We develop compassionate, engaged students who are HAPPY to be at school
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*Winter Class Parties are this Friday!*
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Upcoming Events
Fri. Dec 20:
Winter Class Parties
Mon. Dec 23 - Fri. Jan 3:
Winter Break
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Spring Musical Auditions
The Spring Musical this year will be:
Giants in the Sky!
Auditions will be held on Wednesday, December 18 (for first graders) and Thursday, December 19 (for grades 2-6). A limited amount of participants can be taken. A signup genius will go live on
Monday
, December 16th at 1 pm. Go to
signupgenius.com
and search for jaimecastle@me.com.
Check out the music and story
here
. Students auditioning will be asked to sing a 30-60 second snippet of a song. They will also read some lines from the musical. The hope is that by having the auditions before break, the students can then look over the songs and their lines over break to have a familiarity with it making them ready to go come January when rehearsals start. Rehearsals will be after school on
Wednesdays
on the gym stage from 2:30-4:30. Your child will have a set schedule and will not have to be present at every rehearsal. The fee is $115. The show will be April 9th and 19th at 7 pm and we will have a long rehearsal over spring break if you can plan to be in town on March 27th.
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Love Tree
From now until Dec. 17th, Hyde Park School will be collecting gifts to help make this holiday season special for families in our community. Stop in the office to choose an ornament (made by young artists in our school) from our Love Tree. Each ornament has a description of the recipient and gift suggestions that are wants, needs, things to wear, or things to read.
Please return wrapped gifts to the office with ornaments attached
no later than Dec. 17th
.
Thank you for helping us spread love and joy this holiday season and year round!
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Save The Dates!
If you are interested in learning more about how you can help with the Spring Celebration planning, please join us at
Oakley Wines
on
Wednesday, January 8th
from
6:30-8:30pm
.
This event is Hyde Park School’s largest fundraiser for the year. All funds raised from this event will directly impact our children by bridging the gap between CPS funding and the needs of our students.
Remember that there are LOTS of different roles, suiting anyone’s interests / time constraints. Some include seeking donations from local businesses, creating raffle baskets, helping on the day of the event, and many other options. We always have a fun group of volunteers!
Spring Celebration 2020 will take place on
Friday, April, 17th
at
Madtree Brewing!
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Basketball Support
Don’t forget, your Eagles take the court every weekend. Our home games are played at Silverton Paideia and we would love to see you there dressed in all BLUE! Go Eagles.
Eagle of the Week
This week is a little different! Instead of recognizing an awesome student athlete, I would like to recognize a group of amazing parent volunteers who not only keep our athletic program running, but push us to be better and do more. The amount of work that happens in the background to organize and coordinate registrations, home games, field coordination is simply amazing. And on top of all of the day to day activities, they don’t hesitate to take on major improvement projects and are always willing to answer the call to help. THANK YOU to our Sport Coordinators and Athletic Booster Board:
Soccer Coordinator – Kevin Hoffman
Basketball Coordinator – Jessica Leimbach
Baseball Coordinator – Joe Beckman
Booster Board-
Jeff McPeek
Bob Welch
Jessica Lund
Libby Meisman
Julie Welch
Bob Beattie
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UC Women’s Basketball Game – Sunday January 26
th
THE DETAILS ARE IN! An HPS group outing/fundraiser has been planned for Sunday January 26
th
at 2pm to see the Lady Bearcats basketball game (vs. Temple Lady Owls). A Future Bearcat ticket costs $15 (kids only) and includes a t-shirt, while all other general admission seats are $10 (adults and kids alike). Pre-game, there’s a tour of UC’s new facilities and a Fan Tunnel for the Lady Bearcats. Post-game, there’s a player signing session on the court. In between, get pictures with The Bearcat and great seats! Proceeds go to the HPS Boosters, supporting the increased cost of renting gym space for the Eagle basketball program this season. Payment/reservation details will be broadcast this week (via SportsEngine), so start planning now!
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Join Your Friends for the Annual HPS Family Swim Party
The 84 degree shallow-water leisure pool at the UC Campus Recreation Center provides a family-friendly environment that's perfect for children (and adults) of all ages to enjoy! The air temperature is set to 86 degrees to keep everyone nice and toasty. The zero-entry leisure pool has a maximum depth of three and half feet and features a water wall, bubble couch, basketball hoop, whirlpool, and even a lazy river with inner tubes! You can sign up
here
now!
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PTO Special Election
The PTO will hold a special election at our next regularly scheduled general assembly on January 8, 2020 at 8 A.M. We will be electing a new Vice President and a new Secretary. As per the
Corporate Regulations
of the PTO, both positions have recent appointments from the President, Jacquie Purcell as Vice President and Michele Godsey as Secretary. Any additional nominations can be made in email to
president@hydeparkschoolpto.org
by January 7, 2020.
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School Directory
The Hyde Park School PTO electronic school family directory is up and running! Included in the directory: parent/children names, grade level and homerooms, phone numbers, street addresses, and email addresses.
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Fight With Gina
A member of the HPS family needs our help fighting cancer. We would like to make this fight as easy as possible on the family. As little or as much as you can give will be put to use to keep this family comfortable during the fight of their life. The GoFundMe page can be found
here
.
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Second Grade Cross Over
Volunteers are needed to help with the cross over to the bank each morning and afternoon. If you can help, please sign up here:
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New Fundraising Partnerships
We have two BRAND NEW shopping rewards programs, right in time for the holidays! Both have been added to the PTO
website
.
Mabel’s Labels:
These waterproof, personalized labels go safely in the laundry, dishwasher, and microwave. They are perfect for all of your belongings – from water bottles to coats to lunchboxes and more. Labeling everything is a great way to keep items out of the lost and found! They even have address labels and cute holiday items. To start shopping, go to
campaigns.mabelslabels.com
and choose
“Hyde Park School PTO (Cincinnati)”
20% of every sale will be donated to HPS!
Shutterfly:
We have teamed up with the Shutterfly school fundraising program! Simply place an order using our link
http://hpspto.shutterflystorefront.com
and Shutterfly will donate a percentage of each sale. You are still able to use any coupons or promo codes as you normally would! Great for extra school pictures, gifts, invitations, holiday cards, and more!
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Fundraising Opportunities
There are several SUPER EASY ways to earn money for our school.
BOX TOPS
When you download the NEW and improved Box Tops App, you’ll be able to scan your receipt, instantly identify Box Tops products and automatically add cash to our school’s earnings online.
Box Tops are still worth 10¢ each for your school. This may not sound like much, but it adds up to hundreds of dollars!
AMAZON
AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support Hyde Park School every time you shop at no cost to you. When you shop at
smile.amazon.com
, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to HPS. To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to
smile.amazon.com
from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You may also want to add a bookmark to
smile.amazon.com
to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. Purchases through the mobile app and amazon.com do not qualify. Please choose
Hyde Park School PTO Inc.
as your recipient.
You can now support
Hyde Park School PTO Inc.
in the Amazon shopping app on your Android device! Simply follow these instructions to turn on
AmazonSmile
and start generating donations.
1. If you have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping App, open the App on your Android device.
2. View Settings and select AmazonSmile.
3. Follow the in-app instructions to complete the process.
If you do not have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping App, update your App. Click here for instructions:
https://smile.amazon.com/b…
AmazonSmile is not currently available for iOS users. We will notify AmazonSmile charities when it becomes available.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS
Earn 4% of your purchase for Hyde Park School. Don't worry... you still keep all of your points.
*You must have a Kroger Plus Card to register. If you don’t have a card you can get one at the customer service desk at any Kroger store.
2) Click on Sign In (if you are a new online customer, click “Create an Account”, make sure you have your Kroger Plus Card)
3) From a newly created or existing account, click on “My Account”, then “Account Settings” and then click on “Community Rewards” information and search for “Hyde Park School”.
4) Select “Hyde Park School PTO Inc” from the list.
REMKE REWARDS CARING NEIGHBOR
With Remke’s Caring Neighbor program, sign-up and they will donate up to 2% to Hyde Park School for every purchase made when you use your Remke Rewards card.
2) Go to My Account in the top right corner of the page (or create an account if you don’t have one already, entering your Remke card number and pertinent personal info).
3) In the drop-down menu labeled “Caring Neighbor”, select “Hyde Park School PTO”.
4) Click “Update”
GIFT CARD DONATIONS
Do you have a drawer full of unused gift cards? Donate them here! The Hyde Park School PTO is now accepting gift cards as donations in addition to other payment forms. We accept new or partially-used gift cards. Just enter your card info to check the gift card balance and submit your donation.
https://www.braandz.net/#/give/YfFqlCiA
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If you have information that you would like included in a future newsletter, please send to
president@hydeparkschoolpto.org
(content included at PTO discretion).
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