Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
You Are Always Welcome At Schenk Elementary!
All parents of Schenk families are automatically members, and there are NO FEES!
Please contact schenkpto@gmail.com for more information.
We strive to provide a welcoming atmosphere and we encourage you to visit and tour our school. Students and staff would love to talk with you about the learning which takes place at Schenk. We encourage you to talk with parents of our students to learn more about our school. For updates and more information you can also visit us on Facebook.
Contact your PTO officers for more information:
Please contact schenkpto@gmail.com for more information.
- President: Victoria Sutton
- Vice President: Sara Brelie
- Treasurer: Isabel Spooner-Harvey
- Secretary: Amber Quamme
- Communications & Social Media Officer: Janelle Heckendorn
- Principal: Amy Tranel
Events, Projects & Fundraisers
Growing The Schenk School Garden
We have the opportunity to have a dedicated garden educator at Schenk through the ROOTED Farm to School Americorps program! This would help the school to engage more teachers and students with the school garden space – and incorporate more garden and outdoor education into the school day. It would also help build capacity through garden volunteer facilitation – and grow connections to community artists, builders, and gardeners who might be able to donate time, materials, and expertise to the garden. The Americorps garden educator could also work with teachers to imagine new and creative ways to use the space. The cost of the program for one year is $3000. It costs an additional $500 to have the educator continue through the summer months.
Please consider making a donation to the Schenk School Garden “Farm to School” program via the Schenk PTO!
- Checks can be mailed to: Schenk Elementary, Attn: PTO, 230 Schenk Street, Madison, WI 53714.
- Donate via PayPal
- More information about the Americorps Farm to School Program.
An additional way to support the Schenk School Garden is to donate to the Pant Dane projected at https://ripple-effects.com/order/donate. You can select Schenk Elementary from a drop-down menu. This will help provide native plants for the school garden.
Amazon Smile
If you shop at Amazon, we invite you use the website http://smile.amazon.com for your purchases; if you designate the ‘Schenk Elementary PTO’ as your charity of choice, Amazon will donate a percentage of every purchase to the Schenk PTO.
Meetings and Minutes
The Schenk PTO will host meetings via Zoom on the third Thursday of September, November, January, March, and May via Zoom (Zoom Link) from 6:00-7:15pm.
All are welcome!
We invite your input
We hope to find ways to help our community now and as we look forward into a future where we can safely be together. If you have ideas, suggestions, or feedback, please reach out.
Please contact schenkpto@gmail.com for more information