May 27, 2025
May PTO Newsletter
We're thrilled to report on our recent competition! Our 38 Bach participants competed across 24 events and medalled in 9 events (against 36 other participating schools). Special shout out to 2nd & 3rd Grade Feathered Fri
May PTO Newsletter
Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad
We're thrilled to report on our recent competition! Our 38 Bach participants competed across 24 events and medalled in 9 events (against 36 other participating schools). Special shout out to 2nd & 3rd Grade Feathered Friends, 2nd Grade Mystery Architecture, and 5th Grade Zip-It teams who all took home 2nd place medals!
This success wouldn't have been possible without our amazing parent volunteers. A huge thank you to the 20 parents who served as coaches, event day volunteers, and raffle basket organizers. Their dedication helped make the day fun and inspiring, sparking excitement for Science in our students. We can't wait to see what next year brings!
PTO May Meeting Minutes can be found here
The PTO is exploring changing the day of the week of the PTO meetings, as well as exploring changing the time of the evening meetings. Please respond to a 4 question survey to share your input.
Book Discussion Series
The PTO is exploring holding a final meeting (zoom only) as part of the book discussion series the week of May 25 or June 3 to discuss next steps on collective action ideas brought up at the last meeting. If you are interested in participating in the final meeting please respond with your availability here.
Retirement party for Anita Ringo and Kristi Bishop, and farewell to Colette Ivey May 29 4-5pm
For anyone who hasn't attended a retirement open house here before: There will be cake, lemonade, and a microphone for acknowledging Anita, Kristi and Colette with a personal connection or story. Kids are welcome to attend with parents, but the parents are responsible for supervision even though there will be teachers there. After care will be in a different location that day.
Ice Cream Social
The end-of-year Ice Cream Social will take place at Bach on Friday, May 30, from 5:30 to 7:30. Get ready for games, magic, face painting, balloon twisting, pizza, and ice cream! We need lots of volunteers for this event, as well as donations of baked goods for our popular Cake Bingo. Please consider lending a hand!
Skip the line! Pre-purchase your wristbands online at https://bachpto.org/ics2025!
The Annual Bach Book Exchange will take place during the Ice Cream Social. Beginning at Bach Best Fest on May 20, drop off your gently used children’s books on the stage in the MPR. During the event, kids can browse the collection and take home some new-to-them books—perfect for jumpstarting their summer reading!
PTO-Council Fundraiser for Title 1 Schools
Since we are incredibly close to meeting our 30k goal (just shy by a little over $500 as of this email), the PTOC exec board decided to keep the fundraiser live for one additional week. Please feel free to continue to share the fundraiser within your networks and school communities. Every dollar we raise up to $30,000 will be matched by the PTOC Thrift Store.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/td9xkt-ann-arbor-pto-council-20-for-30k-fundraiser
Bach Diverse Book Initiative
As we are rounding the corner to the end of the year, we completed our final book checkouts of the year. In all, we had 13,705 books checked out by our amazing Bach readers! Over the next couple of weeks, please continue to look for and return library books.
This year, we added over 200 books from the proceeds of our fall book fair, focusing on continuing to update our nonfiction collection. Instead of a spring book fair, we currently have the Bach Diverse Initiative, which aims to strategically provide Bach’s Y5s - 5th grade students and teachers with a collection of diverse, engaging, and culturally responsive texts at multiple reading levels to support all students. We only have 55 books left on our Bookshop Wishlist! Would you consider donating a book to our library?
Thank you for supporting our Bach readers!
Lisa Pham, Bach School Librarian
