NEWSLETTER: 12/8/2025
Thank you to all who joined us on Saturday for our holiday workshop. There were crafts, cookie decorating, treats, and a visit from Santa! We hope everyone had a great time spreading holiday cheer!
We would love to hear your thoughts, even if you could not attend, so we know what areas we can improve. Please click here to complete a quick survey.
On National Special Education Day, and every day, our Special Education team deserves ALL the appreciation! Thank you for embracing every child’s uniqueness, supporting families, and helping our students thrive.
That's a wrap on the vision screening for our students! Our last vision screening was held on December 5th at the Intermediate School. Thank you to the Lions for helping look out for our students' health!
We've continued to update Merton's Amazon Wishlist with teacher requests. Take a look and grant a wish!
The Primary School is low on snacks. We all have those forgetful days and our teachers keep snacks on hand for these instances. Please consider dropping off snacks to help our teachers ensure kids have an alternative on those days.
We are looking for folks who'd like to join our team!
Business Community Liaison
Parent Community Liaison
Spring Fundraiser Lead
Primary Book Fair Lead
To discuss duties and more details, please contact Katie Farchmin at president@mertonpto.org.
Please help refuel our wonderful staff by donating to our Stock the Staff Lounge effort. Some ideas are granola bars, fruit, veggies, or trail mix. For more ideas of what you can donate, please click here. Donations can be dropped off at either office.
December, 17, 2025 | 5-8 PM
Join us for our next Culver's Night on Wednesday, December 17th. Dine in or take it to go, 10% of proceeds will come back to the PTO. Click here to sign up for a shift!
Happening now until break
Merton PTO is sponsoring the Intermediate School's Annual 'Countdown to Christmas Reading Contest.' Read a book, talk to your language arts teacher to show your knowledge, and earn a raffle ticket. Winners are announced daily in December with Fridays being a super pick day with multiple winners.
December 15, 2025 | 2:45 PM
Help label and deliver take-home meals for the Merton staff on Monday, December 15th. The volunteer group will meet the Sendik's delivery truck at the Primary school, label the bags, and set the meals out at Primary and Intermediate for staff pickup.
Please plan to meet in the Primary staff lounge at 2:45 PM. We anticipate this to take about an hour to complete. To volunteer, please click here.