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PTO Newsletter - March 7, 2018

Dear parents,

The PTO is excited to welcome you to the 2017-2018 school year at Corpus Christi Catholic School. For those of you who are unfamiliar with us, we are a volunteer organization made up of parents and teachers. We work closely with our principal, Mrs. Martin, and the rest of the CCS staff to provide support for educational and recreational needs. 

Although the school was closed for a couple of months during summer vacation, we did not stop. We couldn’t be outdone by our middle school teachers who took it upon themselves to spruce up their hallway with fresh paint and create a fun meeting place in the area outside of Mr. Stoyka’s classroom using old crates. You should see it, it looks amazing!

We answered their call by planning a Campus Beautification Work Day and were amazed by the number of volunteers that showed up to help. We cleaned out ditches, cleaned up the fields, courtyard, playground and main parking lot, and hauled off 4 trailers of debris!

Good schools aren’t just made by nice facilities and campuses. Sure, those things help, but it’s the wealth of our teachers that matters most. Our teachers are our strength at Corpus Christi, and they are a very dynamic part of the PTO. I am fortunate to also work as a substitute teacher at our school and have the opportunity to see how hard our teachers work so that our kids can work even harder. It’s not by chance that Corpus Christi outscored all other schools in our archdiocese in almost all areas of the standardized tests issued last spring. 

Help supplement the hard work of our teachers and students by supporting the PTO. You can do this by making a monetary donation like the DeLeon family who gave money to each of their children's classrooms and will hopefully have that contribution matched by their employer. You can also donate items we need or want like the DeHart family with Hansen Heating & Air who is providing a brand new nugget ice machine for the teachers’ lounge. 

If you can’t donate money or things, we hope you can volunteer your time at our fundraising events. We need volunteers, lots of volunteers! Just ask Greg Darling. His kids hadn’t even started school at Corpus Christi yet, and I was emailing him for help in early August. 

The success of the PTO relies heavily on parent and teacher participation. And, we are thrilled to add a few new opportunities for you to support the PTO this year, including Boo Bash & Trunk or Treat on October 28. This event will feature a middle school-sponsored haunted house, carnival-style games, food and other entertainment.

We are also looking forward to celebrating the Christmas holidays with a Pancake Breakfast with Santa on Sunday, December 17, in the Banquet Hall where we will have a professional photographer on site to take pictures of Corpus Christi families with ole Saint Nick. There will be no need to wait in long lines for Santa pictures this year! 

I think the PTO is most excited about a new event that will take place on Saturday, May 5. We started planning this event last weekend, and trust me, you’ll want to make sure you save the date for our inaugural Derby Party that will coincide with the actual Kentucky Derby. Ladies, think big hats, jazz band, and no kids! Men, think seersuckers, horse races, and mint juleps. There will be cash prizes for our winners too!

We look forward to working with you this school year and welcome any ideas or recommendations you may have. We hope to see you at our next quarterly meeting on Tuesday, December 12, where we will have a guest speaker to discuss internet safety for our kids. It’s going to be a great year! 

Best!

Melissa Overstreet

PTO President