What's Going On This Week

10/23/2025 2:59 am

1. Pumpkin Walk THIS WEEKEND

2. Food Pantry TOMORROW

3. Thank You: Loring Eats

4. Photo Retake Day

5. Volunteers Needed: Lunch/Recess

6. Volunteers Needed: Open Positions

7. Save the Date: Bingo Night!

8. Textile Recycling Program

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

Pumpkin Walk THIS WEEKEND

10/23/2025 2:58 am

The Pumpkin Walk is THIS WEEKEND!

Tickets are $10 per family and can be purchased here! 

Saturday, October 25th: 10am - dusk

Sunday, October 26th: 8am - 3pm

The annual Pumpkin Walk raises money for the 5th Grade Class Fund, which includes graduation, special 5th grade events, and also the class gift! Don't forget to secure your tickets for the Pumpkin Walk, available now! Walk one of the Sudbury Valley's Trustee's local trails, look at the beautifully decorated pumpkins along the way, and enjoy some fun surprises! Also, new this year is a stroller-friendly/wheelchair accessible path!

5th grade families: There is still time to sign up to volunteer! We are especially looking for help with cleanup! Please sign up here to help out!

Food Pantry TOMORROW

10/23/2025 2:57 am

The October Food Pantry Friday is TOMORROW Friday, October 24th!

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. This month’s theme is Cozy PJ Day! Come to school in your favorite PJs & cozy clothes!

You can donate to Loring's Food Pantry Friday in one of three ways:

1) Send donations with your student to school on Friday, October 24th and they can leave it by their normal building entrance.

2) Too much for your child to take on the bus or walk with? Drop donations off anytime this week in the drop box in front of the school or have your child leave them anytime in the collection bin located inside the Loring School lobby.

3) Make a monetary donation via the Sudbury Food Pantry’s website. Donate here.

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

Thank You: Loring Eats

10/23/2025 2:56 am

A big thank you to the Loring community for supporting our Loring Eats event at Lotus Blossom! Together we ate delicious food and supported a generous local business and raised funds for the PTO. Thank you also to our Loring Eats coordinator, Dana Roth, for organizing this event!

School Photo Retake Day

10/23/2025 2:55 am

Missed school picture day? Want a re-do? Retake Day is Thursday, 10/30!

If you would like to have your child participate in picture retake day, save the date! 

Retake Day is open and free for:

• Anyone who had their photo taken and wants a retake (if they purchased images or not).
• Anyone who had been sent a request from Coffee Pond to have a retake image taken (due to quality control of the original image).
• Anyone who was absent on Picture Day, or has enrolled since then, and needs their first image taken.

If you have already purchased a photo package but are retaking photos, please return your original undamaged portrait package to the photographer that day.

Volunteers Needed: Lunch/Recess

10/23/2025 2:54 am

Every Friday, we will be looking for 3 volunteers per grade to help cover recess and lunch. This allows our classroom teachers to have consistent planning time each week. It's an easy volunteering opportunity if your schedule has flexibility during the day, and it's also a fun chance to see your kids and their friends during the school day!

If you are interested in volunteering, sign up at this link to help your child's grade! Please be mindful of how many shifts you sign up for at one time - we'd like to afford as many caregivers as possible the opportunity to help.

Before volunteering, make sure you have an active CORI form on file with SPS by checking in with Paula Saliga or Vicki Harrington in the front office. Additionally, please be sure to click here and review the orientation slides and click here to watch the training video. You will also need to sign a confidentiality agreement. These forms are available in the front office and can be completed when you check in for your first volunteer shift. 

When you arrive at school to volunteer, please check in at the front office 5 minutes prior to your start time. This will allow you time to sign in, obtain a badge and proceed to the playground. 

Can't make your shift? PLEASE try to find a replacement first. If unable, please email the Loring Office.

Volunteers Needed: Open Positions

10/23/2025 2:53 am

A number of new volunteers are needed to help with various PTO activities for the upcoming school year! Volunteering hours are typically flexible and vary by event. Please review the following open positions and email cochairs@loringpto.org if you are interested in helping out!

1. Camp Fair - Looking for new committee members and someone to shadow the committee chair to take over as chairperson for this big Loring fundraiser next year. The committee is well run and organized but needs some extra hands.
2. Movie Night - Looking for new committee members!
3. Yearbook - Looking for a number of volunteers to help with assembling a page or a few pages for the yearbook.

Save the Date: Bingo Night!

10/23/2025 2:52 am

Daub those calendars: Bingo Night is back!

Friday, November 14nd

More information coming soon!

Textile Recycling Program

10/23/2025 2:51 am

Do you know about our textile recycling program? 

Bring your old textiles (clothing, bedding, towels, shoes, and even stuffed animals!) to the Bay State Textile Drop Box at Loring and earn money for our school.  Click here for a list of accepted items - it's more than you think!

The two Bay State Textile Drop Boxes are in the Loring parking lot near the basketball courts.  Please make sure your items are bagged and nothing is left on the ground. If you notice that the bins are full please let us know so we can schedule an immediate pickup.