Community Park PTO Newsletter - Issue 8 / El boletín informativo del PTO de Community Park
Mon, Oct 14 9:03pm

Welcome to the CP PTO Newsletter. Please check your Konstella feed for the most recent updates.

Bienvenidos al boletín informativo del PTO de CP. Mire por favor sus actualizaciones de noticias en Konstella para detalles más recientes.

CALENDAR

IN THIS ISSUE

Around School

Fundraising

Around the District

Around Town

Community Resources

 

Your PTO at Work

Tu PTO en el trabajo

The PTO's Teacher Appreciation Team gave each staff member a beautiful 5-inch mum.

Scene from the Second Friday Coffee with the BOE candidates! 

CP staff chose from a beautiful assortment of locally-grown lowers.

Finally, thanks to Forrest Meggers for bringing his bike blender to last Friday's bicibús so the kids could make PTO-sponsored, pedal-powered smoothies!

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Volunteer for the Ice Cream Social!

We need a few volunteers to help welcome families, scoop ice cream, and clean up at the Oct. 16 Ice Cream Social & POP Release Party. Shifts are 30-minutes long.

Sign up here  

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We Need YOU to Host a POP!

  • A POP is a fundraising party, experience, or event that brings the CP community together for a good cause.
    • POPs can be for kids, for families, or for adults.
    • POPs can be small (10 moms at a game night); medium (20 middle graders doing crafts on an early dismissal day); or big (150 people at the Garden Theatre for a CP-only movie).
  • CP parents or teachers plan the POPs.
  • The organizers donate their time, the space, and the materials (i.e. hosting a wine tasting party at their home; renting a local bowling alley; purchasing pumpkins and snacks for an after-school jack-o-lantern carving party). 
  • The CP PTO charges admission and handles the sign-ups, and all proceeds benefit CP!

Sounds like something you/you and a friend or two could host?  

Please click here to sign up ASAP so your POP can be revealed at the Ice Cream Social.

(Is your POP idea not developed enough to go live at this week's event? We'll continue to accept POP submissions through the end of the spring, so let us know if you would like to host something later in the year)!

Need ideas?  Click here!

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Check the Lost & Found!

Please check the Lost & Found for items that belong to your child. As the weather gets cooler, the coats, sweatshirts, and water bottles begin to pile up!

The Lost & Found is located near the instrument cubbies at the end of the hallway that leads from the main entrance to the cafeteria. 

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October PTO Meeting Notes

Missed the October 10 General PTO Meeting? 

Catch up here!

Notes include updates on the playground, who to contact with feedback about the new school lunch provider, upcoming events, fundraising tallies, and grade-level news

Mark your calendars: The next general PTO meeting is at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. 

Ice Cream Social & POPs Release Party

Helado social y fiestas POPS publicación y inscripciones

Buy your tickets today! / ¡Compre hoy sus entradas! 

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Princeton vs. Cornell Football Fundraiser

Join your friends from across this district on Saturday, Nov 2 at 1 p.m. to cheer on the Princeton University football team against Cornell.  CP's specially priced tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, Oct. 30.

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Únase a sus amigos de todo el distrito el sábado 2 de noviembre a la 1 p. m. para alentar al equipo de fútbol de la Universidad de Princeton contra Cornell. Las entradas con precio especial para CP deben comprarse antes del miércoles 30 de octubre.

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Minted's Fundraising Program

**Use our code / Usa nuestro código: FUNDRAISECOMPARKPTA**

**Use our code / Usa nuestro código: FUNDRAISECOMPARKPTA**

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CP Spirit Wear Store is OPEN!

¡La tienda de la escuela ya abierta!

We've got a fantastic selection of school spirit gear, from cozy hoodies to snazzy t-shirts and everything in between! Start shopping here.

Free Shipping, convenient delivery to school in time for the December holidays, and every purchase supports CP!

Questions? Contact Deirdre Goodrich at goodrich.deirdre@gmail.com.  

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¡Sudaderas cómodas, pantalones de franela, gorros de invierno y chaquetas de lana ya están a la venta a través de nuestra asociación con Princeton Threads! Mira la tienda aquí.

Una parte de cada compra beneficia a CP. El envío es gratuito en compras ¡y las mercancías se puede entregar a la escuela a tiempo para las vacaciones por el fin de diciembre! 

¿Preguntas? Enviar un correo electrónico a Deirdre Goodrich a goodrich.deirdre@gmail.com.  

PHS Orchestra UNICEF Benefit Concert

Thursday, October 17, 2024

7:30 PM

PHS Performing Arts Center

The PHS Orchestra and PHS UNICEF Project are proud to present this year’s UNICEF Benefit Concert, which features selections performed by the PHS Orchestra and the presentation of the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development by PHS UNICEF. Student musicians from throughout the community are featured in the concert’s grand finale. Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Concert proceeds benefit UNICEF USA. If the cost of admission would present a financial hardship for your family, please contact us

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PPBC BOE Candidate Forum

You are invited to join us as the candidates discuss the issues, their perspectives and qualifications.

October 16, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Register for this webinar meeting.

After registering , you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Color the Past for International Archeology Day

Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Princeton Public Library, 3rd Floor Pop-Up Programming Area

All Ages

All are invited to color drawings of monuments and artifacts drafted by archaeologist and Princeton professor Howard Crosby Butler (1872-1922).

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Free Youth Wrestling Clinic

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National Chemistry Week 

Illustrated Poetry Contest

The Princeton Section of the American Chemical Society (PACS) is sponsoring the 2024 National Chemistry Week (NCW) Illustrated Poem Contest for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade in schools within the Princeton Section. For this contest, students must write and illustrate a poem that fits the 2024 NCW theme of “Picture Perfect Chemistry”.
 
Prizes will be awarded in K-2nd; 3rd-5th; 6th-8th and 9th-12th grade categories.  The First Place awardees of the Princeton Section Illustrated Poem Contest will advance to the ACS National Illustrated Poem Contest.  Poems and entry forms (attached) for the contest must be received by October 27, 2024.
 
More information about the contest, including the poem submission process, is posted on their website. If you have questions, email louise.lawter@gmail.com.    
 

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Flu Shot Clinics

Clínicas de la vacuna contra la gripe

AGES: 3 YEARS OLD AND OLDER
WALK-INS ACCEPTED AT ALL CLINICS

October 21

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Center for Modern Aging

101 Poor Farm Road

October 24

4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

La Mexicana

150 Witherspoon Street

Walk-in Only

November 12

5 -7 p.m.

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street

Appointments

IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE, YOU MUST BRING YOUR PRESCRIPTION AND HEALTH INSURANCE CARD(S) TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE (INCLUDING ALL UP-TO-DATE MEDICARE PART B INFORMATION, IF APPLICABLE).

Uninsured Princeton residents will receive the influenza vaccine for free.

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EDADES: 3 AÑOS O MAYORES
SE ACEPTAN VISITAS SIN CITA PREVIA

21 octubre

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Center for Modern Aging

101 Poor Farm Road

Citas

24 octubre

4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

La Mexicana

150 Witherspoon Street

Sin cita

12 noviembre

5 -7 p.m.

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street

Citas

LOS INDIVIDUOS QUE TIENEN SEGURO MÉDICO DEBEN TRAER TODAS SUS TARJETAS DEL SEGURO MÉDICO Y MEDICAMENTOS RECETADOS (INCLUIDA TODA LA INFORMACIÓN ACTUALIZADA DE LA PARTE B DE MEDICARE) PARA RECIBIR LA VACUNA. 

La vacuna contra la gripe es gratuita solo para los residentes de Princeton sin seguro médico.

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Princeton Food Access Calendar

Calendario de Comida de Princeton

October 15 /15 octubre

Arm & Arm Princeton

61 Nassau Street

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Princeton Kindness Food Project

YMCA

3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

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Princeton Kindness Food Project

Redding Circle

3:30-4:30 p.m.

October 16 / 16 octubre

Princeton Mobile Food Pantry

Princeton Shopping Center

9 - 11:30 a.m.

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Arm & Arm Princeton 

61 Nassau Street

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

October 17 / 17 octubre

Princeton Alliance Church

20 Schalks Crossing Rd., Plainsboro

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

October 21 / 21 octubre

Arm & Arm Princeton

61 Nassau Street

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

P.S. - We Hear You 

If you have feedback or suggestions regarding the newsletter, please message Christine Minerva on Konstella or email newsletter@cppto.org.  

For general thoughts regarding PTO activities or how parents can further help support CP, please contact Co-Presidents Priya Peyman, Chris Santarpio, & Erica Snyder at copresident@cppto.org.

Want to support Community Park School? Donate to the Community Park PTO via Zelle (treasurer@cppto.org),  Venmo (@CPPTO), or by credit card.

Thanks for reading!