Rowe PTO News

Wed May 17 - National Bike & Walk to School Day

Wed May 17 - Rowe Night at the Playground 5:30-6:30pm

Thurs May 18 - Jump Into Math Night 5:30-6:30pm (Rowe School event)

Fri May 19 - Rowe Odyssey of the Mind Pasta Supper & Silent Auction

Sat May 20 - Twin Swirls Day

Mon May 22 - PTO Meeting 6:30-8 pm (Zoom)

Wed May 24 - Rowe Night at the Playground 5:30-6:30pm

Fri May 26 - Rowe Night at the Sea Dogs

Wed May 31 - Rowe Night at the Playground 5:30-6:30pm

See our updated 2022-23 PTO Calendar of Events!

Are you enjoying the spring flowers in front of Rowe School as much as we are? We'd like to thank PTO Greening Chair Amy Hayes for all her work over the years to help beautify our schoolyard, including planting the tulip bulbs and other perennials that grace the entrance.

As we head into our final stretch of the school year, and with all of our major fundraising behind us, we'll be taking advantage of the warmer weather to enjoy a few more community events. Thanks to all of you who have made these last few weeks so successful! We're grateful for this amazing community we have at Rowe School.

Mr. Custeau is still in need of parent volunteers for the Rowe Recess Runners Club spring session, which continues through June 9 during recess (11:45am-1:45pm). Please check out the SignUp Genius if you can support this amazing program by volunteering.
Rowe Spring Recess Runners SignUp Genius

We’d like to congratulate Holden (5th grade) and Lennox (4th grade) for reaching the Marathon Milestone for this year’s Recess Runners! In honor of being the first student to reach that mark, Holden will be throwing out the first pitch for the May 26th Sea Dogs’ game during Rowe Night at the Ballpark (details below).

Join our Rowe community as we celebrate safe, active and environmentally friendly transportation to school. On Wednesday, May 17, remember to join the fun and walk, bike, bus or roll your way to Rowe (rain date will be Friday, May 19). Please remember to practice safety on the sidewalks and streets, and wear your helmet if you’re biking or scooting.

Enjoy the spring weather and meet up with families at the Rowe Playground on May 17, 24 and 31 from 5:30-6:30pm. Deering and Portland High School students will lead soccer and basketball games, and UMaine Cooperative Extension will host 4H activities. The PTO will provide free tea, snacks, and water. We hope to see you!

Join Rowe staff for a fun-filled hour of math games, jump roping, prizes & snacks on Thursday, May 18 from 5:30-6:30pm. This event is hosted by Ms. Winship and Mr. Custeau. The PTO is pleased to help provide funding thanks to the generous support of our community.

Support the OM Technical Team with their final fundraiser before they head to the World Finals. They’re hosting a pasta supper, sponsored by Amato’s at Rowe on Friday, 5/19 at 6:30pm. There will be a silent auction with some great prizes. In addition, they'll present a short film about the team's time in OM and their project in action. More details can be found here.

For future fourth and fifth graders, this is a perfect opportunity to see just what OM is all about. You'll see how their teamwork resulted in a win and opportunity to attend Worlds, and learn more about the program at Rowe and how to join.

Tickets are $10 per person, $5 for ages six and under. There will be limited availability at the door, so we're encouraging pre-purchasing tickets through the PTO Store, by Venmo to Stephanie-Walsh-26, or by RSVP to roweodyssey@gmail.com to let us know you'll pay cash at the door.

Saturday, May 20 is Rowe School PTO Day at Twin Swirls Ice Cream. Enjoy a sweet treat between 12-7pm, and 20% of all sales will benefit the PTO! Twin Swirls is located at 885 Brighton Ave.

Join us for our final PTO meeting of the year on Monday, May 22 from 6:30-8pm via Zoom. We’ll be voting for PTO officers for the 2023-24 year, and we’re grateful to our nominees:

President - Steph Walsh

Vice President - Ashley Eiler (pending employer approval)

Secretary - Audrey Bartholomew

Treasurer - Janna Stefanowicz

Co-Community Building Chairs - Emily Davis & Kayla Therialt

Fundraising Chair - no nominees to date

Incoming Rowe Principal Bill Anton will be attending for part of the meeting to say hello. As we near the end of the year and think ahead to next, we’d love to hear your feedback on what you thought went well and what could be improved upon!

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81717956167

Contact: Rita King | president@roweschoolpto.org

Portland Sea Dogs Vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats

After the game, there will be fireworks!

Friday, May 26th @ 6:00pm EDT

Hadlock Field, 271 Park Ave, Portland, ME

Purchase Deadline: May 25th @ 11:59pm EDT

https://fevogm.com/s/other/Roweschool?purl=b47694b09e87

Join the Portland Sea Dogs on Friday, May 26th for Rowe Night at the Ballpark! Game starts at 6:00pm, with a pre-game parade around the field at 5:15pm. Tickets are $5.00 in the General Admission section. This group rate will not be available day of game so please purchase through this link in advance.

The school is in need of backpacks! If you have any new or gently used backpacks to donate, the PTO will be collecting them at Wednesday's Playground Meetup, Thursday's Jump Into Math Night, and Friday's OM Pasta Supper. Thank you!

The classrooms are in need of snacks, we know there is only a few weeks left of school, but teachers and students would be grateful if you could send in snacks. Please drop off snacks to Sue Sullivan in the main office and she will get them to classes. Or you can purchase off of this wish list and they will be shipped right to Sue. Thank you.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/S1EUV0PEVOPF?ref_=wl_share

Fourth graders have recently wrapped up their Health Sciences unit, “Puberty Happens.” This year, the PTO was able to help provide a Puberty Kit for every student, and a Period Kit for those that need them. This wouldn’t have been possible without YOUR continued support for enrichment programming at Rowe. From Ms. Mirisola, Fourth Grade teacher:

“Fourth grade students were so grateful and happy to receive puberty kits, and felt empowered to begin trying out some of the tools they’d learned about in Health Class! Kids have kept their kits in their lockers, which has helped normalize a lot of these changes, and make kids feel more comfortable talking about them. Last week, Ms. Chepke’s whole class could be found applying deodorant in the hallway after returning from gym class! Fourth grade has never smelled so good!”

April’s Calendar Raffle was a huge success! We raised more than $7,000, which will help the PTO continue to fund enrichment activities, field trips, school clubs, classroom supplies, support for families in need, and so much more. The complete list of winners is available on our website. Thank you to all who participated, and congratulations to the winners!

WOW did we start off May with a bang!!! During the first week of May we celebrated our amazing teachers and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week followed immediately by SpringFest on May 6th.

These amazing events could not have happened without all of YOU and it truly took the whole community coming together to make these events as amazing as they were. From the bottom of our hearts THANK YOU!!

Whether you donated flowers, school supplies, decorations or snacks for teacher appreciation. Or whather you helped to run a carnival game, donated a cake, helped with set up, or just showed up with your family at SpringFest. We appreciate YOU!!

Take a look at how all of your hard work paid off!!

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we were able to provide 10 free tickets to EVERY student who took part in Springfest. We are grateful to the following local businesses for their support:

Featured Sponsors
Bangor Savings Bank, Bird & Co., Foundation for Portland Public Schools, IBEW Local 567, Portland Pie Co.

Gold Sponsors
Downeast Pediatric Dentistry, Ocean AVL

Silver Sponsors
b merry events, Dunkin’ Westgate’, Eyes on Rosemont, Kids Arcanum, Hannaford

Community Supporter
The Locker Project

Hannaford Helps is going on now through May 27. When you buy 4 Participating Products – either in a Hannaford Store or using Hannaford To Go – you'll earn 3 School Dollars.

School Dollars can be donated:

1) through the Hannaford App

2) through the Hannaford online Redemption Hub

3) in the collection tower at the Westbrook Hannaford

4) drop off in the Rowe office.

Donate
Spirit Wear
CLYNK
Hannaford Helps
Box Tops
Volunteer

Sponsorships