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 I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Free Ice Cream!
In honor of Stevens Creek being named a California Distinguished School, the PTO will be providing the ice cream for this year's Ice Cream Social! This wonderful event will take place on the same evening as the school's Open House, Thursday, May 17. The Ice Cream Social will begin at 5:30 pm and continue until 7:30 pm. Come on out and enjoy some yummy ice cream and celebrate our new title!! The ice cream will be given out one per customer and while supplies last; we ask that adults wait until the 2nd hour to get ice cream so that we can be sure all the children have an opportunity to get some free ice cream!!
If you would like to volunteer to help serve ice cream, please email Louise Schie at louises@comcast.net. Thank you to those that have already volunteered. However, we still need help for the following shifts:
5:30-6:00 (need 4 people)
6:00-6:20 (need 3 people)
6:20-6:40 (need 3 people)
6:40-7:00 (need 3 people)
7:00-7:30 (need 1 person)
 Time to collect those Walkathon pledges!!!
Did you know that, because of the support of our families and community, PTO typically raises over one third of its annual budget from Walkathon? That’s right!! The family and business sponsorships, and, more significantly the pledges that our kids collect provide over a third of the money PTO uses to support critical programs such as art, music and technology at our school. Our students did a terrific job soliciting pledges and walking laps! Now is time for the equally important job of collecting all of the pledge money that is due. Please help your children collect and return the pledge envelopes as soon as possible. The deadline for returning pledges to the office to be eligible for prizes has been extended to May 24th.
Thanks for your continued support! If you have any questions, please contact Yulan Cole (yulan@yahoo.com).
 to our outgoing and incoming PTO Boards:
The PTO Board provides leadership, governance and operational support for the PTO. Without the support of these dedicated volunteers, we would not have an organization to provide support for the school, and our children would miss out on the many educational experiences that PTO helps support (e.g., Tech Media Clerk and Tech lab support, Library Media Clerk, Art, Primary music and PE, science fair, …).
Please join us in thanking this year’s outgoing PTO board for their service:
• VP of Fundraising: Gia Morris
• VP of Grants: Luanne Schirrmeister
• Secretary: Julie van Gelder
• Co-Treasurers: Anand Iyer and Esther Sadkowski
• Check Depositor: Pam McNelis
• Health & Safety: Alicia Schober
• Room Parent Coordinators: Ashwini Kshirsagar and Shubhangi Ranade
• Principal: Vivian Franklin
• Staff Liaisons: Elizabeth Allen and Sandy DeLeu
On May 10th, the membership of the PTO elected a new board for next year. Please join us in welcoming them to the PTO Board for next year:
• Co-presidents: Stephanie Fulmer-Smentek and Cristin Vaughan
• VP of Fundraising: Eleni Baxter
• VP of Grants: EC Ong
• Secretary: Julie van Gelder
• Co-Treasurers: Anand Iyer and Pam McNelis
• Check Depositor: Open (currently seeking nominees)
• Health & Safety: Alicia Schober
• Room Parent Coordinators: Open (have nominees)
• Principal: Vivian Franklin
• Staff Liaisons: Open- (to be selected by their peers in the fall)
The remaining openings will be filled at the September PTO meeting.
Our thanks to the new board for being willing to serve in these positions next year.
Stephanie Fulmer-Smentek and Cristin Vaughan, PTO co-presidents
 Available PTO positions
PTO has several board and committee positions available for next year. If you are interested in taking a more active part in PTO activities or operations next year, please contact Cris Vaughan (cavaughan28@gmail.com) or Stephanie Fulmer-Smentek (sfulsmen@comcast.net) to learn more about the positions and get involved!
 Auditor Needed!!!
PTO is looking for an auditor for next year. The auditor is crucial to the operations of the PTO and maintaining our non-profit status. Individuals with an accounting or auditing background are an especially good fit for this position. The position requires the auditing of the PTO books on a quarterly basis and consulting with the co-presidents and PTO board on policy issues. The auditor is independent of the PTO board and this position does not require regular attendance at PTO meeting. If you are interested in learning more about this position, please contact Cris Vaughan (cavaughan28@gmail.com) or Stephanie Fulmer-Smentek (sfulsmen@comcast.net).
 Last Chance for Box-Tops!!!
Tomorrow is the last day to turn in Box-Tops to your child’s teacher! The following are the standings as of last Friday:
Lower Grades:
Room 17: 40 goals
Room 13: 32 goals
Room 10: 27 goals
Upper Grades:
Room 24: 30 goals
Room 30: 29 goals
Room 27: 16 goals
The class with the most goals in each of K-3 and 4-5 will win a Pizza Lunch; winning classes will be announced in next week’s newsletter. Contact Jane Kim (Janehskim@gmail.com) for more information.
A quick note for PTO committee members:
Thank you once again for donating your time and talents to make our PTO such a successful organization! If you still have personal receipts from your events that have not been turned in for reimbursement, please do so by May 30th. Thanks!).
 Teacher Appreciation Week
It's happening right now! We'll tell you more about it next week, but the first few days have been great! Thank you to all the parents who have graciously donated their marvelous food, talents, time, and support to the week. A special acknowledgement goes to Nothing Bundt Cakes (http://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/, the Sunnyvale store) as they have donated 20 dozen cakes for the week! If you visit them, say thank you from Stevens Creek! Finally, a big thank you to all the teachers and staff for being the so dedicated and devoted. Please contact Judi Fusco Kledzik, judi@me.com or Michelle Molotsi, chelline@gmail.com if you have any questions about this year’s teacher appreciation week.
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PTO appreciates your support! - Click the button!
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The Stevens Creek Parent Teacher organization is a non-profit, tax-exempt parent volunteer organization whose purpose is to:
- promote the welfare of the children of Stevens Creek School;
- enrich the educational opportunities for our children with funds, materials, services, activities, or equipment not provided by school district funds;
- provide opportunities for teachers, parents and their children to get to know one another better in a friendly, informal atmosphere;
- encourage voluntarism on the part of parents.
When you donate during the Direct Donation drive at
school you become a member of the PTO and get a free copy of the school
directory. We are targeting to raise $90,000 for the Direct Donation.
We, the PTO, make it possible to have:
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A daily librarian |
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Lower grade PE teachers and playground equipment |
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Music teachers |
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Technology Lab aide |
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Instructional aides in the classrooms |
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Teacher grants for classroom curriculum and supplies |
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Art teachers |
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Many other activities |
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We also
organize fun events like Pumpkin Panic, school potluck, ice cream
social and show off school spirit with our Walkathon.
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