Dear Duffy Families;

As we head into March with the CMTs in full swing, we once again acknowledge the CMT snack committee co-chaired by Deb Morhardt and Jodi Robinson. Six hundred of your PTO dollars are used to provide daily snacks for the kids during what can be a stressful time. These volunteers prepare and deliver snacks individually packaged for each child and organized by classroom. This is no easy task and we are grateful!

I would like to make a correction to the Parent-Teacher Basketball Game information. It will take place on Thursday, March 18 at Conard High School as mentioned, but the chairs for this committee are Michaela Suarez and Lauren Yanosy, not Judy LaRosa and Mary Nell Adebimpe who are our fifth grade events chairs. We thank Michaela and Lauren for organizing the concessions for this event. Fifth grade parents, please send your $5 contribution in support of this effort to your room parents by Friday, March 5. This donation will be used to purchase the concession items with all proceeds to benefit fifth grade events.

Thank you Kristin Anderson for organizing Duffy Family Day at the Wolf Pack!

Our next PTO meeting will be on Thursday, March 25 at 6:00pm. Our guest speaker will be Christine Newman our Town-wide Math Curriculum Specialist. She will lead a conceptual math lesson for parents and teach us how to best support our students with the current math curriculum. Michelle Cavo, Rebecca Holmes and I will also share a bit of our experience at the Community Conversation “West Hartford Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"

Members of the Board of Education have also offered to present a budget forum for us. Please let me know your interest in this discussion. If we have adequate interest, I will schedule an evening with them. This year promises to be another brutal budget year, so please voice your opinion ASAP!
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Sincerely,

Shellie Giroux ~ PTO President