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President’s Message
The school year is well under way and
it seems like it is already flying by! With the kids and school
settling into a great routine, some questions have been asked what the
role of PTA is and I thought it would be a great time to address them.
Carriage Crest PTSA is 200 members
strong and we are well on our way to reaching our goal of 100%
membership! We’d like to thank the staff, families, friends and
relatives who have joined our PTSA. We have a strong community that
really cares, supports and advocates for our children.
What is a PTA?
A PTA unit is a local, self-governing membership association whose main
purpose is to promote the health, welfare, safety and education of
children and youth in the home, school, community, and place of worship.
PTAs traditionally work within a school community, and are in the
schools with the permission of the school district and the school
principals.
Why Join a PTA?
Your membership in PTA has a direct
impact on your children and the quality of their school. PTA has the
ability, more than any other organization, to make a school a better
place for your children to learn. PTAs do this by addressing the needs
of their individual schools. By becoming a PTA member, you can help
identify those needs and develop solutions that may include making the
school safer, becoming more technologically advanced, being more
tolerant to others' differences, and bringing enriched educational
opportunities to the school.
How do PTAs Help Kids?
Providing enrichment programs for
children.
Influencing legislation on behalf of
children.
Making the school a better place to
learn.
How Can I Join PTA?
We have a wonderful Membership committee
who sends out information all year long on how to join the PTA. It’s
never too late to join the PTSA. If you have not yet joined, but would
like to, please contact us. Membership will have a table set up at
Monster Mash Bash, so please stop by.
Our Fall Fundraiser wrapped up last
week. Thanks go out to our co-VPs of Fundraising Patrice Baber and
Erica Couch. They have been very busy the last few weeks getting prizes
out to the kids for items sold. We also want to thank all of you for
supporting our Fundraiser. Money earned for our PTSA supports our
children through the Programs and Events that PTSA sponsors.
For those of you who have signed up
to volunteer for one of our PTSA committees, our Committee Chairs have
been given the list of volunteer names for their committee and someone
will be contacting you soon. We want to thank you for volunteering to
help.
We have several upcoming events.
Mark your calendars for our 3rd Monster Mash Bash on Friday,
October 30th. This was a huge success last year and we hope
it will be again this year! Be sure to come in your favorite costume
for a fun (and hopefully not too scary) evening! The Reflections theme
this year is “Beauty Is”. We look forward to seeing all of the
wonderful projects submitted by our children. Don’t forget that
Reflections submissions are due on October 29th.
Looking into November, we will have
our annual Veteran’s Day Assembly (date tbd). We hope you will be able
to join us for our first General Membership meeting of the year on
November 19th. We will have a brief meeting and elect our
Nominating Committee Members prior to the Reflections Awards Ceremony.
Be sure to visit our website,
www.ccptsa.com,
to get the latest info on various programs and who you can contact if
you would like to be more involved.
Feedback is always appreciated and we
would love to hear what you think whether it’s something we are doing
well or whether it’s something we can improve upon.
Lisa Thiel-Sloan, PTSA President and
Jill Yango, PTSA President-elect
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