February 24, 2025

This Week at Hicks

Tuesday:

It's the deadline to purchase your MARCH birthday Marquee greeting! Get all the details here.

Wednesday:

Restaurant Day at Panda Express. But ready for this one? YOU CAN ORDER AT ANY PANDA EXPRESS! Use this link to place your order, and the PTO will get 28% back!! That's insane! Share the link with friends across the country - it works everywhere!

Friday:

Psst.... we know the hard copy calendar said this day would be "Time Travel Day" (spirit day hosted by the Student Council)... but that's been moved to NEXT Friday. Stand down time travelers!
The PTO Board and Committee opportunitiessurvey closes FRIDAY! We'd love to see some new faces joining us- give it a scan and see if there's an area you'd like to learn more about! Not totally sure what's involved but want to learn more? Complete the survey and share your interest so we can get you looped in.

Next week is going to be AMAZING: we've got our Daughter's Dance on Thursday, and a PTO meeting and Husky Hustle kickoff Friday! Get all the details on the Happenings page:

Husky Happenings

Volunteer!

New opportunities posted!

Looking for volunteers for the Talent Show Auditions this week, Daughter's Dance next Thursday, Husky Hustle team members and Book Fair volunteers!

Volunteer Opportunities

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Team Kids SUCCESS!

Huskies had an incredible time at the Carnival on Friday - the culmination of a 3-week program supporting 3 great charities!
Watch for our WEDNESDAY email with the complete wrap up after our 4th & 5th grade leadership team meets for their final meeting tomorrow.

Art Masters: Calder

Our Art Masters in-class workshops have been taking place over the past 2 weeks - ask your Husky for a little mobile vs. stabile tutorial!

Still not sure how this program works? Check out our NEW Art Masters Landing page for the details.

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Get Involved with the PTO!

Calling ALL interested families: Join us on the board or a committee!

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As a reminder: It's NEVER too late to join the PTO. Start the year off right by supporting the PTO and all of the programs that benefit your student! The PTO is a 501c3... donations are tax-deductible - and still qualify for incentives!

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Keep saving those Marketplace Reciepts!

Save ALL of those receipts from EVERY store AND service in the Marketplace! Turn them in to the front office - or enter them online!*

*If you enter them online yourself, please DON'T also turn them in... we don't want to double-enter.

Here's a few things you might have forgotten that count toward Earn & Learn: (check back weekly for reminders and to see how long I can keep this up)

The "I was in line for 45 minutes" receipt from the drive thru at In-N-Out.
The movie receipt ticket to see DogMan.
Swim lessons at BigBlue swim school.

Yup- it's truly EVERY store/service in the Marketplace - save those receipts and pass 'em over! We're aiming to the be the TOP school in TUSD - let's win that $3,500!

Shop Minted.Com

Shop for invitations, holiday and greeting cards, gifts and more!

You save 20% on your order... and Minted donates 15% to the PTO!

Visit www.minted.com to shop - use code FUNDRAISEHICKSCANYON when you check out!

Earn & Learn

Don't forget to SAVE your Marketplace receipts! You can enter them online OR just bring them to school (there's a drop box in the front office) and our volunteers will enter them for you (you can bring us copies if you need to keep originals!)

Ralphs Club Shoppers!

1) Visit www.ralphs.com and log in to your Ralphs account.

2) Go to "my account" and then "community contributions".

3) Search for us by either looking for “Hicks Canyon Elementary PTO” OR use our ID: KU262… and click “Enroll”.

Each time you swipe your rewards card at the store (or use your phone number associated with your account), HCEPTO will benefit!

Box Tops For Education

Download the app... select Hicks Canyon Elementary as your school.... scan your receipts... donations go straight to HCE PTO... no clipping boxes necessary!

Donations are earned for all qualifying purchases (Cheerios, Pillsbury, Nature Valley, and LOTS more!)

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