The Hardy PTO is at the heart of the school community – an inclusive and welcoming group of caregivers, teachers and administrators whose mission is to build community and enrich the Hardy experience. The Hardy PTO organizes and manages many events and activities including:
Back-to-School Picnic | Caregiver Coffee Socials | Hardy Garden Planting | Bike Rodeo | Harvest Fest | Trunk or Treat | The Great Pumpkin Rescue! | Class Field Trips | Enrichment Assemblies | Lost & Found Management | Craft Days| Caregivers’ Night Out | Jim Swan Memorial 5th Grade Trash Pick-a-Thon | Hour of Code Week| Hardy Auction | Book Fair & Literacy Night | Family Skate Night | STEAM Maker Festival | Field Day | End-of-Year Picnic | EATS Snack Program | and so much more!
2025-26 Caregiver Survey & Classroom Coordinator Sign up
We invite all caregivers to be a part of the Hardy PTO – you can attend a monthly PTO meeting, plan a student enrichment event around one of your passions, sign up to be our child’s classroom coordinator, or sign up for a shift at one of our many events. Our community is made stronger by volunteering and engagement, so please reach out by filling in this 25-26 Hardy Caregiver Survey & Classroom Coordinator Sign Up!
To learn more, please visit our website, attend a monthly PTO meeting, or email president@hardypto.com. Not sure where to start? Sign up to be a “Hardy Helper” and we will send out an email when help and volunteers are need.
The Hardy PTO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded by donations from families. To keep the fundraising process straightforward, a direct donation drive is held annually in the fall. The suggested donation is typically ~$145/child. Please note that classroom coordinators also collect a nominal (and optional) contribution from families for things like teacher holiday, birthday and appreciation gifts.
The Hardy PTO accepts PayPal, Venmo, check, or cash for donations. Your donations help stock classrooms, fund field trips, cultural and enrichment events and so much more.
The Hardy PTO is making back to school easier for students and teachers by ordering $8,000 of supplies to help reduce back-to-school supply lists for families. Supplies are ordered in consultation with teachers, and the PTO will deliver them directly to classrooms.
Families will still need to provide a backpack and lunch box (if your student plans to bring lunch), a water bottle, and daily snack. If you need financial assistance in providing any of these items for your Hardy student, please reach out to the principal and they will arrange for the PTO to provide them while maintaining your anonymity.
Upcoming Events:
✏️Wednesday August 20th at 6:30pm at the Gibree residence or via zoom - August PTO Meeting
🥨Thursday August 21st at 6PM at Craft Food Hall Cambridge - Caregivers' Night Out
📸Monday September 8th - Picture Day
🍧Friday September 12 at 6:15pm on the playground - Back-to-School Bring-Your-Own Picnic Featuring FREE Kona Ice
🥯Saturday September 13 7AM - 2M - Wicked Bagel Lexington Fundraiser - 50% of your purchase of dozens of bagels goes to the Hardy PTO!
✏️Wednesday, September 17 at 6:30pm in the Hardy Library or via Zoom - September PTO Meeting
Please reach out to get involved today! | president@hardypto.com | HardyPTO.com
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Research shows that students who are consistently hungry are more likely to have developmental and educational issues. Giving kids snacks allows them to concentrate on learning — not on their hunger.
The snack program at our school, supported by Arlington EATS and the Hardy PTO, makes sure that kids have access to nourishing snacks throughout the school day. Our goal is to provide snacks to any child who needs one so that there is no stigma attached to being hungry.
With this as our guiding principle, we know we will feed kids who simply forgot their snack, are growing, are extra hungry, or are from a family that is struggling to put food on the table. Once they have enough to eat, then they can get back to the work of being a student.
With that in mind, we ask if you can afford snacks, you provide them for your child. But you should know that if you forget one day, we have you covered! If you find your kiddo is ignoring the snack you send from home, help them understand that Hardy snacks are only for when they forgot theirs or are extra hungry.
Additionally, if you have the ability, we ask that you help support our snack program by donating to the Hardy PTO, which fully funds snack purchases.
Snacks are available in classrooms and the nurse’s office. Please email snacks@hardypto.com with questions.
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Attend a monthly PTO meeting on the second or third Wednesday of each month from 6:30-8pm in the Hardy library and over zoom (please check the PTO Calendar and sign up for updates)
Sign up to be a “Hardy Helper” and we will send out an email when help and volunteers are need or simply email president@hardypto.com
Visit our website HardyPTO.com for tools, resources, a calendar of events and more |
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Fifth graders enjoy many SPECIAL end-of-year activities as they wrap up elementary school. These extra activities are paid for by fundraising events that are run by the 5th Graders (with a ton of caregiver, teacher, and PTO help).
More information about volunteering is coming, but the main 5th grade fundraisers are:
Questions or want to help? Email president@hardypto.com |
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