The Mantua PTA is proud to support a wide variety of programs that enrich student life, strengthen our community, and create opportunities for learning, creativity, and connection beyond the classroom. From academic competitions and enrichment classes to drama, sports, and community service, there’s something for every student to explore and enjoy.
Academic Competitions not only encourage students to delve deeper into their favorite subjects, but facilitate creative team-building activities that ultimately promote resourcefulness, self-confidence, problem solving and leadership. A September info meeting regarding academic competitions is held in the fall for primarily parents.
Email academiccompetitions@mantuapta.org for more information.
Academic Competition
The Mantua PTA Community Basketball League is a developmental organization which embraces student athletes with a wide variety of skill levels and emphasizes teamwork, skill development, and sportsmanship while teaching the fundamentals of basketball in a neighborly environment.
This program is open to students in grades 3-6.
View Details on the ‘23-24 Basketball season (pdf)
Email basketball@mantuapta.org for more information.
Mantua Basketball
Looking for your next favorite book? Mark your calendars to come to Mantua Elementary's annual book fair.
This year's book fair will be taking place in the spring, right before Mantu’s 3rd Annual Read-a-Thon and Literacy Night.
April 11-17th, 2024
Email bookfair@mantuapta.org for more information.
Spring Book Fair
Boy Scouts Troop 1533, chartered by Mantua PTA in September of 1967, follows the principles of a boy-run troop and operates by the patrol method, welcoming fifth through twelfth grade boys. The troop believes in an environment where scouts can learn and have fun at the same time.
Email boyscouts@mantuapta.org for more information or click HERE and then “Contact Our Troop” to join.
Boy Scouts
Have one (or a few) budding book lovers in your house? Want to build literacy skills? Just feel like reading a good book and hanging out with friends? Are you new to Mantua and just want to meet other peers in a casual but guided setting? Join Mantua's popular book club and spend one lunch hour a month from December to March/April discussing great books with new friends. Parent volunteers lead groups of 4-6 kids in book discussions and fun activities. Four books will be selected by school librarians and program coordinators and provided to participants for them to keep. This program is open to students in grades 3-6.
Registration opens and closes in September. Please be on the lookout for the registration link in the Mantua PTA newsletter when the new school year begins. Additional questions? Would you like to volunteer to lead a discussion group?
Please email chatnchew@mantuapta.org for more information.
Chat 'n Chew
Attention students and families! Mark your calendar for Mantua’s favorite Family Fun events.
Scarecrow Scavenger Hunt - October 2024
Mantua Spring Dance - May 2025
Additional events to be announced. Are you interested in helping or have an idea for a new fun event?
Please email familyfunnights@mantuapta.org for more information.
Family Fun & Community Spirit
Cub Scout Pack 1533, chartered by the Mantua PTA, is fun for boys and girls, kindergarten through 5th! Scouts learn by doing: Do you know how to tie a square knot and set up a tent? Can you build a model race car, plant a tree, or save a bee? Have you ever cooked a meal on a campfire? Sent a secret code to a friend? Built a birdhouse? Hiked in the woods? Not only will you learn these things in Cub Scouts, you'll earn rewards for them!
Please email cubmaster@pack1533.org or visit pack1533.org for more information.
Cub Scouts
Mantua ES's Drama Club provides a wonderful opportunity for third through sixth grade students to cultivate a love for the stage! We are thrilled to partner with DramaWorks again as we continue to invest in the growth and development of our drama students! Students are immersed in every stage of the production process, learning about each aspect of putting on a play. Students interested in acting will audition, rehearse and perform a full-length musical or play for family, friends and fellow students. Fifth and sixth grade students interested in working behind the scenes will work with a technical theater teacher to learn about building sets, designing costumes and making props. Tech students will also work backstage during the play itself, learning about lights, sound and house management. Connect online with fellow thespian-families on our Facebook group page HERE.
Please email drama@mantuapta.org for more information.
Drama Club
Mantua PTA partners with Baroody Camps to offer fall and spring semester enrichment classes. Choose from a selection of art, STEM, music, sports and more! Classes run 8-10 weeks. Our programs are exciting, creative, educational and fun! Keep an eye on the PTA newsletter for registration information!
View Fall 2025 Enrichment Offering
Please email enrichment@mantuapta.org for more information.
Enrichment
Do you have a passion for gardening or an interest in learning with people who do? Mantua's Garden Committee enhances and maintains multiple gardens for the enrichment and enjoyment of the students, teachers, staff and community. Our newly expanded Discovery Garden and Pollinator Row, located by the school playground, is a certified Schoolyard Habitat and Monarch Waystation. We also maintain the flower beds and planters at the school entrance. Whether you want to lead the next big garden project or help pull weeds in your free time, we have a volunteer role for you! Timing and commitment is flexible.
Please email garden@mantuapta.org for more information.
Garden Committee
Girl Scouts help girls discover the fun, friendship and power of girls together. Girls grow courageous and strong through a myriad of enriching experiences, such as field trips, sports skill-building clinics, community service projects, cultural exchanges and environmental stewardships. Girl Scouting helps girls develop their full individual potential; relate to others with increasing understanding, skill and respect; develop values to guide their actions and provide the foundation for sound decision-making; and contribute to the improvement of society through their abilities, leadership skills and cooperation with others. Girl Scouts are grouped by age: Daisies (kindergarteners and first graders), Brownies (second and third graders), and Juniors and Cadets (fourth and fifth graders).
Please email girlscouts@mantuapta.org for more information.
Girl Scouts
Join Kids Care Club and help others in our community through student volunteerism! The club meets after school once a month starting in October for a series of projects, from making blankets and care packages for needy children to hosting a year-end Food Drive.
Please email kcc@mantuapta.org for more information.
Kids Care Club
Mantua PTA's Hospitality Committee hosts numerous events each year, like our Welcome Back Breakfast for teachers and staff that kicks off the new school year and May's Teacher Appreciation Luncheon when we thank teachers for all of their hard work. The committee also supplies refreshments for PTA meetings. Food donations are always welcome!
Please email hospitality@mantuapta.org for more information.
Hospitality
Mantua PTA's New Family Welcome Committee seeks to help new families settle into Mantua ES and the local area by distributing a helpful information packets and offering to match newcomers with “veteran” Mantua ES families who have children of similar ages and interests. The committee plans several "Meet & Greets" during the summer to give new students a chance to mingle and make new friends!
View 2023-2024 welcome packet (pdf)
Email welcome@mantuapta.org for more information.
New Family Welcome Committee
All Mantua staff and parents are invited to join us for a series of talks covering a range of educational and parenting topics through Mantua PTA's Parent Education Seminar Series. Past speakers include child development authors and experts on relieving homework struggles and building resiliency.
If you have ideas for speakers or topics, or for more information, email parenteducation@mantuapta.org.
Parent Education
Mantua ES’s Raccoon Runners is a positive youth development program for third through sixth graders, empowering them to be more confident and healthier as they are strengthened over an 8-week period through running and other fitness activities.
View Details on the Racoon Runners Programs (pdf)
Please email raccoonrunners@mantuapta.org for more information.
Racoon Runners
The National PTA Reflections program is designed to enhance arts education by providing an opportunity for students to explore their artistic talents and receive positive recognition for their efforts. The program has six arts categories (dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography and visual arts) that students may choose to express their reflections on the year's theme.
Please email reflections@mantuapta.org if you have questions.
Reflections
Do you play an instrument, sing, or dance? Do you like to perform magic? Do you want to demonstrate your martial arts prowess? Then why not enter this year’s talent show?
Can’t wait to see you out on stage and shining bright in the Spring!
Talent Show Flyer & Information 2025-26
Please email talentshow@mantuapta.org for more information.
Talent Show
Science Fair
Mantua’s Science and Engineering Fair is back!
We can’t wait to see the students' projects this year!
The Mantua PTA Wish Fund, made possible by the generous support of Mantua ES families, community supporters, faculty and staff, is an internal grant-awarding program that seeks to fund projects of impact for our elementary school.
Learn More about the PTA Wish Fund
Please email wishfund@mantuapta.org for more information.