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Links of Interest
President:
Helle Johnson
1st Vice President/Yearbook:
Amy Earle
2nd Vice President:
Theresa Comstock
Treasurer:
Michael Dreiss
Recording Secretary:
Amy Earle
Parliamentarian:
Susan Stroud
Historian:
Clarissa Lang
Communications:
Catherine Olmos
Website Chair:
Robert Johnson
Teacher Liaison:
Nancy Newton
Membership:
Torrance Earle
Inside Publicity/Eagle eye:
Theresa Comstock
Room Rep./Volunteer Coord.:
Kristi Anders
Attendance Awards:
Michael and Gyla Dreiss
Hospitality:
Janna Charlton
Beautification:
Vena Golt
Cultural Arts & Enrichment:
Jennifer Moreno
T-Shirts:
Jaime Waller
Fundraiser:
Jane Ann Roberts
Copy Crew Chari:
Helle Johnson
HOUSTON ISD NATIONAL PTA TEXAS PTA GARDEN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEB PAGE
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Welcome to the Garden Oaks Elementary PTA Website!
We hope this site will become an important resource for information on current happenings at Garden Oaks Elementary.
Garden Oaks PTA is ready for the 2008-2009 school year. Read more to find out how you can help and participate in your child's future!
Congratulations Garden Oaks for being a school!!!!! THINKING EXEMPLARY!
08/12/08 - Teachers back to school
08/25/08 - School begins/Boo Hoo breakfast 8:15 Am in the Teacher Lounge download PDF for more info
08/28/08 - Meet and Greet 6 – 7 PM download PDF for more info
09/01/08 - Holiday
09/02/08 - PTA Board Meeting 8:15 AM / Civic Club Meeting 7 Pm
09/08/08 - Grandparents day
09/09/08 - First PTA Meeting 7 PM (All Welcome)
09/10/08 - SDMC Meeting 3:30 PM
09/19/08 - Fundraiser begins (Cherry dale) 1:30 Pm
09/26/08 - Attendance Awards
Two of our goals this year are to improve communication and participation. We hope that this website will assist in achieving both these goals. Since everyone is so busy these days, we are working very hard to coordinate activities throughout the school year that will have the most impact on our families and our school and help us successfully achieve our PTA mission and purpose.
The Garden Oaks PTA mission and purpose is the same as the National PTA and the Texas PTA. More specifically, Garden Oaks PTA is primarily concerned with creating the best possible school environment for all students and their families. It strives to achieve this goal by envisioning, planning, and facilitating events and work committees to strengthen our community, empower our teachers, and improve our building and grounds.
Over the years, the Garden Oaks PTA, through it’s main fund raising events (spring festival, Cherrydale Farms gift sales and t-shirt sales) was able to raise the funds to purchase new picnic tables and trash cans for the campus, bring visiting authors and Young Audience performances, support the building of the nature habitat, provide resource materials, buses for field trips, and provide a yearbook for every child regardless of ability to pay. These are just a few of the things PTA does for our school. All fund raising efforts result in money that goes directly back into the school.
Without the unified efforts of our administration, teachers and parents, Garden Oaks might be just a regular school, instead it’s a school of excellence. We all know that it’s not the building that makes a school, but the people. It takes all of us to make that true and WE NEED YOU!
There is a place for volunteers of all availabilities, from “one-time” volunteer opportunities to daily, weekly, or monthly opportunities. Please check the list of the various board positions and committees, what they do, and who you can call to find out about volunteering in any given area.
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WHY SHOULD I JOIN PTA?
We all want our children to think school is important. We want them to respect their teachers and look forward to attending class. We want them to feel a sense of pride when they say their school’s name.
Joining PTA will help foster these feelings in our children. When our children see that we, as parents, think school is important… they will follow in our footsteps. When they see us become involved in what happens at their school, they feel a sense of pride. When they see us working with their teachers and their principal, to make their school a better place to be, they want to be a part of it too.
We all want what is best for our children. The PTA works hard to do what is best for the students at our school. When you join the PTA you have a say in what goes on at our school. You help make the school a better place for your child. Becoming a PTA member gives you a louder voice than you have on your own. You become part of a bigger whole. We need you to make good things happen.
Membership is $5.00 per person. Classes that have 100% participation - meaning one paid member per student - will received a pizza party compliments of your PTA.
Our PTA membership chairperson is Torrance Earle and Isela Villareal. Email either to find out more about joining the PTA: t_earle@yahoo.com or iselajv@msn.com respectively
Applications for the 2008-2009 school year are available now.
Save the Date! The 14th Annual GOES Montessori Community Pancake Breakfast is planned for Saturday February 7th 2009. Marching bands, crafts for kids, fantastic silent auction items are all part of the morning’s fun. This event supports the GOES Montessori program.
Urban Harvest, a local nonprofit supporting the Houston area for more than ten years, has awarded our school a grant in partnership with Houston Garden Club to begin an after school gardening program. This is a hands-on program with activities in science, math, and other core subjects as well as encouraging good nutrition and teamwork skills. These classes provide opportunities for the creation and exploration of habitat gardens, ponds, vegetable, and fruit gardens. Lessons are connected to state objectives, and garden instructors utilize many curricula in the fields of environmental education, nutrition and science. The program will include both classroom and field work.
TEACHER APPRECIATION
Every young mind needs a spark to light the way to a brighter future through learning — and teachers are that spark. In 1985, National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week, which is May 4-8 this year, to honor the dedicated men and women who lend their passion and skills to educating our children.
National PTA has long promoted the partnership of parents and teachers, recognizing that when parents and teachers work together, all children under their care benefit. Teacher Appreciation Week is a special time that gives parents the chance to show how grateful they are for the many excellent teachers who nurture the intellectual and social development of their children. The week also gives parents the opportunity to rededicate themselves to the parent-teacher partnership.
I encourage you and your PTA to recognize all that teachers do to contribute to the lives of children through expressions of appreciation from students and parents that say “thank you.” Teachers, in partnership with parents, truly make a difference.
Reprinted from March '06 Texas PTA The Voice
It's always the right time to show your appreciation for our teachers!
Here are some suggestions that you can use to help your child show appreciation for his/her teacher. Teacher Appreciation Ideas
Teacher Appreciation Week Is a Time to Give Thanks
