Traverse Heights PTO

05/06/2026

Traverse Heights Elementary’s
🌟 FANCY DANCE: GLOW UP! 🌟
is almost here and we cannot wait to celebrate with everyone!

📅 Friday, May 15th
🕔 5:00–6:30 PM

🎨 Art Show opens at 5PM
💃 Dancing from 5:30–6:30PM

Get ready for an evening filled with:
🌮 Food from Taqueria TC Latino
🍿 Popcorn from our new PTO-sponsored machine
🍪 Cookies from The Baker’s Burrow
🎶 Live music from Detroit’s legendary DJ CDX
😊 Face painting from The Painted Lady Face Art
⚡ Glow-in-the-dark tattoos
🎭 Glow masks & friendship bracelets
📸 Photo booth fun

✨ Suggested donation: $10–20 per family at the door
(Prepay options available through the links below!)

🖤 Dress fancy, or glow it up in black, white, or neon! 🌈

Everyone is welcome!
All children must be supervised at the event.

We seriously can’t wait to light up the night with our Traverse Heights community 💖

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02/26/2026

🍽️ Help Feed Our Teachers on 3/11! 🍽️

During Parent Teacher Conferences, our teachers and staff stay late to meet with families. The PTO is providing meals for the other conference dates, but we need Traverse Heights family support to cover dinner on Wednesday, March 11.

We’re planning a potluck meal for about 22 staff members, and every contribution helps, whether it’s:

🥗 A salad
🥖 Bread
🥘 A side dish
🍝 A main entrée
🧁 Dessert
🥤 Drinks

If you’re able to help, please sign up using the Sign Up Genius link below and choose what works best for you.

Let’s show our amazing staff how much we appreciate them! 💛🖤

02/24/2026

🏀🎾🏃🏽‍♀️ Traverse Heights Families — Spring Sports are FREE with LEAP!

Thanks to our Traverse Heights PTO, students can participate in select spring sports at no cost to families this season.

Through TCAPS LEAP (Learning, Enrichment, and Athletic Program), our PTO is covering 100% of registration fees when you use our promo code.

🌷 Spring Sports & Grades:
• Boys Basketball — Grades 2 & 3
• Track & Field — Grades 4 & 5
• Tennis — Grades 2 & 3
• Tennis — Grades 4 & 5

🗓 Registration Deadlines:
• Basketball: 3/20/26
• Track: 3/20/26
• Tennis: 4/22/26

✅ How to Register:
1. Click the sport link in the comments
2. Register through the LEAP website
3. Enter promo code: THSPRING26PTO
4. Your fee will be fully covered by our PTO

We are so proud to help remove financial barriers so more of our students can move their bodies, try something new, and be part of a team this spring 💛

Click the links in the comments to enroll!

02/19/2026

Norte Youth Cycling Adventure Bike Club is back this spring! 🚲

Join Traverse Heights riders for 3 weeks of after school rides around Traverse City from 3:15-4:45pm April 27th through May 13th.

Register for free (link in comments) by using the following coupon code: TH2026SpringABC100

Contact Abbey at [email protected] if you have questions!

12/18/2025

Our friends at TART would like you to know about a free family event on January 17th.

Here is a link for more information:

Join us for a fun, family-friendly day of winter trail activities at the 16th Annual Winter Trails Day at Timber Ridge Resort.

12/12/2025

Please note, our rescheduled PTO December meeting has been cancelled. We look forward to seeing everyone at our Coffee and Connections, next Friday, and at our January meeting.

12/11/2025

We had such an amazing Community Connection Night! Thank you to the local organizations who participated, and to those who donated items for our raffle!

🙌🏻Big Brothers Big Sisters
🙌🏻Traverse Area District Library
🙌🏻BATA Transportation
🙌🏻Women’s Resource Center
🙌🏻Up North Pride
🙌🏻TART Trails
🙌🏻Norte Youth Cycling
🙌🏻NMCAA
🙌🏻Northern Lakes Community Mental Health
🙌🏻Katie Butera
🙌🏻The Baker’s Burrow
🙌🏻Oryana
🙌🏻Amical
🙌🏻The Great Lakes Children’s Museum

A huge shout out to our volunteers for all of their hard work organizing and maintaining the make and take craft. Again, if there were resources you need that weren’t available at the Community Connection Night, please reach out to us.

12/10/2025

Thank you everyone who braved the weather for our Community Connection Night! It was a wonderful night!

12/09/2025

✨ We’d love to see all our Traverse Heights families tonight! ✨

Join us anytime between 6–8pm at Traverse Heights Elementary for our completely free PTO Community Connection Night.

Local organizations from across TC are coming together to share resources, support, and helpful products for families. We’ll also have a free holiday raffle with amazing local prizes, make-and-take crafts in the library, and free snacks in the cafeteria.

⭐ Raffle winners will be announced at 7:30, but you’re welcome to leave before then — we’ll contact you if your name is drawn.

It’s a cozy, kid-friendly evening meant to connect, support, and celebrate our school community. We hope to see you there tonight! 💛

12/02/2025

🚨 ONE WEEK AWAY 🚨

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR A NIGHT YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS!!!

Our first ever Community Connection Night is Tuesday, December 9th from 6-8pm.

Check out the list of some of the local organizations who will be participating:

🙌🏻Big Brothers Big Sisters
🙌🏻Child Advocacy Center
🙌🏻Traverse Area District Library
🙌🏻BATA Transportation
🙌🏻Project Feed the Kids
🙌🏻Women’s Resource Center
🙌🏻Up North Pride
🙌🏻TART Trails
🙌🏻Norte Youth Cycling
🙌🏻NMCAA
🙌🏻Northern Lakes Community Mental Health

There will be a make and take craft for our kiddos in the library, while our parents can check out our these amazing organizations in the gym. We also have Katie, who will be sharing both SNAP information and smoothies in our cafeteria. Every one of our local partners will be sharing the amazing ways they can connect our families to the FREE resources they offer! The night will not be about solicitation, it’s about connection!

Also, we have a growing pile of goodies that we will raffle off, just for attending the event! Mark your calendars and we hope to see you there!