Original Works is our annual fundraiser, hosted by Compass Montessori Education Foundation. Money raised goes to teacher appreciation, community event childcare, extracurricular activities, trip support, grants, and more. This fundraiser is available to the whole school, because this page is here for you! It contains everything you need (directions, brochure, dates, order form, pricing sheet.) : OriginalWorks.com is a great company and we look forward to working with them. Please bring order form, artwork, and payment to the front office by October 21.
How it Works
Some classrooms enthusiastically make their artwork collectively in the classroom and send home a packet. Other teachers may simply inform the parents and students that the fundraiser is happening, and leave it up to them to complete artwork, fill out an order form, and drop it off at school. Please reach out if you need assistance printing order forms, and they can be made available at the front desk.
Make your art following the guidelines below! There are specific rules, such as “no copyright infringement” and others that are cause for rejected orders every year. Your order should include your original artwork, payment (cash or check made out to CMEF), and a completed order form by 10/21/2024. If you received a packet from school, please leave the yellow form attached and take a picture if you want to keep one for your records. Emmy Fritz will hold onto all the yellow forms for confirmation of the product upon arrival on November 21st. If you are printing your own order form, please take a picture of your order form and keep it for your records if you so desire. Emmy will do the same.
Submit artwork, order forms, and payment by 10/21. First round of orders will be sent on 10/25 (so if you forget on 10/21, that’s ok, just let Emmy know! She’d appreciate any help sorting and distributing the products on November 21st or 22nd! It only takes an hour or so, and involves sorting and delivering to all the classrooms.
Preview the products in this brochure!
Add up the totals of your order and include payment with your form.
Due 10/21 with payment at the front office.
Please put your CLASSROOM NAME/HS/FS in the box labeled “Grade/Teacher” for ease of distribution.
Take a picture of your order form for your records if you wish.
Fix-It Orders
If products/prints need to be fixed with a reprinting, please return the artwork WITH the order form. Contact me (Emmy) ASAP. On November 30th we will send out the late orders and fix-it’s for our second batch, hopefully arriving before winter holiday!
Artwork Guidelines
Every year, some artwork gets returned for not following one or more of the below rules. You will be refunded if this happens, but we’d rather you have your product! Below the video is a written summary of the key points! you can go to this video on Youtube… or watch it right here. It’s less than 4 minutes long, and covers the Do’s and Don’ts of submitting artwork.
Paper: 8.5″ x 11″, recommended 60-70# weight, but printer paper has worked before, too. Construction paper does not reproduce true to color. Slight cropping occurs during manufacturing, so it is recommended to not put anything crucial (names and dates) beyond 1″ of the edge of the paper to ensure it doesn’t get cropped.
Approved Mediums: Markers, tempera/acrylic paint, crayons, paper collages, photos, watercolors. Bold and dark colors reproduce best! If you can see the artwork clearly across the room, it will reproduce nicely. Therefore, colored pencils are not the best choice. If you can’t see it, darken the areas that are too light to be seen, or outline the details with a marker. If you choose to use chalk/pastels, you MUST spray them with a fixative such as Krylon #1311 Matte Fixative. The art cannot rub off when wiped. If the art is sticky or color comes off on your hands, the artwork will be returned unprocessed.
DO NOT use abrasives such as glitter, sand, salt, 3d materials, scratch art/boards, and NO COPYRIGHTED or TRADEMARKED characters, symbols logos, brand names, emojis, video/cartoon/anime characters, stickers, magazine/newspaper prints.
Completing the project
Identify the artist: Use a pencil and write the artist’s first and last name, classroom name (i.e. Aspen Room, Water Room) on the BACK of the artwork.
Using a pencil, place a T on the BACK TOP of the artwork to ensure proper orientation.
View the brochure and choose your products.
Mark quantity of each item and fill out the order form using the Pricing Sheet.
On the order form, in the field labeled “Grade/Teacher” please put your room name (Pyrite, Forest, Aspen, etc)
Payment
We will take check, cash, or venmo!
Checks: Make your check to CMEF- Compass Montessori Education Foundation.
Cash: In an envelope with the names of your children on the outside. Paper clip (a strong, big one) the art, check, and order form, or put it in a 9×11 envelope.
Venmo: @CompassMontessoriFarm Important! Please: In the “Memo”add: [your child’s name + Original Works], because Venmo will be used for Dance-A-Thon and Farm School payments as well!
Leave Order Forms and payment in the front office Before October 21th!
Click below to view, download, and/or print the PDF files.
Preview the products in this brochure!
Add up the prices of your order and include payment with your order by 10/2/2024
Due with payment. Bring it to the front office.
Please put your CLASSROOM NAME/HS/FS in the box labeled “Grade/Teacher” for ease of distribution.
Take a picture of your order form for your records.
Thank you for your support of CMEF and its community!
If you have any questions, use the contact form right here and I’ll get back to you ASAP!
Sincerely,
Emmy Fritz
CMEF’s Community Connections Committee member
