November 2013 Meeting

PTO talked about having a Teacher Appreciation Lunch the day of the Winter Program, so PTO members will bring in food and drinks for the teachers that afternoon for lunch.  We spoke more about our student directory that we are trying to get put together.  PTO again this year will purchase the candy bars Santa hands out at the Winter Program and will arrange the time for Santa to arrive.  Santa's Villiage will be held again this year and will run the week of the Winter Program.

September 11, 2013 meeting

Lostant PTO had a great meeting tonight to start the year.  We discussed doing a Bulb Sale, Pie Sale, Santa's Village and Spirit Wear for fall/winter this year.  Please check back for dates and further details.  We also discussed purchasing BrainPop and Spelling City for the students and donating a portion of the money needed to renew the Scholastic News for the students.

With our Labels for Education we were able to purchase 12 balls for recess (kickballs and soccer) and will be purchasing a net.  We also earned 40 books for the school through Sunny Delight.

If you are interested in joining PTO, check the Important Dates tab to see if there is a meeting that you can attend.  All parent/teacher comments and suggestions are always welcomed!

Current Contests

GIVE WITH TARGET

visit http://givewith.target.com to vote for our school.  Target will give money to schools all over the country for one simple act: a vote.   Our school needs just 25 votes to earn a $25 donation from Target.  That is only the beginning, for each additional vote, our school will get $1 more.  Please remember, your vote counts and the rewards can be huge for just a vote!!  You can go to http://givewith.target.com once a week through Sept. 21 or until Target has given away all $5 million.

Labels for Education

visit http://sweeps.labelsforeducation.com/ to spread the word about the Labels for Education Back to School Sweepstakes!  Enter daily for a chance to win 5 Tablets plus 1 $500 gift card to use toward educational apps.  This sweepstakes ends on 9/30/13.

2013/14 School Year

The 2013/14 school year is about to start at Lostant School, so PTO meetings will be resuming again in September.  Remember to check our important dates tab to see if there are meeting dates you will be able to attend.  We hope to see a lot of new members for PTO this fall.  Please remember that we always like to add members and would appreciate all the parent involvement and opinions we can get to help better our children's learning environment.

May 6, 2013 meeting

Last meeting of the 2012/2013 school year, we will meet again on 9/11/13.

The bulb sale was a success, 162 items were sold and we raised $578.34.  Thank you for everyone who participated!

At our meeting we spoke about the Teacher Appreciation Lunch we would be doing on May 8th and 9th.  We also spoke about giving an appreciation gift to each teacher at the school.

Next year meetings will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7pm in the school cafeteria.

New Fundraiser for the School

Amazon Fundraiser   Lostant School is now signed up with Fundinco.  When you shop Amazon a precentage of the sale will go directly to Lostant School. All you have to do is visit Lostant Schools Fundinco home page link below and than click "shop amazon". What a easy way to help our schools.  http://www.fundinco.org/orghome.php?orgid=396  Don't forget to bookmark this page to shop at Amazon.  

April 8th Meeting

At the April PTO meeting we discussed our final fundraiser for the spring semester which will be a spring bulb sale.  Flyers will be sent home with the children soon.

The Easter Egg Hunt was a success again this year.  We collected enough candy for all the small children that participated in the hunt and also enough for the Jr High kids and even some to give to the teachers.  Thank you everyone who donated candy or their time to help with this event.

Thank you everyone who participated in the Pie Sale for Market Day last month!
The Pie Toss will be held on 4/19 at 2:45.  All students that sold a pie during the Pie Sale will be able to attend.  Also, any students wanting to attend that did not sell a pie can pay a $1 admission fee to watch the event.

Easter Egg Hunt

Candy Donations Needed

The PTO will be doing the Easter egg hunt this year and is looking for candy donations for to put in the eggs.  Please have any donations to school by March 22nd. 
The Easter egg hunt will be on March 28th from 2:30-3:20. 
Volunteers are also needed on March 28th from 2:00-3:30. 
If you have any questions, please contact the school.

March 4, 2013 Meeting

March 4th was the last PTO meeting.  At that meeting we discussed some of our upcoming fundraisers.

The date of March 28th was verified for the Easter Egg Hunt.  PTO will send home a letter asking for donations of candy and will set up for the Easter Egg Hunt this year.

The spring bulb sale will be held April 22-May 3rd.  Information on this will be sent home with the students as the date nears.

Incentives were also discussed for gaining more participation from all students in the collection of Labels/Boxtops.

Feb 4th Meeting

Feb 4th was the last PTO meeting and we discussed options for spring fundraisers.  We have 3 fundraisers in planning stages that will be coming up.

1. We plan to have another Market Day pie sale in March, these have been very successful in the past.  The students really enjoy the chance to throw a pie at a teacher and the last one was a big hit.
2. We plan to try a spring bulb sale this April.  For all you gardeners or anyone wanting to give it a try this is a chance to order some bulbs for spring planting and also help raise money for the PTO.
3. We would like to have a Pizza Hut coupon night.  With this fundraiser we will give out coupons and they will be good for one night at Pizza Hut.  PTO will then receive a portion of any sales where the coupon is used that night.  We are excited to try this, but do not have a date set as of yet.

PTO will be coordinating the Easter egg hunt this year.  Details are being worked out for the upcoming event.

Hyvee coupon books are still available for purchase.  The cost is $5 and the first coupon in the book is a $5 off a $75 purchase coupon.