What's New with the PTO?

Contents for this month's newsletter:
A Note from Our Presidents
*Mid Year PTO Board Review Letter*
Membership Toolkit Sign Up/Registration
Upcoming Events:
Online Scholastic Book Fair
Restaurant Night
Staff Dinner Sign Up
Spirit Wear
PTO Meetings
Calendar of Events

A Note from our Presidents

WELCOME BACK...again!!So exciting to have the students back in school full time! While some classes have experienced a small quarantine, for the most part, we are all back! This is very exciting for the PTO as well because we are ready to bring some fun back into the school!
The next few months will go fast as we start to thaw out from the recent negative temperatures so make sure to keep up with our social media, emails, and notes home for all the exciting events!
As always, we could not do what we do without your support, THANK YOU to every family who has donated any and everything to support our students, teachers, and staff during this different time.

Rachel Brandt & Lisa Heck
PTO Presidents
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Email us! BluffCreekPTOPresident@gmail.com

Mid Year PTO Board Review

Please take a moment to check out our PTO Mid Year Letter. This gives you a look forward on this 2nd half of the year plans as well as a break down on our finances. With fundraisers looking different this year, we have been very fortunate in the donations from businesses and families to allow the PTO to continue their support of the school.
Mid Year PTO Board Review

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

ONLINE Scholastic Book Fair | Monday, February 15-Wednesday, February 24
Our Online Scholastic Book Fair is going on NOW!All orders ship home | FREE shipping on book-only orders over $25
Shop at: www.scholastic.com/bf/bluffcreekelementaryschool
Questions? Email BCEBookFair@gmail.com

Staff Dinner | Thursday, February 18 & Tuesday, February 23
Conference Days can be very long for our Teachers and Staff so the PTO likes to provide food for everyone!
While this year may be different as we cannot have a buffet style dinner option, we still need your help.
Please see the sign up HERE or make a monetary donation towards the meal HERE

Questions?
Email: Andrea Daly or Norah Tucker

Yearbooks are available for sale!
Please look for a paper flier that was sent home with your child and we have more in the office if needed. Here is the information in case that paper flier did not make it home:
Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and the Yearbook ID Code is 1869621
Order Deadline: Feb 28th
Questions? Email: BluffCreekYearbook@gmail.com

PTO Meeting | Tuesday, March 9 @ 7:00 PM
Monthly PTO Meeting
Log into your MTK account to get access to our Zoom Link

Restaurant Night | Tuesday, March 23
Culver's is our gracious host this month and while we won't be able to have the students serve at this event, we hope to have them back soon.
Please consider picking up food to go or going through the drive through and help support BCE!
Location: 450 Pond Promenade, Chanhassen

Volunteer Opportunities

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!

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, March 9 @ 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