Inside this eBlast
- Teacher Appreciation Item Donations Needed Before Dec 15
- Walk-a-thon Needs a Few Volunteers ASAP
- Take Advantage of Companies Allowing Employee Directed Donations
- ABC Reading volunteers needed
- 5th Grade Legacy Project Tiles Are Up
- Reflections Art Competition Winners Announced
- Anti-Bias Education for Families: How to Create Brave Spaces at Home
- Need a Donation Receipt?
- Join Cherry Chase GOTR (Girls On The Run) Team
- Band & Strings Recital Dec 19, Sign Up Now
Upcoming Events
Mon, Dec 20 – Fri, Dec 31
No School: Holiday Recess
From The PTA
Teacher Appreciation Item Donations Needed Before Dec 15
As part of teacher appreciation, the school is looking for a handful of items that can be ‘raffled’ off among the teachers on Dec 15, adding a little excitement and appreciation to their holiday party. Items don’t have to be expensive. If you have something you’d like to offer, drop it off at the front desk or email Diana Kunze <diana.kunze@sesd.org>.
Walk-a-thon Needs a Few Volunteers ASAP
Walkathon may seem far away, but there are things to do now (yes, now!) and we need a few volunteers to help. If you have any amount of time at any time of the day or week, please reach out to wata@cherrychasepta.org or volunteercoordinator@
Take Advantage of Companies Allowing Employee Directed Donations
Many employers such as Google ($400!) are offering donations for each employee to whichever organization an employee designates. Please consider telling your employer to direct their donation to Cherry Chase.
ABC Reading volunteers needed
This year Project Cornerstone ABC volunteers will be reading the monthly ABC books outdoors in the Cherry Chase garden. ABC readers through books interact and build relationships with students empowering them with life skills such as planning, goal setting, building friendships, responding to bully behavior and peaceful conflict resolution. We are still looking for volunteer readers in a few more classrooms, especially in the fifth grade. If you would like to be an ABC reader in your child’s classroom please sign up using https://forms.gle/
5th Grade Legacy Project Tiles Are Up
The tiles from the last two years have been mounted on campus, next to the playground by the Multi. Come see them and if you know graduated families, suggest they check the tiles out off hours.
Need a Donation Receipt?
Did you donate this year and want to keep a record for tax purposes? Did you know that donors to Cherry Chase PTA can use our self service form? It’s easy and you can do it yourself. https://www.cherrychasepta.
Join Cherry Chase GOTR
(Girls On The Run) Team
Are you ready to empower your girls to be physically active while they strengthen important life skills including resolving conflict, helping others, standing up for themselves and others and making intentional decisions? Join Cherry Chase GOTR Team in a life – changing program for 3rd-5th grade girls that promotes empowerment using fun games and physical activity.
This is a 8 week program starting on March 14th 2022 and ends on May 22nd 2022, meeting Mondays and Wednesdays @ Mango Park culminating in a joyful and fun non-competitive 5K run in Vasona Park. Registration starts on Dec 18th, teams are filled on a first-come, first- served basis. If you have any questions, please reach out to Coach Mona at mohanask@hotmail.com. Girls on the run is so much fun!
Register Online at
BAND & STRINGS Recital Dec 19,
Sign Up Now
We Invite all Students Learning Instruments, Grade 1 and Up, to Perform in a Virtual Holiday Recital on Sunday, Dec 19 at 1 PM.
- The PTA Chair of Band & Strings is leading this event.
- Students will record a piece of under 10 minutes on Flipgrid, a simple, popular learning app. Parents can import videos, or students can do everything in the app. At the recital, we will watch ourselves together on Zoom.
- Videos are due by Thursday, Dec 16. Sign up by Monday, Dec 13, via this Google form. You can find more information at the Cherry Chase PTA Music Info Site. Contact the PTA Chair of Band & Strings with any Questions (CherryChaseBand@Gmail.com).
Anti-Bias Education for Families: How to Create Brave Spaces at Home
The Cherry Chase PTA would like to share a unique parent education opportunity with our families. On the evening of February 8, educator and author Britt Hawthorne will present Cherry Chase School families with a 90-minute online interactive workshop. Parents will be presented with tools to support an affirming and brave anti-bias environment for our children.
Space will be limited. We’ve extended the interest survey through December: https://forms.gle/
For more about Britt Hawthorne and her workshops, please see: https://britthawthorne.com/
Reflections Art Competition Winners Announced
Cherry Chase PTA congratulates all of our talented students who submitted entries to the Reflections art competition! The 2021-2022 Reflections theme is “I Will Change the World By…”
We are happy to announce our winners. Awards of Excellence recipients have moved up to the PTA Council level.
We would also like to thank our wonderful judges : Gaelle Boudier, Patricia Nicolas, MariaTzankova, Tamar Alsberg and Marietta Cohen.
