Originally delivered on 9/24/2023 4:00 pm

SUBJECT: SCES PTA Post September 24- October 1

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Week of September 25 - 30, 2023

Important Upcoming Dates:

September 25 No School, Religious Holiday.
September 29Meet & Greet hosted by PTA, 5:00p-7:00p at the playground.
October 2Fall Picture Day
October 4Walk to School Day
October 5PTA Meeting @7pm on Zoom. At 6:30 PM a meeting for those concerned with special education at SCES will take place via Zoom prior to the general PTA Meeting.
October 9No School
October 14Cold Weather Gear Swap, 10am-12pm
October 20Salamander Stride

 

This is the e-newsletter compiled by the Sligo Creek Elementary School (SCES) PTA of the school year. To ensure that you receive the PTA Post, please subscribe directly under your profile on the PTA website. We encourage all SCES families to sign up. Previous issues of the newsletter are available on the PTA website here: https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/pta-post-newsletter..

We encourage all Sligo community members, including parents, guardians, teachers, staff, and family members, to join the PTA. You can join the PTA via the PTA website at https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/ 

If you know community members who would be interested in but did not receive this newsletter, please forward!

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Minutes from PTA Meetings are posted online here:

https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/PTA_Meetings

Welcome Back To School Social

Come with the whole family and join the SCES community at our  Welcome Back Social.  The rescheduled date is Friday, September 29th from 5:00 to 7:00pm.  Come join us at Sligo Creek ES playground! Everyone is welcome!  There will be food trucks and pizza for sale as well as games and activities for the children.

Safety Reminder for Traffic Patterns for Arrival and Dismissal

We know everyone is eager to efficiently and safely get their kids to school and timely on to work or other appointments.  We are reposting a map and directions of traffic patterns. Due to construction, please leave extra time for pick up and drop off if your child is a car rider. More signs will be posted in the neighborhood to make it easy to follow.  For safety, neighborhood relations, efficiency, and fairness, the following protocols exist for arrival (and dismissal):

Map of traffic patterns for SCES

The Salamander Stride Needs You! Come volunteer on Friday Oct. 20th

Come volunteer for the Salamander Stride this year! The 2023 Salamander Stride Committee Sign-Up form details the many ways you can sign up to participate in this fun and exciting day for our SCES salamanders!!

What is the Salamander Stride? The Salamander Stride is a fun run/walk for all SCES students and is the PTA's sole fundraiser that funds our budget for the year, providing all the events and extras that help to make Sligo Creek ES so special. The Stride will take place on Friday, October 20 at the SSIMS track during your student's specials class - mark your calendars for a day of FUN! 


Exciting Sponsorship Opportunities to Support the Salamander Stride

In addition to the typical ways to support the Salamander Stride that will be taking place next month (donating to your student in support of their run, sharing the donation form with family and friends as appropriate—you'll hear more about it very soon!), we offer small businesses and local organizations a way to show their community spirit too. 


Please see the flyer which you can share with local businesses soliciting their support of the Salamander Stride and SCES. Restaurants, health care providers, places of entertainment, those who offer classes—karate, coding, tutoring, music, art, the list goes on—may be interested in this highly visible chance to support our school community.  


If you're a small business yourself, please reach out! We'd love to showcase you at the Stride as a sponsor. Note that you may apply any sponsorships toward your Strider's individual and classroom totals to give them a special boost, too! Please contact stride@scespta.org (stride AT scespta DOT org) with any questions or to learn more about this special opportunity.

National Walk to School Day

Celebrate National Walk to School Day on October 4!

https://www.walkbiketoschool.org/

PTA Meeting October 5

The next PTA meeting will be October 5 at 7pm via Zoom.  The link to connect is:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93121471349?pwd=WEM4emJUR1hkTFpwSWZqNzJBYmtMQT09

Meeting ID: 931 2147 1349
Passcode: SD6q4p

Join the SCES PTA

Here are step by step directions Signing up for membership to join the PTA.  The more family engagement we have, the more we can do!

Last checked, we have around 178 members—that's individuals, so if you joined as a family the count includes 2 individuals—which is wonderful! Last year we were well over the 200-mark, and we'd love to see us celebrate at least HALF of our families as PTA members! That would equal 300+ families/individual members, and would say so much about the connections our school has with families and the community we serve. If you haven't yet, please visit the PTA website here (https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/233988) to sign up. Membership is $25 for two, $15 for an individual, and $5 for staff.  

Stock the Staff Lounge

The staff appreciation committee will stock the staff lounge every Monday.  Sign-up for slots of your choosing on the SignUp Genius. Items can be dropped off or mailed Claire Darby's house. Please message her for her address. (Facebook messenger, or cell/email contact is available on the SignupGenius.)

You can also order off our Amazon wish list and have items sent to her house if that's easier. Please still sign up on the sign up genius as well so others can see what is covered!

Social Media

Find us on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sligocreekes/


Did you know that SCES PTA has an Instagram account? Please follow us for fun stories and updates from our SCES community!  #jointhecommunity #sligocreekelementaryschool 

https://instagram.com/socialsligocreekespta?r=nametag

Find us on Instagram at:

@Socialsligocreekespta



Easy Ways to Support SCES

 

Scan Receipts for BOX TOPS  

1. Download the BOX TOP$ for Education App  

2. Select Sligo Creek Elementary School (zip code 20910).  

3. Look for the BOX TOP$ logo when shopping.  

4. Scan your grocery receipts within 14 days of purchasing.


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Mabel's Labels  

If you find yourself needing some personalized name labels, please consider supporting this fundraiser, and the PTA will earn 20% from your purchase! Your labels will ship to your house for free. They're great for lunch boxes, backpacks, clothes, shoes -- you name it!  

To purchase, go to campaigns.mabelslabels.com and search for "Sligo Creek ES PTA." 

This fundraiser will run continuously, so it will be there whenever you have a labeling need.

AmazonSmile, BoxTops, CocaCola GIVE and Harris Teeter logos
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