Philip R. Smith Elementary School
May 16, 2025
PTO News
PRS PARTY AT THE HARTFORD ATHLETIC
JOIN US on Saturday, Sept 20 | 7:00 PM | Hartford Athletic vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Come and check out Hartford Athletic men's professional soccer at Trinity Health Stadium while hanging out with your Philip R. Smith School friends
PRS Carnival Sign Up Genius https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094FAFA82DA7F4C52-56430606-prscarnival#/
Volunteer DJ
It's always fun to have a DJ spinning tunes at the Annual PRS Carnival. If you know of anyone who is a DJ and would be willing to donate a few hours on 5/30 (between 5 pm and 8 pm) to play music at the carnival, please reach out to Sheila at smforcier99@gmail.com to pass along their name!
Rainbow Spirit Day-June 5
As a fun way to build school community and PRS Pride, we are asking grade levels to wear a specific color of the rainbow.
4th Grade: Red
5th Grade: Orange
3rd Grade: Yellow
2nd Grade: Green
1st Grade: Blue
Kindergarten: Purple
We will gather all together on the field as a whole school community for a photo opportunity with a drone that will fly overhead to take our picture. Time TBD.
Our messaging to students will be to have pride in yourself, respect others, include all and spread kindness.
Staffing Changes for 25-26
Elizabeth Hillman will teach Grade 3
Riki Fujioka will teach Grade 5
Kathy LaRosa will loop with her class to Grade 5
Thursday After School Clubs
Mark your calendar...Our final ImagiCode, Science Olympiad, and Crazy 8 Math Clubs will end on May 22nd.
Look for more after school club options to be offered in the Fall.
PRS Raised Bed Gardens
Soon it will be time for the PRS Gardening Club to plant flowers and vegetables in the raised bed garden in the courtyard. If you have any extra plants that you didn't have room for in your pots or garden, we'd love your donations!!
Transportation Form for 25-26 school year
All student bus information will be posted to your Parent Portal in mid-August. This will include the student(s) bus number, bus stop location, pickup time and drop-off time.
Additionally, the 2025-2026 Transportation Information Form (TIF) is now available for completion. A completed TIF is required for all SWPS students, except for Role Model POP children. This electronic form can be found by logging into your PowerSchool Parent Portal account, located in the "Forms" section. If you have any difficulty in accessing your account, please contact the school's main office for assistance.
Bus stops are determined by this form therefore, it is extremely important this form is completed no later than June 30th to allow for the timely creation of the 2025-2026 bus routes. Please know this form can be updated and/or changed at any time however, no changes will be processed between the moratorium dates of 8/20/25 to 9/03/25. Please allow five (5) days to process any changes.
To avoid any confusion, only the 2025-2026 TIF will be available for completion after April 30th. If transportation changes are needed for the current school year or if you have any questions regarding the TIF, please email or call Marlene Pouliot, Transportation Coordinator, at mpouliot@swindsor.k12.ct.us or (860) 291-1252.
Student Leadership Update
The Student Leadership Team would like to thank you for your kind support of our Wear Read for PKAN Spirit Day. We raised $363 for NBIA to help find a cure for PKAN. We will announce the total we raised on our Wear Purple for the Purple Light Project Spirit Day next week. We have one spirit day left this year. Stay tuned!
Preschool Outreach
Can you please share on your newsletters and on digital displays in your buildings that the our Preschool Outreach Program is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year? This can be found on our district website and the link for the application is here
Dates
5/26 Memorial Day-No School
5/27 Instrumental Demo for gr. 3 students-see link here
5/30 Carnival
6/5 Rainbow Spirit Day
6/6 Field Day
6/17 Last Day of School
Links
Adding Someone to School Messenger https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h2vqldyvZFOK_jumwjaGUbHMP2H4GSLs/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs
Yearlong Calendar
Attendance https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0idrvt_FgrUNOSYEH85cJwtMIoiBsEj/view?usp=sharing
Open House Informational Links https://secure.smore.com/n/8y39c
Nurse's Blog
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QoYcCkcavl8PlOhe7qdj66idT1cmvLoV9IW4z_DOjl8/edit?usp=sharing
Panthers Reg https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C4dyo7sOUIadgJLyKoC2dRr7RNZRgGoP/view?usp=sharing
Panthers Spring Flag https://drive.google.com/file/d/19v1KvgulSlvF5OXfOKg9u--iwzeabbYY/view?usp=sharing
Bobcat Lacrosse https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sz6jeOeUoFsWIq46nAlqytjlcPxjGl7f/view?usp=sharing
Universal Stories https://sites.google.com/apps.southwindsorschools.org/prs-universal-stories/home
Volunteer Registration: This is the newly revised Volunteer Registration form-In order to volunteer you must complete this form. If you have already completed it in the past and have been approved to volunteer, you do not need to complete it again.
https://www.southwindsorschools.org/cms/one.aspx?portalId=240000&pageId=28297053
Girls Scouts https://drive.google.com/file/d/16H5eqLzjpX65uM6uVyPMAwRJApSB8rTW/view?usp=sharing
Scouts https://drive.google.com/file/d/19rkm1F6ba87eUMas-ECGEBlv82cFENGU/view?usp=sharing
Girls Lacrosse https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jg6GSBe1vxhbl2-NYOvtxw6PqHFq8vV_/view?usp=sharing
Little League https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZU20iiDpZUCTZixYK4e0qtd6qDiYGmeS/view?usp=sharing
Travel Soccer https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PMAzaavGMHOTpMP8ROBhnu0yaLh1b7wS/view?usp=sharing