December 2020 Newsletter
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Glenridge Fall Fundraiser Update
THANK YOU to Glenridge students, families, and staff who participated in the PTO’s APEX fundraiser last month! In addition to doing fun fitness events and learning to be MIGHTY, Glenridge families raised over $4341 for the school!
Check out other fundraiser fun
facts HERE
Sugar Cookies
and Storytime
Ready, set -
BAKE! Bake delicious sugar cookies with Ms. Bauer and Ms. DeGroot and
enjoy listening to Polar Express read by our city's Mayor, Dana Ralph!
Wednesday,
December 16th,
6-7:30pm,
Zoom
link will be sent via email.
Register
here: http://tiny.cc/PTOSugarCookie
Next PTO Meeting
Please join us for our next PTO meeting
Tuesday January 12th, 6:30-8pm. Zoom link and meeting agenda will be
posted on our website and Facebook page the day before.
PTO Equity Team
Do
you care about equity at Glenridge and in the PTO? Join the PTO Equity
Team! Email elderty77@icloud.com to learn more and get connected!
Always Choose
Kind!
Curious about Choose Kind? Inspired by R.J Palacio’s story WONDER, the
Choose Kind Movement hopes to spread the message of positive social change by
encouraging people to practice acts of kindness. Glenridge teachers created our
school’s Choose Kind t-shirts to motivate students to routinely show kindness,
acceptance, and respect for their peers.
The Glenridge PTO is proud to make this positive message available to all
Glenridge families so we can all remember to Choose Kind!
Translation
Volunteers Needed
A
few parents volunteered to translate the PTO newsletter into other languages -
thank you so much! We could still use help in translating from English into Somali, Filipino, Tagalog, Russian, and
Cambodian/Khmer. Email glenridgepto@gmail.com to get
connected!
Order Your 2019-20 Yearbook
Last
year’s yearbooks are now available to purchase! Get yours at
http://tiny.cc/2019YearbookOrder.
Each
book is $12. We have a few on hand and will start a wait list for more if we
need to. Don't miss out on your chance to get this great keepsake!
Volunteers in
Public Schools
Make sure if
you plan to volunteer at school at all this year: classroom, art docent, etc.,
that you complete your VIPS background check. These back checks need to be
renewed every year. All volunteers must be VIPS approved before they can
volunteer in our school district.
https://www.kent.k12.wa.us/volunteer
Gingerbread House Tour
Come and see all of the gingerbread houses in businesses in Downtown
Kent. Some were even created by Glenridge students and families!
TOUR: Dec 7 - Jan 1, 2021
Download a map and participation form at kentdowntownwa.com or pick on up at Retro Emporium or Abyssinia Salon. Wear a Holiday hat or ugly sweater (optional but makes great pics). MASKS REQUIRED! Find the Gingerbread houses located in business windows.
Return the
completed participation form to Retro Emporium or Abyssinia Salon OR email to info@kentdowntown.org. We'll
select 2 random entries to win great prizes! The deadline to turn in forms is
3:00 pm, Thursday, December 31st. Extra credit for social media tag @KentDowntownPartnership
and #KDP
GB to be entered to win.
Holiday
Resources
2020 has
been a difficult year and the holiday season can be an especially difficult
time for many people. Here are some of the local resources available to help
our KSD community, including meals, warm clothing, and more: https://www.kent.k12.wa.us/HolidayResources
Do you help Glenridge when you shop at Fred Meyer?
Anyone can help, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and neighbors! Just
follow the steps found here: https://goo.gl/JhUjdR!
Laptop
Support
The Kent School District (KSD) Customer Support Center (CSC) offers ongoing laptop support by appointment on Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Make an
appointment and visit
the KSD Administration Center to:
-- Pick up a laptop for a KSD student.
-- Drop off a laptop for a student leaving KSD.
-- Pick up a hotspot (quantities are extremely limited due to national shortages).
If you are unable to pick-up a device during a
Thursday appointment, please contact your school's principal to see what other
options may be available to you.
Free Breakfast and Lunch Boxes
Free
meals are available to all children and teens 18-years-old and younger
every Wednesday from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at select locations across Kent School
District. If your family is having trouble accessing one of these sites for any
reason, please reach out to us - we have volunteers that can help! Learn
more at https://www.kent.k12.wa.us/Meals.
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