Thank you for supporting Penny Wars at McDowell and East Woods. We had a great week and would like to thank you for emptying your change bins and your wallets. We’d also like to thank the many volunteers who counted change all week. We look forward to an exciting year at both schools, with the funds raised supporting such events as Right to Read Week, COSI on Wheels, busing for field trips and many more …
Wear your Explorer spirit with pride! If you are looking for Hudson spirit wear, the Hudson City School District and RPD Sports have teamed, with merchandise available through our online Hudson Spirit Store. Proceeds from the sales will benefit the Hudson PTO. Order now through Sunday, Sept. 8. CLICK HERE TO PLACE YOUR ORDER!
PTO Board volunteers are a fun, energetic group of parents who organize events for our kids and classmates. Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom or dad or work full time, we would love to get you involved in supporting our schools through one of our many fantastic positions. Almost all of these can be done whenever it suits your schedule. Learn more and volunteer for 2019-20 school year For questions, please contact Meghan Vaillancourt at meghanvail@msn.com.
Monday, March 18: Map-It Monday. Just like Alexander explores the map of his new town, Stermont, in the book, McDowell students will complete a map-related activity with their teachers; a large map of Hudson created by the students will be posted in the lobby that will pinpoint areas of interest for each class. Tuesday, March 19: Monster Tuesday. Inspired by the Notebook of Doom monsters and Troy’s picture book, Can I Be Your Dog? (in …
Extra, Extra Read All About It! Every year McDowell PTO sponsors a used book sale in April. All books collected are up for sale, and the kids can come and purchase new books to read for $.50. As spring cleaning begins, please consider donating any gently used books that your kids no longer want. These can be brought to McDowell now, and we will store them until the event. We will take any children’s books, …
McDowell’s annual Used Book Sale will take place April 9-11! The book sale is available to all McDowell students. Each student’s class will have a special time scheduled to visit and shop for books at the sale during the school day. All books are only $.50 each! All proceeds raised during the sale will help the McDowell PTO provide new books for our teachers’ classrooms. Your teacher will alert you to your child’s shopping day. Don’t forget …
Has a teacher made a difference in your child’s life this year? Has a school employee, secretary, custodian, or aide gone out of their way to help? We want to hear about it and recognize these amazing members of our school community. Nominations are being taken for the Hudson PTO Teacher of the Year and Staff Member of the Year awards for the 2018-2019 school year. Hudson PTO will recognize one teacher from grades K-5 …