Star eNews 09/11

The UE PTO would like to thank the Armer family and their business, Holly Oak Horticultural Services, for graciously donating flowers, arranging pots, and changing flowers out seasonally to help beautify our school grounds. We appreciate all that you do!

The PTO is currently looking for a few more Homeroom Parents for the following classrooms:

Mrs. Novotny - Kindergarten
Mrs. Klingensmith - Pre-1st
Mrs. Quigley - 1st
Mrs. Ellis - 3rd
Mrs. Mount - 4th
Mr. Peirce - 4th
Mrs. Johnson - 5th

Please consider volunteering your time to support your child's teacher and to help to make this year's special events and classroom celebrations more exciting and fun!!

If interested in becoming a homeroom parent, please contact Kate Davenport at kdavenport110@gmail.com.

Sign up for the Celebration Book Program to recognize your child’s birthday or half birthday, an achievement, or “just because”.

By participating in the program your child will be able to select a book from the librarian’s “Celebration Book Collection” of new books and donate it to the library in his/her/their honor. Your child’s name will be inscribed in the book, and will be the first one to check it out of the library to bring home and read.

This program will enable us to expand our library’s collection while celebrating your child for years to come!

If you are interested, please send cash (exact amount) or a check for $15 made out to Unionville Elementary School, care of Mrs. Langdon in the library, no later than Monday, October 3rd, 2022. Mrs Langdon will send home a form for you to select a date to honor your child.

Any Questions? Please contact:

Mrs. Rita Langdon, UES Librarian

rlangdon@ucfsd.net

610-347-1700 ext 3536

Please continue to send in those First Day of School and any Spirit Day photos to the PTO yearbook committee by clicking on the link below or by emailing them to ue2022yearbook@gmail.com.

We are excited to see all of those smiling faces and can't wait to include them in our 2022/23 yearbook!

The UES PTO plans, organizes, and funds events throughout the year that benefit our students, teachers, and community, and we need YOUR help to pull it all off!

We are SO THANKFUL for the volunteers that we've had sign up so far, and we have a few great opportunities remaining.

FEATURED OPPORTUNITIES:

Fall Festival

Tentative Date: 10/14 from 4:30-7pm

Looking for a chair to bring event to life. Please mark in the comments if you are interested. Responsibilities: Plan and execute the activities for the students and family for a seasonal get together (mums for sale, some simple games & activities, music, apple cider, pumpkins... but make it your own!)

Coin Drive & MLK Day of Service

Dates: 10/14 - 11/11 & 1/16/23

Responsibilities: Looking for 1 person to assist with our coin drive. No specific time requirement - can be an evening. Coin sorting and coordination with UE staff for the Blankets for Buddies blanket making program (benefiting A.I. duPont Nemours Children's Hospital) in January.

We encourage you to take an active role in your child's experience. The more parents and loved ones who contribute their time and talents, the stronger and more connected our community grows.

Last Thursday evening, the UE PTO was pleased to welcome Joe Myers, the Director of Prevention & Education at The Crime Victims' Center of Chester County, to our first PTO meeting of the new school year.

At this meeting, Joe discussed internet safety concerns and provided several, commonsense ways to keep our children safe online for parents and caregivers. Thank you to Joe Myers and to all of the UE families who attended our first PTO meeting!!

Please join us for our next Open PTO meeting on Thursday, November 3rd at 7:15 PM,

where we will be welcoming the next guest speaker of our Speaker Series, Dr. John Sanville, UCFSD Superintendent.

If you have any questions, ideas, concerns, or compliments we would love to hear from you!

Email us at uespto@ucfsd.net.

Throughout the year you'll be receiving emails from Peachjar, which is the district approved "digital message board" for non-UCFSD affiliated enrichment activities, sports, creative programs, fundraisers, clubs, and events.

Peachjar helps parents say on top of the latest and greatest opportunities our school district has to offer beyond PTO updates.

All of the flyers, links, and information that is emailed out lives on our Peachjar UE Flyer Board and can be accessed at any time. So next time you're looking for that URA Basketball sign up information, info about a Dine & Donate fundraiser, or discount Philadelphia Union tickets, and you can't find it anywhere in your email (we've all been there), please check out our Peachjar Flyer Board to find what you're looking for.

A simple, no fuss, fundraiser allowing 100% (minus PayPal fees) of your donation to go directly to Unionville Elementary School. The PTO budgets about $100 per student on activities that enrich your child’s educational experience. Tax receipts are available upon request.

Click the link below to make a direct donation via PayPal. Checks are also accepted, made payable to UES PTO, and can be dropped off in the office.

Email: uespto@ucfsd.net
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Phone: (610) 347-1443