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Frisco Independent School District Council of PTAs
May 2010
Volume 7, Issue 5 Communicator
Council General
Meetings
May 25th
All meetings begin at 10am at the Admin Building on Maple
2010-2011
Council General
Meetings
September 21st October 19th January 18th March 22nd May 24th
All meetings begin at 10am at the Admin Building on Maple
Summer
Leadership
Seminar 2010
July 23—25
Austin, TX
President’s Note By Anne McCausland, PTA Council - President
Our school year is coming to close and that means we are all very busy. Concerts, programs, parties, graduations, and other events fill our time in addition to PTA responsibilities. I am so proud of all 37 of our local PTAs in Frisco. You provide sup-port, education, and serve our children and community with joyous hearts. I appreciate the time and commitment of each local PTA President, their board, and their members. Every-thing you do matters. Whether you choose to read to a class-room, serve as a mentor, make copies, or demonstrate bicycle safety at a health fair, the way you support the education process is not important. What is important is that you take the step and volunteer. PTA truly makes a difference and helps to “make every child’s potential a reality”. I would also like to recognize my outstanding Council board for this year. They have worked very hard this year to provide support and assistance. I could not do my job successfully without them. Special and sincere thanks to: Kindra Strachan, Shannon Thornton, Brandy Dennison, Melanie Crosby, Dawn Burwell, Brenda Richard, Susan Thomas, Keisha Sylvester, Tanja Eltze, Laurie Cammack, Willette Watts, Heather Brown, Carmen Martinez, Terri West, Benita Swan, and Jeremy Staritt. Wishing you all a fun and safe Summer!
Anne McCausland Frisco ISD Council of PTAs, President
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Volume 7, Issue 5 Frisco Independent School District Council of PTAs – Communicator –
C u l t u r a l A r t s By Brenda Richard, PTA Council—Cultural Arts Chair
V o l u n t ee r s By Benita Swan, PTA Council—Volunteers Chair
Please help me congratulate Dylan Macalinao from Bledsoe Elementary PTA for receiving an Award of Excellence from the National PTA for his literature piece titled "Aglaia and the Starlight Dance".
Dylan will receive the following awards from National PTA: • A $200 cash award • A silver-plated Reflections medallion • A certificate and letter signed by the National PTA president • Recognition in the annual PTA Reflections online gallery
Also, start your summer by being creative and getting a jump start on your entry, the theme for 2010-2011 is
“Together We Can…” Please contact Kelly Straub at 2114-601-2836 or [email protected] for further information.
VOLUNTEERS - VOLUNTEERS - VOLUNTEERS
The Volunteer Coordinators for Frisco ISD are the best around. Thanks for your many hours of ser-vice to your school. You are the heartbeat of the art of volunteerism. Your efforts are appreciated more than you'll ever know. For those outgoing, please be sure to mentor your successor into the job. For those incoming, your best resource is the other volunteer coordinators in the district. Be sure to network together to formulate a strategy for the next school year.
Te c hno l og y
Frisco
Council
PTA
Wanted: Council Technology Chair Needs to be knowledge and proficient with website maintenance, able to provide assistance and answer questions from local PTA technology chairs, maintain the Council website, and attend Council board meetings. Please contact Anne McCausland at [email protected] to “apply” or to get more information.
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M embe r sh i p By Susan Thomas, PTA Council—Membership Chair
On Friday April 30th we had the privilege to honor 36 new TXPTA Lifetime Award Recipients at
the Frisco Council of PTAs 8th Annual awards banquet. These honorees have gone above and beyond for our children and our schools. The banquet was attended by over 200 people from all over the dis-trict. This special evening took place at Centennial High School and started off with a very special con-cert by the districts honor orchestra directed by Dr. Holt of Centennial High School. Macaroni Grill catered a wonderful buffet dinner. The dinner was followed by a beautiful presentation of our 2009-2010 TXPTA Lifetime honorees.
Allen Elementary: Teresa Wilkinson
Anderson Elementary: Aleyda Poe
Ashley Elementary: Jonette Dalfonzo
Bledsoe Elementary: Angie Williams
Boals Elementary: Tracy Blackwood
Bright Elementary: Julie Parker
Christie Elementary: Kristi Taylor
Clark Middle: Karen Gilley
Corbell Elementary: Michele Schroeder & Krissy Taylor
Curtsinger Elementary: Margie Galvan
Fisher Elementary: LeRey Schrampfer
Fowler Middle: Kim Moucka
Griffin Middle: Linda Livermore & Susan Tyreman
Gunstream Elementary: Kelly Stewart
Isbell Elementary: Heather Woodward
Mooneyham Elementary: Sandy Grissom
Ogle Elementary: Leslie Slawson
Pink Elementary : Jeff Anderson, Lisa Boone & Margaret
Hoyt
Riddle Elementary: Stephanie Kinsella
Roach Middle: Lindsay Dogger
Robertson Elementary: Tonia Willis
Rogers Elementary: Mary McCutcheon & Karrie Stallings
Scoggins Middle: Brandy Creamer
Sem Elementary: Kim Ebrey
Shawnee Trail Elementary: Joy Breedlove & Sherrie Shively
Smith Elementary: Michelle Voss
Sparks Elementary: Laurie Cammack & Kim Turner-Bailey
Spears Elementary: John Keating
Staley Middle: Karie Thering
2009– 2010 Frisco Lifetime Award Honorees
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M embe r sh i p By Susan Thomas, PTA Council—Membership Chair
Great year for Frisco PTA’s! The following PTAs received award recognition from the Texas PTA:
10% Increase Achievement
Ashley Elementary PTA
Christie Elementary PTA
Elliott Elementary PTA
Mooneyham PTA
Pink Elementary PTA
Polly Tadlock Elementary
Portia Taylor Elementary PTA
Scoggins Middle School
Sem Elementary School PTA
Stafford Middle
500 Club Achievement
Bledsoe Elementary PTA
Claude Curtsinger Elementary PTA
Corbell Elementary PTA
Fisher Elementary PTA
Griffin Middle School PTA
I.S. Rogers PTA
Isbell Elementary School PTA
Liberty High School PTSA
Pat & Catherine Fowler Middle
Pink Elementary PTA
Sparks Elementary PTA
Early Bird Achievement
Bledsoe Elementary PTA
Carroll Elementary
Claude Curtsinger Elementary PTA
Corbell Elementary PTA
Elliott Elementary PTA
Fisher Elementary PTA
Griffin Middle School PTA
I.S. Rogers PTA
Ida Lee Bright Elementary PTA
Isbell Elementary School PTA
Mooneyham PTA
Ogle Elementary PTA
Pat & Catherine Fowler Middle
Pink Elementary PTA
Polly Tadlock Elementary
Portia Taylor Elementary PTA
Robertson
Scoggins Middle School
Sem Elementary School PTA
Stafford Middle
Golden Apple Award
Ashley Elementary PTA
Bledsoe Elementary PTA
Boals Elementary PTA
Claude Curtsinger Elementary PTA
Corbell Elementary PTA
Fisher Elementary PTA
I.S. Rogers PTA
Ida Lee Bright Elementary PTA
Mooneyham PTA
Naoma and M. Allen Anderson PTA
Ogle Elementary PTA
Pat & Catherine Fowler Middle
Pink Elementary PTA
Riddle Elementary School PTA
Scoggins Middle School
Sem Elementary School PTA
Shawnee Trail Elementary PTA
Stafford Middle
Staley Middle School PTA
I.S. Rogers PTA Jennifer Krueger
Ida Lee Bright Elementary PTA Mrs. Becca Bustillos
Stafford Middle Kris Fioto
Individual Hero Award
Men Are Really Super MARS Award
Ashley Elementary PTA
Bledsoe Elementary PTA
Boals Elementary PTA
Claude Curtsinger Elementary PTA
Corbell Elementary PTA
Fisher Elementary PTA
Griffin Middle School PTA
Isbell Elementary School PTA
Liberty High School PTSA
Mooneyham PTA
Naoma and M. Allen Anderson PTA
Pat & Catherine Fowler Middle
Pink Elementary PTA
Polly Tadlock Elementary
Portia Taylor Elementary PTA
Riddle Elementary School PTA
Scoggins Middle School
Sem Elementary School PTA
Shawnee Trail Elementary PTA
Stafford Middle
Staley Middle School PTA
Spring Membership Increase
Griffin Middle School PTA
I.S. Rogers PTA
Noel A. Smith PTA
Pink Elementary PTA
Robertson
Student Membership Achievement
Liberty High School PTSA
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T X P TA News — www . t x p t a . o r g
Do you want to stay "in the know"?
Please go to the Texas PTA website: www.txpta.org and sign-up for email alerts on the Homepage. Also, check out the many resources available to you such as Officer and Chairman guides, forms, and programs. To access this and all the resources. click on the "Login" ion in the upper right corner and enter the ID and Password from the back of your PTA membership card.
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S u pe r i n t e nden t ’ s M es sage By Dr. Rick Reedy, FISD Superintendent
Dear PTA Council, As dedicated members of PTA, I know all of you understand the importance of setting a budget for the coming year. We are still in the budget planning process in FISD. At this time we are attempting to finalize a budget that provides the students and teachers with the high quality of education and tools for learning that they have become accustomed to while also being sensitive to the taxpayers and working within the constraints of these economic times and the uncertainty of school finance. Dr. Rick Bankston and others have been hard at work and have already taken steps to close the $9.6 million gap between projected revenue and budget considerations. Some of the areas being addressed to balance the budget, without raising the tax rate, are looking at plant maintenance and operations and trying to budget as close to true projected costs as possible for utilities; having personnel expand their roles and take on more duties or serve more campuses; and using more federal funds to pay for special education personnel. In addition we have been looking very closely at comparisons of our student to staff ratios to other districts and ours are lower – some of that can be attributed to rapid growth and opening new campuses and trying to maintain comparable programming at the newly opened, smaller schools. We are working to make headway in being as efficient as possible in scheduling at our secondary schools, particularly high schools. This will mean making every effort to maintain opti-mum/full class sizes and to reduce instances where there are small numbers. Consequently, the only change the students might notice from these cost savings efforts is that their classes might be more consistently full. As student growth is what impacts state funding, we are encouraged by this month’s increase in new housing starts. We have based budget estimates on growth of a conservative 2,800 students for weighted daily average attendance, so more growth will mean more revenue. With close to 3,500 kindergarten students projected to join us this year, we are well on our way! We will keep you posted through the website on the budget progress in June. In closing, we thank you for your continued support and for all that PTA does to enhance oppor-tunities for students in our schools and to show appreciation for our teachers by your words and deeds. We could not be the district we are without the volunteers who make a difference every day and provide the “extras” our campuses have been so grateful to receive. My best to you as we end this amazing school year, Rick Reedy
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F r i s co E d uca t i on F o unda t i on By Allison Miller, Foundation Director
Borchardt Elementary raised $948 at this year's annual Ruth Borchardt Day celebration which is held on Miss Ruth's birthday, March 5. The money was raised through the help and support of Scotty P's Restaurant and through the Chunk-Your-Change campus project. The proceeds go toward a scholarship fund that will be awarded to a Liberty High School graduate who attended Ruth Borchardt Elementary School. Pictured are the Borchardt student council officers who helped with this special campus project
Pictured: Betty King, Jordan Robison, Emily Starrett, Amy Zhang, Hanah Simmons,
Cali Edmunds, Will Blasingame & Allison Miller
Ruth Borchardt Day Celebration Helps Fund a Scholarship for a Liberty High School Student.
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L o ca l P TA News a nd Announcemen t s
As we wind down toward the end of the school year, we must also thank our Hospitality Committee for a very special Teacher Appreciation Week! The week was filled with Spa Day pampering, a Candy Bar, Teacher’s Favorite treats, Mexican luncheon, Breakfast and Sonic Drink Day! Just our way to say thanks you to the special Bledsoe teachers and staff who do so much for our children!!
SongFest was a lot of fun too! A hot day and Bledsoe was well repre-sented with our choir and students enjoying the Candy Walk with special prizes. In addition, sweet treats and drinks were sold at the PTA’s booth.
Fifth grade teachers, PE staff and support staff came to Memorial Sta-dium to cheer on Bledsoe’s track teams during the May 17th Track Meet. Bledsoe had 100 students competing with 100 students from Rogers Elementary. The students ran in 50 yard, 100 yard, 400 yard (1/4 mile) and 400 yard relay races. There were six heats in each race for boys and girls. In addition there was a 3-legged race, softball throw and Tug O’ War. Each student received a ribbon for each race in which they competed. Bledsoe’s team won the Tug O’ War for the first time! Thanks to the 50 parents, staff and volunteers who made this special day happen for our students!
Bledsoe Elementary PTA
April was a big month for Bledsoe with our Spring Fling on April 16th. Held on a Friday night this year, the event was well attended and included favorites like Bounce Houses, indoor and out-door carnival games, Cake Walk, Sandy Candy, Popcorn, Baskin Robbins ice cream, Photo Booth and Silent Auc-tion! We had beautiful weather and a very successful event for the PTA. We greatly appreciate all of our volunteers, staff and sponsors without whom these events would never take place!! Funds raised will be put towards future capital and playground improvements. Special thanks to our first dad on our PTA Board, Tyler Brossart. Tyler joined the Bledsoe PTA in February and organized a great fundraising event and fun time for all!
On Saturday, April 24th, Bledsoe held another Clean It and Green It Adopt a Street. We had over 40 participants who collected over 20 bags of trash! This was followed by a fun party at IKEA. We thank our Environmental Chair, Katrina Watland for making this year’s Adopt a Street clean ups so much fun! Thanks for all who helped! You’ve made a difference!
Also in April, Bledsoe was proud to honor Angie Williams, School Coun-selor, as our Lifetime Member Hon-oree! Angie is an important part of our Bledsoe family having made the differ-ence in so many students’ lives with her wonderful and encouraging manner and her large “Warm Fuzzy” too! Un-der Angie’s direction this year, Bledsoe’s students participated in Ra-chel’s Challenge. In addition, our KC club is the largest in the District. All due to Angie’s efforts! We were thrilled to honor Angie at the April Lifetime
Rounding out the month is our Field Day held on May 20th and May 21st! This fun-filled day includes Water Fun, Wacky Fun, Track and Field and eve-ryone’s favorite Tug O’War!
Finally, as we look towards summer vacation, the Bledsoe PTA welcomes new officers and committee chairs to our 2010-2011 PTA Board. They are Melinda Wheeley-2nd VP Ways and Means; Amy Austin-Historian; Nicole Warhoftig-Council Delegate; Usha Correa & Jacque Alexander-Book Fair; Melissa Ambery-Cultural Arts; Jessica Albrecht & Erica Jeanise-Hospitality; Angela Vaughn & Diana Wampold-Spirit Store; and Kris Brown-Room Parent Coordinator. We thank those returning officers and committee chairs for their countless hours of dedication and volunteering! We are truly blessed! Thank you!
Corbell Elementary PTA Corbell PTA has been busy with many activities to finish out our school year! In recognition of Teacher Apprecia-tion Week, our hospitality chair organ-ized many treats for the teachers. The week began with a catered lunch on their in-service day, “off campus” lunch with other teachers during the week, and a Friday morning breakfast provided by our parent volunteers. Corbell was visited by Critterman and many of our students participated the
All smiles during Teacher Appreciation
week!
On Your Mark, Get Set, at Memorial
Stadium!
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L o ca l P TA News a nd Announcemen t s
Corbell Elementary PTA con’t science program “High Touch, High Tech.” Along with our academic pro-grams, everyone looks forward to the off campus study trips! Seeing the RoughRiders and touring Cowboy sta-dium were a few of the activities that our students have been enjoying as they anticipate the summer break. Corbell is looking forward to our Wacky Olympics Field Day! This year will be lots of fun with Olympic style activities. Our Spring 2010 Book Fair was a tre-mendous success! We recorded net sales of $18,398. Due to our success we were able to put 1,270 books into the hands of teachers, support staff, and the librarian. Additionally, the librarian has a remaining balance of $3,555 that will be used to purchase additional sets of popular books as well as new tape recorders for books on tape. Our “One 4 Books” campaign to benefit the library at Purefoy Ele-mentary was also very successful. We raised $360. The librarian at Purefoy selected books from the fair, and will be placing a label inside each book that reads, “Donated by Students and Families of Corbell Elementary Spring 2010. One of our final events of the school year is the much awaited talent show!
“Corbell’s Got Talent” will showcase on May 20th. Students participate in an audition, rehearsal, and the final show. This annual event was in-vented as a learning tool to build character and self esteem. Corbell PTA has rocked all year and will continue to do so. We will miss the many devoted board members that will be rezoned to the new school. We wish them well. Also we welcome and look forward to working with our newly elected Executive Board.
Elliott Elementary PTA Two years ago, we began laying the foundation for Elliott PTA. Our goal was to recruit board members that shared a desire to make Elliott a bet-ter place for each and every student. In order to make Elliott a better place, this group of people had to ensure that they set ego and personal agen-das aside to put the needs of all Elliott students first. We are proud to say that we successfully achieved the goal. Over the past two years, the Elliott PTA has provided numerous educational and fun programs, books (library and guided reading), equip-ment and rewards to Elliott Elemen-tary which would affect each child. Elliott recently honored our volunteers with an appreciation lunch where approx. 60 volunteers joined in on the food, fun, and some fabulous give-aways! “Thank You” to all our volun-teers who continually give their time to make Elliott a special place.
In April, Elliott sponsored “Lunch with Dad’s”. The children were so excited to have their fathers come eat lunch, we had over 500 Dads to accommo-date. The 2010 school year is coming to a close quickly. Although we are excited for the “End of the Year Cele-bration” in the park, we look forward to increased attendance and getting to know our new families in the Fall.
Pink Elementary PTA Kinder Roundup was held April 12-16. It was fun to see all of the smiling, some crying, kinder little faces. All of the incoming kids were invited in for a tour, however not all will be attending Pink. It is a transition year for a lot of kids from Pink as Purefoy Elementary will be opening up for the new school year. We will miss all of those kids that will be headed out and know it will be a fun year with a new building and new beginnings.
The Annual Spring Song Fest was a huge success for all of the choir kids. Everyone had such a great time at this event. Thank you to all the vol-unteers that helped with the snack booth! The kids are already looking forward to next year!
All of the students and parents are pumped up for the Frisco Schools Spirit Night! Last year Pink won the award for Most Attendance!! We are looking for a repeat! Watch out!
This year our Lifetime Members for Pink are: Jeff Anderson, Lisa Boone and Margaret Hoyt. These individuals have put so much time and effort into making Pink Elementary a great place to be! Congratulations and Thank you for your passion, your dedication and all of your hard work!
It has been an eventful and successful year at Pink Elementary! We couldn’t do any of it without the support of our wonderful Parents and Staff! We all look forward to what the new school year has to bring! Enjoy your sum-mer with the kids!!
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L o ca l P TA News a nd Announcemen t s
Clark Middle PTA
The wheels are now in motion for the new 2010-2011 board for Clark PTA. 75% of the new board has been filled!!! Way to go Clark!!! March was filled with all kinds of events. Spring Book Fair took place just in time for students, parents, and faculty to load up on some spring break reading. During the same week, Clark hosted its second annual Curriculum Night. Students were able to show friends and loved ones just what they do all day long! We also had Spirit Night at Cici’s Pizza. We had another Spirit Night at Chick-fil-a in April. CMS PTA had another busy month in May. It started with Teacher Appre-ciation Week held the week of May 4, 2010 through May 7, 2010. Healthy Lifestyles was May 13, 2010. There was an awesome assem-bly at the end of the school day which was followed up with healthy activities after school. Here are some upcoming PTA Events at Clark:
Spirit Night at Cici’s Pizza is scheduled for May 21, 2010.
Griffin Middle PTA Here is what is happening at Griffin Middle School!
April 28th – Griffin PTA hosted TAKS Snacks for the Teachers and Staff. Our wonderful Parents provided pre-packaged snacks and whole fresh fruits. We hope this made the day a little less stressful for our teachers.
May 6th - Teacher Appreciation Lunch for the Teachers and Staff. Carrabba's Italian Grill catered. There was Meat and Vegetable Lasagna, Caesar Salad, Oil and Bread. It was a big hit with all our teachers and staff! Griffin Parents provided cakes and soft drinks for the event. A Griffin notepad and "Griffin Gators" writing pen was presented to teachers and staff as a token of our appreciation. May 21 - PTA donated money for the purchase of Hot Dogs and other food items needed for the 8th Grade Picnic.
May 21 – 8th Grade Career Day - PTA will provide Hospitality Cookie Bags for the Guest Speakers and High School Student Helpers. And that wraps up our school year!
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Frisco Independent School District Council of PTAs
Communicator
The Communicator is published by the Frisco Independent School District Council of PTAs. The Communicator is distributed to FISD Principals, FISD PTA and PTO Presidents, Council Delegates, FISD Council of PTAs Board Members, FISD Administration and Board of Trustees. You may distribute the newsletter to your respective PTA membership.
Executive Board Officers
President Anne McCausland
Aide to President Kindra Strachan [email protected]
Treasurer
Brandy Dennison [email protected]
Secretary
Shannon Thornton [email protected]
Parliamentarian Melanie Crosby
Historian Open
Executive Board Chairmen
Fundraising Dawn Burwell
Programs
Keisha Sylvester [email protected]
Technology Jeremy Staritt
Membership Susan Thomas
Newsletter Terri West
Cultural Arts Brenda Richard
Executive Board Chairmen
Volunteers Benita Swan
Environmental Tanja Eltze
Hospitality
Willette Watts [email protected]
SAGE
Heather Brown [email protected]
Legislative
Laurie Cammack [email protected]
Training
Carmen Martinez [email protected]
Volume 7, Issue 5 Frisco Independent School District Council of PTAs – Communicator –
F r i s c o Counc i l o f P TA s E x ecu t i v e Bo a r d Membe r s