PTA

CMS Garden Dine Out Fundraiser at the Hangout

Mark your calendars for Friday, May 1, and enjoy a great meal while supporting our CMS Garden!

Join us at Hangout Livermore.
📍 2220 First Street, Livermore
📞 (925) 495-2220
🌐 https://hangoutlivermore.com/

This is also a great chance to check out this newer restaurant in the Vasco Plaza and support a local business!

Our community partner is offering an exclusive 25% off your purchase, and an additional 25% will be donated back to our school PTA to support our garden program.

Simply use code CHRIS25 when ordering by phone or in store to take advantage of the offer. This special is available to all Christensen staff and families.

It’s an easy, and delicious, way to give back, so grab dinner, bring the family, and help support a great cause!

 

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NICK THE GREEK DINE-OUT FUNDRAISER

Support the Christensen Middle School PTA by dining at Nick the Greek on April 3, 2026. When you bring the flyer or order online using the coupon code Force4Good, 15% of your purchase will be donated back to the Andrew Christensen PTA to support programs and activities for our students.

The fundraiser runs all day at the Nick the Greek location at 2190 First Street in Livermore. Families can participate by dining in or ordering through the Nick the Greek mobile app or website using the code.

Thank you for supporting Christensen Middle School and helping our PTA continue to provide enriching opportunities for students.

CMS PTA Nick the Greek Dine-Out Fundraiser Flyer

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CMS PTA SPIRIT WEAR

Find all of your Christensen Cougars spirit wear and school spirit apparel for youth, women, and men, all in one place with 1st Place Spiritwear (https://1stplace.sale/9302). We have everything you need to represent your school both on and off-campus this school year. Our Christensen apparel shop includes a variety of more than 150 different clothing options to choose from, with selections for current students, future students, parents, alumni, and fans, with new items being added regularly.

Keep CMS PTA Reflections Alive – We Need You!

The Reflections program the CMS PTA has been running for the past six years. It's a great program that supports the fine arts at CMS. The theme for next year is What My Culture Means to Me, and CMS usually starts collecting entries in early November. We can't continue CMS PTA Reflections without your help. The chairperson's job is more behind the scenes and so appreciated. It's also a great way to be more involved in your child's school. If interested, please email cmscougarspta@gmail.com. The current CMS Reflections chair is happy to get you started, but has an exciting 8th grader and cannot continue being a CMS chairperson.

 

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The PTA Reflections Art Contest is a national program that gives students the opportunity to explore their creativity and express themselves through the arts. This year’s theme is “I Belong!” Students may submit original works in any of the following categories:

·   Visual Arts
·   Photography
·   Literature
·   Music Composition
·   Dance Choreography
·   Film Production

Entries are first judged at the school level. Winning entries then move on to the district, state, and even national level, where students can earn awards and recognition.

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Master Peeps Theatre Contest

The Christensen Middle School PTA is inviting students to get creative with the Master Peeps Theatre contest. Students can design and build a marshmallow masterpiece using Peeps and submit their creations between March 23 and March 30.

Entries will be judged on March 31 and April 1, with winners announced on April 3. Gift card prizes will be awarded to the top three creations, including a $25 Starbucks gift card for first place, $15 for second place, and $10 for third place.

Put your creativity to work and show us your best Peeps masterpiece.

 

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Join the CMS PTA Gingerbread Decorating Contest!

Get ready to show off your creativity and holiday spirit, the CMS PTA Gingerbread Decorating Contest is here!

Bring your decorated gingerbread creation to the library between December 8–15 to be part of the display. Once all entries are in, the fun continues with online voting on December 16 and 17. The winners will be announced on December 19!

Prizes:
1st Place – $40 Amazon Gift Card
2nd Place – $20 Amazon Gift Card
3rd Place – $10 Starbucks Gift Card

Please remember that all gingerbread houses must be picked up by December 19, any remaining houses will be discarded.

We can’t wait to see your festive and creative designs!

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 For National PTA Reflections Contest information, please click on the Reflections Tab above.

 

 

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CMS PTA Pumpkin Decorating Contest

It’s time to unleash your creativity with the CMS PTA Pumpkin Decorating Contest! You can paint or decorate your pumpkin in any fun or spooky way—just remember, no carving allowed!

Key Dates:

• Submit your pumpkin to the library October 20-27.
• Voting will take place online on October 28-29.
• Winners will be announced on October 31!

The top three vote-getters will win gift cards, so get decorating! Please make sure to pick up your pumpkin after school on Halloween or it will be discarded.

Happy decorating, and good luck!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMS PTA Miyawaki Forest

CMS is starting the CMS Miyawaki Forest Team with the help of Ann Brown, from the Tri-Valley Air Quality Climate Alliance and the CMS PTA. With the help of a team of students, parents, and staff, they will plan and provide a habitat for local native plants and wildlife right on CMS campus!

You can help plant a legacy for your student and family by sponsoring a tree or shrub in the new CMS Miyawaki Forest!  Your contribution will help students create a thriving mini-forest of California native flora right in the Quad! 

Preparation begins this summer. Stay tuned for the volunteer date.  CMS will be the first site in the Tri-Valley to create this solution to biodiversity loss, poor air quality, water conservation, heat islands, and climate disruption.  Every tree or shrub planted by students will give them hope and agency to be a solutionary!