Meriwether Matters
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In the Spotlight

Birthday Book Club is open for registration! This annual tradition supports our MLS Library Media Center. Help ensure we have plenty of new, quality books for your child each year!  Simply purchase a "birthday book" for your child and he/she will be presented with the book (inscribed with their name) at the annual party in March. Your child is the first to check out the book, and your child's name remains in the book for all to see when they choose that book. Click here or watch for the registration form in backpack mail!

Grocery Programs = EASY Fundraisers for the PTO!
Have you re-linked your grocery rewards cards this year? These programs allow the PTO to benefit from your regular shopping! For example, last year we only had 38 families participate in the Kroger program, but we raised $2700. If we enrolled 100 families, we could raise about $8500! Please re-link your Kroger and Harris Teeter cards today; click here for instructions.

Upcoming Events & Deadlines
  • Girls Geek Day: Open House, September 24, 6 - 7:30 pm, Crozet Elementary. Click here for more information.
     
  • No School for Students: Monday, September 28
     
  • World Languages Forum (final session): September 28, 5:30-6:30 pm. Click here for more details. 
  • PTO Board Meeting: Monday, September 28, 6:30-8 pm, MLS Library.
  • Girls Geek Day: October 10, 9 am-12 pm (tentative). Registration required. Click here for more information.
     
  • Fall Fun Fair: Friday, October 16, 6-8 pm. Click here for save-the-date information for every kid's favorite night of the school year!

mlspto.org Highlights for the Week

Box Tops: It is Box Tops time! You can send them in now and they will count towards the class competition in the New Year. New this year: siblings can all get credit for the family total! Click here for more details. Thanks for your help with this easy and lucrative fundraiser!

Destination Imagination: DI is a creative, problem solving, and team-building competition and it's a LOT of fun! In order to make the Destination Imagination experience a possibility for our students, we need parent volunteers who are willing to lead or co-lead a DI team. For more information on DI, click here. If you are interested or have questions about coaching a Destination Imagination team, email Mr. Gissendanner at sgissend@k12albemarle.org. 

Congratulations, Mrs. Oehler! Kelly Oehler (1st grade) has been named the Z95.1 Teacher of the Month for September. We love to see MLS teachers getting the recognition they deserve!

Parent Council: The ACPS Parent Council's mission is to serve as a forum for parents, educators, and school officials to share ideas and exchange information in order to further advance the quality of the public education system within Albemarle County. Click here for a summary of the most recent meeting.

Laurel Geis and Holly Stancil, Communications Coordinators
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