Mars Elementary PTO

🌟 Glow Party Reminder! 🌟

Our Centennial Spring Glow Party is coming up in 1️⃣ week on Wednesday, April 1st, and we can’t wait to celebrate with our 6th and 5th graders! If you haven’t grabbed a volunteer spot yet, there’s still time to help make the day extra fun.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4FACA92CA6FF2-61690064-centennial

🎬✨ Lights, Camera, GRATITUDE! ✨🎬
Mars Area School District Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week is May 4–7, 2026, and our PTO is hosting themed appreciation luncheons April 14–16 to celebrate our incredible K–6 staff.

Want to help us roll out the red carpet?
💛 Make a monetary donation: https://teacher-staff-appreciation-fun.cheddarup.com (Donations due by April 10)

🍽 Sign up to donate food or supplies:
Primary Center: signup.com/go/cPTCTBk
Mars Area Elementary: signup.com/go/DEYGOya
Centennial: https://signup.com/go/iGSHLiT

Every contribution helps us honor the teachers and staff who pour so much into our kids each day. Let’s show them how appreciated they truly are! 💙💛

🍫🌸 LAST CALL for CANDIES 🌸🍫
It’s the final weekend to snag your Sarris Candy and support Mars PTO before the sale closes on March 22! If you’ve been thinking about ordering, this is your sign to make it happen—future you (and your sweet tooth) will be very proud.

Order here ➡️ www.sarriscandiesfundraising.com
Select “I am supporting a fundraiser” and use Group ID #17‑1364

💙 LAST CALL 💛
Order today to get your Mars gear in time for the field trips!

https://mars2026springspiritwear.itemorder.com/shop/home/

If Spirit Wear is still sitting on your mental to‑do list… this is it.
Sale closes SO soon. THIS WEEKEND. No extensions. No “oops I forgot.”

Grab the gear, feel like a responsible adult, and save your future self from the “Mom… everyone else has one” conversation.

👉 Order now before it’s gone! https://mars2026springspiritwear.itemorder.com/shop/home/

💙💛SPIRIT WEAR - Do Not Procrastinate!

Remember when we used to procrastinate on college papers and swear we’d “never do this again”?
Yeah… well… here we are.

If you’ve been meaning to order Spirit Wear but keep getting distracted by life, kids, work, laundry, and the existential dread of being a grown‑up - this is your sign!
The sale is almost OVER and your cart is still empty.

✨ Grab your gear now so your kid doesn’t show up in April like “Mom… everyone else has the hoodie.”
✨ Sizes for the whole crew
✨ Once it closes, it’s GONE

Click. Order. Feel accomplished.
Let’s do this, fellow millennials — we may not have our lives together, but we can at least get Spirit Wear in on time.

https://mars2026springspiritwear.itemorder.com/shop/home/

✨ There’s no place like… the Mars High School Musical! ✨
Our Wizard of Oz cast is gearing up for the big show on March 13–14, and we’re opening pre‑orders for our MAE families and community!

Grab a Busy Box for your kiddo!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SIMsLCOzqBGMaEF_gURDqBIZQuoj9f9KxJT0WN_zeaA/viewform?chromeless=1&edit_requested=true

🎬✨ Lights, Camera, GRATITUDE! ✨🎬

Mars Area School District Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week is May 4–7, 2026, and our PTO is hosting themed appreciation luncheons April 14–16 to celebrate our incredible K–6 staff.

Want to help us roll out the red carpet?

💛 Make a monetary donation:
https://teacher-staff-appreciation-fun.cheddarup.com
(Donations due by April 10)

🍽 Sign up to donate food or supplies:

Primary Center:
signup.com/go/cPTCTBk

Mars Area Elementary:
signup.com/go/DEYGOya

Centennial:
https://signup.com/go/iGSHLiT

Every contribution helps us honor the teachers and staff who pour so much into our kids each day. Let’s show them how appreciated they truly are! 💙💛

The Mars Elementary PTO is collecting Chick-fil-A receipts from the Cranberry & Wexford locations to use for teacher and staff appreciation efforts.

Paper receipts can be turned in to any PTO member or emailed to [email protected].

The PTO receives 20% of the subtotal of the receipts submitted! A big return for little effort!

Can't make the PTO meeting today March 3rd? Plan for the next ones and finish out the school year strong!

March Events at Mars Elementary Schools 🍀

3/3: PTO Meeting
3/10: CEN Science Fair
3/11: MAE Science Fair
3/19: No school
3/20: No school
3/25-3/27: CEN Spring Book Fair

*Please note the book fair dates are slightly different than the original calendar*