Hillside School Class Parent Meeting 2020 21 School

Hillside School Class Parent Meeting 2020 -21 School Year Lukshmi Puttanniah & Tamara Schwartz

Role of Class Parent ● Assist teacher with any classroom needs examples may include virtual celebrations, virtual field trips, & Art to Remember ● Inform parents in your class of school/PTO events & programs

Differences in Class Parent Role For the 2020 -21 Year ● No standard collection of class funds this year ○ Individual exceptions may occur for a specific virtual class activity, as approved by the teacher ○ Contributing to any class activity funds is voluntary & not mandatory ● No in-person classroom celebrations ● No school in-person field trips ● All Hillside students will be participating in Art to Remember in October, (Pre-K through 4 th) utilizing videos and guidelines from Ms Cleary and the ATR committee: ○ K and 1 st are already working on their artwork in school with Ms Cleary, and will continue with support from class parents. ○ Pre-K, 2 nd, 3 rd and 4 th grades will be facilitated by the class parents.

Important Reminders ● This year, our primary role is to assist the teacher. While suggestions to the teacher are encouraged, please remember that it is their classroom and their rules. ● Class Parents must be mindful of privileged information, student behavior and classroom behavior that comes up (including on Zooms). Please do not discuss this in or out of the classroom.

Closter PTO Fundraising Co-Chairs: Ahram Kwon-Foo & Elys Vasquez-Iscan

HOW THE PTO FUNDS RAISED HELP OUR SCHOOLS: ● ● ● In 2017 -2018, the PTO was able to contribute $135, 000 to our schools. This money provides the schools with assemblies, class trips, Lego robotics and new equipment for our STEM labs. A large portion of our contribution went to a new and advanced Security System for both schools. In 2018 -2019 the PTO was able to contribute $150, 000 to our schools. Along with support from The Korean Parent Group, our contributions will fully fund Air Conditioning in ALL classrooms in both schools. Following an unprecedented year in 2019 -2020 the PTO contributed $60, 000 to our schools. This money is directed toward Technological Enhancements to support both inperson and virtual instruction in both schools, including online platforms and accounts for our students and new smartboards for our classrooms. Your support and assistance means the PTO can continue to give to our schools and our children. THANK YOU!

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A+ Program 2020 -2021 • Only new supporters will need your School ID number (40238) to link their card to your school. • Each NEW supporter must visit https: //stopandshop. com to create or log into their online account. • Supporters can select up to two registered schools (Hillside and Tenakill) to receive their rewards. • Points are evenly split between each school. • Remind supporters that they still earn points when shopping online (delivery or pickup). • Remind! The more your supporters’ shop, the more points your school earns.

Upcoming Fundraising Events • Art to Remember (October) • Spirit wear (November)

Art to Remember

Art to Remember is a creative PTO fundraiser allowing parents to purchase keepsake products customized with their child’s art and support our schools! Artwork creation Artwork submission • Students choose a picture to be used as their inspiration for the project • Students create their artwork following simple steps + videos available on PTO website • All artwork must be uploaded by October 20 th • Class parents will facilitate and coordinate artwork creation and submission with their classes (email communications, virtual art event for class, etc. ) Online Ordering • Parents order customized products online using our school’s customized Art to Remember webpage • All keepsakes will be home-delivered And More • Families may upload more than one image (non-HES siblings and any family member may join!) • A % of all purchases goes directly into our school and becomes part of the PTO HES wishlist

Be part of a successful art project and fundraiser! Make sure your class has all the support they need, here’s how: • PTO Website page with guidelines and videos • Hillside Art to Remember page for artwork upload and keepsake order: – https: //www. closterpto. org/Ctr/custompage. cfm? cpid=5496 – Stay tuned for additional communications! – – • • https: //arttoremember. com/school/8 RNJE 5 Families will find their student’s account via name search May upload more than one image May order items of artwork submitted in previous years (video to follow) How does Art to Remember support our school? Read Here Any questions? Please contact the Art to Remember Committee at: clostera 2 r@gmail. com

Class Parent To-Do List ❏ Coordinate with your co-class parents to email your teacher together with the next week and set up a virtual meeting if your teacher would like to discuss ways that you can assist them this year ❏ Email your class introducing yourselves as class parents once you receive confirmed class list from us (should be by Friday 10/9) ❏ Sample Letter will be emailed to all class parents and posted on the Closter PTO website ❏ All Class Parent related information can be found on the Closter PTO website (www. closterpto. org), under “Programs-Info” → click on “Class Parents” ❏ Throughout the year, we will reach out to you about Closter PTO events and programs & request that you email those out to your class

Sample Letter:

Questions? At any time, feel free to email us at hillsideclassparent@gmail. com