Enrichment programs are the heart of the PTO. When you make your annual giving donation to the PTO, 100% of your contribution goes directly to enrichment programming. Each year, every grade and the specials (art, music, science, technology, health & wellness) are allocated funds that teachers may spend on bringing in programming that supplements the existing in-class curriculum.

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Some programs are perennial favorites; others are new. In Kite Making with Pauly Berard, Kindergarteners learn the basics of kite flying ("if the wind is in your face, you're in the wrong place"), observe how kites fly even when there is no wind simply by creating airflow from motion and make their own kites. First and second graders have loved the poetry workshops with Ted Scheu (rhymes with shy), the poetry guy. He makes them laugh with his silly poems, inspires them to see poetry all around them, and empowers them to become poets themselves.

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The Enrichment team is working hard to bring both tried-and-true programs and new programs to students.

In the year following covid, we were able to provide a number of virtual experiences when field trips and visitors were not options. The fourth graders will had the opportunity to take a virtual field trip to the very fossil beds in Nebraska that they studied.  Fifth grade teachers designed an innovative “Story Posts” project in which posts with QR codes were placed around campus so that younger students could walk around and play an audio or video of the fifth graders reading a story they wrote.  Enrichment funds were also used to buy yoga mats, for much-needed, in-class movement breaks.  

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The PTO is deeply grateful for the continued support of people like you with your time, talent, and financial contributions.