The PTO will not be hosting any meetups Friday or Monday (which is a holiday). We will start hosting on Tuesday and plan to have 25 to 50 spots open each day. We will spend the weekend firming up our plans and scheduling the volunteers (thank you, everyone who has signed up!). We will email a full digest and signups on Sunday night at 6 pm. Please keep an eye on your inbox, as that will be your chance to sign up.

Here are some things you can do in the meantime:

Have your students decorate outlines of their hands. Bring handprints to the drop box outside of the Ryal Side Civic Center (7 Eleanor Ave). They will be added to a poster displayed outside Ayers to show teachers our support. Please drop off hands by 4 pm Sunday.

Swing by Ayers in the morning to say hi to or stand with the teachers.

Pick up your student’s lunch at Beverly High School between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm.

Head to Lynch Park tomorrow (Friday) at 12:30 to rally with your Ayers educators and all of Beverly.

Or grab a bite out! There are several restaurants in the area offering free food and drink. Some include Post – Hamilton and Longboards in Salem. Feel free to share any others you find!

Drop a note below to share your plans and connect with other families!

Remember: We’re all in this together!

Mark your calendars for these events and fundraisers sponsored by the Ayers PTO this year!

The Momball tournament is one of our biggest fundraisers for all of the Beverly School PTO’s and it’s also one of the funnest! Ayers is hoping to have 2 teams this year. We are still looking for a few more players. If you are interested please Email ayersmomball@gmail for more info or to sign up!

The new playground is ready!! This beautiful ship-themed structure features 2 slides, rock climbing, lots of fun climbing activities, plus a separate climbing structure, swings, and a communication board. We’ve moved four picnic tables from the front of the building to the back so students who don’t feel like playing have a place to sit, work on bead bracelets, or just hang out with friends. We gave some of the benches that were there a fresh coat of paint with plans to replace them soon.

We ran into a few snags with the patio; however, we are hoping that project will get underway this week. It will be worked on outside of school hours and should be completed in the coming weeks.

Thank you to all who helped with the playground: planning fundraisers;  donating money, time, raffle prizes, or shoes; brainstorming ideas or putting plans into action; applying for grants; showing up to help with whatever the task of the day was. A special thank you to our playground committee, which did hours of behind-the-scenes work to make this happen. 

It was a long road and we asked a lot from families last year–including families whose students would be moving on from Ayers after and wouldn’t get to use the structure every day. Know you are always welcome to play at Ayers and enjoy the structure you helped build. 

Thank you again for bearing with us and for helping in any way you were able to last year.