So What Exactly is the PTO?
Simply put the PTO is all of us, and we’re dedicated to improving every student at Discovery.
Your Discovery Elementary PTO Supports…
- Art
- Music
- Accelerated Reader program
- Library supplies
- PE equipment
- Principal’s recognition awards
- Safety/peace patrol
- Student council
- Ed-Connect phone system for all-calls
- Room parent program
- And much, much more!
The goal of our school’s PTO is a fairly simple one – to enrich the lives of every child who attends Discovery Elementary. We do this by providing additional learning opportunities through science, art and music. We do this by engaging each child by organizing after-school events so that they remember that we’re not all about work, and that play is an important component to their education. We do this by encouraging them to participate in extracurricular activities like safety patrol, peace patrol, and student council. Finally, we do this by putting together a team of parent volunteers who not only help these kids in the classroom, but who work tirelessly to put on all of the family-friendly events we have throughout the year.
So how do we do this? We start with those dedicated parent volunteers and the thousands of hours they donate to Discovery students, we add in all the generous contributions from families, friends and local businesses, and before you know it we’re on our way to another successful year.
But we still need your help. The Discovery Elementary PTO is made up of all of us. Yes, you are a member of the PTO even if you didn’t know it. The difference between a good year and a great year is dependent upon the participation of as many of you as possible, and we invite you to join us. Continue visiting this website to see what we’re up to, send us an email and let us know how you’d like to help, purchase some of our awesome spirit wear or make a one-time or recurring donation. Most importantly, ask your children about the programs they’re participating in; chances are, the PTO has something to do with that!
100% of PTO funds go right back into the classroom!
2020-2021 Executive Board
Lana Mills, President
Stacy Starr, Vice President
Missy Mazzola, Secretary
Brandi Gunderson, Treasurer
Cathy Fulton, Co-VP Fundraising
Kirsten Norman, Co-VP Fundraising
Sophie Muller, VP of Student Activities
PTO Meeting Minutes
President’s Message
Greetings Discovery and Discovery LEVS Families,
Welcome back to another exciting year! While the coming months are unforeseeable and the
times are rapidly changing, please know that our teachers, administrators, support staff and
parents who make up the PTO are here to help and support you every step of the way.
It is the mission of the PTO to enrich the lives and learning experience of every student at
Discovery. In order to complete this mission, we rely heavily on your continued involvement,
volunteer efforts, and monetary donations. Your generous contributions allow us to offer
students our highly regarded STEAM and Maker Space programs, our extensive online learning
resources such as AR, MyOn and ST Math, necessary supplies to help support our music, art,
library and PE classes, as well as school equipment and fun and engaging events throughout the
school year. We could not provide any of these wonderful resources without your help, time,
support and generous gifts.
The PTO meets the first Monday of every month via Zoom (link to follow). I encourage every
one of you to join us in asking questions, offering suggestions, providing feedback, and helping
us plan fun and engaging activities throughout the year.
Again, while this coming school year looks quite a bit different than years past, there are still a
multitude of ways you can continue to be involved and support our school’s needs. We have
established Amazon Smile, Target and Ralph’s Rewards programs, a newly designed online,
contact-less store where you can purchase Discovery Spirit Wear and merchandise, monthly
Dine Outs which help to also support our local businesses and community and our upcoming
Cash Drive, which is the only event during which 100% of your donations go DIRECTLY to our
school.
We also encourage you to follow us on Social Media for the latest news and updates. We are on
Facebook and Instagram @discoveryelementarypto, or visit www.discoverypto.com for more
information. As always feel free to email us directly at discoveryptosmusd@gmail.com with any
questions or concerns you may have. We are here to help.
I look forward to a fun and exciting year with all of you!
Sincerely,
Lana Mills
Discovery PTO President