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Originally delivered on 11/22/2024 5:00 pm

SUBJECT: Rider Review 1st Quarter 2024

November 21st, 2024
President's Message

🎉 What an amazing first quarter we had this year! 🎉

As we wrap up the first few months of the school year, we’re thrilled to share a recap of PTA events, updates, and exciting activities on the horizon. Thank you for your unwavering support in making our school community so incredible!

🍂🦃 Thanksgiving is almost here! 🦃🍂 

As we head into the break, we want to express how thankful we are for our amazing Evans teachers, staff, and families. Your dedication makes Evans such a special place! Wishing you a break filled with love, laughter, and plenty of pie 🥧.

There’s so much happening in the coming weeks leading up to Winter Break —don’t miss out! Check the calendar below for all the details. 📅

Looking to get involved? We’d love your help! Take a peek at our Sign-Ups and see how you can help make a difference. Together, we’re building an unforgettable school year! 💙✨


Ally Tomlinson

Mary Evans PTA President

president@maryevans.pta.org

Announcements
❄️Needed: Winter Party Donations❄️

We are in need of donations for our annual Winter Parties, which will take place on Thursday, December 19th.  Please visit the links below and consider donating to your student's grade level party. ☃️

Kindergarten - 3rd grade parties: Click here

4th - 6th grade parties: Click here

🎉 Upcoming Staff Birthdays! 🎉

Let’s celebrate the amazing Evans staff who make our school so special! 🥳 Be sure to wish them a fantastic birthday and thank them for all they do!

Please access the link here and let’s make their day extra memorable with kind words and warm wishes. 🎂🎈

We’re so lucky to have such an incredible team here at Evans! 💙

Events & Programs
Back-to-School! 🏇

The Evans PTA supports back to school efforts each school year in many ways.  From cheering the Evans teachers/staff on as they enter Convocation, to helping set up bulletin boards before Meet the Teacher, to hosting Tears & Cheers on the first morning of school, to providing boxed lunches on the first day of school so that teachers can eat with their classes. 💜

Teachers & Staff Boxed Lunches
Tears & Cheers
Meet the new Corky! 🏇

The Mary Evans PTA was so excited to introduce and unveil our brand new mascot suit.  Hello Corky! 🏇

September PTA Membership Meeting followed by STEM Night with Robotics.🤖

Thank you to the Allen High School Robotics Team for making this event a success and for engaging young minds through their creations and activities. 🧑🏼‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬

Allen High School's Robotics team
Raise Craze takes over Evans! 🩵

This year our annual PTA fundraiser was called Raise Craze.  It was a service based fundraiser where students focused on Acts of Kindness!  The PTA introduced Sunshine the Stallion for the morning announcements, Evans had its first ever pep rally to kick off Raise Craze, students earned emoji keychains and signed the kindness banner, they enjoyed a movie during lunch, they had a blast with Mr. Preston at recess, and we collected new cereal boxes for charity.  It was such an amazing two weeks filled with fun, kindness, and fundraising! 🥳

We raised a total of $30,035, our students completed 1764 acts of kindness, and we donated 1606 pounds of cereal (almost 800 boxes) to Allen Community Outreach! 👏🏻

Cereal Box Dominoes! 🥣

Over the month of October, Evans collected almost 800 new, unopened boxes of cereal to donate to the Allen Community Outreach Food Pantry as our Raise Craze school-wide act of kindness.  To celebrate, students, teachers and staff all gathered in the gym for the real life-sized domino chain! 🥳

Healthy Lifestyles: Walk/Bike to school day 🚶🏻🚶‍♀️

We held our annual Walk & Bike to School Day on Wednesday, October 9th! 🚶🏻‍♂️🚲🦽

Rainy Day Rescue! ☂️☔️🌂

Our PTA provided golf umbrellas to keep teachers and staff dry during pick-up and drop-off on rainy days, ensuring comfort and convenience for our dedicated staff! 🌧️

Teacher & Staff Appreciation! 💜

As a PTA, we feel it's so important to give back to our Evans teachers and staff.  Each month, we do a little something special for them to let them know we care and appreciate them!  This quarter, we brought in Funky Monkey snow cones, catered Salad & Go lunches, and held a candle making class. 🥗🕯️

We also always celebrate their birthday month (or half-birthday month) with their very own mini pie! 🥧

Author Visit! 📖

Polly Holyoke visited Mary Evans on Friday, October 11th.  We were so excited to welcome a Disney Hyperion author to campus this year!  Her presentations were one of a kind, and she even held a Q&A with some 6th graders during lunch! 👩🏼‍🏫


Volunteer Opportunities

If you are looking to help out at school but prefer a one-time commitment? Each month brings new opportunities to volunteer at Evans—join us when it works for you!

Complete your AISD Background check:

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Looking Ahead
Friday, November 22
7:45a Half Day
Thursday, December 19
Winter Party Day
Friday, December 20
7:45a Half Day
Monday, December 23
Winter Break
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