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Posted: March 01, 2010

Pomfret Community School PTO…. We’re all about COMMUNITY!

It’s nearly Spring!  And there’s so much going on at PCS and in the PTO!

Join us on Thursday, March 11th for a night full of family fun on Reading Night.  Get your groove on with Dancin’ with Hoops, every Tuesday night in March.  Indulge your sweet tooth with our back-by-popular-demand Gertrude Hawke chocolate sale, and help us raise the last few dollars needed to support the successful Minds Alive! enrichment programming.

And, of course, we’d love to see you at our March meeting on Tuesday, the 9th at 7pm in the PCS Library!  We’re already gearing up for next year, and with your help, we’ll make it an even more successful one for PCS kids, teachers and families!

We are thrilled with what our PCS families and friends have helped us to achieve for PCS.  Take a look at the Minds Alive! programming that your generosity has brought to the PCS community this year!  Thanks to you, every child at PCS has benefited!

As always, if you have any questions or ideas to share, please feel free to contact the PTO on-line by clicking here. We’d love to hear from you!

Melissa Zahansky, PTO President

Mark Your Calendars!

Posted: February 28, 2010

Don’t miss out!

Mark your calendars!

Upcoming PTO Meeting Dates (Tuesdays):

March 9, April 13, and May 11

All meetings are held in the PCS library at 7 p.m.

Family Reading Night!

Posted: February 27, 2010

Kids in grades PK-3! 

Throw on your PJs, grab your family and come on down to the PCS Gym for an AWESOME, story-filled night on Thursday, March 11th from 6-8pm in the Gym!

We’ll kick off the festivities at 6pm on March 11th with a visit from the Cat in the Hat himself! (Look out for Thing 1 and Thing 2!)  Then hear your favorite stories read by Local Celebrities!

Bring an old book for the book swap! Sign up for your very own library card!  Munch on pop corn!  And Craft, craft, craft!

Admission:  Please bring a non perishable item for the Pomfret Food Bank!

Interested in Volunteering? Please contact Veronica Vaida


Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!

Posted: February 26, 2010

Indulge your sweet tooth AND support PTO enrichment and community programming!  What could be better?

Back by popular demand:  The Gertrude Hawk Chocolate Sale… until Friday March, 19, 2010!


The PCS-PTO is pleased to offer Gertrude Hawk Chocolates as part of our Fund Raising Program. Catalogs came home from school with kids, but this spring we are trying something new…a “web only ” fundraiser!  Directions are located on the back of each catalog as well as on the take home flyer.  Browse the catalog or log in to:  www.gertrudehawk.com  Make sure to go to the “Fundraising” Section. The Pomfret Community School group number is 716285.

All orders placed on the web will be shipped directly to your home and will have the appropriate shipping charges applied.  Sale dates are Friday, February 26, 2010 to Friday, March 19, 2010!

Remember to email, facebook, twitter friends and family!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Questions:  Contact Brenda Bullied

Where Does All the Money Go?

Posted: February 25, 2010

We’re thrilled to tell you!

We are so excited about how our Minds Alive! enrichment programs have shaped-up for this school year!

  • We’ve already hosted 4 Master Teaching Artists who have presented curriculum-inspired programs that benefit every child at PCS… and we’ve got 3 more coming up!
  • We’re proud to support PCS’s visit to Mexico during Cultural Arts Week, both with an Artist-In-Residence and with 3 performances and school-wide workshops by an authentic Mexican Mariachi band!
  • We’re super-excited about our Teacher Grants this year.  Each brings a hands-on, curriculum-driven, teacher-selected workshop and additional curriculum-enhancing classroom materials to every grade and special subject at PCS!
For a more detailed look at the entire Minds Alive! series of enrichment programs, please click here.  And while you’re at it, give yourself a huge pat on the back for helping to make all of these programs possible for our kids and teachers!

MInds Alive!: What’s Coming Up?

Posted: February 24, 2010

Next up in the Minds Alive! Series of Enrichment Programs….

April 1, 2010:  David Zucker’s Poetry in Motion

An exhilarating one man tour de force that brings poetry to life.  An old steamer trunk brimming with props, costumes, masks and puppets introduces an irresistible cast of characters drawn from the worlds best poems for children.  David Zucker vividly brings to life the best of English language poetic literature. This participatory program recreates the fine tradition of spoken verse with the poems of such authors as A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Langston Hughes, James Whitcomb Riley, and many more.

Are You Getting PTO Email Updates?

Posted: September 27, 2009

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