Fox River Grove PTO www.frgpto.org

www.facebook.com/frgptod3 March 2014

Our Mission:

The PTO exists for charitable and educational purposes and to enhance the

learning opportunities available to

students by sponsoring programs and activities consistent with the schools’ goals

and objectives.

March Calendar

7 PTO Lottery Drawing 11 PTO Meeting - ARS Library 3:30 p.m. 15 Market day orders due by 11 p.m. 19 Market Day Pick Up 4-5 p.m. @ ARS

(Please consider helping to fill orders. Just show up at ARS at 2:30 p.m. on Wed., March 19. THANKS!)

19/20 Yummy Asian Bistro Fundraiser

29 KIAGA Fundraiser 5:30 – 7 p.m. April Calendar 1 PTO Meeting – MS Library 7:30 p.m.

(no childcare) 5 Daddy/Daughter Dance 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 25 Online ordering begins for School Supply

Kits 30 PTO Board Position Nominations Due

PTO Lottery drawing on Friday, March 7! Winning tickets will be drawn by

Josie Gualano. Winners will be announced that day via e-mail, www.frgpto.org and our

Facebook page!

February 2014

PTO Lottery WINNERS!

Jim Tyner - $25

Carol Ann Ryznar - $25

Arendt Family - $50

Pam Kruzel - $50

Rich Sabel - $100

Pat McEvilly - $100

Save the date… for ARS FUN DAY 2014!

Friday, May 30

FREE childcare for afternoon PTO meetings! Reserve a spot

for your child(ren) by contacting Jenna Stanton at

jfunmom@yahoo.com

***** PTO Board - Nominations for 2014/2015 School Year *****

If you are interested in a PTO Board position for the next school year, please contact Jen Arendt at jenarendt@gmail.com with your desired position. The submission deadline is April 30, 2014. The election/voting will take place at the May PTO meeting.

Positions available on the Executive Board (elected from Board of Directors): President Vice President Assistant Vice President Secretary

Assistant Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Board Member-at-Large (2 positions available)

Spring Fling $uccess!

Thank you to all who attended and supported this year’s PTO Spring Fling. Because of your generosity – and countless hours of work by the Spring Fling Committee – we raised just over

$8000 for the PTO! This allows us to continue to enhance the learning opportunities for

our District 3 students...and for that we are extremely grateful! A very special thank you to our Spring Fling Committee: Jenny Bolf, Camille Clemons, Ann Jadown and Kelly Mattran. We are also very grateful to you and your fantastic efforts to make the 2014 Spring Fling such a great success!

Orders due: March 15 by 11 p.m.

Pick up: Wed., March 19, 4-5 p.m. @ ARS

**All orders must be picked up by 5 p.m.**

We always need people to help pack orders! We would appreciate any amount of time you can give! The more helpers we have, the faster it goes! We sort and pack from 2:30-4:00 p.m. at ARS.

For a limited time this month, we will be participating in a March desserts fundraiser with Market Day. Our goal this year is to sell 100 desserts for 30% profit on each order. If every family purchases just one dessert, we will succeed! Best of all, the funds raised will pay for a “Buddy Bench” in the ARS school park. The buddy bench was started by a second grader in Pennsylvania who wanted to help kids who felt bored or lonely and needed a friend. You can read more about the Buddy Bench at: http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_24640038/buddy-bench-at-roundtown-elementary-help-foster-friendships. We think this would be a really nice addition to the school park and the kids would be thrilled since they have sent written requests to Mrs. Ozimek asking for a buddy bench since reading about it in Scholastic.

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Think about all your spring celebrations—Easter, Mother’s Day, First Communion, graduation— that’ll be even sweeter with dessert! Please feel free to share order information with family, friends and co-workers! The more we sell, the more our schools benefit! Students who sell at least one dessert will receive a participation prize. Students who sell 10 desserts will receive a 5 item prize pack! Bigger prizes for top sellers! See flyer with Market Day order form for more details.

Market Day March Desserts Fundraiser – Top Seller Prizes: TOP SELLER: MUSICAL STYLE PLAYMAT

2nd PLACE: 3-1 SWIVEL DIGITAL CAMERA

3RD PLACE: DIGITAL HEADPHONES

Box Tops, Labels for Education and Tyson Food Labels Thank you for helping to support our schools through these FREE and easy ways!

THE NUMBERS ARE IN through February 27, 2014...

FIRST PLACE - Mrs. Beebe 17,040 points SECOND PLACE - Mrs. Savage 3,809 points

THIRD PLACE - Mrs. Tietz 3,550

Total dollar amount earned for our schools this collection: $823 Total bonus points earned for school supplies this collection: 2500

LAST collection for this school year is 5/7/14!

For more information:

Box Tops- http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/clip/Brands.aspx?nicam5=vanityurl_web_products, Labels For Education- http://www.labelsforeducation.com/Earn-Points/Participating-Products

Tyson- http://projectaplus.tyson.com/

***It is SO helpful to the committee if you cut all labels on the dotted lines so we don't have to re-cut them before we send them in. Thank you!***

Yummy Asian Bistro Fundraiser on March 19 and March 20. 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. A percentage of all proceeds will be donated to our PTO! http://www.yummyyummyasian.com/ Our most recent KIAGA (www.kiaga.com) open gym night brought in $200 for our PTO! Our next open gym fundraising night is Saturday, March 29 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. The cost is $10 per child and KIAGA will once again donate 50% back to our PTO!

Daddy/Daughter Dance ~ Springtime in Paris

Look for invitations coming home through backpack mail soon!

Saturday, April 5

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

ARS Gym

New Company for School Supply Kits for 2014/2015! www.schooltoolbox.com

Start ordering online April 25 - no minimum order.

Pay by debit/credit card or electronic check, which allows you to use checking or savings account.

Order late into the summer and have it shipped to your home. ARS must place order 3 weeks before

start of school to receive in time. Middle School must place order 3 weeks before locker check day

(tentatively the week before school starts).

Free Shipping on orders over $50. ($5.99 for shipping under $50).

Customize your list - parents have the ability to add or remove items they already have from class

supply list.

At checkout there will be an option to donate $1, $5, $10 or $20. The funds will go directly towards

the Fox River Grove Needy Families’ school kits.

Paper flyers will be sent home prior to when ordering starts in April. Email reminders will be sent

during the summer.

COMING SOON!

Be on the lookout for details regarding an After School Programming ART CLASS being offered at ARS this April !