NEW SHAMROCK GARDEN PTA OFFICERS ELECTED

Congratulations and Thank-You.

President/Pam Grundy

Vice-President/Ophelia Greer

Vice-President/Diana Cordoba

Secretary/Sarah Shields

Jamaya Barrett/Treasurer

Meet them in the hallways and tell them how you want to be involved!

CURRICULUM NIGHT TONIGHT 6PM – PARENT CENTER OPEN!

Step up and into the new PTA Parent Center tonight. We are located on the stage in the cafeteria or multipurpose room which is also where the Curriculum Night begins.   Join the PTA, join your grade group, meet parents, buy a T-shirt. Parents involved in their child’s school is the number one contributing factor towards student success.

Bring in Box Tops!   If you like text message alerts, sign up for the Shamrock Gardens Broadtexter Club. It’s free and great if you have unlimited texting!

MEET IN PTA PARENT CENTER !

Wednesday Morning.  8:00 AM until 9:00 AM  Meet with your grade members about the Climb The Rock Memebership Drive!  Use the Parent Center.  Meet other Parents.

PTA MEETING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 at 6:00 PM. DINNER FOR A DOLLAR ! 5:00PM to 6PM

• START CLIMBING THE ROCK.  THE PTA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BEGINS!
• 5:00 PM-6:00 PM  
• *Dinner for a Dollar.  Hot Dog, Chips, Drink  $1.00!  Sponsored by the North Carolina PTA Initiative with the help of the CharMeck PTA!  Thanks.  One $1.00 meal per person please.  All additional hot dogs: $2.00  All additional combos: $3.00  Thanks.
• *Join the PTA for $5.00.  Sign the Three for Me pledge, pledging to work 3 hours in the school for a teacher!  Join and Sign the Pledge and until supplies run out receive a free 2008 Shamrock Gardens Adult T-shirts–  – until supplies run out!
• *Purchase Shamrock Gardens 2008 Spirit Day T-shirts  for $10.00.  Students wear the shirts on Friday!
•  *Sign up to help!  Do you like to design on the web?  Do you like to manage data entry?   Do you like to build?   Do you like to sell and manage inventory?   Do you like to organize? Find a fun group/committee and sign up. 

• 6:00 -7:00 PTA Meeting    Become an Involved Parent.  

THREE4ME. A little means a lot! Start!

PTA MEETING.  Thursday, September 11.  6;00PM

Coming to Shamrock Gardens Elementary!  Join the PTA and Sign Up for Three4Me at the PTA meeting and be one of 25 parents who win a PART OF THE ROCK T-SHIRT.

Excerpt from The National PTA Program Three4Me.

web address: www.three4me.com

Research shows that a welcoming school community is a key to increasing parent involvement. When parents are more involved, they are better able to support their children’s learning, and their children do better in school. Three for Me creates opportunities for parents to be involved in their child’s education, both in and outside of the school.

• Three for Me offers sample forms & guidelines so that you can have an easy start-up
• Easy-to-use program to increase parent involvement
• Appeals to busy parents and parents who are looking for ways to get involved
• Great way to increase PTA or other group membership
• Strategy for organizing activities around the National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs and PTA priority areas such as arts and culture, health and wellness, student achievement, and advocacy
• Opens the door to the school for the first time for many parents and family members
• Organized and increased awareness about volunteer needs
• Greater participation from all families -regardless of their background, financial status, or level of academic education-because the three hour commitment can be fulfilled at the school, in the home or the community
• Increase in male involvement
• Increased level of creative and innovative ideas for strengthening parent involvement and student achievement
• Stronger and more effective partnership between home, school, and community
• When parents are involved there is greater parent, teacher, staff, administration, and student satisfaction

Sign Up.  Be Part of The Rock at Shamrock Gardens Elementary.

TURN IN PTA SURVEY BY TODAY, August 29 and BE IN THE GIFT CARD DRAWING.

PTA MEETING, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008, 6:00 PM in the SGE CAFETERIA.

Fill out your PTA parent Survey and turn in by today, August 29th.  Among the returnees in each grade, we will hold a drawing for a $25.00 gift card. One parent in each grade will win. We appreciate your time. The teacher with the most returns will be eligible for a drawing for a teacher gift card! We appreciate teacher’s time and effort.

THE PTA MEETING WILL BE THE FIRST CHANCE TO BUY A SPIRIT DAY T-SHIRT for $10.00. Students can wear the school T-Shirt every Friday!