The PTO has been busy over the last month. Below is a summary of what we have been planning and what has been accomplished.
Annual Bake Sale: A Success!
The first fall activity,the Annual Bake Sale, was very successful bringing in $498.00. Susan Rattner, mother of Jacob Rattner in room 102 led the event. She had volunteers for every hour of the day and by 6 pm the table was almost completely sold out!! Thank you to Susan, the parents and the Carriage House staff who helped with baking, setting up and manning the table throughout the day.
Book Fair: Save the Date
Where: Carriage House Children’s Center
When: December 2-4. (Community/Family night : December 3rd) 
Joseph Beth Booksellers has partnered with us on the most requested parent activity, the Book Fair! If you are not familiar with Joseph Beth you should visit.
Joseph Beth will provide books and other educational materials for the fair with 20% of the proceeds going to the Carraige House PTO. The items have been chosen by CHCC teachers and parents with a focus on items that are developmentally appropriate and enhance language and literacy development. Parents will also have the opportunities to purchase pre-selected books for each classroom.
During this three day event, CHCC will provide educational opportunities for the parents as well as a community event/family night on Thursday, December 3rd,that will include dinner and story time activities for the children. If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Michelle Figlar at mfiglar@pghaeyc.org.
Other Updates:
Suggestions that were made in the month of October will be posted on the bulletin board outside of the office with a reply from the Carriage House directors.
Please keep making suggestions. The green suggestion envelope is on the bulletin board outside of the office. We will continue to check the envelope each month, review the comments at each PTO meeting and post replies on the bulletin board.
-The next PTO meeting is Thursday, November 19th at noon. All parents and teachers are invited to attend. Please email Ela Lewis if you would like to attend either live or via phone. elablewis@gmail.com
-Don’t forget that there is a holiday this month and the center will be closed at the end of the month. Please reference the school calendar.
-Last but not least, the 35th anniversary party planning is under way. The Carriage House Administration is deciding on dates and format. As soon as we have an update we will let you know. Thank you to everyone who has already volunteered, you will be contacted shortly.
Warm Regards,
The PTO
