Updates From The PTA President

First, let me thank everyone who helped and attended Hanawalk. After a week of worrying that it would rain or that everybody would be at the Dave Mathews concert, all concerns turned out to be unfounded!! The families that were able to come had a great time--the weather was lovely, our singing entertainment was delightful, old friendships were renewed and hopefully, some new friendships formed. We did have a few changes this year that seemed to work well. We tried to have all the adults get a name tag as they entered so that it made it easier to see who people were and what grades their children are in to match up names and faces of kids and parents. Our aspiration was that parents, especially those newer to Hanawalt, get to know each other to keep the great tradition of community spirit alive and well at Hanawalt. We sincerely hope that we succeeded in that goal.

To date our pledges have raised $4,229 for this year, last year we raised $6,682. Our budget last year for field trips and transportation was $5,000. Of the $4,229 dollars pledged this year $500 was in matching funds-thank you to the companies that provide matching funds for their employees! If you haven’t gotten a chance to drop your pledges in the PTA mailbox-please do, it’s not too late.

NEW THIS YEAR…

Since last month’s newsletter I have come to realize that those of us who have been around Hanawalt for a while take certain things as common knowledge that really aren't. (What are box tops? And what is Hanawalk? Are two examples) So we are going to hold a Q & A session-two actually, for any questions you may have about Hanawalt, our programs, committees, how things are done, how you can volunteer, or get involved in your child’s school or any other questions you might wondered about. Any questions that are asked before the sessions, I will keep track of and start the meeting with those-if you have the question you can bet other people do as well, so feel free to email your questions to me or bring them to the meeting.

Anybody and Everybody is welcome and encouraged to attend. We will be holding two sessions:
one on October 20, 2009 from 7 pm-8 pm and a second on October 22, 2009 from 7 am-8 am.
Tentatively we will meet in the library. Hopefully one of these times will meet everybody’s schedule.

Our November PTA meeting will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2009 and we will discuss the new math curriculum that has been implemented this year. More information to follow in November’s newsletter.

I hope to see you at the Q & A session whether you’ve been at Hanawalt for a couple of years or are new to the school. You can always email any questions that come up and I’ll do my best to answer them for you!! I can be reached at
252-1787 or drop me an email at cheryl@tasty-treats.com