From the PTO
It's Time to Order Spring Fun Lunch(K5-5th)! Fun Lunch Orders for the Spring Semester are Due December 16th: Spring Fun Lunch will be catered by California Pizza Kitchen (CPK). The cost for each Fun Lunch is $5.75 and includes a choice of an individual cheese pizza, macaroni and cheese; or a salad with grilled chicken, ranch dressing and goldfish crackers. All lunches include a bottle of water, carrots, applesauce, and dessert (Oreo cookies or Rice Krispie treat). CPK lunches are peanut free.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide refunds if your child is absent on a Fun Lunch day.
If participating in Fun Lunch presents a financial hardship for your family, please contact Stephanie Haupt in the Richards main office (414) 963-3951. Fun Lunch scholarships are available and the PTO makes an effort to include every child who wants to participate in the Fun Lunch program. Please contact Fun Lunch chairs Ann Marie (amprekop@gmail.com) or Kristi (kristientwistle@yahoo.com) with any questions.
Spring Semester Fun Lunch Dates: January 31, February 21, February 28, March 20, April 3, April 17, May 8, May 15 and June 5, 2020
How to Place your Fun Lunch Order:
- Login to your Membership Toolkit/BuzzBook account and click on Store in the main navigation, or on the Richards PTO Store icon. All Fun Lunch orders must be placed online via Membership Toolkit. Need to create an account? Visit richardspto.membershiptoolkit.com. Creating an account is free, easy, and only takes a minute. For more information visit richardspto.org/how-to-join1
IMPORTANT: If your child is opting out of Fun Lunch altogether, we still need you to submit an order form! Please select "Not Participating on This Day," for each of the Fall Fun Lunch dates. You will need to go through the checkout process and will not be charged for any of the lunches.
- Please select a menu item for each Fun Lunch date. If your child is not participating in Fun Lunch on that date, please select "Not Participating on This Day." You will not be charged for Fun Lunches your child is not participating in.
- After you have made your menu selections click "Add to Cart." The system will not let you proceed unless you have made a menu selection for each Fun Lunch date.
- Repeat steps 1-3 for each of your children in grades K5-5th. To pay for your order(s) click on the shopping cart icon. Please make sure to check out even if your child is not participating in Fun Lunch.
Please note that CPK is continuing to generously offer a free meal to Richards students when they dine-in with their family. Students who participate in the Fun Lunch program will receive a free kid’s meal when their family is dining. A raffle ticket will be given to each dining student for a chance to win an embroidered chef coat. Raffle tickets will be randomly selected and chef coats will be presented at Fun Lunch. Students that wear their chef coat to CPK will be allowed to make their own pizza. Please note: Only students dining with THEIR families will be discounted and an adult entrée must be purchased for every kids’ meal. This offer is not valid with any other offers or discounts (including the CPK Rewards Program) and is not valid to groups or sports teams.
Holiday Toy Drive: Thank You Richards Families! Nearly 270 toys and a $150 cash donation were delivered to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission earlier this week. We could not be more pleased with the positive response we received from Richards families. Thank you all for your generosity!
Tom Griffey, Development Officer of the Rescue Mission, greeted us upon arrival and was overjoyed with the Richards donation and made sure we knew how grateful and appreciative the Milwaukee Rescue Mission is for our efforts!
Amazon Smile Purchases Earn Money for the Richards PTO: The holidays are upon us and there likely are a few packages being delivered to your doorstep! If you are shopping through Amazon, consider supporting the Richards PTO by shopping through Amazon Smile. But you may be wondering, how do I use AmazonSmile through the Amazon app on my phone? The short answer is you can’t use AmazonSmile with the Amazon App on your phone. However, the good news is that you can set up a shortcut to the AmazonSmile website which gives a near identical experience to the app. It’s very quick and easy to do. Just follow these simple instructions:
- Visit smile.amazon.com in your web browser.
- Make sure you select “Richards School PTO” as your charity organization
- Next, hit the share button at the bottom middle of your screen.
- Now click add to Home Screen (you may have to scroll down to find it). You have just created a shortcut to the Amazon Smile page to easily navigate here from the homepage.
You can still use your Amazon app to add items to your cart, but you can simply go to the AmazonSmile shortcut to make your purchase and a .5% donation will be given to Richards. Create the shortcut now in time for your holiday shopping!
LEGO Club Registration: K5 - You’re up next! K5 Lego Club dates are: January 8, January 15, January 22 and January 29. The registration deadline for is January 2nd. Visit richardspto.org and click on the After School Activities tab at the top right and then Lego Club and scroll down to register on the online form.
Lego Club is an extracurricular activity run by the Richards PTO and there is no cost to students to participate. The club is open to students in grades K5 through 5th grade. Lego Club meets on Wednesday afternoons from 3:05 to 4:05 in Room 5. Students will be dismissed from their classrooms to Lego Club. Unless prior arrangements are made, parents are expected to pick their child up from Lego Club at 4:00. Enter through Door 1 (main, center doors), take the stairwell to the left of the main lobby to the lower level. Room 5 is to the right on the west side of the building. Questions? Email Lego Club Co-Chair Allison Roth at allison.b.roth@gmail.com.
Save the date for Richards Night at the Admirals on Friday, February 7th vs. Texas. Tickets go on-sale in January.
The December Richards PTO meeting will take place Monday, December 16th at 7:00pm in the Richards Great Hall. We will be presenting the Special Disbursement Requests applied for and voting on which requests the PTO will be able to fund. Join us and check out what’s new with the PTO!
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