New Mariner Middle PTO looks to support students, staff
Milton parents and local businesses are teaming together to jump-start a new iteration of the Mariner Middle Parent-Teacher Organization.
School board member and parent Jessica Tyndall said earlier efforts to revitalize the PTO stalled when the pandemic began, but the group is now on track to help support teachers and students.
Tyndall, who is serving as PTO president this year, said the organization is seeking businesses or individual family PTO partners who can sponsor a classroom and looking for 50/50 partners, in which half the donation goes to the PTO for ongoing support of students and staff, and the other half goes directly to teachers who have submitted reimbursement requests for classroom needs.
Mariner has several internal organizations, Tyndall said, including Business Professionals of America and the eighth-grade science trip to Florida, which the PTO also hopes to support through donations. Additional fundraisers are planned, as well as kid-centric activities to involve students, and help build school pride and spirit, she said.
The PTO has an IRS Tax ID Number/EIN and is awaiting confirmation of its 501c3 status, Tyndall said.
Board members include President Jess Tyndall, Vice President Mary Stuart, Treasurer Jennifer Price, Secretary Amy Draper, Fundraising Chairs Lara Booth and Anna Hill, and Membership Director Nicole Scott.
Donate to the PTO via Venmo at mariner-middle-pto. For more information, email mariner.middle.pto@gmail.com or go to facebook.com/mariner.middle.pto and instagram.com/mariner.middle.pto.
So far, Tyndall said, donors include 302 Bicycles, Aspira Health, Atlantic Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Baker Petroleum, Best Hardware, Camenisch Company, Chrysta MacBlain - Embrace Home Loans, Clean Delaware, County Bank, Deborah Bryant Pottery, Delaware Beach Life, Delaware Psychological Services, Factory Sports, First State Health and Wellness, Flow HR Services, Inclind, Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant, Jack Lingo, King’s Ice Cream, Lefty’s Alley & Eats, Maria DeForrest Photography, Mattress Peddlers, Milton Police Department, Pro Exteriors, Rosenfeld’s Delicatessen, School Mule, Shorebreak Carpentry & Woodworking, Stratton Mortgage, Surf Bagel, Tail Bangers, Techno Goober, Teke Davidson - Coldwell Banker Realty, the Baker family, the Booth family, The Bungalow on 2nd, The Butcher Block, The Conlon-Dowd family, the Draper family, The Parker Group, the Stuart family, the Syby family, the Weldon-Smith family, Tidemark Federal Credit Union, Tidewater Physical Therapy, Tyndall’s Construction, Village Salon & Spa, Johnson Orthodontics, Pirate Ship of Lewes Expeditions Tour and Delaware Pediatric Dentistry and Mercer Sydell Dental.
