hardy pto agenda minuteS
August 11, 2026
For your information
- PTO Meetings will take place on the second Wednesday of every month in the evenings in the Hardy library & on Zoom – the info will be in the weekly PTO newsletters.
- Water Bottle Fundraiser: Hosted by Linda Carella (Lake St crossing guard). $5 for every $20 water bottle goes to Hardy PTO. Link to Google form is here.
- Label Everything: Please label everything your child brings to Hardy - clothing, lunch bag, water bottle, tupperware, etc. Use a sharpie pen or buy labels such as Mabel’s Labels. 20% off Mabel’s Labels purchase goes to Hardy PTO if you use the link and search for Hardy Elementary School PTO (Arlington). Link to fundraising page is here.
- EVENTS:
- Caregiver Coffees (K & 1-5) - Sept 18 (open to feedback);
- Back to School Frozen Treat Social - Sept 11th (open to feedback)
MEETING MINUTES
- Welcome & Updates
- Welcome back PTO Board & PTO members!
- PTO now has a Canva account that can be used for creating flyers
- Principal’s Report - Gretchen Saunders
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- New teacher assignments go went out on August 18th
- New app called ParentSquare to be introduced
- Will be implemented within the first month of school
- Pushes out emergency notices & will compile the latest info
- Uses the PowerSchool login
- More information to come
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Committee Updates
- Treasurer - Brian Gibree
- Adding line item for candy for Trunk or Treat
- Voting on new and updated items
- Asking for $150/per person to assist with funding this year’s budget
- 25/26 budget review
- Raised over $60K last year
- Still have around $9K in funds leftover; PTO to inquire about how to utilize funding in various ways
- Most of the expenses covered & the funding asked for is the same
- Fundraising - Lisa Morella
- Already has several potential collaborations lined up
- Proposing to change partner for ski activities - changing to Sun & Ski sports
- Submitting a Vail ski pass for the auction this year
- Linda’s water bottle fundraiser has kicked off
- Enrichment
- Planning for some of the same topics from last year
- Looking for input from parents/caregivers for ideas
- Safe Routes to School
- Plans for pedestrian and bike training for students
- DIG
- In process of planning calendar for the upcoming school year
- Arlington Human Rights commission has workshops and trainings available for elementary-age children
- Trainings based around incidents that happened in and around Arlington Public Schools
- Coordinating with other APS PTOs for different activities
- Suggestion from students to start a kid-version of Hardy Helpers that can be under the Green Team umbrella
- Classroom Coordinators
- Looking for volunteers
- Kate’s last year leading the committee
- Upcoming Events
- Kindergarten Bookwalk (volunteers needed)
- Curriculum Night TBD - PTO looking at date as potential kick-off for Direct Donation Drive
- Harvest Fest/Bike Rodeo - potential dates are Oct 3rd or Sept 26th
- Trunk or Treat - Oct 30th
- Back to School Social - Sept 18th
- Wicked Bagels - Sept 26th
- Heights Pub - Sept 22nd
- 1st Caregiver Coffee of the school year - Sept 11th
- Discussion of potential event in the December to send kids off before Christmas break
Please find archived minutes here:
Archived PTO Agenda Minutes 2026-2027 School Year
Archived PTO Agenda Minutes 2025-2026 School Year
Archived PTO Agenda Minutes 2024-2025 School Year
Archived PTO Agenda Minutes 2023-2024 School Year
Archived PTO Agenda Minutes 2022-2023 School Year
Archived PTO Agenda Minutes 2021-2022 School Year
Archived PTO Agenda Minutes 2020-2021 School Year
