Oak Ridge PTO - Oak Ridge Elementary School of Leadership, Environmental and Health Sciences

Mission

The Oak Ridge Parent Teacher Organization's mission is to facilitate the betterment of Oak Ridge by creating an open, welcoming and supportive learning environment, fostering school pride, developing and strengthening the community of advocates that exist to support our students, teachers, staff and families. We appreciate parent involvement in any capacity and invite you to join us in helping our school this year.

PTO Board

President: Russell Tapper
Vice President: Chrissy Schultz
Treasurer: Joe Strande
Secretary: Jenny Nordeen
Board Member: Kate Mitchell Alfonzo
Board Member: Katie Lacey

Contact Us

Email: pto.oakridge@gmail.com
Facebook: @OakRidgeParentTeacherOrg

Please consider joining us for a meeting this year

Meetings are at 6:30pm in the Oak Ridge Media Center on the following dates:

September 12, 2022
October 10, 2022
November 14, 2022
December 12, 2022
January 9, 2023
February 13, 2023
March 13, 2023
April 10, 2023
May 8, 2023

Four girls on a Minnesota Zoo field trip

Ways to Help Oak Ridge

Fundraising at Oak Ridge

Fundraising helps to provide additional financial support to Oak Ridge Elementary and offer enrichment opportunities to all students.Some activities we have funded include:

Class parties
School-wide BINGO
Lebanon Hills programs
Garden Fund
Playground equipment and installation
Teacher appreciation
STEM materials
Annual end of year party
Literacy activities
Other opportunities that arise throughout the year

Cash Donations

As a 503c non-profit organization, you can make a cash donation that is 100% tax deductible. In addition, many employers offer a donation match program.

Participate in Fundraising Events

Fun Run
Butterbraid Sale
Scholastic Book Fair
Monthly Restaurant Nights

Ongoing Fundraising

Box Tops for Education

Oak Ridge receives 10 cents for each Box Top that is turned in. All you need is your phone! Download the Box Tops app, shop as you normally would, then use the app to scan your store receipt within 14 days of purchase. The app will identify Box Tops products on your receipt and automatically credit your school’s earnings online. Twice a year, Oak Ridge will receive a check and can use that cash to buy whatever it needs!

Kowalski's

Every time you make a purchase at Kowalski’s you can place your receipt into a drop box designated for Oak Ridge. The receipts are totaled and Kowalski’s makes a donation to Oak Ridge 4 times per year based on the number of receipts.

Amazon Smile

AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice.

Sign in to smile.amazon.com on your desktop or mobile phone browser.
From your desktop, go to Your Account and select the option to Change your Charity. Or, from your mobile browser, select Change your Charity from the options at the bottom of the page.
Select Oak Ridge Parent Teacher Organization.

PTO Meeting Agendas and Minutes

PTO Forms