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Shamrock's biggest fall event is back! Bobby Sisk Homes, in partnership with the SGE PTA, presents the Shamrock Gardens Elementary Fall Carnival on October 6th. This annual event includes inflatables, games, music, face-painting, balloon-twisting, food trucks, and more. To avoid standing in line, purchase your $5 wristbands in advance from September 21st through October 2nd. Keep reading to learn more, and for other updates this month!

CARNIVAL DETAILS

Visit the SGE Fall Carnival webpage for up-to-date information about wristbands, food, and the full carnival map! A few highlights:

When/where: Friday, Oct. 6th, 5:00-8:00pm at the SGE Bus Loop

Attendance/wristbands: Wristbands are $5 for elementary students ages four and up. Adult chaperones and younger children enjoy free admission. All minors must be accompanied by an adult. With a wristband, SGE scholars can enjoy the inflatables and games, face painting, balloon twisting, the dunk tank, and the pie-in-the-face zone to their hearts’ delight! Wristband presales will begin September 21st.

Volunteers: are needed and can enjoy the festival while helping out! See the volunteering section below to sign up.

REMINDERS & UPDATES

Membership Toolkit: Don't forget to sign up for Membership Toolkit! You'll receive access to the private (optional) School Directory, the full school year PTA Events Calendar, and a signup for Rent the Rock. Simply visit shamrockpta.org and click LOGIN in the upper right corner to register for free.

Cafeteria: Starting October 2nd, families who are registered CMS volunteers will be able to come eat lunch with their scholars. If you want to buy lunch from the cafeteria for yourself, you can use the balance on your scholar's PayPAM account or bring cash. (Our advice: Trying the cheese dippers at least once is so worth it.)

Transportation: Thank you for everyone's patience while transportation bumps (no pun intended) get smoothed out during the first weeks of school. We appreciate your understanding about bus changes and accommodating families who are new to carpool procedures. Remember to follow these Car Line Procedures so drop-off and pick-up go as smoothly as possible for everyone!

Our volunteer needs have officially ramped up! We love our volunteers and appreciate any amount of time you are able to give. If you plan to volunteer in any way (including chaperoning field trips or eating lunch with your scholar), make sure you register at cmsvolunteers.com. This must be done every year!

FALL CARNIVAL

The Fall Carnival is a big endeavor, so we need your help! We need MANY volunteers to supervise all the fun inflatables and games. Click below to sign up for a one-hour slot. We appreciate your support in making events like these possible, as they strengthen our whole community!

CLUB FRIDAYS

Clubs are back! Club Fridays will start October 6th and will generally run the first and third Friday of each month through May. Grades 1-2 Clubs will be 8:30-9:20am and Grades 3-5 Clubs will be 9:30-10:20am. We need volunteers (who are registered CMS volunteers) to lead/assist with these clubs! You don't have to be an expert, just an enthusiastic and cheerful helper who enjoys working with our scholars. Sign up here.

ROOM PARENTS

We are looking for parents/guardians that would like to be room parents this year. Room Parents will replace the Grade Coordinator positions we've had in previous years. Responsibilities include:

1. Serve as a connection point and streamline communication between the teacher and parents.
2. Provide support to collect supplies, snacks, etc. per teacher requests.
3. Arrange and manage signups for parent volunteers for requested events.
4. Organize volunteers for stuffing Thursday folders and making copies.
5. Organize family contact information.

Fill out this interest form if you would like to be a Room Parent for your scholar's classroom!

LUCKY'S LIBRARY

Lucky's Library will reopen the week of October 9th! It will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 7:30-8:00am to scholars who have been completing the reading logs in their agendas and have received a Lucky's Library pass from their teacher. At least one parent/guardian volunteer is needed each morning to monitor the library and help scholars as needed. It's the perfect volunteer opportunity to knock out before work or an otherwise busy day! Sign up on the PTA website.

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Shamrock Gardens Elementary PTA

3301 Country Club Drive

Charlotte, NC 28205