Philip R. Smith Elementary School

January PTO News

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Bingo Night

It is time for our annual Bingo Night 2025! BINGO NIGHT will be held on Friday, January 17th, at Timothy Edwards Middle School cafeteria at 5:30pm. Bingo Cards and Pizza Slices will be available for Pre-Order. Please see attached for preorder form. Raffle tickets for our amazing raffle prizes will be available for purchase at the event.

Each year, The raffle is made possible with the help of your donations. If you are interested in donating toys/games/gift cards for the raffle, please bring them to the school office by Friday January 10th or contact Jill Duval to arrange pickup. We are also looking for volunteers, it takes many hands to pull off this great event and we could use your help!

If you have any questions, please reach out to Jill Duval at jill.s.duval@gmail.com or 781-264-0229.

Cook's Night Off

🎉 Exciting News from the PRS PTO! 🎉

Thanks to your amazing support, we raised $259.91 for the Math Mobile and Reading Vending Machine during our first Cook's Night Off event! 🙌💙

Mark your calendars, because our next Cook's Night Off is coming up on January 9th at Red Robin! 🍔 Whether you dine in or take out, you’ll be helping us make a difference for our students. Let’s make this another successful night!

We can’t wait to see you there! 🥳

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Adventures with Avery

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10eiNN5zubopCxnz_ebaYnRFPGHHZ_W19/view?usp=sharing

Yard Goats Save the Date

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FGeEF3IKw6HCOXOJdUzkDR95slunpxGw/view?usp=sharing

Grade 5 parents, please see this information regarding an enrichment opportunity for students in grade five!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1onIrHz8InfDKSayS9OlFZZBnHsVYD5_U/view?usp=sharing

The Student Leadership Team is helping pets in January. We are collecting new toys, food, and small items that household pets could use. All donations will go to the CT Humane Society. We have a Stuffed Animal Spirit Day next Friday, January 17. Please see the attached flyer for details. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ytunn-vLrcCibUZ6Ps_J6Pvbt0f2zC1flDIxvpfYFKU/edit?usp=sharing

As you can imagine we go through headphones for students pretty quickly around here. We purchase ear buds but they don't necessarily work for our youngest learners. If you have any extra sets of headphones at home or know someone who might, would you please send them into school and we can distribute them to classrooms that need them.

If you have had a chance to spend time outside in our beautiful memorial garden, you would have noticed engraved bricks in the walkway. There have been two opportunities over several years for families to purchase engraved bricks. We would like to offer this to our families again. Please see the link below for more information if you are interested in purchasing a brick that would be included in our memorial garden!

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVzvoULfw/_tYuz7g_br8mcT5qkMnNjQ/view?utm_content=DAGVzvoULfw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer

Latest article about building resilience in our students. https://www.understood.org/en/articles/building-resilience-in-kids

Senator Murphy invites your students to participate in his Office’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest. We ask students from elementary, middle, and high schools from across Connecticut to participate in honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by submitting essays that reflect on Dr. King’s dream, their own aspirations, and the importance of what Dr. King means to them.

Submissions are now open and must be received by Saturday, January 11th at 11:59pm. Essays can be submitted online or mailed to our Hartford Office.

Essay instructions and FAQs can be found here on our website. This site includes word count guidelines, submission guidelines, and information on what we look for in essays.

We look forward to reading and reviewing your student’s work! If you have any further questions, please contact Sarah Lopez at 860-549-8463 or email at MLK_Essay@murphy.senate.gov.

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 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrU9FT-f2f1h_UdwHnwOuWgKKJOorVz9CvYfiAblI0nfKDUg/viewform

1/14 PTO Meeting 7pm

1/17 Bingo Night

1/23 PRS Math Night

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

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