Bring it?  It’s already been brought! Beer garden, Cornhole tournament, Football toss, 50″ TV with NCAA Tourney games. Support your favorite school, Schmitz Park Elementary, and pay homage to your favorite Pro or College Team. Dress in your favorite Hoops, Soccer, Baseball, Football, heck any sport garb. Tailgate early as the Pre funk starts at 5pm in the Party Tent. Stay late for the ‘BIG DANCE’ with DJ ED. Great auction items including some incredible non-sport and sporting experiences –

SPS is engaging a range of stakeholders to determine the full benefits and consequences of changing start and end times. A Bell Times Advisory Task Force with a wide-range of representatives has begun the process of studying the issue and gathering input. The committee will ultimately provide a recommendation to the Superintendent on whether to change school bell times or not. School schedules are interdependent on numerous systemwide factors involving transportation, before and after school childcare programs, staff contracts

MVG (Most Valuable Grade) competition update: Way to go 4th grade, they have taken over 1st place. What are you going to do Kindergarten and 3rd grade? Looks like the race is heating up!! And a shout out to 5th grade, now in 4th place! Remember, there’s a Baskin Robbins ice cream party on the line here. Your kids ask Mr. Kischner the standings every day. The competition is over 3/18/15, so please vote now. Below

The Auction Committee really needs your help with set up on Friday Night or Saturday Morning.  Please consider giving a few hours of your time to help us make our biggest fund raiser of the year a big success!   Check the sign-up genius link for time slots.  Thank you!

SEEKING BAKERS, DESSERT MAKERS & PURCHASERS OF SWEET TREATS: Looking for a way to contribute to the Auction?  Your donation of a dessert for a table of 10 can bring in hundreds of dollars during the Dessert Dash.  If you have a dessert that you love to create, we would appreciate your donation.  Maybe you have a family member with a signature dessert; ask them if they would be willing to bake something for your child’s school.  Non-bakers don’t fret!  It can be as

BUY your tickets to the event of the year, the Schmitz Park Team Spirit Auction on Saturday, March 21st! RESERVED SEATING: After you’ve purchased your tickets, click on the “Return” button on the “Print Receipt” page and fill out the RSVP form. This form is how we collect seating requests, guest information. Dining: Heavy appetizers, served buffet style, with assigned seating. Dress: Wear your favorite team jersey, dress up as your favorite player, etc.. Time: Saturday, March 21, 2015 | 5:00 pm

**Updated 2/25/15 @ Noon PST, you can now sign up online for Spring Enrichment Classes.  Click HERE to begin the sign-up process.  And a reminder if entering Kindergarten as your child’s grade, please use ‘0’ to designate.** If you prefer to hand in your registration form, you can download the form here and turn into the front office. We’re excited to announce we will be offering online enrollment for our upcoming Spring Enrichment classes!  You can view course

Please join Mr. Kischner, Ms. Minkin, and Ms. Dunn for our upcoming PTA General Meeting this Thursday, February 19th at 6:30pm as they present and answer your questions on SBAC testing (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium).  Learn what your children can expect to see on the test and where you can find practice tests.  The PTA Board will also review our financials and upcoming fundraising needs for the upcoming auction. The Meeting is open to all and if you haven’t

Schmitz Park Community we need your help! We are looking for volunteers for recess.  Please see the signup genius link for more details. Please email volunteers@schmitzparkpta.org with questions.  Thanks for your support of our school!

This past Thursday, seven teams of 4th and 5th graders participated in the Global Reading Challenge at Schmitz Park.  Over the past few months, Ms. Vannini has been encouraging 4th and 5th graders who took on the challenge to read all 10 books.  Kids created their teams and met on a regular basis to discuss the books and ready themselves for Thursday’s challenge. Our local librarian from the Admiral branch led the competition by asking teams 3 rounds of questions pertaining to all 10