May 09, 2008
From the Parents Association 5-9-2008
On behalf of the Parents Association, we would like to thank:
Nicole Grindle, Audrey Sadler, Jaime Thomas, Iris Krause, Deirdre Kelly, John O'Connell, Julie Lepinard, Martin Gross, Patty Jepson, Mike Orlando and the many parent and faculty volunteers who made Mayfest such a huge success. Despite the early morning lack of sunshine, the sense of community and school spirit was warmly felt by everyone. The poetry and music program, food and games were wonderful and kept everyone entertained and deliciously well fed! This week we continue to enjoy reading the children's poetry in our 2008 Mayfest Book and we’re amazed by the talent of our PHS student body.
We very much appreciate the hours of hard work and preparation that went into putting the Mayfest celebration together. You were all so organized that you made it seem easy and effortless, allowing all of us to really enjoy the day. We hope that the sweep across the field at the end of the event becomes a new PHS tradition, making clean-up, a dreaded job, fun for all who participated.
Thank you for giving the PHS community such a memorable day.
Kimberley Spears & Regina Casciato
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May 02, 2008
From the Parents Association 5-2-2008
We would like to thank the parents, guardians, faculty and staff who took part in the Parents Association's new nominating process. We appreciate the time and effort that it took to fill out the nominating form, to think about nominees in each category and to bravely nominate yourselves.
We would also like to thank the parents and guardians who edited the earlier drafts of the nominating form when presented at the February and March Parents Association meetings. Thanks to Brian, Ann Meissner and the faculty for embracing this new process and to Lisa Jeli and Namrata Gupta for serving with us on the Nominating Committee. Their input has been invaluable to us throughout this process. We were helped enormously by Tania Hurter, who made it possible for the nominating forms to be filled out online through the Survey Monkey link. Martin and the faculty helped us reach families with the paper version of the forms.
This has truly been a collaborative effort with many people involved and we thank all of you.
We'll be contacting nominees over the next week and will be presenting the names of the 2008-2009 Room Parents, Event Chairs and Activities Chairs at the May 8 Parents Association Meeting. The meeting will be held from 8 -9 am and we welcome any parents or guardians to join us. Thanks again for all of your support.
Kimberley Spears
Regina Casciato
"Keeping You Informed" - You also can check out the Minutes from the April 10, 2008 Parents Association Meeting by clicking here.