Harper PTO

Our programs and events are made possible by your iGNITE contributions

Parent Resources & Info

Here’s where you find everything from resources to help you address the challenges of parenting
to fun activities you can do with your children to great gear you and your child can enjoy.

Stock the Teacher’s Lounge

Stock the Teacher’s Lounge

Thank you for supporting the STOCK THE TEACHERS LOUNGE initiative at Harper Elementary School for the 2022/2023 school year. Each month has been assigned to a specific grade. 

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Please keep in mind that there are 65 teachers / staff members at Harper when purchasing items. The Lounge is stocked on the first Monday of the month. 

Reminder: individually packaged / bottled contributions can be dropped off at the front of Harper or shipped!  Please ship to ATTN: TEACHERS LOUNGE.

The Harper teachers and staff are grateful for the contributions!  

Thank  you!

Ignite Tax Letter

Thanks for supporting iGNITE. Your annual contribution to IGNITE Enrichment Fund pays for museum admissions, theater tickets, buses for field trips, crossing guards and all the other extras that help make Harper a great school. Harper enrichment activities are made possible because of generous donations from people like you.

Once again, thank you for supporting IGNITE enrichment programs. Your tax donation letter can be found here.

Still need to make your iGNITE donation? Click here to contribute.

COVID FAQs

Click here for District 39 COVID-19 Resources and Information 

  • Current COVID symptoms include:
    • Fever (100.4 or higher)
    • New onset of severe headache
    • New cough
    • Shortness of breath
    • Sore throat
    • Vomiting
    • Diarrhea
    • New loss of sense of taste or smell
    • Fatigue from unknown cause
    • Muscle aches from unknown cause

If your child has COVID symptoms please keep them home, report it to the health office and get a test ASAP.  

  • Acceptable tests for return to school: 
    • Rapid antigen tests (AKA Home tests, please email me the result)
    • Rapid PCR test or Rapid molecular test (AKA point of care tests done in a lab or medical facility)
    • RT-PCR (Remains the gold standard for Covid testing).

PE: Parents may send a note to excuse their child from PE due to injury or illness for up to three days. Please note that students will also be required to sit out of recess on any days they are excused from PE.   A doctor’s note is required for children who need to miss more than three days of PE.

Family Action Network (FAN)

The Family Action Network connects parents, educators and professionals through collaborative programming that educates, inspires and positively impacts the broader community.

FAN’s Fall 2015 Speaker Series

Sept. 17 Dana Suskind, MD “Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brai,”
Oct. 9 Sherry Turkle, Ph.D “Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk In A Digital Age”
Oct. 12 Anne-Marie Slaughter “Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family”
Oct 14 Julie Lythcott-Haims “How To Raise An Adult”
Oct 20 “An Evening with Andrew Solomon”

Please click the FAN website here for more information or email the Harper FAN liason at fan@harperpto.com.

Shopping for Harper

Ongoing monetary support is available from the listed companies.  Shop and earn your school money!  Don’t see a participating company listed, please let us know – email ptopresident@harperpto.com.

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Your Harper Decoder

A helpful decoder for the terms Harper families, faculty and students use when referring to the fun and important Harper programs and events!
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