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Happy spring to our Jaworek community! We can't wait for our upcoming events and all of the programs and field trips that are planned. Below is a recap of the last month:

• Thank you to Ms. Beck & Ms. Defazio for presenting about the Memorial Day program and Art Show during our March PTO meeting. Thank you to those community members who attended as well. Our next meeting will be May 15th at 7pm at Jaworek.
• The board met on April 7 to review the budget and fundraising, go through teacher grants, plan for the block party, and discuss staff appreciation week. We also scored 12 applications we received for our annual $1,000 college scholarship that is awarded to a senior who attended Jaworek.
• Board members met with Ms. Andrews' amazing fourth grade students who presented an impressive presentation on why the cafeteria should switch to reusable lunch trays and how this idea could get funded.
• Field trips for each grade were scheduled and buses were funded by the PTO.
• PTO donated $100 to Marlborough High School's Senior Night.
• Eversource Energy visited all of our K-2 classrooms in March. The Watts-ville game was ELECTRIC ⚡️ teaching us all about energy saving! Every student got a board game so you can now play at home! Check out the video on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/JaworekPTO/
• We had a very successful Family Literacy Night and community book fair! We loved seeing the books students were interested in, the amazing bookmarks that families made, local author Mrs. Lilian Roque reading her book to our students, and our wonderful staff who helped out and read to our students! We want to thank Goldfish Swim School - Marlborough for donating the amazing tote bags, complete with goodies! They are super helpful and our students loved them.
• The PTO was honored at the Marlborough Cultural Council Award Reception on April 4th for the enrichment grant they received. More enrichment programming for the spring is underway, stay tuned!

Be sure to check out the info below and follow us on social media to stay up to date. As always, thank you for your support!

The opening for this year's Jaworek All School Art Show will be held on Tuesday, June 4 during the PTO's Annual Block Party Event. Students and families will be able to walk through the school to view artwork by the students created throughout the school year. In order to make this show happen, I will need some volunteers to hang the 650+ student artworks in the designated areas for each class that go into the show. I will have detailed directions for volunteers to make the process as easy as possible. Any help you are willing or able to provide is greatly appreciated!

Sincerely, Ms. Beck, Art Teacher

Our wonderful music teacher, Ms. Defazio, will be running the annual Memorial Day performance for veterans on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 9:30 am outside on the field (Inclement weather - Gymnasium). Families are invited to view the outside program on the field. If there is inclement weather, unfortunately, there is not enough room for families in the gymnasium, so only Veterans will be able to attend indoors. Let's hope for beautiful weather! She is in need of some volunteers the day before and day of as well as breakfast contributions (please see the link below).

We have so many awesome enrichment programs planned for this year! Check them out below:

• May 1-3 : Grades 3-5 Discovery Museum Programs: These are run by dynamic educators working side-by-side with teachers to inspire students with fun, hands-on STEM workshops. Topics are designed to spark curiosity and strengthen the practices of science and engineering.
• At least one more assembly-style program will be planned for K-5 between April and June.
• Thank you again to the Marlborough Cultural Council for awarding us a grant to use towards enrichment programming!
• Grade K-5 staff are currently planning either a field trip or in-school program. PTO funds $1,000 per grade level to ensure that each grade can experience a trip or program!

• Planning is underway for our annual community block party on June 4th 6-8pm. This event will take place outside at Jaworek rain or shine. We will have big raffle as well as community organizations, local businesses, MPS departments, entertainment, food trucks and vendors, and a DJ. We can't wait for this event! Follow us on Facebook & Instagram to stay up to date on the event!
• If you would like to help us plan, whether it be contacting local businesses, helping us advertise, sending thank you cards to donors, etc., please email us at jaworekpto@gmail.com!
• We will be using our May 15th community PTO meeting (7pm at Jaworek) to plan for the block party. We hope you can join us then!
• For every 30min volunteer shift, you will receive 5 free tickets to our big raffle! Please consider signing up even just for one shift to lend a hand.

Thank you to our amazing community partners and local businesses who are joining us for the block party! Here is a list of vendors & raffle prizes confirmed so far and there will be many more to come!

Vendors

• Marlborough Public Schools Food Services, Registration and Human Resources
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Metrowest
• Plaster Fun Time Marlborough
• Raising Cane's Marlborough
• Miasteesnthings
• Color Street
• Scentsy
• Celia Rose Crochet
• New England Academy of Gymnastics
• The Stand “Shaken not Stirred”Kona Ice of Marlborough
• Samantha's Beautiful Creations - Scarves
• Café Rivera Coffee Co.
• Meininger Family Chiropractic
• Ann Bastian Color Street
• Steph's Stellar Creations
• Big T's Jerky House and BBQ
• Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant
• Girl Scouts of Marlborough & Hudson
• School of Rock Northborough
• Word on the Street
• Kidstrong
• Geek Cross Stitchery by CME Illustration
• Three Sisters Angels LLC
• Light Up Inc.
• Kona Ice of Marlborough
• Uhlmans Ice Cream

Raffle Prizes

• $20 WECO Hospitality gift card *2 available
• Title Boxing class pack, bag, & wraps
• Raising Cane's Gift Basket
• Raising Cane's Cooler Bag
• One Week of Summer Camp at New England Gymnastics
• $75 Gift Certificate to SkyRise Theater
• Two Passes to the Institute of Contemporary Art
• Unlimited One-Month Class Pass to Earth & Aerial Yoga *2 available
• $250 voucher for Precious Papers Service: Transform your child's art/school work into a treasured keepsake. Sorting, Digitizing, and Album Design
• $50 Gift Card to Anzio’s Brick Oven Pizza
• Admission for Four People to the Discovery Museum
• 1 hr Group Private Lesson with Premier Chess for 10 people virtual/in person
• Family Four Pack of Tickets to Zoo New England
• 4 Tickets to the Worcester Red Sox
• 2 Happy Hour tickets to any of Boston Crawling’s History Tour Pub Crawls
• 4 Flex Tickets to Worcester Bravehearts
• 2 Storyland Tickets

We are enjoying another great school year and being able to support the Jaworek community through the funds we raise as a PTO. Here are a few ways we have used our funds so far and what we have allocated for future events!

• Hosted summer popsicles in the park event.
• Open Door Day bracelets for students.
• Jaworek staff were treated to a back-to-school luncheon.
• We purchased all new soccer balls, playground balls, and basketballs for students to use at recess.
• We were able to fund a DJ and evening custodian for our dance and make it free of charge to all families to attend.
• Held the multicultural fair at a low admission cost of $1.00 per person.
• Funded and hosted a staff appreciation event for Thanksgiving.
• Purchase brand new books for ALL students at Jaworek for our upcoming READ event.
• December refreshments for staff
• February staff appreciation event
• Family Literacy Night materials, book baskets for raffle, and refreshments
• April STEAM Night materials
• Block Party DJ, activities, supplies, and police detail
• We fund an annual Jaworek PTO scholarship for a high school students who attended Jaworek
• Staff grants for materials, supplies, and field trips
• Annual $1,000 college scholarship awarded to a senior who attended Jaworek
• Donated $100 to MHS senior night event
• Staff appreciation week of events in May

IvyMath is providing all Charles Jaworek School families with a free online math tutoring session and an in-depth parent conference to discuss your child's strengths and weaknesses and how they compare to grade level.

IvyMath will also create a custom learning plan that maps out the exact areas your child should be focusing on in math for the rest of the year. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions, and understand what your child needs to feel confident and stay on track in math this year.

The IvyMath tutoring session, parent conference, and learning plan are free for all Charles Jaworek School families. Popular times fill up, so please register quickly! Signup now at: IvyMath.com/Boost

The PTO must raise money to support our goals, we are a non-profit organization. If you would like to help, here are some ways you can help raise funds for our school on an ongoing basis:

Box Tops: www.btfe.com

Direct Donation to the Jaworek PTO: https://square.link/u/FSCiRegG

Email: JaworekPTO@gmail.com
Website: https://www.mps-edu.org/Page/342
Location: 444 Hosmer Street, Marlborough, MA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaworekPTO/