Arno Elementary PTA

10/12/2026

🎉🐾 WE DID IT, ARNO! WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL! 🐾🎉

We set a goal of $30,000, and we’ve officially raised $30,790!! 🤯💚🤍

A HUGE thank-you to everyone who has registered, donated, shared our fundraiser, and supported Arno Elementary! We couldn’t have done it without you! 🥹🙌

But guess what?! WE’RE NOT DONE YET! 🎃👻

We will continue accepting donations through THIS FRIDAY! That means there’s still time to help us raise even more money for our students and give them amazing opportunities and experiences throughout the school year! 🐯💚

If you haven’t donated yet, there’s still time! Every little bit makes a difference!

THANK YOU, ARNO FAMILIES, FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND! Let’s see how much MORE we can raise before Friday! 🎉💚🤍

10/11/2026

🎄✨ **HOLIDAY FEVER IS COMING!** ✨🎄
And we need YOU to help make it merry, bright & successful! ❤️💚

The Allen Park PTA/PTSA Council’s Annual Holiday Fever Craft & Vendor Show** is almost here, and this is more than just a fun day of holiday shopping,

🎅 **WHAT'S HAPPENING AT HOLIDAY FEVER?**

🛍️ **Crafts & Vendor Show 100+ Vendors in 2 Large Gyms

🎅 **FREE Photos with Santa!** – Bring the kids, bring the grandkids, bring the whole family and capture some holiday magic! 📸🎄

🎟️ **50/50 Raffle**
🍪 **Bake Sale**
🍔 **Concessions**

🎁 **Basket Raffle** – We’re collecting donations of gift baskets, gift cards, merchandise and other fun items to make our raffle AMAZING!

Link to basket donation form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GW-Hg9917quB1gH7KA0lsxBWWDqKDwLr/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104930284649755133679&rtpof=true&sd=true

Facepainting, The Balloon Guys & Lincoln Park Nutrition 313 GB’s

🥞 **Band Boosters Pancake Breakfast** – Come hungry and enjoy a delicious breakfast while supporting our Allen Park Band Boosters!

🙋‍♀️ **VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!** – We can’t do this without our amazing Allen Park community! We need volunteers to help with setup, concessions, bake sale, basket raffle, admissions and more.

# # # ❤️ WAYS YOU CAN HELP ❤️

👉 **Volunteer:**
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094FABA723ABF85-66379483-2026

👉 **Donate Bake Sale Items:**
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094FABA723ABF85-66378384-2026

👉 **Help with Concessions:**
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094FABA723ABF85-66379355-2026

🎄 **MARK YOUR CALENDAR!** 🎄
📅 **November 7, 2026**
📍 **Allen Park**

Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your holiday shopping list. And maybe bring a sweet tooth! 😉🎅

❤️ **SHOP. EAT. RAFFLE. VOLUNTEER. GIVE.** ❤️

Most importantly, **HELP US HELP OUR SENIORS!** 🎓

🎁 **Let’s make Holiday Fever 2026 our best one yet!** 🎄✨

10/08/2026

Update:
Due to teachers needing to switch times, Ms. Foster’s class will be running at 1:00 tomorrow! Sorry for the inconvenience!

Update:
Due to teachers needing to switch times, Ms. Foster’s class will be running at 1:00 tomorrow! Sorry for the inconvenience!

Greetings! Tomorrow marks our annual Fun Run! Thus far we have raised 91% of our goal and have 310 out of 530 students registered! Team Fischer is in the lead! Although the run is tomorrow, donations can still be collected through October 16. Our goal is $30,000. We are currently at $27,435. The support and generosity has been phenomenal! We thank you all for your participation in the fundraiser!

Below is the list of class run times. Please remember to send your students to school in sneakers and to spectate from outside the fence line.

9:00 Szalay
9:15 Cervantes
9:30 Fischer
9:45 Warneck
10:00 Johnson
10:15 Smith
10:30 Kalis
10:45 Wiejacha
11:00 Foster
11:15 Bleau
11:45 McKenna
12:30 Harrison
12:45 Petee
1:15 Amonette
1:30 Huntington
1:45 Talamonti
2:00 Eskew
2:15 Susewitz
2:30 Zuke
2:45 Garza

10/08/2026

Update:
Due to teachers needing to switch times, Ms. Foster’s class will be running at 1:00 tomorrow! Sorry for the inconvenience!

Greetings! Tomorrow marks our annual Fun Run! Thus far we have raised 91% of our goal and have 310 out of 530 students registered! Team Fischer is in the lead! Although the run is tomorrow, donations can still be collected through October 16. Our goal is $30,000. We are currently at $27,435. The support and generosity has been phenomenal! We thank you all for your participation in the fundraiser!

Below is the list of class run times. Please remember to send your students to school in sneakers and to spectate from outside the fence line.

9:00 Szalay
9:15 Cervantes
9:30 Fischer
9:45 Warneck
10:00 Johnson
10:15 Smith
10:30 Kalis
10:45 Wiejacha
11:00 Foster
11:15 Bleau
11:45 McKenna
12:30 Harrison
12:45 Petee
1:15 Amonette
1:30 Huntington
1:45 Talamonti
2:00 Eskew
2:15 Susewitz
2:30 Zuke
2:45 Garza

10/05/2026

👹🏃‍♀️💚 MONSTER DASH UPDATE! 💚🏃‍♂️👻

The monsters are MOVING! 👹🔥 And we are getting SO close to our goal! 🎉

💰 $25,030 RAISED!
🎯 83% OF OUR GOAL REACHED!
👟 301/530 STUDENTS REGISTERED! — That’s 57% of our Cougars! 🐾
⏰ ONLY 4 DAYS UNTIL THE MONSTER DASH!
💚 12 DAYS LEFT TO DONATE!

🏆 CLASSROOM LEADERBOARD
🥇 Team Fischer is currently haunting the competition in 1st place! 👻
🥈 Team Smith is right behind them in 2nd! 🎃

We are SO close to reaching our $30,000 goal! Every registration, donation, and share helps our PTA provide buses, assemblies, student experiences, educational opportunities, and SO much more throughout the school year! 💚🤍

👹 LET’S KEEP THOSE MONSTERS MOVING! 👹
🏃‍♀️💨 Register. Donate. Share.
Let’s see how close we can get before MONSTER DASH DAY! 🎃🐾

10/04/2026

👻🏃‍♀️ MONSTER DASH UPDATE! 🏃‍♂️👻

We’ve made INCREDIBLE progress toward our fundraising goal! 🎉💚 With your support, we can reach the finish line together!

💰 $24,295 RAISED!
🎯 GOAL: $30,000
🏃 56% OF STUDENTS ARE REGISTERED!
💚 35% OF STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DONATION!

🔥 WE’RE GETTING SO CLOSE! 🔥

We need your help to hit our $30,000 goal by October 16, 2026!

And the MONSTER DASH IS ONLY 5 DAYS AWAY! 👻🏃‍♀️

This fundraiser is our BIGGEST fundraiser of the year and helps provide:

🚌 Field trip buses
🎭 Assemblies & special experiences
🎉 Student activities
📚 Educational opportunities
🐾 And SO much more throughout the school year!

🔥 CLASSROOM RACE UPDATE! 🔥

🥇 Team Fischer
🥈 Team Smith
🥉 Team Petee
4️⃣ Team Cervantes
5️⃣ Team Kalis

🚨 THERE’S STILL TIME TO REGISTER! 🚨

If you haven’t registered your student yet, now is the time! Register, customize your student’s fundraising page, and share it with friends and family.

Every donation makes an impact on your child, their classroom, and our entire school! 💚🐾

💥 $24,295 → $30,000!
💥 ONLY $5,705 LEFT TO GO!
💥 5 DAYS UNTIL MONSTER DASH!
💥 DONATIONS OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 16!

👻 LET’S FINISH STRONG, ARNO! 👻💚

👇 REGISTER OR LOG IN HERE:
https://www.getmovinfundhub.com/register?school_uuid=5d2dde700a4c3

Thank you, Arno families, for helping make this fundraiser such a HUGE success! 🐾💚

10/03/2026

🎩💰🏠 WE HAVE A MONOPOLY WINNER! 🏠💰🎩

🎉 CONGRATULATIONS, AMONETTE! 🎉

You’ve officially PASSED GO & COLLECTED THE WIN! 🎲💵

🏆 1st Place — Amonette
🎲 You won a BOARD GAME PARTY for your classroom PLUS a BOARD GAME to keep! 🥳🎉

🏠 2nd Place — Johnson
💰 You were SO close! Great job! 👏

🏠 3rd Place — Cervantes
🎉 Awesome job and thank you for participating!

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who joined our PTA membership drive! 💚🐾 We appreciate every single one of you for supporting Arno Elementary!

🎩 Keep an eye out for future giveaways, exciting events, and important PTA updates! 👀✨

Thank you for helping us build our Arno PTA community! 💚🏠🎲

Congratulations, Amonette! Enjoy your classroom board game party! 🎉

10/03/2026

🎉🎉 WE HAVE TWO MEMBERSHIP GIVEAWAY WINNERS! 🎉🎉

A HUGE congratulations to our two lucky winners! 🥳💚

🏆 Jimmy James
🏆 Ashlee Dyer

🎁 Congratulations — you both won a Wheat n Rye gift card! 🥪💚

Thank you to everyone who joined our PTA during our membership drive and helped support Arno Elementary! 🐾💚 We appreciate every single one of you!

Congratulations, Jimmy & Ashlee! 🎉👏

10/02/2026

It’s almost time to RUN cougar families!

10/02/2026

🚨🏠 TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! 🏠🚨

Our PTA Membership Drive ends TODAY, so there’s still time to help your child’s classroom climb the board! 🎲💚

🏠 JOIN TODAY & EARN DOUBLE HOUSES FOR YOUR TEACHER’S PROPERTY! 🏠🏠

The classroom with the most memberships wins:
🎉 A BOARD GAME PARTY for the class!
🎲 PLUS a BOARD GAME TO KEEP IN THE CLASSROOM!

🏆 CURRENT STANDINGS:
🥇 1st — Johnson
🥈 2nd — Amonette
🥉 3rd — Cervantes
4️⃣ 4th — Wiejacha
5️⃣ 5th — Petee

There’s still time to make a difference! Every membership helps your classroom move closer to the WIN! 🏠🎉

👉 JOIN TODAY: https://arnopta.givebacks.com/shop

Let’s see which classroom takes the top spot! 🎲🐾💚

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