School Infrastructure and Reconciliation Update

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Last month, President Anna King and Executive Director Nathan R. Monell submitted a letter to education committees in Congress urging robust funding for school infrastructure in the reconciliation bill. The House Education and Labor Committee finished marking up its portion of the bill Sept. 10, investing:

• $82 billion in Public School Infrastructure

• $35 billion in Child Hunger Prevention Programs
• $450 billion to promote Affordable Child Care

PTA members advocating for these issues helped advance this legislation.  The reconciliation bill still needs to clear hurdles in both the House and Senate, and National PTA will continue to give updates as they become available. To be the first to know, sign up to receive action alerts!

Join our SMS PTA Membership Today!

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Join SMS PTA and help us to earn the Early Bird Achievement Award -- 100% of our total membership last year by September 30th!  

Our goal:  600 members, one more than our total of 599 last year.  Click Here to Join!

We currently have 517 members; we need 83 more to reach our goal of 600.  Parents, Students, Grandparents and other Community Members can join to support Schimelpfenig PTA.  

Thank you in advance for your support!

National PTA Received the 2021 Outstanding Organization Change Maker Award

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Ways to Help Raise Funds for SMS PTA

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1. Donate to the PTA online!

Your generous TAX-DEDUCTIBLE donation will fund programs, social events, and classroom materials for students as well as SMS staff wish list items.  

We thank you in advance for your contributions!

Please visit here to donate online!

2. You just keep shopping – let these stores do the donating for you!

Visit our Fundraising Page here for more information.

Link your Kroger or Tom Thumb rewards cards to Schimelpfenig to help our school raise money. The stores will donate a percentage back to the school help show their support for the local communities.

• Kroger Community Rewards Program
• Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program  
• Office Depot
• Box Tops
• Amazon Smile – Same products and prices as Amazon.  Their foundation matches a percentage of your purchases to donate to nonprofits like our school!  So easy and you are helping by shopping.

3. World Wear Project – Clean out your clutter of old toys, kitchen items, unused towels and bedding and of course CLOTHES!  Bring them up to the BIG BLUE Bin located in the west parking lot.  

Schimelpfenig PTA is hosting a Virtual Peanut Butter Drive

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Join our team in the fight against hunger for the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB). Through our team’s virtual peanut butter drive and NTFB’s ability to stretch every dollar donated into three meals, your support makes a difference for food insecure children, seniors, and families in North Texas.

To donate to our virtual peanut butter drive simply fill your cart with the Food Bank’s most needed items and follow the steps to checkout. Thank you for partnering with us to help North Texans facing hunger!

Please donate "Jars" of PB HERE.