What an amazing start to the new school year! We had a huge turn out at our popsicle meet and greet, where families got to meet their teachers and purchase spirit wear for Friday, Spirit Days. The cameras that were approved and purchased last year were installed before the first day and are up and running to keep our children and school safe. Our first PTA executive board meeting, as well as our PTA Association meeting were successful, where we began planning for our much anticipated Kelly Karnival, with Chili Cook-Off! So dust off those family recipe books and get your best chili going to enter the contest and win cool prizes.
We are so happy and appreciative to see many more parents, and caregivers taking a more active role in their students experiences, by participating in our association meeting. These meetings are held three times per year, and tentatively scheduled for January 29th and March 26th.
The real fun begins this month as we bring you our first Family Movie Night, which is scheduled for Friday, September 13th at 7pm. The movie will be Trolls: Band Together, and it will start at 7:30 or when the sun goes down. Bring blankets, chairs, snacks, anything to make you comfortable! Our beloved Kona Ice truck will be available for purchases that evening.
Next up is our first Family Picnic Day, which will be on the following Friday, September 20th. If you are new here, our family picnic days are a day where you and your loved ones get to come to the school during your child’s lunch period and enjoy a meal with them! Many of the students look forward to this event, where they can show off their families to their friends. If you can’t make it this time, don’t worry, we will have many more opportunities for family fun time, and our next family picnic is tentatively set for November 8th.
September also holds our fall Picture Day, which will be on September 16th, with picture makeup day the following month. PTA will also be holding our annual membership drive this month, so look out for more information coming soon.
Our first Coffee with Costa event will be taking place this month, on Friday September 27th at 9am in the Staff Development Room. This is a chance for you to meet our principal, Josh Costa, if you haven’t yet, and bring up any issues that have arose, any questions you may have about procedures at the school, or just to build a generally positive relationship with the leaders at this great school.
Be sure to come check out our new PTA bulletin board, located just inside the front office. Here you will find copies of our newsletters, membership forms, information about our current/upcoming fundraisers, important dates, and communication information. Basically, this bulletin board will serve as a hub for PTA information, in conjunction with our multiple electronic communication points.
As always, if you have any questions, send us an email at thomaskellypta@gmail.com, or if you see me around, don’t hesitate to come up and chat!
Kind Regards from your PTA President, Bianca Gruell
