Montgomery Elementary News

January

21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School

25 - SUPER Hero Carnival

PRESCHOOL LOTTERY - DUE FEB. 1

(Current Sycamore Preschool students do not have to enter the lottery)

If you have friends or younger children who will be three by September 30, 2019 that would be interested in being part of our lottery for next school year, please share this information with them. The Preschool lottery entry for the 2019-20 school year will run from January 7, 2019, to February 1, 2019. Please go to the sycamore website to obtain a copy of the form and return the completed document to Maple Dale Elementary with your $20 non-refundable deposit to be placed in the lottery. The lottery will take place by the end of February and you will be notified of registration dates that will take place in March 2019. You should not complete Final Forms until you have been notified that you have been accepted into the program. *Families must be currently living in the district at the time of lottery application.*

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ONLINE MENUS

Sycamore Community Schools Child Nutrition Services is excited to introduce My School Menus interactive online menus. My School Menus allows easy access to complete nutrition information for the school meal programs 24-7-365.

My School Menus has great new features to better serve our students and families:

• Nutrient Data by Menu item - hovering over a menu item will show nutrient data
• Build-a-Meal Nutrient Data - choose build-a-meal to get totals of individual nutrients for all items chosen by a student
• Ingredient information for certain menu items
• Complete list of all food choices available to students
• Allergen identification - allergen filter to strikethrough foods containing the following allergens: wheat, soy, eggs, fish, peanuts, tree nuts, milk
• Attribute identification - symbols identifying foods as GMO-free, kosher, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, locally grown, made from scratch
• Translation to 180 languages using Google Translate
• Ability to link to Child Nutrition sites like prepayments, applications, and policies
• Information about Child Nutrition

You can access our online, interactive menus by visiting www.sycamoreschools.org/cns and clicking on Menus or by clicking here. My School Menus is also available inside the Sycamore Community Schools app. You will be asked to download My School Menus the first time you click on the icon inside the Sycamore Schools app. Once you have installed it on your device, you won't be asked to do this again.

For more information on how to access all of these exciting features, watch this video.

PTO PRESIDENT’S REPORT

The Montgomery Elementary Super-Carnival is getting closer…

This year’s Super-Carnival will be NEXT Friday, January 25, 2019 from 5:30-9pm!

It’s an amazing event for all and a very important fundraiser for our school!

A lot of information came home this week! It can also be found in the Newsletter and on the PTO Website! Please make sure you look over everything closely!

We are not be able to do this without our amazing parent volunteers, sponsors, and generous donors! Please Volunteer!!!

Sign Up to Volunteer to Work a Carnival Game Shift! More information can be found in the S’more below (including the SignUpGenius Link). Carnival will not happen without volunteers! Sign up by yourself or as a group but make sure to do it soon!!!

A separate SignUpGenius Link (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0844a5a92ba7f94-baked) can be used to sign up for Carnival Bake Sale Donations! Please sign up now!

Also, consider being a Family Silent Auction Sponsor or Donor (this area is typically geared towards parents and also large ticket kids items). If you or someone you know own a business and would like to sponsor or donate a separate form can be found for Business Sponsorships and Donations on the Website or by contacting our Silent Auction chairs at montelemcarnival@gmail.com.

Another way you can contribute is by to donating items for our basket raffle. These are fun filled baskets specifically designed for the kids! Please consider an item or two! Once again without your generous donations this would not be possible!

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Our next General PTO Meeting is Wednesday, March 6th at 9:30am!

Please follow our private Facebook group, “Montgomery Elementary PTO” to learn about upcoming events and see photos of your children having fun experiences at school.

The PTO would not be able to do what we do without our amazing volunteers, parents, teachers, and staff. If you would please take a moment to fill out the Montgomery Elementary PTO Questionnaire we would greatly appreciate your feedback.

Have questions please contact me, Kristy Felss, at mtpto@sycamoreschools.org.

Can’t wait to see you at this year’s SUPER CARNIVAL!

Kristy Felss – Montgomery PTO President