What's Going On This Week

12/4/2025 2:59 am

1. Bakers Needed: Holiday Treats Sampler

2. Thank You: Food Pantry

3. SERF ACE Awards

4. Volunteers Needed: Lunch & Recess

5. Creative Enrichment: Kindergarten

6. Creative Enrichment: 1st Grade

7. Birthday Book Club

8. Miss Susie Retirement

9. Save the Date: Worcester Railers

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

Bakers Needed: Holiday Treats Sampler

12/4/2025 2:58 am

Calling all bakers! Loring Staff Holiday Treats Sampler!

On Monday, December 22nd, we will be hosting our annual Loring Staff Holiday Treats Sampler, where we ask families to bake 3 dozen festive bite-sized treats for the Loring staff. We are looking for 70 bakers (including 10 nut free and 10 gluten free) to bake treats (and please, no basic chocolate chip cookies!). Being on a Monday this year, you'll have the weekend prior to bake! Hooray!

Please consider supporting this wonderful tradition by either baking or volunteering to collect treats or help during the event. This is a staff favorite; your help goes a long way in showing our gratitude and spreading holiday cheer! Go here to sign up.

Thank you for your support! Feel free to contact Katie Riordan with any questions.

Thank You: Food Pantry

12/4/2025 2:57 am

Loring showed up in a HUGE way for November's Food Pantry Friday! Ms. Corron's class did an amazing job packing 61 boxes and we were fortunate to receive an additional $570 in donations from generous Loring families, for a grand total of 89 boxes of food donated to the Sudbury Community Food Pantry, a Loring record! We are so grateful for this PAWSOME community.

Thank you to everyone who donated and also to our volunteers, Laura Warren, Marissa Cole, Heather Larson, Cara Brill, Caroline Archambault, Katie Carroll, Shannon Walsh, Tanvi Devimane, and Christine Scanga.

SERF ACE Awards

12/4/2025 2:56 am

ACE Awards (Appreciation of Champions in Education Awards) give you a way to thank an educator that you appreciate while supporting grants that bring Sudbury educators' innovative ideas to life!

When you give an ACE Award, your star educator will receive a certificate of honor and will be recognized at your school and on SERF's website. Your donation will support all Sudbury educators (K-12) seeking funds for innovative and enriching projects.

Donations for ACE Awards are tax deductible and accepted all year. The next rewards will be given out before the December Holiday Break to your Champion Educators!

Questions? Email aceawards@serfsudbury.org

Volunteers Needed: Lunch & Recess

12/4/2025 2:55 am

Every Friday, we will be looking for 3 volunteers per grade to help cover recess and lunch. This allows our classroom teachers to have consistent planning time each week. It's an easy volunteering opportunity if your schedule has flexibility during the day, and it's also a fun chance to see your kids and their friends during the school day!

If you are interested in volunteering, sign up at this link to help your child's grade! Please be mindful of how many shifts you sign up for at one time - we'd like to afford as many caregivers as possible the opportunity to help.

Before volunteering, make sure you have an active CORI form on file with SPS by checking in with Paula Saliga or Vicki Harrington in the front office. Additionally, please be sure to click here and review the orientation slides and click here to watch the training video. You will also need to sign a confidentiality agreement. These forms are available in the front office and can be completed when you check in for your first volunteer shift. 

When you arrive at school to volunteer, please check in at the front office 5 minutes prior to your start time. This will allow you time to sign in, obtain a badge and proceed to the playground. 

Can't make your shift? PLEASE try to find a replacement first. If unable, please email the Loring Office.

Creative Enrichment: Kindergarten

12/4/2025 2:54 am

On Tuesday, December 2nd, the Kindergartners were treated to their second creative enrichment program from the Discovery Museum - Force & Motion. They learned all about what makes an object move and explored concepts of force and motion while interacting with a variety of toys, balls, and vehicles. Ask your student about balanced and unbalanced forces, gravity, friction and collisions. And to cap it all off, they made their own movement toy!

Thank you to Lauren Hargrove for coordinating this program and to the Discovery Museum for their presentation!

Creative Enrichment: 1st Grade

12/4/2025 2:53 am

On Monday, November 24, the Loring 1st graders participated in their first Creative Enrichment activity of the year with the Discovery Museum! They learned all about the science of sound (ask them what makes all sound!) and used tuning forks to make ping pong balls bounce and water splash! They also used string to conduct vibration to their ears so they could hear louder sounds. They especially enjoyed making "quackers" (also known as "laughing cups") that sounded like ducks and hearing the difference in volume between the smaller and larger containers.

Thank you to Kimberley Kirby for coordinating this program and to the Discovery Museum for their presentation!

Miss Susie Retirement

12/4/2025 2:52 am

Our beloved Loring custodian Miss Susie is retiring in December. To thank her for her many, many years of service to our students, families, and community, Amber Herting is collecting cards and notes to share as a token of our community appreciation for everything she has done.

Cards/notes can be dropped off on Amber's porch or mailed to Amber Herting, 125 Pelham Island Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776. Additionally, students can bring their cards to school and leave them in the front office. Please send in cards by next Friday (12/12) and reach out to Amber with any questions.

Thank you!

Birthday Book Club

12/4/2025 2:52 am

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

We extend a big thank you & Birthday Book Club welcome to our latest members: Callie Martin (October), Hazel Oxton, and Ben Oxton!

Thank you so much for the terrific new books joining our library collection in honor of you and your big day!
If you'd like to celebrate your child's birthday with a book, visit our Birthday Book Club webpage for more information. Questions? Email birthdaybook@loringpto.org.
Scholarships may be available. Contact Karen Blumberg for more information.

Save the Date: Worcester Railers

12/4/2025 2:50 am

Save the Date for the Sudbury Public Schools day at the Worcester Railers! The game will be January 31st at 6:05pm. More details to follow!