OCTOBER 24th, 2021

We have until Wednesday 27th Hurry up and Pass the Hat!

Help us to achieve our goal, we just have tree more days to go and a big gap to cover!

From October 18th till the 27th, we'll be collecting donations to support our students, school, and staff.

Our goal this year is to raise $50,000. We suggest a $125 contribution per student. Funds raised will go to support your child's classroom and specialist teachers, enrichment programs, scholarships, community programs such as our Back to School Party, and much more!!

How can you donate?

1. Log into your account at www.rosaparksptsa.org. You do not need to be a PTSA member to have an account.
2. Update your family information so that your child's current teacher is listed as their teacher. This will ensure donations made to your student will be credited towards their teacher's classroom total.
3. Go to "My forms/paperwork" to find the link to your student's fundraising page. You can edit to customize it or leave it as is.
4. Share the link to your student's fundraising page with family and friends!

5. Donate on your student's fundraising page.

Prizes

Participation: every student who participates in the pledge, regardless of the amount donated, would get a Puma Keychain!

Individual: Every student who receives at least $125 in pledge will receive a Puma Stuffy!

Top 3 classes: Get to silly string the Principal!

Top Grade: Gets extra recess time!

Top 3 students: Get to be Principal for the day!

School-wide reaches $50,000 in pledges: PTSA will sponsor an outdoor movie night for the whole school community to celebrate in the Spring!

Don't forget about Corporate Matching! 
Many employers will match your donation to a nonprofit. Please, remember to submit your matching request. Note: corporate matching doesn't count towards the prizes.

Visit the Fundraising Campaign website on this link

Hello Rosa Parks families!

The Sustainability Committee is happy to be back this year to continue working on reaching our school’s goals to reduce waste and help our students learn ways to take care of our Planet. Here are some ideas to help prepare for a Low-Waste Halloween! 

Many students are probably thinking about what they want to dress up as for Halloween. Most costumes unfortunately are made with synthetic fabric and plastic props and are only used once before ending up in the landfill. Here are ways to have fun creating your costumes while working toward sustainability. 

1 - ‘Shop’ in your own closet - Go around your home for supplies and create a costume without buying anything new.

2 - Ask Around - Check with friends or neighbors to see if they have costumes/props/supplies you can borrow.

3- Buy secondhand – Thrift Shopping (ex: Small Threads in Redmond) helps give items a new life.

Have you visited our Free Little Library yet?? Come by the front of the school, and take a look! Remember to take a book and leave a book, so our Pumas can keep on READING!

“Weathering Change Well: Helping Parents and Students School in a Post-Covid World”

Please join us for a virtual speaker event featuring well-known parent coach, Christy Keating. Christy is the owner of The Heartful Parent Collective and will be talking with parents about anxiety and how to help our kids cope with all the changes in post-covid school. As we navigate the many changes, this is an excellent opportunity to learn tools to help your student weather these unprecedented times. This event will also allow for a parent Question and Answer session.

To learn more about Christy - https://www.theheartfulparent.com/

Washington State PTA Recognizes Rosa Parks PTSA with the Platinum Membership Growth Award  

Rosa Parks PTSA has recently been recognized by Washington State PTA as a Platinum Membership Growth Award recipient! PTAs are presented with this award for enrolling at least 20% more members this year compared to last year. That means our PTA is growing! 

Thank you to everyone who has become a member so far this year: YOU are the reason our PTA achieved this award! If you haven’t yet signed up for a 2021-2022 PTA membership, please consider joining today! By doing so, you are demonstrating your support for our PTA and all it does for all our Pumas! www.rosaparksptsa.org/membership

Ways to order:

• Show the cashier a digital flyer prior to paying
• Show the cashier a paper flyer prior to paying
• Order online and pickup Chipotle for your fundraiser by using the Promo Code N64AVFX on the Chipotle app or website.only valid through pickup during your fundraiser’s scheduled date, time, and assigned restaurant. 
• Can even verbally tell the cashier that you are ordering for the fundraiser before pay to make it count

Don'ts: 

• Don’t order delivery or through a separate app - online orders will only count for pickup through the official Chipotle App or on our website.
• Don’t purchase a gift card - gift card purchases during fundraisers do NOT count towards total donated sales, but purchases made with an existing gift card will count

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Our mailing address is:
 22845 N.E. Cedar Park Crescent, Redmond, WA 98053

www.rosaparksptsa.org