Join us at our first General PTO Meeting of the year, at 4:00 in the Media Center. Childcare will be provided and all are welcome!
Drop into Firehouse Subs anytime between 10:30am and 9:00pm on Thursday the 20th for our September Harney Night. Be sure to present this flyer and 20% of your bill to be donated to Harney!
Come visit your child's classroom, meet their teachers, and then join the PTO for an icy treat! We'll have info about what the PTO has in store for Harney families this year, as well as ways you can help make this a great school year for our students and staff!
And be sure to kick-off the school year right by dropping into Chipotle that evening for our first Restaurant Night of the year! Be sure to show them the FLYER so 33% of the proceeds will be donated to Harney!
Don't miss the Harney Elementary Annual Talent Show! We've got some seriously talented kids at Harney - come show your support at this family-friendly event!
Snacks and drinks will be sold from 5:00 - 5:45.
Harney is hosting it's second-annual Buy One Get One Free Book Fair from Wednesday, May 30th to Friday, June 1st! Stock up on summer reading from an awesome selection of English and Spanish books, as well as bargain books. For every book you purchase, you can get or give a book of equal or lesser value for free!
Bring the family for a treat at Vancouver's best ice cream shop, and help out our school with your yummy purchase! Ice Cream Renaissance is hosting our May Harney Night on Thursday the 24th, and will donate 20% of your bill to our school. Stop by for an afternoon treat, or bring the whole family for dessert in the evening - and tell them you're there in support of our school.
Join us for our last monthly PTO meeting of the school year! We're continuing with our relaxed, family friendly gatherings, providing parents and teachers a chance to connect outside of school, share ideas, hear about upcoming Harney activities, and have a little fun while working to make our students' experience at Harney the best it can be! As this is our last gathering for the year, we'll also be voting on next year's board members.
We'll be meeting at Heavy Metal Brewing this month, so come join us and find out what the PTO has in store!
150 of our Harney 4th and 5th graders have been hard at work, and are ready to share their STEM projects! They're addressing real-world problems in science, technology, engineering, and math, and will be showing the process they used to reach a solution. Come support our Harney kids, participate in interactive STEM activities, and watch a student feature video.
Help show love, appreciation, and gratitude to our hard-working teachers and staff at Harney Elementary the first week of May as we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week! Please help us feed our staff on Tuesday with a salad bar, on Wednesday with a post-yoga smoothie bar, and on Thursday with a fierce (not mighty!) bowl bar. A huge thank you to Cooper Chiropractic, A Mobile Yogi, Stacey Atkins of ever, KIND, Sprout & Blossom Farm, and Pure Haven for partnering with us for Staff Appreciation!
Join us for Derby de Mayo! This year's Annual Harney Benefit Auction will be a fusion of the Kentucky Derby & a Cinco de Mayo celebration! Be sure to purchase your tickets NOW, and come join us for a fun-filled afternoon in support of Harney!
Find all the details and online ticket sales here.
Join us for our revamped monthly PTO meeting as we try something completely new! We're looking to recreate our meetings into more relaxed, family friendly gatherings, providing parents and teachers a chance to connect outside of school, share ideas, hear about upcoming Harney activities, and have a little fun while working to make our students' experience at Harney the best it can be!
We'll be gathering at Fortside Brewing this month, so come join us and find out what the PTO has in store!
Join us at Vancouver's MOD Pizza for our April Harney Fundraiser! Stop by anytime on Tuesday and show the flyer HERE for 20% of your bill to be donated to Harney.
Come on down to McDonalds on Fourth Plain, on the evening of Wednesday, March 28th to join in on our PTO Restaurant Night fundraiser! Come see some of the Harney teachers and staff who will be helping behind the counters, and 20% of your bill will be donated to Harney!
Bring a buddy to join you at Harney for breakfast before class! Harney Teachers will be serving our Harney families a breakfast of cinnamon rolls, fruit, milk & juice. Of course we'll have coffee for the adults, as well as a professional coffee cart serving up the high-octane stuff for a $2 donation.
Keep an eye out for our Auction Booth at Breakfast where we'll be kicking off ticket sales and holding a raffle for a Derby Hat!
¡Trae un amigo contigo a Harney para desayunar en la escuela antes de ir a clases! Los maestros de Harney estarán sirviendo el desayuno a las familias de Harney – un pan de canela, frutas, leche y jugo. Por supuesto también habrá café para los adultos, y habrá una carreta profesional para hacer los lates y café especial a $2 la donación. Busca la mesa de la subasta anual durante el desayuno donde daremos inicio a la venta de boletos y tendremos una rifa para un sombrero especial para la subasta!!
Join us for a free Family Game Night at Harney! Kazoodles will have games to play in the cafeteria - love 'em? You can buy them! Fire & Ice food truck will be on hand and there will be a super fun group game in the gym.
For those Harney parents planning to attend the Derby-themed Harney Benefit Auction in May, we'll be hosting a Derby Hat-making table at Game Night, with everything you need to make a fabulous Derby Hat!
And be sure to bring 2 canned or boxed food donations for our Family Resource pantry and you'll be entered in a drawing for a prize!
Join us anytime on Thursday at the Panda Express in the Grand Central Shopping Center, and 20% of the proceeds will benefit Harney! Be sure to bring your Panda Express Fundraising Coupon which you can find here: PANDA EXPRESS
Find your inner Picasso or Van Gogh at this month's PTO-hosted event - "Art Night"! Join us and get creative with your Harney friends! Mr. London will be leading a painting activity for you to create a masterpiece on a 10x10" canvas - just $2/canvas. Additional free arts and crafts activities will be offered in the gym. All are welcome!
It's that time of year again! Bring the whole family for pizza, games, and FUN at our annual Chuck E. Cheese fundraiser! Tell your server that you're there to support Harney, and 15% of the evening's proceeds will be donated to our school. Be sure to show the flyer HERE!
This month's Restaurant Night is at Vancouver's new Panera Bread in Hazel Dell! Join us after school for a snack, or at dinnertime with the whole family. Be sure to show THIS FLYER and 20% of your purchase will be donated to Harney.
It's time for Harney's annual Movie Night! This year we will be featuring a classic, "Honey I Shrunk the Kids." Bring a low camp chair, blanket or pillow, and all your friends! Snacks will be available for purchase. The DVD, along with a few other prizes, will be raffled off throughout the night.
And, while the kids watch the movie, parents can shop at our Holiday Bazaar! Local vendors and artisans will be showcasing their wares to help you get your holiday shopping done early.
If you are interested in reserving a vendor booth, please complete the vendor application HERE
Beaches is once again hosting a day-long October Restaurant Night with "Halloween for Harney"! Come in your costume, or just enjoy the parade of costumes sure to be there, anytime on Halloween, at either Beaches Restaurant! And don't forget to mention that you're there in support of Harney so that 50% of your tab will be donated to our school! Print out this flier for all the details.
Bring the family to Harney for a Wild West Literacy Night!
We’ll have plenty of fun, reading-related raffles and giveaways and the first 100 students to arrive will receive chapter samplers of Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race!
Our first Scholastic Book Fair of the year is gearing up to be a wild one! Stop by the Harney Media Center during Teacher Conference week to find some great deals on a huge selection of books for young readers, Spanish readers and middle-grade readers. And be sure to check out the teacher wish-lists, where you can supply books to our teachers' classrooms.
All Harney families are welcome to come shop for FREE at our Fresh Food Pantry in the Harney Cafeteria! We're stocked with fresh meats, dairy, fruits and veggies and it's all available to our Harney families!
G6 is teaming up with the Harney PTO with discounted jump times and a canned food drive for our Family Resource Center! Pay only $5 for an hour of jump time and 100% of the evening's proceeds go to Harney. And be sure to bring a canned or boxed food donation and your G6 gripper socks!
Harney's biggest event of the year has a new twist - we're celebrating Mexican Independence Day! Bring the family and join us for an evening of fun games, tasty food carts, a craft and vendor fair, and a visit from the Vancouver Police and Fire Departments. We will be raffling off prizes, so be sure to bring a canned food donation for our Harney FCRC pantry and Box Tops for extra chances to win!
Admission: $2/person for unlimited games and fun
Join us in supporting our Harney Soccer Team at our final Harney Night at Burgerville! (They are changing their charitable giving format soon and will no longer be hosting school restaurant nights.) And tell your friends! 20% of all sales from the night will be donated to Harney, and will be passed on to our Harney Soccer Team. The PTO will be there holding a soccer-themed raffle and selling wristbands for the Harney Carney, so stop by our table to say Hi!
We're jumpstarting the school year with a Harney Restaurant Night on Back to School Night! Stop in at Chipotle to grab a meal for the family on your way to meet your teachers. Or swing by afterwards and catch up with your Harney friends and families. Either way, you'll be supporting Harney when you show THIS FLYER to the cashier because a whopping 50% of your bill will go directly to our school!
We've got an amazing family of volunteers at Harney that help make our school the incredible place it is...and it's our turn to say thanks! If you spend time in your child's classroom, accompany students on field trips, help out at school functions, share your lunch break with a lunch buddy, or volunteer your time in any way to Harney, please join us as we celebrate you at an appreciation assembly and reception.
Over the past 2 years the Harney Elementary PTO has worked in collaboration with nature+play designs, community volunteers, and Harney students, families and staff members to develop an Outdoor Learning Space on our school grounds. As construction nears completion, we're hosting a Kick-off Celebration and Summer Safety Fair open to the greater community, on Saturday May 20th, from 1:00 - 4:00pm, on the Harney grounds.
We'll have activities for the kids including a Home Depot Project Zone, bicycle safety rodeo with Bike Clark County (be sure to bring your bike!), and visits from AMR and The Red Cross with some helpful safety tips for the parents, including a personalized child ID card-making station. Food and drinks from Megan's Snack Shack will be available for purchase, and kids can earn a raffle ticket for prizes - including new bicylces!
Bring your family, tell your friends, and lets celebrate the community that made this incredible space possible!
Join us after school on Thursday for our last Parent/Teacher Connection Event of the year! As always, we're aiming to give parents an opportunity to talk directly with teachers, staff and PTO Board Members, to get to know each other and the PTO, and to learn how to get involved with Harney. Come see what's going on with our school, our teachers and our kids, and find out how you can be a bigger part of it all!
This meeting, we'll be discussing end-of-the-year activities, summer opportunities to help our school, and voting on next year's board members.
Translator headpieces are available for our Spanish-speaking families, we've arranged childcare for the littles, and snacks will be provided - EVERYONE is welcome!
!Ven con nosotros después de clases el jueves para la reunión Conexiones Padres-Maestros! Les ofrecemos a los padres una oportunidad de platicar directamente con algunos maestros, empleados, y miebros del equipo del PTO para conocerse, y saber como se puede involucrar en la escuela Harney. Ven a ver que cosas bonitas pasan en la escuela, con nuestros maestros y con los estudiantes, y para saber cómo usted puede ser parte también. Se ofrece intérprete con audífonos para los que hablan español, tenemos cuidado de niños, y habrá también refrigerio – TODOS bienvenidos!
