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Welcome to your March newsletter! With 3 months left in the school year, there are many fun activities planned by CRE and PTO.

Color Run and Spring Break are the highlights of this month.

Read on for all the details, links, and ways to join the journey.

PTO Calendar - March 2026

CRE: UIL Academics +

🚀 CRE’S UIL DEBUT WAS A SMASH HIT!

For the first time ever, Canyon Ranch Elementary PTO led our students into the UIL competition—and our Blazers absolutely swept the board! We didn't just participate; we placed in nearly every single category we entered.

This is what happens when parents, students, and the PTO work together. Check out these history-making results from our first season:

🔢 Number Sense

* 4th Grade: 🥈 Aaditya Singh (2nd), 🎖️ Dhruv A. Bhakoo (4th), 🎖️ Ishaan Sakhuja (6th)

* 5th Grade: 🎖️ Vishnu Raghavendra (5th)

✍️ Ready Writing

* 4th Grade: 🥇 Pranavi Lagishetty (1st Place!), 🥉 Rushika Shrimali(3rd)

* 5th Grade: 🥈 Sanaa Hassan (2nd), 🎖️ Sriyansh Proddatoori (4th)

📖 Spelling

* 4th Grade: 🥈 Pranavi Lagishetty (2nd), 🥉 Niya Elireddy (3rd)

* 5th Grade: 🎖️ Vainvi Kamerkar (5th)

🗣️ Oral Reading

* 4th Grade: 🥈 Vivaan Singh (2nd), 🎖️ Adhrit Jain (4th), 🎖️ Ahon SenPaul (7th)

* 5th Grade: 🎖️ Sanaa Hassan (8th)

🧩 Chess Puzzle

* 4th Grade: 🎖️ Adhrusht Halaswamylalita (5th)

💥 Why This Matters

Your PTO is dedicated to bringing these high-impact academic opportunities to our kids, but we need YOU to keep the momentum going! Whether it’s coaching, organizing, or cheering, your involvement is the secret sauce to our students' success.

Let's make next year even bigger. Join the PTO and help us lead the way!

#CREPTO #UILChampions

Our coaches from right to left: Sweta (number sense), Basu ( reading and writing), Princy ( spelling), and Vinita ( number sense)

Thank You for Your Support

Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers for bringing so much heart and energy to our Valentine’s party!

Order Your Yearbook

One Book. So Many Memories.

From Pre-K through fifth grade and every class in between, this yearbook captures the moments, friendships, and milestones that made this school year special. This yearbook serves as a treasured memento that your child, particularly our fifth graders, will cherish long after their elementary school journey concludes.

The 2025-26 Yearbooks are available for purchase. Yearbooks can be purchased on Lifetouch webpage www.ybpay.com with CRE Yearbook code: 14906526

Yearbooks from your PTO membership toolkit account as well. We highly encourage to secure your yearbook early to ensure prompt delivery the first week of May 2026.

Please visit: https://canyonranchpto.membershiptoolkit.com/yearbook

Petting Zoo Fun- March 6th

On March 6th, our pre-k friends will experience a large petting zoo that will include sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, a mini horse, a mini donkey, a pig, and an ALPACA! Don’t spill the beans; let your kids get a BIG surprise!!

🏃‍♂️ Color Run - Friday, March 13!

Get ready for a day full of color, smiles, and school spirit!

Our CRE Color Run is a fun, non-competitive walk or run where kids wear white and get splashed with bright, joyful colors along the way. Whether they walk, run, dance, or skip, every child gets to be part of the excitement.

Parents, this is more than just fun: every Color Run T-shirt purchased helps support CRE student enrichment programs and events. Let’s make March 13, 2026, a colorful celebration for our Coyotes.

Celebrate Your Child’s Birthday! 🎉

With only 3 months left in the school year, don't forget to reserve your child's spot for the Birthday Marquee! Please don't wait for the week before the child's birthday to reserve the spot, reserve early.

If you would have children who have summer birthdays, please reserve their names in the weeks of June, July and August before June 1, 2026.

Please reserve your child's message by the Wednesday before their special week! The Marquee displays the Child's Name from Monday to Friday.

This is the membership toolkit link to purchase your birthday spot. https://canyonranchpto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/344906

All proceeds fund school activities and enrichment programs.

Thanks!

SUBJECT: From the CRE PTO: MARCH 2026 PTO Highlights!