We develop compassionate, engaged students who are HAPPY to be at school! |
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*Pumpkin Chuck Volunteer Signups Are Open!
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Nov 3: Read-a-thon winners announced
Nov 4: Pumpkin Chuck
Nov 6: PTO General PTO Meeting 7pm/ Virtual
Nov 7: No School - Election Day / Save the Date: Urban Air Fundraiser
Nov 9: Save the Date: Solstice Restaurant Night Fundraiser (Date night anyone??)
Nov 10: No School - Veteran's Day
Nov 14: LSDMC Meeting at 2:30 Room 2101
Nov 22 - 24: Thanksgiving Break
Dec 5: Winter Concert grades k-2 6pm at Withrow High School
Dec 6: Winter Concert grades 3-6 6pm at Withrow High School
Dec 15: Winter Classroom Parties
Dec 18: Winter Break Begins
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If you were a Hyde Park Hero last month, please return your yard signs this Monday. This month's winners will be announced on October 31! |
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Read-A-Thon Winners will be announced on Friday 11/3!
Thank you for another successful year. So far we have raised: $22, 828!!!
....and we still have 2 days left!
This money does so much to help the school so THANK YOU to everyone for your participation!
The rain held off long enough for us to have a great book character parade!
We're so proud of our little readers!
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Thanks for everyone who participated in the Chipotle Fundraiser last month! We raised $435 with this event! |
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Seeking Pumpkin Chuck Volunteers & Sponsors! Links to Pre-Sale Tix, Volunteer & Sponsorships Below! |
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If you bought pre-sale tickets for chucking, games or food, they will be sent home with your child this week! If not, tickets will be available at the event!
If you are volunteering with a child, please enter it as 2 people.
If you have already registered with a child, please go into the sign up genius and change your response to 2! Thank you!
What is the PUMPKIN CHUCK?
The famed HPS Pumpkin Chuck is our annual fall fest that takes place the 1st Saturday in November (11/4 from 12-4pm). The centerpiece of this event is watching pumpkins fly across our parking lot via catapult and trebuchet. It's also a great opportunity for students, families, staff and surrounding community members to gather to get to know each other, play games & feast on a variety of food options. Make sure to BYOP (bring your own pumpkin)! New this year - good old fashioned carved pumpkins will be composted (paint, sharpie marker, glitter and adhesive are no/no's). Don't trash it, smash it! Also new this year: a beer truck from MadTree! Still not sure what the Pumpkin Chuck is? Check out these videos of past Pumpkin Chuck glory: HERE and HERE.
Volunteer Signups Are OPEN! Help Make This Signature Event Happen!
Volunteer opportunities range from Bake Sale Contributors; Event Volunteers (operating game booths, ticket sales, beer sales/ID-checking, or intaking pumpkins); Setup or Cleanup; Chuckers (operating the trebuchet/pumpkin launcher); and Supplies (lending pop-up tents, card tables, wagons, and other necessary supplies to be dropped in advance). The shifts are broken up into hour-long slots so you can help for a bit and then spend the rest of the time chucking your hearts out. Kids are welcome to sign up for a game booth slot (4th grade and younger must be accompanied by an adult helper; just indicate parent/child pair in the comments of the sign up genius). One small job for you, one giant chuck for HPS!
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We are looking for a permanent Crosswalk attendant, but in the mean time we really need some parent help to keep everyone safe crossing the street! It will only take 20 minutes of your time in the morning or afternoon.
If you have a little extra time before or after school, please sign up for a spot here
Stop Sign and sweet neon vest will be provided :)
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Our youngest students are in need of some assistance during lunchtime. Tasks like opening cheese sticks, yogurt lids, and even putting straws in drink boxes can be challenging to little hands. If you could spare 30 minutes of your time, please join our lunch period to help make the most of this important time! You will need to check in at the main office at 10:00am and will then be directed to the cafeteria. |
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
Happy Hyde Park School is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment that values, embraces, and supports all members of the school community. Our LSDMC is in the process of forming a DEI (Diversity Equity & Inclusion) subcommittee for our school and would love to hear from you! Do you have feedback about your children's and your own experience at HPS, dreams, or ideas around this important work? Please connect with Lisa Nolan (lisa.m.a.nolan@gmail.com), a current 1st grade parent and founding chair of the committee, and/or Alyse Averdick (averdia@cpsboe.k12.oh.us), School Resource Coordinator, to share!
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Make Life Easy: Upload All HPS Events to Your Own Calendar |
Streamline your life by using this link to upload all HPS Events to your calendar: HPS Events Calendar. Throughout the year, this link will be updated with other events like socials, movie nights, family swims, playground dates, and more!
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Follow HPS PTO on Instagram & Facebook |
Make HPS PTO part of your daily feed on Instagram @HydeParkSchoolPTO and Facebook (facebook.com/HydeParkSchoolPTO). Just another way to make communicating ideas and keeping track of HPS events more convenient!
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HPS PTO Linktree: The Link to All Links! |
No more FOMO! This HPS PTO Linktree is the link to all important links! So if you'd rather have one link to check than many (hmmm, it's a real toss-up), just check this link: https://linktr.ee/happyhydeparkschool
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Earn 4% of your purchase for Hyde Park School. Don't worry...you still keep all of your points. Register online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com and select “Hyde Park School PTO Inc” from the list.
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Many people don't even realize just how easy the Box Tops for Education Program is now that it has gone virtual. No more clipping and collecting a pile of Box Tops. Just download the Box Tops App, scan your grocery receipt, instantly identify Box Tops products, and automatically add cash to our school’s earnings online. You can also email your online receipts to earn credit. Box Tops are still worth 10¢ each for your school. This may not sound like much, but it adds up to hundreds of dollars!
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Meet the HPS PTO Board Officers for 2023-2024 |
Here are the HPS PTO Executive Board Officers for the 2023-2024 school year:
President: Hilary VanderMolen
Vice President: Michele Berry Godsey
Treasurer: Kevin VanderMolen
Vice Treasurer: Chuck Hamman
Secretary: Jen Eisenstein
LSDMC Representatives: Ed Paff, Amy Lovelace & Rachel Harrison
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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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