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Dear Families, We are looking to form our nominating committee for the upcoming 2021-2022 CRES PTO Board Elections. This committee will consist of three (3) PTO members, and no more than one of those may be an executive board member. This committee will work virtually and forms will be submitted electronically to them. The committee's major responsibility is to nominate the best qualified candidate(s) for each office. This committee should ask for recommendations from the PTO board members, general members and consider the organization's vision. Members of the nominating committee are eligible to become nominees for elected office. The president must not be involved in the nominating committee process or selection of officers. This committee is formed in order to proactively seek out or recruit individuals that would best serve our PTO. This committee will be responsible for reviewing nominating recommendation forms and compiling a report to present at our General PTO Meeting no later than 30 days before the board election meeting (typically May meeting). More details will be provided once the committee is established. If you would like to be a part of this committee you may submit the contact form below.  Thank you for everyone that joined our meeting last night and a special thanks to Dr. McDaniel for providing insight into the upcoming reopening of CRES. Below are some highlights and meeting minutes will be posted as soon as they're available. Nominating Committee - As we start planning for the 2020-2021 school we would like to form this committee that will coordinate the submission of nominations for the executive board that will be presented to our PTO members at our May General Meeting. This committee will consist of 3 PTO members (only one Executive Member is permitted), and we would love to have two parents and one staff member. If you are interested in volunteering for this please email president@crespto.net. Supply Pick Up - 1/21 (7am-9am, 11am-1pm, 4pm-6pm)
Fundraising - Our board is currently reviewing a few options for a Spring Fundraiser and more details will be posted as soon as they are available. In the meantime, we appreciate everyone's support in our passive fundraising efforts.
Book Fair - Zach has been working with teachers in order to finalize the book orders for students. All students will receive $20 worth of free books that were purchased by the PTO this year. Stay tuned for more information on how these will be distributed. Tahoma Board Goals 2025 Cafe - "At the end of 2020, TSD asked you to participate in a survey to help shape the School Board’s -- and district’s -- focus for the next five years. Now we’re inviting you to the next step in that process: a virtual Board Goals 2025 Cafe, from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3. We know that you’re busy, and it’s hard to dedicate two hours on a weeknight, but we think you would agree that Tahoma students are worth the investment of your time (and ours)!" For the complete message, visit their event page. If you are interested in registering for this event, click here. Yearbook Pictures - As we start reviewing the material for our yearbook we notice we have many more pictures from October (Harvest Hoorah and Ottumnfest) and December (Hot Cocoa and Holiday pics); however, we are really lacking pictures in several categories listed below. Please submit them online using the instructions on our site, http://www.crespto.net/yearbook.html.
We also purchased an additional limited number of yearbooks that are available to families on a first come first serve basis, unfortunately, when these yearbooks are sold we cannot order more so please be sure to order them ASAP if you'd like to secure one for the 2020-2021 school year. To purchase a wait list yearbook visit: http://www.crespto.net/yearbook.html.  General PTO Meeting Calendar - All meetings for the remainder of the year will be held virtually at 7pm. A link will be emailed to members prior to the meeting.
We have so many events happening this month I thought it'd be helpful to share our newsletter ahead of our monthly meeting. Supply Pick Up - 12/3 (7am-9am, 11am-1pm, 4pm-6pm)
Student Pictures - Make ups for student pictures are scheduled for 12/4 & 12/5 at Rock Creek Elementary School. Sign-up link: https://fs4.formsite.com/FireFly/jzikgltco7/index.html Order link: https://fs4.formsite.com/FireFly/5xftosrpx8/index.html Fall Fundraiser Pick Up will be on 12/5 at Cedar River Elementary school parking lot from 10am-12pm, there will be no other date/time to pick up your orders so please make plans to pick these up. Virtual Book Fair ends on December 6th. To purchase books visit www.scholastic.com/bf/ottersrule Teacher & Staff Holiday Gifts - Individual family holiday gifts will be able to be dropped off starting Monday December 7th at CRES where a wagon will be outside of the school. Cleopatra Art Event is scheduled for December 11th, 2020 at 6pm. Check your emails for pick up instructions, this time we will be at Rock Creek Elementary. General PTO Meeting will be on December 14th, 2020 virtually at 7pm. A link will be emailed to members prior to the meeting. Yearbook - We are extending online yearbook sales through 12/15. After that date we will setup a waitlist based on a first come first serve order online. To purchase, visit our website www.crespto.net/yearbook CRES Spirit Day @ MOD Pizza - Join us on December 17th, 2020 starting at 10:30 am until closing for our MOD Pizza Spirit Day. 20% of Sales proceeds will be donated to CRES PTO. Please order online or over the phone and use coupon code GR166613C for orders. Committee Chair Opening - Volunteer Needed We are currently looking for a Staff Appreciation chair to oversee the program. We have outlined the events for the rest of the year and just need one volunteer to schedule and coordinate the events. The approximate time required is 3-4 hours a month or less. If you are interested or would like more information please reach out to me or Rebecca at president@crespto.net or copresident@crespto.net Let's end the year by spreading Tahoma Cheer! The Cedar River Elementary School PTO invites you to participate in a Community Outreach event for the residents at Fountain Court Senior Living. To end the 2020 year, we would like to bring some HAPPINESS to the residents by providing student artwork, letters and cards from students districtwide! See flyer below. Dear Families, What a great turn out at our school's Harvest Hoorah! We are so appreciative of our staff at CRES for organizing such a great event for our families. I'm including the slides from last night's meeting on this newsletter as well for your reference, meeting minutes will be emailed to members as well. Below are some items/events coming up this month.
Feel free to reach out to me with any questions. Gemma Sanchez President, CRES PTO E-mail: president@crespto.net
Join us on Monday, November 9th for our General PTO Meeting at 7pm virtually. We will have Mike Hanson, TSD Superintendent join as a guest speaker providing a district update followed by a Q&A session. In order to ensure we cover all questions, feel free to submit them using the link below.
Dear Families, Thank you for joining us last night for our general meeting. While this school year has been rather unconventional we are trying to continue to support our staff/students the best we can. We are happy to announce that your CRES PTO Board has approved a grant for our school in the amount of $10,750. This grant will be utilized to fund individual teacher enrichment in grades K-5, health room, PE, music, school counseling, special education, specialists (ie. RAP, MAP, Future Ready & others), student recognition, equipment, field trips, programs (ie. Missoula Children’s Theater) & other student enrichment. As you know are aware this is just another way that your PTO dollars are being put to use. The reason we charge membership dues and conduct year round fundraising is to help fund grants like this along with all of our other programs we oversee throughout the year. Please consider joining our PTO by visiting http://www.crespto.net/membership.html In addition below are a few highlights of events coming up.
Gemma Sanchez President, CRES PTO E-mail: president@crespto.net
Thank you for joining us last night. Below you will find the slides and links that were referenced during last night's virtual meeting. The recorded meeting video is available upon request to current 2020-2021 PTO members. September Highlights/Links:
 We are looking for a parent from each class to help coordinate picture collection for each class and work with our Chair. This will be a virtual position that will mostly be reviewing pictures submitted from parents and/or help the Chair with Yearbook layout.
Click here to volunteer *At the time there is no information available on school pictures but our Yearbook Chair will be in communication regarding individual pictures. Also, don't forget to submit your pictures. Click here to learn how to submit pictures online/using the App. Thank you for joining us last night. We are excited for the start of the school year! Below you will find the slides and links that were referenced during last night's virtual meeting. The recorded meeting video will be sent to all families at CRES via email. Don't forget to take advantage of our Membership Contest that kicked off last night and will continue through September, for more details click on the link below. Join us for our next meeting on September 14th, 2020 at 7pm virtually. 
Otter Families,
Please join us virtually to kick off the 2020-2021 school year with our first PTO meeting this coming Monday, August 24th at 7:00pm. While we are starting our school year remotely we couldn't be more excited to see our students, staff and parents! An email will be sent to you from CRES with instructions to join our virtual call. Agenda
Fritz Gere, Principal Kristin Conklin, Instructional Coach Tina McDaniel, Dean of Students ​ Kalei McKittrick, Counselor ​ If you would like to submit questions to our guest speakers please complete the google form below. CRES Families, Well, here we are on the last day of the strangest school year ever! This year has shown us what we’re made of and grown us together in ways we could have never imagined. I couldn’t be prouder or more thankful to be part of the Cedar River family. We know that the Fall 2020 will look different and we look forward to working together to provide the best experience for every CRES student in the new school year. We wish you a wonderful summer! Go Otters! Ingrid McPeak 2019-2020 CRES PTO President “Together, we provide the tools and experiences every student needs to create an individual, viable, and valued path to lifelong personal success.” General PTO Meeting Our next CRES General Meeting on June 8th, 2020 at 7:00pm. This meeting will be held virtual, we will be emailing all members dial in options and links prior to the meeting.
General PTO Meeting Our next CRES General Meeting on May 11th, 2020 at 7:00pm. This meeting will be held virtual again, we will be sending out an agenda, dial in options and links prior to the meeting. Staff Appreciation Week Schools may be closed but teachers and staff are still hard at work. We may not be able to celebrate them in person but we can still make sure they feel appreciated!!! We will be celebrating Teacher/ Certificated Staff Appreciation Week May 4- May 8th. We have a week full of virtual ideas you can use to show your teachers how much you miss them and how much they mean to you. Keep in mind, all of these ideas are just suggestions. If you have any gifts/ideas of your own to show your appreciation please be sure to contact your teacher (through whatever means they have provided you with) to coordinate delivery. Monday - You're A Poet and Didn't Know It Monday- Write your teacher a poem (a simple rhyme, Acrostic, Haiku, Cinquain) to tell them how great you think they are. Tuesday-Talent Show Tuesday- Are you a great artist, singer, magician, actor, rubik's cube solver, LEGO engineer, 3 point shooter, lip syncer?Take your talent and turn it into a beautiful picture, skit, LEGO sculpture, music video, etc and record it or snap a picture of you in action and send it to your teacher to put a smile on their face. Wednesday-Whacky Wednesday- Knock,Knock.Who's There? You are, and you're going to email your teacher a funny joke you think they'd like. Thursday- Thoughtful Thursday- Take a moment to think about your teacher and answer some of the following questions. Then either record a video of you answering the questions or write the answers down and email to your teachers. Possible Questions:
Friday-Favorite Things Friday- Record a video message/write an email to your teacher telling them some of your favorite things about being in their class and having them as a teacher. Have fun with these ideas! Your teachers will be so happy and will definitely feel appreciated! THANKS, CRES STAFF APPRECIATION Otters Are Readers Program We would like to continue tracking our readers minutes remotely while the kids are not in school. Please click here to access the page to track your child's minutes online, thanks for everyone who participates in this awesome program!  General PTO Meeting Our next CRES General Meeting on April 13th, 2020 at 7:00pm. This meeting will be held virtual again, we will be sending out dial in options and links prior to the meeting. CRES PTO Executive Board Nominating Form We are in the process of establishing the board for the incoming school year. Please take time to consider volunteering for these positions. Click here to complete for anyone interested in running for the Cedar River Elementary PTO Executive Board. All responses must be submitted by April 12, 2020. Otters Are Readers Program We would like to continue tracking our readers minutes remotely while the kids are not in school. Please click here to access the page to track your child's minutes online, thanks for everyone who participates in this awesome program!  CRES Announcements Don't forget to check out the CRES morning announcements online which are posted each Monday, Wednesday, Friday. We have really enjoyed listening to stories, the many guest speakers and all of the pictures sent to Ms. McDaniel, keep them coming! Spirit Day NEON SPIRIT DAY will be on April 3rd, 2020. Don't forget to post pictures on our FB page and submit them to our Yearbook!  Yearbook If you are still looking for a yearbook, please email yearbook@crespto.net as there are a small limited number of yearbooks left. These will be sold on a first come first serve. Also, don't forget to submit your children's pictures, see the flyer below.  General PTO Meeting Our next CRES General Meeting on April 13th, 2020 at 7:00pm - all are welcome! Location is currently TBD. Popcorn Fridays Our next popcorn Friday will be March 13th, 2020. Due to the recent restrictions on volunteer access to the school facilities because of the COVID-19 virus, our PTO will be donating popcorn from Costco to our school. Yearbook If you are still looking for a yearbook, please email yearbook@crespto.net as there are a small limited number of yearbooks left. These will be sold on a first come first serve. Also, don't forget to submit your children's pictures (https://crespto.weebly.com/yearbook-pictures.html). PTO Volunteer Updates As communicated on our FB page, many of our programs are currently on hold due to the COVID-19 virus restrictions that have been implemented in order to reduce any risk to our staff and students. We will be communicating with the dedicated committee chairs as we receive any further updates from TSD. In the meantime we are trying to help in any way possible, this week our PTO made tissue and coat hook donations to keep the kid's coats clean. Thank you to all of our members for your donations and time you serve as volunteers!  Mora Iced Creamery Spirit Day Join us this Thursday, March 26th, 2020 from 1:00pm to 8:00pm for our Mora Iced Creamery Spirit Day and help us earn 20% back.  General PTO Meeting Our next CRES General Meeting on March 9th, 2020 at 7:00pm - all are welcome! MOD Pizza Spirit Night Join us this Thursday, February 27th, 2020 from 10:30am to 10:00pm for our MOD Pizza Spirit Night and help us earn 20% back.  Popcorn Friday The next Popcorn Friday will be on Friday, February 28th. Thank you in advance to our volunteers! If you are interested in signing up to help on Popcorn Fridays please click here. Family Fun Night Come and enjoy a fun night of BINGO this Friday, February 28th, doors open at 6:00pm.  Sounders FC Fundraiser Join us for our Sounders FC Spring School Day on May 2nd, 2020 at 2:30pm for the Sounders FC vs. DC United match at CenturyLink Field. A portion of each ticket sold will go directly to our PTO. For more details or to purchase tickets click here. All orders must be in by April 3rd, 2020.  REMINDER TO FAMILIES: Monday, January 27th is a regular school day, we will be making up the snow day that occurred last week. General PTO Meeting Please join us at our next CRES General Meeting on February 10th at 7pm - all are welcome! We will have several guest speakers including our Future Ready Specialists, Mrs. Johnson & Mrs. Lichtenberger, who will speak about our Future Ready Foundations Class and STMS Principal, Mr. Cassidy to speak about the transition to middle school for our 5th graders. We look forward to seeing you there! Popcorn Friday Our next Popcorn Friday will be on Friday, February 7th. Thank you in advance to our volunteers! If you are interested in signing up to help on Popcorn Fridays please click here. Science Rocks! The CRES Science Fair will take place on Friday, 1/31 at Tahoma High School in the Commons, guests for the science fair should use the west entrance (the sports/student side). Entries for the science fair must be submitted by Jan 24. See the sign up page below for more information. Click here to sign up students. Click here to sign up to volunteer.  Cedar River Elementary School PTO Endorses Tahoma School District Levies Cedar River Elementary School PTO voted to endorse the Tahoma School District Levies that are for ballot in February 2020. We join a list of supporters including other parent groups, Maple Valley City Council, Seattle King County Realtors (SKCR), Tahoma Education Association, Tahoma Public School employees and 5th district legislators. These levies directly impact our students and staff. The two measures include: A 4-year replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy, which would take the place of the current levy that expires in 2020. It would help maintain current staff and programs, and would cost about 50 cents more per $1,000 assessed value than the current rate. The second measure is a 4-year Technology Levy, which would help fund the Technology Plan that a committee of parents, students, staff and community members helped develop after months of study and discussion. It would cost about 47 cents per $1,000 assessed value the first year, 48 cents the second year, 44 cents the third year and 40 cents the last year. Fact Sheets: http://bit.ly/TSDepoLevyFactSheet http://bit.ly/TSDtechLevyFactSheet For more information please visit the links below. https://sites.google.com/tahomas…/tsdleviesinformation/home… http://voteyestahoma.com General PTO Meeting Please join us at our next CRES General Meeting on February 10th at 7pm - all are welcome! Fundraiser Spirit Night Join us this Tuesday January 21st, 2020 from 10:00am - 9:00pm for ourJersey Mike's Spirit Night and help us earn 20% back.  Science Rocks Our CRES Science Fair will be on Friday, 1/31 at Tahoma High School in the Commons (West Entrance) starting at 6pm. Be on the lookout for the flyer going home this week with your child. For more information on guidelines remember to view our Science Fair section here. We are in need of volunteers so if you are interested, click here to sign up.  Yearbooks
Were you bummed to learn you missed the 2019 deadline to purchase a yearbook on our online store? Well, we have some Good News in 2020! CRES PTO ordered a limited number of extra yearbooks that are available for purchase on a first-come, first-serve basis for those of you who missed the deadline. You can submit your request to reserve a yearbook by emailing yearbook@crespto.net. The Yearbook Chair will reply to all requests in the order they are received with instructions on how to purchase your child's copy, while supplies lasts. Popcorn Friday Our next Popcorn Friday will be on Friday, January 24th. Thank you in advance to our volunteers! If you are interested in signing up to help on Popcorn Fridays please click here. General PTO Meeting Please join us at our next CRES General Meeting on Monday, 1/13 at 7pm - all are welcome! Fundraising Update Thank you to all the families & staff that attended our Spirit Nights last fall. We are happy to announce we raised $432.31 at the MOD Pizza event and $384.87 from the Red Robin event. There will be another spirit night coming up this month at Jersey Mike's, we can't wait to see everyone there, more details to come. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!! Science Rocks Our CRES Science Fair will be on Friday, 1/31 at Tahoma High School in the Commons (West Entrance) starting at 6pm. Be on the lookout for the flyer going home this week with your child. For more information on guidelines remember to view our Science Fair section here. We are in need of volunteers so if you are interested, click here to sign up.  Yearbooks
Were you bummed to learn you missed the 2019 deadline to purchase a yearbook on our online store? Well, we have some Good News in 2020! CRES PTO ordered a limited number of extra yearbooks that are available for purchase on a first-come, first-serve basis for those of you who missed the deadline. You can submit your request to reserve a yearbook by emailing yearbook@crespto.net. The Yearbook Chair will reply to all requests in the order they are received with instructions on how to purchase your child's copy, while supplies lasts. Popcorn Friday This Friday, January 10th, will be our first Popcorn Friday for 2020. Thank you in advance to our volunteers! If you are interested in signing up to help on Popcorn Fridays please click here.  You know that friend your child is always asking for a playdate with? You'll finally put a face to the name with your child's yearbook! Remember that school event or classroom party you just couldn't make it to? Your child's yearbook will have you covered! Think of the yearbook as a window into your child's elementary school years. But more importantly, it will be a great way for your child to look back on all the special people and memories at CRES for years to come. Don't let your child be one of the few at the end of the school year without a yearbook for their friends to sign. With only a couple days left, purchase your child's yearbook TODAY! * ONLINE: You can order online at https://yearbookforever.com, where you can pay with a debit card, credit card, or PayPal and have the option to add a personalized name stamp to the cover for an additional $7. * BY CHECK: You can place an order at the CRES Front Office with a Yearbook Order Form and a check for $17.25 made payable to CRES PTO. Please include your child's name and teacher in the check Memo. After December 20th, only a limited number of yearbooks will be available for purchase on a first come first serve basis by emailing yearbook@crespto.net. General PTO Meeting To learn more about the upcoming levies, please join us at our CRES General Meeting on Monday, 12/16 at 7pm - all are welcome! Guest Speakers: Mike Maryanski, Interim Superintendent Lori Cloud, Director of Finance Angela Stewart, Vote Committee Co-Chair Fundraiser Spirit Night Join us this Wednesday December 18th, 2019 from 10:30am - 10:00pm for our MOD Pizza Spirit Night and help us earn 20% back.  Spirit Days @ CRES This Thursday, December 19th, will be a Holiday Wear Spirit Day. We are so excited to see everyone in their ugly sweaters, antlers, snowman shirts and more.  Popcorn Friday This Friday, December 20th, will our last Popcorn Friday for 2019. Thank you in advance to our volunteers! If you are interested in signing up to help on Popcorn Fridays please click here. Yearbook Reminder As requested, we have extended our yearbook order deadline to 12/20/19. Don't forget to order a yearbook so your child doesn't miss out at the end of the school year! Orders must be placed by 12/20/19 and any orders received after this day are not guaranteed and pricing is subject to change. Click here to purchase online. Paper orders are accepted as well, please submit cash/check with a completed paper form below this post. Note that after 12/20/19 we will no longer accept online orders or paper orders in the office. Any requests for yearbooks will need to reach out to our Yearbook Chair via email at yearbook@crespto.net.  General PTO Meeting Our next general PTO meeting will be held on December 16th at 7:00pm in the Commons. Popcorn Friday This Friday, December 6th, will our next Popcorn Friday. Thank you in advance to our volunteers! If you are interested in signing up to help on Popcorn Fridays please click here. Family Fun Night Event Join us this Friday, December 6th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at our Winter Sock Hop Dance where Seahawks Blitz will be making an appearance! We are also looking for help with the dance and baked goods to sell at the dance. If you can help, please consider signing up using this link  Yearbook Reminder Don't forget to order a yearbook so your child doesn't miss out at the end of the school year! Orders must be placed by 12/13/19 and any orders received after this day are not guaranteed and pricing is subject to change. Click here to purchase online. Paper orders are accepted as well, please submit cash/check with a completed paper form below this post.  Children's Christmas Gift Drive In partnership with the Tahoma School District and Maple Valley’s Food Bank, CRES PTO will donate $1 (up to $100) for each Gift you donate to the Children Christmas Gift Drive this week! 🌲 🎁 Please have your students bring gift cards, un-wrapped toys no later than Friday, 12/6. We will also be handing out raffle tickets at our Winter Sock Hop for a fun holiday basket!  CRES Honor Choir Performing at Seattle Thunderbirds Game All choir students need a ticket to get into the game, below is the flyer that will be going home this week. Please remember to submit your ticket request by 12/18/2019.  Family Fun Night Event Join us for a night with animals on November 22nd. Northwest Animal Adventures will be in Gym B teaching us about their amazing animals. We will have refreshments for sale. A parent must be present to enter (NO DROP OFFS). Only the first 600 people will be admitted. Event Fee: $1 per person (PTO Members) or $3 per person (Non-PTO Members) Children ages 4 and younger are free Fundraiser Update On behalf of our CRES PTO, we would like to thank all of our Otter families, students and staff for helping us run an extremely successful Fall Fundraiser. With your support we were able exceed our goal of $15,000. These funds will be critical in funding many of the programs our PTO supports at CRES. Popcorn Thanks to PTO membership donations, we are able to offer popcorn to all students at no charge this year! We still need plenty of volunteer help to make it happen. Please consider signing up to help pop and serve on select Fridays by clicking here. We would love to have you there! Remaining popcorn Fridays for this fall are: 12/06 & 12/20 Feel free to contact our chairperson at popcorn@crespto.net with any questions. Staff Appreciation Luncheon Parent teacher conference week has begun and we would like to thank everyone that has donated goods for a successful week ahead. We even grabbed a picture of the cart our dedicated Staff Appreciation committee chair drove around today in order to support our teachers (see picture below). Yearbook Reminder Don't forget to order a yearbook so your child doesn't miss out at the end of the school year! Orders must be placed by 12/13/19 and any orders received after this day are not guaranteed and pricing is subject to change. Click here to purchase online Paper orders are accepted as well, please submit cash/check with a completed paper form below this post. For questions regarding yearbook orders please e-mail yearbook@crespto.net.   Staff Appreciation Snack Cart |
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