Meriwether Matters
Meriwether Matters is a weekly digest of top news items from the MLS PTO.
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In the Spotlight

Dust off your boots and mosey on down to MLS for this favorite fall tradition, taking place Friday, October 16, 6-8 pm! Highlights include:
  • Dunk Tank featuring Mr. Williams, Mr. Massie, Dr. Irani, Mrs. Parmelee, and Mrs. Franco 
  • Petting Zoo - Pony Rides - Bounce House Obstacle Course
  • Ivy Fire Department Firetruck
  • Rodeo Games: Lasso, Bingo, Sack Races
  • Face Painting, Tattoos, Hair & Nail Painting
  • Hunt Country and Domino's for sale for CASH ONLY
With so much fun to be had, you will not want to spend a single minute in the ticket line! Click here to order tickets online now. Discounts offered for bundles of 50 or 100 tickets! Complete Fun Fair details can be found here. Yeehaw!

This is the final week for Birthday Book Club registration! Help ensure we have plenty of new, quality books in the MLS Media Center 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 from the library. Click here to register today!


Upcoming Events & Deadlines

 

  • Birthday Book Club deadline: October 2. Click here for sign-up information.
  • Girls Geek Day: October 10, 9 am-12 pm, Crozet Elementary. Registration required. Click here for more information.
  • Fall Fun Fair: October 16, 6-8 pm. Click here to buy game tickets now!
     
  • PTO Board Meeting: October 26, 6:30-8 pm, MLS Library.  
     
  • No School for Students: October 30 - November 3. 
     
  • MLS PTO Family Game Night: November 6, 6:30-8. More details to come! 

mlspto.org Highlights for the Week

If you do any shopping on amazon.com, using the MLS PTO's Amazon Affiliate link can return 4-10% of your purchase price to the PTO! Rebates are based on product category (e.g. 5% on Amazon Instant Downloads, 6% on amazon.com gift cards, 4% on DVDs). You must follow our link EVERY TIME to access Amazon PRIOR to putting items in your cart. Follow the link on the mlspto.org home page or make it your Amazon bookmark!

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. 

Laurel Geis and Holly Stancil, Communications Coordinators
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