HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR SILVER SPRING PTO…..
1. SIGN UP FOR e-NEWS Messages (and read them!): These will alert you to PTO-specific
news & volunteer needs. Go to www.cvschools.org and click the CV E-NEWS button.
Make sure to select Silver Spring Elementary.
2. GO To www.cvschools.org/silverspring Select “PTO” and BOOKMARK the page.
**Check back often for updated activity information and calendar of building events**
3. Check the current list of volunteer needs on the website and consider volunteering for
an event, committee or sub-committee (most committees are focused on single-day events
and DO NOT require attendance at all PTO meetings!)
4. Mark PTO meetings on your calendar and commit to attend at least one this year.
5. Mark family events on your calendar (skating nights, Family Fun Night, Read Across
America Kick-Off, Bingo and/or Holiday Shoppe) and plan on attending with your family.
6. Register your Giant A+ Rewards number for Silver Spring, and reach out to family &
friends to ask if they will do the same.
7. Purchase items from the Fall Fundraiser. (Forms to come home early in the year)
8. Offer to help in your child’s classroom. Forms to come out the first week of school for
room parents, room helpers and supply donations.
9. Download the BoxTops App! Save Box Tops from General Mills packaging. Invite family members and friends to
collect too.
10. Share your love of shopping in the bakery aisle, by donating baked
goods for various events throughout the year.
11. Share your talent/hobby/skill (Cooking? Origami? Chess? Yoga?) with our students during
after-school specials in January-February.
12. Help us SPRINT for Silver Spring! Our annual student race/walk is in May it's a great day
of fun, and fundraising, for the entire school. Parents make the best cheerleaders, so
become involved and encourage your student’s participation
13. Contact the PTO if your company, or your employer, might be interested in advertising, or
donating items/services/gift certificates for PTO events.
14. Join our Facebook Community Email a request to join our private Facebook page at ssepto@outlook.com
15. Do you shop on Amazon?! Of course you do! Now you can shop until you drop AND support the initiatives of the Silver Spring Elementary PTO! Follow the link below and choose the Silver Spring Elementary PTO as your charity of choice! Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to our registered 501(c)(3) public charity which will in turn fund low and no cost family events, supplies and student subscriptions, teacher appreciation, and so much more!!! Thank you in advance for your consideration and SPREAD THE WORD!!!!