways. As in years past, we’re organizing a gift card raffle for next week. All teachers and staff will have their names entered in the raffle and on Friday, May 6th, we’ll draw the winners.  If you are able, please consider donating a gift card for this event, for any retailer, food vendor, etc., in any amount. The more gift cards we have, the more winners there will be! If you’d like to participate, your contribution can be given to Nancy Winn in the front office, or contact Amy Kiviranna at secretary@cpsmithpto.com to arrange a pick up or with any questions. Gift cards will need to be received by Thursday, May 5th! Thanks for considering!

There are many ways to show appreciation to teachers and staff, and who doesn’t love a handwritten card or note? Consider supporting your student in taking some time to express their thanks with words or art. A handmade card, sign, etc. would be a lovely surprise for your student’s school supports! Included below is a form letter that might help younger students express their thoughts.  It can be tailored in any way you see fit, but wouldn’t it be cool for teachers and staff to receive a bunch of these or other cards and notes during the week?

Click to access a-note-to-my-teacher-for-appreciation-week.pdf