Phoenix Fun Day is a free PTO-sponsored event that welcomes all Chestnutwold families! This annual event will be held Friday, October 1st, 4:30-7:30, and features an inflatable slide, games, music, button-making, an obstacle course, and free popcorn! Baked goods and drinks will be available for $1. Pizza slices will be available for purchase, but we do encourage you to pre-order a pizza pie for your family, as we will sell out! (Thanks to Sam’s Boardwalk Style pizza for providing the pizza AND giving back a portion of the proceeds to our PTO.) Spirit Wear will also be available for purchase!
PFD also features our annual Dance-a-Thon fundraiser, which is deejayed and emceed by All Around Entertainment! From 5:30-6:30, the deejays will lead us in line dances, dance-offs, and competitions. Dancing and fundraising are optional, but we do encourage it as the Dance-a-Thon is one of our biggest fundraisers for our $40,000+ annual budget! With parent and community fundraising support, we have provided the following for our school in the past:
Classroom Enhancements: Gym equipment, smartboards, carpets, piano for music class, STEM toys and technology, books, and more!
The Arts at Chestnutwold: Art in the Classroom, Young Writers’ Day, Cultural Assemblies, Artist in Residency, the Art Show, and more!
Community Building Events: Phoenix Fun Day, Trunk or Treat, Variety Show, MLK Day of Service
Programming: School newspaper and yearbook, after school clubs, New Family Sponsors
And much, much more!
Prizes will be raffled off for some of our biggest student fundraisers, so get your kids involved in the fundraising process! Students can fill out the attached donor form to ask grandparents and neighbors to support our local school!
Finally, none of this can happen without your support! You- the CW parents and guardians- are what makes Chestnutwold stand out as an amazing neighborhood school community; however, I know everyone is BUSY, so I’m providing a nifty checklist to help keep all of this information organized for you!
Mark your calendar: Friday, October 1, 4:30-7:30 at Chestnutwold
Volunteer to help at Phoenix Fun Day and/or donate to the Bake Sale
Pre-order your pizza from Sam’s Boardwalk Style Pizza.
Donate! Print off the attached fundraising documents for details. Ask family and friends to donate as well. (Remind your kids that our biggest student fundraisers are entered into a raffle for fun prizes!)
Forward this email to new Chestnutwold families and/or share the event on Facebook!
Come have FUN!
Questions pertaining to Phoenix Fun Day? Email lalasamohr@verizon.net
Questions pertaining to Dance-a-Thon? Email Jamie.Hawthorn@gmail.com
See you on October 1!