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Welcome to a New School Year!

August 23, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Goooood morning and welcome to another school year! A new year of school. A new year of school sports. A new year of school clubs. A NEW YEAR TO VOLUNTEER!:)

Our kids started back to school last week and I’m already running in 40 different directions between swim, XC and PTC. I was more determined this year to make out my fundraising/community/volunteering schedules and get them approved early… Well, I did my part. I’m just waiting on the “getting approved” part. I’m sure a lot of you know what I am talking about – but that’s for another post, another time!:)

Tonight, we are having our back to school night at the Middle School/High School. I just went to Aldi (don’t judge!) and stocked up on cookies, printed off my sign-up forms, and now working on some catchy phrases to post around our table. I have signed up for a service, Remind.com, so that parents can sign up on the spot and be made aware of what all is happening on the school front – family events, volunteer opportunities, fundraising, etc. We use it for our swim team and also for Open Swim nights. I think it’ll be a great addition for the organization this year.

Did/are any of you do anything big to kick off your new year? Did you add anything new to your sign up process this year? Let us know!

take care!

First PTO Today Expo and My First Top Pick:)

March 30, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

PTO Expo – First Top Pick

On Wednesday, we attended our first PTO Today Expo. Neither Paul nor I knew what to expect. I don’t think either of us had huge expectations to be honest. Boy were we surprised! Pleasantly surprised at that.

First of all, how awesome is my husband to take a vacation day to go with me to this kind of event?? Always so supportive! I’m sure there are a million other things he’d rather do on his day off than to go with me to such an event, but he even ordered the tickets for me:) Yeah… I’m pretty lucky:) Thank you again, Paul!

Ok! Now, on to the Expo:) We were directed into a room with over 150 fundraising vendors and educational booths. For this PTC mom, it was amazing – almost overwhelming. There were a lot of familiar companies like Little Caesar’s, World’s Finest Chocolate, Krispy Kreme, etc. For almost 3 hours, Paul and I walked around, spoke to different booths and got some refreshing new ideas. What I loved about this event was that it wasn’t just about fundraising. It was full of ideas for the teachers and kids. Over the next few posts, I will be giving yall Paul and my top picks from the expo. There was so much good stuff and new ideas. I know you’ll be just as excited as we were about it:)

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School Staff “Christmas Drop-In”

March 29, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

School Staff “Christmas Drop-In”

The week coming up to Christmas is a stressful week for both students and teachers. Students are excited about upcoming vacation, Christmas and then stressed beyond words due to a week of finals. Teachers are just trying to make it across that finish line. Six or seven classes means finals for a couple hundred students. A couple hundred students means a couple hundred tests to grade and get into the grade book before break. Not to mention last minute conferences with frantic students and parents about missing papers, grades, etc. There really is no extra time for anything else.

Last year, I wanted to somehow treat the staff to some sort of Christmas party but I knew that it would be crazy to expect them to “be able to” or “want to” spend any extra time at school at any point. I came up with the plan that I’d invite them to a Christmas Drop In. I wanted them to know they were invited to come in and visit or just drop in for a treat and leave if needed. [Read more…]

Hello! I’m Kathryn, the Volunteer Parent:)

January 27, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Hello, my name is Kathryn. It’s very nice to meet you!

First of all, I am a people person. I am from the south and boy do my roots and heritage run deep. I love to help. I love to feed. I love to visit and get to know people. I. Love. People.

I grew up in a town where no one locked their doors. We basically would walk in the back door hollering “yooo hoo!!”. I mean if someone came to the front door and knocked… well, you knew for certain, it was somebody you didn’t know. My parents were keen volunteers when it came to our community and children. I could go on and on about their contributions but that would not do justice for how much they have given back. I am proud to say, I believe that my love for helping comes directly from them:)

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