Please note the 7 PM start time. This is a change from previous meetings, which began at 6:30 PM. 

Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/93121471349?pwd=WEM4emJUR1hkTFpwSWZqNzJBYmtMQT09

Meeting ID: 931 2147 1349  

Passcode: SD6q4p  

Join us to vote for your 2022-2023 PTA board members! 

AGENDA

1. Board Elections
2. Principal's Update
3. Treasurer's Report
4. President's Report
5. Committee Reports
   1. Wellness: Lunch/recess volunteers and Screen-Free Week
   2. Staff appreciation 
   3. Antiracism
6.  Other Business
   1. May PTA vote on updated Bylaws (click here to review the proposed SCES PTA Bylaws)
   2. GeoBowl update--event takes place May 17^th

Minutes from previous PTA Meetings are available online here: https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/PTA_Meetings

TO SEE FLYER CLICK HERE

MONDAY, MAY 2  

No school today! Let’s get artsy.  

Meet at SCES around 5 PM to chalk "thank you" messages and pictures for staff to see when they get to school on Tuesday. Bring your chalk if you have some; otherwise, we'll have some extra on hand to share.  

TUESDAY, MAY 3 

We donut know what we’d do without you!

Donuts will be served in the staff lounge. Sign up to provide coffee and other goodies: 

www.signupgenius.com/go/4090949a5ad2fa3f58-stock   

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4  

Donate flowers from your yard or purchase blooms for the occasion!  

Volunteers will assemble bouquets from 9 AM to noon. Please sign up to donate vases or volunteer your time here:

www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0545AFA72AA3FD0-staff  

THURSDAY, MAY 5 

Dust off those handwriting skills!  

Students, write a note to a staff member who means a lot to you, or draw them a picture showing what you appreciate about them. 

FRIDAY, MAY 6 

Lunch is on us!  

Lunch for all staff provided by the SCES PTA.

SCES GeoBowl is scheduled for May 17.  

This event is an annual Geography-based quiz competition for 3rd–5th graders. This year’s continent of focus is Europe.

We have an incredible 111 students signed up to compete in this year's GeoBowl, with eight teams in the 3rd grade, five 4th grade teams, and four 5th grade teams.

The study guide has been circulated through emails from teachers and in print. Now, the studying begins!  Guidance on organizing in-person study sessions will come shortly; teams are already scheduling sessions on Zoom.

Interested in helping out? Email Jeremy Kanthor at jtkanthor75@gmail.comtoday; a volunteer meeting is scheduled for this evening, April 25, at 8:15 PM. 

After a one-year hiatus, yearbooks are back! 

The yearbook order form is now available -- orders will be accepted now through April 30th. Cost this year is $24.  All 5th graders will receive a yearbook, orders do not need to be placed for 5th graders; the PTA appreciates donations to help offset these costs.  

Current plan is for the books to be delivered in June direct to the classrooms, please note your student name and teacher (last name only) in the order form.  

Link below....reach out with questions,  

Jolyn Russell (Keane - 5th, Syden & Palen - 3rd)   

jlsenne@yahoo.com  

https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/182635  

Sligo Creek Elementary PTA - 2021-2022 Yearbook Order Form  

Please consider picking up some drinks or snacks for the Staff Lounge! We could use some sodas and chips for this week, as well as Nespresso Vertuo pods. Sign-up link included with the Staff Appreciation Week above, and here:  

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090949a5ad2fa3f58-stock 

The SCES Wellness Committee invites you and your families to participate in National Screen-Free Week, May 2-8!  More research is emerging which shows that more hours of screen time impacts the well-being, physical and mental health in children and adolescents aged 2 to 17. Screen time also affects family dynamics and social relationships, and the well-being of grownups, too. What would you and your family do with an extra 20, 30, or even 50 hours a week? You can spend time playing, imagining, creating, reading, exploring nature, and connecting with family and friends.  

Have your kids take the pledge and ditch screens for the week (at home, of course school screens are hard to avoid). Kids can fill out an activity log to document all of the awesome things they did instead of watching screens.   

See the official website for more ideas for activities, etc.

https://screenfree.org/  

 At the end of the week, if you send your pledges and activity logs to Emily Bleimund (ebleimund@gmail.com) we will formally recognize them for their success.  

Make lunch and recess volunteering a part of your spring routine! This is a great way to get to know your student's friends and classmates and our staff. If you've been cleared to volunteer, please consider signing up for one or more time slots this week - we have many options: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f49aca72aa5fc1-lunch

If you aren't sure if you are cleared, please email ebleimund@gmail.com or Ms. Nesmith and we can confirm. 

Thank you for supporting our school!

SCES Facebook Group

Join the PTA-created Facebook Group to connect with nearly 300 SCES parents and guardians and foster community through sharing ideas and information in a private forum. Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/sligocreekes. You must answer the three vetting questions AND agree to the Group Rules in order to be admitted as a member. 

Follow SCES on Instagram

If you're active on Instagram, posts by the SCES Social Media team of Helen Rubiez and Christina Vanderbloemen will give you a lovely glimpse into life at SCES! Follow @scespta.