PTA Program Offerings
- After School Programs (Varies)
- Art Docent
- Art Walk (Annually)
- Back to School Social
- Memory Yearbook
- Reflections Program
- Spelling Bee
- Spirit Wear
- Staff Appreciation
- Watch D.O.G.S.
Community and School Spirit
The PTA puts on quite a few community and school spirit events/activities throughout the school year!
Here's just a glimpse of what your PTA puts together for the Crystal Springs Community each year:
Here's just a glimpse of what your PTA puts together for the Crystal Springs Community each year:
- Back to School Social
- Harvest Bingo Night
- School Spirit Nights
- Donation Drives for Costumes, Clothing, etc.
- After School Movie Nights
- Family Mornings
- Skate Night
- Special Events
- Spirit Wear
- End of Year School Social/Art Walk
After School Programs
Our After Schools Programs are announced through our Newsletter, "What's Happening at Crystal Springs" e-mails, news announcements through the website, as well as through kid mail (check your child's backpacks). Registration types will vary.
Art Docent
Indulge your Creative Side: Be an Art Docent!
Being an Art Docent is such a fun way to be in the classroom and get creative! Don't worry if you are not an art expert, training materials and ideas are available. We would like to have more than one docent per teacher! So if you feel that you have a few hours a month to teach art in your child's class, please email our Art Docent Chair today.
Being an Art Docent is such a fun way to be in the classroom and get creative! Don't worry if you are not an art expert, training materials and ideas are available. We would like to have more than one docent per teacher! So if you feel that you have a few hours a month to teach art in your child's class, please email our Art Docent Chair today.
Annual Art Walk
Our annual art walk will take place on May 27, 2020!
Every year, our amazing artists display their art projects coordinated from our wonderful art docents, along with our Reflections entries.
Every year, our amazing artists display their art projects coordinated from our wonderful art docents, along with our Reflections entries.
Memory Yearbook
We publish a Memory Yearbook for each school year. We would love to include some of your school memories from field trips and school events/activities. Yes, we would love your pictures! Please email us your pictures for consideration!
Reflections Program
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The Reflections Program is a National PTA and Washington State PTA cultural arts competition.
The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works. Young artists get involved in their local PTA or PTSA. A student may submit an entry in any of six arts areas. Only original works of art are accepted. The six art areas are:
Contest Submissions are due in the school office by TBA. 2019-2020 Entry Form – Coming Soon! |
For more information:
More information on the contest rules for each art category and entry form can be found here:
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Spelling Bee
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Are you a great speller? Do you want to improve your spelling skills? Do you like a challenge? Are you in grades third, fourth, or fifth? Then the Crystal Springs PTA Spelling Bee is for you!
If you would like to participate in the Spelling Bee, please complete the enrollment form with your parents and return to your teacher NO LATER THAN TBD (sorry, late forms will not be accepted). Word lists will be distributed to participants on TBD. The Spelling Bee will be held TBD in the gym. The winning speller will represent our school at the regional spelling bee on TBD. |
Additional Parent Resources can be found at Scripps National Spelling Bee website:
Word Lists for Practicing (New Lists are Available After August 30th):
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Spirit Wear
Show your Crystal Springs Spirit by wearing our latest designs for the 2019-2020 school year!
Order forms will will go out in the fall and in the spring through 'Kid Mail.'
Order forms will will go out in the fall and in the spring through 'Kid Mail.'
Staff Appreciation
Our Teachers and Staff at Crystal Springs are amazing! We like to find ways to show our appreciation for them throughout the school year. Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week is celebrated during the first full week of May each year.
In 2020, it’s May 4-8. National Teacher Day falls on the Tuesday of Teacher Appreciation Week—May 5, 2020.
In 2020, it’s May 4-8. National Teacher Day falls on the Tuesday of Teacher Appreciation Week—May 5, 2020.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to think of our Teachers and Staff in some way!
We often have staff appreciation signup sheets that will go out via email and social media. If you would like to volunteer to bring some items into their staff room throughout the year, it’s much appreciated! |
Do you want to know what our teachers and staff love here at Crystal Springs? We have a handy ‘Staff Likes’ Binder located in the main office across from the Nurse’s office or see the full list online.
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Watch D.O.G.S.
What is Watch D.O.G.S.?
WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students) is a PTA sponsored family and community engagement educational initiative.
1. To provide positive male role models for the students, demonstrating by their presence that education is important.
2. To provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school security and reduce bullying.
Who are Watch D.O.G.S.?
WatchDOGS are fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures who volunteer for at least one day each year at an official WATCH D.O.G.S. school.
WATCH D.O.G.S., a K-12 program, invites fathers, grandfathers, uncles, or other father figures to volunteer at least one day all day at their child’s/student’s school during the school year. The program is overseen by a “Top Dog” volunteer who partners with the school administrator to coordinate scheduling and identify opportunities for WatchDOGS to provide assistance at the school. WatchDOG dads and volunteers perform a variety of tasks during their volunteer day including monitoring the school entrance, assisting with unloading and loading of buses and cars, monitoring the lunch room, or helping in the classroom with a teacher’s guidance by working with small groups of students on homework, flashcards, or spelling.
What do Watch D.O.G.S. do?
During the day, WatchDOGS may read and work on flash cards with students, play at recess, eat lunch with students, patrol the school entrances and hallways, assist with traffic flow and any other assigned activities where they actively engage with not only their own students but other students as well.
Many school principals have reported that the mere presence of a WatchDOG dad dramatically reduces reports of bullying. On the day of their participation, WatchDOG dads are given a brief review of their involvement and they wear an official WATCH D.O.G.S. t-shirt with a disposable ‘Dog Tag’ identifying them as a WatchDOG.
How can I learn more or become a Watch D.O.G.S. volunteer?
Thanks for being an involved father or father figure! You are going to love your day as a WatchDOG, and your kids will too. To sign up to be a WatchDOG, please call your child’s school and ask for the Top Dog Coordinator or the Watch Dog School Representative to find out a date you can sign up.
WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students) is a PTA sponsored family and community engagement educational initiative.
1. To provide positive male role models for the students, demonstrating by their presence that education is important.
2. To provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school security and reduce bullying.
Who are Watch D.O.G.S.?
WatchDOGS are fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures who volunteer for at least one day each year at an official WATCH D.O.G.S. school.
WATCH D.O.G.S., a K-12 program, invites fathers, grandfathers, uncles, or other father figures to volunteer at least one day all day at their child’s/student’s school during the school year. The program is overseen by a “Top Dog” volunteer who partners with the school administrator to coordinate scheduling and identify opportunities for WatchDOGS to provide assistance at the school. WatchDOG dads and volunteers perform a variety of tasks during their volunteer day including monitoring the school entrance, assisting with unloading and loading of buses and cars, monitoring the lunch room, or helping in the classroom with a teacher’s guidance by working with small groups of students on homework, flashcards, or spelling.
What do Watch D.O.G.S. do?
During the day, WatchDOGS may read and work on flash cards with students, play at recess, eat lunch with students, patrol the school entrances and hallways, assist with traffic flow and any other assigned activities where they actively engage with not only their own students but other students as well.
Many school principals have reported that the mere presence of a WatchDOG dad dramatically reduces reports of bullying. On the day of their participation, WatchDOG dads are given a brief review of their involvement and they wear an official WATCH D.O.G.S. t-shirt with a disposable ‘Dog Tag’ identifying them as a WatchDOG.
How can I learn more or become a Watch D.O.G.S. volunteer?
Thanks for being an involved father or father figure! You are going to love your day as a WatchDOG, and your kids will too. To sign up to be a WatchDOG, please call your child’s school and ask for the Top Dog Coordinator or the Watch Dog School Representative to find out a date you can sign up.