Week ending April 22, 2022 | Click here for past issues

LIP SYNC (participation by 5th and 6th graders only)

Come out this Friday, April 22 to cheer on our Butler 5th and 6th graders during our popular Lip Sync event. You never know what special guests may stop by for a performance!

Monday, April 25 | 7:00 PM

Butler Library

Please join us for our next Butler PTO General Meeting on Monday, April 25 at 7pm. Agenda and minutes from past meetings may be found here.

Butler Elementary, with support of Rita's of Chalfont (178 E Butler Ave.) location, have developed a delicious reading incentive program.

This flyer explains all of the details. Please have your child use this Reading Log to track their collective minutes of reading for the month of April.

You can earn a FREE Rita's Water Ice!!!!

Here is How:

If you have any questions, please contact Leesa Meade.

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 2-May 6. In honor of that, we will be providing a breakfast buffet for our teachers and staff on Tuesday, May 3. Please click here to sign up to make food or donate items.

Thanks in advance for joining with us to celebrate our amazing Butler Teachers and Staff. Any questions, please contact Bridget or Jennifer.

May 10-13

Butler’s Spring Book Fair is Tuesday, May 10 through Friday May 13. Book Fair purchases can be made with cash, credit card (must be the credit card itself, not only the numbers), checks (made payable to "Butler PTO"), or Ewallet.

Ewallet is a virtual giftcard program through scholastic. It has changed from the way it was in the past. The money you add to the ewallet remains on your ewallet. If there are unused funds after the fair, you can save it for the next fair, or use it on the scholastic sites. Each child will need their own EWallet. Click here to sign up for ewallet.

We need parent volunteers for assistance with student book selection and clean-up. Click here for a schedule of class times and available volunteer slots. You can sign up to help any time, not just when your child is scheduled to go to the book fair.  If you have additional questions, please contact Amanda Bonsall.

Please join us Saturday, May 21, from 10am-3pm for our annual Spring Fair. The Spring Fair is our only annual fundraiser to encourage family fun as well as help support many initiatives at Butler such as playground equipment, library books, school assemblies, and so much more. This event is held rain or shine, so come enjoy lots of family fun while supporting Butler students! We need your help to make the Spring Fair a success!

Have questions about the Spring Fair? Click here for our list of FAQs.

Pre-sale punch card flyers have been sent home. All pre-sale orders must be received to the school office by May 6. Punch cards are used for game and concession food purchases. Prices will range for 2 to 10 tickets game/food.

All games and activities will be located inside and outside the building. Any questions, please contact Kerri Zwiebel, Michelle Lockett, or Amanda Bonsall.

Adults will enjoy the Basket Raffles and children can use their game tickets in to win a Fun Jar of their choosing.

Fun Jars and Raffle Baskets can not be successful without your help. Please reach out to your child’s teacher or homeroom coordinator for more information.

Any questions, please contact Jennifer Mininger (Baskets), or Edna Miller (Fun Jars).

Returning for a fourth year is the used children’s book sale.

Do you have any used children’s books or chapter books your child is finished reading? We are collecting these used, unwanted books and will be selling them at the Spring Fair for a donation of your choosing. Please click here for more information about how to donate your used books.

If you have any questions, please contact Tracey Johnston.

We are excited to announce that the volunteer sign-ups are now live for the 2022 Butler Spring Fair, our largest fundraiser of the school year, being held on Saturday, May 21. E-mails will be going out via your homeroom parent. The success of this event is due largely in part to your generosity in volunteering just a few hours of your time to help.

Click here to choose your desired time slot to volunteer. Clearances are not needed to volunteer on Saturday.

We are still looking to fill some crucial roles in the PTO for the 2022-23 school year and we could use your help. If we do not have enough volunteers then some events may need to be canceled. Please consider helping next year.

Please reach out to Amanda Bonsall to share your strengths/volunteer preferences.

Click here for the PSSA flyer with grade/schedule info.

April 27-29 | English/Language Arts (Grades 3-6)

May 4 & 6 | Mathematics (Grades 3-6)

May 9 | Science (Grade 4 only)

1st grade - Pajama Party - May 24 (new date)

2nd Grade - Disney Delight - May 19

3rd Grade - Singin’ in the Rainforest - May 24 (new date)

4th Grade - I Want Candy - May 19

Band and Orchestra Concert | June 1 at 7PM

May 26

Click here to view the team lists to see if your child is on the Greeks (green) or Romans (white or red). Regular Butler Spirit Wear will be on sale at the Spring Fair on May 21.

Below, please find the remaining dates for Butler Spirit Days! Click here for a printable flyer.

May 13 | Western Day-Yeehaw!

June 10 (or last day) | Hawaiian Day! Hello Summer!

**Please note: All volunteer opportunities are subject to change based on District guidelines. We ask that you please refrain from cell phone usage during your volunteer shift. Unfortunately, younger siblings are no longer permitted to accompany volunteers. You must have your volunteer clearances completed prior to signing up for lunch duty.

April 27-29 | PSSA's (Grades 3-6 - English Language Arts)

May 3 | Teacher & Staff Appreciation Breakfast

May 4 & 6 | PSSA's (Grades 3-6 - Math)

May 9 | PSSA's (Grade 4 only - Science)

May 10-13 | Scholastic Book Fair

May 21 | Butler Spring Fair

Click here for the 2021-22 CBSD one-page printable calendar

Click here for the 2022-23 CBSD one-page printable calendar (approved March 2022)

The 2021-22 Butler Family Directory is online. To access the directory, click here. This is a password protected document. The password was emailed to all parents separately on 12/2.

If you did not enter your Directory information, please click here and your information can be included in the next publication.

A friendly reminder - in order to volunteer in the classroom, you must have current volunteer clearances through CBSD. The process is EASY and all done online using the Volunteer Tracker App to track volunteer clearances. Every CB volunteer will need to register, and upload their clearances.

Pennsylvania law requires all persons having direct contact with school children obtain background checks and clearances. Click here for the required clearances, along with links to the state’s websites, which may be found on the CBSD website.

**Please note: Butler will follow the Health and Safety plan of the District. All volunteer opportunities are subject to change based on District guidelines. You MUST have current clearances in order to volunteer. Click here for volunteer clearance information.

The Simon Butler PTO has an official Facebook page. We use this form of communication to reach you the parents, in a quick and easy way. Click here to join the official Simon Butler PTO Facebook page today.