OTEPTA WEEKLY
NEWSLETTER
June 11, 2008
NO PTA MEETING THIS
MONTH.
Please note that the last meeting of the OTEPTA was held on May 15th,
when the election and installation of new officers took place. Please visit our
website at www.otepta.org for information
regarding the OTEPTA 2008-2009 Executive Committee.
DIALOGUE.
The final dialogue with Mr. Dennis Rossi, Principal of CDW, will take
place on Monday, June 16th, at 10:00 a.m.
Please contact Maria Ferrara, 201-768-5515 if you would like to add an
agenda item. We appreciate the time
our Superintendent of Schools and our Principals have set aside each month for
the Dialogues and thank Maria Ferrara for coordinating this program over the
past year.
GRADS.
With 8th grade graduation coming up on June 19th
and the Crossing–Over Ceremony for 4th graders on the 20th,
we take this opportunity to CONGRATULATE ALL THE GRADUATES! Good luck in your
new schools.
SUMMER MAILING.
You will be receiving the annual PTA summer mailing by the end of this
week. THE FORMS ENCLOSED IN THE
PACKAGE REQUIRE YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND SHOULD BE RETURNED BY JUNE 20TH,
to our new PTA Mail Box located outside of CDW.
If you do not receive the mailing, you may download the forms from our
website, www.otepta.org.
The package contains the following forms:
PTA membership, pizza lunch order, class parent sign-up, volunteer &
committee descriptions, directory flyer, directory sign-up instructions, tennis
registration for the September clinic, payment form.
On the payment form, please disregard the line that says “You need to
submit the information even if you did it last year.”
If you ARE in the current directory, and DO NOT have any changed
information, you do not need to enter your info. again.
If you are NOT in the current directory, or if your information DOES need
to be updated, please enter your current info. via the PTA directory web page.
We are grateful to Brett Kuehner, whose expertise in technology has made
it possible for the PTA to make huge strides in communication with its
membership. Brett designed our
website, updates it weekly, sends out our PTA email newsletters and plays an
integral role in the preparation of our directory through the on-line sign-up
process.
THANKS TO ALL.
During my term as PTA president this year and co-president last year, it
has been very rewarding to be part of a team that works cooperatively alongside
teachers and administration for the purpose of enriching the children’s academic
experience through programs such as educational assemblies, after school clubs,
social activities, cultural celebrations, authors-in-residence, etc.
You can bet that the PTA makes a big difference in our school community
and it’s great to be involved. I
appreciate all the volunteers who have given their time and interest in making
it possible for our children to have the benefit of the PTA events, as none of
these would be possible without your help.
I hope you will join me in extending best wishes to Natalie Wong and the
new executive committee in their leadership roles, and I urge you to lend your
support by volunteering so that the PTA can continue to offer so many wonderful
programs in the next school year.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!
Brigitte Hogarth
2007-2008 OTEPTA President
Brigitte.hogarth@gmail.com