Welcome & Introduction of Executive Board Members – Jessica and Merideth

• • Looking for a New Parent Representative for the Exec Board – so if you know of anyone who you think would be a great advocate for new families talk with them and nominate them for the position. Voting will occur at the October 11th PTA Meeting.

What the PTA does

• • Two main roles are 1) Community Building and 2) Fundraising.
  • How do we raise money?
    • Annual Appeal
    • Pizza Friday
    • Readathon
    • Silent Auction/Spring Gala
    • various smaller events throughout the year
  • Where does the money go?
    • New Classroom Libraries
    • Mini-Grants for Teachers/Therapists
    • Opera Projects, Architecture, Chess, Jazz at Lincoln Center, etc.
    • Lunch Clubs
    • Schoolwide Enrichment – i.e. Book Fair, Carnival, “One School, One Book”, Visiting Authors

Introduce Principal – Ms. Rosa

• • Introduces the Administration of the School
  • Appreciates the PTA and everything it does for the School
  • Take a look around as you visit the School, many postcards the kids sent in of their Summer adventures
  • Upcoming Events:
    • New Family Orientation Session – 9/18 at 8:30am in the Cafeteria
    • Welcome Breakfast for Related Services – 9/26 at 8:30am in the Cafeteria
  • Our school is a full inclusion program, all our classrooms at Carroll St. are inclusion classrooms. School is multi-sited, other location is ASD site in Ft. Greene.
  • We want parents to feel part of the school. One day per week we will be opening up the classrooms to parents for our Responsive Classroom/Morning Meetings.
  • Curriculum Conferences will be coming up – please watch for announcements – all conferences should be completed by 9/29.

Introduce Parent Coordinator – Yvette

• • 4 kids of my own and been a school parent for 18 years
  • 5 years ago became the Parent Coordinator
  • Splits time between the two sites – spends Thursday at ASD site
  • Office in Room 101
  • Starting Soon for 5th Grade Parents – Middle School Process
    • will be a workshop in October
    • 4th Grade parents are welcome to attend
  • Brand new program – Free Lunch for all kids – but still need to fill in the paperwork, so we know how many lunches we need each day.
  • Longer day means lunches start slightly later and kids get 1/2 hour for lunchtime and 1/2 hour for recess every day.

AfterSchool Programs

• • Cara – KING – runs after-school programs on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
    • • Youth Development with Sports & Fitness Focus
      • working with 35 schools in NYC
      • Structured, Organized Fun
      • Homework Help – first hour – if need extra help or quiet time pick this option
      • Different activities and themes for each weekday and each month
  • Janine – PTA Afterschool Registrar and also runs the after school enrichment programs
    • • Everyday is $25 – can sign up for whole semester
      • KING started last year when teachers were busy Mondays and Tuesdays, expanded to include Wednesdays this year
      • Drop-in is available – but call school to arrange to make sure teachers and Janine get the info about the change of plans for dismissal and after-school.
      • 4th and 5th Grades can participate in new program of instrumental instruction via Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Teachers who will be coming here to give lessons.
      • Enrichment Programs – Three seasons – Fall/Winter/Spring
        • new Fall Brochure should be available in 2 weeks

Upcoming Events

• • 9/16 New Family Picnic – Potluck – 12pm – 4pm – Outdoors in Yards, enter at Whitwell gate
  • 9/18 Orientation Breakfast – in Cafeteria 8:30am
  • 10/6 First Lice Check Day
  • 10/11 October PTA Meeting – 8:30am in Cafeteria
  • 10/13 Pizza Friday Starts
  • 10/14 Children’s School Night at Cosmos Soccer Game – 7pm – MCU Park, Coney Island
  • 10/21 Roots and Community Party – Gymnasium

Cosmos Game Details – Nina Crews

• • Cosmos is the Brooklyn-based NASL team
  • Community building outing – Fun night out – block of seats for The Children’s School
  • Saturday October 14th 7pm – at MCU Park at Coney Island – $15 tickets
  • A flyer will be distributed with details – return it with money and tickets will be delivered to classroom and sent home via backpacks.

PTA Committees – Get involved!

• Communication – website/social media
• Social – events & community
• Fundraising/Grants
• Garden
• Gear – t-shirts, tote bags, etc.
• Lice Day
• Pizza Friday

Konstella

• In-house school communication
• Update your profiles with your childrens’ new classes
• Volunteer signups, Events, class communications
• Go to konstella.com and Find Your School to start signup process.

Class Parents – Michelle Dobson

• meeting at end of the month for all Class Parents
• Class Parents act as liaisons between classroom, teachers and PTA
• involved in classroom
• organize parent involvement for class and teachers

Get Involved – Do your Share! – Rafael

• Every Children’s School Parent is automatically part of the PTA
• Participate
• Help out
• Get involved

9-13-17 Agenda