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Elections, Reading Challenge, and Dion’s

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Board Election Are Coming

Each April the Frontier PTO assigns officers to the PTO board to serve 1 year terms. PTO would love to have new faces to help steer the PTO’s direction!

Positions include: Co-President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Communications Coordinator, Events Coordinator, and Volunteer Coordinator. If you are interested, please fill out this Google Form. PTO will contact you with more information.

All prospective Board members must attend the Community PTO Meeting held Wednesday April 12 at 7p.

Reading Challenge

The 2023 Falcon Reading Challenge was a success! Frontier students read a total of 62,543 minutes (1,042 hours!) from March 3-March 8. The top 3 readers from PK-1st grade, 2nd-4th grades, and 5th-8th grades were awarded Barnes and Noble gift cards.

Thank you to all Frontier community members who helped their kiddos participate and track their reading; and by attending Falcon Family Fun Nights which which help raise funds that allow PTO to sponsor these events!

Falcon Family Fun Night at Dion’s

Board Elections Are Coming!

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Each April the Frontier PTO assigns officers to the PTO board to serve 1 year terms. PTO would love to have new faces to help steer the PTO’s direction!

Positions include: Co-President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Communications Coordinator, Events Coordinator, and Volunteer Coordinator.

Time commitments vary by position with the Co-President, Secretary, Communications, and Events positions being the most time-intensive.

If you are interested, please fill out the Google Form. PTO will contact you with more information. All prospective Board members must attend the Community PTO Meeting held Wednesday April 12 at 7p.

Click here for full position descriptions.

January Events Recap

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Thank you to everyone who participated in our January Events!

Whether you jumped at Defy, contributed food or funds for the food drive, or enjoyed the free movie night watching Minions: Rise of Gru, we can’t thank you enough for your support and participation!

Our Food Drive collected 13 large boxes of food and $243 in cash donations for the Village Pantry at the Village Exchange Center. Village Exchange even highlighted Frontier’s generosity on their facebook page:

Movie night was a true joy to put on and experience! Frontier families (and extended families) brought picnic dinners and blankets to get comfy and enjoy the movie in community. Many thanks to Mr. Gasior, Mr. Gibbens, Ms. Belegratis, Ms. Suarez, and Ms. Corrina for their support in set up and clean up.

Setting Up

Popcorn + Movie!

Clean Up

PTO events can only happen with the support of the Frontier community. Even if you think you have nothing to contribute, we encourage you to reach out via email or come to a meeting to learn about the simple ways you can help.

Food Drive: January 17-20

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Benefiting The Village Pantry, a program of the Village Exchange Center

The Village Pantry provides culturally relevant foods to people from more than 38 difference countries of origin. Access to traditional foods helps keep cultural roots and food traditions alive by sharing them across generations. A small sample of the communities/cultures/countries of origin served by Village Pantry include: Korean, Bhutanese Nepali, El Salvador, Oromo, and Afghan. 73% of people served live within APS boundaries.

Items Needed

1 Point Items

  • Lentils (all types and especially yellow)
  • Oils
  • Sugar
  • Coffee
  • Rice
  • Chicken bouillon cubes/powder
  • Spaghetti
  • Flour
  • Dried Chickpeas
  • Dried Beans
  • Canned beans
  • Tomato paste
  • Tomato sauce
  • Nuts
  • Raisins
  • Dried Spices: garlic, ginger, black pepper, mustard, cumin, turmeric, coriander seeds, bay leaves

5 Point Items

  • Aahu Barah Rice
  • Basmati Rice
  • Teff Powder/Flour
  • Chickpea Flour
  • Dried Spices: anchovy, ambasha, chickpea powder

If there are other items you find that you think will be useful to the Village Pantry, feel free to donate them! Items not typically found in King Soopers will be counted as 5 point items.

Never been to an international market? Go with a friend! Use it as an opportunity to talk to your child(ren) about the experiences of immigrants and refugees and how it might feel when coming to a new country and trying to obtain something as necessary and seemingly simple as food.

Click here for more information about the Village Exchange Center

Click here for more information about the Village Pantry

Want to take the lesson further?

Here are some engaging extension activities to round out your child’s understanding of hunger, and the experiences of immigrants and refugees in our country.

Feeding America Extension Activities

Extension Activities by Grade Level

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