China Schools PTO
WELCOME!
Our mission: To foster community and enhance the curriculum through academic enrichment opportunities
Our meeting schedule: the first Thursday of the month, 6:00 pm in the CMS library
Who can join? Anyone who has an interest in supporting our mission – parents, grandparents, community members, teachers…
How to support the PTO:
- Attend our monthly meetings and provide ideas and suggestions for events, activities, and fundraisers;
- Review teacher requests and vote on ways to achieve our mission;
- Volunteer at any of our PTO events;
- Help coordinate the fundraisers or help your child/ren with their contribution to the fundraisers;
- Offer to conduct any number of behind-the-scenes tasks that can take place from the comfort of your home; and/or
- Email or call any PTO member with ideas, suggestions, or questions so that we build a network of support for our school community.
Annual Events:
- Fall Fundraisers which have included, in the past: Square 1 Art, Meadow Farms gift catalog, Little Caesars Pizza Kits, and others
- Craft Fair, November
- Holiday “shopping” station for students
- Winter Release – Fun Night (CPS)
- Teacher Appreciation Week
- Fun Run, May
Examples of programs/events we have funded:
- Planetarium traveling show for second graders (CPS)
- 8th-grade class trip
- Spanish enrichment program (CMS)
- Chewonki Natural History Program (owls) for kindergarten classes
- Playground equipment
- Yearbook + DARE
- Books and supplies for classrooms and art
- Monmouth traveling theater program
- L.C. Bates Museum – traveling naturalist on-site + field trip to Hinckley
The China Schools PTO is implementing annual teacher grants this year. Click the link below to apply.