BRACKETT ELEMENTARY PTO
Fifth Grade Committee
The 5th Grade Committee helps create a memorable last year at Brackett for our fifth-graders.
The 5th Grade Committee is a PTO booster club that coordinates a variety of fifth-grade traditions, including class t-shirts, yearbook, and a class gift to the Brackett community.
We also arrange a variety of class activities such as the fifth-grade social night, class field trip (in addition to the PTO-sponsored trip), volunteer opportunities for the students within the community, and our “Celebration of Learning” in June (formerly 5th grade graduation).
These traditions and activities are sponsored through our annual fundraising which takes place through bake sales, movie nights, and family contributions.
Join us in helping make this last year at Brackett for our children an amazing one!
If you would like to be part of the committee please email fifthgradecommittee@brackettpto.org.
Would you like to contribute to your child’s fifth grade experience?
Donate your contribution through the PTO’s Venmo or Paypal below
Important: Please add the comment “Fifth Grade Fund” to your Venmo or Paypal transaction
Questions? Interested in joining?
fifthgradecommittee@brackettpto.org
Ruby Liu and Tammy Kalt, Co-chairs

Upcoming 5th Grade Events
Friday, January 24 – PTO Community Movie Night (5th Grade Bake Sale)
Wednesday, February 5 – Food Link Community Service Opportunity
Friday, February 7 – Glow Dance 5th Grade Bake Sale
Thursday, March 13 – Food Link Community Service Opportunity
Friday, March 28 – Movie Night (5th Grade Fundraiser and Bake Sale)
5th Grade Community Service
Brackett 5th Graders: This year, you have an opportunity to engage in the community beyond Brackett through a variety of volunteer events. This is a fantastic way for you to use the power of your voice and actions to make a difference in the world around you. There will be 5-6 volunteer opportunities throughout the school year — become leaders in the community and have fun with your classmates while doing it!
These optional direct service projects will happen outside of school hours with adult supervision.
Check out details about these amazing opportunities as well as other fifth grade events below!
Upcoming Events

Volunteer at Movie Night!
Friday, January 24, 6:00 p.m.
Bake for the 5th Grade Bake Sale
or
Volunteer to Sell Concessions
Movie Nights
The fifth graders will be raising for their fifth grade activities, yearbook, and class T-shirts by hosting two fundraiser Movie Nights (in December and March) and holding a bake sale in conjunction at the PTO Community Movie Night in January!
Save these upcoming dates to make sure you don’t miss out!
Friday, January 24, 2025
PTO Community Movie Night: Toy Story
The Fifth Grade Committee will be holding a bake sale during Movie Night on Friday, February 24, 6:00 p.m.
Fifth graders and their families are invited to bake/buy and donate (individually wrapped) tasty treats to sell at the bake sale. All proceeds benefit the Fifth Grade Fund. Donations will be accepted before/after school on Friday or at Movie Night.
Fifth grade students also have the opportunity to volunteer to sell concessions and more!
Volunteer or sign up to donate baked goods here!
Friday, March 28, 2025
5th Grade Fundraiser Movie Night: TBD
Thank you for supporting the fifth grade class!

Glow Dance: Bake Sale!
Friday, February 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Bake for the 5th Grade Bake Sale at the 2nd Annual Glow Dance!
(Scroll Down to the Bottom of the Sign Up)
Glow Dance Bake Sale
The fifth graders will be fundraising for their fifth grade activities, yearbook, and class T-shirts by holding a bake sale in conjunction with the 2nd Annual Glow Dance on February 7!
Friday, January 24, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Ready, Set, Bake!
Fifth graders and their families are invited to bake/buy and donate tasty treats to sell at the bake sale. All proceeds benefit the Fifth Grade Fund and supports our class activities, t-shirt, yearbook, and the Celebration of Learning (formerly 5th grade graduation).
Bring your favorite brownies, cookies, bars, muffins, cupcakes — any delicious confection works!
All Baked Goods Should Be:
- Individually wrapped to sell for $1.00.
- Labeled “Contain Nuts” if you have nuts in the recipe. (We will have a note on the day of explaining that the bake goods are homemade and may be packed in a nut, soy, etc.. home).
Sign up to donate baked goods or volunteer to staff the sale here!
(bake sale donations: scroll down to the bottom of the sign up page)

Volunteer: Food Link
On Wednesday, February 5th from 2:30-4:00 p.m. or Thursday, March 13th from 3:00-4:30 p.m., students can sign up to volunteer at Food Link (108 Summer St, Arlington) with an adult.
Click here for more details and to sign up for a slot.
There are only 10 slots available for each date, so adults are encouraged to bring multiple 5th graders, if possible.
Food Link rescues fresh, quality, surplus food from grocery stores and wholesale suppliers and distributes the food to over 90 community organizations serving food-insecure people throughout 40+ Eastern Massachusetts towns and cities.
This is a hands-on experience, activities may include sorting produce and non-perishable food, depackaging and composting expired food, loading/unloading their vehicles, and cleaning tasks inside and/or outside the building.
If you were able to volunteer at Arlington EATS, we ask that you do not sign up for Food Link, to give other students a chance to volunteer. If you are looking for more ways to volunteer on your own, don’t forget the family resource guide.
Past Events

Volunteer: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
For January, we won’t have an organized event but encourage students and their families to consider signing up for volunteer events in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to make Monday, January 20th a day on for service!
Please email the 5th grade committee if you sign up for either, so we can help people find each other.
Lexington is hosting its 12th annual MLK Day of service. Projects include: donating food, toys, clothing, and more to help local nonprofits; delivering toys or food donations; sorting and packaging food (this one is at FoodLink in Arlington); or make appreciation cards for veterans. Learn more and sign up here.
Boston Cares is hosting its annual MLK Day of service at the Boston Latin School. This in-person volunteering event is for ages 5+. You can sign up to make items that will be donated to four nonprofits, including fidget toys for Waltham Partnership for Youth, blankets and more for School on Wheels and Pine Street Inn, and valentines for seniors at Ethos. Learn more and sign up here.

Volunteer: Arlington EATS
Following the Brackett Fall Food Drive, students and their adults volunteered at two activities helping Arlington EATS, a local non-profit that works with the community to help eliminate food insecurity and hunger in Arlington.
On December 3, students/caregiver volunteers delivered all of the food donations from the Brackett Food Drive to Arlington Eats — two huge carloads! Then, on December 11, students/caregiver volunteers visited Arlington Eats to learn about their work and help sort and shelve the food drive donations.
Both volunteer opportunities were a huge success!

Movie Night – Ferdinand
Friday, December 6, 2024
In honor of this year’s fifth grade mascot, the Brackett Bulls, the fifth graders showed the movie Ferdinand for their first Movie Night Fundraiser. Students ran all of the concessions and donation tables and together raised over $1,200 for the Fifth Grade Fund, which will go towards the class t-shirt, yearbook, fifth grade social, and the Celebration of Learning (formerly fifth grade graduation).
Fifth graders, congratulations on a fantastic event!

Election Day Bake Sale
Congratulations Fifth Graders!
Thank you to all of the fifth graders and their families who made our Election Day Bake Sale a success!
We couldn’t have done it without the massive amount of SPECTACULAR baked treats that were contributed by the class and all of the AMAZING fifth graders that volunteered their time to run the sale.
Together we raised:
$2,016.00
Fantastic job, fifth graders — you should all be very proud of all of your hard work!
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