Our Book Fair is going online this year! From October 19th until November 1st, discover new books with your kids. Bonus: Every purchase supports our school.
Go to, click Book Fairs, and enter our zip code, or just click to access the College Square Fall 2020 Book Fair
Announcing our October PTO Zoom meeting: 7:00 pm Thursday, 10/8/2020
Please register as a PTO member for an emailed invitation, or see our closed Facebook group for the link.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The College Square PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization) is a collaboration between parents, teachers, and administrators and is responsible for book fairs, fundraising, class parties, assemblies, school supplies, student supplies, and much more. Please consider joining and giving your time to help enrich your student(s) experience. Dues are $5 per PTO member (not per family). Checks can be made payable to College Square PTO and submitted to your student’s teacher, or dues may be submitted through PayPal or credit card. Currently, meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month, at 7pm, and will be held via Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted in the closed Facebook group prior to each meeting and emailed to all registered members.
Fill out our online 2020-2021 PTO Membership Form
Hi College Square friends and family! We’re kicking off our typical SchoolStore.com fundraiser this week. We’ve partnered with this company for a few years, and their no-contact, 100% online setup is a great fit, especially for this current crazy year! For anyone not familiar with the fundraiser, participants can earn money for College Square by shopping through the site’s links to stores such as Walmart, CVS, Sam’s Club, Children’s Place, and more. Click here for the most current merchant list. Participants can also purchase magazine subscriptions, or even send gift cards directly to their child’s homeroom teacher.
Fliers will be arriving home between Monday, 9/21, and Wednesday, 9/23. Here’s all you need to do to help us reach our goal:
- Go to www.schoolstore.net and sign up using our school ID: 185831
(Or click here to be sent directly to the College Square page). - Complete form emails inviting family, friends, and co-workers to support your student, and receive a prize code.
- Return the Student Participation Confirmation paper giving the student’s name and prize code.
Each student who participates and submits a prize code will win a Wild Republic Hugger. No purchase necessary! Thanks so much for your help and support. Let us know if you have any questions.
View the flier here
Hey all you cool cats and kittens!
Our first PTO meeting of the year is tonight, Thursday (Sept 17th), at 7pm via zoom. Link and details will be posted in the Facebook group soon. We are looking forward to connecting with you – anyone who has a child or is a teacher at CS is welcome to join!
Happy School Year’s Eve, everyone!
Cohort A students, don’t forget your labelled water bottles and headphones/earbuds. The breakfast and lunch menus can be found here. Cohort B students, your at-home activities for August 31st can be found on the College Square home page. Virtual Students, don’t forget to charge your devices!
Cohort A, Cohort B, and Virtual families – you are all our College Square Families just like every year. Some things may be different right now, but we’re still part of the larger College Square family. Wishing everyone a great night’s rest before an exciting start to the new year!
#WeGotThis
School Supplies
New for the 2020-21 school year, the College Square PTO will be providing the items from the official school supply list for all students (hybrid students and full virtual.) Hundreds of pencils, glue sticks, dry erase markers, crayons and more have been delivered to your students’ teachers at the College Square building. Thanks to everyone who helps with PTO fundraising and donations – you’re making this possible! In the past, we have offered to purchase school supplies for around $20 for Kindergarten and $35 for First and Second grade students. For those who have asked about donating to the PTO for this project, please use our PayPal link or feel free to send in a donation (check or cash) in a labelled envelope on your student’s first day of school.
Families participating in hybrid education are asked to send in either headphones or earbuds to plug into an iPad (not air buds or bluetooth) that will best suit your student. These will remain at school to be used during the in-school hybrid days. Please label these with your child’s name. It is optional for full virtual families to purchase this item.
Orientation Information
While not technically a school supply, hybrid families may wish to provide your student with a labelled water bottle as the water fountains have been disconnected. Check out the 20-21 School Year CS Student and Family Orientation Slides on College Square’s homepage for more specifics about snacks and treats, school meals, arrival and dismissal procedures, specials, recess, and more.
The College Square homepage has been updated with What to Expect documents for Hybrid and Virtual students. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our principal, Dr. Hiles (hilesj@basd.k12.pa.us).
We look forward to supporting the College Square teachers and staff and looking for unique and different ways to stay involved with our students this upcoming year. We will be posting information about our upcoming September PTO meeting here and in the PTO Facebook group. Breathe deeply, and here’s to a great start to the school year!
The College Square teachers have been asked to provide a list of their favorite places/things to help you in your Holiday shopping if you choose. Below is a list of what we have to this point. If your child’s teacher is not on here yet, don’t worry, they will be updated as we get them.
KINDERGARTEN:
Mrs. Morgan- Target, Amazon, Macy’s, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, Starbucks, any local business gift cards
Mrs. York- coffee, Amazon, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, Michael’s, succulents or plants, cozy socks
Mrs. Knisley- Kohl’s, Amazon, Target, Marshall’s, HomeGoods, Java Hut, Kirkland’s, hand soap, socks, stickers, snacks
Mrs. Zachewicz- Target, Marshall’s, TJ Maxx, Pet Supply Plus, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, Amazon, restaurant gift cards, Starbucks
Mrs. O’Neill- anything local in our cute town, Marshall’s, TJ Maxx, Target, any restaurant, donations to Polar Plunge link: https://www.classy.org/fundraiser/2527539
FIRST GRADE:
Mrs. Russian- Target, Amazon, Toms Shoes, Beaver Bagel, JCrew, Cafe Kolache
Mrs. Balik- Marshall’s, HomeGoods, PetSmart, Sharpie Flair Pens, Astro bright paper, any local business gift card, coffee, tea
Mrs. Saylor- JCrew, Target, Amazon, any local business gift cards, Erin Condren, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards
Mrs. Appel- Starbucks, Target, Amazon, Polar Plunge donations to: https://www.classy.org/fundraiser/2516967
Mrs. Spanik- Target, Amazon, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, stickers, cool pens and markers
Mrs. Boariu- Starbucks, Marshall’s, dry-erase markers, bath and body works aromatherapy soap and lotion, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, smelly stickers
Mrs. Murphy- Michael’s, Target, Texas Roadhouse, Starbucks, Teachers Pay Teachers, Beaver Bagel
SECOND GRADE:
Mrs. Rose-Target, Amazon, Sharpie Flair Pens, Starbucks, Mario’s Dockside, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards
Mrs. Rosso- Target, Amazon, Starbucks, Papermate pens, Kirkland’s, Michael’s
Mrs. Frye- Target, Amazon, classroom games, puzzles, Magic Track cars, marble maze, Legos, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, Starbucks
Mrs. Zorich- Barnes and Noble, Target, Amazon, any local business gift cards, candles, chocolate
Ms. Kopka- Matchaccino Construction Fort Building (amazon), Amazon, Legos, wax melts for warmers or candles, restaurant gift card, Starbucks
LEARNING SUPPORT, SPECIALISTS, SECRETARIES, NURSES, TEACHING ASSISTANTS:
Mrs. Mohr- Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, multicolored cardstock, Amazon, colored pens, Expo markers
Mrs. Bayer- Target, Starbucks, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards
Ms. T (art/tech)- Target, Amazon, Michael’s, Starbucks
Mrs. Brailey (library)- Barnes and Noble, books, dry-erase markers, hand soap, snacks, cheese
Mr. Graham- Polar Plunge donations to https://www.classy.org/fundraiser/2533978,
Mrs. Weimer- Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, Amazon, Target, snacks, Spider Man or other superhero stickers, Starbucks
Mrs. Gido- Polar Plunge donations, Beaver Bagel, Target, dessert scented candles, Peace Love and Little Donuts
Nurses- laundry soap, Amazon, Dollar Tree
Mrs. Druschel- Amazon, Starbucks, Target
Mrs. Schwartz- Amazon, Target
Mrs. Eckels- Target, Amazon, Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards, Don’s Deli
Happy shopping!!!
Today, tomorrow, and Saturday, shop local at these participating businesses and they will be giving cash back to College Square PTO!! Please tell them you are shopping with College Square!!!
Let’s spread the word and help raise money for College Square!
Don’t worry about cooking dinner tonight!! Stop by McDonald’s any time between 4:30-6pm and see your friendly teaching staff cooking up some delicious McD’s!!!! A portion of proceeds come back to College Square PTO!!! See you there and come hungry!!! 🍔🍟
November 8th, 2019 2:30pm
Information should have come home about the Veterans Day program on Friday. (Please see picture of note.)
Students are welcome to invite any special veterans from their lives to attend the program with them. Photography by James is donating their time and efforts to take a special picture of each child with their veteran. Due to this, we welcome veterans to the school at 2pm.…
If anyone plans to attend, please fill out the bottom of the note coming home and return it to school so that we can communicate this to the teachers. We will also need this info to announce each veteran in attendance during the program AND for sign-in purposes.
If your veteran is unable to attend, you can email pictures to include in a slideshow. If you emailed Amanda a pic last year, you can send a message to Amanda or email her at the address below.
amanda.c.cypher@gmail.com
Please reach out to Amanda Cypher with any questions.
We are so lucky to have such amazing teachers guiding our little ones through some of the biggest learning years. Let’s show them how much we appreciate them at our annual Thankful for Our Teachers Potluck! You can sign up at the following link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508044aaca72da7ff2-thankful
Reminder that we have a PTO Meeting this week!
Thursday, October 14th at 7pm
Location: College Square Elem. Conference Room
Today all our College Square Students went home with a large SchoolStore Envelope in their book bags. This is amazing fundraiser and very easy for our school to raise a large amount of money. Last year we raised $9600 in Caring for Classroom Teacher Gift Cards and $2200 in Cash Rebates to help fund Field trips and purchase Supplies for our school with.
All you have to do is go to www.schoolstore.net to sign up to participate and then return the filled out envelope back to your student’s teacher. Every student who returns their envelope completed will receive a participation prize, a plush book bag buddy. Every child who returns their complete envelope by Friday, September 20th will be entered in to a classroom and school (College Square) wide drawing. The classroom prize is a plush arm buddy and the school wide drawing is a talking dancing Emoji Robot.
SchoolStore works like E-Bates. Once on the School Store’s website click on the merchants tab and then choose the online store you wish to shop on. Our school will get a portion of what was spent.
School Store also offers Teacher Gift Cards called Caring for Classrooms.
