• The last day of school is Wednesday! 
• 23-24 School supply sale ends June 15th!

• June 13: KRS Mural Celebration 9:30 am
• June 14: Last Day of School, last day of school pizza and 5th grade clap out (12:45 dismissal)
• June 14: 5th Grade Pool Party 3-6pm

FAREWELL Letter from Dana DiPaola and Natalie Malafronte,

Co-Presidents

What a year it has been! We are so grateful to have served your children and our community this past school year. Our PTO strives to create a strong partnership between children, parents, teachers and the Madison community. KRS is a special place because of these relationships.

We will never forget looking around during Field Day and saying to each other, “We did it!” Seeing the joy in the faces of the students, feeling the encouragement and support of the teachers and staff, and being blown away by the number of parent volunteers who quickly signed up to lend a hand. It was absolutely incredible. Everyone was having fun and enjoying being a part of the community we are so lucky to call home.

One of the main objectives of the Kings Road School PTO is to implement activities and educational programs that enrich the lives of our students. As evident in the PTO recap above, the children have had numerous opportunities for enrichment throughout the school year. Programs such as Meet the Masters, in-class enrichment programs like Mad Science and four school-wide assemblies are examples of our PTO dollars at work to achieve our goals. 

We have had an incredible year fundraising, hosting one of the most successful adult socials KRS has had yet! From the mum sale, to after-school enrichments, the generosity of our community all year has been above and beyond. The PTO was excited to finally accept delivery of 10 outdoor tables and umbrellas for our students’ use funded by us. We were able to use PTO funds to fund 8 teacher grants, our first-ever color run, One school, One Book books and SO much more. 

This school year, the KRS PTO has lent a helping hand to several local organizations, and received generous support as well. We partnered with the student council to collect Thanksgiving food items for the Overlook Medical Center Health Start Clinic. We encouraged students to donate books for Good Grief. This spring, our neighborhood Staples awarded KRS with a $500 gift certificate.

During the 2022-2023 school year, we’ve encouraged parents and caretakers to come together in various ways. We have painted together to create the beautiful outdoor mural. We have held grade-level social events, a fall social at Noe Pond, and a spring social at the Madison Arts Center. We have provided countless opportunities to spend time with your children during the school days, including field day happenings, Meet the Master events, and volunteering at the Holiday Boutique. We hope you have all enjoyed being a big part of our school community this year, and know what an integral part of it you all are. Without you, we couldn’t do all of the amazing things we have done and will continue to do. 

As always, we love to support and even spoil the KRS teachers and staff. This year’s Teacher Appreciation week included massages for all as a special “thank you.” We surprised our teachers and staff with little treats all year long, like Philly pretzels before the Superbowl and an incredible array of cookies and treats before winter break. We also wheeled around the Kindness Cart a few times, offering up coffee and snacks as afternoon pick-me-ups! We hope our KRS teachers and staff always know how much we appreciate them!

If you are still reading this (and we hope you are!), we encourage you to become more involved in our school’s PTO. We have met and worked with many incredible volunteers and friends along the way. It has been an awesome way to get to know other parents in our community. It has been a highly rewarding experience for us, and for so many!

Lastly, we want to thank our PTO board: Tammy de Freitas, Katie Zurich, Mona Alawadhi, Tracylnn Nuttycombe and Manda Farough, all our committee heads, room parents, event volunteers and everyone who pitched in throughout the year to make it a wonderful success! We are grateful for your grace, patience and encouragement along the way. We will continue to support this amazing organization as long as our children are here (and we still have 3 more between us who haven’t gotten to KRS yet!)

We hope everyone enjoys their summer break. Looking forward to experiencing the magic Katie, Tammy and the new board will bring in September!

Dana DiPaola and Natalie Malafronte

SCHOOL SUPPLIES - Last day to order is JUNE 15th 

Kings Road parents...If we sell 50 school supplies kits in the next week, Kings Road will be entered to win $2,500 in FREE school supplies! Order now and help us hit our goal!

FOR 5th GRADE FAMILIES ONLY 

Great News! This year we will be offering the SchoolKidz supply kit program which offers pre-packaged, school supply boxes filled with the exact items requested by your child’s teacher. Why fight the hassle of retail when there's a cost effective and convenient way of purchasing your back-to-school supplies? Skip the lines this summer. Order your supplies with SchoolKidz! 

Simply place your order by June 9, 2023. Order online at https://www.shopttkits.com, enter the MJS account number 50086. All kits will be delivered to your home by August 11.

Questions? Email grfktt@yahoo.com

KRS MURAL DEDICATION

We hope you can join us! All KRS families are welcome. Let’s celebrate coming together as a school and a community of painters! 

IMPORTANT PTO REMINDER

Please submit any and all receipts for PTO reimbursement ASAP. 

KRS DIRECTORY

The KRS PTO has decided to collect information for a PTO directory for the 2023-2024 school year. The KRS PTO Directory is a helpful resource which includes student and family names and contact information. We want to get a head start and get as many current families as possible. In order to create our own directory, we need your HELP. We need your most up to date information to be included in the KRS PTO Directory. 

Please respond via the Google Form link below if you wish to submit your family’s information. We can only include your information if you provide consent by filling out the form below. You only need to provide the information you would like to see in the directory. Please note that the directory is only available to families at KRS and we do not share your information. 

Please note that you only need to fill out ONE form per family and you only need to fill out the form if you have a student returning to KRS next school year.

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

One of the main objectives of the Kings Road School PTO is to implement activities and educational programs that enrich the lives of our students. These activities and programs would not be possible without the PTO’s fundraising efforts throughout the school year. The tremendous fundraising efforts by our two nominees helped us achieve goals beyond what we could have imagined.

In recognition of these efforts, the KRS PTO Executive Board is happy to announce that Jessica Doninger and Samantha Lockery Then have been selected as the Volunteers of the Year for the 2022-2023 school year.

We as a PTO strive to create a strong partnership between children, parents, teachers and the community. Jessica and Sam embody this partnership. They organized and executed the wreath sale, trivia night, and gathered all donations for the adult social. Jessica was also an important field day committee member and has helped with 4th grade fundraising efforts. Sam, along with her husband Chris, have helped in the KRS garden and have helped beautify KRS’ grounds. 

Jess and Sam are always willing to raise their hands when help is needed. Much of their volunteer work had been done behind the scenes but always with a smile. Highly organized, positive and energetic- we have enjoyed working closely with you both this year.

Thank you both for giving your all for the KRS community. We appreciate you!

Thank you to all who attended our last PTO meeting and volunteer celebration on Wednesday evening. We had a great turnout! It was a lovely evening to celebrate a successful school year of KRS PTO!

Thank you to all who helped with the 5th grade graduation ceremony. Thank you to the 5th grade committee members for planning a beautiful morning. Thanks to Kelley Browning and Rita Schmid for helping set up and clean up the breakfast. A special shout out to Mary Skinner, Jeff Ertz, Suji Donnelly, Beryl Lin and Mona Alawadhi for their tireless efforts in making the 5th grade yearbook, slideshow, and sweatshirt photos a success.

Did you know that our KRS school principal, Dr. Koop, sends out a newsletter every week? It's a great source of in-school information and reminders, as well as a snapshot of what happened during the week for our kids. Check it out below!

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