Calendar of Events 9/19 Spell Bowl Tryout (4th & 5th graders) 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm 9/21 5th gr. Field trip to the Plane- tarium in Merrillville 9/27 1/2 Day - Dismissal at 12:14 pm 9/29 CPHS Homecoming 10/2 1st/Sletto to CP Fire Station 10/9-13: BOOK FAIR 10/12 1st/Wolf to CP Fire Station 10/13 1st/Gasparovic to CP Fire Station 10/16 1st/Burford to CP Fire Station 10/17 Picture Retake Day 10/18 DQ Fundraiser Night 3 - 9 pm McDonald’s Fundraiser Raffle Winner Leila Youssef Our next month’s fundraiser will be at Dairy Queen! NOTE FROM OUR PTO PRESIDENT, Kristy Rager: Thank you to all who came out to our annual Ice Cream Social and Bingo night! We had a record attendance this year with over 400 people! Wow! Thank you to all the families that donated ice cream toppings! There were a lot of great toppings to choose from! A very special thank you to the follow- ing people that helped with setup and other things: John Gundich, Tra- cy Payne, Chelsea Rodrigue, Stacy and Scott Coil, Lynda LeBlanc, Co- dy Sarallo, Eileen Mahler, Jen Krooswyk, Kate Sletto, Lindsey Reidel- bach, Gail O'Connor, Patrizzia Gundich, Fiona McCarroll, Carlton Rag- er (bingo caller extraordinaire!), Davison, Claire, and Ashton Rager, Bailey and Addyson Reidelbach, Sam and Charlotte O'Connor, Miabella and Leonardo Gundich, Walach family, and anyone and every- one else that helped (I apologize if I didn't get your name on here...it got a little crazy!!) We appreciate you giving your time and your efforts to make our night a huge success! Thank you, thank you!! Thank you to our fabulous custodial staff for helping with everything we needed all night...Roseann and Jon were fantastic! Our fundraiser ended on Tuesday! Thank you for all your hard work and your support of this vital fundraiser! Look for information to come home in the coming weeks for the rewards party or Bull's Experience if you qualified! The rewards party is scheduled for Sunday, October 8 from 1-3 pm at On the Square Sports Academy in Crown Point. Order pickup is scheduled for October 12th. This includes all cookie dough as well as any other catalog orders. Look for more information to come home soon! Thank you for your continued support of the PTO! Homecoming parade is September 29th. We will meet in the Taft parking lot around 4:30 pm! Once the parade begins, we will all walk together in the parade from Taft to CPHS. You can bring candy to throw if you like, but is it optional. Wear your Solon Spiritwear or colors, or Bulldogs colors! We would love to have a huge turnout to show our Stinger pride and support our Bulldogs! A special thanks to 5th graders, Amanda Lopez, Samantha Bui, and McKenzie Poer for keeping our flowers nice and healthy!