Thank you to those who attended the first PTA General Meeting of the school year. I'm sharing a recap of items discussed below to keep you in the loop. You can expect these recaps to be available for all meetings moving forward - though we do hope those who are able to attend in-person or virtually will be able to come and weigh in on topics important to you and the community!
Virtual dial-in available for anyone who can't make it in-person!
As promised, here is the deck from the meeting and below are key highlights:
☕️ Coffee with Mr. K - 9/22 @8:30a - 9:30a, in the cafeteria!
🏮 Multicultural Night - 9/24 @ 6pm, Sign-up for potluck and/or to volunteer at one of our most hotly anticipated new PTA events - the food will not disappoint!
🍩 Donut Dash - 9/28, Register to run HERE by Friday September 19, create a donation page HERE and volunteer to help HERE; come join for a fun weekend event!
🎸 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Parking Fundraiser - 10/4 + 10/5, Volunteers needed! And a huge thank you to Tory and Raf who will be running two concurrent parking fundraisers to try to make us some money to replace the shed!
🚗 Stop Drop and Go - Year round, looking for volunteers who are available to occasionally jump on the line and help if we're low on classroom volunteers! Email Lianadiep@gmail.com and clarocca02@gmail.com to volunteer!
👩🏽🏫 English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) - Year round, Seeking those who are interested in supporting our English learners! For more information on ELAC, check out THIS website and email guillermo.alcantara@gmail.
🎃 Halloween Game Rebuild - seeking handy, crafty and/or simply enthusiastic parents to help rebuild and paint the games destroyed in the shed fire; email seanfspillane@gmail.com to volunteer!
📰 Admin Updates: We shared some background and information on the district's recent roadblocks that have slowed down our ELD and STEAM hiring process [link]
💸 Fundraising: We've revamped how we think about the PTA's fundraising efforts! If you've ever felt like we're always asking for money, hopefully this will help explain our main fundraising efforts and our community initiatives!
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We hope to see you in-person or virtually at our next meeting on October 8th!
Thank you,
The Lafayette Elementary PTA