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September 4, 2019
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What's New From Your Morse PTO
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WISDOM OF THE WEEK
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — William Shakespeare
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — William Shakespeare
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2 HOURS OF POWER VOLUNTEER CHALLENGE
**Unfortunately, if no one fills these roles very soon, we may not have Spirit Wear or Yearbooks this year.** Still Seeking a Spirit Wear Coordinator We still need someone to volunteer to be the Spirit Wear Coordinator. Last year, Spirit Wear sales earned Morse PTO $725. The approximate time commitment is 16 hours throughout the year, and the duties include working with the appareling vendor and delivering orders to teachers. Get more details or sign up here We Need a Yearbook Coordinator Yearbooks are a beloved Morse tradition and last year, sales raised $2,870 for our school. But yearbooks don't happen on their own-we need someone to take the lead! The Yearbook Coordinator meets with classroom volunteers to design the yearbook using online software. Get more details or sign up here |
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DON'T FORGET
Join Us For PTO 101 at Our General Meeting Think you know PTO? Think again! For example, did you know...
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We're NOW Taking RSVPs to our Celebrate Calm Presentations
Celebrate Calm Founder Kirk Martin, and his son, Casey, will provide parents and teachers with a dozen strategies that will eliminate defiance, disrespect, yelling, bullying, sibling fights and more that characterize our homes and classrooms. Kirk provides concrete, practical strategies that work with kids ages 2-22 in everyday situations to:
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Get your kids to listen the first time!!!
Watch just one example from Celebrate Calm Founder Kirk Martin |
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GOOD TO KNOW
Five Schools, One Family Initiative Together with the Blue Valley South West PTO and PTO/PTAs from Aubry Bend Middle School and its feeder elementary schools, Morse PTO is working on a new initiative--Five Schools, One Family. The goal is to build a sense of community, from our high school down to the elementary schools, so everyone is excited and proud to be a (future) Timberwolf! The Five School, One Family Committee is selling community spirit T-shirts. Proceeds from the shirt sales will go toward putting together community-building events and Morse PTO will receive $1 of every shirt sale. Order your T-shirt here. The order deadline is Friday, September 13th. Yeah, Please Give us a "Like" We've started our own Facebook page! Don't worry you'll still get all the PTO news you need via our other communications methods, but having our own Facebook page, separate from the school's Facebook page, allows us to give you the inside scoop on all things PTO. Please give us a "like" @MorseElemetnaryPTO |
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You’ve Got Mail (coming)
Soon, the Mother/Son Night and Daddy Daughter Dance committees will send out an email with Sign Up Genius links kindly asking parents to make donations to their respective events. These evenings would not be successful without your generous donations of items and gift cards. Any donation, large or small, is welcomed and will make an impact. Please feel free to donate to one or both events—we thank you in advance. Thank You For Supporting Teachers And Staff Through Take Stock in Morse We'd like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to those of you who have donated to Take Stock in Morse. We are getting closer to our goal of $10,000. There is still time to contribute! You can donate through ParentVue or by completing this form and returning it to the office. Get more information about Take Stock and look at last year's approved staff grants. |
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SAVE THE DATE
PTO General Meeting--September 4, 2019, 7pm in the Morse library All parents and caregivers are welcome to attend this PTO General Meeting where the topic will be PTO 101. We promise it will be casual, informative and even fun! Mother/Son Night--Friday, October 11, 6-8pm at AMF College Lanes Join us for a night of fun with your son. The evening will include bowling, pizza, dessert, raffle baskets, a silent auction and more! More details to come. Celebrate Calm--Wednesday, October 16, 7-9pm at Morse -OR- Thursday, October 17, 10am-12pm at District Office Mark your calendar for Kirk Martin's Celebrate Calm events. Come find out why over 600,000 parents and teachers have called Kirk’s presentations “practical, life-changing, relatable, and laugh-out-loud funny.” Learn more about our October Celebrate Calm presentations and RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY! |
It's a great day to be Marksmen!
The mission of the Morse Elementary PTO is to promote and encourage a
student-centered environment with strong community connections.
The mission of the Morse Elementary PTO is to promote and encourage a
student-centered environment with strong community connections.