Welcome to November at The Downtown School! Please see below for important information and dates.

As always, please reach out with any questions that may come up.

We are here to SERVE,

• Mr. Burnett

Original Works

Your student has created a piece of artwork at school that can be applied to a variety of objects for gifts/keepsakes. It is looking like we will have these delivered around the Holidays.

Examples of products that can have your students' artwork on them can be found at the link below.

https://www.originalworks.com/all-products/

Stay tuned for ordering details! I will share the link with our entire community as soon as it's ready!

Conferences

Wednesday, November 16th - 3:00-7:30 PM

Thursday, November 17th - 9:30 AM -7:30 PM - No School on this day

No School - Friday, November 18th

Conference Signup Link

PTA Meeting

Tuesday, November 15th

7-8 PM

The Downtown School Library

Join virtually at the link below.

November PTA Virtual Link

Picture Re-Take Day

Tuesday, November 15th

Want us to retake your child’s picture? Simply return the original picture package.

Adopt a Teacher FAQ

• Adopt-a-Teacher Fund

The PTA collects money throughout the year to support various needs our teachers may have in the classroom. The dollars collected are distributed evenly each year and it the best way to provide support throughout the entire school. This is a wonderful way to support our school and your child's classroom as they can be used to meet individual needs of classrooms.

This is also an excellent replacement to any gifts that you may be thinking of providing your Teacher as we are not legally allowed to accept gifts over $4.00 in value. :-)

You can donate anytime at the link below.

https://dtspta.com/donate-dts/adopt-a-teacher/

Calendar Feedback

Now that our District is finalizing their calendar, we are hard at work on what ours will look like this next year. It is looking like our calendar will look very similar to this years with some more frequent/longer breaks and our year extending well into June. As soon as I can get confirmation on our District calendar, I will have a draft out to our community for feedback.

The Downtown School Auction

Every other year, The Downtown School puts on an Auction for various products/services that our community has a connection to. This is by far our largest fundraiser! Our auction will be on April 20th at Ricochet in downtown Des Moines. In the meantime, we would LOVE if you could help us begin compiling the list of possible items/services to be auctioned off. Be thinking of a special experience you could provide another family, any connections to businesses that might want to donate something, or any other service or item that you think could bring in to generate some auction action! Please email the following PTA volunteers for ideas and donations towards the cause!

Emily Argo - ewurst7686@gmail.com or Sarah Shaffer - sarahc815@yahoo.com

Those of you wanting to donate to the cause, but not participate can use the link below to donate.

https://dtspta.com/donate/dts-auction/

December Dance Party!

A PTA Event

Grades K-2 - 4-5 PM

Grades 3-5 - 5-6 PM

Tuesday, December 20th

Central Campus Board Room - Enter off our circle drive

Mark your calendars! More details will come on volunteers signup from PTA.

Music provided by DJ Mr. Burnett

Important Dates

Picture Re-take Day - Tuesday, November 15th - 8-10 AM

Conferences

• Wednesday, November 16th - 3:00-7:30 PM

• Thursday, November 17th - 9:30 AM -7:30 PM - No School on this day

Downtown School Break/Thanksgiving Holiday - No School - Friday, Nov 18 through November 25th - School resumes on Monday, November 28th

No School - Friday, December 9th - Teacher Professional Development Day

PTA Dance Party - Tuesday, December 20th - Grades K-2 - 4-5 PM, Grades 3-5 - 5-6 PM

• Central Campus Board Room - Students only unless volunteering through the PTA - Pictures will be shared.

Winter Holiday Break - December 22nd - January 2nd - Classes resumes on Tuesday, January 3rd.