Fernbrook Elementary School PTO
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Hello Fernbrook Families
Spring Scholastic Book Fair
Your child will attend the book fair (March 4, 2024- March 8, 2024) during the week with their class. Cash or eWallet is accepted. We will have evening hours on Monday, March 4, 2024 and during Parent/Teacher Conferences (Credit Cards will be accepted during evening hours and conference times, only)
Stop by during the evening hours (4:30-6:00 PM) on Monday, March 4, 2024 for our First Annual Family Reading Night - more details to come!
Teachers will be creating Wish Lists of books for their classrooms. Feel free to stop by during the evening hours to purchase these items or send your child in with an extra donation.
The Spring Book Fair Committee is looking for parent/guardian volunteers to assist with the book fair during your child's class time to shop. Sign up to volunteer, today!
***Please note that in order for you to be able to volunteer, you must be a current PTO Member. If you are not one yet, sign up and become a Fernbrook PTO Member, now!
Spring Book Fair Volunteers Needed
Hero Dance Photo Request
We hope all of the Fernbrook Families that attended the Hero Dance this past Friday had a great time! The Yearbook Committee is currently seeking photos of your child(ren) at the event. Please note that we can only accept photo submissions of Fernbrook students only.
We'd love to share your memories. Create your free yearbook account (with the Fernbrook School passcode: 1016890937331467) and submit your photo(s), today!
Questions? Email the Yearbook Committee at: yearbook@fernbrookpto.org
Fernbrook Reading is Essential Schoolwide (FRiES) Program
FRiES (Fernbrook Reading Is Essential Schoolwide) has begun. Make sure that each week, your child tracks the minutes they read at home (not including homework) and fill out an online form. The form opens Thursdays at 7:00 AM and will close Friday at 11:59 PM. Please note that the form link to submit your reading minutes will be the same for all four weeks.
We have four fun reading challenges, one for each week. If a student completes the reading challenge that week, they will be entered into a drawing to win a Scholastic Gift Card that can be redeemed at the Spring Fernbrook Scholastic Book Fair. One winner will be selected per grade at the end of the FRiES Reading program
To print your weekly tracker and for more information about FRiES, visit: FRiES Program
Questions? Email the FRiES Committee at: fries@fernbrookpto.org
Week #1 FRiES Winners
Congratulations to the following classes for winning Week #1 FRiES Challenge (Class with the Most Minutes Read):
Kindergarten: Mrs. Mariani's Class
First Grade: Mrs. Karr's Class
Second Grade: Ms. Moore's Class
Third Grade: Mr. Todd's Class
Fourth Grade: Mrs. Menoni's Class
Fifth Grade: Mrs. Misiunas' Class
Currently, our Fernbrook students have read 56,974 minutes in Week #1 alone! Keep up the good work!
Yearbook Orders: On Sale Now!
Important Facts:
- All sales will be done via the Tree Ring Website- we cannot accept cash/check orders.
- You’ll need to purchase your yearbook(s) and complete your free custom pages by May 1, 2024. (Parent/Guardians can purchase a yearbook after this date, but will need to pay for shipping and your yearbook will be delivered directly to your home address)
To Purchase Your Yearbook and Submit Your Yearbook Photos (Free):
- Go to: https://web.treering.com/validate
- The Fernbrook School passcode is: 1016890937331467
- Creating a Tree Ring Account is FREE- regardless if you decide to purchase a yearbook or not. Submitting photos is free as well.
- Links to submit yearbook photos can be found on our PTO Yearbook website. Please make sure to be logged in first before clicking on the photo submission links. Here's a screengrab video to show you how this works.
Please visit our Yearbook website for more information or email the Yearbook Committee at: yearbook@fernbrookpto.org.
Thank You: First Annual Fernbrook Hero Dance
Thank you to all of our Fernbrook Friends and Families that came out to enjoy our First Annual Fernbrook Hero Dance event. Fun was had by all during our two hour event which included our amazing DJ: Eli, a photo booth, snacks, making cards for Brightview residents, dancing, laughing and so much more. It was great to witness so many members of our community coming together and having a memorable experience.
An extra big thank you to all the volunteers that made it happen! This is our first time having this event and we had no idea what the response would be, but it was huge. Our team worked round the clock leading up to make it an amazing event: Sarah Carney, Susan Cece, Daniela Comprelli, Swati Jain, Jackie Laurice, and Samantha Skokandich - you all are the very best! Also thank you to some of our parents who volunteered during the event to help the committee make the magic happen: Dawn Mistry, Evelyn Salvo, Jaimie Pasterick, Jason Pasterick, Jamie Rajkumar, Kelly Meola, Loren Darzano, Sandra Valle, Stephanie DeVoe, Vanessa Falco, Brittany Bassett, Jimmy Bassett, Dana Pineiro, Bryan Pineiro, Nina Lifshey, Ms. Karr, Ms. Groome, Ms. Emberger and Ms. Kest.
As always, this event could not be possible without the invaluable support from Mr. Patel, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Fabzio & Ms. Rosa, Dr. Bernal, Mrs. Amin, Mrs. Branch and Ms. Moran. We are so lucky to have you all!
Community News
Soda Can Tabs for a Good Cause!
The Green team is collecting tabs that come off of canned drinks for a good cause and they need your help. Charlie, a young boy in Roxbury, was diagnosed with Focal Epilepsy last year. Unfortunately his condition has gotten worse and he is having many seizures throughout the day with his life is really being impacted. He has been to a few hospitals and is now having to make a lot of trips to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The family is also looking into getting him an epilepsy therapy dog which will cost around $10,000. To help with some of the costs, Charlie's sister has started a drive collecting the aluminum tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Pop Tab Program.
What can you do? Save any of your tabs from your drinking cans (soda, selzer, etc) and then send them into school. There is a collection jug by the front door. We are helping out a neighbor AND helping the environment at the same time. Let's show Charlie we are all here routing for him!!
Fernbrook School PTO Executive Board
Brittany Bassett | Co-President
Nina Lifshey | Co-President
Loren Darzano
administrativevp@fernbrookpto.org
Dana Pineiro
Soniya Patel
recordingsecretary@fernbrookpto.org
Melissa Issa