HPS PTO Weekly Update

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*Mon. Nov 18, 5-8PM: PTO Restaurant Night (Chick-fil-A)*

Upcoming Events

Mon. Nov 18, 5-8PM: PTO Restaurant Night (Chick-fil-A)

Tues. Nov 19 - Tues. Dec 3rd: HPS Spirit Wear Sale

Wed. Nov 20: Picture Retake Day

Wed. Nov 27 - Fri. Nov 29: NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

Tues. Dec 3, 6PM: 3rd/4th Grade Winter Concert

Wed. Dec 4, 6PM: 5th/6th Grade Winter Concert

Tues. Dec 10, 6PM: 1st/2nd Grade Winter Concert

Wed. Dec 11, 6PM: Kindergarten Winter Concert

PTO Restaurant Night:

Monday, November 18 (Chick-fil-A)

10% of the sales at the Marburg Ave. Chick-fil-A location will be donated to the HPS PTO when you show them this flyer on Monday November 18th from 5-8PM .

Spirit Wear Sale- Just in time for holiday shopping!

This Spirit Wear Sale will run November 19th - December 3rd . Any orders placed during this period will be delivered to your child's homeroom the week of December 16th.

Several new items have been added. Along with new sweatshirt and fleece jacket options to keep you warm this winter, now your pet can even represent HPS school spirit with a scarf or bandanna!

Check out the high-quality, expanded assortment through our new Spirit Wear partner, Koch Sporting Goods: http://www.kochsports.com/hydeparkschool.aspx

A portion of all sales directly benefits HPS PT O. If you have questions, or if your item is a surprise gift, please co ntact Leah Wyrabkiewicz ( leahnally@yahoo.com ) or Tracie Sauer ( tracielynesauer@gmail.com ).

Winter Concerts

Winter concerts are approaching quickly! Concerts are scheduled earlier in December this year to help alleviate holiday craziness right before Winter Break. All of the lyrics are posted on Schoology by grade level. Performances will be held in the HPS gym at 6:00pm.

Tues. Dec 3: 3rd/4th grade

Wed. Dec 4: 5th/6th grade

Tues. Dec 10: 1st/2nd grade

Wed. Dec 11: Kindergarten

Thanksgiving Food Drive

HPS Spreads Love is partnering with Hyde Park Bethlehem Community Outreach to provide Thanksgiving meals for families in our community. The Student Council is collecting food until November 22nd. Please check the list to see what your student's grade has been asked to provide!

Extracurricular Activities

Book Club

A book club for 5th and 6th graders is still open for registration: https://www.hydeparkschoolpto.org/product/book-club/

The club will meet once a month after school on the second Wednesday of the month from 2:15-3:00. The first selection is Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The book is available at the Cincinnati Public Library.

Questions? Contact Dawn Wolfe at ec@hydeparkschoolpto.org

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 .

PTO Secretary Position Opening

The PTO Board is currently looking for someone to fill an opening for the position of Secretary. Our current Secretary has been appointed to fill the vacancy of Vice President, as our former Vice President recently stepped down to focus on her daily employment responsibilities and undertaking as a candidate for Hamilton County Treasurer in 2020. Both of these positions will be officially voted on at the General PTO Meeting in January.

The Secretary keeps all records of the organization, takes and records minutes of all Board meetings and Member meetings, and handles e-mail correspondence. S/he is also responsible for compiling the weekly newsletter emailed to HPS families, with the help of the president and vice-president. It’s a great position to know everything going on in the HPS community!

If you are interested in this position, please send an email to president@hydeparkschoolpto.org

Sports Spotlight

The HPS Strikers team played in the State Quarterfinals yesterday at Joyce Park. Their incredible season came to an end in an overtime shootout. What an amazing run! To the team and coaches, we are so proud of you... way to make the HPS community proud!

The 3rd-6th Grade Running Club wrapped up their season with a 5k race through the neighborhood on Thursday afternoon!

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!

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

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!

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.

MABEL'S LABELS

These waterproof, personalized labels go safely in the laundry, dishwasher, and microwave. They are perfect for all of your kids’ 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!

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”

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 would normally do! Great for extra school pictures, gifts, invitations, holiday cards, and more!

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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