NEWSLETTER: 8/24/2025
Overwhelmed by the Supply List for 6th / 7th / 8th Grade lists? We get it.
For your convenience, we put up together the list of supplies - consolidating all the class requests - so you can easily put together a shopping list.
Take a look here and download your list today.
PTO members welcomed back our staff with treats and lounge decor for their first day back to school (Tuesday, August 19). They are excited as we are for this upcoming school year!!
4K students and their families got to mingle last week and begin getting to know each other at our Classroom Connection on Sunday, August 17.
4th Grade had fun at Lisbon Park on August 21.
3rd Grade enjoyed the evening....but NOT the bugs!...at Lisbon Park on August 22!
We have a few more Classroom Connections yet to come, check out the dates, times, and locations below!
Feedback Survey: Whether you attended a Classroom Connections at the Park event or not, PLEASE take a minute to complete this survey.
Data collected here helps us to decide if events like these are things families enjoy (or not!), and if they are worthwhile for our volunteers to coordinate.
Please join us at our Grade-Level "Classroom Connections at the Park" where your student can reunite with old friends, meet new friends, and find out who else will be in their class this year!
Parents and non-Grade-Level siblings are invited to hang out as well!
No RSVP needed! If you can make it, we'd sure love to see you!
5K
Date: Sunday, 8/24
Time: 2:30 - 4:30PM
Location: Merton Firemen's Park
2PM - Info session about 5K Girl Scout Daisy Troop ##38080
Please RSVP to Claire Lauer as there will be an activity for the girls + drink/snack provided
3PM - Casual Chat for Parents about Cub Scouts with Pack 47 for 5K boys
1st Grade
Date: Sunday, 8/24
Time: 1:00 - 3:00PM
Location: Lisbon Park
2nd Grade
Date: Saturday, 8/23
Time: 9:00 - 11:00AM
Location: Lisbon Park
A common parent question to the PTO is "Is there an Amazon wishlist?"
Well the answer now is YES! :)
We are soliciting requests from teachers & staff, and from our PTO team, to find out what items they need to make things AWESOME at school for our staff and students.
This Amazon Wishlist gives our community an opportunity for families to quickly and easily purchase items needed at school.
Items on this list range from small (snacks for the staff lounge, small incentives for classrooms, prizes for school programming like Book Battles, etc.) up to bigger items (like new playground balls, portable lights for music concerts, or games for the classroom). Items purchased here will be shipped directly to school.
During that 8/19 First Day meeting, PTO representatives asked the staff to submit their requests (and they have been!) for items they'd like to have for the new school year. We have been adding to the Wishlist, and will continue to add to it throughout the year. Check back often! (We try to make it easy to find by posting it all over our website: The link will always be in the footer of our website, linked at the top of our Events & Activities page, in our Get Involved page, and within our Give Financial Support page.)
THANK YOU for supporting this ongoing project!
Wednesday, August 27
12:00PM to 7:00PM
Merton Primary School & Merton Intermediate School
Open House is a busy day! It's so exciting for everyone to be back at school, meeting new teachers, dropping off supplies, and seeing friends again. It's an especially long day for our staff and our PTO team.
See below for how you can help.
PTO Info Tables
Many shifts still available! Thank you for taking a one hour shift!
Your help allows us all to spend some time with our kids as they visit their classrooms, meet their teachers, and take their photos for the new school year! We'll have everything you need at the table.
Opportunities:
1-hour shifts at Primary and Intermediate from 12PM to 7PM.
Help refuel our amazing Merton staff by keeping the lounges filled with goodies throughout the school year.
Drop your donations - ANY unopened food or drink is appreciated! Our staff will appreciate the snacks from your pantry that you have discovered your kids don't like!
At Open House:
PTO Info Tables at Primary and Intermediate.
Once School Begins:
In the bins near the front office of both the Primary and Intermediate Schools.
Shopping for footwear for the fall? Please save the box!
We're kicking off the school year with a simple project. It's easy for you to get involved and contribute!
Check out our website for all the details.
Sign up to let us know you plan to save AND wrap your shoebox.
Bring your wrapped box to Open House on August 27 & leave it at the PTO Info Table at Primary or Intermediate.
5K is looking for new or gently used toys, games, cars, puppets and baby dolls for purposeful play and indoor recess.
There will be a bin at the PTO table at the Primary School during open house to collect donations. Thank you!
Start Date: Sunday, August 24, 2025
End Date: Sunday, September 7, 2025
Brighten up your front porch for the fall with beautiful mums! (You were going to buy some anyway, weren't you?!)
Make it easier by ordering through the PTO, and we'll have them ready for you at school for pick up on Thursday, September 11!
Our Primary playground is getting a make-over! Help PTO paint fun new stencils on the new asphalt including hopscotch, windy ropes, four square, and more!
Help needed this Sunday (8/24) and Monday night (8/25) from 6:00PM to 8:00PM.
Tuesday, September 2
9:00AM to 11:00AM
@ WiscoJoe & Folklore Mercantile, Downtown Merton
Whether you're wiping away a tear or doing a quiet little cheer, come join us at WiscoJoe & Folklore Mercantile for a special First Day Event!
No RSVP needed! Join us when you can!
+ Freshly brewed drinks & pastries available
+ A space to connect & shop with fellow families
+ Bag toss games on the lawn
+ Kids (who aren't in school) are welcome to bring a fishing pole to try their luck at the Mill Pond
+ Many folks may be wandering over to The Millstone for lunch! Join us and make a day of it! :)
THANK YOU for supporting these wonderful local small businesses!