Adams Spanish Immersion PTO - Los Amigos de Adams

Hey Adams community, hope you had a great spring break. Getting back into routines is no joke, so let us take the guesswork out of dinner this Thursday.

Grab Punch Pizza and support Adams at the same time.

Thursday, April 16
11am to 9pm

Punch Pizza St. Paul
769 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

Dine in or order online and 20 percent goes back to our school library.
Use code ADAMS when ordering.

Easy dinner. Great cause. Win win.

📚 Adams Spring Book Fair Starts Today!
March 30 – April 5

Shop local and support our school at Red Balloon Bookshop

📍 891 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN 55105

In store:
Mention “Adams Spanish Immersion Book Fair” at checkout

Online:
Use code: BF Adams
Shop here: https://bit.ly/4uXksEC
Please Note:

Gift cards, coupons, and educator discounts CANNOT count toward the fundraiser.

Books for your family = support for Adams PTO!

Please see the message below from the Adams PTO Chair, shared in partnership with the Adams Elementary Parents & Friends Immigration Committee regarding support for members of our school community:

Recent events in Minnesota have placed tremendous strain on many members of the Adams community. Over the past few weeks, the Adams Elementary Parents & Friends Immigration Committee has learned of families in need of assistance with rent and other bills. The increased presence of ICE in our state has impacted people's safety and ability to work. The committee is raising money to support these valued members of our community.

To learn more or make a donation to Support Adams Families: https://gofund.me/bfb57757e

There are Adams Educators facing deportation. Help keep them in our classrooms and in our community. Your contributions offer hope, impact outcomes, and support a community where our educators remain valued pillars.

To learn more or make a donation to Support Adams Staff: https://gofund.me/4a2be1ac

Your generosity sends a powerful message of love and solidarity. It makes a tangible difference for families and Adams educators as they navigate these incredibly challenging times. Let’s stand together in hope.

En solidaridad,

Adams Elementary Parents & Friends Immigration Committee
Greg Egan, President
Georgina Chinchilla Gonzalez, Vice President
Earl Milton, Treasurer

Donate to Help Adams Educators Stay in Our Community, organized by Greg Egan DECEMBER 2025 Keep our beloved educators in the country and in their classrooms … Greg Egan needs your support for Help Adams Educators Stay in Our Community

Tonight, a six year old child will be put to bed wondering where their mother is. In the wake of senseless violence, a child is left carrying questions no child should have to ask.

Many of you have heard the news coming out of Minneapolis. To those of you I spoke with on the playground today, I felt the same emotions you shared so openly and honestly. Anger. Sadness. Frustration. Shock. Grief. The weight of senseless, active violence that once again feels far too close to home.

I want to name that. I want to sit in that truth with you.

I also want to acknowledge something else that is very real for our Adams community. With the increased ICE presence in Saint Paul, many families are carrying fear, uncertainty, and in some cases deep terror. That fear does not disappear when children walk through the school doors. It follows families into classrooms, onto playgrounds, and back into homes at night.

I have said this before and I will say it again. This is about people. This is not about politics. Words can feel hollow in moments like these. Still, it matters to say that you are not alone. We see you. We hear you. And we are actively working to support you in ways that are tangible, thoughtful, and rooted in care.

There is a group of parents in this community (and you know who you are) who show up every single day to make sure our kids and our Adams community feel safe, protected, and loved both in school and beyond it. Your quiet work matters more than you know.
To the families carrying fear tonight, to the children asking questions adults struggle to answer, and to the parents holding it together for everyone else, please know this community stands with you. We will continue to lead with compassion, to protect our people, and to choose humanity even when the world feels heavy.

We are sitting in this tension with you. We are holding space for grief, fear, and unanswered questions, while continuing to show up for one another with care and resolve. In moments like this, community matters more than ever, and Adams remains a place where people come first.

With you,

Earl Milton
Adams PTO Chair

Please see this urgent message from the Adams PTO Chair, shared in partnership with the Adams Immigration Committee, regarding support for members of our school community.

Last spring, our community raised over $10,000 to support Adams educators facing deportation.

That financial support has helped keep them in the country for now. However, they continue to face urgent legal needs, with attorney fees costing up to $500 per hour.

Click below to learn how we can continue supporting our beloved educators and their families. Your contribution offers hope, helps determine outcomes, and strengthens a community where our educators should remain valued pillars.

https://gofund.me/4a2be1ac

Adams Elementary Parents & Friends Immigration Committee

Our impact has been substantial. Four Adams educators who were facing deportation have been deeply grateful and heartened by our community’s support. We have disbursed over $10,000 evenly among them, funding critical legal work that halted their deportations.

Their situations remain temporary and precarious. Ongoing legal steps still require attorney support at rates of up to $500 per hour. Since our initial fundraising, one educator has left Adams and is pursuing permanent residency through a Green Card. Funds raised now are being distributed evenly among the remaining three educators and a new Adams educator whose family is facing a serious immigration crisis.

This is about far more than avoiding deportation. One educator has been unable to secure tourist visas for her children, whom she has not seen in three years. Another educator’s stepfather was recently detained by ICE after his car broke down on the way to dialysis. Each family lives with the daily trauma of knowing the lives they have worked so hard to build could be taken away at any moment.

That fear ripples through their families, their students, and our entire Adams community.

While we have helped our educators make meaningful legal progress and celebrate important victories, fear remains part of their daily reality. They fear trips to the grocery store, the airport, their churches, their children’s schools, and even their workplace at Adams. Still, they continue to show up for our students and our community every day.

Let us keep showing up for them.

En solidaridad,

Greg Egan
President
Adams Elementary Parents & Friends Immigration Committee

Georgina Chichilla Gonzalez
Vice President
Adams Elementary Parents & Friends Immigration Committee

Earl Milton
Treasurer
Adams Elementary Parents & Friends Immigration Committee

Donate to Help Adams Educators Stay in Our Community, organized by Greg Egan DECEMBER 2025 Keep our beloved educators in the country and in their classrooms … Greg Egan needs your support for Help Adams Educators Stay in Our Community

I've been trying to find the right words all day, but they can feel hollow in times like these. I'm writing this post not as the PTO chair, but as a father, someone who can't help but see my own kids in the faces of those affected this morning.

We've all heard the heartbreaking news out of Minneapolis today, where a sacred place of worship and learning was the site of a tragedy. Families who began their day in prayer and community are now carrying unimaginable grief.

As parents, we send our children out each day trusting they will be safe, cared for, and loved. Today is a painful reminder of how fragile that trust can feel.
So tonight, let's hold our kids a little tighter. Give them an extra scoop of ice cream, read them an extra bedtime story, and remind them how deeply loved they are.

Let's also keep the impacted families in our hearts, offering compassion, kindness, and care as they navigate a path no family should ever have to walk.

Together in care and compassion,
Earl Milton
PTO Chair