PTA Newsletter - March 2025
Hello Vestal Families!
February was a nice, short month at Vestal - we hope everyone had fun on the snow days! We were bummed that the Arts Showcase was snowed out, and we are happy to learn it’s been rescheduled for April 10. March will be a fun and busy month - we’ve got a movie night tonight, a PTA meeting this coming Tuesday, and lots more fun and exciting stuff coming up!
PTA News and Updates:
Movie Night! We will see you tonight, March 7, at 6 PM for our last movie night of the school year! We will be showing Luck. As always, admission and popcorn are free! To make this community event extra special, we are offering $1/slice pizza along with our usual concessions available for purchase. If you haven’t yet, please RSVP here.
Join the PTA Board! As we head towards Spring, the Vestal PTA is starting to look for new board members, committee members, and community leaders for next year. If you might be interested in helping build our school community, support our staff, and host fun events, please let us know. We would love to have you involved! Contact us at vestalelementarypta@gmail.com or reach out to former board member David Jones at davidbjones13@gmail.com to learn more. Thank you!
PTA Meeting: Please join us on Tuesday, March 11 at 6:30 PM for our PTA General Meeting! PTA meetings are open to all in the Vestal community. You can join in person or via Zoom. This link will take you to the meeting, or use Meeting ID: 858 3217 6142 . The passcode is 898024 .
Flower Basket Sale: Keep an eye out for this wonderful spring fundraiser toward the end of the month!
Save the Date: Spring Soiree! We are so excited to bring back Vestal’s spring fundraising event, taking place this year on Saturday, April 19. If you would like to make a donation to our raffle (for example: one game of your season tickets to a sports team, a restaurant gift card you have lying around, items from your small business or art practice, anything else that comes to mind!) don’t hesitate to reach out!
March Green Team Updates
Thank you to the families that participated in our Winter Walk & Roll Day!! AND to the parents that helped with cocoa, swag, and crosswalk support!
We are continuing to work with our partners on PBOT's Safe Routes to School team and at Oregon Walks to continue to improve biking & walking to school conditions in our neighborhood. This spring, Vestal is a pilot school with both organizations for upcoming Walking School Buses and for new signage to increase visibility along our Bike Bus routes. More info coming soon! Huge thank you to the parent leads that are helping with these projects. If you would like to get involved, please reach out!
You can join a bike bus at 70th & Davis (new this year!) at 7:45 on Wednesdays, or at 7:45 (new time!) at the Montavilla Minifarm (NE 78th & Oregon) on Wednesdays.
March Grounds Cleanup and Community Hangout: Please join us in local action for our Grounds Cleanup on Saturday, March 15th 10 am - 12 pm. We'll meet under the covered area in the community garden. We will have access to some tools/trash buckets & grabbers, but you can bring your own as well. We'll have snacks, water, coffee as usual. Hope to see you there!!
March Volunteer Opportunities:
March 7: There’s still time to volunteer at tonight’s Movie Night! We could use help greeting folks at the door and cleaning up at the end. Sign up here!
March 15: Join the PTA Green Team from 10 AM - 12 PM for our March grounds clean up and community hang out! See above for more information.
February 22: We need some volunteers to help set up for our community pancake breakfast, make pancakes and coffee, and clean up when it’s over. Sign up here!
Ongoing: Em Rockford, our school Social Worker, has asked for volunteers to help sort clothes for our school closet. This would be done at the school, anytime during school hours or after school gets out. People tend to utilize the room in the morning, during the beginning of the school day. Please email vestalptavolunteer@gmail.com
Ongoing: The kindergarten teachers would love some support at a few times of the day. Check out available shifts to hang out with the kinders here, and if you need to do your free PPS Volunteer background check, please click here.
All current volunteer opportunities can be accessed here: Vestal Volunteer Opportunities.
Thank you for being a part of our Vestal PTA Community. We truly do feel the love and support from all of our volunteers!
March Events and Reminders:
Friday, March 7 - Movie Night: Luck. Doors 6:00, movie at 6:30
Tuesday, March 11 - PTA General Meeting, 6:30 PM
Thursday, March 13 - SUN Showcase; last day of winter SUN term
Saturday, March 15 - March grounds clean up and community hangout
Monday, March 17 - Bottle Drop at school pickup
Wednesday, March 19 - Early release, 11:50 AM
March 24-28 - School closed for Spring Break
Thank you for reading, and for being a part of the Vestal community.