September 2, 2011 |
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Tiger Talk
News from the Murray Avenue PTA |
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We hope you are enjoying your summer vacation and are savoring some well-earned free time with your children. In our ongoing efforts to “go green”, this year we are sending our summer mailing electronically. This email contains important information that will help you plan for the upcoming school year. Please take the time to review it even if you are an experienced Murray parent. We also urge you to read the weekly e-newsletters published by the PTA (“Tiger Talk”), and to check our website (www.mamkschoolspta.org/murray) regularly for news about programs and events in the school. We look forward to seeing you all when school opens!
We are delighted to present the 2011-2012 PTA Executive Board. The Executive Board consists of parent members nominated and elected by the PTA, along with two teachers who volunteer to serve two-year terms to represent the faculty interests and perspectives. This year, the teachers serving on the Executive Board are Audrey Goldenberg (who is in the second year of her term) and Christine Mozian (who is in the first year of her term). In order to ensure that the parent members of the Executive Board are intimately involved in the day-to-day volunteer work that is the crux of the PTA, they each chair a committee in addition to other board responsibilities.Liz Paras & Gail Julie, Murray PTA Co-Presidents  From left to right: Judy Casey (VP Communications), Martha Sundin (VP Faculty Relations), Amanda Lapides (SEPTA Co-Rep), Yvette Hammel (VP Fundraising), Liz Paras (Co-President), Patricia Dsupin (VP Parent Services), Gail Julie (Co-President), Julie Konvisser (VP Student Services), Abby Katz (Treasurer). Not pictured: Jill Miller (Secretary), Suzy Huang (VP Traffic, Health & Safety), and Gail Cutler (SEPTA Co-Rep). Get involved and make a real difference in your child’s school! Whatever your talents, interests, and time constraints, you’ll find volunteer work that suits you. The Volunteer Fair is your opportunity to meet the committee chairs who will be available to describe and answer questions about the many volunteer activities. It starts at 8:30 am so feel free to bring your children. For detailed information on the PTA committees, go to PTAVolunteerOpportunities2011-2012 on website or contact Patricia Dsupin, PTA Volunteer Coordinator, at patriciadsupin@gmail.com. Then, at 9:15 am, the PTA will hold its first meeting of the school year, during which the proposed PTA budget for the 2011-2012 school year will be presented, discussed, and voted upon by the members. Mike Kollmer, Director of Instructional Technology will also be making a presentation. Please join us – all of us can do our part to help make Murray great!
Please join us Friday, 9/23 at 3:15 on the large playground to enjoy free Rita’s Ices. All students, parents and faculty are welcome. Come meet old friends and make some new. Children must be accompanied by an adult. We hope to see you there! (Raindate Oct. 6th).
Please click here for our “Save the Date” listing. We look forward to seeing you at Murray’s special events and PTA meetings!Calendar Listings Murray PTA 2011-2012 Final For those families who must drive their child or children all the way to school, the following Drop-off and Pick-up Procedures must be observed: (1) Drive with extra care when driving near school and please be patient; (2) Obey all traffic/parking signs and basic traffic rules; (3) Do not double park; (4) Stay in your car while you are waiting to pick up in the pick-up zones; (5) Allow your child to enter and exit your car curbside only. Click here for more information regarding the Daymon Terrace Drop-Off Zone and the Murray Ave. Drop-Off and Pick-Up Zone. TIGER TRAFFIC TALK WEBSITE Daymon Terrace drop-off provides for safe and efficient morning drop-off and can only continue with volunteers like you! Please contact Suzy Huang at suzyhuang@hotmail.comto volunteer. The PTA Healthy Hair Committee has prepared information to educate you about lice and how you can help with lice prevention efforts at Murray. All the latest info on how to check for lice and how to get rid of them is here. For your convenience, the MUFSD policy on head lice is located here. This past school year, 305 Murray families earned our school more than $2,400, and the District generated more than $10,300…just for grocery shopping! Look for online registration information in early September—the program will kick off in early October. You can designate up to 3 District schools, including Murray. And signing up won’t prevent you from participating in any of the other shopper programs that Stop & Shop offers. Any friend or family member with a Stop & Shop card can enroll and support our schools—they don’t even have to live nearby! Remember, even if you participated last year, you must re-register this year. For more info, please email Ellen Howse at HowseBusiness@att.net. Several classes still need one or two room rep volunteers for this year. They are: Kindergarten- Finn and Jacobellis; First grade- Dillon; Second grade- L. Geertgens, Marble, Prince and Vieira; Third grade- Goldenberg and Mannion; Fourth grade- Alexander, Harris and Moroney; Fifth grade- O'Connell/Elkins, Melynk/Pietropaolo and Pieragostini. If you are interested in being a room rep for your child's class please contact Melissa Shokrian(melshokrian@aol.com) or Donna Indellicate(donna.indellicate@gmail.com) for more information. SEPTA (Special Education Parent Teacher Association) is an organization whose members have an interest in the education of children (preK-grade 12) with learning differences and/or special needs. To join SEPTA, go to http://mamkschoolspta.org/septa/and click on Membership. Also, you can pre-order your mini-calendar, which is one of SEPTA’s main fundraisers. Just go to http://mamkschoolspta.org/septa/and click on Mini Calendars. If you know of anyone who would like to receive Tiger Talk or our other electronic communications, please refer them to http://mamkschoolspta.org/murray/, click on “News and Updates” on the left navigation block (listed under “About the PTA”), then use the “Sign Up Today” box on the right so that they can be added to our distribution list.
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In this issue:
Tiger Talk is the Murray Ave PTA’s weekly e-mail bulletin and the best way to stay informed about PTA events and programs. It is also available on the Murray PTA website. Submit your PTA-related notice by 10AM on Wednesdays to tigertalk@mamkschoolspta.org. Questions? Contact Editor Judy Casey at tigertalk@mamkschoolspta.org. |
Murray Avenue PTA
Email: tigertalk@mamkschoolspta.org |