Dear Newfield Community,
The Parent Faculty Organization (or PFO) would like to express our sincere gratitude for your support throughout the 2024/2025 school year. Thanks to you we’ve had one of our most successful, active years in recent history with over 20 PFO-organized events & nearly $40,000 raised! Whether you signed up to volunteer at the school, donated your time or talents to a special project, or fundraised on behalf of the students, we are incredibly grateful of your awesome efforts to better our Newfield community. Your involvement helps create a stronger and more supportive learning environment for all students & we look forward to continuing our partnership with you to make our school the best it can be!
At this time, we would like to formally welcome our 2025/2026 PFO Executive Board.
Co-Presidents: Lauren Wright and Elisabeth Marrocolla
Past President: Luci Shaw
Co-Vice Presidents of Fundraising: Luci Shaw and Julia Belmonte
Communications Secretary: Jennifer Sessions O’Neill
Treasurer: James Pruitt
Past Treasurer: Casey Heraghty
PT Council Representative: Stephanie O’Brien
Hispanic Liaisons: Teresa Gorbachevsky and Melisha Colon de la Rosa
Members-at-Large:
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Kindergarten - Meredith Caruso and Megan Pirolozzi
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First Grade - Courtney Copper and Lauren Powell
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Second Grade - Kathryn Jimenez and Sam Reif
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Third Grade - Dania Corsello and Elyse Sheeran
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Fourth Grade - Jackie Pruitt and Maureen Forde
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Fifth Grade - Lauren D’Onofrio and Sheryl Rubino
Thank you again for your support. Have a wonderful summer break!
Sincerely,
The Newfield PFO
Mark Your Calendars!
We have many fun things happening at Newfield!
Please save the dates.
The SPS district calendar is on the Board of Education's website here.
August 22 Kindergarten Playdate
August 26-27 Decorate the School to Welcome Back Staff + Students
September 4-5 Picture Day
September 9-12 Scholastic Book Fair
September 14 Welcome Back Picnic
September 26 Open House
September 30 Picture Makeup Day
October 3-4 NO SCHOOL
October 9-10 Fun Run!
October 14 NO SCHOOL
October 25 Halloween Bash!
October 30 Early Release Day
November 5 NO SCHOOL
November 11 NO SCHOOL
November 14 PFO Meeting, 7-8pm
November 22 Turkey Bingo!
November 27 Early Release
November 28-29 NO SCHOOL
Dec. 7 Winter Wonderland
Dec. 16-19 Reading at Newfield is Fun (RANIF)!
January 16 PFO Meeting, 7-8pm
January 30 Literacy "Glow" Night
Feb. 3-7 Valentine's Day Carnation Sale
Feb. 13 Carnation Handout!
March 13 Pie Night!
March 27 PFO Meeting
April 30 PFO Meeting
May 5-9 Staff Appreciation Week
May 8-9 Plant Sale
May 15 Parents' Night Out
May 28-30 BOGO Scholastic Book Fair
June 6 5th Grade Dance
Be the first to know
Download the Remind app from App Store or Google Play. Add @newfield to your classes.
For text notifications, text the message @newfield to the number 81010.
DONATIONS
Not interested in baking cookies, buying a candle or purchasing raffle tickets?
Here is your opportunity to make a tax deductible donation instead!
The PFO operates on an annual budget of about $35k (about $60 per student). Please consider supporting Newfield School with a tax deductible donation. Easily send payment via our PayPal link: https://paypal.me/NewfieldPFO.
Donations can also be sent via Zelle to
NewfieldPFOTreasurer@gmail.com.
There is no deadline for this type of donation. 100% of all donations go directly to our school. All donations to the Newfield PFO are tax-deductible, and may be eligible for many Corporate Charitable Donation Match Programs.
We thank you for your continued support!
CONTACT US
The Newfield Elementary School PFO welcomes volunteers. Don’t hesitate to get in touch and see how you can get involved!
For PFO notifications, text the message @newfield to the number 81010
345 Pepper Ridge Rd, Stamford, CT 06905, USA
(203) 977-4282
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