End of the Year Celebration Being Planned

The PTO is planning an end of the school year celebration for the evening of June 6.  There will be food, games, music, and fun!  

If you would like to pitch in on planning and organizing this event we have a great crew!  

Join us on Monday, May 19 at 5:30 in the CP Smith cafeteria.  We'll be eating pizza as we plan.  Kids welcome!

 

To volunteer call Karen at 315-369-8966 or email at kmitchell2ruben@yahoo.com

The deadline for CP Smith Friends and Family Night  with the Lake Monsters is Friday, May 23. We hope to see you there!

CP SMITH PTO MAY UPDATE

UPCOMING PTO MEETING

Monday, May 12th, 6:30-8:00 PM, Learning Center

AGENDA:

Burlington Friends of Education (20 min)

     - to speak about the school budget and upcoming vote

Principal Report (20 min)

     - Thom will speak about goals for upcoming 2014/15

        school year

     - Implementation of PBIS program

     - Q&A

PTO Business (remainder of time)

     - Discussion regarding current fundraisers and event

     - Volunteer/leadership opportunities

     - Please come with questions and ideas for next year

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS FUNDRAISER

CP SMITH ELEMENTARY FRIENDS AND FAMILY NIGHT WITH THE LAKE MONSTERS WILL HAPPEN ON FRIDAY, JUNE 27th. THE GAME IS AT CENTENNIAL FIELD AND WILL START AT 7:05pm. YOUR CHILD/FAMILY CAN PURCHASE AND SELL TICKETS FOR A NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK. THE COST OF TICKETS IS $6 EACH. THIS FUNDRAISER WILL RUN FROM MAY 5th THROUGH MAY 23rd. A FUNDRAISING PACKET HAS BEEN SENT HOME WITH YOUR CHILD. CP SMITH PTO WILL RECEIVE $3 FOR EACH TICKET SOLD. THE MONEY RAISED WILL GO DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE SCHOOL/CLASSROOMS. 

DONATION OF BOOKS NEEDED

The Learning Center will be hosting a station during field day for students to choose a used book to take home. In years past these books were provided by RIF. However, this year the Burlington school district does not qualify for the RIF program.We are asking families to donate used books in good condition for this event. We are looking for books that are appropriate for grades K-5. Please no preschool or board books. Books can be dropped off to the Learning Center of the front office, We will accept books unitl June 3rd.

Communication with CP Smith and about CP Smith

There are two ways we encourage you to advocate for your child's school

First is through emailing the elected School Board Commissioners. This hard working group of people want what is best for Burlington schools but need to hear from you! During this time of working through the budget they need to know what you see as needs for CP Smith. We encourage you to send an email advocating that CP Smith gets it's equal and fair share of academic and financial support. Smith will not be on their radar until we respectfully ask them to give our school what it needs.

Your beliefs about what is needed may be different from that of your neighbors so we aren't telling you what to advocate for but to please advocate.

http://bsdweb.bsdvt.org/Board/BoardDirectory.php

The second way to give feedback is through "Let's Talk". To the right of this post is the "Let's Talk" link. You can connect with the school board this way as well as any other department, school, or teacher.

Keep in mind, the more you give positive feedback regarding something the more likely you are to see it continue and increase

CP SMITH PTO UPDATE 3/22/14

TAIKO DRUMMING PERFORMANCE

Our last day of the Taiko residency as well as the day and evening performances have been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 25th. The students have worked hard learning the art of Taiko drumming and we hope that you are able to make one of the two performance. The daytime performance will take place at 1:30pm and the evening performance will start at 6:30pm. Both performances will be held in the CP Smith gym. We hope that the majority of students will be able to participate in the evening performance however, we understand that families may have other commitments. If your child is able to participate in the evening performance the should be at the school at 6:10. We hope to see you there

JOIN US FOR CP SMITH FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

   Friday, April 4th, CP Smith gym. Doors open at 6pm,
   movie will start at 6:30pm sharp!

                      

                        We will be showing The Sandlot.

Bring your blankets and lawn chairs for an "indoor drive-in" on the big screen. Pizza & drinks for sale at the show. Children must be accompanied by an adult, no childcare will be provided. MPAA rated PG for some language

Upcoming PTO Meeting

WHEN: Wednesday April 9th, 6:30-8pm 

WHERE: CP Smith Learning Center

AGENDA: Our guest will be Paul Irish, Director of Information Technology for the Burlington School District. 

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE AND PLAN TO ATTEND!

   

      

Taiko Drumming Performance

Students have been working hard since last week learning the art of Taiko drumming!  What started out as noise has been transformed into music.  

Two performances will be held this Thursday, March 13, at 1:30 and 6:30.  Please remember to have your children at CP Smith at 6:10 for the evening performance.  (If there is a snow day tomorrow the performances will be rescheduled.)

Just another example of the parents and staff at CP Smith working together to provide enriching experiences for all Smith students!

International Potluck Dinner

This year’s International Dinner is quickly approaching!  

The dinner will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from  5:30p.m. – 7:00p.m., it will be a potluck affair. 

This means that  we are asking all of our attending C.P. Smith families to dig into  your family recipes to create and share one special recipe from  your own cultural heritage. 

A dish with a serving size of a  minimum of 6-8 people is ideal. Due to the nature of the dinner, it is very important to receive an RSVP indicating how many family  members will be attending and what category of food you would  like to share. 

Food will be served from 5:30pm-6:30pm and the dinner itself will  end at 7:00pm.