Good morning,
This week’s Backpack Express is ready for your reading pleasure:
DEIB: The district’s DEIB committee has put together information on various holidays and observances for each month. You may access the June information here.
PTO: Here is information from our PTO:
Meeting: The final meeting of the PTO for this school year is Monday, June 3, 2024, at 7:00PM. This meeting will take place at Sowams.
PTO Board/Chair Descriptions - The PTO Board has several open positions for the 2024/2025 School Year. Along with Board members, we are also looking for volunteers to Chair various PTO Committees. The more volunteers and involvement we have from parents, the easier it is to ensure we deliver amazing programs to our Sowams students and faculty. Linked here is a document describing the Board and Chair positions. Please note, for all the Board positions, we are trying to have two volunteers per role. Click on the below link to select any of the Board or Chair positions you are interested in. You can select more than one. A confirmation email ensuring you are still interested in and able to serve in any selected positions will go out before the start of the school year. Please email kotsirisc@barringtonschools.org for the link to the sign up genius. The Board/Chair information and link can also be shared in any new parents’ communications being sent out as well from now to the start of the school year.
Outdoor Day Volunteers – Monday, June 17th will be Outdoor Day at Sowams. The students will get to participate in different game stations throughout the morning and this will be followed by a picnic lunch to be provided by the school. More details on lunch to follow, but we are looking for volunteers to help setup for Outdoor Day as well as run the 12 different stations. We are looking for 2 volunteers per station and the volunteers will stay at the same station all morning. We are also looking for some floater and backups. If you are interested in volunteering, you must have an active BCI check. Please email kotsirisc@barringtonschools.org for the link to the sign up genius.
Reading Week: Sowams School is celebrating Reading Week next week. There are various activities planned for our students. More information may be found here.
Book Swap: It’s not too late to bring in a book for the Book Swap happening next week. The Swap will take place during library classes. More information may be found here.
Community Notice: There is an upcoming workshop regarding Rt. 114.
Hope you have a great day.
Best,
Jim Callahan
Principal
Sowams School Mission: Everyone learns every day.
Sowams School Vision: Sowams School will engage students to be their best selves.