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We would like to thank all the students, parents, staff and teachers for a great year thus far. 

Our holiday fair was a great success and we are looking forward to the next couple of month’s activities.  This year is going by so quickly summer will be here before we know it!

We are looking for your continued help for the next few planned events

We will be having our Spring Family Dance at Hood School on Friday, April 30^th from 6pm-8pm.  We will need volunteers to help us set up at 5:30 pm.  We also need people to manage the food and raffle tables throughout the evening.  Finally we need a few people to help clean up and stay until 8:30 pm. Admission will be $3 per person or $10 per family.  Admission will include a free raffle ticket for each child.  There will be a DJ for entertainment.

We are asking for donations to fill baskets to be raffled off at the end of the dance.  The following grades are being asked to fill baskets with these themes.  You may start sending in donated items anytime. 

KDG – Crayola

Gr. 1 - Girl or Boy Toys

Gr. 2 – Gardening

Gr. 3 – Beach

Gr. 4 – BBQ/Grilling

Gr. 5 – Movie Night

Next, the PTO will be providing our teachers and staff with a Staff Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday, May 4^th from 11:30am – 12:30pm. We need volunteers to help cover the teacher’s classroom for one hour.  This way they can relax and enjoy their lunch.

Lastly, our June Field Day will be held on June 1^st with a rain date of June ^3rd.  This is an all day event (8:30am – 2:00pm) and we will need many volunteers for the day to run smoothly.  We will need help setting up and cleaning up.  This is a fun filled day for all and is Free. 

Boxtops and Pennies

Please remember to continue to send in your Boxtops.  Each one is worth  $ .10 to go towards supplies for our school.  These must be sent in attached to the Boxtops sheets available at the school.  Please ask your child’s teacher for blank sheets.

Also please remember to send in your pennies for technology.  The class who collects the most will win a pizza party at the end of the school year!  Keep the pennies coming!

If you are available to help for any of the above listed events please contact the PTO at 781-477-7320.  We greatly appreciate all your help and it will make all these events run smoothly.

If you have any questions or ideas please email annmvaughan@comcast.net or amraymo@msn.com. 

Thank you in advance for your support!

PTO NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2009

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our Lavendar fundraiser.  Congrats to our Limo Ride winners!!! Michael R., Juliana M., Tyler W., Briana W., Daren V., Damien W., and Devon D.  Great job!

We wish everyone good luck with the cash calendars! Who will be out lucky $100 Christmas Day winner???

Thank you to all that helped with our Holiday Fair! It was a fun day and everyone had a great time shopping and making cookies.  We couldn’t have these events if it was not for our parent volunteers.  So, Thank you!!  Thank you for all of the donations for our raffle table.  Here is a list of the raffle winners.  Congrats to you all!

We hope everyone has a fun filled Holiday vacation and a happy and healthy New Year!!!

The Aborn PTO

PTO News September 2009

Welcome to a new school year!  We would like to give you a preview of what we have planned for the upcoming school year. 

We are kicking off our fall fundraiser with Lavender on Monday September 14, 2009.  This is our second year with this company and we are excited to have them join in our efforts.  Please help us to make this a successful start to the year.  Lavender will be rewarding the high sellers this year will grand rewards.  Complete details will come home with your student.  Please review all forms. 

Once again we will be offering Aborn Spiritwear.  We are using Heritage Spiritwear again this year.  Order forms will be coming home soon with all students and there will be samples available at the Open House on Wednesday September 22, 2009.  If you have questions on sizing please come and take a look. 

School store will be held the first Wed. of the following months, Oct., Nov., Jan., March, April and May.  These dates are subject to change.  Students will be able to shop at the store with their class that morning.  Prices will range from $ .25 to $2.00.  

We will have three PTO meetings this school year.  Thurs. Nov 5^th, Thurs. March 11, and Thurs. May 6^th.   We will be discussing future events at these meetings.  We welcome you to attend and share any and all ideas.

We will be selling Cash Calendar raffles throughout the month of November.  All raffles will be drawn in the month of December with a bonus day on Christmas, December 25^th worth $100.  Please help this to be a successful fundraiser. 

The annual Holiday Fair will be held on Wednesday December 9, 2009.  The fair is held across the street at the Bethany Church.  This is an opportunity for the students to shop for holiday gifts for family and friends at reasonable prices.  Each student will come with their class; parents and family are invited to join us as well.  We will have shopping, raffles and fun!  We need volunteers to help out to make this a pleasant and successful experience for everyone.

June Field Day will be held on Tuesday June 1, 2010 with a rain date of Thursday June 3, 2010.  This is a fun day for the whole Aborn Family.  All students, teachers and volunteers will receive a free Field Day T-Shirt, lunch and slush.  We will also need lots of volunteers for this to be a successful event.  We have had a great turnout over the past few years and it has been such a fabulous day of fun.  Please help again this year!

Ongoing throughout the year we collect Boxtops.  All sheets must be filled out completely with the Boxtops glued or taped to the sheet. Sheets are always available at the school. 

We are looking for someone to be our Boxtop Coordinator.  If you are interested or have any questions please talk to one of the members of the PTO.

Summer Boxtop sheets for the drawing to win the Bengal Tiger Webkinz must be in by Fri. Sept 25th.  We still have some sheets available for this so please ask your child’s student for a blank sheet. 

Lastly, we collect pennies in each classroom.  The classroom that collects the most pennies at the end of the school year will receive a reward!   All money collected from the pennies for technology drive help to supply the computer lab with toner, paper and any needed supplies.

Listed below are the monies raised and expenses paid out for the 2008-2009 school year.

Fundraisers: 

Fuddruckers  $274.20

Lavender   $6410.28

Cash Calendars  $1904.4

Holiday Fair  $800.00

Spring Dance  $950.00

School Store  $1079.65

Boxtops  $623.20

Pennies for Technology  $490.90

 Expenses:

 Agenda books $378.12

 Weekly Reader  $1242.47

 Buses for field trips  $1225.00

 Basketball Tournament  $80.00

 Ben Franklin Gr 2-3  $720.00

 Storyteller Gr K-1  $450.00

 Owl Pellet/Vision Program Gr 4-5 $867.50

 Classroom parties  $380.00

 Staff Luncheon  $300.00

 5th Grade T-shirts/Graduation $775.00

 Field Day  $2622.75

 PTO Supplies (postage, envelopes, paper)  $70.00

 Teacher Supplies (Toner, Laminating paper, Ellison)  $706.02

 Computer Lab  $692.87 

Please help us to make this a great school year!  All of the funds that are raised through our fundraisers directly benefit the students at Aborn.  In these hard economic times please use all of your efforts to make these fundraisers successful.  The funds raised will help pay for buses for field trips, supplies for the school and many events for the students throughout the year.  If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to contact us through the school or via email.  781-477-7320 annmvaughan@comcast.net or amraymo@msn.com

Thank You,

Aborn PTO

Ann Marie Raymond, President    

Katie McHale, Vice President

Ann Vaughan, Secretary  

Kris Way, Treasurer