Easiest
Buy from the wish list
Browse the Amazon wish list, add to cart, check out as normal.
The crucial step: at checkout, choose Severn River MS PTSO as the shipping address. Your order goes straight to the school.
Shark Shop
Good behavior, spent well.
Students earn Shark Bucks for following school rules and showing up for class. Once a month at lunch, they get to spend them. It's the most popular thing we run — and it runs entirely on donations.
How it works
Earned, not given
Teachers hand out Shark Bucks to students who follow school rules and engage in class. Once a month during lunch, students bring what they’ve earned to the Shark Shop and spend it on new and gently used items. Some months they can put them toward exclusive social events instead.
It runs all school year, and it is genuinely beloved. Your support is what lets us keep recognizing students for doing the right thing.
Mark the calendar
The next few shop days
The shop runs during lunch. These dates are confirmed for the 2026–27 school year.
- Dec18
Holiday Shark Shop
Shark ShopFriday, December 18 · During lunch · SRMS
The one month students shop for someone else — gifts for family and friends, wrapped free by volunteers.
- Feb12
Shark Shop
Shark ShopFriday, February 12 · During lunch · SRMS
Students spend the Shark Bucks they've earned on new and gently used items.
- Mar12
Shark Shop
Shark ShopFriday, March 12 · During lunch · SRMS
Students spend the Shark Bucks they've earned on new and gently used items.
- May14
Shark Shop
Shark ShopFriday, May 14 · During lunch · SRMS
Students spend the Shark Bucks they've earned on new and gently used items.
How to help
Three ways to keep it stocked
Any amount
Donate money
Give online in about thirty seconds — the form is right on our donate page, no redirect. Note Shark Shop if you’d like it earmarked.
One lunch period
Give an hour
Help run the shop during lunch. Needs the free commercial background check — not fingerprinting — plus a driver’s license to sign in at the front office.
Next sign-up not posted yet
New and seasonal items are added to the wish list throughout the year — it’s worth checking back. Prefer to send a check or cash? The same instructions on the Join page apply — just write Shark Shop on it instead.
Every December
The Holiday Shark Shop
The one month students shop for someone else. They spend their Shark Bucks on gifts for family and friends, and we wrap them for free.
Starting in November we collect new or very gently used items for the Holiday Shop. Drop donations at the front office any time during the collection window.
We’d also gratefully take gift bags, wrapping paper, tissue paper, tape, tags, bows and cards — complimentary wrapping is what makes this one special.
We cannot accept food donations of any kind.
For families
One small favor
Please ask your student to bring their Shark Bucks in a plastic bag, unfolded and lying flat. It sounds fussy, but it roughly halves the line — which means more kids get through the shop before lunch ends.