Superintendent Gerlach to attend November Cottage Grove PTO meeting

Just an update. Mr. Gerlach has confirmed that he will join us at the next Cottage Grove PTO meeting on November 8th.

Cottage Grove PTO Fall Festival

The Cottage Grove PTO is gearing up for it's annual Fall Festival on October 2. The Festival will once again be held at Taylor Prairie from 10 am - 4 pm and will include a lot of family fun! There will be games, food, a silent auction and, back by popular demand - a raffle. There will also be a Silly String Corral where kids and teachers will be able to have a good-natured silly string fight! The Monona Grove football players will be running a football toss game and the Monona Grove Pom Squad will be painting faces from 12-3. The EMS team will also be on sight to do some community education! New this year will be themed baskets created by each classroom. These baskets will be available at the Fall Festival, so be sure to come on over and check them out!!

This year, the Cottage Grove PTO will continue it's campaign to raise money for Smart Boards. Please mark your calendars and join us for this fantastic event!! See you then!!

The Little Engine That Could....

The Cottage Grove PTO has a goal. We want to put SMART Boards in our classrooms. Today, we came a little closer to our goal. I had the extreme pleasure of dropping off two checks today - one for Taylor Prairie and one for Cottage Grove School. Needless to say, I was received whole-heartedly by both schools. It was definitely the highlight of my day!

We are well on our way to our goal, but we have far to go. And just how do we plan on raising the money? A big part of it will be our annual Fall Festival. This year, the Festival will be held at Taylor Prairie on October 2 from 10-4. Mark your calendars!! If you want to be a part of this, feel free to contact me at cgrovepto@gmail.com. We will need a lot of people to help us make this happen, but I know we can do it! So join in the fun and help us attain our goal!!

The Power of the Volunteer

Holy smokes. I just got an interesting email. One of our parent volunteers here at the Cottage Grove PTO added up all the money that this organization has given to our schools in the past three years. The number is staggering...just shy of $120,000. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!! My jaw is still hanging open. I am so humbled by the amazing generosity that parents offer our schools - whether it is making a dessert for teacher conferences, working a shift at the Fall Festival or chairing a committee...COTTAGE GROVE PTO ROCKS!!!! Go parents GO!!