Caring 4 Cario: From Cafeteria to Cario Café

This year, the Cario PTSO’s Caring 4 Cario campaign is focused on transforming one of the most-used spaces in our school: the cafeteria.

Our goal is to create the Cario Café — a more comfortable, welcoming and student-centered place where our Comets can eat lunch, connect with friends, recharge and feel proud of their school.

Right now, our cafeteria is functional, but very traditional. We want to reimagine it with a more modern café feel that better reflects how students use the space every day.

With your support, we hope to add:

Round café-style tables that encourage conversation
Comfortable bench and booth seating
Updated tables and chairs
Flexible and high-top seating options
Large TVs for school news, student announcements and special events
More Cario Comet spirit and school branding
A warmer, more inviting atmosphere for our students

This project is about more than furniture.

Research shows that students who feel connected to their school are more likely to have better attendance, stronger engagement and better academic outcomes. A positive, welcoming school environment can help strengthen students’ sense of belonging and connection — something that is especially important during the middle school years.

We want our students to walk into the cafeteria and feel:

This is our space.

A place to sit with friends. A place to catch up. A place to celebrate. A place to see what is happening around Cario. A place where they feel like they belong.

Our Goal: $60,000+

Our goal is to raise at least $60,000 through this year’s Caring 4 Cario campaign.

Every donation matters. Whether your family gives $25, $50, $100, $250 or more, your support moves us one step closer to creating a space that will benefit every Cario student, every school day, for years to come.

Help Us Create the Cario Café

This isn’t simply about making the cafeteria look nicer.

It’s about school pride. Community. Connection. Belonging.

Together, we can transform the cafeteria into a place our Comets are excited to call their own.

Please consider making a donation to Caring 4 Cario today.

Let’s go from cafeteria to Cario Café. ☄️

Caring 4 Cario 2026

From Cafeteria to Cario Café