What's Happening this Week

6/4/2025 6:55 pm

Here's What's Going On!

* Final Food Pantry Tomorrow

* Fun Run Recap

* HELP NEEDED: Lunch & Recess

* All the Thanks!

* 4th Grade Creative Enrichment

* 5th Grade Creative Enrichment

* 5th Grade Families - Get Your Curtis Gear! 

* Submit Your Reimbursements! 

* Events Calendar (with signup links)

- Community News: Sudbury Girls Field Hockey, HOPEsudbury Fishing Derby, Summer Running Program

Questions on anything PTO related?  Email cochairs@loringpto.org.

FINAL Food Pantry Friday is Tomorrow!

6/4/2025 6:53 pm

Tomorrow is our last food drive of the school year (and HAT DAY!) and we need to go out BIG!

The Sudbury Food Pantry relies on SPS to for a large portion of their supply, and without our drives this summer, supply will be low. Let's do what we can to stock those shelves before we leave for vacation!
You can donate by having your student bring their items to school tomorrow and leave it by their normal building entrance OR drop it off any time today and leave it in the bin under the front awning!
And don't forget, monetary donations are always welcome! That counts to our box total too! You can donate at https://sudburyfoodpantry.org/donate/ or send in cash or check (written to Sudbury Community Food Pantry) with your student this week. Just be sure to email the co-chairs at cochairs@loringpto.org if you donate online so that we can count your donation to the Loring number!!

We Ran Like the Wind! Fun Run 2025 Thanks

6/4/2025 6:49 pm

 What an amazing day we had at the Fun Run on Saturday!  Despite the rain and wind challenges, all our runners did an excellent job.  Mrs. Harvey's and Mr. Gaita's inflatable race was the perfect way to build anticipation for the big event (and who can believe that finish)!  

Our pawsome students really gave it their all and helped raise money for our school! 

Families, thank you for coming through strong for our community! Whether you registered, pledged, got friends and family to pledge, and/or attended the event, it all helped us reach our goal! We had 71% of students registered and raised over $17,000 in funds to purchase new flexible seating options throughout Loring and support PTO programming next year.

Thank you to Crystal Pike for your event expertise, organizing the FUN t-shirts, and helping organize the event; Melissa Perla for organizing the ice cream truck and helping out at the event; Heather Larson, Tanvi Devimane, Emily Greenstein, Steph Papa, Kelly Sugrue, Zach Perla, Aarush Devimane, and Cameron Firth for volunteering at the prize tables and helping with set up/clean up. Also a big thank you to Sara Astman and Rebecca Firth for handling the Loring Gear table. Lastly, thank you to Mrs. Harvey & Mr. Gaita for gearing up to kick off our race with one of their own, the Loring teachers and staff for promoting excitement amongst the kids, and our really helpful custodian for the day, Ryan Flynn.   We have a brand new Fun Run Committee stepping up and will be in touch soon with the date for Fun Run 2026!!

PLEASE HELP: Lunch & Recess Volunteers

6/4/2025 6:43 pm

Loring - You are Pawsome!

6/4/2025 6:42 pm

Over the course of the year, we try our best to recognize the many volunteers that contribute to PTO events in the Thursday Notices. In addition to the Executive Board, there are other roles whose work behind the scenes all year long makes many of our initiatives possible. As the school year comes to a close, I'd like to acknowledge the many volunteers who support the PTO in these roles.

First, a huge thank you to both the "aging out" parents who served in roles throughout their time at Loring and all the new parents who have stepped up to take over - I can't wait to see what new ideas & energy they will bring. 

Thank you to Xi Su and Roman Geykhman for all of their work on the Membership Toolkit sales and forms as well as the website.  And apologies for our last minute requests!

Thank you to Laura Warren for holding three roles this year!  Laura handled our school beautification (the pawsome planter and flowers that greet us as we walk into the school), and also served as both Room Parent Coordinator and Senior Day Coordinator (the day where the Loring alums graduating from LS return to visit).

Heather Larson was our stellar Food Pantry coordinator again, shuffling more boxes than Amazon drivers.  She's passing the torch next year but we are so grateful for her years of volunteering in this role!

Wonder where those Red Folders come from each year?  Well, we can all thank Nadia Salman for volunteering each summer to source and label hundreds and hundreds of folders.

Thank you to Kimberley Kirby for stepping up (as a new K parent!) and becoming our Birthday Book Club Coordinator.  Thanks also to Katie Riordan and Amy Kohen who shared this role for many years.

Love Loring merch?  Hands together for our apparel coordinator, Sarah Astman! Thanks for keeping us all in our Loring best throughout the year.

Stephanie Coury continued to coordinate our Staff Spotlight, which celebrated each and every Loring staff member throughout the year.

Thank you to Colleen Gleason-Epple, our Business Sponsor whisperer, for recruiting our fabulous slate of Business Sponsors.  Our sponsors are responsible for almost 25% of our annual budget!

Kerri Brien took on two big tasks this year!  Not only was she back as our lunch and recess volunteer coordinator but she spearheaded planning the auction/PNO for the first time!

Thank you all for keeping the PTO moving forward each year - we truly couldn't do it without you!

More to come next week in the 39th and final Thursday Notice from me!

- Melissa Perla

Geography Gameshow: 4th Grade CE

6/4/2025 6:20 pm

Our 4th graders had their final enrichment program of the year - the Geography Gameshow with Neal Nichols - on Monday. Drawing the United States from memory, he taught the kids all about different aspects of US history, starting with the western states and moving east. Ask them what the 4th state is, what the significance of the Golden Spike Ceremony in Utah is or what the first national park is. The kids got to test their new knowledge with trivia at the end!  Thank you to our 4th Grade CE Coordinator, Lauren Hargrove, for scheduling this program!

5th Grade CE: Original Colonies

6/4/2025 6:03 pm

Curtis Gear

6/4/2025 5:11 pm

Congratulations to all the 5th graders who are moving on from elementary school!!! 

If you want to get your rising 6th grader excited about Curtis Middle School, how about a cool graduation gift from the Curtis merchandise store? They can rock a Curtis shirt or a pair of shorts all summer long!

The Curtis store is open through the end of the school year.

Please use the below link, or visit the online store through the Curtis CPO home page.

Curtis CPO - Curtis Gear

Reimbursement Requests

6/4/2025 5:10 pm

 Outstanding reimbursements must be submitted by Sunday, June 22nd!

Did you volunteer on a committee this year and spend your own funds but need to submit for reimbursement?

Click HERE for the form.

Questions? Contact Sergey Zinger at treasurers@loringpto.org.

UPDATED Spring Events Calendar

5/28/2025 9:01 am

Mark those calendars and stay up to date on our upcoming events! 

** All School Field Day moved to Rain date: June 6th **

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June 5th: Kickball Tournament (in-school, 5th Grade Event)

June 6th: Food Pantry Friday 

** June 6th (moved to rain date): All School Field Day (in-school)

Grades K-2: Sign up to Help

Grades 3-5: Sign up to Help

** June 6th: Broomball (after school, FREE 5th Grade Event, Registration now closed)

** June 11th: Volunteer Appreciation Night (Adult only, 8pm @ Wayside Inn, RSVP HERE)

** June 12th: Moving On Ceremony (8:30am, 5th Grade Event)

** June 16th: 5th Grade Clapout (11:30am, Family Event)

(** New Events added)

Stay tuned for more details on all of the above!