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Special Events

We hope your summer has been fun and relaxing. Believe it or not, it’s time to get ready for another amazing year! Our PTO Executive Board has been hard at work planning, and we want to share with you what’s in store for the 2008-2009 school year.

Our theme for the 2008-2008 year is “ALT is Going Green.” Once again, we will be providing our children with enriching and unique cultural arts assemblies and theme days. This year we will try and incorporate our theme of “going green” into the entire year. Some of the programs we are planning include: Bash the Trash, The Earth Balloon, a return of the Petting Zoo, a jump rope program, an earth day celebration, arbor day plantings, just to mention a few.

Based upon our success with last year’s donation program, we are going to continue with the same format. The amount of positive feedback we received from our ALT families was overwhelming. It is apparent that people preferred the non-fundraising fundraiser!!

From now until September 30th 2008, we are asking all of our families to make a tax deductible donation to the PTO in lieu of having fundraising throughout the year. We are hoping that each family will donate a minimum of $75.00 per child. This amount is the same that we asked for last year. During these difficult economic times, we tried to budget very carefully, so we did not have to increase the amount from last year. We have approximately 367 students enrolled at ALT, and if we receive $75.00 per child we will be able to raise $27,500.00. This number will enable us to run all of our programs for the year. Therefore, if our goal is met, there will be no fundraising for the school year!!!! If our goal is not met, we will have to bring fundraisers back.

For those of you who are new to our school, you are probably asking yourselves what your money actually goes to. This donation will help fund all of the wonderful events and activities the PTO provides for our children and some extras as well. At the beginning of the school year, each family will receive a free membership to the PTO along with a complimentary directory. More importantly, our children will have a year filled with cultural arts programs and theme day events focusing on our “going green” theme. Our family fun events, Fifth Grade Event & Fifth Grade Yearbook, will also be funded by this donation program. In addition, the PTO will continue to sponsor all of our Kindergarten activities, Field Day, Literature Day, the Outdoor Classroom, Mini-Grants and teacher stipends. All of our students and staff will receive a very special ALT t-shirt in an effort to kick off our “going green” with style. Your dollars will allow our social action, sunshine, bulletin board and school beautification committees to continue working hard to make our school the wonderful environment it has become. As you have overwhelmingly requested, our Food Days, Gift Fair, Book Fair & Original Art Works will remain as fundraisers.

Click here and you will find our donation form. On the form you will note how to make your donation. As stated earlier, because we are a non-profit organization, your donation is tax deductible! You can either mail your check to the school at 46 Washington Valley Road (just make sure you put it to the attention of the PTO), or if you prefer, you can send it in an envelope via your child’s backpack once school begins. We are asking that all donations be made by September 30, 2008. Of course, all checks should be made payable to the ALT-PTO.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact any member of the Executive Board.

Sincerely,
ALT PTO Executive Board