Highland View PTO: Meeting on Monday (and other news)

Hello Highland View Families!

Just two big reminders and two updates for this week:

Reminder number one:  Our first PTO meeting for the year is Monday!  We'll be in the Highland View library at 6:00.  Child care will be available if you need.  We'll approve the year's budget, go over upcoming events, consider new projects, and also consider grant requests from several teachers.

Reminder number two:  Step Up To Better Health Fun Run registration forms are due soon!  (October 1st is the deadline.)  Send those back to school ASAP.  They should have gone home in Friday's take-home folder.  If it didn't make it home (sometimes things get lost on the way) you can download or print a copy here:  http://www.edlinesites.net/files/_4LLsE_/e69c77e2e2e503103745a49013852ec4/Walk-Run_registration_2014.pdf .

100% of your registration fee goes back to Highland View.  Last year, funds raised from the Step Up To Better Health Fun Run Walk paid for:  High Interest Day, the Florentine Opera's performance at our school, Trinity Irish Dancers' performance at our school, new games for the games club, AND brought award winning author Pat Zeitlow Miller to our school to spend the day teaching our students all about the writer's art. Registration is $30 for a family, and includes up to four  t-shirts (extra t-shirts are $5 each.)

Update number one:  Volunteer lists are assembled!  Thanks so much to everyone who checked off a box (or a lot of boxes!) on their PTO membership form.  (And if you didn't, that's OK too, don't worry!)  almost 150 families marked an interest in helping out with something during the year--I think that's a record!  If you want to help out, but didn't mark anything on your membership form--it's never too late!  Come by the meeting on Monday, and we'll get you right in!

Update number two:  If you signed up to coordinate an event or activity this year, I'll have packets for you at the meeting on Monday that will include contact information for people who signed up to help, all the PTO resources we have available, and other guidelines/helpful hints we have for you.  I'll also answer any questions I can, and show you the PTO storage area and mailbox, if you don't know where they are already.

See you Monday (6:00 in the library!)

The Highland View PTO