Week ending September 25, 2020 | Click here for past issues

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our first virtual PTO meeting which was held on September 21. We had a great turnout and were thrilled to meet so many new Butler families via Zoom! Minutes from the meeting will be posted soon to our PTO website. Our next PTO General Meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 23, 2020 at 7pm via Zoom.

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.

We are now recruiting Head Room Parent Coordinators (HRPC) for each class (no Party Planners at this time). Please click here to read details and sign up. Please note, each classroom will have one HRPC. The following classrooms do not have any volunteers signed up yet: Mrs. Giuliano (AM), Mrs. Dubinski, Mrs. Fernandez, Miss Garner, Miss McAllister, Miss Curran, Mrs. Gelb, Mrs. Gilluly, Mrs. Szczypiorski, Mrs. Charters, Miss Bigler, Mr. Kelly, and Mrs. Meehan. Parents/guardians are welcome to sign up for multiple homerooms, however, we try to not have anyone do this role in multiple classrooms, unless there are no other volunteers.

**Although volunteers are not currently permitted in the building, this is a good time to get your clearances completed or updated. You MUST have current clearances in order to volunteer. Click here for volunteer clearance information.

New this year! SaveAround coupon books are for sale (formerly KidStuff) thru October 7. Pandemic friendly! Just click the link in the flyer, purchase a book or two, and share with family and friends. Your order will be shipped direct to you! Books are $26 (which includes $1 transaction fee from the company) but the savings are huge!

We know this is a unique year with many challenges, so if you are in a position to do so, please donate as you can...but please feel no pressure.

We ask for a yearly family contribution to help offset the costs of providing great family activities and supporting educational initiatives at Butler. It also eliminates the need for numerous fundraisers during the year. Online payment through MyPaymentsPlus is available. Although the option for a contribution is listed for each Butler child in your household, we are only asking for one contribution of $15 per family. There is also an option to sponsor another family, and contribute $30. Thank you for your consideration.

This year, we will again use Google Forms to collect Directory information. We do not retain data from previous years, so you will need to submit information for each child this school year. It is quick and easy and will only require a few minutes of your time.

Click here to get started. This directory is password protected and the information is not used for any kind of solicitation. It is a great way for you to get connected to other families in the class, or in the Butler community, as teachers will not be publishing class lists. Many families found this to be a valuable resource during distance learning last school year.

Last weekend was our first Dine and Donate of the school year. Thank you all who came out! A special thank you to Matt Gleave of the Rita's in Chalfont for donating $200. If anyone has any pictures from this event, please send to Mr. Funseth at kfunseth@cbsd.org with the subject line "Rita's Dine and Donate."

Click here for the 2020-21 CBSD one-page printable calendar