St. Marys Elementary PTO

10/24/2026

🧡The 2026 Pumpkin Palooza was made possible with the support of these generous sponsors!🦈

As always, we deeply appreciate the individuals and businesses that go out of their way to help us make this beloved event happen year after year. 🫶

10/23/2026

Good Morning, SMES families! This is just a friendly reminder that all preorders will be picked up at the preorder table at the entrance of the event. This process helps to avoid anyone losing their bags, bands, and/or tickets. We look forward to seeing everyone there! 🧡🦈

Pre-purchase your Pumpkin Palooza tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/pumpkin-palooza-3

👏🏻 All pre-purchases can be picked up at the table near the on-site ticket purchase table prior to the event start time. This process eliminates the need for you to keep track of your bags and wristbands until the event date! 💚🧡

10/14/2026

🧁 Help us make our Pumpkin Palooza Cake Walk a SWEET SUCCESS! 🧁

🦈 We're asking our amazing SMES families to help stock our Cake Walk with delicious treats. Please consider donating store-bought treats to help with this sweet tradition. 💙

All donations can be brought to SMES during the week of October 19-23.

🤝 Community partners came prepared to help with our 2-liter donation request, so we will still happily accept those, but they are not as needed as sweet treats!

10/13/2026

🍭🚨 CANDY WARS UPDATE 🚨🍬

🦈 Sharks... we've got a sweet competition going on!

🏆 1st grade is currently RUNNING the candy game! Where are the rest of our sharks at?!!

❗️Pre-K and Kindergarten: Are you going to let 1st grade show you up?!

❗️2nd and 3rd grades: It's time to make some MOVES!

❗️4th and 5th grades: Don't let the little sharks OUTSWIM you!

🔥 THE LEADERBOARD CAN CHANGE AT ANY MOMENT!
Every bag counts, every donation matters, and BRAGGING RIGHTS (and CUPCAKES) are on the line! 🧁

PARENTS, FAMILIES, & SHARKS: LET'S TURN UP THE HEAT! Who's got what it takes to knock 1st grade out of 1st place?! ⁉️

10/13/2026

Don’t forget to pre-purchase your Pumpkin Palooza tickets and snag this year’s bag! 🧡

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/pumpkin-palooza-3

10/05/2026

Pre-purchase your Pumpkin Palooza tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/pumpkin-palooza-3

👏🏻 All pre-purchases can be picked up at the table near the on-site ticket purchase table prior to the event start time. This process eliminates the need for you to keep track of your bags and wristbands until the event date! 💚🧡

10/05/2026

📖STORYBOOK PUMPKINS IS RETURNING!

The ✨optional✨ event that allows students to decorate (NOT CARVE) a pumpkin like a storybook character is back!

Pumpkins can be brought in from 10/13-10/16 to be voted on by peers and teachers! We look forward to seeing student-decorated pumpkins every year, and we can’t wait to see what our sharks will come up with! 💙🦈

ARTIFICIAL PUMPKINS ARE ENCOURAGED! Forms with additional details will be coming home today or tomorrow.

10/04/2026

We recognize and appreciate the desire our teachers have to make learning fun! 💙

🍎 We asked the SMES grade teams to compile Amazon wishlists to share with our school community. We understand that sometimes school community members with limited free time still want to help our teachers.

So far we have a wishlist from the SMES kindergarten team. If you’d like to view and help them fulfill their wish list, please see it below!

Stay tuned for wish lists from the remaining grade teams!