MLS PTO

Serving the children, families, teachers, and staff of
Meriwether Lewis School.  

Come one, come all to the MLS PTO Fall Fun Fair CARNIVAL! Try your hand at the DUNK TANK and watch your teachers (and principal?) SPLASH into the water! Be amazed by an incredible juggling team! Play fun-tastic carnival games like Potty Toss, Bobbing for Donuts, Skeeball, Carnival Bingo and get your face and hair painted by a talented team of carnival make-up artists!  

Don't forget to bring cash for a fabulous meal from the Hunt Country Market, pizza, the Kona Ice truck, and the Sweet Shoppe!  Raffle tickets will go on sale this week.  Avoid the lines!  Buy your game tickets now at http://mlspto.org/committees/funfair.html

Questions?  Please contact Kristen Jamison (kjamison@me.com) or Julie Chung (juliec_28@yahoo.com) or Rebecca Martin

(mubecks@hotmail.com) for further information.

Calling all creative pumpkin artists!  The MLS Pumpkin Decorating Contest is here!!!

All MLS students are invited to participate. There will be contest categories of grades K-1, 2-3, 4-5 with prizes for the winner of each category. Pumpkins cannot be carved; pumpkins can be any size; child's name and grade should be written on the bottom of the pumpkin; pumpkins will be moved so please secure decorations appropriately. Students will vote for favorite pumpkins during the Fall Fun Fair. Pumpkins will be collected from Monday, October 13th through Friday, October 17th on a table in the MLS foyer.  Questions: E-mail Holly Stancil (hollymstancil@gmail.com).

The MLS PTO is happy to introduce Coffee & Conversation with Dr. Irani!  These monthly "coffee dates" are a chance for parents to learn about and share thoughts on current trends and initiatives that will impact MLS.  Our first meeting will be Wednesday, October 15th from 8:15 - 9:00 am at the school; the topic will be "Assessment for the 21st Century," with a focus on the Lifelong Learning Competencies and the need for non-traditional assessments (e.g., projects, performance tasks, portfolios, etc.).  In addition, part of the time in this first meeting will be spent identifying topics of interest for future meetings.  

So, join us on Wednesday, October 15th at 8:15 am, and mark your calendar for subsequent sessions on November 19th and December 17th!

Parent Technology Awareness Night

Monday, October 6th

6-7:30 pm

Please join us to learn about the technology that your child uses at school, information about age limits for social media sites, and how to teach your child to be safe using technology outside of school.

Presentations will be given by Mrs. Atkinson, Ms. Bell, and Officer Proffitt from the Albemarle County Police Department.

Childcare for K-5 MLS Students will be available.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, using the link below, by Tuesday, Sept. 23  if you plan on attending and/or you need childcare.  (You may attend if you don't RSVP, but we may not have room for student in childcare.)

Technology Night and Childcare RSVP  

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you.

Mrs. Robertson, Assistant Principal

Box Tops For Education

Don't forget to clip and save Box Tops for Education this school year!  You may want to have your child designate and decorate a small container or Ziploc bag specifically for collecting Box Tops.  You can click on this link for a list of participating products: 

http://www.boxtops4education.com/participating-products.  

Box Tops turned in any time will benefit Meriwether Lewis, or you can wait and turn them in for credit during our classroom contest in early 2015.   Get creative and ask grandparents or other family members, friends, and neighbors to collect with you!   Please contact Brooke Reid at jandbreid@aol.com with any Box Tops questions. 

Don't miss out on this MLS tradition! Birthday Book Club (BBC) is a voluntary program sponsored by the PTO.  It supports our library and helps ensure that we have plenty of new and exciting books for your children each year.  Flyers went home in backpack mail last week. 

The online information and registration form is now live and can be found here: 

http://mlspto.org/committees/birthdaybookclub.html.  Note that new this year is an optional donation to support our new and popular summer library hours!  Be sure to honor your child with a birthday book by October 3rd.  Our "party" will be held in the spring and all BBC children will celebrate with cupcakes and be the first to check their special book out of our library.  Questions? Contact Kristin Wray at kristinwray@me.com

Parent Technology Awareness Night

Monday, October 6th

6-7:30pm

Coffee and Conversation with Dr. Irani

Wednesday, Oct. 15th

8:15 - 9:00am

PTO Fun Fair

Friday, October 17th

E-Zone Fall II Registration Ends

Monday, October 20th

No School

Friday, October 24th

Dana Quist, Communications Coordinator

Meriwether Lewis School PTO

please email mlsmatters@gmail.com. 

Community events are listed by request as space is available.  The MLS PTO does not endorse or have any additional information regarding these events.