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The Underwood Fun Run is back! This year’s fun run will be held on 10/28 during the school day. All Underwood students have the chance to participate and will receive a t-shirt! The Fun Run will help promote a healthy lifestyle while raising funds for Underwood School. Please help support our Fun Run by registering your child at www.getmovinfundhub.com and using school identifier 5f749d3873f82. Kids and families can create a personalized fundraising page to send to family and friends in order to request online donations. Donations can also be sent by check to the school.  Register here: https://www.getmovinfundhub.com/register?school_uuid=5f749d3873f82

Coming to Underwood Elementary Thursday, October 20, 2022 Based out of Boston, Ball in the House is an R&B/Soul/Pop a cappella group that has performed in venues all over the world and opened for some of the biggest acts in the music industry such as The Beach Boys, The Jonas Brothers, The Temptations, and Fantasia. Through contemporary and classic cover songs and original works, students will discover how “a cappella” works; how various voice parts fit together; how to beatbox and use rhythm. From chant through doo wop, students are introduced to songwriting and collaboration. Ball in the House inspires and encourages students to get involved and stay involved in the arts.

Welcome to October! We hope you have enjoyed the start to this school year and were able to attend our annual Back-to-School Picnic! This year has felt like a return to normalcy in that in-person events are again possible, both indoors and out. We are looking forward to taking advantage of that as we move into fall and winter– starting with our first annual Family Trivia Night scheduled for October 21st in the Underwood gym! The mission of the Underwood PTO is to support the provision of optimal growth opportunities for our students and to encourage communication, collaboration, and community among parents, staff, and neighbors. We accomplish these important goals through, among other things:  direct support to teachers and staff; Creative Arts and Sciences programming for students; budgeting for technology updates; community events such as the Back-to-School Picnic and Carnival; READ MORE

Join us Friday, October 21st from 6:45-8:30pm for the Underwood Community Family Trivia Night! Our first-ever Underwood Family Trivia Night will be hosted by the famous Gillette Stadium Announcer Mike Riley of Titan Trivia! Trivia challenges will be child and family-friendly questions and visuals appropriate for the K-5 crowd. Participation of all ages will be encouraged. Please register your family with a recommended donation of $20/per family How it will work: 1) RSVP ASAP: Due to the nature of team trivia we need to limit the number of teams that can participate 2) Doors open at 6:45: Registered families arrive and grab a table to form a team with other participants (max 12 people/team). The PTO will help facilitate forming teams as needed. 3) 7-8:30pm Team trivia will run for 90 minutes with a short intermission. The host will announce READ MORE

Dear Underwood Families, It was wonderful to see so many of you at our Back-to-School Picnic this year!  Turnout was incredible and seeing so many families enjoying the Bubble Barge, pizza dinner, and each other’s company was a heart-warming reminder of the amazing community we have at Underwood. We are excited for the year ahead, and are so appreciative of all Underwood families for engaging with our school and PTO and making our community events a success.  Membership Dues Drive On that note, as we move into October, our Membership Dues Drive is set to kick off!  Last year, our PTO spent over $30,000 on programming for our school community including, among other things, funding our Creative Arts and Sciences (“CAS”) programming for all grades, hosting community events such as the Back-to-School Picnic and Carnival, and earmarking funds for teachers READ MORE

Calling all parents and guardians! Our annual back-to-school social gatherings are back! Join parents and guardians from your child’s grade to connect with friends new and old! Please RSVP to each grown-up party applicable to your student(s) grade. K – November 5th 1 – October 1st 2 – TBD – Host Family Still Needed – Let us know if you’d like to host! 3 – TBD – Host Family Still Needed – Let us know if you’d like to host! 4 – October 15th 5 – October 14th RSVP here: https://bit.ly/uwdsocials22 Addresses will be shared with grade-specific RSVPs. RAIN DATES WILL BE PROVIDED AS NEEDED! Please note: these are social events for adults only. For the safety of everyone please do not bring your children. Contact underwoodpto@gmail.com with questions or to sign up to host!

Calling all local businesses! Do you love your local schools? Do you love seeing your logo on the shirt of hundreds of Newton residents?! We’re accepting a limited number of sponsors for our 4th Annual Underwood Fun Run NOW! Learn more here: https://bit.ly/uwdfunrun22 PS – Please share this flyer with your favorite local business!

Back to school means it’s time to update your family profile in the Underwood Directory, hosted on the Membership Toolkit site.✏️https://underwoodschoolpto.membershiptoolkit.com/✏️Please take a moment to log in and update your info, including your child’s teacher! This helps us make sure you are getting all the info you need for the year!❤️Let us know if you have any questions – and THANKS!

Our first PTO Community Meeting will be held virtually on October 4, 2022 at 7:30 pm.  We will discuss what the PTO does, introduce our PTO Board Members, and vote to approve Members at Large and this year’s budget. Topic: PTO Quarterly Community MeetingTime: Oct 4, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86304410835?pwd=aXZkTlE1c09GbDl3THU0UTkyalJJdz09 Meeting ID: 863 0441 0835Passcode: 245378One tap mobile+13017158592,,86304410835#,,,,*245378# US (Washington DC)+13092053325,,86304410835#,,,,*245378# US Dial by your location        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)        +1 309 205 3325 US        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)        +1 646 931 3860 US        +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)        +1 386 347 5053 US        +1 564 217 READ MORE

On Thursday, September 29, parents and guardians are invited to join the Underwood teachers and staff for Underwood Curriculum Night. Families are welcome to enter our school building and visit their child’s classroom on Curriculum Night. This event is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about your child’s curriculum and activities during the school day.  Classroom teachers will offer two identical back-to-back presentations in their classroom so that families with more than one child can attend presentations in each of their child’s classroom. Presentations are: 6:15pm – 6:45pm:    First Session  6:55pm – 7:25 pm:   Second Session6:20pm – 7:20pm:    Specialists, Special Educators, Service Providers, UASP & Principal in the gym (“Stations” set up so families can find and speak with specialists about curriculum and programming)  It is important to remember that Curriculum Night is a time for general questions READ MORE

Parent involvement is the key to any great school. It’s also a lot of fun as well as a wonderful way to make friends. Many volunteer positions require very little of your time and effort but offer a big payoff to our children and their school. Please contact the Underwood PTO at underwoodpto@gmail.com for further details on any of these open positions. Thank you for your continued involvement in making Underwood a vibrant community! We have open volunteer roles for every level of time commitment – both in person and completely virtual! Our Open Roles for the 22-23 school year include:  Carnival Co-Chairs – The Carnival is our most beloved Underwood tradition! The Co-Chairs execute the Carnival plan and oversee the various activity captains.  Families Organizing for Racial Justice Liaison (Virtual) –  The FORJ liaison serves as the bridge between Underwood FORJ activities and specific school READ MORE

Dear Underwood Families,   Welcome back to school!  We hope your family had a happy and healthy summer and we are so excited to welcome our entire Underwood community back for the 2022-23 school year! We are looking forward to working with you and getting to know you this year through our roles with the PTO Board.   As Underwood parents or guardians, you are all automatically members of the PTO!  Your willingness to participate and volunteer as you are able, given your unique family and work commitments, is paramount to the success, strength, and energy of our PTO and community. Our PTO Board and Committees are comprised of volunteers working throughout the year to organize and execute a wide range of fundraisers, community-building opportunities, and enrichment programming and we are so appreciative of every minute the parent community at Underwood dedicates READ MORE