Simmons Elementary Home and School Association

If anyone is interested, the high school is holding a community event next Friday evening.

Our Five Below fundraiser starts today! Today through December 10th, three participating locations are giving back with 10% of your purchase to the HSA! Make sure to mention Simmons during check out!

Holiday Shop TOMORROW 10:00AM - 2:00PM! All items priced to be budget-friendly for kids. Items for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, teachers, kids, and friends. There are even pet items available!

Your pies are ready for pickup!! See you between 5:00pm-7:00pm!

Pie pick-up today at the Simmons Cafeteria from 5:00-7:00PM.

If you want to help organize or distribute pies, we are always looking for more volunteers! Sign up here:

https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/117794

Today is the LAST DAY to contribute to our Simmons Thanksgiving Meal Collection. This collection is a monetary donation to assist in purchasing gift cards for Simmons families who are in-need during the holidays. Please contribute if you haven't already:

https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/fundraiser/2231

Thank you to all of the families who came out yesterday and this morning for our American Education Week Breakfast! We loved seeing you all and hope you had a great time!

Join us for breakfast until 8:30am.

3rd, 4th, and 5th graders and their families.

HSA MONTHLY MEETING

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device

Meeting ID: 255 039 486 356
Passcode: urFp9s

Download Teams | Join on the web

Or call in (audio only)

+1 267-800-7927,,330727339 # United States, Philadelphia

Phone Conference ID: 330 727 339 #

Come join us until 8:30am to have breakfast with your student! Kindergarten, 1st, & 2nd graders!

Join your children for breakfast this week in the Simmons cafeteria for American Education Week!

Tomorrow - Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grades
Thursday - 3rd, 4th, & 5th grades

Pie Orders Due TODAY!!

Order now:
https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/2232

Show your Simmons school spirit with our new 'Be Different, Be Brave, Be YOU' t-shirts!! These will be worn on specified days to show school unity and to promote our new 'One School, One Book' initiative. Students get to choose between 5 color options this year! These shirts are made of super soft material and will become a Simmons favorite!

Orders are due by Friday! Order on MT:
https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/one-school-one-book-2023

OR return your paper form with cash or check (made payable to Simmons HSA).

We are still collecting monetary donations for Thanksgiving Meals for our Simmons families in-need. If you are able to help support this very important mission, please click below and donate. You can also send in money to the office in an envelope marked "Thanksgiving Meal Donation". We appreciate any and all donations. Every little bit helps!

https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/fundraiser/2231

If you would like to help our families in need, please donate by Monday, November 20th.

https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/fundraiser/2231

**ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS**

We are in need of volunteers to organize and distribute the pies on Tuesday, November 21st. Please visit https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/117794
to sign-up.

Thank you!🦃🥧

Lots of things coming up for the HSA in the next few weeks!! Please make sure to place orders on Membership Toolkit or using the paper forms that came home.

New additional opportunity for giving: Thanksgiving Meal Donations for Simmons families in-need. All in-kind donations accepted. Thank you for your support and generosity!

https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/

Please pay attention to all order due dates!

Don't forget to place your Thanksgiving Pie Orders! All orders are due next Monday, November 13th.

Order online: https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/1968

The Simmons staff is ready for Halloween!! Are you? Show your pictures in the comments section of this post! Have a safe night trick-or-treating and don't forget to include us when showing off your amazing costumes!!

We gained 5 more supporters since September, but with a school this large, we can do SO MUCH better. This is easy money and if you don't want to scan the receipts yourself, you don't have to!! Just drop them in the lobby and we will take care of the rest!! All good store receipts are accepted (i.e. Giant, Aldi, Walmart, BJ's, Best Buy, Costco, Wegman's, Target, etc.)

Didn't make it to the Book Fair?

Was the Book Fair sold out of your favorite book?

No worries! You can still shop online until Tuesday, October 31st and 25% of your purchase will go toward Simmons Elementary School!

SHOP NOW:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/simmonselementaryschool5

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Shop Now" to link our school to your online shopping. Thank you for your support!

Tomorrow during STREAM Night, visit and make a purchase at the Book Fair (located in the trailers behind the school) and receive a coupon to the Texas Roadhouse for a free kids meal!

**While supplies last. First come, first serve basis!

STREAM Night is from 6:30PM - 8:00PM. See you there!

All of the Simmons students worked hard raising money for their Walk-a-Thon, however, below are the top-earners of each grade. Congratulations to our winners!!

CONGRATULATIONS to our 50/50 Raffle Winner, Mrs. Sciubba!!! She won $107 and decided to donate it back to the HSA! We are so lucky to have our teachers, parents, and community support! Thank you all for coming out last night to the Trunk-or-Treat and for your generous donations!

THE PHILLIES GAME is ON in the parking lot for all to watch while trick-or-treating!! Come out and let the kids have some fun! FREE Event. 6-8:00PM.

TONIGHT!! Open to everyone. Trick-or-Treating and a movie. No registration needed!

Start time: 6:00PM

We will be selling 50/50 raffle tickets as well as concessions for the movie.

The event is FREE, but we are asking for in-kind donations of $5/family to help us raise money for school assemblies and activities throughout the year.

TONIGHT!! Open to everyone. Trick-or-Treating and a movie. No registration needed!

Start time: 6:00PM

We will be selling 50/50 raffle tickets as well as concessions for the movie.

The event is FREE, but we are asking for in-kind donations of $5/family to help us raise money for school assemblies and activities throughout the year.

We would love for you to join us in-person, but if you are unable, below is the virtually meeting information:
Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 255 039 486 356
Passcode: urFp9s

Have something you want to discuss at the meeting? We now have a section for "Comments" under our meeting info in Membership Toolkit!

Our Book Fair starts THIS FRIDAY, October 20th! You can send your student in with:
1) Cash
2) Check made payable to 'Simmons HSA'
3) Register them for an eWallet! - (An eWallet is an easy payment method for your child the day they shop! They use it like a gift card and it is pre-loaded into our register for easy check-out!)
Visit our Book Fair website to get started:
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/simmonselementaryschool5
Families can shop Thursday, October 26th during STREAM Night from 6:30-8:00PM.

Don't forget to send in all of your food store receipts for scanning!

OR

Scan them on your own by downloading the Box Tops for Education app here: https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=SBJN1IE5

Referral code: SBJN1IE5

VOLUNTEER: https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/117814

DONATED TREATS: Drop at Simmons Elementary Lobby

MONETARY DONATIONS: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/trunk-or-treat-38760?cart=345c0a95-9128-4ebf-8e4d-539f2c4bc06c%21%2165489242

The sun came out to shine down on our Fall into Fitness 5K this morning! Post any pictures you took today in the comments section of this post!

First and foremost, THANK YOU to all of our participants and volunteers! A HUGE THANK YOU to all of our sponsors:

Doc Bresler Cavity Busters
Aqua Tots
Born to Run
Boston Buddies Running Club
Danielle Soloff Photography
Front to Back Custom Kitchens
GRIT Fitness
Hangey Contracting
Harvest Restaurant
Horsham Soccer
Jules Pizza
Keller-Williams
Liberty Roofing
Lime Tree Counseling
Magerks
Maple Glen Pizza
McKnight Team
NovaCare Rehabilitation
Opinions by Sync/SyncScript
Precision Gymnastics
Spenga
Turning Point
Verona
Weintraub Financial

SO MUCH FUN today at our Kindergarten Fall Fest!! Feel free to share your pictures in the comments of your kiddos enjoying this soggy afternoon with friends!

5K THIS Sunday!!

RAIN or SHINE!!

Bib Pick-up TOMORROW (Friday) 5:30-6:30PM.

If your child has not turned in their pledge sheet from our Walk-a-Thon on Friday, please make sure it is turned into the office by Thursday, October 12th.

The student in each grade who raises the most money will win a prize! 🎉

We are still in need of volunteers for our Kindergarten Fall Fest. We are looking for people to help with activities. If you can offer 2 hours of help THIS Saturday , please sign-up using the link below.

https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/117821

We are still in need of volunteers for our Kindergarten Fall Fest. We are looking for people to help with crafts, games, and clean-up. If you can offer 2 hours of help on Saturday , please sign-up using the link below.

https://simmonshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/117821