Welcome to the Loring PTO!

When your family joins the Loring School community, you become a part of the Loring PTO; a community of parents, teachers and school administrators joining together to enrich the educational and social experience of our students.  

 

Parent involvement is critical to our success and there are a number of ways to get involved. If you are interested in learning more about the different opportunities available please email our co-chairs Anne Devine and Melissa Perla.

 

What's Happening this Week

3/19/2025 2:08 pm

Here's what's going on!

* URGENT: Lunch & Recess Volunteers Needed Tomorrow 

* Loring Science Fair - Register & Volunteer!

* Y2K All Over Again: Parent's Night Out & Auction

* Buddy Dog Kindergarten Social Action Project

* New Sponsor Alert

* 1st Grade CE Program

* Chemistry Lab: 5th Grade CE

* Square One Art

- Community News: Sudbury for Digital Balance Community Conversation, LS Warriors Softball Electronics Recycling Fundraiser

 

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

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URGENT NEED: Lunch and Recess Volunteers

3/19/2025 1:40 pm

Lunch & Recess volunteers needed for GRADES 3, 4 & 5 Friday March 21 and ALL GRADES Tuesday March 25. Please signup if you are available as this provides much valued time for our classroom teachers to have planning time together. It's also a pawsome opportunity to see your kids and their peers during the school day.  Volunteer slots are open through April 2025. 

Dates, times and training information can be found on the volunteer page of the PTO Website.  Please read through the instructions carefully and email Kerri Brien kerriapatrician@gmail.com with any questions.

To SIGN UP, please click here and make sure to "Read More" for other important details.

 

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Loring's 2025 Science Fair - Register & Volunteer!

3/19/2025 1:35 pm

IMAGINE IT.  BUILD IT.

Loring Science Fair 

Thursday, March 27th 6pm - 8pm

Loring Cafeteria & Gym

Project registration is live on the PTO website.

Registration is free (scholarships may be available for projects, contact Karen Blumberg).

 

** Tshirt sales have now closed **

We need your help to make the Science Fair a success - spots for cleanup are still available!  

Science Fair Volunteer Signup - Click Here

Email our Science Fair team if you'd like to participate as a Guest Scientist.  

 

The Science Fair Website has all of the information you'll need to get started, including important dates, project guidelines, project ideas, and FAQs. This is a time for students to explore and embrace science in a non-competitive environment.  All students will receive a small prize and have the chance to present their project to a guest "scientist". 

We hope you'll join us for this fun event!  

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Parent's Night Out & Auction - Tickets on sale!

3/19/2025 1:33 pm

 Parent's Night Out is March 29th - We're partying like it's Y2K all over again. Come as you are, as you were in the late 90's/early 2000's, or as your fave Y2K celeb.

Tickets are now on sale ($55 per person)! This is an adult-only event and we do have a capacity limit so don't delay.  

Purchase Tickets Here 

 

A round of applause for our pawsome auction donors!  Stay tuned for an email next week with auction items and how to bid.

 

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Buddy Dog Drive - K Social Action Project

3/19/2025 1:32 pm

The Buddy Dog Drive is running from March 10th through April 11th! The Loring kindergarteners are asking families to contribute items to the Buddy Dog Humane Society.  Buddy Dog is a non-profit animal welfare organization located here in Sudbury and is dedicated to finding new homes for dogs & cats.

Students may drop off donations at the Buddy Dog doghouse in the front lobby.
Most needed items include collars, non-clumping clay cat litter, Cleaning supplies (Bleach, laundry detergent, dish soap), canned dog food, chew toys for heavy chewers, and harnesses & leashes.  See above flyer for all needs.  

Thanks for being pawsome and supporting our Kindergarten classes!

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Welcome New Business Sponsor!

3/19/2025 1:27 pm

Please extend a pawsome welcome to our new Platinum Sponsor, Assabet Orthodontics.  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 Colleen at cbgleason@gmail.com.

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1st Grade Creative Enrichment: Muriel Johnson

3/19/2025 1:25 pm

Last week, the first graders enjoyed an amazing story telling experience with Muriel Johnson! Ask them how the old woman escaped from the animals (she rolled down the hill in a giant pumpkin) and the name of the magic tree (Uwungelema). Thanks to our 1st Grade CE coordinators, Morgan Freiman and Lauren Pond, for working with staff to bring this program to Loring!  Your financial support of the PTO makes these programs possible.

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Chemistry Lab with the Discovery Museum: 5th Grade CE

3/19/2025 1:24 pm

Our 5th graders enjoyed an amazing Chemistry Lab program by The Discovery Museum last week. The students learned about the pH scale, the difference between an acid and a base, and chemical reactions in this hands on workshop. Very cool stuff!

Thanks to our 5th Grade Creative Enrichment coordinator, Rachel Heckler, for scheduling this program and to all of you who support the Loring PTO, making these programs possible.

 

     

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Square1 Art Order Forms are Here!

3/19/2025 1:20 pm

 

Square One Art order forms have arrived!!!!
Look in your child’s red folder for his/her form! If not today, it will be in there early next week.
This is both an awesome fundraiser for the PTO and the items make amazing gifts! Not only should we support our exceptional Art teacher…but the kids work extra hard on this specific square each year, in hopes of seeing their masterpiece come to life!
ALL ORDERS DUE 4/11/25!!!! (No late orders can be accepted.)
Please consider ordering online! It is the most simple, fool-proof way to make sure we get the order right. However, if you are unable to do so, paper orders are great too! 
If you have any questions about how to order, please email: jessicasnoble@gmail.com.
Scholarships are available, contact Karen Blumberg for more information.
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