Happy November from the PTO! We are so grateful for all the support we received from Edison families over the last month. There’s such a long list of “thank you’s” that this month’s newsletter feels a little bit like an acceptance speech at an awards ceremony!
A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated food items or money for the staff meals during conferences. We were able to provide a variety of soups, breads, and treats for the first night. And the second night, we were able to cater a meal from Honeybaked Ham.
We would also like to thank everyone who volunteered and shopped at the Scholastic book fair. We raised just over $1000 in scholastic dollars which will allow us to purchase books for the Edison library and classrooms. Extra special thanks to Samantha Wescott and Chanda Fawcett for organizing the bookfair.
Edison spirit wear makes a great holiday gift! We are working on another online spirit wear store - we are trying a new company! The online store will be available soon to purchase Edison Spirit Wear for Fall/Winter & Basketball season. Watch for an email in the next couple weeks.
We do have quite a bit of spirit wear in inventory. We currently have t-shirts (maroon, gray and tie dyed), hooded sweatshirts (gray and maroon), stocking hats (maroon & gray stripe) If you would like to purchase any in stock Spirit Wear or have questions, email EdisonMS.SpiritWear@gmail.com or text Angela at 605-376-8859.
Another giant ‘thank you’ to all our Color Run participants and volunteers. The event was a blast, and we raised just over $6000 for Edison! If you have any photos or videos from the Color Run that you'd like to share for the yearbook, you can email them to the PTO at edisonsiouxfalls@gmail.com.
Finally, we want to thank everyone who supported the catalog sales fundraiser. We know it's a lot to have two fundraisers back to back, so we appreciate those of you who took the time to participate. If you have orders and have not returned your order forms, please turn them in to the office ASAP. Online orders will still be accepted for this shipment until November 10th. Any orders that were shipped to the school will arrive and need to be picked up on December 14th. More details will be sent out in early December. Also, you can continue to place orders to earn money for our school for the next six months. The items have to be shipped to your home. So, if you love the cookies, pizza, popcorn, etc - you can order more any time!
We hope you can join us for our next PTO meeting on Wednesday, November 17th at noon via zoom. Look for an email with the zoom link, or you can find it on our website www.edisonsf.org.


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Go Cats!
LeAnn Minister and Nikki Schmaltz
2021-22 PTO Co-Presidents
Contact us
edisonsiouxfalls@gmail.com
www.edisonsf.org
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Edison's PTO
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES - October 5 & 7
Parent/Teacher conferences are around the corner! Even though conferences will be both in person and virtual, our teachers and staff are going to be in the building and are going to need dinner. They are so grateful to have these meals provided. Thank you for all your help in making this feasible. We have two options to help with the meals:

1. Donate food toward the "Soup/Chili/Dessert" night. Check out our sign-up sheet here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AAEAC29A0FE3-fall4
2. Donate funds toward the "Order in Individual Meals" night from a local restaurant. Make a donation here: Conference Meals (cheddarup.com) You can also drop off cash/check made out to "Edison PTO" in the main office.

HAVE YOU PURCHASED YOUR SPIRIT WEAR?
The Spirit Wear booth will be open during Parent Teacher Conferences. Drop by to check out all the Edison Cats apparel!
We are looking for volunteers to help at both the SpiritWear table and the Book Fair during conferences. If you are able to help please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AAEAC29A0FE3-fall5
COLOR RUN - October 15
We are eagerly awaiting the Color Run on Friday, October 15. Participation is looking great for the event! You can still sign up to volunteer at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054aaeac29a0fe3-edison4 You’ll have a blast...literally!
PTO MEETING - October 20
PTO meetings occur online on the third Wednesday of each month at noon. If you were not able to make our first meeting you can check out the minutes at www.edisonsf.org. We hope to see you at our next meeting on October 20.
CATALOG SALES KICK-OFF - October 20
Starting on October 20th we will be holding our final major fundraising effort of the school year, Cherrydale catalog sales. This ongoing fundraising supports our commitment to Edison and our students. As a PTO, we function solely off of donations and fundraising. In recent years our fundraising efforts provided much needed updates to the library, and supported our counselling, student, and classroom needs. Fundraising is optional and donations are welcomed. Both are very, very much appreciated. If you have further questions about our fundraising efforts, please contact edisonsiouxfall@gmail.com or read our monthly meeting minutes.
Edison PTO
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