Kingsley Elementary School PTA

REMINDER: End-of-Year Staff Gift Fund needs your help!

If you’d like to show your appreciation for our teachers and staff, please consider contributing to the End-of-Year Staff Fund by Friday May 29th. Participation is completely voluntary, and donations of any amount are VERY appreciated.

Ways to donate:

Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo: -Shapiro (last four digits: 4015) or -Weidaw (last four digits: 4208)
Cash or check: Leave in the PTA mailbox in the Kingsley lobby

End-of-Year Staff Gift Fund
If you’d like to show your appreciation for our teachers and staff, please consider contributing to the End-of-Year Staff Fund by Friday May 29th. Participation is completely voluntary, and donations of any amount are appreciated.

Ways to donate:

Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo: -Shapiro (last four digits: 4015) or -Weidaw (last four digits: 4208)
Cash or check: Leave in the PTA mailbox in the Kingsley lobby

👏 💗 It's so hard to say goodbye, but let's come together on June 5th for a special Clap Out for Teachers & Staff at 3:00 P.M.👏 💗

We will start lining up around 2:45 P.M. outside of the school to honor our incredible Kingsley teachers and staff. Community members and Kingsley alumni are welcome!

Buy Your Yearbook Now!!! 📕 We are still $2,000 under our sales goal, so buy a yearbook today and hold onto the memories of Kingsley's last year forever! The cost is $20 per book. Donations are very much appreciated to offset the cost so that every Comet receives an awesome yearbook that they can enjoy for many years to come. Order your yearbook TODAY! https://tcrwjf7m.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fmy.cheddarup.com%2Fc%2Fkingsley-school-yearbook-2025-2026%2Fitems/1/0100019e1d7aa3ac-2c1d4acd-71f9-43c3-aed6-60a48d1ce799-000000/EqXaLnEI9e_YHKEPwPqCLmzEm1U=473

Field Day is the morning of Monday, June 1st, and we need your help!

Sign up to volunteer with your student's grade, to set up, or both! https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10C0E4AA4A822ABFEC52-63607063-2026?useFullSite=false

Details will be emailed to the volunteers before the event. Questions? Email: [email protected] .

🌺Spring Fest is one of Kingsley's favorite events and we need your help to make this one the best one yet! Sign up today to volunteer for Spring Fest on Friday, May 29. We're holding onto some of our most talked about traditions like the exotic petting zoo and blow up obstacle course, and this year we're adding a foam pit! 🫧🐐

Volunteer here: https://tcrwjf7m.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.signupgenius.com%2Fgo%2F10C0E4AA4A822ABFEC52-63607086-2026/1/0100019e1d7aa3ac-2c1d4acd-71f9-43c3-aed6-60a48d1ce799-000000/zCfu7jT3O6iN2WUzhZGIOZ6nXEs=473

Have any old, stained, or otherwise unwearable clothes sitting around? Recycle them this weekend! ♻️👚👖🧦

It's almost YEA Fest (Young Evanston Artists) time again! May 16th from 10:00-3:00 in Raymond Park. Come see what our Comet artists have created, and stay to hear the Kingsley choir perform from 1:30-2:00.

We could use some volunteers to help set up from 9:00-10:00 and then help clean up from 3:00-4:00. Please reach out to Jess Loftus to sign up!

Fest details: https://www.openstudioproject.org/yeafestivalinformation

Happy Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week!!! Our incredible Kingsley crew deserves all the love and swag. 💗🧢

And thanks to our amazing PTA leads, Sarah Weidaw and Jess Loftus, who never miss a chance to make a moment extra special!

The 2025-2026 Kingsley Yearbook is underway and we need your help! We'd like to include a special section on Kingsley and are asking students, families and staff to share their memories and photos from their time at Kingsley. May 1st is the deadline to share your thoughts so email them to [email protected], or upload them here: https://tcrwjf7m.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdxsmQCX2_RkZL9gyzFty2BYU2rbVX25AJmKVF9rAxFeEMO6A%2Fviewform%3Fusp=header/1/0100019dd4f2ac70-7f8342fe-62cb-47aa-a0f4-06497e51b904-000000/A4ANhP4G2ASi9UGrOOXkWVQfTvg=473

Please continue to send any pictures you have from this school year to the yearbook ([email protected]). The deadline to submit pictures is May 1st and please be sure to include the grade(s) and event(s).

Yearbook sales have officially begun! The cost is $20 per book. Donations are very much appreciated to offset the cost so that every Comet receives an awesome yearbook that they can enjoy for many years to come. Order your yearbook here TODAY: https://tcrwjf7m.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fmy.cheddarup.com%2Fc%2Fkingsley-school-yearbook-2025-2026%2Fitems/1/0100019dd4f2ac70-7f8342fe-62cb-47aa-a0f4-06497e51b904-000000/-2btBWELIUIeWKIZIP6YoC47Sb8=473

This is our most important Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week ever! Our theme this year is Our Teachers and Staff are 'Fun and Games' and we need your help. Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week is May 4th-8th and we're behind on our donation and volunteer goals. Here's where we can use your help now:

Donate gift cards, food, or time for our planned activities. Sign up here: https://tcrwjf7m.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.signupgenius.com%2Fgo%2F10C0E4AA4A822ABFEC52-63591793-2026/1/0100019dd4f2ac70-7f8342fe-62cb-47aa-a0f4-06497e51b904-000000/U3Yxt4cEybzKu1n0xdkYhvz3Bfo=473

Or

Order from our wishlist: https://tcrwjf7m.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fhz%2Fwishlist%2Fls%2F3UH1IN2FUNGID%3Fref_=wl_share/1/0100019dd4f2ac70-7f8342fe-62cb-47aa-a0f4-06497e51b904-000000/PEYsWJGftJFEfaymdFIMOAuGCx4=473

Gift cards can be dropped in the PTA Mailbox in the lobby by the auditorium.