PTA Newsletter -- March 3

Upcoming Events

PTA meeting

Clear your calendar -- our next PTA meeting is next week! In person and on Zoom.

Agenda (with Zoom link) will be posted next week.

Tuesday, March 11 @ 7pm

Calling all Bakers!

Our Staff Appreciation event this month will be a Conference Week Cookie Bar! Bring a dish/box/crate of your favorite cookies. Teachers will fill boxes with their choice of cookies for a delicious treat! Bring your cookies to the office, morning of March 12.

Wednesday, March 12

RCSD Board Meeting

Each year, every school in RCSD presents an annual report to the RCSD Board. Principal Knopf will be making her presentation next Wednesday, 3/12. The meeting is open to anyone -- go support Henry Ford and hear about all that our school has accomplished!

Wednesday, March 12 @ 7pm

Upcoming Conference Week

Don't forget -- Conference Week is coming up soon, which means minimum days all week!

Dismissal times: TK 11am. Kinder 11:15am. 1st-3rd 11:30am. 4th-5th 11:45am.

March 10-14

Monday, March 17

NO SCHOOL on Monday, March 17!

Pasta Dinner

Our biggest community event, affectionately called "Pasta Dinner", includes carnival games, spaghetti dinner, Wine Wall, basket raffle, and online auction. This fun event will take place on May 16, 2025.

This event is entirely volunteer-run, and we need your help!

* Auction -- everyone can help! Reach out to a favorite local businesses for donations for their support. Take this donation letter with you and ask them for a donation. Email auction@henryfordpta.org once you have a donation for us so we can keep track. You can also host an event/experience for children or parents to attend. Families will bid on a spot to attend your event. These are always popular auction items!

* Wine Wall -- organize an event favorite! Gather wine donations from local stores, wineries and individuals. Host a Wine Wall Party (in-person, Zoom or hybrid) to raffle off bottles of wine for ticket buyers.

Please email volunteer@henryfordpta.org if you have any questions, or have received donations.

Color Run!

The PTA is exploring the idea of a Color Run at Henry Ford, to take place on April 26. If you'd like to be on the committee to help out with this event, please email volunteer@henryfordpta.org.

Direct Donation Drive

The PTA funds many programs that our children benefit from every day, and we need your support. Programs such as PE, music, art, field trips, and so much more are funded through the PTA.

Any donation amount is appreciated to meet our funding goals for the school year -- no donation amount is too small! All donations are tax deductible.

Ways to donate:

ONLINE via Credit Card: Click HERE

IN-PERSON: Make checks out to Henry Ford PTA. Cash and Check donations can be delivered to the school office addressed to "PTA Direct Donations".

CORPORATE GIFT MATCHING: Don't forget corporate gift matching! Please email officers@henryfordpta.org if you plan to submit your donation for matching. If you don't know if your company matches, just ask!

Don't forget...

To bookmark our PTA website and subscribe to this newsletter.

There are two ways to be added to the newsletter list:

1) Create an account through Membership Toolkit. This will also allow you to easily purchase tickets to future events.

2) Email ptanewsletter@henryfordpta.org

Parents WhatsApp group

Join the parents WhatsApp group! It's a great way to stay in the loop with other parents, be reminded of events and join in our wonderful community!

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