Plymouth River School PTO

Here’s a little know fact: if you look up “Ultimate PRS Wizard” in the dictionary, you’ll find a picture of Kelly Gorra. For the last two years, Kelly has given all she’s got (and then some more!!) as Co-President of the PTO. From early mornings to late nights, from countless Weekly Wizards to last minute social media posts, Kelly basically never said no. Words cannot express how grateful we all are for her dedication, enthusiasm and guidance. Kelly, to say that we are going to miss you is a tremendous understatement. You are an unbelievable leader, but also an amazing friend. Thank you (times a billion) for all that you have done for PRS and for our kids. 💕💕 PS, now that you’re done, please know this: you can run but you absolutely cannot hide. 👀👀🥰🥰. Here’s to Kelly and happy summer to all!!

The PRS garden only exists and continues to grow food because of volunteers like you! 🌱👩‍🌾🌿

We are writing with one last request for support over the summer - the garden continues to grow food our students have planted over the summer and needs to be watered and maintained. We rely on volunteers from PRS to support this. This is a great opportunity to get your family involved in supporting the garden - no experience or green thumbs necessary. If all you can do is water - that’s fine! If you enjoy weeding or harvesting you are welcome to help with those activities as well!

We will send out more details and directions to anyone who signs up and also organize two garden education events with Holly Hill over the summer - this will walk people through what plants are growing in the garden, what plants are weeds and should be pulled, etc.

If you are interested sign up here:

PRS Summer Garden Care SignUp.com makes it easy to coordinate school events & classroom activities, fundraisers, snack schedules, potlucks & more!

What a great experience for our 3rd graders today! Thank you Town of Hingham, MA for making it possible.

Our deepest condolences to our friends at South. Sending love, support and strength to our South Elementary School Family. http://danafarber.jimmyfund.org/site/TR?fr_id=2220&pg=personal&px=1314258

Calling all Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and Friends! We need your help to make this day unforgettable for our K-5 kids. Volunteer sign-up is open! **CORI due by end of day Monday, June 3rd to participate**
Join us for PRS Field Day NEXT Friday, June 7th! 🏃‍♂️🌞

Let's come together to create a fun-filled day for our little ones. Without enough volunteers, we'll have to scale back on the currently planned stations.

For CORI checks, swing by the PRS front office during school hours with your license - it's quick and easy!

Donation needs:
-Johnson's Liquid Baby soap for the fan-favorite slip-and-slide!
-Bananas
-2 Pop-up canopy tents
-Wagons to borrow for the day for each class

Sign up here to bring it or send it. Volunteer positions:

-There are TONS open- being a coordinator means that you help classes get set up at their station. You'll have exact directions on the activity and all of the supplies, and the teachers, paras and parent volunteers per class will help to run it. It's super fun! Many of the positions are 1-3 hours long; we'll work with whatever you can give! :) Thank you!
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Join us for the PRS Field Day: Friday, June 7th: Volunteer Signup!

The PRS PTO is excited to host Field Day 2024 on Friday June 7th at PRS - we need many parent volunteers to please help us provide a fun day for our K-5 kids through on-site volunteer opportunities and/or donations! Thank you for your support!

Please note that all volunteers must complete a CORI check through PRS complete by June 1st - please contact the school office if you do not have one.

https://signup.com/go/GYZAQnL

HUGE thank you to our PRS Field Day Committee: Amy Dow, Katie Tryder, and everyone's favorite waterslide king James Prestileo!

🌿🚲 Our Green Team is on a roll this Spring! From a record-breaking Bike, Walk, or Roll to school day with our amazing Wizards to a fearless crew cleaning up the playground and planting milkweed in the rain - we're making a difference! Huge thanks to Katy Donovan, Lizzie Inglis, Amy Dow, and Cat Gilfoy for leading the way! 🌧️🌱

A big shoutout to our fantastic Active Minds and Kids BOKS Coaches for another amazing session! 🙌🌟 These incredible volunteer parents bring positive energy and fun twice a week at 7:30 am, setting the perfect tone for our little learners. We're so grateful for this wonderful program and the dedication of everyone involved! Special thanks to Coleen Powers and Amy Flynn for Co-Chairing, and a huge round of applause to our awesome coaches: Missy Wilson, Steve Flynn, Mike Reive, Courtney Alexander, Yonca Ural, and Megan Dawson! 👏

📚🌟 Calling all K-4 families at PRS! Don't miss out on capturing the memories of this amazing year: order your yearbook by Thursday, May 16th!
Order your yearbook by May 16th to ensure your child receives it by the last day of school. All 5th graders get a copy provided by the PRS PTO. Click the link below to order for $25. Contact [email protected] for any questions. For financial matters, kindly reach out to Mr. Decker, and we will take care of the expenses, anonymous to PTO.
https://store.shopyearbook.com/prs-2024-yearbook

📚🌟 Calling all K-4 families at PRS! Don't miss out on capturing the memories of this amazing year: order your YEARBOOK by Thursday, May 16th!

Order your yearbook by May 16th to ensure your child receives it by the last day of school. All 5th graders get a copy provided by the PRS PTO. Click the link below to order for $25. Contact [email protected] for any questions. For financial matters, kindly reach out to Mr. Decker, and we will take care of the expenses, anonymous to PTO.
https://store.shopyearbook.com/prs-2024-yearbook

Please join the green team this Thursday, May 16th, after school to spruce up the PRS garden and grounds! We will be planting milkweed and other pollinators in the garden and picking up trash around the playgrounds. We will meet by the shed after school. Please bring garden tools and trash bags if you can. Note this is not a drop-off event.

Join us for a special drive by for Adelia the Wonder Girl today, Monday 5/13. South's Safety Officer, Katelin McGillicudy has worked with Hingham Police to coordinate an es**rt along the parade route. Due to the volume of attendants anticipated, they ask that all cars congregate at 3:45 at Resurrection Parish, 1057 Main Street. HPD will arrive at Resurrection at 4pm to lead the drive. Come as you are--decorations/tee shirts are in no way required. 🩵🩵

YEARBOOK ORDERING IS OPEN!
Calling all K-4 families! Preserve the memories of this amazing year at PRS - the yearbook includes dedicated pages for each grade, school-wide activities, 5th grade highlights, and MORE!
Bulk ordering deadline is by MAY 16th so your child(ren) can receive their yearbook by the last day of school. You can order the book after this deadline but will pay shipping directly to your home.
All 5th graders receive a copy of the yearbook provided by the PRS PTO - so there's no need to place an order for your 5th grader!
Click the link below to order your book - $25.00 per book. Contact [email protected] with any questions.

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Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day - Friday, May 10th! Join the PRS community and the PTO Green Team as we walk, bike, scoot, or roll to and from school! We're excited to encourage and celebrate active, healthy and climate-friendly modes of transportation. Atlantic Cycles will join us to offer bike safety checks, tire pump-ups and more. Permission slips will come home with students soon, so keep an eye out! Please consider the route your kids will take and if possible, assist with crossing to ensure everyone’s safety. See you then!

Take Care of Our Earth Bingo!
Please join the students in Mrs. Willison's fourth grade class to take care of our earth. Each child at PRS was sent home with a green bingo mat on Friday, May 3. The mat is filled with 16 opportunities to take care of our planet.

From now until May 31, we encourage students to do as many activities as they can to celebrate and care for our earth. Each time they do an activity, they cross it off on their bingo board. Parents sign it and submit it to your child's teacher by Friday, May 31.

Students can do arts activities such as writing a short story or a poem, making a nature collage or a recycled sculpture. They can also do things to save water and energy in your home such as turning off the faucet when they brush their teeth, take shorter showers and turn off electronics when they're not using them.
They can help clean up our earth by bringing plastic gloves and a trash bag on the next nature walk or beach trip. We encourage them to walk or bike to school instead of driving.

All students who participate will receive a special pencil.
Students who complete 5 or more activities will be entered to win a Nona’s gift card.

The class with the most entries will win an art activity planned and organized by the students in Mrs. Willison’s class!

Help the students in 4W care for our earth!

Oh what a night!!! PRS at PKL was an absolute blast. HUGE shoutout to Courtney and Dustin Martin for hosting us at PKL, Rachel Engdahl for the seamless coordination, and Johanna Goulding and Christine Rubino for putting together an amazing auction. A big thank you to everyone who came to play, chill, or placed their bids from home! Your support empowers our school to engage in all the enriching activities we do.

🎉 Join us for the PRS PTO Raffles and Auction - now LIVE! Bid or buy tickets online! 🌟 Explore a wide range of amazing experiences and items up for grabs. Huge thanks to our generous community for the fantastic donations. All proceeds support PRS PTO, with a significant portion dedicated to the PRS Playground project. Here are a few of the items- check them all out here: https://events.handbid.com/auctions/prs-pto-2024-auction-and-social/tickets?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabI6MdhweLr_O0CM7hsYqAC90s81Va08ZyfMQDgX1k10wRgIBRAGfQ6XDs_aem_AcVSB4o1vgMFo_faSFOoJ93dPo9T-jv2aU3yoh7a_RPze_POHEppycNpebl05jMk9R545TCCijQjxfw6ElJATnUI

PRS kids are SO lucky to have Art Teacher Ms. C! 🎨 She sparks creativity, encourages thinking outside the lines, and makes it FUN! Look at these beaming faces. Thank you, Ms. C! 😊

Cultural Enrichment: On Monday, April 22, Acton Discovery Museum returned to PRS with their annual “Bubbles” program for Grade K. Each class held individual workshops, which support the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework, investigating questions like: How long does a bubble last? What color is a bubble? Can you predict when a bubble will pop? Students challenged what they think they know about bubbles as they made new observations, posed questions, investigated, and discussed their findings. The program was planned and funded up PRS PTO. Thanks Lauren Davalla for planning and Haley DeCarlo Herrlinger for taking photos!

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Happy Earth Day! Monday, April 22nd is Earth Day, and the theme this year is "Planet vs. Plastics." So naturally, the PTO Green Team is challenging the PRS community to use less plastic! Single-use plastic is bad for the ocean, the land, and our health - but we can make a difference. How?

Pass on individually wrapped snacks and foods; pack snacks and lunch in reusable containers.
Skip drinks that come in disposable plastic bottles or cartons that wind up in the trash.
Avoid ziploc, plastic baggies, and plastic wrap; choose reusable containers.
Say no to plastic plates, straws, and utensils.
We hope you'll join us this week and beyond in saying NO to disposable single-use plastics! Print out this handy sheet from Less Plastic as a reminder. Thank you and Happy Earth Day!

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