Meriwether Matters

Contents

Teacher Appreciation Week

Parent Funding Suggestions

Landscaping Thank You

SOL Volunteers Needed

MLS DI Team

EZone Feedback

Yearbook Orders

Community Events

Important Dates

Quick Links

MLS PTO

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MLS PTO

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

Teacher Appreciation Week: May 4-8th

MLS TEACHERS ROCK!!

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

MONDAY, MAY 4TH - FRIDAY, MAY 8TH

Click here for all of the details!

Parent Funding Suggestions Due Today!

Today is the deadline for submitting your suggestions for PTO expenditures.
Given the success of fundraising efforts beyond our Annual Fund priorities, we are planning for a small number of year-end expenditures, while also setting our budget and looking ahead to goals for next year.

Click here for a copy of the "Parent Funding Suggestion Form" to share your ideas. Please be sure to complete each section as thoroughly as possible so that we may fully consider your request, and submit your form by Wednesday, May 6th. Thank you once again for your enthusiasm and support!

Landscaping Thank You!

A big "Thank you!" goes out to the hard working parents who helped with this spring's landscape cleanup day on the morning of May 2nd. Stephen Pulich, Lisa Wittenborn, Ava Lena Waldman, Jeni Galvin, and Kristina Parker (along with some of their children) pitched in to help trim hedges and do some much needed weeding around the playground and in front of the school. Additional volunteers Jude Christian, Rich Florin, and Tim Kelsey will be working on some weeding in back of the school in the coming week.

The school campus looks great thanks to these dedicated volunteers! We really appreciate your efforts!

SOL Volunteers Needed:May 18th - May 29th

Only a few slots left!! Sign up today!

Parent volunteers are needed to monitor the halls to keep them quiet and conduct students one at a time to the bathroom as needed. They do not go in with the student, but they make sure that students do not talk to other students during testing. It is a low-action and rather boring job--good opportunity to catch up on reading or computer work. It is boring, but critical to helping testing to run smoothly.

Please sign up here if you can help or see Anne Geraty for any questions.

MLS DI Team Fundraising

Help the MLS DI team raise funds to help subsidize the cost of their trip. Visit the following businesses on the following days and the MLS DI team will receive a percentage of the profits!

Friday May 15th - Zoe's Kitchen
Sunday May 17th - SweetFrogs
Tuesday May 19th - Ivy Provisions

Enrichment Zone Feedback Requested

With the exception of Advanced Robotics classes to be held on May 8 and May 15, Enrichment Zone has concluded for Spring 2015. Please share your feedback at EZ Feedback. Thanks once again for supporting the MLS PTO through Enrichment Zone!

Order Your Yearbook Now - It's not too late!

It's not too late to order your MLS 2015 Yearbooks! Accepting orders until May 29 for $17. After that, you may purchase one directly from Sue or Kim in the front office while supplies last.

Click here for the order form.

Community Events

Camp4Real
Camp4Real online and paper registration is ready to go! PLEASE help us spread the word of the camps we are offering this summer, including our first GIRLS camp!

Meriwether Lewis June 15-19
Stone Robinson June 22-26
Meriwether Lewis GIRLS ONLY June 29-July 2
Meriwether Lewis Middle School Evening July 6-10
Meriwether Lewis July 13-17
Brownsville July 27-31
Hollymead (at Sutherland Middle School) August 3-7

With the exception of the middle school camp, rising 1st-6th graders from any school may participate. Camp4Real is a very active half-day camp that focuses on our campers' favorite physical activities, the joys of healthy eating, and character development. Please spread the news to your friends in other communities as we look forward to a REAL Fun, REAL Food, REAL Active, and REAL Awesome summer!

Olivet PreSchool
The Olivet Preschool is hosting an Open House on Sunday, May 17, 12:00-2:00pm. If you have preschool age children or grandchildren, please come visit us! www.olivetpreschool.org

Hallowed Journeys Summer Camp
This social studies camp is open to rising 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. It fills very quickly, so don't delay.
http://compass.k12albemarle.org/?p=662900

Important Dates

Parent Funding Suggestions Due
Wednesday, May 6th

Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4th - May 8th

Kids Night Out
Friday, May 29th
6:00pm

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Dana Quist, Communications Coordinator

Meriwether Lewis School PTO

To submit items for inclusion in Meriwether Matters,

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.