What a week it has been celebrating our Teachers & Staff! Each day was filled with treats, flowers, homemade cards and so much GRATITUDE! A very sincere thank you to the parent community for abundantly showing your support to our Teachers & Staff; they loved their special week. 

This week we welcome the First Day of Spring and the PTO is excited about all the fun events that it brings! So many volunteers are working hard to create new versions of our beloved traditions. There will be a Bike Rodeo, there will be a Mayfest Raffle & Celebration, there will be a Field Day (in fact an entire Field Week) and there will be a traditional Yearbook distribution! Many great events in the months ahead; stay tuned to The Item and emails from the PTO on specific details for all. 

This year, spring also brings blooming changes in our children's school day; please be sure to read all ALL District 36 News, Board Presentations, and District communications, as there will be critical information being shared in the coming weeks. 

The Mayfest Raffle is a highlight of the Hubbard Woods School annual carnival-themed fundraiser. While this year we are unable to hold the carnival, we are bringing back a highlight of Mayfest: the RAFFLE! Each year, there are many exciting prizes that are discussed by students in the build-up to the raffle. The 40+ year tradition was missed last year, and will look a bit different this year due to Covid, but the show must go on!

If you have any questions or ideas, please do not hesitate to reach out to the 2021 Mayfest Co-Chairs: Jessica Newell or Alyssa Demas Quinn.

We are looking to archive ALL 2500 episodes of WGST! The episodes come in many shapes and sizes: VHS, DVD and currently, a Google Drive. The PTO is hoping to document, consolidate, have a backup of all episodes, and deliver a maintainable system moving forward. 

Is this your talent? Does your company do this? Do you have a top-notch recommendation? Please email hubbardwoodspto@gmail.com if you can help out or have a suggestion!

Join Mr. Wendt, Mr. Scheetz and Mr. Moreno to PLAN & PLANT through March and April. All grades K-4 as well as their adults are welcome to join us via zoom!

Planning will take place on the Music Zooms on Mondays, March 22, April 5, and April 12 from 11:00-11:25AM for PM in-school students, and from 12:30-12:55PM for AM in-school students. Students can join using the link in Schoology using the Related Arts Weekly Exploration link to the Music Zoom.

Outdoor landscaping sessions will take place after April 19, and will be scheduled after the planning is finished. Stay tuned! Join us for planning OR planting OR both! Please email hubbardwoodspto@gmail.com if you have questions!

Show us your artists and their artwork! 

Photos can be sent to Hubbard Woods Yearbook and

will be used for print distribution in the 2020-21 yearbook only. Any questions? Please contact Yearbook editors, Alicia Rosauer or Nicole Roberts. Thank you!

Congratulations to the nominees! The election of the officers will take place on Wednesday, April 7th at 9:00 am during the monthly PTO Exec. Board zoom meeting. All PTO members (which means all HWS parents who paid their PTO dues at the start of the year) are welcome to join this regular monthly zoom meeting of the Exec. Board. If you are interested in attending the meeting to participate in the vote, please reach out to Sara Dahlstrom, s_dahlstrom@hotmail.com, so she can provide you with the link.

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Lisa Farrell, Jenni Healy and their team knocked it out of the park for Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week-way to go!!

Biggest thank you ever to Alicia Rosauer and Nicole Roberts for their BIG commitment to making this year's Yearbook. It is a huge undertaking; especially in a very non-traditional time. Please help them by submitting great photos!!

Thank you to the nominating committee who assisted in planning for the 2021/22 PTO Executive Board.