Cavett Elementary PTO

🗓️SUMMER FYI 🗓️
The upcoming 2024-25 school year also comes with calendar changes, have you looked them over yet? Check them out below or head to lps.org and click on "School Calendars" for more information.

If you didn't snag a picture with your 5th grade grad next to the congrats banner, it will still be up through Saturday evening. It is on the fence on the North side of the school, next to the Cardinal Fence design. Please post any pics in the comments and have a great summer!

The last day of school is here! Don't forget that dismissal is at 1:33pm.

Join us out front to celebrate our fabulous fifth graders as they leave Cavett Elementary School one last time!

Hope you all have a safe and wonderful summer break!

Kona Ice Truck will be at Cavett today after school! Stop by and buy a fun treat and know that 20% of your purchase is going back to the Cavett PTO!

Our lost and found is overflowing! Be sure to check it out and see if you find any missing items before the school year ends.

Check out the new banner PTO purchased for our fifth grade graduates! It will be up from now until the end of the the year if you want to stop by and get a picture with your student! It’s located on the south side of the school next to our Cavett and cardinal fence signs.

Check out these end of year activities!

Link to buy Summer Fun Pass:
https://cavettpto.ptboard.com/annlist?ann=mHX_EULrSXSyWOR7puItegfof__-cItDV8s=

What an awesome spread of snacks for our Cavett staff as a thank you for the incredible school year! We always appreciate businesses that go above and beyond to show their appreciation! 🌟
Thank you Dr Greg and Jami Fought and staff at Southwest Pediatric Dentistry for the yummy treats today! 🌈

Tomorrow is our FINAL dine out for this school year! Join us at Chick-fil-a between 5-7pm on Tuesday, May 7th. Be sure to let them know you are with Cavett!

🍎📚✨ Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! 🍎📚✨

To all the incredible teachers out there, this week is all about YOU! 🎉 Your dedication, passion, and hard work do not go unnoticed.

From sparking curiosity to igniting a love for learning, you're shaping the future one lesson at a time. Let's take a moment to celebrate and thank those who go above and beyond to inspire, motivate, and educate. 🙌💖

Here is how the PTO is showing our support to all of the Cavett staff this week! Thank you parents and families for your support throughout the year so we can make this week extra special for our teachers. And a special thank you to Amber McIntyre for organizing and setting this up! 🌟🍎 📚✏️

Teacher Appreciation Week Sponsorship Opportunities

Teacher Appreciation Week is next week and we are looking for additional ways to show our support to our Cavett staff.

If you or your business would like to donate, please let us know asap! We are looking for a family, a group of families, or a business to pitch in to sponsor snacks on Tuesday for the teachers. You can provide the snacks or give money for us to use to purchase those items on your behalf.

We are also interested in collecting coupons, discount codes, or small items from your business. This may be car wash coupons, $5 off a meal, free coffee coupons, or anything along those lines.

Anyone who donates will be recognized as a sponsor on our page and in person. Please reach out to us at [email protected] or message us on facebook with questions or donation ideas/suggestions.

Did you get your Yearbook Yet?

Yearbooks are now available for purchase on our PTO website. Ordering will close on Tuesday, May 21st at 10 PM with delivery taking place before the end of the school year. Yearbook supplies are first come, first served - so order your Yearbook today!!

Click here to order!
https://cavettpto.ptboard.com/formvw?store=3929&form=11

Are you looking for a Yearbook from the last 2 years? Yearbooks from the '21-'22 and '22-'23 school years can purchased for $10. These are available in the office and can also be purchased from the link above, or with cash, check or via Venmo -

The KFOR/KFRX Summer Pass is back. These tickets are jam packed with over $100 in savings for your summer food and activities. And they'll only cost you 5 dollars each. On top of the savings and fun you'll have, all sales go directly to the PTO. Probably the easiest fundraiser you've ever participated in.

You will want to purchase 1 ticket per child. The cost to pay online is $5.60 (includes processing fee) For cash or check, slip $5 per ticket in an envelope marked "Summer Fun Punch" with your child's name and teacher. They can be turned in at the front desk.

For Venmo, our account name is: and if it asks to verify, the last 4 of the attached phone number is 1417 - please include your student's name, teacher and the quantity in the "What's this for?" memo.

Teacher Appreciation Week is next week!

Does your child just absolutely love their teacher? We need your child's help. We are looking positive comments to remind our teachers how much we appreciate them being a part of our Cavett Community! They can come from you or your child.

You can send these to us in an email or facebook message.
[email protected]

Some Ideas may include:

How did a teacher make you or your child feel?
A favorite trait that a teacher has that makes class memorable
A joke or something funny that happened in class with the teacher
Or maybe it's simply why your child appreciates their teacher

Please share with us today!

Thank you again to everyone who participated in Culture Night last Friday!
❤️ Here’s one of our favorite stories we heard that night… Tien, a Cavett mother got to carry on this tradition with her daughter after having a booth set up with her own mother when she was a child. All three generations were in attendance on Friday.
We LOVE seeing traditions like this carried on through the generations.
Thank you Tien and your family for joining us!Cavett Elementary School

Make the kids' final PLC tomorrow a fun one and stop by McDonalds for one of our most popular dine out events!

Thank you so much to all of the families, performers, donations & volunteers who made the Culture Night & Art show such a success!
⭐️Huge shout out to Mrs. Danner and Mrs. Kleppinger for their help with this event.

We were very happy to see all of the interest and encouragement to do this event again in the future. Here are some photos we took, please feel free to share your photos in the comment section.

Tonight is our Culture Night & Cavett Art Show from 5:30-7:30pm. (Enter through door 1 or door 4). We have multiple families signed up to share their history and culture as well as several performers that we have been highlighting all week long.

Come experience performances by:
PANgea - steel drums
World Music Drumming
Los Mariachis de la Ciudad Estrella
Lion Dance by the Asian Community Center

We look forward to this celebration of diversity and talent that we have within Cavett and the community! We hope you can join us for this wonderful and unique event.

Cavett Elementary School
⭐️This event is free of charge!

Culture Week Day 5!

We are very excited to announce that the Asian Community and Cultural Center will be performing a Lion Dance! The lion dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion’s movement in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune.

This is traditionally done during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. If you haven’t experienced this in person yet, you are in for a treat!

Home : Asian Community and Cultural Center We have a variety of classes taking place at our center throughout the year - including English and Citizenship classes, parenting classes, financial education, Know Your Rights, sewing classes for women, and more!

Day 4 of Culture Week!

Today we will focus on World of Music Drumming. This is a group comprised of many different styles of drums and percussion instruments. This group is lead by LHS Band Director and Golden Apple award winner Jill Oetken.

LHS Music Department chair Brett Noser said “Jill went in and learned about different styles of African drumming, and the drums are actually from Africa. And the way that it’s taught is completely from rote. There are no notes on a page because a vast majority of the world doesn’t learn by notation.”

https://www.1011now.com/2020/11/25/november-golden-apple-lhs-teacher-strikes-a-chord-with-students/

We are so lucky to have this incredible style of music represented in Lincoln, it’s sure to be a good time!

https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/a-different-beat-lincoln-high-offers-world-drumming-class/article_c289a227-0cb8-5caa-8e33-d74b5400eab4.html

Elementary School

November Golden Apple: LHS teacher strikes a chord with students Jill Oetken once marched down Beechner Field as a student, but this percussionist is now marching to her own beat, as a Lincoln High Band director.

Day 3 of Culture Week!

Today we’re highlighting the Mariachi band:

Los Mariachis de la Ciudad Estrella started in 2018 and is an LPS All-City Ensemble under the direction of Brett Noser and Leila Zila. Los Mariachis is open to 7th-12th grade students at any school in Lincoln (not just LPS). Los Mariachis performs at various events throughout the year and plays a variety of traditional and contemporary mariachi music. We have performed at the Nebraska State Fair, the Nebraska Music Educators Association Banquet, Dia De Los Mu***os, and many other events.

We are excited to perform at Cavett Elementary School!

https://youtu.be/-UGOp4TMl84?si=RFPymkSue0i-P-sr

Cavett Elementary School

Los Mariachis de las Ciudad Estrella perform at Southeast **Because we are a K-12 public school, we have marked our videos safe for children. This setting means that YouTube has turned off the commenting feature.**L...

Day 2 of Culture Week!

PANgea is the only group of its kind in Nebraska. The group was formed as a means to give percussionists throughout LPS more opportunities than they would find in a traditional concert band setting.

PANgea is an entity of Lincoln Public Schools. Consisting of members grades 6-12, it is an auditioned group that rehearses once a week on Saturday mornings and performs 10-12 times each spring at various events. Serving as an ambassador for LPS, PANgea aims to reach many different organizations throughout the Lincoln community while providing educational performing opportunities to our students.

Nearly all LPS middle and high schools are represented in our membership.

Come see this amazing group perform during Culture Night!

https://youtu.be/un43VFMToUI

Cavett Elementary School

PANgea Steel Drum Band performance http://www.lps.org/post/detail.cfm?id=4240

This month is our last ever PLC, since they are moving away from them starting next school year. This is your final opportunity to provide snacks for teachers during these meetings, so let's make sure they feel extra spoiled and appreciated!

We would love for you to help by bringing a variety of snacks! This month we are having a breakfast theme, including pastries, a yogurt bar, fruit, and more. Please send the items with your kids to school or drop off in the office before noon that day.

https://cavettpto.ptboard.com/sgnvw?group=&signup=MduU3c-wR_K6L419XlQkoXN___52w7JoVH___nFlz8hn

We are celebrating Culture and diversity this week in preparation for our Culture Night on Friday night! We hope to see you there, so starting tomorrow, we are going to spotlight the group performances that we have lined up for the evening.

This will be in conjunction with a student art show and several families from Cavett highlighting their own cultures and traditions.

It’s sure to be a good time, so we hope to see you there!

Cavett Elementary School

We hope you can join us for our last PTO meeting of the year! We will be voting on next year's board members and wrapping up the school year's events. We hope you can join us!