A message from our president

3/20/2022 9:00 pm

Dear Parents, 

Our PTA has been busy planning our upcoming Spring Carnival and we're excited for the opportunity to spend time with our Mills Park families again!  Please mark your calendars for Saturday, April 30th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. Many of our families have never been to our carnival as we have not had one since 2019. There will be inflatables, food trucks, carnival games and prizes, a magician, face-painting, gem mining and more! For full details, read the blog on our website or tune in weekly to the Panther Press for our special Carnival Series.

The carnival is incredible fun for our families but it is also our school's biggest fundraiser after Boosterthon. Money raised through the carnival and its accompanying silent auction and raffle baskets helps us to fund a wide range of activities and programs at MPE in the last few months of the school year. This spring, these programs include supplies for our STEM lab (up to $3,000), new books for the media center (up to $1,000), new soccer nets, our fifth-grade graduation ceremony, inflatables for Field Day and much more. 

Our classrooms have been split up into "raffle basket teams" led by room parents. Your donations to these baskets help us make all our programs possible. You should have received information from your children's room parents about how to contribute to your team's basket. You can also find updated carnival information and volunteer opportunities in our weekly Panther Press and on our website.  Our PTA strives to be as engaged and active as possible and fundraising allows us to provide optimal opportunities for our students and staff.  We can assure you the money raised will directly benefit your children and continue to make Mills Park Elementary the exceptional school that it is. 

A huge thank you to our room parents for organizing the raffle baskets and thank you to all of you for your continued support!

Alana Okiishi

MPE PTA President

Click More to read about what we have planned so far for the 2022 Spring Carnival.

Our next spirit night is at Mirchi's next to Publix

3/20/2022 8:59 pm

Have lunch (11:30AM-2PM) or dinner (5:30PM-10PM) at Mirchi's on Wednesday, April 6th and 20% will go back to MPE PTA!

Remember to bring your flyer in. Paper flyers will go home with your student next week. Otherwise download and print your flyer by clicking More. 

Go to mirchisnc.com to preview the menu. 

Thank you for your support!

Scott Reintgen is coming back to MPE

3/20/2022 8:59 pm

Scott Reintgen, a local Cary author, is returning to MPE on April 1st to talk to the 5th graders about his new novel, The Problem with Prophecies. 

His book will be released in May but you can pre-order a signed copy through your PTA account at a 20% discount and tax exempt. The cost is $14.50.

Books can be personalized - write your child's name as you want it to appear. 

The books will be delivered the week of May 24th. 

Click for more details. 

Engineering Day Program from Girls Engineering Change (NC State)

3/20/2022 7:07 pm

Girls Engineering Change (GEC), an organization at NC State University dedicated to diminishing gender disparities in engineering and STEM fields. We are introducing a new program aimed for elementary and middle school aged girls (3rd through 8th grade) called Engineering Day! This program is a FREE, unique experience for participants to learn about engineering by working with college-student mentors in hands-on engineering activities and talking to students and faculty in the College of Engineering.