HPS PTO Weekly Update

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Happy Holidays!

Have a safe, happy, healthy Winter Break!

Upcoming Events

Mon. Dec 23 - Fri. Jan 3: Winter Break

Wed. Jan 8, 8AM: PTO General Meeting

Sun. Jan 19: PTO Family Swim Party

Mon. Jan 20: NO SCHOOL (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

Spring Celebration Planning Night and Happy Hour

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 . We have reserved the entire downstairs section and there will be appetizers available courtesy of the PTO. So join us for a fun night and bring your ideas to help make this Celebration an extra amazing one!

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. That's right... you read that correctly... it's on a FRIDAY !!!!

Extracurricular Activities

Online registration is already open for many of our extracurricular classes starting in January!

Go to the PTO website to learn more or to sign up.

Questions? Contact Dawn Wolfe at ec@hydeparkschoolpto.org

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!

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!

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.

International Night

Come travel all over the world without leaving our HPS building - taste, see, and learn! International Night will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Please contact Ms. Fischer or Mrs. Scott if you or your family are interested in presenting a country. Have roots in an interesting country? Visited someplace you'd like to share about? Be creative and put together a tabletop display to share - that's all there is to it!

Kindergarten Info Night

Tell your friends and neighbors with preschoolers that the 2020-21 Kindergarten Parents Information night will be held on February 13, 2020 at 6pm at HPS!

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.

If you wish to have your family’s information provided in this directory, please submit your information through this webform: https://tinyurl.com/HPSPTODirectory

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 .

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:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f48a9ab2daafc1-2ndgrade

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!

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.

1) Register online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com

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.

1) Register online at www.remkes.com

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

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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