Welcome Back! the Hill & Plain PTO Hopes You All Had a Great

PlainTalk Hill & Plain School's PTO Newsletter September 2012

Welcome Back! The Hill & Plain PTO hopes you all had a great summer vacation and are ready to begin a wonderful new school year!

9/07 Welcome Back Carnival 5:30-7:30 p.m., playground (in the event of rain, it will be indoors) Chairpersons: Jen McSherry and Liberty Andreotto Come celebrate the start of a great school year at Hill & Plain with an evening for your whole family filled with games, crafts and food! If you would like to help at this event, please contact Becky Passero at [email protected] or 860-210- 0456.

9/10 PTO Meeting 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m., Room 20 This is our 1st PTO meeting of the new school year. We meet the 1st Monday each month at 1:30pm. If we have enough interest we will hold more evening meetings.

9/19 Curriculum Night *Parents Only* 5:30-6:15 p.m. AM/PM 5:45-6:30 p.m. Kindergarten 6:15–7:00 p.m. 1st Grade 6:45–7:30 p.m. 2nd Grade 7:15–8:00 p.m. 3rd Grade 6:30-7:15 p.m. Other certified Staff

If you would like to meet our new Principal, Maryann Ness and Asst. Principal, Susan Ruddock, they will hold brief welcome sessions as follows: Excel/K – 5:15-5:30; 1st/2nd – 6:00-6:15; 3rd – 7:00-7:15

9/7-9/19 Fall Fundraiser – Charleston Wrap Chairperson: Michele Marano Profits from our fundraisers help support the many programs, events, and field trips that your children enjoy throughout the school year. Please support Hill & Plain! A student needs to sell only 1 item to be entered in the raffle to win a chance to run the Angry Birds Flyers in the class races.

UPCOMING EVENTS… 10/1 PTO Meeting, 1:30 pm in Room 20 10/10 Picture Day EVENT VOLUNTEERS DO YOU WANT TO EARN MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOL? The PTO is looking for people who can volunteer a little of their time to help make the events we Ask your family, friends, and coworkers to collect sponsor for our children a success. BOX TOPS and LABELS FOR EDUCATION on If you are interested, please contact PTO the products they already buy! Place them in sealed Volunteer Coordinator, Becky Passero at baggies with ONLY the teacher’s name written on [email protected] or 210-0456. the outside of the bag, indicating AM/PM Excel if applicable. Box Tops and Labels For Education can be turned in at any time during the school year, but each month the class that collected the most Box DID YOU KNOW… Tops gets to have Boxy the Bear in their class for Fundraisers are a great way for PTOs to raise the next month. money for their schools, but ... If you don’t need any more candles and your At the end of the school year, we have a pizza closets are already filled with gift wrap, you can party for the class that has collected the most Box give a tax-deductible contribution that will Tops, and the winning class from each grade will be used 100% towards the programs and have an ice cream party! activities organized for your children by the PTO. Just make your check payable to Hill & Plain 2012-2013 PTO BOARD PTO, and return it in your fundraising envelope. Co-President - Jen McSherry Co-President – Liberty Andreotto Treasurer – Allison Sidel PTO MEETINGS Secretary - Michelle Freeman Monday, September 10, 2012 Volunteer Coordinator – Becky Passero 1:30 & 7 p.m. Room 20 Book Fair – Eileen Shields Monday, October 1, 2012 Fundraising - Michele Marano 1:30 p.m., Room 20 Yearbook - Trish Haldin Science Program – Becky Passero and Michelle Do you want to know what the Hill & Plain PTO Freeman does for your child? Come to a meeting and find Newsletter – Maureen Natale out! All parents are welcome at PTO meetings and Merchandise/Website – Heather Tietjen those who have paid PTO membership dues are Hospitality – Dawn Curry and Amy Gaudio eligible to vote on upcoming events. Box Tops/Labels– Maryann Avallone and Amy Kozlowski Contact Jen McSherry ([email protected]) or Liberty Andreotto ([email protected]) if you Kids’ Corner have questions. Why is there a tank on The Green?

¿Habla español e inglés? Place your answer in the Kids’ Corner Box in the El PTO quisiera proporcionar información en Office for a chance for a prize. ambos idiomas. Si usted tiene las habilidades y Find the answer by: visiting the library or local Historical el tiempo para traducir un documento ocasional, Society or online. Or see if your parents know….. póngase en contacto Jen McSherry ([email protected] o 860-210-0655) For HA-HAs Q. What is an astronaut’s favorite snack? A. Space Chips.

All of this information and more can be found on our PTO website at http://www.ournewmilfordpto.org/

Stay tuned for information about Town Wide PTO meetings. Did you know you could watch the Board of Education meetings at http://www.theeventisonline.com/newmilfordboe.html Channel 17 carries a variety of information concerning New Milford Public Schools, including Hill & Plain School.