Box Tops for Education Drive

IPES PTA needs your help!  Please send in all your neatly clipped box tops through the month of March!  There are 3 ways you can participate :
1.  Send to school,  physical Box Tops that are neatly clipped and are not expired.
2. Download the Bonus Box Tops app to collect additional box tops just by scanning your receipts.
3.  Input digital and bonus box tops here.  You can find our school by searching for the zip code: 82072

Grant award highlight

The PTA helped to fund new ukuleles for the music program!  Thank you to everyone who helps to make these things possible!

  

 

Dear Indian Paintbrush PTA,

Thank you so much for helping our music program grow by purchasing Ukeleles! So far the 5th grade has been learning how to finger chords, strum, and play songs and they having so much fun!  I look forward to using them in the other grades soon and possibly using them in a performance. 

Your generosity has allowed us to experience a new instrument and expand our musical experiences. 

Sincerely,

Jennifer Lyford, IPES Music Teacher

Fundraising

PTA is sponsoring 2 fundraising opportunities in March.   This week students were sent home with Read-a Thon materials.  This is a great, fun way to encourage reading and to raise some funds at the same time.  Please help students set up their accounts and start taking pledges!  In conjunction, each day this week IPES students will be able to participate in some fun activities to celebrate reading and Dr. Seuess' birthday.       

Monday- I Can Read with my Eyes Shut- Wear a shirt we can read!

Tuesday- Fox in Sox- Wear crazy socks!

Wednesday- Wacky Wednesday- Wear wacky, mismatched clothes!

Thursday- What Pet Should I Get?- Bring a small stuffed animal to school!

Friday- Cat in the Hat- Wear your favorite hat!

The second fundraising opportunity is going to take place all month long.  PTA is having a Box Top drive.   Please send in neatly clipped box tops.  It's helpful if expiration dates are checked and the box tops are in groups of 50.  

Both of the fundraisers are such great ways to provide our staff and students funds to further their educational goals and experiences!  Thank you for your participation!

Book Fair

Please consider volunteering for the book fair!  Our great librarian, Mrs. Moore, needs lots of help- especially setting up and taking down.  Here's the link to sign up!
Book Fair volunteer sign up

PTA meeting

Join us for our February meeting, tonight at 6:00pm!  We will be discussing teacher appreciation week among other things.  There will be many opportunities to get involved and volunteer!  Check out the newly listed agenda for tonight and the meeting minutes from January. 

Dec PTA meeting venue changed

Hi everyone!  PTA will have a social get together at the Library restaurant at 6:00 tomorrow, Dec 10th instead of our regularly scheduled meeting.  Please RSVP to katherine.frick@gmail.com if you plan on attending.  Happy Holidays!

Grant Highlight

Here's another activity all our fundraising efforts have helped to make possible!   Thank you for all your efforts!

       

2nd grade went on a field trip to The Terry Bison Ranch to give students a first hand experience seeing bison, which they have been learning about in their reading curriculum. They got to see these magnificent animals on a narrated train tour. 

Quote from Donovan Foley:

"I got to feed a bison! I've never done that before!" 

Thank you for your support in making this field trip possible.

Stacy Hoffer

2nd Grade Teacher

Indian Paintbrush Elementary