The PTO provides for programs designed to enhance each grade’s current curriculum, provides teachers with additional
materials not covered in the school’s budget, and hosts many family-fun and community events.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Highland View PTO:  P.S.

Ooops!

I forgot the other reason for that last email:

At Meet Your Teacher night, a lot of folks asked about membership in the PTO and ordering the school phone book.  Here are answers for everyone:

We'll be sending a paper form for both membership and phone book orders  home with students the first week of school.  Return it to school via "backpack mail" by September 14th, and we'll try to have the phone books go home in backpacks the first week of October.

If you already turned in, or still have the form that went home last June, that works just great too!

If you don't want a phone book, I'm also working on an online membership form for the PTO.

Thanks so much, and sorry to double-fill your inbox!

Aleks

Highland View PTO:  Welcome Back Breakfast and Membership/Phone Book Answers!

Hello Highland View Families!

It was great to see so many excited faces at Meet Your Teacher night yesterday.  Thanks to School Board members Mel Kuzmanovic, John Comiskey, and Vicky McCormick and our superintendent Dr. Strobel for helping scoop and serve all that ice cream.  I heard their scooping arms are all sore today!

Also super thanks to the parents who braved the chill August night and stuck it out to the end of our Meet Your Teacher Movie Night!  It looked like everyone enjoyed themselves!

On to new business:

Coming back to school means it's time for our traditional Welcome Back Breakfast!

Breakfast will be served outside this year (where the ice cream social was) between 8:45-10:00 AM on September 1st.

If you'd like to bring something to share, we have a sign up page here:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-welcome1

Be the first to hear about new ideas for this year, or take the chance to have your ideas heard, or just come and share some time with other parents.

See you Tuesday!  Welcome Back!

Aleks

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Highland View PTO:  Meet Your Teacher Day news!

Hello Highland View Families!
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This is just a quick reminder that there's more to do at Meet Your Teacher Day than just meet your teacher!  And there's more this year than ever!

First:  As has become a tradition, the PTO will have a a free Ice Cream table set up by the playground for everyone to enjoy.  Greendale School Board members have volunteered to do the scooping, so make sure to say hi and meet the folks that set school policy in Greendale.

Second:  Just like last year, we'll also have an assortment of veggies from our school garden to enjoy.  I checked earlier and we are FULL of cucumbers, and tomatoes!

Third:  We'll have soccer balls and kickball balls out on the fields--stick around and play for a while!

Finally:  If you stick around until it starts getting dark we'll be playing an outdoor movie for anyone that wants to watch.  Sunset's supposed to be 7:38, so we'll start right around then.  Suggestions for a movie so far have been Home and The Lego Movie.  Email to let me know which I should choose!  Popcorn is on the PTO!

See you next week!

Aleks Skibicki

P.S.  Keep your eyes on your inbox--there's a lot more coming up in the next few days including a sign up to help with the Welcome Back Breakfast, and (with luck) an online membership form for the PTO too.