CUE PTO Newsletter - JANUARY 2026

Well, that went fast - HELLO, 2026!! 

We’re brewing even more cool stuff for this year, so get ready for good CUE times together soon - there’s something for everyone!

Our After School Enrichment activities are starting up this week - enjoy!

For a reminder of what’s on offer see the ASE webpage

Questions? Please email us: CheneryPTOClubs@gmail.com

People, it's cold outside - come and warm yourselves up with a coffee and community chat at this month’s Coffee with the Principal at CUE this Friday Jan 9, 9.15-9.45am.

It’s a great way to feel connected to what’s going on at CUE and hear what’s on people’s minds.

If you’re driving, please use on-street parking - sign in at the Front Office (Washington St entrance), head straight down the corridor, take the doors on your left just before the Parking Lot exit to find us in the Large Community Room (LCR).

The next one will be in March.

To catch up on December’s session, scroll the slides HERE.

Mark your calendars and start dreaming up your project ideas!

The CUE PTO is hosting its 3rd Annual Science Fair on Feb 3 & 4, 6:30-8PM.  

All students from 4-6th grades are welcome to present a project.

Whether you choose to present or not, the entire CUE community is invited to join some sciency fun. 

Click below for all info:

We’re brewing some cool plans for the rest of this year!

Mark your calendars for these events…and join us to help out and make them a roaring success!

Harvard Museum of Natural History is confirmed for 4th Grade.

We’re working with staff for 5th and 6th grade trips.

See above for all details!

We’re just fixing the date - stay tuned and start grazing your general knowledge!

Tell your students to get ready to show off their stage skills to the full CUE Community!

Details to follow…

Come to Tori Jiro at Arsenal Yards in Watertown on Tuesday MARCH 24.

Help us make this a great community event by making an evening of it with other CUE families :) 

Spring session activities coming next!

We’re working out the calendar for our final 3 meetings of the year - watch out for January’s date coming soon!

Join each month (just not February, we're hitting 'pause'): some in person, some virtual.

We're working out details and need more CUE-power to bring this to life - Can you help coordinate the production/distribution? 

Want to help with any of these events? Ooh, that’s music to our ears!

It just dawned on us too! And it means that we (the PTO Board) also need to spread word that some of our superstar Board Members will be moving on, sniff.

We can’t keep doing all the good stuff at CUE without people to help out.

If you’ve enjoyed feeling connected to CUE this year through our PTO events, communications, or simply knowing that the PTO is helping CUE staff and students, we’d love for you to consider getting more involved.

There’ll be several PTO Board positions opening up for the upcoming school year, e.g. Co-President (ideally the parent/caregiver of a rising 4th or 5th Grader)

We’ll share more details on these open positions soon, but for now please just get those volunteer instincts stirred up - and maybe come to the next PTO Community Meeting to see if this whole PTO Board thing is for you?

The current Board really is a great group of parents who just want to make a difference for CUE and our children. So while you could label it ‘work’, it actually involves the chance to get to know a great mini community, get plugged into CUE, and have some fun along the way :)

That was a seriously cold December night - well done to all those with hearty appetites who ordered Fiorella’s and did some good for the PTO :)

Thanks to CUE Librarian Ms. Sorensen and all you book buyers for making the Book Fair such a roaring success!

Echoing Ms. S’s update, you smashed expectations and helped raise $6,523 in Scholastic credit to buy book supplies for the library. That's amazing!

AND it was great to see some of you for cozy hot cocoa, book chat and book browsing at the Book Swap Night.

We had updates from CUE Principal Dr. Smith about fun things happening at CUE, like the Vocabulary Parade and Cooperation Assemblies, some healthy competition collecting generous donations for the Belmont Food Pantry, and the new cart and equipment that’s now brightening recess thanks to your PTO donations!

In case you missed it, here are the slides

Join the next in person session THIS FRIDAY:

 Fri Jan 9, 9.15-9.45am at CUE

Thank you to the Staff Appreciation Team who gave a wonderful festive spread for the CUE staff in December.

If you’d like to contribute snacks and treats to brighten the staff lounge this month (on Jan 20, the week of MLK), please sign up below (there’s one volunteer so far, 9 open slots for the taking!)

Happy start to 2026 - see you at all the CUE events coming up soon!

- The CUE PTO Team 🐾

Cortney Eldridge (Co-President)

Sheena Patel-Roberts (Co-President)

Deepa Shakya (Vice President)

Georgina Lamont (Comms Coordinator)

Galdy Haces (Secretary)

Lee O'Neil (Treasurer)

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