Happy Sunday! Great seeing so many of you at the Pancake Breakfast & Book Fair this weekend. Special thanks to Walter & Rebecca for all their flapjack/flapjill leadership, Lauren Griffin for leading a page-turning literary charge, and to a whole slew of parents (many of you!) who made both events run smoothly and successfully.

We should have a date for our next PTA meeting soon. Also, just a PSA & reminder that there is no parking in the school parking lot at any time. And no left hand turns into and out of the front circle during morning drop offs.

Keep reading to see what’s now & next from the PTA at Northeast. 💫

Nurse Christie is asking parents to donate clothing for her to loan to our kids when needed. She says: “Students need a change of clothing during the school day for a multitude of reasons — milk spills, accidents, muddy playgrounds. I include a washable sticker on the clothing that says “Property of Northeast School” and give each child a “please return this clothing” note so stock can be rotated. I take clothing home to wash on high heat between students.”

If you’re able to help, please click the button below to sign up. Clothing can be sent in with your kiddos.

…but not much! Northeast’s Winter Wreath & Poinsettia sale wraps 11/22. Support the 5th grade’s fundraising efforts and add the perfect festive flair to your seasonal decor. Pickup on Saturday, 12/7, from 9am-12pm at the front circle.

For an updated line-up of upcoming PTA-run events, please visit the Northeast PTA website. If an event has a charge and you’d like to arrange free tickets for your family, please email the Northeast PTA and we’ll make that happen.

• Donate to Northeast when you shop! Sign up here for Shop To Give, an easy way to support Northeast just by shopping as you normally do. It takes < 3 minutes to sign up and then you can automatically donate when you shop at over 25,000 local and national participating merchants.

• Celebrate with a book! The PTA is proud to partner with Watchung Booksellers to gift a book to every Northeast student during their birthday month. If your child has a birthday this month, email their name, homeroom teacher, and grade to northeastPTAmontclair@gmail.com. We’ll respond with a gift certificate and details on how to get your book.

• Hop on the Bike Bus every Friday! Bike Bus is a weekly group bike ride to all the Montclair elementary schools. Bike Bus happens Friday mornings and aims to make it joyful, fun, and safe to bike to school together. Just like taking the regular bus, Northeast families ride on this route and schedule and “hop on” along the way. To learn more, join the WhatsApp group and visit MontclairBikeBus.org.