Outstanding Teacher Award - Mr. Tavares!

Please join us in congratulating our very own first grade teacher Mr. Tavares, who was this year’s winner of the FBE Outstanding Teacher Award!  Mr. Tavares is being recognized for his work with first graders and consistently making a difference in the lives of Belmont students. 

There will be a reception on Thursday, May 1st at the Chenery Auditorium starting at 6pm for Mr. Tavares and all the teachers who received this award in the other schools.  All are welcome to attend!  Do you have something you’d like to share about Mr. Tavares?  Ms. Babson is collecting anecdotes for the ceremony here!

Wake up the Garden Event, 5/3 (2-4pm)

April showers will (hopefully) bring May flowers! Due to rain, our “wake up the garden” event was postponed to May 3rd. Please join us! We’ll be planting flowers in front of the school, trimming back last year’s growth, and prepping the soil for this year’s plants. We have plenty of kid- and adult-sized gardening gloves for volunteers to use. Please contact Kara at thesaberwoods@gmail.com if you're interested or want to learn more. 

If you are unable to volunteer on the 3rd but would like to help maintain the school garden over the summer, please reach out to Kara. Thank you!

Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week!, 5/5 - 5/9 

We’re getting ready to celebrate the amazing teachers and staff who make a difference in our children’s lives every day! During the week of May 5–9, a variety of fun and meaningful activities are planned to show our appreciation for all they do.

More details will be shared soon, but in the meantime, we’re looking for volunteers to help bring this special week to life! If you’d like to be a part of making this event a success, please reach out bulerpta@gmail.com —we’d love your support!

Let’s come together to make our teachers and staff feel celebrated and valued!

Butler PTA Electronics Recycling Event, 5/31 

Help our school, help our world! There’s so much we can do for our planet and the future. Recycling is one of them! From a cable to an old computer, recycle it at the Butler Electronic Recycling Event at St Luke’s Parish parking lot. Make a difference one electronic at a time.

PTA Board Meeting, 5/20 (6-7 pm, via Zoom)

May’s board meeting will review (and adjust if necessary) the budget, recap past events, and plan for upcoming ones. Your attendance and ideas are welcome! Agenda and Zoom link are below.

Agenda:

• General Business 

• Guest presentations

• Budget Check-in

• Event recaps 

• Upcoming events/planning 

• Closing business

Connect via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82434808543?pwd=VrrbZjaQXpSZlmCz74ZWMJdbF6YQWe.1
Meeting ID: 824 3480 8543

Butler Color Day, 6/4 

Butler’s “Color Day 2025” is on Wednesday, June 4 (rain date: June 11). This is our big annual full school field fun day and we need your help to put on one of our biggest events of the year!

 Please sign up by May 23 to volunteer!

 ***ALL Color Day volunteers must have a current CORI form on file with Belmont Public Schools and submit a Confidentiality form***

• Here are the forms: CORI; Confidentiality Form

• If you don't have a CORI form on file or you're unsure if you have a current one on file, please email butlerpta@gmail.com ASAP

• You will need to come in-person to the Butler with a photo ID and your filled-out CORI and confidentiality forms by Friday May 23th at the latest as it can take up to a week to process. You will need to ring the front bell between 9:30am-2:30pm and speak with Maeve Freaney who will help process your forms.  Please do not go to the office prior to 9:30am as she is tied up with student attendance at that time.  

A few days before the event, we will email your volunteer role, game assignment, and instructions.

All grades will be outside playing games from 9-11 a.m. We need volunteers from 8:30-11:30 a.m. If you are only able to cover a certain amount of time please specify in the comments, we will take any support you are able to provide.

If you have any questions, please reach out me: Jenette Jurgens (color day organizer) via email at contejenette@gmail.com, or phone to 617-462-5414.

Thanks!

Help! Special Request for the Lost and Found!

We have officially reached chaos level status at the Butler Lost and Found!  We have received a special request for some volunteers to help sort, find owners, pull racks outside at pickup, and eventually donate unclaimed items.  Any interest in taming the pile?  Please reach out to us at butlerpta@gmail.com!

Volunteer For the PTA for the 2025-2026 School Year

We have many open coordinator and board positions with the Butler PTA. Check out a list of the descriptions (and commitment level) here. 

We are especially in need of:

• PTA Vice Presidents: The PTA's Vice Presidents support the two co-presidents for a one-year term and are expected to move into the co-president role the following year. A full description of the VP and president are listed in our bylaws. We would love to have you on our team.  Please contact us at butlerpta@gmail.com if you're interested or want to learn more.  

• Bookkeeper: We are looking for a treasurer for the remainder of the year, who can shadow our current Treasurer with deposits, payments, and account reconciliation. The hope is this individual will learn this year and next and move into the Treasurer role in the future. While a background in accounting is helpful, it is not required. 

• Nominating Committee Chair: The Nominating Committee spearheads the search for filling vacant PTA positions. This coordinator works with the PTA presidents to identify who will remain in their positions the following year and which positions will become vacant. This individual or small group solicits Butler community members to fill these vacant positions. 

Have questions? Send an email to butlerpta@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to help.

Library Volunteer - (during school)

• Come volunteer in the library during your child’s/children’s library time.

• Our Library Aide Ms. Joanne is preferably looking for parents who can commit to multiple times throughout the year.

• If you missed orientation, you can still volunteer by:

  • Reading through the Library Training Slides

  • Making sure your CORI and confidentiality paperwork is submitted and up-to-date

Signing up via Butler Library’s SignUp page

Spring Dance and Gift Basket Night!

Big thanks to DJ Paul Madden and our amazing volunteer crew who got us all moving and grooving at the PTA’s annual spring dance! 

The raffle was a huge success! Thank you to the room parents who organized each donation, the PTA volunteers who donated their time at the event, and everyone who bought tickets to support the PTA! The money raised will go toward field trips, the moving on ceremony, and so much more!

District Bowling Event

This was a great event where kids from across the district got to come together for bowling, pizza and arcade games! Thank you to all who were able to join.

Enrichment Update

We are working on several more field trips for our students.

• Our 3rd graders will visit the MIT Edgerton Museum the first week of May, and they are planning for an aquarium visit at the end of May!

• Our 2nd graders will visit the Franklin Park Zoo in June.

• Our 1st graders will have an in school visit from Professor Bugman to learn more about insects!

• Our Kindergartners will have a visit from Animal Adventures in June as well.

Stay tuned for more info from your child’s teachers! Keep an eye on backpacks for permission slips!

Our PTA funds the majority of these programs, and we will be asking for donations of $5-$10 from the 2nd and 3rd graders to assist in paying for the bus transportation.

Thank you for contributing! (Haven't yet? Use the QR code below to donate.)