Lucky's Lowdown

9/17/2026 2:59 am

Loring PTO's Latest: Thursday Notices

1. Lucky's Lowdown

2. General PTO Meeting TONIGHT

3. Picture Day TOMORROW

4. Leopard Fest Sales Close TODAY

5. Book Fair This Weekend

6. Food Pantry Next Week

7. Business Sponsor Welcome: Code Ninjas

8. Birthday Book Club is Back!

9. Volunteers Needed: Room Parents/Liaisons, Committees

10. Mark Your Calendar

Community News

1. Code Ninjas

2. Sudbury Youth Volleyball

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

General PTO Meeting TONIGHT

9/17/2026 2:58 am

What’s Happening at Loring? Join Us (Virtually) & Find Out! Everyone is Welcome!

TONIGHT, September 17 at 7:30pm

New to Loring? Welcome! Been here a few years? We’d love to see you, too! Join us virtually for our first General PTO meeting of the school year and kick off another great year at Loring. Principal Harvey and Assistant Principal Savage will join us for the first half of the meeting for a Q&A, giving you a chance to hear directly from our school leaders and ask your questions. We’ll also review the PTO budget, highlight open volunteer opportunities, preview upcoming events and programs, and share ways to get involved this year. Come hear what’s happening, meet fellow Loring parents, and find your place in the PTO community! 🐆

Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/qrc-bkci-hhg

Picture Day TOMORROW

9/17/2026 2:57 am

We are using a new photography company (Schoolypics) for school pictures this year, so the process will be slightly different than previous years. Please read the below details closely!

Loring Elementary School Picture Day is TOMORROW Friday, September 18th. Please CLICK HERE to REGISTER NOW (must be before Sunday, September 20th)! Please note: If you have multiple students at Loring you must REGISTER EACH CHILD individually.

After Picture Day, Schoolypics will send all registered families a secure individual gallery link to view their students' photos, pick their yearbook pose, and place orders for limited time discounted print and digital packages. 

Registered families will benefit from:

• Early access to your student’s online gallery 

• Special, time-limited discounts

• Multiple poses to choose from 

• The ability to choose the photo submitted to the yearbook 

• Personalized portraits with a choice of backgrounds 

• Flexible ordering options, including prints, packages, and digital downloads 

• Free delivery to school during the early ordering period 

REGISTER for FREE before Sunday, September 20th; It takes less than a minute, no purchase needed and ensures you receive the best possible Picture Day experience and benefits. (Registration will close 9/20/26)

All students will have their photo taken on Picture Day, whether you register or not. However, registration unlocks the exclusive benefits and ensures you're notified as soon as your students' gallery is ready to view and gives you the opportunity to select the photo to be used for the 2027 School Yearbook.​

Please reach out to the photography studio with any questions:

• help@schoolypics.com
• 978-261-5661 (opt.2)
• Contact Form: https://www.schoolypics.com/contact-parents

Leopard Fest Sales Close TODAY

9/17/2026 2:56 am

🐾 Leopard Fest is THIS Saturday and WE NEED YOU!

Join us Saturday, September 19th from 4:30 to 6:00pm for music, pizza, face painting, the Fall Book Fair, and plenty of Leopard Fest fun, including the legendary Beat the Bucket: Soak the 5th Graders!

🎟️ TICKETS: ORDER BY TONIGHT!
Online ticket sales close TODAY, September 17th. Tickets are $7/child, with a $20 maximum per family. If you miss the deadline, you can still pay at the door on Saturday!
Order tickets HERE!

🍕 PIZZA: PRE-ORDER BY TONIGHT!
Pizza pre-orders also close TODAY. Pizza will NOT be available for purchase at Leopard Fest on Saturday, so be sure to order yours today!
Pre-order pizza HERE!

🙋 WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS!
We still have several volunteer spots that need to be filled, and we really need your help to make Leopard Fest run smoothly! Even if you can only volunteer for part of the event, please consider signing up.
Sign up to volunteer HERE!

Don’t miss out! Grab your tickets and pizza tonight, and please help us fill those volunteer spots! We can’t do Leopard Fest without our Loring families! ❤️

5th graders only: Sign up HERE to volunteer for Beat the Bucket!

Book Fair This Weekend

9/17/2026 2:55 am

The Loring Book Fair is open tomorrow and Saturday for two shopping events where students can visit the book fair with an adult, and experience a wide variety of engaging books.

• Friday, September 18th: 2:40pm (after school) to 5:30pm in the gym. Please enter through the Loring gym doors, not the front; students will not be allowed to visit the Book Fair until car and bus pick up have cleared the school.

• Saturday, September 19th: 4:30pm to 6:00pm in the gym during Leopard Fest

The PTO receives 25% of the revenue made from book fair purchases. Cash, credit card, and checks are accepted (made out to Loring PTO).

Can't make the in-person Book Fair? Make a purchase at our online fair 9/21-10/3, more details to follow soon.

Food Pantry Next Week

9/17/2026 2:54 am

The first Food Pantry Friday of the school year is almost here! Mark your calendars for Friday, September 25th!

For those new to the Loring community, the Sudbury Public Schools host a food drive one Friday a month to benefit the Sudbury Food Pantry. Our generous donations help families in need in our very own community and beyond.

Ways YOU Can Get Involved

1. Send in non-perishables. Each month, the food pantry provides us with a list of most requested items and this list will be shared with the community. However, glass and expired non-perishable items will not be accepted. Donations can be sent with your child, dropped in the bin outside of the school on Friday morning or in the lobby during the week leading up to Food Pantry Friday.

2. Volunteer. Join us each month to help students to sort and box donations. Volunteer shifts start around 8am and end between 9-9:30am. Sign up here!

3. Venmo us and we will shop for you. If you don't have time to get to the store, we have you covered. Just Venmo any dollar amount to Marissa @MarissaLCole or Laura @Laura-Warren26 by Wednesday of the Food Pantry collection week and we will shop for you.

4. Make a one-time or recurring donation to the Sudbury Community Food Pantry. You can donate directly through the pantry's website. Please send us the amount of your donation so we can keep a record of donations from our school.

Please reach out to Marissa Cole or Laura Warren with any questions.

Business Sponsor Welcome: Code Ninjas

9/17/2026 2:53 am

Please extend a PAWSOME welcome to our returning Platinum Sponsor, Code Ninjas! We're so grateful to have their support!

Are you a Loring family who owns a business (any kind, big or small)? Would you like some great exposure WHILE supporting our school?  Reach out to Karen Lynch.

Birthday Book Club is Back!

9/17/2026 2:52 am

We are excited for another year of our pawsome Loring Birthday Book Club tradition!

Celebrate your child's birthday and support the Loring PTO with a Birthday Book! Have your child choose a book that they'd like to donate to the Loring Library in their honor. There will be a sticker on the inside cover that notes who it is from, so everyone who checks it out will know who picked it for years to come. We will also give a shout out in our newsletter each month to those who have participated.

Find out all about it here!

Summer birthday? Forgot past birthdays? It’s never too late! Purchase your books now!

Questions? Email birthdaybook@loringpto.org. 

Scholarships may be available. Contact Karen Blumberg for more information.

Volunteers Needed: Room Parents/Liaisons, Committees

9/17/2026 2:51 am

🐾 We Need You! Help Make the Loring School Year PAWsome

As we say at the beginning of every school year: We are all the PTO! 💙 And the PTO is only as strong as the community that steps up to help make these experiences happen for our kids.

We have several open volunteer opportunities for the coming year, and there’s truly something for everyone: from very low-lift roles to opportunities to work with a team and get more involved. You don’t need to have volunteered before, and in many cases, you don’t need any special experience at all. We’ll help you get started!

📣 Room Parents/Liaisons

We are still looking for 1–2 Room Parents/Liaisons for the following classrooms: 

• Kindergarten: Ratcliffe

• 1st Grade: Graceffa, Fullam, Schwendemann

• 2nd Grade: Durant, Eddy

• 3rd Grade: Orr, Williams

• 4th Grade: Krance, Roche

• 5th Grade: Hart, Nikolich

This volunteer position helps keep classrooms connected throughout the year by coordinating holiday and end-of-year teacher gifts, occasionally communicating PTO and school-wide information to families, and supporting the yearbook by sharing classroom or school-event photos when possible. It’s a great way to get involved with your child’s classroom without a major time commitment! Contact Dana Reese if you're willing to volunteer!

🎪 Camp Fair Committee

The Camp Fair is getting a reimagining this year and may look a little different (potentially becoming part of Bingo Night)! We have a coordinator but are looking for a few additional volunteers to help us dream up what this could look like and bring the new vision to life. No previous Camp Fair experience necessary; this is a chance to help create something new! Contact us at cochairs@loringpto.org with interest!

📖 Yearbook Committee

We have multiple openings on the brand new Yearbook Committee! Help create yearbook pages, take photos during the school day or at school events, or find a role that fits your schedule. We can be flexible and divide the work based on what works best for each volunteer. And don’t worry about having a fancy camera photos are taken right from your iPhone or smart phone! Contact pawsomeyearbook@gmail.com with interest!

🏀 Auction Committee

Join the team behind Parents' Night Out & Auction, our biggest fundraiser of the year! Help brainstorm, plan, organize donations, prepare for the event, and make it a fun night for our Loring community. This is a great way to meet other Loring parents and be part of one of our biggest PTO events. Contact us at cochairs@loringpto.org with interest!

Mark Your Calendar

9/17/2026 2:50 am

Please add the following dates to your calendar so you don't miss a thing!

• TONIGHT, Thursday, 9/17: PTO General Meeting

• Friday, 9/18: School Picture Day and Book Fair

• Saturday, 9/19 at 4:30pm: Leopard Fest

• Monday, 9/21: No School

• Friday, 9/25: Food Pantry

• Wednesday, 9/30: Early Release

• Wednesday, 10/7: Early Release

• Wednesday, 10/12: No School

• Wednesday, 10/21: Early Release

• Saturday/Sunday, 10/24-25: Pumpkin Walk

• Friday, 10/30: Food Pantry