Orange Avenue School PTA

At this point, we have to officially cancel the Club Cranford event (our adult social and fundraiser formerly called ‘Band Night’).  We do hope to hold a welcome back event in the fall, but we just can not announce anything without knowing what will be possible.  In the meantime, we want to assure you that the money we raised through ticket sales was and is being used for our PTA activities and initiatives, most notably, the blacktop behind the school.  The class donations will be held for the Spring 2021 Club Cranford with the exception of the 8^th grade class donations.  That money will be used for our 8^th graders this year.  We hope you will consider donating your ticket price to the PTA.  If you do want a refund however, please contact Cori Jones (corileejones@yahoo.com) for a Venmo refund and Sarah Morgan (segmorgan@gmail.com) for a check.  If requesting a check, include an address.

On another note, we want to personally thank the committee that organized Club Cranford.  It was set to be a fantastic night of fun and fundraising.  We are so looking forward to next year!

DISCOUNT AMUSEMENT PARK TICKETS FOR:

Six Flags Great Adventure & Hershey Park

Spring Spirit Wear Sale

• Coordinate sale of Cranford logo products with Cougar Headquarters. This sale will take place in April.

5th Grade Graduation Chairperson

• Coordinate picnic and activities following 5th grade graduation ceremony. This event takes place on school premises on one of the last days of school in June.

6th Grade Orientation Chairperson

• Responsibilities include organizing parent volunteers to assist with selling locker shelves, distributing student schedules and locks, and setting up pizza lunch. This event is held at OAS in late August.

If you’re interested or would like additional information please contact Liz Rivera (elizabeth.m.rivera@gmail.com) or Lorian Morales (lorianmorales@gmail.com).

Use Shutterfly when ordering photos, greeting cards, and gifts throughout the year.  The OAS PTA has partnered with Shutterfly on a fundraiser that is so simple and easy to use. When ordering photo prints, photo books, holiday cards and other items from Shutterfly, OAS will receive 13% back on your purchase (with no extra cost to you)! Simply go to www.orangeavenue.shutterflystorefront.com  for all your photo and photo gift ordering.

When making purchases on Amazon, please use the Amazon Smile link, www.smile.amazon.com and be sure to select: 18475 Orange Avenue School PTA. A percentage of your purchase will go directly to the OAS PTA.

Pass the links along to family members too!

Thanks to your donations and support of our fundraisers, six new water filtration units, two new bike racks, and a desk for the lobby have been ordered for OAS and a new scoreboard has been installed in the gym. PTA funds also provided teacher mini grants, cash for class, student social events, and the wonderful assemblies our children have seen this year, which include Fairleigh Dickinson University’s “Possibilities”, Music Technology with Brent Daniels, Author and Illustrator Victoria Jamieson, and Bullies to Buddies with Brooks Gibbs.

We also plan to plant flowers and build a stone border around the new Orange Avenue School sign in the fall. If you have the expertise to help with this project, please contact us at pta_oas@cranfordschools.org.

Cougar Corner will soon be open for the 2019-2020 school year & they have fantastic items like erasers, pens, folders & more… all funds go to supporting our PTA!

Most items:  $0.25 -$5.00

Store Hours: 11:45 – 1:00 (select Friday’s)

Location: Cougar cage near the cafeteria

If you are interested in volunteering to help with the school store, please send an email to LynneBuongiorno@yahoo.com

Please help us reach 100% participation!  PTA Dollars fund the following:

• School Assemblies
• Beautification Projects
• Student of the Month Program
• Art Night
• Fun Grade-Level Events like Elementary Field Day, Middle School Dances, Bike Rodeo, Comedy Night, & the 8th Grade Pool Party
• And much, much more!!

Click here for more details: 2019-2020 Membership Form

Who: CKGB is a charity group formed by CHS students looking to give back to the community.
Currently we are working closely with Cranford Family Care (CFC).

What: We are organizing donations of personal care and food pantry items for CFC.

Where: We will be placing boxes in the high school, middle schools, and elementary schools,
as well as the town pools.

When: We will pick up and replace the collection boxes each month or sooner depending
on the level of donations.

Items Needed: Personal Care: Razors (shaving), shaving cream, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner,
band-aids, suntan lotion, toothpaste, and toothbrushes.
Food Pantry: canned goods, juices boxes, condiments, pasta, etc. (Please
check expiration dates before donating!)

Thank you for your support!

BOX TOP$ and SHOPRITE FOR MY SCHOOL