What's Going On This Week

6/18/2026 2:59 am

1. Congratulations, 5th Graders!

2. 2025-26 Yearbook

3. Thank You: Volunteers

4. Staff Spotlight

5. PTO Reimbursements

6. Note from Heather Larson, PTO Co-Chair

7. 2026-27 PTO Board Introduction

8. Fall Save the Dates

9. Have a Great Summer!

Questions on anything PTO-related? Email cochairs@loringpto.org.

Congratulations, 5th Graders!

6/18/2026 2:58 am

Our Pawsome 5th Graders have been busy celebrating the end of their time at Loring with so many fun events!

Loring 2026 T-Shirts

Each year, the PTO sponsors special autographed Loring t-shirts for every 5th grader. The t-shirt color changes year to year but is always signed by each member of the class for a memorable keepsake.  This year's 2026 shirts were on proud display at Field Day!  Thank you to Erin Ciaccia for organizing the ordering and distribution!

Moving On

On Tuesday, our 5th graders participated in their Moving On Ceremony.  Thank you to everyone who helped set the stage for such a special ceremony to commemorate the students’ time at Loring.  Thanks to Caroline Archambault, Dana Roth and Jess Cooper for all of your behind the scenes efforts to get everything picture perfect!

Class Gift Committee

The 5th grade teachers, along with parent volunteers, worked closely with selected 5th grade students to choose and purchase a class gift. This year's 5th grade class chose a few different items as their gift to Loring: a Loring branded pop-up tent to use during our outdoor events like Field Day and Kickball, specially designed Loring flags to hang outside the front door and in the cafeteria, signs reminding visitors to our playground to clean up their trash, fun floor tiles for the lobby and a sponsorship of a snow leopard through Zoo New England. Thank you to the parents who patiently guided the students over the past few months and helped purchase and assemble the items: Dana Roth, Caitlin Naton and Alexandra Bonda. 

On to Curtis!

2025-26 Yearbook

6/18/2026 2:57 am

The 2025-26 Loring Yearbooks have officially been distributed to classrooms; be sure to check those backpacks!

This year's yearbook is packed with memories from an incredible school year, featuring student artwork, classroom highlights, special events, and smiling photos of our amazing students and staff. Thank you to everyone who shared photos throughout the year and helped capture so many memorable moments!

A huge thank you to the many parent volunteers who dedicated their time to creating the beautiful collage pages: Kate Valukis, Dana Roth, Jess Cannistraro, Kaitlin Hoffmaster, and Emma Li. And an extra special thank you to Kimberley Kirby for serving as this year's Yearbook Editor. Countless hours went into organizing photos, designing pages, and making sure every detail came together to create a keepsake our students and families will treasure for years to come. Thank you for helping preserve so many wonderful Loring memories!

Thank You: Volunteers

6/18/2026 2:56 am

Over the course of the year, we try our best to recognize the many volunteers that contribute to PTO events in the Thursday Notices. In addition to the Executive Board, there are other roles whose work behind the scenes all year long makes many of our initiatives possible. As the school year comes to a close, I'd like to acknowledge the many volunteers who support the PTO in these roles.

First, a huge thank you to both the "aging out" parents who served in roles throughout their time at Loring and all the new parents who have stepped up to take over - I can't wait to see what new ideas & energy they will bring.  

Thank you to Roman Geykhman for all of his work on the Membership Toolkit sales and forms as well as the website. And apologies for our last minute requests!

Dana Reese missed her time on the Exec Board so much that she joined us this year as the Room Parent Coordinator! Thank you for keeping everyone on track and ensuring our teachers are celebrated by their classes!  

Lauren Warren and Marissa Cole stepped up as our new Food Pantry coordinators, shuffling more boxes than Amazon drivers and coordinating celebrity Lucky appearances each month!  Laura also handled our school beautification (the pawsome planters and flowers that greet us as we walk into the school). 

Wonder where those Red Folders come from each year?  Well, we can all thank Nadia Salman for volunteering each summer to source and label hundreds and hundreds of folders.

Thank you to Kimberley Kirby for stepping up as our Yearbook coordinator (this is a HUGE role!) and handling all of our PTO communications (this and ALL Thursday Notices included!), while still being our Birthday Book Club Coordinator and helping with the auction/PNO!

Love Loring merch? Hands together for our apparel coordinator, Sarah Astman! Thanks for keeping us all in our Loring best throughout the year.

Stephanie Coury continued to coordinate our Staff Spotlight, which celebrated each and every Loring staff member throughout the year.

Thank you to Colleen Gleason-Epple, our Business Sponsor whisperer, for recruiting our fabulous slate of Business Sponsors.  Our sponsors are responsible for almost 25% of our annual budget!

Kerri Brien took on two big tasks again this year!  Not only was she back as our lunch and recess volunteer coordinator but she also spearheaded planning the auction/PNO and absolutely crushed it!

Thank you all for keeping the PTO moving forward each year - we truly couldn't do it without you!

Staff Spotlight

6/18/2026 2:55 am

Let's celebrate the exceptional educators and support staff who help Loring students thrive! A huge thank you to the people who make Loring extraordinary!

Note from Heather Larson, PTO Co-Chair

6/18/2026 2:53 am

Wow!! Time flies when you’re having fun! It’s hard to believe this is our last newsletter of the 2025 - 2026 school year! Even harder to believe that I’m wrapping up my third and final year on the Exec Board and 10th year as a Loring parent! It’s been a privilege to work with such a caring, supportive and welcoming community – from the staff, to the families, to the students. Thank you to all of the wonderful staff who make Loring a welcoming place for our children to thrive and thank you to all of the families for your support to make Loring the Pawsome place that it is! 

These past three years have been busy! From the community events that help us get to know our neighbors and meet new friends (Leopardfest, B-I-N-G-O Night, Loring Goes to the Movies and Science Fair) to our big fundraisers (Camp Fair, Parents’ Night Out and Fun Run) that allow us to do so much for our students and staff, there was always something to look forward to (and plan!). With your support we have been able to hold multiple creative enrichments per grade and lots of staff appreciation events, as well as provide staff stipends for classroom materials, new flexible seating for the classrooms, supplies for Field Day and so much more! Your support is what keeps our PTO rolling along year after year, whether you volunteered your time, supported our fundraisers or just attended our events with your children. Thank YOU!

I would like to say thank you to this year’s Executive Board for all their support and for being an all-around great group to work with. As co-chair, Lauren Hargrove jumped right in and served as a sounding board all year, as well as keeping me on track and reminding me of everything I was forgetting! Sergey Zinger, thank you for serving the last two years as our treasurer. Your expertise and input will be missed. Lauren Pond, thank you for stepping in as our Secretary this year. Your advice and organization kept us on track. Karen Lynch, thank you for joining us as our Assistant Treasurer. You bring so much knowledge to the board, we’re in great shape for next year! And welcome to Kimberley Kirby, who is joining the board as Co-Chair and Kristin Haff who is joining as Assistant Treasurer. 

Finally, none of the PTO’s events and initiatives could happen without the support of Loring’s staff.  Thank you to Paula Saliga and Genesis Santana for all of the coordination, and question-answering; Shawn Maguire, Susie Trubiani, and Levon Rojas the absolute best custodial team EVER; our amazing team of teachers and staff, who dedicate each and every day to educating and enriching our kids;  and, last but far from least, thank you to Sara Harvey and Michelle Savage for their partnership, collaboration, and tireless support of the PTO.

Thank you all! Have a wonderful summer and see you in the fall! 

Heather Larson, Loring PTO Co-Chair

2026-27 PTO Board Introduction

6/18/2026 2:52 am

At our final PTO general meeting in May, we voted in new officers for 2026-2027. Without further ado, the Executive Board next year will be:

Lauren Hargrove, Co-chair

Kimberley Kirby, Co-chair

Karen Lynch, Treasurer

Kristin Haff, Assistant Treasurer

Lauren Pond, Secretary

The success and breadth of our PTO initiatives, including creative enrichment programing, staff stipends, community events, and much more, is directly related to the efforts of our executive board - Thank you to these pawsome PTO members for volunteering for these roles!

Fall Save the Dates

6/18/2026 2:51 am

Fall will be here before you know it - get these dates on your calendar so future-you doesn't stress in September!

• Monday, August 31st OR Tuesday, September 1st - Kindergarten Playground and Popsicles 

• Wednesday, September 2nd - First Day of School (1st-5th grades)

• Tuesday, September 8th @ 8:00 am - BooHoo/WooHoo breakfast for kindergarten and new-to-Loring families; 1st day for kindergartners

• Friday, September 18th - School Picture Day

• Friday/Saturday, September 18th/19th - Fall Book Fair 

• Saturday, September 19th @ 4:30 pm - Leopardfest 

• Late October - Pumpkin Walk

Have a Great Summer!

6/18/2026 2:50 am

From all of us on the PTO Exec Board, we wish our pawsome community a fun and relaxing summer break!  Enjoy the sunshine, create lasting memories, and come back refreshed for the next school year. We look forward to seeing you in September!