PTA Newsletter 5/21/2025

🗓️ ARGO CALENDAR SNAPSHOT

• Thursday, 5/22 - May, June, July Birthday Book Club Celebration - Join here
• Friday, 5/23 - Deadline to submit for PTA Reimbursements
• Monday, 5/26 - Memorial Day (No School)
• Wednesday, 5/28 - Field Day, parents volunteer here
• Wednesday, 5/28 - Argo Dines Out - Shake Shack
• Thursday, 5/29 - Argonaut Open House from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Friday, 5/30 - Helping Hands Appreciation Assembly and Reception in Room 2
• Wednesday, 6/4 - Deadline to fill out the Argo school experience survey, form here.
• Friday, 6/6 - Last day of school (Minimum Day) and 5th Grade Promotion

Want more? Check out the PTA Calendar

🙋🏻 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Field Day, parents volunteer here - sign up to be the hero who hands out otter pops!
• Argo Garden Summer Water Party - 1 hour a week over the summer. Sign up here.
• Musical - two chairs to coordinate between the school and the theatre company
• Robotics - two chairs to run the program from August to November
• Book Fair - two chairs to coordinate the Book Fair in November
• Carnival - one co-chair to plan Argo Carnival (Carnoween?)

Visit the PTA website to find open programs and events to lead. Returning committee chairs, please email info@argonautpta.org to confirm that you will run your program again in 2025-26.

📚🎁 BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB 🥳

The Birthday Book Club Celebration is scheduled for Thursday, 5/22!  Check your email for the invitation. Head to Birthday Book Club to find out more and sign up to volunteer.

🧾REIMBURSEMENT DEADLINE THIS WEEK

The deadline to get reimbursed for PTA related expenses is this Friday, 5/23. Requests submitted after that will not be reimbursed. Visit the PTA website for the form and instructions.

🍽️ ARGO DINES OUT - SHAKE SHACK 🍔

Wednesday, 5/28 from 10:30a-10:00p, join us at Shake Shack at Westgate to eat, connect, and make a difference! 25% of the proceeds will come back directly to Argo PTA.

🌼 GARDEN UPDATE

Argo Garden Summer Water Party 2025! We are asking for people to come to check on the garden for 1 hour a week, but more is always better! Tasks will be: water plants and trees, check on shed doors, weeding, water conservation. There will be a sign in and out sheet and a next task list to address garden needs. If you are able to help, please add your name here.

WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF A 2025-2026 GARDEN DOCENT, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE EMAIL admin-garden@argonautpta.org Head to the PTA website for more info on the Argo Garden.

🌡️ FUNDRAISING UPDATE 💰

The Argo PTA has reached 93% of our annual fundraising goal! Your tax-deductible $195 per student Just Do It donation directly supports vital programs and events for our students at Argonaut. Donate here, then 2x or 3x your donation with company match!

DID YOU KNOW…

You can view past yearbooks in the Argo Library. Ever wonder what was happening at Argonaut 10 years ago? Or perhaps you’d like to see what our teachers and fabulous alumni looked like back in the day.

REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL INFO FOR CURRENT 5TH GRADERS

Hello Current 5th Graders/Rising 6th Graders! Redwood Middle School PTA  is excited to announce Curtains: Young@Part as the annual musical production for next school year!  Misty Davies and Erin Gavin will be at the helm of this endeavor, co-directing and choreographing the show! Erin and Misty have been working together for many years producing a number of musicals, including Anastasia:The Musical Youth Edition at Redwood during the 23-24 school year. We are thrilled to be back on board at Redwood and look forward to welcoming new and returning students to the musical. All who audition will be cast. 

If you are interested in auditioning for Curtains: Young@Part or learning more as you consider auditioning, please join our Google Classroom using code d3m55ds. We will populate the classroom during the summer with important information, as we prepare for auditions in late August or early September. Be on the lookout!  A welcome message is waiting on you in the classroom.

If you have any questions, email Erin and Misty at musical-chair@redwoodmiddlepta.org

Thanks!

SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION (SEF) WORKSHOP SURVEY

This year, the Saratoga Education Foundation (SEF) launched a new series of workshops designed to meet the needs of our community, based on feedback from principals and Saratoga families. In the spring, we offered several sessions on parenting topics—and now we’d love to hear your thoughts. Whether or not you attended a workshop, your input is important to us. Please take a moment to complete this anonymous survey and help us enhance our offerings for the upcoming school year. 

https://forms.gle/oYrNMgLMLsNnyj2A9 

Check out the updated Argo PTA Website

Questions/Comments/Suggestions: info@argonautpta.org

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