Week of March 13-17, 2023 | Click here for past issues

Thursday, March 23 | 4-8PM

21 Airport Square, North Wales

Our next Dine & Donate will take place at Panera (Airport Square) on Thursday, March 23 from 4-8pm. Panera will donate 20 percent of sales to Butler! Show the flyer or use the code (FUND4U) at online checkout, in the Panera app, or at the kiosk in-cafe.

This is our final week of Butler Bear Clubs! Thank you to everyone who volunteered, participated, taught or helped in a program! Special thanks to Butler Bear Club co-chairs Adriene Shipe, Patricia Doebler, and Ali DiPaolo!

We have one final Chair position that we need to fill for the 2023/2024 school year...Butler Bear Clubs! If we do not have a Chair for the Butler Bear Clubs, the program will end.

Please reach out to Shirley Schombs or Amanda Bonsall if you are interested in chairing the Butler Bear Clubs.

Saturday, April 29 | 10AM-3PM

For now, do you have a Unami or Central Bucks South High School student that would like to volunteer at the Butler Spring Fair? See below for sign-up links for both. Thank you!

Homeroom Coordinators (HRC) received an email with detailed information about the next step in the Spring Fair Basket/Fun Jar process. HRCs should be reaching out to class families to request contributions for Raffle Baskets and Fun Jars. Each class is responsible for one Basket and one Fun Jar. In addition, we will be asking families for other Fun Jars - stay tuned for more info about that. Any questions, please contact Jennifer Mininger

SIXTH GRADE BABY PHOTOS

View the flyer here.

It's time to send in a baby photo of your sixth grade student for the Sixth Grade Yearbook!

Submit ONE baby photo here before the deadline of March 17. User ID 02-IICQIDSQ66BOTEQIGNYW.

SIXTH GRADE BUTLER PHOTOS

View the flyer here.

We need your help filling the pages of this year’s 6th grade yearbook. Please submit photos you have taken at Butler events through the years! Additionally, if you would like to include your child's first day of kindergarten picture, please submit one picture.

Please keep the photos to school related events. Butler photos must be submitted here by March 27. User ID: 02-IICQIDSQ66BOTEQIGNYW

For any 6th Grade Yearbook photo questions, please contact Jennie Temple.

The 6th Grade Yearbook Committee needs your help to make the 6th Grade Yearbook even more special for our kids. For a small donation of $5.00 per shout out, you can write a special note to your child or to his or her friends that will be published in the yearbook. Payment can be made through Venmo (@Melissa-Griffin-61) or checks payable to "Butler PTO."

A shout out is space that you purchase to be printed in the Butler yearbook, which congratulates your child. One shout out is up to 180 characters (including spaces, and punctuation). 

To participate, please fill out the form here by April 1. Any questions? Please email Melissa.

BUTLER LIP SYNC (participation by 5th and 6th graders only)

Friday April 21, 2023, at 7:00 PM

Free Admission! Great Family Event!

Details to follow.

Please email Ali, Colleen or James with questions.

2023-2024 Student Registration is now open for all grades! To best meet our staffing needs for our grade-levels - please do not delay - and register your NEW students NOW!

Registration for future Butler Bears entering Kindergarten has been ongoing, but all grades are now open for new students to register for the fall of 2023. If any Butler Community Family has an incoming student, please be sure to register as soon as possible - as staffing and class sizes will be determined based upon the number of actual registrants! More information can be learned by visiting the Central Registration Website here.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Butler main office - 267-893-4250 and be sure to ask about registering your student eligible child.

Check out the full list of Butler Spirit Days here! Our next Butler Spirit Day is:

**Please note: All volunteer opportunities are subject to change based on District guidelines. We ask that you please refrain from cell phone usage during your volunteer shift. Unfortunately, younger siblings are no longer permitted to accompany volunteers. You must have your volunteer clearances completed prior to signing up for lunch duty.

The 2022-23 Butler Family Directory is online and has recently been updated! To access the Butler Directory, click here. This is a password protected document. The password was emailed to all parents separately.

March 17 | Spirit Day - St. Patrick's Day - Wear Green!

March 21 | National Down Syndrome Day - Rock Your Socks!

March 23 | Panera Dine & Donate

March 29 - Kindergarten AM Attends ONLY in the AM (No PM KDG)

March 30 - Kindergarten PM attends ONLY in the PM (No AM KDG)

Click here for the 2022-23 PTO events calendar (updated 2/12/2023)

Click here for the 2022-23 CBSD one-page printable calendar

The Simon Butler PTO has an official Facebook page. We use this form of communication to reach you the parents, in a quick and easy way. Click here to join the official Simon Butler PTO Facebook page today.

In order to volunteer in the classroom, you must have current volunteer clearances through CBSD. ***Failure to gain CBSD volunteer credentials may prohibit your ability to support any upcoming parties.*** Questions? Contact Erin McCreary.

The process is EASY and all done online using the Volunteer Tracker App. Every CB volunteer will need to register, and upload their clearances.

Pennsylvania law requires all persons having direct contact with school children obtain background checks and clearances. Click here for the required clearances, along with links to the state’s websites.