Kenwood PTA Year-in-Review 2022-23

Ever wonder what your PTA is up to all year? Events! Volunteering! Resources!

There are so many ways–large and small, visible and invisible–that PTA volunteers work to support our excellent teachers and staff and make our community as welcoming, connected, and joyful as possible.

If you see anything here that interests you, please let us know! Many hands make lighter work. And new voices are always appreciated.

Meetings

  • Held monthly in person/virtually, open to all Kenwood caregivers

Community Events

  • Back to School Open House / Ice Cream Social

  • Coffee + Kleenex (Kindergarten caregivers)

  • Kenwood Crawl

  • Fall Family Festival with Roots Dance Performance

  • Family Sledding Parties (3)

  • Scholastic Book Fair

  • Plant Sale

  • Spring Family Picnic

  • Last day of school popsicle party

  • Summertime kindergarten playdates

Volunteer Support

  • Yearbook

  • Room reps (K-5)

  • School lunch helpers (daily)

  • Picture Day

  • Pumpkin picking at the Young Walser Farm

  • Smarts + Arts Night

  • MIA Art Adventures ("picture people")

  • Winter gear distribution and cleaning

  • Prospective Families Open House

  • Walk/Roll to School Day

  • Woody's Birthday

  • MPS Middle School Information Session

  • Woodchuck Walks (Fall and Spring)

  • Field Day with Mr. K

  • Conference meals

  • Staff appreciation

  • DNR School Forest at Cedar Lake (oriole feeders)

  • Kindergarten registration

  • School garden on 21st Street

  • Math Masters 4th grade team

  • Lost and Found / donated clothing maintenance

  • 5th Grade completion ceremony

  • Recognition days (principal, nurses, etc.)

Residencies

  • Native American Art in the Present Tense (1-4th)

  • African Drumming + Dance w/ Brother Ghana (K, 1, 4)

  • Roots Global Dance (all school)

  • Midwest Food Connections (all school)

  • Pollinator Garden Art w/ Jeanne Styczinski (3rd)

  • Children's Theater Company (2nd)

Other funding

  • Classroom teacher stipends

  • Media center supplies

  • Physical education supplies

  • Field trip bus support

  • Gift cards for school social worker Ally

  • Sensory room equipment

  • Green Team (school garden, etc.)

  • 5th Grade trip to Camp Northern Lights

  • Student Council

  • Piano Lab and band equipment

  • Yearbook

  • Welcome Wagon (book, t-shirts, etc. for new families)

  • Transportation for community events

  • Scholarships

Fundraising

  • Kenwood Crawl

  • Give to the Max campaign

  • Read-a-thon

  • Dining for Dollars partnerships w/ local restaurants

  • Spirit wear sales (now online and in person)

  • Fall food truck (donuts and apples)

  • Kowalskis receipts

Marketing + Communications

  • Kenwood PTA newsletter (biweekly)

  • Kenwood PTA website (kenwood-pta.org)

  • Social media (Instagram @kenwood_pta + Facebook)

  • School tours for prospective families

  • Features produced for Hill and Lake Press