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Zervas Parents and Caregivers, join the PTO for a refreshing sparkling juice, water or tea on the last day of school. We’ll be meeting outside the front of the school at 11:30am (pick-up is at noon on the last day of school) to toast this unique school year and enjoy the last 30 minutes before summer vacation begins! We also want to take this time to appreciate all Zervas parents. We hope you will join us.

Please reach out to Dana Fernandez and Jillian Jurilla at pto@zervaspto.org to express interest and/or get more information.

NEW: Zervas After Dark: We are looking for one or more parents to help plan a back to school event called Zervas After Dark (formerly the welcome back picnic). Our plan is to have 2-3 food trucks come to Zervas for families to purchase dinner and then show an outdoor movie. We are looking for one or more parents to help organize this event.

Teacher Appreciation Chair: Organize two teacher appreciation lunches during the year and help with other teacher appreciation initiatives (i.e. cookie swap, teacher appreciation week, and welcome back lawn signs).

Kindergarten Soccer: Kindergarten Soccer is our PTO’s biggest fundraiser but it doesn’t run itself. We are looking for volunteers for the 2021-2022 fall and spring seasons.  Please consider volunteering some of your time towards our PTO’s biggest fundraiser.  Details below.  

Enrollment for 2021/2022 is now open. All forms are on the ZASP website.

ZASP is back! 

Mondays – Hands-on Science 
Tuesdays – ZFL Flag Football 
Wednesdays – Hockey League 
Thursdays – Dance Group  
Fridays – Acrylics on Canvas 

ZASP is back to offering daily K-5 curriculum. We are still adhering to all health and safety protocols.

Contact Mike Shuley:
zervasasp@gmail.com 
zervasafterschoolprogram.org  
617-965-2655

TASTY Takeout returns for the last time this school year on Wednesday, June 16th for an all-day event at Stone L’Oven Pizza! No special code or mention needed. Stone L’Oven will donate 15% of the day’s proceeds to the Zervas PTO.

TASTY Takeout is a great way to support our local restaurants, the Zervas PTO (who will receive a portion of the evening’s profits), and take a day/night off of cooking. A Win-Win-Win!

Zervas Parents and Caregivers, join the PTO for a refreshing sparkling juice, water or tea on the last day of school. We’ll be meeting outside the front of the school at 11:30am (pick-up is at noon on the last day of school) to toast this unique school year and enjoy the last 30 minutes before summer vacation begins! We also want to take this time to appreciate all Zervas parents. We hope you will join us.

Join the broader Newton community in celebrating Juneteenth with two events taking place this weekend at the Hyde Playground. 

• Juneteenth Weekend Celebration: Saturday (6/19) – Newton Talks Race, 3pm to 4:30pm
  The event will include Newton area speakers, musical performances, local artwork and a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. Historic Newton will have a table with literature on the history Juneteenth.
• Juneteenth Weekend Celebration: Sunday (6/20) Family Day, 12pm to 4pm
  Please join us for a family friendly afternoon with entertainment, speakers, vendors, and more!  Music by DJ Ricky Groov, performances by Aashka Dance Company, food from Fresh Food Generations, and ice cream by Tipping Cow.

This is a great opportunity to continue learning about Juneteenth – click here for a children’s book list about Juneteenth, a read aloud, or a short video explaining the history of Juneteenth.

This is the time of year when we plan for next year and start to secure volunteers for upcoming PTO events and initiatives. We have several PTO positions open that we’d like to fill before summer, and there will be more roles that we’ll be looking to fill in the fall. There is something for everyone, from one-off tasks to bigger and more involved commitments with our committees and our board.

We, the PTO, do all this work because we believe in our wonderful Zervas school. We believe creating community is important, helping support out students and our Zervas staff is essential, and that these elementary years are a pretty special time in our lives. Want to join in on that??

Please reach out to Dana Fernandez and Suzanne Afergan at pto@zervaspto.org to express interest and/or get more information.

Teacher Appreciation Chair: Organize and manage teacher appreciation efforts throughout the year. This mostly includes organizing teacher appreciation meals. This role has room to be creative in thinking of new ways to appreciate our teachers (i.e. Welcome Back lawn signs from this year).

School Directory Administrator: We are looking for a volunteer to help with some backend data entry and data maintenance for our online school directory.

Kindergarten Soccer: Kindergarten Soccer is our PTO’s biggest fundraiser but it doesn’t run itself. We are looking for volunteers for the 2021-2022 fall and spring seasons.  Please consider volunteering some of your time towards our PTO’s biggest fundraiser.  Details below.  

Enrollment for 2021/2022 is now open. All forms are on the ZASP website.

ZASP is back! 

Mondays – Hands-on Science 
Tuesdays – ZFL Flag Football 
Wednesdays – Hockey League 
Thursdays – Dance Group  
Fridays – Acrylics on Canvas 

ZASP is back to offering daily K-5 curriculum. We are still adhering to all health and safety protocols.

Contact Mike Shuley:
zervasasp@gmail.com 
zervasafterschoolprogram.org  
617-965-2655

Join the PTO to walk around the neighborhood every other Friday immediately after morning drop off. Our next date is Friday, June 11th. Bring your coffee, wear comfortable shoes, dress for New England weather and be ready to connect with some other parents. Meet in front of the school at 8:25. If this is your first time joining, please reach out to let us know you will be there!