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**Student Council's Food Drive Ends This Wednesday 11/15**
Upcoming Events
Nov 14: LSDMC Meeting at 2:30 Room 2101
Nov 15: Student Council's Thanksgiving Food Drive Ends
Nov 22 - 24: Thanksgiving Break
Nov 26 - Dec 2: Kendra Scott Virtual Fundraiser (more info to come)
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 13: Read-a-Thon Winners' Pizza Parties!
Dec 15: Winter Classroom Parties
Dec 18: Winter Break Begins
Jan 2: School Back in Session!
LSDMC Meeting This Week!
This Meeting will take place:
at: Hyde Park School
Tuesday, November 14
2:30pm in Room 2101

Anyone is welcome to join!
This month they will discuss the issue of traffic problems during pick up and drop off.
They hope to form a parent committee to help take on this issue.
Hyde Park School-

What a lovely event Saturday! We are emailing to extend our gratitude for contracting us out, and for putting in the work leading up to the event to ensure that the composting was a success. Having the non-compostable pumpkins smashed in a separate area was vital to keeping contamination out of the bins - thanks, too, for spearheading this. 

In total, we composted 3,771 pounds of pumpkins! We partnered with Camp Washington Urban Farm to process all of the pumpkins from the event.

I also wanted to pass along information about our residential drop-off service for you to put in the PTO Newsletter and any other platforms that the PTO uses. The Church of the Redeemer on Erie hosts a drop-off bin for us - it is accessible 24/7, and can be accessed for a small, monthly sliding-scale fee. It is a great option for Hyde Park and Oakley households that don't have other options for composting. 

Thanks again for this partnership, and we look forward to working together in the future! 

Best, 
Julia
We have been experiencing an ongoing problem with student drop off and pick up as it relates to families using Edwards Rd and Observatory Ave.  

Dropping off and picking up students on these two roads is not only a logistical problem, it is more importantly a safety issue. Although the car line gets backed up and moves more slowly, it is the safest way to take care of your children at arrival and dismissal.  

You MAY NOT drop off or pick up your students on these two roads. Please find a legal parking spot in the neighborhood if you are not using the carline. Walk your students to the crosswalk and use the crosswalk to get them to school safely. 

Additionally, we have received numerous calls from neighbors and business owner about our families using their business parking lots, or blocking driveways to drop off and pick up their child. Please extend the courtesy of being a good neighbor to those who live and work near HPS.

Finally, I want to stress the importance of NOT turning left out of our parking lot, especially during drop off and pick up times. It slows our line down considerably, and creates a risk of having an accident with an oncoming car, which actually occurred a couple of weeks ago.
Thank you for keeping safety a priority at Hyde Park School.

Principal Jill Sunderman 
Student Council's Food Drive Ends Nov 15!
Hi Happy Hyde Park Families, 

Thank you so much for your support of this year's food drive. We are well on our way to our goal of gathering one item per student in the school. 

As we approach the final donation days, we noticed that we are short on rice mixes, mashed potatoes, and pasta sauce. We also need more oatmeal and granola bars. Of course any donations will go a long way, so give what you can, even if it's not in these categories. 
As a reminder, the last day to donate is November 15. 

Here is the list of donation items again:

Kindergarten- Instant oatmeal, Granola bars, Canned fruit
First Grade-   Just add water baking mixes    
Second Grade-  Cereal
Third Grade- Mac ’n’ Cheese, Pasta, Pasta Sauce
Fourth Grade- Canned soup, Canned veggies, Canned beans
Fifth Grade- Popcorn, Crackers ( sandwich crackers), Pretzels
Sixth Grade-Stuffing mixes, Rice mixes, Mashed potatoes   

With gratitude, 
2023-24 Student Council
This month our Urban Air Fundraiser Raised $120 for the school and the Pumpkin Chuck raised over $12,000!!!!

Thank you for everyone who participates and volunteers for these events! With the price of field trips going up each year and all the new classrooms we are helping to make functional and beautiful, this money is going to be put to good use for our kids, school and teachers!
Family Workshop: Paper Puppet Creatures (Saturday, November 18, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
  • Work together as a family to construct whimsical puppet creatures and watch them fly! In this fun artmaking session, children and adults will cut, glue, and fold paper into a fun creature and take home an art piece of their own making! Registration covers entire family: only one registration per family needed.
  • CCAC @ Short Vine (2728 Short Vine, Cincinnati, OH 45219)
  • https://cliftonculturalarts.org/product/family-workshop-paper-puppet-creatures/
  • Ages 4+ with an adult
  • $40/family (siblings or extra adults welcome!)
  • Registration Deadline: November 15, 2023
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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 :)
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.
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!
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!
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!
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
Kroger Community Rewards
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.
Box Tops for Education
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!
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
If you have information that you would like included in a future newsletter, please send to president@hydeparkschoolpto.org (content included at PTO discretion).