What's Happening this Week

6/12/2025 6:16 pm

 A special "Friday Notice" Edition to close out this pawsome year.  Thanks to everyone who volunteered, donated, and otherwise supported our staff, students, and PTO this year.  Happy Summer!

* CONGRATULATIONS Loring Class of 2025!

* Food Pantry Thank You

* 24/25 Yearbooks are Here!

* Final Call: Submit Your Reimbursements

* Note from your outgoing PTO Chair

* Welcome the 25/26 PTO Exec Board

* Save the Dates

* Happy Summer

- Community News: HOPEsudbury Fishing Derby, HOPEsudbury Backpack Drive, Summer Running Program

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

Congratulations 5th Grade Class of 2025!

6/12/2025 6:09 pm

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

Loring 2025 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 2025 shirts were on proud display at Field Day!  Thank you to Erin Ciaccia for organizing the ordering and distribution!

Kickball Tournament

On June 5th, the 5th graders participated in the very first Loring kickball tournament followed by an Italian ice treat to cool down after their intense competition.  Thank you to our 5th Grade teachers and staff for organizing such a fun event to "kick off" their end of year activities and congrats to Ms. Nikolich's class for securing the inaugural win!  

Broomball

Friday June 6^th was a busy day for our 5^th Graders!  After closing out all-school Field Day with Tug of War (congrats to Ms. Keyes’s class on the W!), they came back to school to battle it out on the Broomball court.  Our students secured a hard fought win against the parent & staff team before enjoying ice cream courtesy of the PTO.  Thanks to all the parents and staff who showed up to play (shoutout to Mr O'B & Ms. O'B for their stellar play time!) and especially to our volunteers who made this event possible: Sharon Brady, Heather Larson, Dave Larson, Griff Noble, Jess Cannistraro, Ben Cannistraro, Melissa Perla, Rachel Heckler, and Jake Heckler.

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Moving On

Yesterday, 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 Rachel Heckler, Ivana Huang, Lito Pajarillaga, Jess Noble, Melissa Perla, and Amy Kohen 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: stair stickers for both back stairwells to support and encourage students throughout each day, affirmation posters that will be displayed in various locations around Loring, and a map stencil for the upper basketball court (to be painted by a local Girl Scout troop over the summer).  Thank you to the parents who patiently guided the students over the past few months and helped purchase and assemble the items - Rachel Heckler, Ivana Huang, Crystal Pike, Sharon Brady, Melissa Perla, Heather Larson, Jess Noble, James Dinsmore, Lauren Papa, & Ekaterina Zabavnova.

On to Curtis!  

Food Pantry Thanks You!

6/12/2025 6:01 pm

Thank you Loring for a pawsome last food pantry collection of the school year! We were able to provide 41 boxes of much needed donations.
The food pantry is open and servicing our community all summer. If you have donations at any point over the summer, please drop them off in the bin at Sudbury Farms!
A big thank you to both Mr. Orr and Ms. Keyes classes for helping out on Friday! And thanks to all of our parent volunteers - Laura Higgins Warren, Katie Carroll, Kathryn Shea Dasso, Yan Zhang, and Emma Li!

2024-2025 Yearbooks

6/12/2025 5:52 pm

The Pawsome 2024-2025 Yearbooks have been distributed to classrooms - make sure to check those backpacks! From the incredible student artwork of all the cover entries to the amazing arrays of photos capturing our favorite memories from this year and years past to, of course, the smiling photos of all our wonderful students and staff, so much hard work went into putting this yearbook together. Thank you to everyone who submitted photos!

A huge thank you to the yearbook committee for their dedication to creating all these pages of memories.  Thank you to all the parent volunteers who helped build our collage pages and a HUGE THANK YOU to Jessica Cannistraro for once again serving as the editor of the yearbook.  She put in countless hours to make sure that our students have the perfect memento for this past school year.

FINAL CALL: Reimbursement Requests

6/12/2025 5:49 pm

 Outstanding reimbursements must be submitted by Sunday, June 22nd!

Did you volunteer on a committee this year and spend your own funds but need to submit for reimbursement?

Click HERE for the form.

Questions? Contact Sergey Zinger at treasurers@loringpto.org.

Loring - The Pawsomest Place to Be!

6/12/2025 5:32 pm

As I conclude my 2-year term as PTO co-chair and my 9^th year as a Loring parent, I find myself incredibly grateful to be part of the Loring community.  Our staff work tirelessly to make Loring a welcoming place where our children can thrive and grow to be their best selves.  Our families show up, time and again, to support our school, students, staff, and PTO in any way they are able.  Our students truly live up to Loring’s Core Values in the respect, compassion, and best effort they show in our classrooms and at our community events.  All together, the Loring community is “LUCKY” to have each other. 

These past two years have shown me the true impact the PTO has at Loring.  While our bigger events & fundraisers (such as Leopardfest, Bingo Night, & the Fun Run) are great community-builders and tend to get the most noise, it’s the quieter expenditures that often benefit our students the most.  From staff stipends for classroom materials, new library books & Field Day supplies, to staff appreciation initiatives, to creative enrichment programming for every grade (plus school-wide events!), the PTO continually supports everyone in our school community, throughout each school year.  Your support 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 for showing up!

I need to take a moment and thank this year’s Exec Board for all their hard work and support.  As co-chair, Heather Larson not only served as a sounding board and confidant all year, but also regularly and seamlessly facilitated coordination between PTO volunteers and staff, while balancing her roles as co-chair, staff member, and parent (not an easy task!).  Sharon Brady, who is wrapping her 2-year term as our Secretary, could ALWAYS be counted on to pitch in wherever & whenever she was needed.  Sergey Zinger and Michael Landberg, our Treasurer team, kept our finances well-organized and offered sage opinions throughout the year on our various events and expenditures.   I have nothing but confidence that next year’s Exec Board will lead a strong PTO and continue to support our community in every way possible. 

Finally, none of the PTO’s events and initiatives could happen without the support of Loring’s staff.  Thank you to Paula Saliga and Vicki Harrington for all of the coordination, and question-answering; Shawn Maguire and Susie Trubiani, 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 David Gaita for their partnership, collaboration, and tireless support of the PTO.

To wrap up my 39^th (and final) newsletter – Loring is truly the most pawsome place to be. 

THANK YOU ALL! 

Melissa Perla, Loring PTO Co-Chair

Introducing Your 2025-2026 PTO Executive Board

6/12/2025 4:53 pm

 At our final PTO general meeting in May, we voted in new officers for 2025-2026. Without further ado, the Executive Board next year will be:

Heather Larson, Co-chair

Lauren Hargrove, Co-chair

Sergey Zinger, Treasurer

Karen Lynch, 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!

2025-2026 Events: Save the Date

6/12/2025 4:47 pm

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

Monday, August 25th - Kindergarten Playground and Popsicles (1:00 pm); rain date is Tuesday, August 26th

Wednesday, August 27th - First Day of School (1st-5th)

Tuesday, September 2nd @ 8:00 am - BooHoo WooHoo breakfast for kindergarten and new-to-Loring families; 1st day for kindergarteners

Thursday, September 11th - School Picture Day

Friday/Saturday, September 19th/20th - Fall Book Fair (Tentative)

Saturday, September 20th @ 4:30 pm - Leopardfest (Tentative)

Late October - Pumpkin Walk

Saturday, May 30th - Fun Run (Tentative)

Happy Summer!

6/12/2025 4:06 pm

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.  See you in September!