For a complete list of PTO-sponsored events, deadlines, and more information, please visit our website. To volunteer for events throughout the year, contact the event chair directly. All contact information can be found on our website under the VOLUNTEER tab.

Sending wishes for a happy holiday season and a wonderful new year. As we welcome our newest families and appreciate our longtime members, we are excited to kick off 2023 with renewed energy!

With many thanks,

The Colts Neck PTO Executive Board

DECEMBER 22ND | 9-11 AM | CDMS CAFETERIA

We are excited to host this festive event for our graduating class! All 8th grade students are invited and are encouraged to dress in festive holiday attire. We will need 8th grade parent volunteers, so come join in on the fun! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Alyssa at alyssa.sans@gmail.com. View flyer for details. 

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MARCH 30TH | SOUTH GATE MANOR

Ladies! Save the date, Thursday, March 30th at South Gate Manor. Get your neon on and celebrate the 39th Annual Ladies' Spring Gala - Miami Vice style! If you are interested in volunteering for this incredible event, please contact our gala chairs at gala@coltsneckpto.org. For more info on donating, advertising, or sponsoring this event, please visit coltsneckpto.org/spring-gala.

ALL GRADES ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE!

Send in your photos! With all of the events we've had in the last few months, now is a great time to remind everyone to send in photos for the Photo Montage. Traditionally, a montage of photos collected from kindergarten through 8th grade, is prepared and presented to the students at their 8th grade dance. All photos must be school related: Halloween Parade, Trunk-or-Treat, Harlem Wizards Game, Frosty's Holiday Shop and Vendor Fair, 8th Grade Holiday Breakfast, Band or Choir Performances, etc. Visit coltsneckpto.org/photo-montage for details.

Looking for a last minute gift for a family member or friend? Our online store inventory has Vineyard Vines gear, saver cards, and also our Colts Neck Christmas ornaments! It's holiday season, so be sure to place your order for friends and family today!  For questions, please contact ColtsNeckOnlineStore@gmail.com.

VISIT PTO ONLINE SHOP

Don't forget to use Amazon Smile for all of your holiday shopping! Just start your shopping trip on smile.amazon.com and select "Colts Neck PTO" as your charity. Amazon will donate .5% of just about every purchase you make to our schools! You don't pay anything extra. Amazon Smile will even donate to the PTO when you purchase gift cards - perfect for gift-giving all year long!

Highlight your local business in our e-newsletter publications and/or on our website homepage! Sponsorship slots are available, linking users directly to your company. Check out our sponsor ad at the end of this newsletter! If you would also like to see your business listed as a sponsor, please fill out the Sponsorship Form. For questions or bulk sponsorship options, please email Jennifer Mule at sponsorship@coltsneckpto.org.

SPONSORSHIP FORM

It is officially holiday season and many of us will be ordering cards and gifts. This year, you can save 20% off holiday cards and gift purchases at the online retailer Minted and they will donate 15% back to the CNPTO! To participate, visit minted.com/holiday to start your holiday shopping and use coupon code FUNDRAISECOLTSNECK. Happy shopping!

Ms. Steele would like to share her list of STEM gift ideas for the kids. Click on the link below to check out some of the fun gadgets the kids are using in the CRPS innovation lab.

STEM GIFT IDEAS

HUGE THANKS to Jennifer Mule, Prarthana Raja, and Rebecca Roach for running this festive event for our kids!  THANK YOU to our community partners, Thom Hennessy from the Colts Neck Recreation Department for donating a craft table for all of our little shoppers to enjoy and to the CNTEA for donating a hot chocolate table for everyone to enjoy. Also to CRPS staff, Don Felle for helping with product delivery and a big thank you to Wilson Nunez for working so hard to prepare the school before the event and clean up after the big day.  A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to Steve Gimbelman of Designer Greetings for the generous donation of gift bags and tissue paper and to Julie Warnke for sharing her knowledge and passing the torch to our new group of chairs.  MANY THANKS to all of the parent and student volunteers who lent a helpful hand before, after, and during the event: Katina Churney, Kirsten Connor, Christina DiMuzio, Penelope El-Dalati, Yasemin Erturk, Sherri Gugliara, Cindy Louro, Mary Mattioli, Lena Nicholson, Chelsea Pizzillo, Lindsay Powell, Danielle Quigley, Vanessa Rahman, Jill Rapoport, Yelena Saturn, Doug Stark, Jenn Winkelmann, and Melanie Yale. THANKS ALSO to our student volunteers who acted as helpful elves for our little shoppers! 

If any student needs a service hours form signed, please contact Rebecca at rebeccaroach@gmail.com.

HUGE THANKS to Kim Kaufman, Joanne Passalacqua, and Samantha Amato for bringing back this fun holiday event! THANKS ALSO to Sherri Gugliara for volunteering to help the event run smoothly. And a huge thank you to Wilson Nunez, who helped prepare for vendors to enter our building and with cleaning up after the event. THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by the vendor fair to support the over 60 vendors who came to support the CNPTO. We hope many of you picked up some great gifts for family and friends!  

Colts Neck Volunteer Fire Department still has one more date available for Breakfast with Santa on 12/17. View FLYER for details.

The CNTEA will be hosting its annual blood drive on 12/15 from 3:30-7:30 PM after school at CRES. View FLYER for details.

Save the date for the Father Daughter Dance - Enchanted Garden organized by the CNSF.  The date has been set for 2/26/23. Details will be posted as they become available. FLYER

Colts Neck Recreation Basketball has extended registration. Visit WEBSITE for info and registration links. 

Junior Mustang Wrestling has extended registration for boys and girls in grades 1-8. The program runs 11/1-2/23 on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-8 pm at Marlboro Middle School. View FLYER for more details.