At our June meeting last week, we held elections for PTO officers for the 2019-20 school year. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!! And thanks to everyone who stepped up to ensure our school has a strong PTO to support our teachers and students.

Co-Presidents: Kristy Holton & Laura Everdale
Vice President: Latarsha Bryant
Treasurer: Desiree Cleves
Secretary: Jennifer Jarvis
Members-At-Large: Nikki Martens, Courtney Proctor, Denise Stanley
Teacher Representative: Liza Casey

Communications Chair: Erin Jakowski
Fundraiser Night Coordinator: Tasha Williams
Homeroom Parents Coordinator: Nikki Martens
Holiday Drive Coordinator: Julia Farrell-Breit

As some of you know, an exciting part of the new school building is the work that will also take place in the areas of Medfield surrounding the school. As part of the 21st Century building process, the city's INSPIRE program will be holding a walkthrough of the neighborhood to discuss our areas of concern.

The INSPIRE program will include recommendations for how to improve the surrounding neighborhood environment and improve quality of life for students, their families, and all neighborhood residents. Here is a link to their SURVEY for more feedback!

Neighborhood Walkthrough Poll:
Using this Doodle Poll link, please let the PTO know by this Friday (tomorrow), July 5th which of the four dates (feel free to pick more than one) work for you and we will go with the date that has the most positive responses. 

Calling all MHES Volunteers! As you know, we will not have a playground with a play structure at the swing space. The current condition of the blacktop is not ideal for recess, either.  So let's make it the best we can!  Please sign up to volunteer on July 29 (Sign Up Genius Link) for at least two hours to paint the blacktop, clean and paint the basketball backboards and basketball hoops.  If a two hour increment is booked, you can always just come! 

​The 21st Century Buildings team will host a second meeting to discuss bus transportation for the swing space next year. The content presented at both is intended to be the same.

Tue 06/11, 5:30-6:30

We are responsible for packing up all the materials in the two (and a half) closets in use by our PTO. SIGN UP to help with packing and storage!!

We need volunteers who can stay after the transportation meeting this week on Thu 05/23 from 6:30-8:30 to get started on packing. We'll see how much we can get done in one night and plan more sessions accordingly. We also have another session planned during the school day on Tue 06/04 to help Ms. Kilcoyne and Ms. Chiavacci to pack some of the school resource closets.

We also need volunteers who can take home one or more Spring Fling games to store in their own house over the summer. These games are pretty flat and will generally take up the same space as two folding tables. You can slide them behind something in your basement, for example.

​Congratulations to everyone involved to make SPRING FLING 2019 our most successful fundraiser ever!! Thanks to a lot of hard work, we raised $12,100 and counting for our school! Thank you all so much. We really lucked out on the weather and our school families had a fantastic time playing carnival games and winning fun silent auction items too!

Thank you to our wonderful performers including Baltimore School of Dance, Zenith Dance Rhythms, Jason and Jenna Melani, Star Wars Characters, Poe the Raven, the Magic of Liam Laugherty, and our very own Medfield Inspirational Choir!

Thank you to our sponsors, business owners, crafters, bakers and families for donating their time, talent and goods to our Silent Auction! And finally - a special thank you to our many burger-flipping, ticket-taking, frog-flinging, face-painting, auction-running, prize-inflating, and stamp-counting volunteers who make Spring Fling possible!

We are so proud of this incredible event that not only raises needed funds for our kids but showcases our community's undeniable grit, commitment, imagination and teamwork! GO MHES!