Welcome To Mt. Union/Kistler Elementary PTO home page
About Us
The Mt. Union/Kistler Elementary School has a very active PTO! We try to have an activity for the students and sometimes their families at least once a month. Our meetings are held the first Monday of every month. Our officers are:
President - Michelle Shields
Vice-President - Brandy Carter
Secretary - Amanda Sechrist
Treasurer - Amy Jo Brumbaugh
Programs Coordinator - Shelia Goshorn
Hospitality Coordinator- Janet Long
Members at large- Melissa Cramer, Angela Crisswell, Alison Seiber, Heidi Getz, Nikie Yocum
Current and upcoming events
When doing YOUR online Christmas shopping this year, please check with www.schoolmall.com or the Box Tops for Education Marketplace before placing an order. Each website will donate a portion of the sale to the PTO without costing you anything extra! Kistler Family Movie at the Clifton 5 in Huntingdon coming in Novmeber!! We will be seeing the animated film Planet 51 starring the voice of Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson (rated PG for mild sci-fi violence) on Sat, Nov 21 at 4pm. Admission will be $3.50 per person (child or adult) including a small popcorn and soda!! What a bargain!! Please let us know if you plan on attending so the theater can be prepared for our arrival. No money should be sent to the school. Everyone pays at the door! December plans include... Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 5 8-9:30 am. This is a free pancake and sausage breakfast for your family and a chance to visit with Santa and take your own pictures! Every child recieves a Christmas themed book courtesy of Title 1 parent involovement funds. Admission is one can of food for the local food bank. Remember your camera!! We will also be holding our 'breakfast with Santa' raffle with lots of great prizes! Tickets are only available at breakfast. Winners will be pulled throughout the morning. Hoss's Community Nights Dec. 8&9 all day in Huntingdon and Lewistown locations. If you go to eat at Hoss's on those days with your free Hoss's card, the PTO earns 20% of your total check. We will also be taking orders for Hoss's gift cards to be picked up on those days. If you are planning on purchasing a Hoss's card for someone this Christmas, please buy it on Dec. 8 or 9 so that the PTO can earn 20% of your total. We will even pick it up for you! Can't beat that!!! Santa Shop- Tues, Dec 15 & Wed. Dec 16 during school (lots of parent volunteers needed!!!)Every child will get a shopping list, but to help our volunteers out, we are asking that every child brings in enough gift tags for the people on their list that are completed at home with the help of an adult. We are also in need of wrapping paper. Students are limited to brining $10 from home and buying for 11 people (PTO gives every child one Santa dollar to spend). PLEASE do not go over that!!! There are 300 students who all deserve a good selection to choose from. Every item is $1 or less. Mug on a Rug day- movie with popcorn and cocoa in school on Dec. 23. This will also be the first of the "Winter Blues days" as PJ day! Continue to save your Box Tops, Campbell's Soup Lables, Tyson Chicken Lables, and empty ink cartridges!!!! We are no longer collecting Nestle water bottle lables. Watch your child's mail for all the details to all the fun stuff we have coming up! Our next PTO meeting will be held on Dec. 7 at 6:30 pm at the school. Please come! Please try to come!!! "The more parents and teachers that attend, the more we have to offer our children and make this school year a great success."
Mt. Union/ Kistler Elementary School
PTO Year in Review
AutumnFest 2009 was a GREAT DAY!! Everything was wonderful. The food was great, the vendors were unique and talented, t-shirts were AWESOME (check out the papers that came home!), entertainment was outstanding (loved "Kistler's Got Talent" hour!), games were great and prizes fantastic. The baskets for the basket raffle were super! Thanks to all who donated and all who attended!!
50/50 winner Vickie McMullen donated her $25 winnings back to the PTO.
The basket raffle winners were........
Anything Disney- Joshua Sechrist and Connie Homolash
Family Fun- Deb Shields and Teresa Westover
Man's World- Levi Burns and Daniel Atherton
Pamper Me!- Darlene Bumgardner, Autumn Ficus, and Dottie Wible
Baking/Cooking Together- Victoria Boozel and Judy Harshbarger
Shop Til you drop- Pat Rhodes, Doug Hassinger and Cookie Suders
PA Sports and Entertainment- Dylan Sunderland and Deb Walter
Country Crafts and Italian Charms- Melinda Craig
In-Home Parties- Heather Stapleton
Stampin' Up- Amanda Atherton
Kistler's Got Talent winners based on money collected- DaShantae Holderman- first place and Courtlynne Jaymes second. Also particpating... Madison Shields, Kady Madilia, Michaela Madilia, Tracy Welsh, Alivia Sechrist, Erica Getz, Hanna Dodd, and Kennedy Craig. DeShantae won a Kistler Trojans t-shirt and Dairy Queen gift certificate and Courtlynne won a DQ gift certificate.
Walk-a-Palooza winners were.. Anna Flannery- most money collected in the school. Anna pulled the raffle winners for the rest of the prizes. She pulled the names of Caleb Cramer, Kevin Waite, Miceala Semple and Rick Prough for Wal-Mart gift cards; Tayler Atherton, Kimberlee Stoner and Madison Shields for Toys R Us gift cards and Anna Flannery and Steven Luckadoo for Trojan t-shirts. We were able to give away $140 worth of prizes. Thanks to all who helped and donated! You are VERY much appriciated!!
Thank you to all to attended the Kistler PTO Hoss's night on Oct. 7 or 8. We appreciate your help and support!!
Trunk or Treat night was well held on Thurs, Oct 22 from 6-7 pm. It was a perfect night! About 150 children visited the 13 cars set up in the parking lot. A panel of teachers did the judging this year and their votes went to Lacey Scott's and Katie Miller's families for first place with their haunted truck and second place went to Caylin Reeder's and Samantha Souders's families for their Wizard of Oz themed decoration in their van. Thank you to everyone who donated candy, brought their cars or attended. A BIG thank you goes out to Miss Tobie Miller, Mrs. Sally Steward and Mrs. Jamie Gearhart for volunteering to judge.
Our School
Teachers and Staff:
Assistant Principal - Mrs. Deb Goodman
Teachers
K - Vickie McMullen and Alesha Yocum
First - Cinda Imperioli and Barb Maurer
Second - Pat Smith, Emily Whitesel and Laura Hardy
Third - Tobie Miller, Sybil Miller and Katherine Harman
Fourth- JoAnn Keating, Courtney Aurand and Mrs. Schouppe-Wright
Fifth - Charleen Hartman and Erica Dell
Sixth - Kathe Posey and Mike Laskowski
Staff includes - Candace McNitt, Rex Goss, Renee Goodling, Melody Willobaugh, Sally Steward, Teressa Bilger, Mary Ann Kurey, Rick Wilson, Jeff Puhala, Gretchen Crouse, James Schneider, Denise Skipper, Kim Radle, Mary Ann Seiber, Heidi Getz, Joe Komir, Karla Cornelius, Caroline Miller, Deb Snyder, Patty Holesa, Herb Roberts, Mike Goodman, Connie Stimley, Susie Prough, Lorraine Drake, Nancy Henry...