Philip R. Smith Elementary School

PRS Spiritwear

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.

flyer

Scholastic Book Fair

The BOGO Spring Scholastic Book Fair will be here Monday May 12- Wednesday May 14th! EVERYTHING at this fair is Buy One, Get One Free!

We love having volunteers help at the fair! Sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805054EA9AF2FA2FD0-56603261-book

Monday will be 'Make a List Monday' and will act as a PREVIEW ONLY day for kids. Tuesday and Wednesday the registers will be open for all sales.

Please use this link to shop online, or to create a cash-free way for your child to shop the fair, called an eWallet:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/how-ewallet-works.html?fairId=5742248

We will have both a morning and an evening event for parents and loved ones to shop with their kids at the book fair during this week:

Tuesday May 13th - Come shop at the book fair in the evening with your family- this is usually a quieter time if you don't like lines! We will be open from 5:15- 6:45 PM.

Wednesday May 14th - Pastries with Parents! Bring your child to school early and enjoy a pastry and some coffee from 8:15- 8:50. Students cannot be left unattended before 8:50 am. Please park on the front lawn for this event so teachers can use the parking lot. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xv9uGf4TTLiledFTZ1KdJOZkJ3uSNR6K/view?usp=sharing

Please reach out to Sera Marcous at Seramarcous410@gmail.com with any questions!

PRS Carnival Sign Up Genius https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094FAFA82DA7F4C52-56430606-prscarnival#/

It's always fun to have a DJ spinning tunes at the Annual PRS Carnival. If you know of anyone who is a DJ and would be willing to donate a few hours on 5/30 (between 5 pm and 8 pm) to play music at the carnival, please reach out to Sheila at smforcier99@gmail.com to pass along their name!

As a fun way to build school community and PRS Pride, we are asking grade levels to wear a specific color of the rainbow.

4th Grade: Red

5th Grade: Orange

3rd Grade: Yellow

2nd Grade: Green

1st Grade: Blue

Kindergarten: Purple

We will gather all together on the field as a whole school community for a photo opportunity with a drone that will fly overhead to take our picture. Time TBD.

Our messaging to students will be to have pride in yourself, respect others, include all and spread kindness.

Elizabeth Hillman will teach Grade 3

Riki Fujioka will teach Grade 5

Kathy LaRosa will loop with her class to Grade 5

Mark your calendar...Our final ImagiCode, Science Olympiad, and Crazy 8 Math Clubs will end on May 22nd.

Look for more after school club options to be offered in the Fall.

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!!

All student bus information will be posted to your Parent Portal in mid-August. This will include the student(s) bus number, bus stop location, pickup time and drop-off time.

Additionally, the 2025-2026 Transportation Information Form (TIF) is now available for completion. A completed TIF is required for all SWPS students, except for Role Model POP children. This electronic form can be found by logging into your PowerSchool Parent Portal account, located in the "Forms" section. If you have any difficulty in accessing your account, please contact the school's main office for assistance.

Bus stops are determined by this form therefore, it is extremely important this form is completed no later than June 30th to allow for the timely creation of the 2025-2026 bus routes. Please know this form can be updated and/or changed at any time however, no changes will be processed between the moratorium dates of 8/20/25 to 9/03/25. Please allow five (5) days to process any changes.

To avoid any confusion, only the 2025-2026 TIF will be available for completion after April 30th. If transportation changes are needed for the current school year or if you have any questions regarding the TIF, please email or call Marlene Pouliot, Transportation Coordinator, at mpouliot@swindsor.k12.ct.us or (860) 291-1252.

The Student Leadership Team is sponsoring a 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

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

Thanks to two fourth grade girls and their advocacy for some changes to food selections in the cafe...and a Reading Intervention Passage w/Claire Z, Chartwells has planned some tastings for the students. See the flier here.

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

5/16 Purple Light Spirit Day-Wear Purple, bring $1

5/26 Memorial Day-No School

5/30 Carnival

6/5 Rainbow Spirit Day

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

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

Girls Scouts https://drive.google.com/file/d/16H5eqLzjpX65uM6uVyPMAwRJApSB8rTW/view?usp=sharing

Scouts https://drive.google.com/file/d/19rkm1F6ba87eUMas-ECGEBlv82cFENGU/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