PTO Meeting tonight 6 PM

We are excited to see many of you at tonight's PTO meeting! 6PM at the school!

Sadly, we will NOT have a babysitter tonight. So sorry! If you have to bring kids with you, please have them bring a book or something quiet to entertain them! I will bring some coloring/activity books as well!

Please don't let this stop you from attending the meeting! We will make it work somehow! :)

THANKS for the HELP!

UPDATE: YIPEE! As it turned out, it was quick and easy to get the fundraiser items taken care of! This company was well organized and we are DONE! So we will NOT be meeting before the PTO meeting tomorrow! Thanks for all the help!!!

EEK! I am so sorry this is going out so late! I meant to send this Friday and had some stuff to deal with this weekend and forgot to send it, so now we're really desperate! 

We need as many hands on deck as possible! Our fundraiser items are in and we need help organizing and going through them to prepare to hand them out to the kids! We'll Have a work party at the school TOMORROW, Monday December 8 at 3pm as well as Tuesday Dec 9 from 3 -6pm (Right before the PTO meeting). If there is any way for you to be there for even a little while to help, please, PLEASE come over and help!!! Thank you!!!

Spirit Day-Still one more day to show your school spirit!

Oh my! It has been a busy week so I did not get this posted, but there is still one more day to show some school spirit!!! Tomorrow is "I'd rather be a _________ than a bully." (Wear a costume or choose a wardrobe of a career and dress accordingly, NO MASKS). Wow-what a great excuse to wear the Halloween costumes on Halloween! ;)

Tonight's PTO meeting Minutes

Hello all!

In case you wondered what you missed at the meeting tonight (or if you wanted to review for those that did attend), below is a link to minutes from tonight.

October PTO Meeting Minutes

Please also check out the blog posts about the Teacher Dinner and the Book Fair!

Thanks!

Teacher Dinner Wed Oct 29

Phew! We did it! Teacher Dinner was a great success! 

Thank you 

SOOO much to all the parents who donated food and time to this! 

You are all awesome!

Each year during Parent Teacher Conferences, the PTO provides dinner for the teachers on the long day of conference week. Our fall conferences are coming right up on us and we are trying to set up a Potato bar for the teachers for Wednesday October 29th.

We're looking for volunteers to provide the food. A few people signed up at the PTO meeting already, but we need a lot more help to make this dinner happen. 

Below are the items we need. If there is something you can provide, please email us at McDermothPTOwa@gmail.com and let us know what you can bring. Thanks for all your great support!!!

Baked Potatoes (one dozen)

1. Beckee

2. Kim

3. Chrissy

4. Alicia

5.

Broccoli (cooked) 2 lbs

1. Cristina 

2. Jill

3.

Chili (Crock Pot)

1.Angela

2. Katherine

3.

Shredded Cheese 1 Lb

1. Tara 

2. Cristina 

3. Johnel

4. Katherine

Sour Cream (24 oz)

1. Danny

2. Tara

3. Cristina 

Butter 1 Lb

1. Danny

Bacon Bits

1. Jennie

2 Large onions chopped

1. Jill 

Ranch Dressing

1. Alisa

Salsa

1. Joy

Paper Plates (50)

1. Joy

Plastic Forks (50)

1. Joy

Plastic Spoons (50)

1. Joy

Plastic Knives (50)
1. Joy

Napkins
1. Joy

Thanks again!!

Book Fair Coming up!!!

The book fair is coming to McDermoth. It will be in the library from October 27th to the 31st. The book fair is great because it generates money for books to put in our school library. At least 40% of what we sell comes back to us. I would love some help setting up the book fair, helping to run it(sitting in the library when students and parents come in to buy books), and taking the book fair down. My plan is to set up the book fair after school on October 24th. It will be an early day so around noon. The book fair hours will be Monday Oct 27th 9am-5pm, Tuesday 9-12, Wednesday 9-7:30, Thursday 9-5, and Friday 9-12. The times may adjust a little depending on how many people sign up to help. We will take down the book fair Friday after school. If you are willing and able to help during any of these times, please send me an email at McdermothPTOwa@gmail.com. Thanks in advance for your help!

Jennie Gifford

UPDATE: 

We now have Tues from 9-12, Wed from 9-11:50, and Thurs from 9-11:50 covered

PTO Minutes from last two meetings

Here are links to the minutes from the July and September PTO meetings!

July PTO Minutes

August PTO Minutes

PTO Meeting Tonight!

Tonight, October 14, 2014 at 6 PM. 

See you there!

Teacher Appreciation

Hello McDermoth parents,

This is Beckee. I am chairing the Teacher appreciation this year. As we have done in years past, we are planning to have treats for the staff twice a month to show our appreciation. We rely on volunteers to provide the treats. At back to school night we had a few times taken, but we need more volunteers! There are just under 50 staff members this year, so if you want to get together with a friend to cover one of the times needed, that would be great!

Please see the list below. If you signed up, you will be listed. If you did not sign up and can take one of the open slots, please let me know asap! You can email PTO at McDermothPTOwa@gmail.com

October:  (Need 2 volunteers still)

November: (Need 2 volunteers still)

December: Dee & Katherine

January: Shelly  (Need 1 more volunteer)

February: Cristina (Need 1 more volunteer)

March: Rhianna  (Need 1 more volunteer)

April: Sarah (Need 1 more volunteer)

May: Amber & Ilene 

June: (Need 2 volunteers)

Thank you!!!

Carnival is coming up (and we need volunteers)!

Hello!

Our year at McDermoth is off to a great start already thanks to all the great volunteers that have stepped up to help out so much already! I am sure you have seen the reminders coming home about our first big event this year, our CARNIVAL!! It is just around the corner! I (Beckee) just went over to the school and saw that we have had quite a few volunteers, but we are still in need of a lot more! So, if you can help with the carnival, please stop by the school office and sign up!

Also, we are still in need of junk food and glassware!

Thank you so much Mrs. Fleming for chairing this event! 

In addition to the Carnival, there are still many more ways you can help! We have a lot of committees that can ALL use more volunteers. A couple of our committees still even need chairs! Check out all the committees below and let us know if you are willing to help with any of them (if you signed up at Back to School Night, we already have you down!):

Basket Bingo
Book Fair
Box Tops
Fall Bulb Sales
Fall Catalog Sales
Family Game Night
Teacher Appreciation

(Family Game night still needs a chair, and I would love a co chair for Teacher Appreciation!)

Thanks for all you do for our school! Feel free to contact us with any questions and PLEASE pass this information on to other parents at McDermoth. We will be constantly adding people to this email list, so tell you friends! :) 

McDermoth PTO Board

(Beckee, Jennie, Jill & Rebecca)

Back to School night TONIGHT!

Just a reminder

Back to School night is tonight from 6-7pm!

Make sure you stop by the library to see the PTO!!

I am looking forward to seeing you all there tonight!

McDermoth and Anchor Bank's Big Little school supply drive

Have you all seen the Anchor Bank Big Little School Supply Drive? 

McDermoth was chosen as our local school!!! 

Anchor Bank will have a Big Box to accept donated items or cash donations at Open House this Thursday!! So, if you have donations it will be easy to do! Also, if you cannot make it to Open house, Anchor Bank is accepting donations at their branches until September 8. What a great way to help out McDermoth! 

Check out more info on needed supplies here:http://anchornetbank.com/The-Big-Little-School-Supply-Drive.aspx

McDermoth PTO Officers 2014-2015

President: Beckee Johnson

Vice President: Jennie Gifford

Treasurer: Jill Berney

Secretary: Rebecca Richie

PTO email: McDermothPTOwa@gmail.com

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