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Northeast Food Drive: Super Bowl Edition!!

Join the excitement and score big in our food drive! We’re tackling hunger by collecting pantry essentials for those in need. Let’s unite as a school community to make a difference and ensure everyone has a winning meal! All donations will go to the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Items Needed:

  • Pasta & Sauces
  • Cereal, Peanut Butter/Jelly
  • Snack Food
  • Shelf-stable Milk
  • Single-Serve Items such as Mac & Cheese

How to Play:
Bring your donations to the school entryway and place them in either the box for the Kansas City Chiefs or the box for the San Francisco 49ers. Let’s see which team’s fans can make the biggest impact off the field!

Donation Period: January 29th-February 9th



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All School PTO Meeting Handout

Thank you to everyone that attended our all school PTO meeting and parent seminar last week! If you were unable to attend, you can view the slide deck handout here.

Parents and others who care about public education in Stamford need to advocate for the Superintendent’s proposed operating budget to be fully supported by the Boards of Education, Finance, and Representatives. It’s important for parents to attend committee and board meetings and to contact their elected officials to express support for the budget.  Call or Email your Board of Representatives Members to express your support.  Thank you in advance for your support and willingness to be an active participant in the 2024-25 budget process.



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All School PTO Meeting with special guest Evelyn Bilias Lolis, PhD, Fri 1/26

Please join the Northeast PTO for an all-school conversation and parent seminar this Friday, January 26th at 8:30am in the Northeast Auditorium with our special guest, Evelyn Bilias Lolis, PhD!
  • Learn about all the great activities we have planned for the second half of the school year
  • Find out how to stay informed and engaged in the BOE proposed operating budget process
  • Discover how Northeast could be directly impacted if the proposed budget isn’t approved
  • Participate in an engaging seminar with Dr. Evelyn entitled, “Critical & Compassionate Communication in Parenting: How our talk turns into self-talk and why it matters” 
How adults communicate with children during the developmental period correlates highly with a child’s developing self-talk, or the internal dialogue they carry with them (i.e., the little voice in their head) that ultimately lays the foundation for their emerging self-esteem, self-confidence, and sense of worth and belonging in the world.  The journey of parenting is filled with the management of numerous high stake/critical conversations that impact a child’s assessment of themselves, their environment, and the safety in which they allow themselves to explore, learn, relate to others, and live a full life.

This seminar will provide parents of the NE school community with tangible skills in:

*   Recognizing and anticipating critical conversations
*   Understanding the developmental milestones of the childhood period (early child, school-age, tween)
*   Empathetic listening
*   Exercises for responding compassionately while still maintaining core family values and ethos
*   Similarly teaching children how to respond compassionately to others

Evelyn Bilias Lolis, PhD is the Dean for the School of Education and Human Development (SEHD) at Fairfield University and a Northeast parent! We hope you will join us!

*Please arrive 15 minutes early so we can begin promptly at 8:30AM

**A Google Meet link will be sent out via REMIND this week to join the meeting virtually if you are unable to attend in person.


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Donuts with Grownups

Northeast students are invited to bring an adult guest to join us for a light breakfast on February 9th from 7-8am. There is no fee for the event but sign up is required by Friday, Feb 2nd using this LINK .  This is not a drop off event, students will report to their classrooms at 8:00am.  Start the day off with your Northeast Star!

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Nominate a Northeast Educator for the SPEF Educator Award!

Northeast PTO has the opportunity to nominate one of our outstanding Educators for this year’s annual SPEF Educator Award. Our nominee will have the chance to win a $1000 classroom donation and be honored at the SPEF Excellence in Education Awards event on Thursday, March 21st.

Nominate an Educator (teacher, support staff, paraeducator, etc.) at Northeast that you feel best:
Enhances student learning with enrichment
Embraces community collaboration by bringing outside resources into the classroom
Demonstrates a commitment to continuous professional development of self and others
Exemplifies a commitment to supporting the Stamford community

Nominations are due by Wednesday, January 31 using this form: https://forms.gle/bnhBRdLM99YQTCqW8
Please contact the PTO with any questions at [email protected]

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5th Grade Musical is BACK!!


Calling all Northeast 5th Graders – registration is now open for our 5th Grade musical production of “Bookworm”, written and directed by Jenny Maso! All 5th grade students are invited to participate. The show consists of principal lead roles, supporting roles, ensemble cast, narrators and stage crew so there is something for everyone. The participation fee is $30, which includes a t-shirt, script and costume.

If your child wants to participate in this year’s 5th grade musical production, you must fill out this form ENGLISH / SPANISH and return to the PTO mailbox in the Main Office or via email at [email protected] by Wednesday, January 10th along with the $30

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Spring Chess Club

Registration is open for Northeast Spring Chess Club. Classes begin on Monday, January 22nd and will be held after school from 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm. The club is open to all students in grades 2-5, but is limited to a maximum of 24 players.  If you would like to register your child, please email Merritt Nesin at [email protected] and include your child’s name, grade, and classroom teacher. Mr. Nesin will let you know if you are among the first 24 to enroll, and then the PTO will send you a registration form.  If you have any questions about Chess Club, please email the NEPTO.

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5th Grade Baby Photos & “Through the Years” Pics for Yearbook!


The Northeast Yearbook Committee is collecting photos for the 5th grade section of the 2023-2024 yearbook. We are hoping to include as many 5th graders as possible. Here’s how you can participate:

1) Select 1 favorite baby photo of your 5th grade child between the age of newborn to 2 years. Then email it to [email protected]. Include your student’s first and last name in the header. Please send the image as a “large” or “full size” jpg file.

2) Send in pictures of your child and other Northeast 5th grade students from school activities and events that happened during their kindergarten through 4th grade years. (Field Days, class parties, field trips, Halloween parades, school performances, Northeast family events, spirit and dress up days, Talent Show, Science Fair, and other candid school photos) Then email pictures to [email protected]. Please send images as “large” or “full size” jpg file.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PICTURES IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024

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Holiday Giving Tree

Help spread some joy this holiday season by delivering a gift to a Northeast student. Select an anonymous child (identified by number, age and gender) by clicking on the list.  Deliver your wrapped present to school by Monday, December 18th with the student’s number, gender and age clearly labeled on the outside of the wrapped package. Collection bins will be set up inside the lobby of the front entrance of the school starting on Monday, December 11th. Thank you for your generosity and helping to spread some Holiday cheer! Please email [email protected] with any questions .

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Winter Wonderland Ball, Fri 12/15

Families, please join us on Friday, December 15th, 2023 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm for a night of dancing in Northeast’s very own Winter Wonderland Ball! This is a family event for Northeast students and parents featuring a DJ, photo booth and more!

Cost: $10 per student, with a maximum of $30 per family with multiple children. Refreshments and Snacks will be sold.

*Pre-purchase required by Mon 12/11* (Purchase tickets online at our school store or via Venmo @NEPTO – reference student name(s) & Winter Ball)

Northeast families, we need your help!

Volunteers are needed to help during the Ball and to clean up after. Please see the available slots and click here to sign up!