We develop compassionate, engaged students who are HAPPY to be at school
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*THE GREAT HPS PUMPKIN CHUCK- SAT. NOV 2 (10am-2pm)*
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Upcoming Events
Sat. Nov 2: The Great HPS Pumpkin Chuck
Tues. Nov 5:
NO SCHOOL (Election Day)
Wed. Nov 6, 7PM:
PTO General Meeting
Mon. Nov 11:
NO SCHOOL (Veterans Day)
Sat. Nov 16:
2nd Annual HPS Family Chili Party
Mon. Nov 18, 5-8PM:
PTO Restaurant Night (Chick-fil-A)
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The Great HPS Pumpkin Chuck is only DAYS away! This is HUGE event and we need everyone's help to make it a SMASHING success.
Pumpkin Chuck t-shirts have arrived- they will be sent home with your child on Monday.
The
Pumpkin Chuck Countdown
page will continue to be updated with all of the latest and greatest. You can sign up to volunteer, scroll through the sneak peek of raffle items, AND pre-order your raffle, game, and chuck tickets
here
!
On Monday, October 28th, there will be a Pumpkin Chuck preview table on the playground after school. Come check out some of the raffle items, purchase game/raffle/chuck tickets, choose your volunteer slot, and enjoy some bake sale items.
We still have
LOTS
of slots available for volunteers and
we need all hands on deck
. The volunteer shifts are just one hour long, so you'll still have plenty of time to enjoy the festivities! Kids are welcome to sign up for a game booth slot with a parent and face painting slots are open to 4th-6th graders. Check out the volunteer sign ups
here
.
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Friday, November 1st (aka Pumpkin Eve) is “Orange Out” day. Grab all of your favorite pieces of orange clothing and show your Pumpkin Chuck spirit at school!
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HPS Read-A-Thon
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
A quick THANK YOU to all the the students who read and returned their folders for this year's Read-A-Thon. And, THANK YOU to the family, friends and neighbors who supported all of them! We will be posting all of the winners in next week's newsletter. Even though this year's Read-A-Thon is over, we hope that everyone is inspired to keep reading throughout the year!
We exceeded our goal of $17,000 by more than $1,000! This money helps fund field trips, purchase classroom supplies, make improvements to the grounds, and helps fund many other projects that pop up throughout the year.
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Sports Spotlight
Eagles of the Week-
HPS Strikers
(Coaches Polger & Varatta)
This Strikers team went undefeated and won their regular season division! They are playing in the league tournament this weekend and won their first match 4-0. They play in the semifinals at noon today - Armleder Field 4. If they win they then play in the championship at 3:30 today - Armleder Field 7.
Matthew Konz, Carter Lund, Kingston Spaeth, Oliver Koehler, Jacob Lober, Amadou Dia, Adrian Mejia Camarote, Jack Dugan, Riley Montello, Jack Polger, PJ Varatta, Aiden Stevens, Sophia Polger,
and Jackson Helton
Congratulations and
Go Eagles
!
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TODAY- Fun Family Event on the Square!
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Social Events
Get your tickets now for these fun events coming up in November!
Sat. November 2nd:
2nd Grade Parents- Fiesta Party
Sat. November 16th:
2nd Annual HPS Family Chili Party
Fire up your crockpots and gather the kids for the Annual HPS Family Chili Party! Bring a batch of your best chili for a fun cook-off competition with other HPS families, or just come hungry and help choose the winning dish! We'll have an outdoor movie, games, and s'mores for the kids. We hope you and your family will join us for a fun night!
*Spots are limited*
Get tickets for both events right
here
!
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Extracurricular Activities
Futsal Registration is NOW OPEN
for
Grades 4-6:
Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30 pm
Registration links are available on the PTO website:
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PTO Restaurant Night- Monday, November 18
Mark your calendars now and help support Hyde Park Elementary School! 10% of the sales at the Marburg Ave. Chick-fil-A location will be donated to the PTO when you show them this flyer on November 18th from 5-8PM.
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HPS Spreads Love
During the 2019/2020 school year, Hyde Park School will be partnering with local charity, Hyde Park Bethlehem Community Outreach, to spread love to the HPS and Cincinnati communities. HPBCO will be providing HPS with support by offering assistance with Thanksgiving meal baskets, holiday Wish Tree, access to their food pantry, as well as many other exciting ways throughout the school year. Over the course of the school year, we will have an opportunity to give back, in very specific ways to their charity. Be on the lookout for information about upcoming events to spread love to our Cincinnati community.
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Children's International Summer Villages
CISV (Children's International Summer Villages) is a global organization dedicated to educating and inspiring peace through building inter-cultural friendship, cooperation and understanding. They offer seven international camp-based, family exchange and local community programs to help participants develop the skills they need to become informed, responsible and active global citizens.
Information nights for programs happening in 2020 are coming up starting in November. The attached
flyer
includes the dates of those information nights as well as links to articles written by recent CISV participants.
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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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