Rowe PTO News

Saturday, 2.17 -Maine Mariners

Tuesday, 3.5 -Community Fundraiser with Flatbread

Sunday, 3.17 - Maine Mariners Game

Thursday, 3.28 - PTO Meeting - in person, school library

Enjoy pizza and community on Tuesday, March 5th from 5:00pm - 9:00pm.

Our PTO will receive a portion of the proceeds from all pizzas sold in the restaurant or for carry out. We’ll also have a table set up to let the community know about all of the great work we’re doing for Rowe. If you can help out by taking a half hour/hour at the table, please email president@roweschoolpto.org. Or if you’re there, just stop by to say hi!

Attention all Second Grade families: join other students for a play date during Open Gym at Reiche Elementary School on Sunday, February 25, 2024 between 10 am and 12 pm.

Cost is $2 per person for Portland residents.

Questions? Contact Jennifer Evans at jenniferevans724@gmail.com.

Please join us on March 17th at 3pm at the Maine Mariners game.

We will be doing a 50/50 during the game and would love to see Rowe families!

Click here for tickets

Springfest 2024 is set for 5/18!

Planning for our beloved end of the year celebration is currently underway. There will be a great need for volunteers and sponsors. More details to come, but if you already know you’d like to volunteer or contribute, please email president@roweschoolpto.org

Looking for flowers? For the entire month of February, the Rowe PTO will receive $1 for every specially marked Bloomin’ 4 Good bouquet purchased at the Riverside Hannaford (787 Riverside). Make someone’s day a little brighter with a bouquet, AND help our organization!

The Rowe PTO’s Annual Calendar Raffle is coming up in April! This is one of the PTO’s major fundraisers for the year that helps fund field trips and classroom supplies. Look for a packet coming home with your student next month that highlights the offerings and how to buy tickets.

There’s still time to contribute - we are looking for restaurant gift certificates, event tickets, and more. If you have a connection to a local business, please contact Ashley Eiler (vicepresident@roweschoolpto.org) if you would like to donate something.

Thanks to our generous community, students have been wearing clean and dry warm socks and keeping their ears and hands warm with the addition of new hats and gloves. Moving forward, we have an exciting new partnership with Miss Di’s Closet to keep our students properly dressed for Maine’s weather. A brand new closet was built in the school that will be supported by Miss Di’s Closet organization. You can find more information about Miss Di's Closet here.

The PTO spread “Kindness” to the students with some glow sticks for the talent show and Kindness to our amazing staff with a special afternoon snack during their all staff meeting on Wednesday. We love showering our staff with extra snacks and treats throughout the school year!

Your purchases through Print: A Bookstore resulted in almost $400 in store credit for the PTO! We’re going to use that credit to add one or two more books to each classroom library from their wish lists.

The wish lists will remain live for the rest of the school year. You may not have had a chance during the busy holiday season to check them out, but we encourage you to do so now. Simply choose “curbside pickup” at checkout and we’ll do the rest!

Let’s keep fulfilling those wish lists!

Attention all 4-8 Grade Students!

There is space in Breakwater Enrichment Center’s spring production of Finding Nemo, Jr. Scholarships are available.

Learn more information at https://enrichment.breakwaterlearning.org or contact Amy at enrichment@breakwaterschool.org

Thank you to everyone who attended the public comment portion of the school board meeting last week. The Rowe community turned out with overwhelming support for our students, teachers, and staff, and the effort did not go unnoticed. We have heard directly from community members who were moved by the outpouring of support; and from other PTOs and administrators in the district who are motivated by our effort and are working to engage their own communities.

There is a tremendous amount of information concerning this year’s budget process. As such, we have updated our website with a Community Involvement section. We will continue to send emails around specific dates, or needs, but please consider the website the main source of information about this process and to find out how you can be involved.

Each year we raise approximately $30,000 (about $65 per student) to support classroom supplies, books, field trips, families in need, ad more.

You can help by:

Make a direct donation

Buy spirit wear

Use PTO Clynk bags for cans and bottles

Support our fundraisers