• If you were a committee chair this year, please fill out your event/project summary and give your folder to Lisa Aulerich-Marciniak, or put it in the PTA mailbox in the office. Review the on-line job description for your committee and let us know if it needs to be updated.
• If you are interested in chairing a committee for next year, please contact Lisa Aulerich-Marciniak, Fran Sitkiewicz, or Michelle Hejna.
• If you have any receipts for PTA reimbursement, turn them in ASAP to Mary Lescher or the PTA mailbox.
  Please remember that the May PTA meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 25. It is important that we have as many PTA members in attendance as possible as we take our final vote to dissolve our association with the State and National PTA and become an independent PTO. Our new officers will be installed that evening also. Mark your calendar. We’ll see you in the Hauser Library at 7 p.m.

Check your school calendar. May is full of end-of-the-year events that you and/or your child won’t want to miss!

Communication between home and school is important, and you don’t have to wait for events like our meeting last night before it happens. Any time you have a question about what is happening in school, please ask. If it is about a particular class, ask that teacher first. If you have a more general question about what happens at Hauser, contact Ms. Berman or Ms. Westin. If you are wondering about district policy, get in touch with Dr. Lamberson. Contact information for all of these people is available in a number of places, including the PTA calendar and the school/district websites.

It is human nature not to speak up unless you are unhappy. We encourage you to also communicate when things are going well! When was the last time you sent an e-mail telling a teacher how much your child enjoys his or her class? or a thank you for spending extra time or effort helping your student? Have you told your administrators that you’ve noticed a particular teacher is doing a fantastic job? We encourage you to reach out to someone at the school with a positive message. Don’t wait for teacher appreciation week to let them know you’re pleased.

This month’s meeting will feature a Q&A session with Dr. Lamberson and Ms. Berman. Also at this meeting, the nominating committee will present the slate of candidates for PTA/PTO office for the 2010-2011 school year. The election will be held at our April meeting, when, in accordance to our bylaws, nominations will also be accepted from the floor. Officers elected in April will be installed at the May meeting.

The agenda is available here.

This month’s meeting will feature a Q&A session with Dr. Lamberson and Ms. Berman. Have you been wondering about the new writing initiative? specific Hauser or district policies? how the laptop program will work at Hauser next year? where kids who go in for band at 7:20 wind up when the next group shows up at 8? Now is the time to ask. To insure that all questions can be answered in full at the meeting, please e-mail your question to Lisa Aulerich-Marciniak by the end of this week. (Note: use this link to send your e-mail as there was a typo in the on-line HiLines.)

Also at this meeting, the nominating committee will present the slate of candidates for PTA/PTO office for the 2010-2011 school year. The election will be held at our April meeting, when, in accordance to our bylaws, nominations will also be accepted from the floor. Officers elected in April will be installed at the May meeting.

The complete meeting agenda will be posted prior to the meeting next week.

Is there something you want to know? Please e-mail your question to Lisa Aulerich-Marciniak before the end of the month. She’ll compile the questions and send them to our administrators. This will ensure that Dr. Lamberson and Ms. Berman have time to look up numbers, talk to teachers, or locate information needed to give you a complete answer the night of the meeting. It will also make it possible for those who are uncomfortable speaking before a group to have their questions answered.

We hope you’ll join us for what should prove to be an informative evening.