Dear Quarton Families,

October is wrapping up with plenty of excitement at Quarton! We’re looking forward to Friday’s Halloween festivities and one last fall Bike Bus ride tomorrow before we pause until spring.

Please join us tomorrow, October 28, at 7pm in the Bear Den for a special PTA meeting with Dr. Roberson about the 2026 Bond proposal. Bring your questions and learn what it could mean for Quarton ahead of the November 3 election.

Our Pie the Principal staff lineup is revealed below, along with a special $12,000 stretch goal that would bring even more fun and support to our school! 

Thank you to everyone who has donated, volunteered, and helped make this fall a success.

Michelle Kastner - PTA President 

Annie Treharne - PTA Vice President

• Pie the Principal: Help us reach $10,000 for Grizzly Grants! Staff names are revealed in School News & Reminders below. Reach $12,000 to add a special guest to the list of staff to be pied, update the staff conference room, and bring Basketball Jones to Quarton for a special student assembly. Donate here; $25 per student is suggested, and every gift helps!
• Tomorrow, Oct 28 at 7pm: Join Dr. Roberson in the Bear Den for “What’s Next for Quarton?” and a discussion of the 2026 Bond.
• Coming up: Parent Wellness Event—Nov 4, 11:30am; PTA Meeting—Nov 20, 9:30am.
• Volunteer opportunities:Last call for Spring Promise to Participate (Quarton Cares, Creative Market, 5th Grade) and Math Pentathlon (children of volunteers are guaranteed a spot). We are still looking for Book Fair breakdown & cashier help and Bandaid Center.
• Polar Bear Ski Club: Registration is open! Register here, select “Tuesday,” and search for Quarton.
• Last fall Bike Bus—Oct 28: Meet at your neighborhood meeting point by 8:30am. We’ll resume in the spring!
• Reflections: Entries are due Nov 4. Details here.
• Access our Monthly Snapshot. More details below!

PIE THE PRINCIPAL: Help Fund Grizzly Grants! We’re raising $10,000 by November 14 to provide materials requested by Quarton teachers & staff. A suggested gift of $25 per student would get us to our goal, and donations of any size are appreciated. Your donations will support:

• Kindergarten - winter gear hooks and curriculum storage
• 1st grade - math, reading fluency, and phonics centers 
• 2nd Grade - 3-D math shapes and literacy corner materials 
• 3rd Grade - curriculum storage and a classroom rug 
• 4th Grade - make-your-own solar cars 
• 5th Grade - puzzle tables, magnetic whiteboards, & classroom items 
• School-wide requests including - P.E. basketballs, VW Lab storage, a calming station, folding chairs, sensory supports, and math and ELA resources.

The pie lineup is here! If we reach $10,000, the following staff members will get pied at the November Town Hall: Mrs. Rosinski, Ms. Pirronello, Mrs. Dyar, Mr. Cameron, Mrs. Bloor, Mrs. Kastner, Mrs. Kniesteadt, Mrs. DeMott, and Señorita Zamudio.Let’s go for $12,000! Raising an additional $2,000 will unlock a special guest in the pie lineup and fund updates to the staff conference room and a special Basketball Jones assembly for our students.

Students will be randomly selected to do the pie-ing, whether or not their family donates. Click here to donate.

BOOK FAIR HELP: We need volunteers during the book fair held November 11 &12 from 1pm-7pm. Help parents find books and check out. Additionally we need support on Thursday evening closing up the fair. Packing up the fair can be done in 20-30 minutes with four volunteers. Please click here to sign up for any and all slots available. We appreciate community support!

BANDAID CENTER: Help support our school’s Band-Aid Center! Operated entirely by parent volunteers, the center provides care for minor injuries and assists students who aren’t feeling well during the school day. Sign up here to volunteer and help keep our students comfortable and cared for!

MATH PENTATHLON: Math Pentathlon is returning for grades K-3rd and will meet Fridays at 8am. Last call for parent volunteers! Sign up here. We’ll announce the start date and open student registration once we know how many volunteers we have. Children of volunteers are guaranteed a spot. Contact Harry Pianko (harry.pianko@gmail.com) and Stephanie Lazar (Stephblazar@gmail.com) for more information.

PROMISE TO PARTICIPATE (PTP): PTP is the PTA’s volunteer sign-up for opportunities across all committees. To make the many options easier to navigate, sign-ups are divided into two groups: fall and full-year opportunities, and winter and spring opportunities. Fall and full-year sign-ups were shared last spring, and this is the last call for Spring Promise to Participate volunteers! Click here to explore the available opportunities and sign up!

QUARTON POLAR BEAR SNOW CLUB: Join Quarton's Tuesday night ski club and get ready to ski, snowboard, & have fun with your friends at Pine Knob!

• Who: Quarton students 7 years old & up
• When: Tuesdays after school, January 5–February 23
• Where: Pine Knob – parents provide transportation
• Bonus: Parents who join the club receive discounted lift tickets!
• Bonus: Siblings under 7 years can buy a lift ticket at ½ off!

Register here by clicking on "Tuesday" and searching for Quarton.

Never miss an event! Subscribe to the 2026–2027 PTA Community Calendar to automatically add important dates, including school events, half days, days off, and more to your personal calendar. Simply click here and follow the prompts.

Quarton in the 1950s: Halloween at Quarton in 1955

Halloween fun was in full swing at Quarton in 1955! That October, the PTA held its Annual Fair with a haunted house, a witch, games, kiddie rides, pumpkin sales, and treats for children enjoying the movies. Families could even sit down to a meal together at school.

A photo published in The Birmingham Eccentric on November 3 captures young Janine Lottier and her mother choosing a pumpkin at the fair for Janine’s jack-o’-lantern. Nearly 71 years later, that little moment gives us a wonderful glimpse of a Quarton family tradition.

Do you remember a Quarton fair—or have photos from one? Share your memories with us at quarton100yr@gmail.com!

It takes a village to make Quarton shine. Thank you to the following staff members and community members who have generously shared their time, talents and resources with our school!

• Jeannie Wriska for creating the cutest 1950's interactive slide show for the Junior Kindergarteners.
• All the staff that signed up to take a pie to the face for our Pie the Principal donation campaign
• The Carter Family for making and donating 4 sets of corn hole for our 5th graders
• Libby Lee Burke for your fun Quarton memory!

And thank you to all the parents that volunteered this past week to captain a Bike Bus meeting point, noon-aide and work the bandaid center. We truly have the BEARY best community!

Click on the images below to quickly access Membership Toolkit, the monthly Lunch Menu, the Meal Magic Portal (lunch account) and our donation website.