What's New with the PTO?

Contents for this month's newsletter:
A Note from Our Presidents
Membership Toolkit Sign Up/Registration
Upcoming Events:
Online Scholastic Book Fair
Restaurant Night
Staff Dinner Sign Up
Fall Festival Update
Spirit Wear
PTO Meetings
Calendar of Events

A Note from our Presidents

What a great start to the year! We've had many comments from the staff on how amazing the kids are doing with their masks and staying healthy and socially distanced. While we as parents are always concerned about our children, it looks like they are successfully handling the changes the year has brought.
Thank you to the volunteers who helped at Picture Day, you really assisted in streamlining the process for the teachers and photographers.
We look forward to bringing Media Center volunteers into the school to help Mrs. Peralez. The schedule is being created and a sign up will be sent out soon.
We are in need of financial donations and side item donations for our Staff Dinners on Thurs, Oct 22 & Tues, Oct 27. Please consider making a financial donation HERE or an item donation HERE
Our Fall Festival Committee has begun planning a fun week of activities for our kids, November 9-13. If you are interested in helping out, please sign up HERE!
We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable break during MEA!

Rachel Brandt & Lisa Heck
PTO Presidents

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Email us! BluffCreekPTOPresident@gmail.com

Membership Toolkit Online Directory

Attention all BCE Families (in person and OLA). The PTO is working heavily with teachers and staff to ensure ALL students and their parent/guardian's contact information is in the student directory. We know your personal information is VERY important and we do not take that lightly. Membership Toolkit is designed to allow you to share or hide whatever information you want.
As we bring back Room Parents this year, having all of our families in the directory is imperative to us planning events and fulfilling needs for our teachers and students. We do not want anyone to be left out of our communication.
Please consider signing up today! Click on the logo to log in/register.

Upcoming Events

Get ready for our ONLINE Scholastic Book Fair going on Wednesday, October 21 - Sunday, November 1
www.scholastic.com/bf/bce

Fall Festival | Monday, November 9 - Friday, November 13

Event details HERE for an exciting week of fun for ALL families!
Dress up days, in person and online activities, as well as prizes
Questions? Email: BCEFallFestival@gmail.com
Also - a HUGE Thank You to our event Sponsor, Wink Family Eye Care!
- Our doctors and the team at Wink will change the way you experience eye care and select eyewear. We see our patients as neighbors and friends and want what’s best for you. That’s why we continue to educate ourselves on the latest in medicine, technology, and fashion.
- Visit https://www.winkfamilyeyecare.com/ to schedule an appt with Dr. Sarah or Dr. Roman and their amazing staff TODAY!

Volunteer Opportunities

We know this year may be slightly different related to in person volunteer opportunities, but that doesn't mean we don't need your help! If you are a creative thinker who can help us plan some of our events virtually, we need you!
Click on 'Volunteers Needed' to see all of our open opportunities!
See the below upcoming events requiring creative volunteers

Social Committee | All Year Long

Do you have ideas on how to engage our families virtually?
Like to plan social outings for adults, kids, and families?
Have connections to local businesses that can support us while we support them?

Let us know!

Room Parents | All Year Long

Room Parents have been assigned and we thank you to those who have signed up
Please be on the look out for emails from your Room Parents, if you are not getting them, please check a few of the reasons why:
- Do you have a profile in our Online Directory? If no, get one HERE
- Is your account set to visible? Don't know? Check HERE and make sure you're marked as YES
- Is your child's teacher selected in their profile? If not, update HERE
- If you choose to not participate in the above options, please contact our PTO Secretary with permission to pass on your contact information for Room Parent Communication purposes
Our Secretary, Andrea Russel, will be in charge of this initiative, please reach out with questions: BluffCreekPTOSecretary@gmail.com

Bluff Creek Spirit Wear

We know families are excited to get some updated Bluff Creek Elementary Spirit Wear for the new school year. We have a new team leading our Spirit Wear Committee this year and they are working hard to get an online store set up!

Click on the Spirit Wear logo to go straight to our store:
Last Chance Spirit Wear

*Note: Chromebook case will not go back on sale until January 2021

PTO Meetings are now on Zoom

We have moved our Monthly PTO Meetings to Zoom for the 2020-2021 School Year. Date remains the same, 2nd Tuesday of the month, but we've changed our time to 7:00pm. We hope you are able to join us!
For your PTO Meeting link, please log into MTK and click on PTO Meetings

Next PTO Meeting: Tuesday, November 10 @ 7:00 PM

Meeting Minutes will be posted HERE for anyone to review

WAYS TO DONATE (WITHOUT EVEN NOTICING)

Attend the PTO events with your family and have fun! The proceeds go right back to the school
Shop for books at the Scholastic.com. BCE receives free books based on the sales
Restaurant Nights: take the family out to eat and we'll get a portion back of the sales (See BCE PTO Calendar for all the dates)
OfficeMax: mention BCE at check out and 20% of your purchase will be donated to BCE
Amazon Smile: designate Bluff Creek as your selected charity and Amazon will donate 2% of your order. (on eligible products)
Collect Box Tops AND download the Box Tops app to scan your receipts and easily donate that money directly to the school
Order Papa John's: use BLUFF20 anytime for 20% off your entire order as well as 20% back to BCE

PTO BOARD CONTACTS

2020-2021
President: Rachel Brandt & Lisa Heck | Email: BluffCreekPTOPresident@gmail.com
Vice Presidents: Lindsey Berry & Alieke van Wuyckhuyse | Email: BluffCreekPTOVicePresident@gmail.com
Secretary: Andrea Russel | Email: BluffCreekPTOSecretary@gmail.com
Treasurer: Jourdan Hay & Jonathan Tishler | Email: BluffCreekPTOTreasurer@gmail.com

Contact Us: 612.504.0355 | BluffCreekPTO@gmail.com