WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA WELCOMES PARENTS

2011-12 Welcome letter (pdf)
2011-12 WVMS PTA Membership Form (pdf)

 

WVMS PTA Annual Meeting Tuesday, May 22, 7 PM, MS Media Center

If you can only attend one PTA meeting a year, this is the one to come to! 

May 21, 2012 - WVMS PTA cordially invites you to our Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 22, at 7 PM in the MS Media Center. Positions for the 2012-13 PTA Board will be elected during this meeting. Please come out and support your PTA.

On the agenda:

• End of year reports from Committee Chairs

• End of year Principal's Report

• Nominations and Election of the Board for 2012-13

Currently, the slate of nominees includes:

President: Susan Lepre
Vice President:
Treasurer: Monica Schonhaut
Corresponding Secretary: Karen Reiber
Recording Secretary:

Nominations are still being accepted for all board positions but especially for Vice Pesident and Recording Secretary. If you are interested in being nominated for any of the above positions, please follow the procedures listed below.
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This is your chance to be more involved in your child’s school experience; please consider working more closely with our school principal and our school superintendent as a PTA Board member.

Nominations are now being accepted to become a board member of your Middle School Parents and Teachers Association (MSPTA).

We are taking nominations for the following positions:

President
Vice President
Treasurer
Communications Secretary
Recording Secretary

You may nominate yourself or someone you know who would be interested in serving on the board:

1) Send an email to wvmspta@yahoo.com with “Board Nominations” in the subject line and include your phone number and position in which you are interested

OR

2) Send in a note with your name, email and phone number and the position in which you are interested in an envelope to the middle school office marked “PTA Board Nominations.”

Please notify us of your interest by May 14th. A slate of names will be posted once we have received all letters of interest. Voting will take place at our annual meeting Tuesday evening, May 22 at 7:00 PM

*All elected positions are for one term: July 1st 2012 through June 30th 2013.

**You do not have to have been on a PTA board previously to be eligible for this election. Newcomers welcome.

You must be a member of the PTA to become a board member. You can join now if you haven’t yet.

If you have any questions, please call Diane Tomko at 845-987-2475

 

8th Grade Formal Decorating Committee Work Session Dates, Items Needed  

May 16, 2012 - The eighth grade formal is only three weeks away and the decorating committee desperately needs your help. Click here to see the list of dates and items needed.

 

WVMS Staff Appreciation Luncheon Update - Thanks for Your Help!

The WVMS PTA thanks co-chairs, Wendy Bonsignore and Sharon Garcia, for all their work in making the Middle School Staff Appreciation Lunch a big success. We also thank all of the parents for donating delicious food, drinks, paper goods, etc but most importantly, their time. PTA events couldn't occur without the efforts of our dedicated parent volunteers and the Board is very appreciative.

 

Student Artwork on Display at the Albert Wisner Library

May 2, 2012 - Reflections artwork by middle and high school students will be on display in the boardroom of the Albert Wisner Library during the month of May. This year's theme was "Diversity Means. . . " Warwick Valley Middle School student Bria Metzger received an Award of Commendation from the New York State PTA for her visual arts piece. Next year's theme is "The Magic of a Moment."

 

8TH GRADE FORMAL

Fri., June 8, 2012 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Middle School

Please send an email to the chair of the committee you are interested in working on. They will get back to you with meeting dates and other important information.

Reminder - You must be a WVMS PTA member in order to volunteer for these committees. If you are not a member already, go to the membership form link on the PTA web page and send in the completed form and payment to the middle school office.

Committee Chairs:

Diane Tomko, dtomko@warwick.net

Decorating: Lisa Pacelli, pacelliLA@yahoo.com

Food/Drink: Michelle Morgiewicz, michellemorgiewicz@yahoo.com

Photography: Cathy Randazzo, randazzo.cathy@gmail.com

Music/Entertainment: Diane Trimlett, trim5fam@aim.com

Ticket Sales: Linda Roman, lindaeroman@hotmail.com

Chaperones/CleanUp: Michelle Manelis, mmanelis@optonline.net

 

WVMS PTA Fundraiser - Gertrude Hawk Candy Sale Update:

Thank you for buying candy! And a special thanks to Tiffany Megna for doing another great fundraising job for our PTA!

 

WVMS Craft Fair Update:

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this year's Craft Fair an even bigger success than last year! We had almost 1,300 shoppers come to the fair and raised more money than last year.  A special thanks to Donna Egan for a great job chairing this event.

 

WVMS Reflections Update:

Eighth grade student Bria Metzger has won an Award of Merit at the New York State level of Reflections Judging. She will receive a special award from the New York State PTA and her work, a visual arts entry titled "Diversity Means … Individual Beauty," will be on display at the annual PTA convention. Her work, along with the other middle school and high school entries will be on display in the Board Meeting Room at the Albert Wisner Library in May. Congratulations, Bria! Click the image on the right to view
a larger photograph of Bria's work.

 

WVMS PTA Calendar of Events for 2011-12

Click here to view the PTA's events for the 11-12 school year. (pdf) (Updated 09/20/11)

 

CONTACT THE WVMS PTA

You can send any questions or concerns regarding the Warwick Valley Middle School PTA to: wvmspta@yahoo.com

 

MSPTA CHAIRPERSONS 2011-2012

The MSPTA thanks all of the parent and teacher volunteers who make our events so successful. Please contact the PTA at wvmspta@yahoo.com to volunteer for any upcoming events. We recognize the people who have volunteered to chair our events and fundraisers.
6th Grade Dance - Lourdes Toro-Avery
7/8th Grade Halloween Dance - Kim Corkum
Halloween Cider and Donuts - Louise Finnegan
Gertrude Hawk Candy Sale - Tiffany Megna
8th Grade Formal - Tara Jordan
8th Grade Memory Book - Cathy Randazzo
Wellness Committee - Denice Davis
Cultural Arts - Karla Gonzalez
Environmental Club - David Gonzalez

     

THANKS TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS OUR PTA CONTINUES TO GROW

Sept. 19, 2011 - The WVMS PTA has recently won two awards:

Founders Day Award  (pdf)

Membership Growth Award (pdf)

 

WVMS PTA MEETING MINUTES

02/08/11 meeting minutes (pdf)
03/15/11 meeting minutes (pdf)
11/15/11 meeting minutes (pdf)

• 2011-12 Meeting minutes will be posted as they become available

 

NEW YORK STATE PTA

Visit the website of the New York State PTA.

 

NEW YORK STATE PTA INFORMATION

Urge Congress Not to Stand in the Way of Healthier School Lunches

As our children head back to school, some members of Congress want to roll back progress on improving school lunches, despite the sky-high childhood obesity rates.

PTA members, we need your help to send a loud and clear message to Congress that we want healthier school meals.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed common-sense nutrition guidelines to improve school lunches and breakfasts, including more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat milk and less salt, unhealthy fats, and calories.

Unfortunately, Food interests are working to get Congress to stop USDA from finalizing these sensible school nutrition standards. The House of Representatives has already included a rider in its Agriculture spending bill urging USDA to start over from scratch and propose a new set of school meal standards—even though tens of thousands of parents and organizations supported these important improvements.

If industry is successful in convincing the Senate to do the same, the goal of seeing healthy school lunches in cafeterias across the country will be in jeopardy.

Please send an email to both of your Senators today asking them to support USDA's efforts to improve school meals.

To take action, click here.

 

PTA Monthly Fast Facts, Legislative Briefs and Advocacy Newsletter

NYS PTA Advocacy Newsbriefs - December 21, 2011

August Fast Facts (pdf)

Fast Facts Page

Advocacy Newsletter Page

August Legislative Briefs (pdf)

Legislative Briefs Page