Just a reminder that Box Tops are due November 15. Scan your receipts as physical clipping is coming to an end.
See the Box Tops page for more information on how to help the entire year when you go shopping.
Email cespta_boxtops@cespta.net if you have any questions.
Archives for October 2019
Fall themed Treats for Staff appreciation
When: Wednesday October 30 8:30am
Please drop off treats before 8:20am Wednesday October 30 (you can also drop them off Tuesday by 4pm)
Homemade or store bought. Fall themed such as pumpkin, apple, maple, etc.
Thank you!
(5) dozen muffins/cupcakes
(5) dozen cookies/bars
(5) dozen apples
(5) bag of fall themed candy/treat(Please specify what you are bringing)
(7) jugs of apple cider
60-70 Orange or fall themed cups
Blessings in a Backpack Fundraiser
Dear CES Families,
The Clarksville Elementary PTA recently learned about a program in Howard County called Blessings in a Backpack. This program provides food over the weekend and days off to children in our county who might otherwise go hungry. The program is currently looking for over $20,000 in funding and our PTA would like to help and have a little competitive fun while doing it.
Starting October 28th, the PTA is excited to announce a partnership to provide a digital reading challenge to our community called, Read for My School. Fast to setup and easy to use across any mobile device, Read for My School provides parents and students a fun and engaging way to share their love of reading while understanding the importance of giving back.
Through your community support, we would like parents to read with their children and/or have their children read to themselves. Please track their progress on the Read for My School web page. We would also love parents to share our reading challenge as well as their child’s reading achievements with friends and family to generate pledge donation support.
Your support will make our school reading challenge a success AND help neighboring children.
Here’s what you need to do:
- You should be receiving an email from your grade team lead. Follow the links, create an account and share your page with friends and family.
- OR Go to https://www.readformyschool.com/register/ and select sign up as a student. Then, please insert your team invite code listed below.
- Kindergarten: 2618B
- 1st Grade: EB508
- 2nd Grade: 81E37
- 3rd Grade: 4B2B2
- 4th Grade: 7B51B
- 5th Grade: DEA35
- OR Go to https://www.readformyschool.com/register/ and select sign up as a student. Then, please insert your team invite code listed below.
If you have multiple children participating, create the account for one. Then click on MANAGE MY PROFILES and add another reader to the existing account.
- Each time your child reads, record the minutes. Each time your child finishes a book, record the book. This can be done directly on your child’s personal web page.
- The program will run for 2 weeks and end on November 10th.
As a small incentive, we will be offering the grade with the most minutes read a switch day. In addition, the child with the most books read and the child with most minutes spent reading will also get a small reward.
We are extremely excited to share this opportunity and look forward to working with you in support of our greater community. If you do not wish to participate in the program but would still like to contribute to the Blessings in Backpack through our school, we have set up a donation page on our website. We will add this amount to the total donated to the Blessings in a Backpack program.
Sincerely,
Clarksville Elementary School PTA
Thank you to Christina Delmont-Small
Those who attended tonight’s meeting were grateful for a member of the Board of Education and our cluster representative to address our questions as members of Clarksville Elementary School. We learned a lot about her and her passion for education and she answered many questions that parents had. The PTA thanks her for her time.
We hope to see you at the next meeting, November 11.
And how was your dinner at Tino’s? Thank you to all the families that participated in that delicious fundraiser.
Family Fit Night Success
Healthy fun was had by all that attended! Thank you again to our sponsors!!:
Photos from Joey Decker and can be found here: https://twitter.com/hcpss_ces/status/1184606518131474432
Last Day!!
Today is the last day for both PTA membership and 5th grade programming.
Please contact cespta.membership@cespta.net for questions about membership and cesclassof2020@cespta.net for 5th grade programming.
Thank you for your support!
Help Needed!!
Help save the PTA some money!! We are looking for a CPA to volunteer their services and assist us in filing our tax return. If you are a CPA and can help us, please email cesptapresident@gmail.com.
2019-2020 PTA Reflections Program
The PTA Reflections Program is a wonderful opportunity for students to enjoy and share their artistic talents by creating original artwork that reflects on this year’s theme, “Look Within”. Students can choose to take a picture, write a poem or story, create a piece of visual art, choreograph a dance, compose a song, or produce a film that shares their ideas of who they are and how they view the world around them. Entries will be selected to advance to the county, state, or even national level.
Details for getting started can be found on the PTA website at http://www.cespta.net/reflections-program. A copy of the Reflections filer, official rules and entry form will be delivered to each student through their homeroom teacher this week.
Entries are due by Monday, November 18, 2019. (Please drop your art work & the filled-out entry form in the “Reflection Box” located at the school Main Office.
Please contact Meng Zhu and Jodie Wang at cespta.reflections@cespta.net with any questions.
LAST DAY TO SIGN UP: Oct. 18th
No commitment or expectations required, you’re just simply showing your support for our great students, school, parents, and staff. The PTA needs to start printing up the directories of the PTA members, so the last day to sign up is Friday, October 18th.
Sign up here.
If you wish to use a check, please send a piece of paper that includes the name of your child and his/her teacher along with a check. Please send it with your child in an envelope marked “CES PTA membership”.
Individual – $15 – for one ADULT member of your household
Dual – $25 – for two ADULT members of your household
When you join, please also consider making a COUGAR PATRON DONATION. 100% of your donation will be used to fund programs at our school! Clarksville E.S. PTA is a 501(c)(3) corporation, donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Thank you for your support!
The Cougar Patron program is a fundraising drive designed to help defray the cost of the many activities and programs sponsored and run by the Clarksville Elementary School (CES) PTA.
We have heard from many families that they prefer writing one check to support their children instead of selling candles, gift wrap, cookies, etc. In fact, this program was so successful last year that we are eliminating all other fundraising.
In addition to your membership, we are asking families for a minimum donation of $50 per child (beyond the membership dues) to support our kids and maintain our current level of programming. The best part is 100% of your money stays at CES, your donation is tax-deductible and you don’t have to sell anything!
The money raised supports many important programs at CES including:
Back to School Welcome Ice Cream Social
Family Fun Run
International Night
Pizza Bingo
Spring Fling
Many More…