On behalf of the Bennett PTO, I want to welcome new families to the Bennett community and say “welcome back” to all those returning for the 2024-2025 school year!

Bennett Elementary is a wonderful community of involved and caring staff, teachers, and parents. The first step to feeling connected to our school is getting involved! Whether you can come in every week, once a month, or just for special events, there are many volunteer opportunities for you to get to know teachers, staff, and fellow Bennett parents.

Our Bennett PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) helps support our Bennett staff, students, and parents through fundraising, fellowship, and fun events that benefit our school and enhance learning. The Bennett PTO will host one main fundraiser this school year in January, along with monthly restaurant spirit nights, and additional events like Bingo, a Halloween school dance, and the Carnival. We also support and honor our teaching staff through Teacher Grants and monthly breakfasts, lunches, or special treats from our Teacher Appreciation Committee.

The PTO Board has been hard at work this summer planning exciting activities for our school. We're looking forward to a great 2024-2025 school year!

Please feel free to reach out via email or Facebook if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

Sincerely,

Alison Lewis

Bennett PTO President

bennettbearsptopresident@gmail.com

https://bennettpto.membershiptoolkit.com/home

Join the PTO and meet other incoming kindergarteners at the splash pad at Dr. Mack Hill park - 1849 Reagan Dr, McKinney, TX 75072. We'll visit while our kiddos all get to know each other and play in the splash pad!

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/JBV5Afhz6mMatJh38

Join us August 7 at 6:30pm to write inspirational messages to the students, teachers, and staff on the front walkway of Bennett!

When: August 20 from 6:00-6:30pm

Where: Bennett Cafeteria

What: Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students) is a family and community engagement educational initiative. The kick-off will provide the instructions and answer questions. Kids are welcome to join us, we will have a few treats for them.

Why: To provide positive male role models for all students, demonstrating by their presence that education is important. To provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school security and reduce bullying.

Who: Watch D.O.G.S. are fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures who volunteer for a day or half-day at least once each year at an official WatchDOGS school. At Bennett we allow Watch D.O.G.S. to volunteer one day a semester to ensure everyone who wants to participate can.

Skip the lines, pay your party money, memberships, and buy spiritwear online! Doing this increases the liklihood of your information being entered correctly (not everyone writes clearly!!), you'll be able to update your personal information, and can get a jump on spiritwear orders!!

https://bennettpto.membershiptoolkit.com/home

Sign up for the Bennett PTO text reminders. Send a text to 81010 with this message @96fbh43

Take a minute to link your Kroger Plus Card to help support our Bears without even thinking about it!

Bennett NPO #: YC352

www.krogercommunityrewards.com