PTO meeting has been moved to Dec. 13 to accommodate the Boosterthon Fun Run events on Dec. 6. Please update your calendars!
Plus there are lots of sociables available. Check the calendar and then buy any open sociables at https://qtego.net/qlink/mimspto — if you need help, download the Qtego Instructions document.
Want to give your kid a thrill on her or his birthday? Wish them happy birthday on the school marquee!
Please donate $30 on the PTO donate button in the store tab.
When you donate, please indicate that the donation is for the birthday marquee, so that our treasurer can account for the donation
Please screenshot your receipt and contact marquee@mimspto.org with your child’s name and birthday. You’ll get a confirmation email to confirm your purchase.
Send some love to the MIMS staff this holiday season by writing them a Warm Fuzzy! The Hospitality Committee’s plan is to take all the warm fuzzies (notes or drawn pictures), wrap them together in a box for each teacher, and distribute them the week of December 16-19, 2019.
Please take the time and have your child fill out a note for their current or past teachers. Don’t forget your Enrichment teachers! Notes can be dropped off in the Warm Fuzzies boxes in the Community Room or Cafeteria, beginning Wednesday November 13, 2019.
Here’s the Warm&Fuzzy form to use!
“It takes a village to raise a child.”
The Hospitality Committee
Now that the PTO membership has approved the update to our bylaws, the MIMS PTO Board would like to invite candidates for the Community Fundraiser position to join the board.
The Community Fundraiser oversees all community focused fundraising and works with our corporate fundraiser and other committee chairs. Our next big focus will be Boosterthon and CNY. You’ll be a voting member of the board. For more details, review the bylaws.
The PTO Board will vote to select a board member from any candidates at our next board meeting, per the bylaws.
If you have questions, or if you’re interested in raising your hand for this (we work hard, but we’re a fun group), please send email to parliamentarian@mimspto.org and president@mimspto.org to let us know.
To help our wonderful teachers and staff have an even better Thanksgiving, MIMS Hospitality Committee will be collecting pies, cakes, and other desserts from Nov 20-22nd.
We need 85 desserts to make sure everyone has one to take home. You can drop items off in the parent room starting on the 20th. Please bring all items before 10am on the 22nd – sign up to tell us what you’re bringing.
Also, please consider the fact that we don’t have a refrigerator:).
We will let the teachers and staff pick what they would like to take home on the 22nd so please label what you bring.
Thanks in advance for your support of our amazing MIMS facility and staff!
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Welcome to Magnet Tour season!
Tours start on October 3rd and will be every Thursday until December 5th at 9 AM.
November 21st & December 5th will have two tour times at 9 AM and 1 PM.
If you are a MIMS parent, we need your expertise to help guide the tours for Pre-K, Kinder, and 6th grade. The interested parents will ask questions about day-to-day activities within the classroom, lunch, recess, electives, etc. You will briefly take the parents inside the classrooms to give them the feel of what their child/children will be learning. This is the perfect opportunity for you to help ease the minds of new parents and get them excited about MIMS!
Mr. Ying is also looking for students to show off their Chinese skills on the magnet tours (8th grade & 5th grade). If your child is interested in presenting please send an email to Mr. Ying with the subject line: magnet tour presenter.
Note: We’ll update this post regularly to keep you in the loop on where we are with current sociables and items.
You can purchase or bid on items through your mobile phone, iPad, or computer.
To purchase a sociable or bid on a silent auction item from your mobile phone, reply to the text message you received from Qtego and follow the instructions below OR you can select the blue URL link in your second text message to make purchases or bid on your personal bidding page through your smart phone.
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If you would like to… |
…you should TEXT
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Example of Your Text
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PURCHASE a sociable |
BUY ITEM# QUANTITY |
BUY 101 3 Buys 3 of Item #101 |
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BID on a silent auction item |
ITEM# BID
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102 75
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Set a MAXIMUM BID for an item so you can bid automatically |
ITEM# BID M |
102 300 M |
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Get a DESCRIPTION and CURRENT PRICE of an item
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ITEM# |
102 |
Questions? Please email Lisa Barrow at fundraising@mimspto.org
*Drum roll….*
President – Nhi Le
Elementary Vice President – Kelly Opot
Middle School Vice President – Felicia Ziegler
Secretary – Libby Ingrassia (Bergman)
Treasurer – Jose Gonzalez
Parliamentarian – Derek Sirmans
Historian – Nissa Simpson
Festival Chair – Amanda Chambers
Corporate Fundraising Chair – Lisa Barrow
Community Fundraising Chair – NO CANDIDATE (Will run election at the beginning of the school year).
Shared Decision Committee Member – Wendy Chung
The individuals elected will take office on July 1, 2019. Their term will be until June 30, 2020.
Wishing the 2019-2020 PTO Board all the success!
1. Please follow the directions of traffic flow and be courteous when the lanes merge.
2. Pedestrian traffic is heavy from 8:15 AM to 8:45 AM and from 3:40 PM to 4:10 PM. Please drive slowly
and be ready to stop for pedestrians.
3. Drop-off
a. Please drop off your child only at designated area:
i. Park by the curbside in front of the school, or
ii. Park in the Parent/Visitor Parking area.
b. Please do not park in the middle of traffic flow to drop off your child.
4. Pick-up
a. Please form a line at the curbside in front of the school and have your placard ready.
b. Please move your vehicle forward and fill the empty space before picking up your child.
c. If your child requires additional assistance to buckle-up, please plan to park in the Parent/Visitor Parking area and pick up your child at the cafeteria door.
5. The parking lot next to our building is designated for teacher parking between 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
6. If the parking lot is full, please utilize street parking around campus and respect the city regulation.
1. School opens from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The front office is temporarily closed from 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
for dismissal. There will be no access to the building before 8:00 AM or after 5:00 PM.
2. Student hour is from 8:30 AM to 3:50 PM. Students need to arrive classrooms by 8:35 AM before tardy is
marked. Late pick-up fee applies after 4:10 PM.
3. CIASP parent pick-up from 4:15 PM to 6:30 PM at the front of the school. Enrichment only pick-up at the
side of the building from 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM.
4. All club sponsors sign in at the front desk (after 4:15 PM) or in the cafeteria (from 3:40 PM to 4:10 PM).
Club students are dismissed at the cafeteria door with sponsors. Club visitors need to sign in before 5:00
PM or contact club sponsors if it is after 5:00 PM.
DropOff & PickUp Map
By contributing to the PTO Annual Drive, you help us meet our school’s needs that are outside the scope of their budget. When you go a step further and volunteer to help with events—or join our board— you set a fine example for our students to follow, and greatly encourage our teachers and staff.
