Neil Cummins Weekly, Week of February 2, 2025

February 5 NC PTO Meeting 8:15am Room A1

February 7 All School Assembly 8:20am - READATHON Wrap up NC Gym

February 7 Coffee Chat at NC 9:00am in NC Music Room

February 11 LCMSD Board Meeting 6:00pm Hall Library (Special Budget Study Session and Regular Board Meeting)

February 14 All School Assembly 8:20am - 5th Grade Band Performance NC Gym

February 14 Early Dismissal K-5 at 1:30pm

Dear Neil Cummins Families,

Happy February! We hope you had a wonderful weekend and are ready for another fantastic week ahead

A huge THANK YOU to our amazing Readathon team for organizing such a fantastic event! Your dedication and hard work have helped inspire a love of reading in our students. We are so grateful for your support in making this event a success!

Sincerely,

Kyle Shaw

Neil Cummins Principal

Lunch Sign ups for February - Please sign up HERE.

Board Updates On January 22 the Board met and discussed the Facilities Master Plan, 2024: A Year in Review, and the LCAP Mid-Year Update. The Board approved the budget adoption calendar, sanctuary district resolution, and school accountability report cards. All agendas can be found here.

 An enormous THANK YOU goes out to Anne-Marie Tasto and Lisl Dupree for heading up an amazing Readathon team!! The entire NC community could feel the energy from all of the great events they put on, thank you thank you for helping to support our schools in PTO’s biggest fundraiser of the year!

February PTO Meeting Join us Wednesday February 5 at 8:15am for our monthly PTO meeting. Check in at the office first and then come to room A1 to get updates, share input and find out what events are coming up. Here is our agenda. 

PTO Board 2025-26 - With 2025 here, we are already thinking ahead to the PTO Board slate for the 2025-2026 school year. Several positions will become open or need some extra hands. If you would like to get more involved with the PTO or have any questions, please reach out to president@ncpto.org

Recess Enrichment - We Need More Parent Helpers  We are looking for more parents to lead activities or station themselves on the recess yard, let us know if you are interested at president@ncpto.org

This week’s schedule continues from last week. Please remind your students of this schedule. Students will eat lunch first and then can report to these activities. 

Monday 

-Field Games with Coach Arroyo on the grass (K-5) 

Tuesday 

-Yoga with parent and Metta Yoga Teacher Sarah Walter in the Music Room (K-5) 

-Zentangle with Ms. Dorota C5 (3-5) 

Thursday 

-Flag Football with parent Angela Movafaghi on the grass (K-2) 

-Doodle Art with parent Jen Moss in the Hawk Haven (3-5) 

-Comic Book Club and Rubik’s Cube Club, led by 5th grade students in E3 and E4 (3-5

Friday 
-Magic the Gathering with Mr. G C6 (3-5) 

Parent Ed Events
A special thank you again to The Lark for hosting the Screenagers viewing. For those who were unable to attend, Screenagers is generously offering a 2-week window from 1/29 - 2/12 for you to watch the film from home. You can access it by:

1. Click this link 

2. Register with your email

3. Scroll down and select a free ticket to view the film

4. Once signed up, you’ll receive an email with a link to watch Screenagers from 1/29 - 2/12

These valuable parent education opportunities are made possible thanks to your generous donations to the Neil Cummins PTO. Your support helps bring important conversations and resources to our community—thank you!

Full Parent Ed Events Page here.

Hawks’ Garden Updates
Garden Work Party - thank you! 

We were blown away by everyone’s help this past weekend at our first work party of the school year. Learn more.

Ongoing discount codes for Neil Cummins PTO givebacks and discounts