The Picture Board is up!

 PTO Parents,

Hope all is well. Here is an update for you:

TEACHER PICTURE BOARD:

Check out the great work done by Jasmine on the teacher pictures! It is great to see all their smiling faces when we walk in the door.

TEACHER APPRECIATION LUNCH:

Our first Teacher Appreciation lunch is next week Wednesday, September 28th.

The following parents have volunteered to bring food.

• Robert & Kathie-Le Barrett have volunteered to have Boston Market cater the main dishes
• Karen Zanotto is bringing cups and drinks
• Karin Sturgis is bringing a salad
• Natalie Johnson is bring a potato side dish
• Nadien Menke is bringing dessert
• Julie Goldman is bringing a fruit salad
• Some unknown person is bringing banana nut bread - if you posted this on the blog, please post a comment saying who you are.
  

NEXT MEETING:

Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12th, at 6pm. If you need childcare please email Laura Federico at leschwartz44@hotmail.com, or post a comment on the blog, by Friday, October 7th. If you email after that date there may not be room as Melinda and Maureen will allocate teachers for the number of kids who have RSVPd by the 7th. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS MELINDA AND MAUREEN HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS TO OFFER THIS TO US WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HELP THEM OUT BY GIVING THEM ADVANCED NOTICE.

Our tentative agenda for the next meeting is as follows:

• Review suggestions/ideas that have come up from the last meeting and the suggestion box

• Updates on fundraiser ideas

• Form committees and have some committee brainstorm time

• Review Montessori approach

• Updates from the Directors

If you have a topic that you would like to see added to the agenda, please email or post a comment on the blog.

Looking forward to seeing you! Hope September is treating you well.

Julie Goldman and Laura Federico

Fundraising committee volunteers needed

At the first meeting of the PTO, many people showed interest in being on the fundraising committee.  Nadien Menke has stepped forward and volunteered to co-chair the committee.  Thanks Nadien!  If anyone else would like to work to help with fundraising or just have their ideas heard, comment here and I will make sure Nadien gets your name.

Teacher Appreciation Luncheon - volunteers needed

At our first PTO meeting, someone suggested that we have teacher appreciation lunches, either monthly or bi-monthly.  We are having our first teacher appreciation lunch on Wednesday, September 28th.  We are asking parents to volunteer to bring a dish for the teachers for lunch.   Special thanks to those who have already volunteered - Robert & Kathie-Le Barrett have volunteered to have Boston Market cater the main dishes, so we just need a few parents to volunteer to bring in some side dishes and/or dessert.  Karen Zanotto has already volunteered to bring cups and drinks and I will bring some sort of side dish.   If you would like to contribute to the meail, please  leave a comment in the comment section along with what you would like to bring!  Thanks.  I know that the teachers will appreciate this.

Welcome!

If you are reaidng this blog, then you are most likely a teacher, parent, grandparent or other caregiver for a student at Portside Montessori.  This blog will hopefully serve as a way to communicate within the group, to share ideas and to plan events.  If you ever have an idea for a blog post or want to write a blog post, send it my way!