PLEASE NOTE: After December 1, 2011, our Web site will be at http://www.cottagepto.org

Dear Cottage Cougar Families,

The Cottage Street Parent Teacher Organization (CSS PTO) has many exciting events and activities planned for this year, as Cottage Street kicks off its theme of America, the Beautiful. These things can happen, only with the help of our parent volunteers. We encourage you to become involved! It is a wonderful opportunity to create lasting friendships, while enriching our children’s daily activities.

 

Your participation in the CSS PTO provides Cottage Street School with wonderful opportunities, materials and programs that greatly enhance all of our children’s education and overall experience. The CSS PTO members work together, to build a strong sense of community, by sponsoring many wonderful events. In past years, your PTO donated thousands of dollars to purchase new technology, build the outdoor classroom, paint the world map, create a new drama program, and enhance our library and physical education programs. We also sponsored many special programs, such as Kid Power, Rhythm Room, Inkaswasi and Yo-Yo Show, which our children would not otherwise have been able to experience. We’ve also welcomed several programs from the Museum of Science and the New England Aquarium. In the beginning of the year, we have a teacher reimbursement program which helps teachers to make special purchases that enrich their classroom. We run two book fairs, in the fall and spring, and have a monthly community service project that all classes participate in, to provide lunches for Mainspring House, a local shelter. We run family fun nights and game nights, which helps to bring our community together and is a great way to meet your child’s classmates and their families. We have a fabulous event every spring… our annual Fun Fair. Fun Fair generates the majority of our fundraising income and provides a great time for not only CSS families but also for the entire community. Your membership and participation are vital in making these things happen!

The annual PTO membership drive is now underway and we invite all families to join!   

Only those families that join membership will receive the 2011-2012 Cottage Street School Telephone Directory. The directory is always handy to contact classmates for birthday parties and play dates. 

 

PTO meetings will be held on the first Thursday of each month, with the exception of our September meeting. Meetings take place in the school library, at 7:00 pm. Childcare is provided, free of charge. 

Our first meeting is Wednesday, September 14th.   

We are look forward to seeing many old and new friends.

 

With many thanks,

 

Rhonda, Irene, Bridget & Phil – Executive Board