Countryside PTO News

UPCOMING Dates to Remember:

• Sign up for upcoming March and April Hip Happenings! More info below or visit here! 
• March 27: Last day to submit your artwork for the Carnival Art Contest! More info here!
• March 31 - April 4: Spring Break - No School!
• April 3: Last Day to order your plants with the Gertens Fundraiser (use code 452). More info below.
• April 7-13: SAVE THE DATE!  A delicious homemade family dinner is just around the corner for our Countryside families! Famfare Kitchen is donating 15% of sales back to our school for orders placed by Countryside families for pickup on Wednesday, 4/16.
   Ordering opens at noon on Monday, 4/7.
• May 6: The Block Food + Drink Fundraiser from 5:00-9:00 PM. Show this flyer in store and browse the menu here.
• May 8: SAVE THE DATE for Carnival! 

Ongoing Ways to Support the PTO:  

• You can shop Minted! You save 20% and the PTO receives 15%. More info found here.   
• Mabel's Labels are available for purchase year round. Find out how each purchase supports the PTO. 
• Box Tops has gone digital!  More info below on how to sign up. 

Seeking Volunteers!
We have many opportunities to get involved at Countryside! Here are a few:

 

• Carnival needs a Game Lead! For more information, please email: kjsommerstad@gmail.com 
  
  
• The Cafeteria could use one volunteer daily to support the staff and students - Sign up here!
  
  
• Seeking support for Discovery Kitchen! 2 volunteers are needed each month for 2025. Sign up here!
  
  

• Carnival Volunteers + Contributions visit here for more information! 
  • Planning Committee: We need 6+volunteers to help make the magic happen!
  • Donate Raffle Prizes: Gift baskets, small prizes, and big-ticket items welcome! (Amazon Wish List linked here)
  • Share Your Talent: Have a special skill that could help make Carnival even better? Let us know 
  • Sponsorships: Get recognized while supporting the fun! 
• Snag Your Carnival Shift - May 8th - Sign up here! This is our biggest volunteer need of the year and we can't host our students favorite night without your support. Thank you for taking one of the many shifts needed! 

 

Hip Happenings Are Still Available! 

We still have events with spots available for purchase on our Bash event site. With the weather getting colder, we all get a little stir crazy. Fend off that cabin fever with a fun activity for you and/or your kids. Attend with a friend or go alone and make new ones

 

MARCH EVENTS 

• #110 All CP families - March 22 Bowling and Pizza Party (6 slots left)

JUNE EVENTS

• #105 All Countryside Parents - June 2025 Bags and Brews Pool Party (18 spots left) 

 

Purchase your Gertens Plants Today!  Order today and the PTO will receive 30% of all plant sales and 15% of all plant card sales. Heads up, items do sell out... www.gertensfundraising.com ID: 452 All orders must be completed by Thursday, April 3 at 10pm (no late orders accepted). Delivery will be Monday, May 12 from 12-6 PM at 5700 Schaefer Rd. Questions - email pto.countryside@gmail.com

 

  

Helpful Links For The School Year:

- Check out the Countryside School Handbook, found here.

- Don't forget to order your yearbook.

- Sign up to volunteer with the PTO

- Order your Mabels Labels and keep your students items out of the lost and found!

 

 

 

	Box Tops is Digital! No more clipping and saving Box Tops. Download the Box Top app and scan receipts easily for credit. Use referral code FSCK2Y4H when signing up and Countryside Elementary receives 50 Bonus Box Tops when you scan your first receipt. We've raised $109.20 so far this year from only 6 supporters scanning items this year.

 

 

Order Your 2024-25 Yearbook! 

If you have an existing Treering account, you can order it here! New families can order and set up their Treering account here. More info can be found on the Yearbook page! Deadline to order and complete your free (optional) custom pages is March 23rd.

 

Annual Family Contributions
Donate your annual family contributions by clicking the form below. Don't forget to update or register your family in Membership Toolkit - this is so helpful for parents searching for contact information for playdates. And last but not least, we highly recommend downloading the app - that way the info is at your fingertips - and you can access other schools' MTK as well (i.e. if you have a student at another school). 

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