Bailey Elementary PTO

We are looking for volunteers ASAP to help make our Bailey Family Bingo Night a big success! The event is scheduled for January 24th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Please click the SignUp Genius button below to view available slots and sign up to volunteer.

We are proud to announce that our super fun, annual, winter evening of Bailey Family Bingo Night will take place on Friday, January 24th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Please see below flyer for details and we look forward to seeing all of you there!!!

MINI COURSE NIGHT, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 — SAVE THE DATE!!!

We are so excited for Mini Course Night (MCN) but we need your help! Your child will have the option to choose from exciting classes such as: magic trick training, slime making, cooking fun, art classes, martial arts, musical instruction, etc. All workshops are offered free of charge or only a nominal fee to cover materials! If you are looking for a way to help, please consider picking up a few small gift cards in $5 or $10 increments to popular locales such as Target, Starbucks, etc. to donate to the wonderful instructors as a way to thank them for volunteering their time. Or, you can CLICK HERE to donate via PayPal (enter “MCN” in the notes when completing your payment).

Please contact Jodi O’Sullivan at osullivanclan5@gmail.com to arrange drop-off or pick-up of gift cards.

I have attached the link to the google sign up form for the Watch D.O.G.S. program.  I have also outlined the changes to the program within the form.

CLICK HERE FOR WATCH D.O.G.S. SIGN UP

Please remember that in order to volunteer for this program, you must complete a background check and be approved by Central Office prior to coming in and volunteering.  Background checks are good for five years so if you recently had one completed, you should be good to go! 

CLICK HERE FOR BACKGROUND CHECK

Important pointers about the program:

• The program will run from November through the end of March.
• Watch D.O.G.S. are permitted to volunteer on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
• Volunteer time in the classroom is limited to 40 minutes (It was previously 60 min.).
• We ask that you coordinate your time with your child’s lunch/recess, meaning you can volunteer in the classroom and then go to lunch/recess with your child or come in for lunch/recess with your child and then volunteer in the classroom.
• Please email your child’s teacher two days prior to volunteering to setup your schedule.

We are currently seeking co-chairs for this year’s Family Bingo Night and Mini Course Night. These are fun events and you would be trained by the existing chairs in an effort to learn and help with these events in the future. It is truly a great opportunity to get involved!!!

If interested, please email the existing chairs below.

Mini Course Night: Jodi O’Sullivan (osullivanclan5@gmail.com)

Family Bingo Night: Jennifer McHale (jmchale0613@gmail.com)

For any other volunteering opportunities or general PTO and event questions, please contact Emily Marshall at smcchic99@gmail.com.

We are proud to announce that information and details for this year’s Bailey Bulldog 5K and Kids Dash will be available soon. Please check back periodically or subscribe to the PTO website to receive email notifications when new posts are added to the website.

If you have any interest in volunteering at Bailey Elementary then you must complete the background check process. It is simple, free, and takes less than 5 minutes!

Click Here to Get Started Right Now

The Bailey PTO is pleased to share the below P.E.R.C. programs that will be available this autumn. If you have any questions or would like to discuss P.E.R.C. programming, please contact our P.E.R.C. liaison, Linda Killworth, at lkillworth@yahoo.com.

August 27th – Syntero Health and Wellness Event

Sept. 19th – Snaps, Sexts and Social Media

Sept. 24th – Book Talk – How to Raise an Adult  (RSVP only event)

Oct. 23rd – How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Boys in the Digital Era

Additional information below…

Interested in a fun, innovative, team-building experience?

Destination Imagination teams are beginning to form for the winter/spring DI season. This program is a fun, hands-on system of learning that fosters students’ creativity, courage and curiosity through open-ended academic Challenges in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), fine arts and service learning. Our participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem-solving process. Teams may showcase their solutions at the local tournament on Saturday, March 7, 2020 in Circleville, OH. If you are interested in learning more about DI, check out this site:https://www.destinationimagination.org/.

Interested?

Email Kristina at kvanbuskirk@gmail.com of your interest. Kristina will try to match you with same grade peers. Don’t forget each team needs at least one team manager (parent volunteer).

Starting a new team or have an existing team?

Email Kristina with the name of your team manager, list of team member names and grades. This information is needed for administrative and insurance purposes.  If you want to use a room at Bailey after school, please contact Kristina for instructions.

A newly updated PTO calendar is currently available for the 2019-2020 school year!!!

CLICK HERE to view/download it now or click the Calendar option in the main menu at anytime.