Hello Highland View Families!

First of all: Welcome to everyone who's new to the PTO this year. (And based on how long it took me to type in all those email addresses, that's a bunch of you!)

And to everyone reading this: Thank you so much for getting involved and taking the opportunity to have a more active role in your student's education. Study after study after study show that the more active and involved a student's parents are, the more successful that student will be. So thanks from your students too--whether they know it or not! It's going to be an awesome year, and it all starts now and it all starts with you.

Let's jump right in:

The Highland View PTO is a 100% volunteer organization and all of our projects are 100% volunteer operated, which, as I'm fond of saying, means we always need 100% more volunteers. I've made a list of the various projects and programs already on the schedule for this year, and turned it into a Sign-Up Genius page. Please (please?) check it out and sign up where you think you'd be interested in joining in! There are so many different things to do in so many different activities and projects, there's truly something for everyone!

Go here to check out all the opportunities!

Don't forget to register for the Step Up To Better Health Fun Run! Another registration form went home this weekend (but don't worry, you only need to register once!) In addition to helping Highland View maintain its precious "Most Runners and Walkers" trophy for a second year in a row, every participant registered on or before October 1st gets a t-shirt (with this year's new design) and every registered Highland View student will get a chance to try to dunk Mrs. Flater in a dunk tank! Every registered student will also get to decorate a picture with their name on a Step Up sneaker that'll be displayed around school.

Did you tell your students' t-shirt sizes to their teachers yet? Every student gets a Highland View "Safe-Respectful-Responsible" shirt for free from the Highland View PTO. You can also order any extras you want for $10 each, in kids sizes (if you want a spare) or in adult sizes (if you want to match.) The shirts will be in a heather gray color, and the design will look generally like this:

I think that's about it for the moment. Thanks for reading this far! Once again though: Please make sure to check out the Sign Up Page here, and see where you'd like to join in. Also, thanks again for getting involved. We'll see you at school!

Aleks Skibicki

P.S. Don't forget to use the "Amazon Smile" button at the bottom of the email for all your online shopping. It doesn't cost anything and Amazon sends a part of your purchase price to Highland View!