Reminder for November Meeting

The Gordon Parks School for Inquisitive Minds     P.S./I.S. 270Q    Parent – Teacher Association

***PTA REMINDER***

 

Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012

Time: 7:00pm Sharp!!

Place: Dining Hall
 

       

***********************Upcoming Events In November************************

        Picture Day – Nov. 14, 2012 – Students are expected to wear their uniforms for individual and class pictures (Say cheese & don’t forget to SMILE!!)

·        TBA – Holiday Gifts & Treats Fundraiser 

·        School Leadership Team (SLT) – Nominations & Elections for 1 parent member vacancy

 ·        Membership Drive - $100 per family – Pay in full or pay in installments.

Your membership dues pay for future enrichment programs that will benefit ALL our students!!!

                                     YOUR DUES CAN DO A LOT!!!  

Character Day Dance

WOW!

The children from K-3 certainly had a great time. In the end it was for them and that is what matters.
They were adorable in their "book" character costume that they were able to parade around the school in along with their character book at 12:15 in the afternoon.

At 2:40pm they were escorted into the lunchroom to start their festivities. It was kicked off with delicious pizza from our local Sammy's Pizza Shop on 226th & Merrick Blvd and Capri suns.
Once they got the pizza in their system it was hard trying to contain them for our scheduled activities.
Thank God for the whistles on Agent Ferdinand & Agent Austin...even Mrs Fishell!
After Musical Chairs and Independent Circle games ( Thanks Teachers (Mrs Lewis) & Parents).
Children danced to the music and were given treat bags to go home. Parents we thank you for picking up your kids promptly we only had to wait for 2 kids in the end.

APPLEBEE'S BREAKFAST

Saturday morning on October 20th from 8am - 10am The Gordon Parks School P.S./I.S.270Q took over the Applebee's Restaurant in Green Acres Mall.

It was an overwhelming success! Literally, the manager shared that we were the largest turnout the restaurant has ever had with over 215 patrons.

Excellent Job to our Gordon Parks Family for supporting this terrific fundraiser and making it a great success!

We would like to thank General Manager Angel and his staff for their great hospitality.

Thank you to Principal Harper for coming out and mingling with the Gordon Parks Family. We also had Assistant Principal Ambrosio, Parent Coordinator Mrs.Wheeler and 1st grade Teacher Mrs.Paul there to support and join the festivities.

A special Thank you to our Parent Volunteers who were your servers for the morning.
We took lots of pictures so stay tune for the photo posts.
We had a special guest come out to support, Mrs.Lorraine Bridges. The PTA executive board appreciates everyones efforts in ensuring this morning was a great success!

With Gratitude,
The PTA Executive Board

Interim Financial Report JUNE 2011-2012

The Gordon Parks School
PS/IS 270Q
Parent Teacher Association
Interim Financial Report
For the Period June 24, 2011 to June 30, 2012
Account Balance as of June 24, 2011								$8,429.73
Income:
Membership Dues							$2,050.00
Miss Chocolate Catalog Candy Sales							$14,914.80
Miss Chocolate Cookie Dough							$9,848.50
Miss Chocolate $1 Bar Candy Sales							$4,129.25
Old Fashion $1.50 Candy Bar Sales							$1,886.96
Character Day Dance							$709.00
Scholastic Book Fair Sales							$5,602.90
Snacks sold @ Dec 2011 PTA gen'l membership meeting							$65.00
Irvin Simon School Photo Sales							$1,857.89
Brain Show Admittance Fee Proceeds & Refreshments							$420.00
GO Store Supplies							$50.00
Denim & Diamonds Boatride (Ticket Sales, Beverages, Favor)							$1,707.14
Bowling Trip for 6 & 7th Graders							$1,180.00
Carnival for K-5							$1,322.85
Ned Show							$1,561.50
Transfer of Funds from Scholarship account							$2,659.83
Donation for Plaque for Mrs. Andrews							$25.00
Bake Sale							$406.55
Interest accrued							$0.95	$50,398.12
Total Income for the Period								$58,827.85

First PTA Meeting of 2012-2013 School Year

Tonight was an enormous turnout!

We hope that you continue coming out in full capacity. We had over 60 parents tonight and it was great to see our dining hall so full.

Our meeting opened with the pledge of allegiance and a prayer. There were tasty pastries & cakes on hand from Surrey Farms. The new setup of tables worked very well and allowed for great communication & interaction. Our Agenda was as follows:

                                                          Call to Order & Welcome   
                                                 Pledge of Allegiance
                                     Introduction of Newly Elected Executive Board Members

Membership Drive 2012-2013

*This membership drive letter was sent home via the students & discussed during PTA meeting.

                                                                                                          October 4, 2012

 

Dear Parents,

Welcome back, Welcome back, Welcome back! To all new parents & guardians joining us we

Welcome You to your first year at The Gordon Parks School for Inquisitive Minds.

 An excellent choice for your child's education.

On that note,this letter is coming to you for our 2012-2013 Membership Drive. We want to thank those parents & guardians that gave their support last year. We were able to raise $2050.00. Unfortunately, it was not nearly enough to subsidize the cost of the wish list of our school with the programs and educational items they wanted put in place. As you know we were able to accomplish a lot, however it mostly came from outside resources and fundraisers.

As we canvassed for money for programs for our school to our community and district leaders the constant question asked was, “where are the efforts of the parents?” In the book of excellence, there is no replacement for effort.

Excellence is the standard we want for our school this year.

 

Excellence in leadership, administration, academics, teachers, students and us... the parents. Let our efforts this year rise above our excuses.

We are asking for $100.00 per family to support our school and fill the financial gap