March PTO Newsletter

March PTO Newsletter

• Save the date to DANCE: April 4th from 6-7:30. Join us in the MPR for dancing and fun with your fellow Bach families. Admission is free, tickets at door for light refreshments. Please consider signing up to volunteer to help make the night a success.
  
  
• Join the Bach PTO three part book discussion series 8-9pm April 10th, April 24th, and May 8th on the book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. The meetings will be hybrid (in the Bach library and via Zoom). Feel free to join one or all of the discussions. Note that these meetings are for Bach families only.

• The Disability Awareness Workshop is on April 10th. It is a program to teach 4th graders an empathetic understanding of physical, developmental, and learning disabilities. The hands-on-activity based program is designed to help students understand how difficult and complex daily living can be for individuals with diverse abilities. The workshop helps build a culture of understanding that is invaluable, with the goal to learn, through experience, that all individuals deserve respect no matter how they may look, act, walk or talk. Please consider signing up to volunteer for the workshop here.
  
  
• The Bengal Bash is on April 11th. We are excited to invite you to the 2025 Bengal Bash, an evening of fun, fundraising, and community spirit in support of Bach PTO! Join us on April 11, 2025, from 6-9 PM at the Ann Arbor Club (103 E Liberty) for a Roaring Twenties-themed night featuring dancing, delicious bites and desserts, three drink tickets, and an incredible silent auction!
  
  The Bengal Bash is our second biggest fundraiser of the year, with a goal of raising $10,000. Your participation directly supports classroom materials, field trips, arts and enrichment programs, and so much more for our students. With your help, we can continue providing exceptional learning experiences for every child at Bach.
  
  How You Can Get Involved:🎟 Attend the Bengal Bash – Buy Tickets NOW!🎁 Donate to the Silent Auction – Fill out our Donation Form💛 Make a Direct Contribution – Donate HereYour support makes a huge impact on our school community, and we are grateful for all the ways you help Bach students thrive. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at bengalbash@bachpto.org.
  
  
• Shop at the PTO Thrift Shop on May 17th - Bach will get 10% of the sales from the day. Spread the word!
  
  
• Save the date for the Bach BEST Fest: May 20th from 6 to 7:30pm. The BEST Fest is a party celebrating the work of our Bach Bengal Dens and our BEST Values (Be Yourself, Everyone is Welcome, Speak Up, Take Care of Others).
  Have an idea about what we should do at the BEST Fest? Let us know! More information on volunteer opportunities and other details coming soon.
  
  
• Please also save the date for our annual ice cream social, a beloved community tradition! It will be held on Friday, May 30th from 5:30-7:30pm. Stay tuned for details.
  
  
• The Ann Arbor PTO Council, a support organization for AAPS PTOs, is writing today to share about our 2025 District-wide Fundraiser. Together with the Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop, our fundraiser raised over $55,000 in 2024, all of which was distributed to Title I school PTOs with no strings attached.
  
  This year, we hope to raise even more and would love your help. We launched our online fundraiser on March 6th with the hopes of boosting PTO funding at Title I elementary schools, and we are already seeing excitement build in the community.
  
  How can you help? You can share information from our Facebook page. Thanks for any help you can provide in getting the word out! We are grateful for this community and partnership. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions. PTOC Co-Chairs, Nicole Collines/Brittany Sayles: ptocchairs@gmail.com
  
  
• Our next PTO meeting will be April 9th 6:30-7:30pm via Zoom
  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87658960382?pwd=7HqdGJgAFxxZGZmNC5bUil6pBPsSVB.1
  Meeting ID: 876 5896 0382
  Passcode:h2J09r
  
  
• The PTO is still looking for a PTO communications lead. Help increase the reach and understanding of the PTO - this role is perfect for someone with a communications background or a creative person. Sign up here.
  
  
• The calendar of all scheduled PTO events for the year can be found here.
  
  
• March PTO Meeting minutes here.