Philip R. Smith Elementary School

April PTO News

PRS Spiritwear

SWPS Shoe Drive

Doing some Spring cleaning? Philip R. Smith is participating in the South Windsor Public Schools Shoe Drive. Please consider donating your new and gently used shoes to our collection box. Your donation can make a big difference!

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2025 PTO Board Election

The Philip R. Smith Parent Teacher Organization will be holding its first ever PTO board election on Tuesday May 13th! Please see the attached flyer for more information as well as the current slate. As always, please feel free to contact us at prsptoboard@gmail.com with any comments or questions.

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Teacher Appreciation Week

PRS won the Golden Ticket! Teacher Appreciation week kicks off May 5th. With over 80 staff members at PRS, we are hoping our PRS community can assist in donating in any way possible. We will be hosting a luncheon, snack day, breakfast, dessert day, and a raffle at the end of the week. We thank you all in advance for donating to make this the best teacher appreciation week yet! Please see the list below for ideas and ways you can contribute.

Sign Up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4AAEAE2AA5FACF8-56231813-teacher#/

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!!

The 2025-26 Class Placement Parent Input Forms are open to parents through May 3rd. Your input is optional and should focus on the characteristics of a classroom environment and teaching style. We cannot honor specific teacher requests.

Go to Parent Portal Account, click on forms and the form is called "2025-2026 Class Placement Information."

Please take a few moments to complete the family survey We use the valuable feedback from our families to set goals for the upcoming school year!

The Student Leadership Team would like to thank you for supporting our Wear Green, Blue, White and Bring a Stuffed Animal to School Spirit Day. We raised $285 for Mystic Aquarium!

We have two projects in May. The first is our annual PKAN Spirit day on Monday, May 6. The second is our annual Wear Purple for the Purple Light Project on May 16. Please see the flyers for details. Thank you!

file:///Users/Tracy/Downloads/20082%20BHN%20Purple%20Light%20Awareness%20Day%20Flyer_2.25_kd%20(2).pdf

https://greenlight.com/learning-center/spotlight-stories/earth-day-activities-for-kids

PKAN: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CgNYiUtT1YLnbxoBEtvy3A1Ig9pS0hBK_GMWB-eqSxM/edit?usp=sharing

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

Learn more about the SWPS Instrumental Music Program here.

5/4 Yard Goats Game

5/5-5/9 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/6 PKAN-wear red

5/12-5/14 Scholastic Book Fair (5/14 Pastries with Parents)

5/13 PTO Meeting

5/14 Instrumental Showcase Concert 6-8:30 Learn More Here

5/26 Memorial Day-No School

5/30 Carnival

6/6 Field Day

6/17 Last Day of School

State Testing Window

SBAC: 4-28 through 5-9

NGSS: 5/15

Adding Someone to School Messenger https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h2vqldyvZFOK_jumwjaGUbHMP2H4GSLs/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs

Yearlong Calendar

https://cdnsm5-ss13.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_239916/File/Calendars/2024-2025%20School%20Calendar%20SWHS%20Principal%20Update.pdf

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

Bingo de Mayo https://drive.google.com/file/d/11w8kpHtr_R0HaHBxZWeKnT4PJJNWWIqk/view?usp=sharing

SW Drug Take Back

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m4UnAuQxivKObW79n3W5SovOjJpQOvtF/view?usp=sharing

Gr. 4/5 Elementary Spanish Night at TE https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TAISqpqI_8nxhArdrEOyonTKA693R-Y-/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

March Nutrition Newsletter https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WdOl-Jaghklyddpuq-mrxHiD6hoQAb7y/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110836657515323275564&rtpof=true&sd=true

Poster Contest https://drive.google.com/file/d/1949mRP9-QB3kJ53A_8lNLpvsacfPtRIJ/view?usp=sharing

SWHS project operation https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pmd_0WdErf0Zuex2EQ4X1_LqxMICTBVI/view?usp=sharing

Scouts https://drive.google.com/file/d/19rkm1F6ba87eUMas-ECGEBlv82cFENGU/view?usp=sharing

Make a Change https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xVhI89sFvt5uQ9yIH9viiGTZMisvwASV/view?usp=sharing

Family Fun Fair https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_bifs_yGVDP4igE34SthrWKGD-lB5M9u/view?usp=sharing

Art Competition https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BGrpRXtOxJ9DaYA-g6EklrnKlMDr7omj/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