Monday, August 18, 2014

PTA Welcome Letter

Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year!

My name is Megan Henry and I have the privilege of serving as your PTA President for the 2014-2015 school year. This is my third year serving as your president and I am looking forward to a fantastic school year.

In addition to myself, there are four other wonderful ladies serving as your PTA officers this year.  Ms. Belinda Smoot will be returning to serve in her role as Vice President.  Ms. Jocelyn Fox, Ms. Amanda Propst and Ms. Jennifer Bryant are all new to their roles in the PTA.  Ms. Jocelyn Fox will be serving as secretary, Ms. Amanda Propst will serve as treasurer, and Ms. Jennifer Bryant will serve as corresponding secretary.  Each officer brings new and creative ideas that will only encourage our PTA to grow!

As the new school year begins, we would once again ask you for your support so that we can continue making resources available to our students and Glendale staff. Money raised through our fundraising efforts are used to help decrease bus costs for field trips,  evening family events at school, teacher appreciation, cultural arts assemblies, fifth grade promotion activities, updated technology and much more. Over the years, the PTA has provided learning opportunities and social activities that may have otherwise been unavailable to our students.  None of this would be possible without the support of our families.

This year as in the past we will be running two formal fundraisers. For the fall we are bringing back an old favorite, Yankee Candle! Look for packets to be coming home in mid October.  Then in March be on the look out for the packet of tasty treats from Claire's Gourmet. In between we will also be hosting restaurant family nights at different local restaurants.


Please stop in and check throughout the school year this website will be updated.

Looking forward to a great year!!

Megan


Thursday, May 15, 2014

Mid May Round Up

Whew! It has been a BUSY month of May and we are only half way through! Thank you for being so patient for an update. Let's start at the beginning of the month....

May 2- Technology Trot Day!

We were very worried then mother nature decided to rain the entire week leading up to our trot. Some quick rearranging and help from Mr. Barbour we were able to move the Trot course to go around the building keeping the students and staff out of the mud! It ended up being prefect weather that day and all three Trot times went off without a problem! The students really seemed to enjoy themselves.

The day would not have been possible without the help of our fantastic staff and volunteers that came out to cheer the students on! We are so thankful for each and every one of you! Because of you the students had a safe and fun experience during their Trot!

The final total for the fundraiser is $2,749.00! With $764.00 of that being done through our new PayPal account. While it is short of the $10,000 we had hoped to raise, we are thankful to each and every member of our school community members that helped bring in sponsor money.

The prize level winners have been finalized and we will begin the process of handing out the prizes the beginning of next week! If you are one of the families that fell into the Top 10, we will be calling you directly to give the details of the Pump-it-up Party!

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May 5-9  Teacher Appreciation Week

This was a fun event for us as a PTA. We hope that you found the theme of Our Teachers Are Superheros as fun as we did! The teachers and staff were treated to breakfast on Monday, small treats were left in their boxes Tuesday and Wednesday. Lunch was provided with help from Pat's Select in Pasadena on Thursday. Finally, on Friday we tickled their sweet tooth, with a variety of desserts. Thank you for showing your appreciation to your child's teacher! There were lots of smiles last week! Thank you to Mrs. Jennifer Bryant for helping us pull off this great week for our teachers!

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May 5-9 Spring Buy on Get one Free Book Fair! 

This is by far my most fun event we host. I love to see their faces light up when we send them back to get free books!  Thank you to all our volunteers that came in to help the students make good book choices!

Mark your calendars for October  27-31st. That is the dates for the Fall 2014 Fair.  Family night is still being determined.

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Upcoming Events: 

May 22

As the school year comes to the end we still have one more fun event planned. Our first ever Skate Night! Pasadena Skating Rink on May 22 from 6:30-8:30pm. Forms have been sent home to pre-order your admission tickets. We will also be placing a form on the website as well. A big thank you to our new Family Events Chairperson, Hope Turner. Thanks for bringing fun, new family night ideas to our school community! This is shaping up to be a really fun event!
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May 30

Glendale Field Day! Mr. Barbour is looking for 7-10 volunteers to come out to help the students complete field day activities. If you would like to come to help out please email us at glendaleespta@gmail.com and we can get you all the details!

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The  2014-2015 PTA will have new faces! The Officer leadership will be as follows:

Megan Henry, President
Belinda Smoot, Vice President
Jocelyn Fox, Secretary
Amanda Ness, Treasurer

We are already excitedly planning our events for next year and are only hoping to build on what we have completed this year!


Thank you for all of your continued support!

Megan Henry, PTA President



Tuesday, April 22, 2014

PTA Meeting

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow night, April 23rd at 6 p.m., there will be a General Membership meeting held in the media center.  We will be discussing the upcoming Technology Trot fundraiser, electing next year's Treasurer and Secretary, as well as other general PTA member information.  Hope to see you there!!

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Tech Trot Update

We are just a day shy of our 1 month countdown to Tech Trot. Our goal meter has gone up again! We are now at $272 in total donations! Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. Your PTA is making steady progress to make our Trot day a fun event for our students. If you would like to volunteer during the day that day please send us an email at glendaleespta@gmail.com.  We have lots of fun volunteer opportunities available that day.  You can also feel free to come and "Trot" with your child during their scheduled time.  Keep checking in for updates! Thank you again for all of your support!

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

T-7 Weeks Till Technology Trot Day

Plans are well underway to make our First Annual Technology Trot a great day! Our goal meter is already on the rise. We have already had $210 turned in! Working together we can easily make our goal of $10,000 for our school. Check back every Tuesday for weekly updates on both Trot day and meter readings! Keep up the great work Glendale Eagles!!

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Welcome to Glendale Elementary PTA's Webpage!

Welcome to the brand new Glendale Elementary PTA  website! We are pleased to be able to offer this service to our community! In the coming days and months we will be continuing to grow this site. Our goal is to provide our parents, teachers and community members with the ability to have easy access to everything Glendale PTA has to offer. This is to include a full calendar of upcoming events, general membership meeting minutes, volunteer and chairperson opportunities, fundraising details, and other valuable PTA information.