Monday Message- October 30, 2017

Thank you from the Halloween Hustle committee!
Thank you to everyone who made the Halloween Hustle 5K a success.  We had a beautiful day with many Center families walking and running, impressive costumes, visits from the Cardinal and Boomer from the
Springfield Thunderbirds, face painting, Jamberry Halloween nail wraps with Center Parent Rachel Combe and more! We are very appreciative of the support of our volunteers and our local community.  A special thank you goes out to:

* All of the Center Parents who worked behind the scenes to prepare for this event and make sure it ran smoothly: Beth Benzaquin for this year's awesome running ghost logo and design help, Darby Mathur and Bianca Gonzalez for fundraising, Lindsey Nuzzo for decorating, and our preregistration and race day logistics team.

* The committee of 5th graders who organized and ran the judging for the costume competition

* Tim and Jill at Fleet Feet Longmeadow who did our race timing and helped us learn a new registration and timing system

* Boomer of the Springfield Thunderbirds for making an appearance at the event to cheer on the runners

* The Szierzewski Family who sponsored the race but whose name was inadvertently left off of the t-shirt.  We are grateful for your support!

* All of our local business that helped us through financial donations to our event and prizes for our
raffle- Logo Sponsors:  Myers, Commonwealth Kitchen Major Sponsors: Bay Path University, Big Y, Bolducs Apparel, McKenna and Caban Family Orthodonics, Fleet Feet, Kasperowski Family Dental, Longmeadow Montessori Internationale, New England Dermatology and Laser Center, Pantuosco's Soccer Camp, Playful Minds, Strictly Corporate, SWEAT, Vonnahme Eye Care Business Sponsors: The Arbors Kids, Artistic Dance Conservatory/ Balance Yoga and Fitness, Daly Law, P.C., Elements Mobile Shrinkwrapping, Grapevine Pizzeria and Restaurant, Hadley Printing, Marcotte Ford, Law Offices of Glen P. Ringbloom, Next Level Adventure. NRG Real Estate Services, PSI Partners in Scientific Inquiry

Family Sponsors: The Barresi Family, Sean and Gwen Fazio, The Falcone Family, The Fromm Family, The Gonzalez Family, Donna Hutton, The Hutton Family, The Morrin Family, The Sanger Family, The Swierzewski Family, The Tracy Family, The Trotta Family

Raffle Sponsors: Competitive Edge, Enfield Tennis Club, Family Bike, Fast Feet, Grapevine, Jumping Clay Art, Kiddly Winks, LEEF, Dazzle Face Painters and Let's Go Art, Longmeadow Parks and Rec, Luigi's Pizza, Michael Robie, Michael Szwed Jewelers, Pure Barre, Rachel Combe, Independent Jamberry Consultant, Rinaldi's Pizza, Springfield Thunderbirds, Tradition Lacrosse

Great job everyone!

Katie Wartman
Katie Sullivan
Anne-Marie Tossing
2017 Halloween Hustle co-chairs

Save the date: November PTO meeting
The November 1st PTO meeting is being rescheduled to November 15th at 7pm to give us all a little time to catch our breath after Halloween.  We will send out the agenda soon!

Leef is this Saturday!
The Longmeadow Educational Excellence Foundation's (LEEF) annual fundraising gala is this Saturday, November 4!   Please visit https://www.goleef.org/gala2017 to purchase your tickets and support this wonderful foundation whose mission is to enrich and enhance the quality of education in Longmeadow
Public Schools!  

After School offerings
Check our the after school offerings for this fall- most classes meet once a week for five weeks.  View class descriptions and and register at https://apm.activecommunities.com/longmeadow/Home?online_site_id=3#

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