The COLOR RUN is a celebratory run (or jog…or walk) at the end of our fundraising period (now through 21April). The color run, a culmination of our fundraising efforts, is a fun and casual run open to all MCS students, family and friends, with the added bonus of color packets and color bottles (filled with a safe, chalk-like powder) to be thrown around to “paint” participants during the run!

The 1/2 mile run will take place on MCS grounds and will feature several color stations where runners will be hit with a cloud of color as they pass. If you enjoy the first 1/2 mile lap, feel free to do a second!

Every MCS student should have received a color run packet with instructions on how to participate in the fundraising portion of the color run. Each student who raises $30 is automatically registered to participate in the color run and will be given a t-shirt.

MCS students, family and friends are all invited to participate in the color at no cost. We just ask that everyone register at the link below (COLOR RUN REGISTRATION). Friends and Family joining the color run can purchase an official event tee ($10) at the same link below, during registration.

Please check out the COLOR RUN FAQ page (linked below) for more info about the event.

• COLOR RUN FAQ PAGE
• COLOR RUN REGISTRATION

FUNDRAISING: The color run is a celebration at the end of our fundraising period (now through 21April). Each MCS student is invited to help fundraise for this event with a school-wide goal of raising $30,000. The funds raised will go right back to the school to be used for enrichment activities (e.g. Field Day), security initiatives and school enhancements (e.g. bathroom remodels and a new gym floor).

In addition to the fundraising prizes listed on your students Color Run packet (which are geared toward fun swag to wear during the run), the PTO is holding weekly prize drawings which include great prizes such as extra recess, class pizza parties, gift baskets and a Nintendo Switch Lite! The weekly drawings/prize pool is NOT based on the amount of money raised. The weekly drawing/prize pool is based on the number of individual donations collected:

• DRAWING #1: Friday, March 31st – register and set up your donation page by March 30th to be entered into this drawing. This prize will be a Nintendo Switch Lite!!!
• DRAWING #2: Friday, April 7th – get 5 donations by April 6th to be entered into this drawing
• PRIZE #3: Friday, April 14th – The grade that gets 100 combined donations by April 14th
• PRIZE #4: Friday, April 21st – The grade with the most individual donations by April 21st

The MCS Annual Golf Open is BACK!

The golf open will be held on Monday July 10th at Quidnessett Country Club (private course). Registration begins at 11:30am with a 1pm shotgun start.

Just as in years past, there will be games at various holes, raffles ticket and a post-golf meal as well as a buffet lunch.

Early bird registration begins April 1st!

• GOLF OPEN REGISTRATION
• GOLF OPEN SPONSORSHIP

We are looking forward to the winter break next week …but first, an update from your PTO!

A few events you can register for right now:

• • • Father Son Nerf Night: Thursday, March 30th from 5pm-7pm ($20/person includes nerf gun, darts, eye protection, pizza and drinks); Extreme Airsoft, Peace Dale
    • Father Daughter Dance: ‘A Night Under the Stars’ Friday, April 21st from 5pm-9pm ($30/person includes DJ, photo booth with props, sit down dinner, and dancing); Quonset O Club, North Kingstown
    • Parents Night Out: Thursday, April 27th from 6pm-8pm ($0/person includes private function space and music); The Tilted Barn, Exeter. **Adult beverages and food truck items available for purchase**
    • Field Day Volunteer: Friday, June 2nd – all day (includes a hot lunch from the grill); Monsignor Clarke School

A few more events you can volunteer for:

• MCS First Annual Color Run: email Kent Dresser or Lisa Stanelun via the PTO email
• MCS Annual Golf Tournament: This event still needs someone to chair it; simply email the PTO Golf Inbox to express your interest. Planning starts early March!
• Father Daughter Dance: Kick-off planning meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:30pm via Zoom (Meeting ID 447 516 6432 Passcode: 469288)

A few events you can save on your calendars:

• MCS First Annual Color Run: Sunday, May 7th (time TBD); Monsignor Clarke School
• MCS Annual Golf Tournament: Monday, July 10th 11:30am registration; early bird registration coming soon!
• Mother Son Bowling Party: Saturday, May 13th from 11am-1pm ($20/person includes 2 hrs of bowling, shoe rental, pizza and drinks, an extra $5 gets you a $10 arcade card); Old Mountain Lanes, Wakefield
• Family Day: Saturday, May 20th from 2pm-5pm ($25/person includes UNLIMITED activities and a small ice cream); Adventureland, Narragansett

We welcome feedback at any time!

Please email us with questions, comments and ideas!

We are looking for parents to help make our Christmas Festival a HUGE success

Sunday, December 4th

9:00am to 3:00pm

Monsignor Clark School

Christmas Festival

This open-to-all community event is sure to be a smashing success because of the support of MCS parents. We are still looking for help with this event so we’re bringing you this special edition PTO Newsletter as a bat-signal, looking to parents, teachers and middle school students who may be able to lend a hand.

Here’s where we could really use additional help:

• SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR – volunteers are needed Friday (Dec 2, 9am-noon) and Sunday (Dec 4, all day)
• BAKE SALE – we would greatly appreciate any an all donations of baked goods. These can be store bought or home made. If home made, the items need to be individually wrapped with ingredients labeled, please. Donations can be brought to MCS on Friday (Dec 2nd) and Saturday (Dec 3rd)
• SPREADING THE WORD – Very attractive event yard signs are going to be available at parent pick-up this Friday afternoon. We would greatly appreciate it if you would consider putting one up in your yard to help spread the word throughout our communities about this free-and-open-to-all holiday event!
• FRIDAY FESTIVAL PREP – volunteers are needed Friday after school. This group will decorate the school and move vendor tables (~60+) around the school. This is a wonderful job for strong, energetic individuals [we’re looking at you, dads and middle school students]. If you have decorations you’re looking to purge this year, don’t toss them, re-purpose them to the PTO! We’d be happy to take (good condition) festive décor; please contact the PTO via email to let us know you’d like to drop off items.
• SUNDAY FESTIVAL: EARLY AM and LATE PM – volunteers are needed 6:30am-9am and 4pm-6pm to help vendors load and unload and take down decorations. Double service hours will be granted to MS volunteers for these slots
• SUNDAY FESTIVAL – we’re looking for volunteers (2hr slots – select as many as you’d like). Spots are open all day and include jobs such as:
  • PHOTOGRAPHER – we’re looking for someone who is willing to take photos of kids with Santa. You may bring your own camera or we can supply one (with tripod). Photos will be emailed to families.
  • KITCHEN – volunteers will be putting together food orders for vendors and patrons
  • KIDS GAMES & CRAFTS – great for MS volunteers
  • RAFFLES – hourly raffles (on-the-hour raffle; items donated by vendors), stage raffles (raffle items supplied by PTO; announced in the afternoon) and Golden Ticket raffle (one BIG item supplied by PTO; announced in the afternoon)
  • LUNCH – adults and MS volunteers can help ensure vendors lunches are delivered
  • GIFT WRAPPING – we’re going to offer gift wrapping and this is another great spot for middle school volunteers (and adults)
  • TEACHERS – teacher volunteers are always appreciated to help manage financial transactions

• FAQ Page
• Event: Volunteer Now
• Book Fair: Volunteer Now

The funds generated from this massive event are poured right back into the school. The school has several capital projects they would like to tackle and this year, the PTO and MCS have their sights set on refreshing the school’s elementary bathrooms.

Wednesday, November 30th from 7pm to 8pm @ MCS Elementary Science Lab (simulcast via ZOOM)

Christmas Festival Volunteer Planning Meeting!

Calling all volunteers – please join us on Wednesday Nov 30th (7pm) via Zoom.

We will review volunteer roles and responsibilities at the upcoming Christmas Festival. 

Can’t make it? You can still sign up to volunteer at the Christmas Festival.

Get more info my emailing the Christmas Festival Committee or checking out our FAQ page HERE.

Haven’t signed up yet? Read on for where volunteers are needed…

One of MCS’ very own middle school students will also be at the Christmas Festival executing his service project.

Please consider supporting by checking to see if you have golf gear/supplies gathering dust in your home. Set yourself a reminder to bring those down to the Christmas Festival on Sunday Dec 4th and help Anthony’s project thrive!

Parent Volunteers… because this is such a HUGE event, we need the help of many volunteers. 

Events: We need volunteers to help all throughout the day in small, managable tasks and windows of time.  We’re looking for both parent volunteers and middle/high school students looking for service hours. Volunteers slots and descriptions can be found in the Event:  Volunteer Now! button below.

Scholastic Book Fair:  We need adult volunteers to help cash out book purchases, look up Scholastic Book Fair eFunds and help little ones shop for books.  Volunteers are needed at the event (Sunday Dec 4th) as well as the week leading up to the event (Nov 28th through Dec 2nd) in limited hours.  Volunteers slots and descriptions can be found in the Book Fair: Volunteer Now! button below.

Volunteer now!!! Event signup  |  Book fair signup

Dear MCS Families,

On behalf of the PTO, we’d like to express our sincere thanks to all who came out to the Spooktackular event on Saturday. There were so many smiling faces! Who else LOVED seeing the younger kids doing a conga line in their costumes??? 

With 130 new students in our school this year, it certainly made this event bigger and better than ever! …and bigger is an understatement – we had over 450 people attend the event this year and 35 vehicles in place for Trunk or Treating – breaking all previous MCS Halloween Spooktacular records!

Competition for best Trunk was at an all-time high this year – a huge thank you to volunteers and their creative trunks. This year will be difficult to top. Kids and parents alike loved this part of the event.

Apologies to any middle school students who had to miss the haunted hallway. The hallway had to be closed early when an outdoor fog machine set off smoke detectors; the wind was just right to blow the fog back into the open doors of the school. At the request of SKFD, we had to close the hallway early to ensure a safe event.

Events like this can only happen with your involvement. We have some other events coming up and we’d love to see you and have your participation:

• AT OUR NEXT LARGE EVENT –  Sunday, Dec 4th, MCS PTO will host the Annual Christmas Festival right here at MCS which will run from 9am to 3pm and will be open to the entire community (not just MCS families). There will be a Scholastic Book Fair presence the day of the event and the week before the event.   
• TAKE THE LEAD ON AN EVENT – We have several exciting event options including the Annual Golf Tournament (tentatively June 2023 – no golf experience necessary) as well as the Mother/Son (tentatively April 2023) and Father/Son (tentatively May 2023) events.
• VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME DURING AN EVENT – We have many other events planned which will require help from volunteers – be on the lookout in the Friday MCS emails or Monthly PTO Newletter emails for more opportunities.

If you’re interested in helping with the Christmas Festival or the associated book fair, taking the lead on future events, volunteering your time, or just want to know more – please email the PTO to express your interest or attend the next PTO meeting on Wendesday November 9th at 7pm (either in person at MCS, or via Zoom). 

(Actual photo of a PTO volunteer having fun)