Newsletter - November 17, 2023

Colorado Gives Day is a special event where all donations are boosted by an incentive pool, helping your dollars go further! It's also when the Polaris PTO raises the majority of its one-time gifts. This year, we are seeking 100% participation from every family! 

Our 2023-24 financial gap is $700 per student, which is higher than ever before. How do we close the gap? Generosity from families like yours. Know that every donation, at any amount:

• Supports our community
• Benefits our kids
• And is incredibly important.

All donations made through Dec. 5th qualify: https://www.coloradogives.org/story/Polaris-Co-Gives

We cannot do this without you!

It's time to collect photos for the yearbook! We would like your very favorite photos of events at school.

• First Day of School at school? Yes!
• Halloween Parties? Yes!
• 4th Grade Outdoor Education? Yes!
• Fun Staff Photos? Yes!
• Field Trips? Yes!

Please go to https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=101672853450376 to upload photos. When creating an account/purchasing, the site will prompt you if you would like to help the school out with photos! Yes!

If this is too tricky, email polarisstarsyearbook@gmail.com with your captioned photos and or questions!

And if you have a 5th grader, it's not too early to be thinking about a baby photo you would like to add to the yearbook for the tradition of the "guess who" game.

Special thanks to all who ordered from Chipotle during our Dine-and-Donate event on Nov. 7th. We raised $245... great job! 

Save the date for our next Dine-and-Donate event with Dos Amigas! Place orders between Nov. 29 and Dec. 5 at DosAmigas.com for door delivery on Wednesday, Dec. 6.

To kick off the Thanksgiving holiday, yesterday we delivered personalized Baskets of Thanks for all 40 of Polaris' teachers and staff. We are immensely grateful for the love and support that you show our students every day. Thank you also to our generous Auction and Corporate Sponsors for supplying some of the goodies and to Gillian Slevin for spearheading the PTO effort.

Thank you to all who joined us for the Nov. 6 PTO meeting! If you were unable to make it, you can view the minutes from the meeting here.

Mark your calendar now for our next PTO meeting on Monday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.! It will be held via Zoom, and you can join by clicking here.

Stay and play on the playground every Friday afternoon! This is a great time to socialize with other parents while the kids run off some energy. 

*Parent supervision required, you must pick up your student and then proceed to the playground.