• Presented by Erin Hatch
• Development Committee
  • Arco Iris has received $25K from a grant through Summer Bailey.
  • Also received 50K from ODE to support teachers training and assessments.
  • Committee is working with a new grant partner and working to submit 2-3 this month!
  • A new application was submitted to Tigard for school expansion after more support! 
• Next Board meeting Thursday, October 15th at 6:15pm via Zoom.
• Meetings are typically the third Thursday of the month and links to the meetings are posted in the Calendar on the Arco Iris website.

• 1st Friday of every month after morning drop off-> Next one Nov. 6th in school Gym. 
• Enter through the Gym, behind the school.

• Friday, October 9th: Staff Development/Work Day 
•  Hispanic Heritage Celebration (school organized event!) 
  • Friday, Oct. 9th 4-7pm–bring your ticket!
  • Still need volunteers for set up and take down.
• Friday, October 30th: Grading Day
• Wednesday, November 11th:  Veteran’s Day

Restaurant Nights - Mark 

• Chipotle made us $335, less than last year.
• Wed. October 14th Mod Pizza on Scholls Ferry
• Ways to increase visibility of restaurant nights? Some ideas are fliers around school, yard signs at the entrance of school. Someone suggested to print and send it home with students. PTO will work with admin to make sure this will work for the school. if you have ideas, please email Mark! Marknadamsjr@hotmail.com 503-747-9148

Bottle Drop - Melissa

• Bonus period in November! Bottle worth 20% more! Potential collection event if we can get help!!

Auction Parties - Crystal B. 

• Yoga party was so much fun! Thank you for all who attended.
• Spanish night out coming this month! 
  • October 24th at 5:30pm in Lake Oswego
  • $35 adults only (3 tickets left)
  • Fun night, zero pressure, learn some spanish!

• Lots of volunteer opportunities!!
• Sign your student up at mybooster.com.
• We are about $31,000 donated. Halfway to our goal of $65,000!
• If we reach our goal every student registered on mybooster.com will get a FREE day pass to Great Wolf Lodge and will receive other coupons to the lodge! 
• Fundraiser October 5th-16th. Next prizes include:
  • PJ day 
  • Free dress day
  • Popsicles
  • Dance party
• October 12th-16th Spirit Week 
  • Monday: Hat/Hair Day (uniform required)
  • Tuesday: Rainbow/Tie-Dye
  • Wednesday: Blast from the Past
  • Thursday: Silly Sock (uniform required)
  • Friday (Day of Move-A-Thon): Sports Day
  • Send photos of your student to be featured in the yearbook to yearbook@arcoirisschool.org

• Thank you for Back to School Night!
• Able to gift all teachers 2 items for classrooms & get Lotería Night prizes–next book fair will be in the spring!
• Volunteer interest forms: PTO will be reaching out to folks who are interested soon! 

• Orders will be distributed to students in their classrooms.
• If you have questions about your order please reach out to spiritwear@arcoirisschool.org

• Custodian appreciation (gave gift cards to 4 custodians and hung a new poster thanking them) Thank you to Erin for putting these together! 
• 4th grade stock the breakroom (Oct. 6th).
• Next stock the breakroom: 3rd Grade Tuesday, Nov. 3rd 

• Reminder – Arco asks that all families contribute at least 20 hours of volunteer time by the end of the year!! 
• Number of hours we log is a big asset in grant application. Logging hours contributes to the financial stability school!
• Reminder: Register for VicNet if you haven’t already done so! There are many ways to volunteer at Arco and they will all be posted on VicNet so make sure you’re registered!
• Check VicNet for upcoming opportunities… we have a lot of upcoming events and really rely on all our wonderful volunteers to make them happen! 
• After completing your background check, it will take about a week until you are able to view opportunities within the VicNet app. Thank you for your help and patience and always reach out to the volunteer team with any questions!

If you have any questions about VicNet or if you want to get more involved with one of our teams reach out to the volunteer coordinators at volunteer@arcoirisschool.org. --- Please also reach out if you are not seeing volunteer opportunities for your child’s class so you don’t miss out on anything!

• Check Vicnet for volunteer opportunities
• Next week is our second visit, please remember to bring books back so students can check new ones out!

• Big thank you to all the volunteers for our first art project with Faith Ringgold
• Next project will be Renoir & the date range is 11/5-11/18 Last one before winter break (look out for VicNet posting for the specific classroom times later in October) 
• Volunteering for Art at Arco Iris is a fun way to get into your child’s classroom. All the training & classroom materials are provided. No art experience necessary! Don't want to lead? There are helper roles available as well! Any questions, email art@arcoirisschool.org

• We had three meetings for Room Rarent interest
• Still need one more for Gonzales/Santamaria 
• Will be picking by next week and will send out an email's!
  • Working to send emails out either way, even if you are not chosen this round.

Trunk or Treat!

• Oct 31st 11am-1pm
• Please sign up if you would like to decorate a car and pass out candy!
• Sign up here: https://forms.gle/FocaPpip7KaTvY4EA

Book character day 

• Dress up as your favorite character on 10/29
• Please make sure students can easily access the restroom and please no masks

Friday, November 13th 

• Join us to walk in honoring Roby Bridges’s bravery! Participants are invited to wear something purple if they would like (like a headband, bracelet, shoes, sweatshirt, etc.) and you can make a sign that honors Ruby Bridges legacy: “racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children”. 
• Meet at the Greenway Park trail by 99 Ranch at 8:05; we will be leaving to walk at 8:10am down the trail, over the bridge, past the Fanno Creek Farmhouse to school. 
• Please do NOT drop off your child at this event. Please make arrangements that they are with a trusted adult who will be responsible for them during the walk until they get to school. 

Next PTO meeting is Thursday, November 12th via Zoom

Theme:  Resources for incorporating Spanish at home! 

• Questions? Comments? Suggestion? 
• pto@arcoirisschool.org