Joseph S. Bruno Montessori Academy Parent Teacher Organization 2010-2011
PTO Officers :
Dear Parents and Friends of JSB,
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First I want to thank everyone for a great turn out last Thursday for the JSB PTO Pizza and Pasta Night. What a fun meet and greet!
We had approximately 120 people attend, including almost 60 children. The night featured a very informative speech by Ms. Theresa titled "The Genius of Montessori."
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In addition, children played various games, Gloie the Clown painted many faces-she'll be back @ the Fall Festival if you missed her or miss her:-)
We had numerous people sign up to volunteer for various initiatives that we will discuss on Tuesday morning.
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The support shown Thursday night was overwhelmingly positive. I've never experienced such a large percentage of parents wanting to volunteer @ the many schools I've been to. Thank you!
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We really appreciate your attendance for tuesday the 31st. The breakfast club has begun...
These mtgs are a great forum to share ideas on how the JSB PTO can further strengthen our school community.
If you missed last thursday, no worries we have several more fun events planned throughout the year.
We will be meeting on the last tuesday of each month.
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During the months of October and April we will have 2 PTO meetings. One general and one focused on the Fall Festival and Auction respectively.
If you cannot attend please feel free to contact me directly with any ideas and/or input @ my personal email:
enjoythecity@aol.com
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In closing, I'm proud to announce the Officers for the PTO and a) thank them for volunteering and b) look very much forward to working together with all to focus on family, faculty and fun this school year.
- Our PTO has a mission dedicated to the enhancement of the educational experience of our children and the fostering of our school community. We use board and committee participation as a means of sharing talents, ideas and energies school-wide toward a common goal.
Bruno Montessori PTO Pasta and Pizza 2010 - 2011 Gallery
PTO Fall Festival/ Fall Picnic: a school community building experience where parents get to enjoy a family fun day on the weekend at our campus while meeting their children's friends, classmates, other parents, and teachers in a totally relaxed and fun non-fundraising atmosphere.
PTO Spring Auction: a great parent's night out! dinner and socializing with other parents, grandparents, and teachers late in the year: may catch up with people you met from school activities. a night where great prizes are auctioned off to the highest bidder including trips to disney in orlando, to the watercolor inn at seaside, local spa packages, and golf packages. The hands-down hottest items are the classroom artwork and scrapbooks so lovingly made and cherished.
The money raised has been used for the tennis courts, fall festivals, travel scholarships, computer smart-boards, digital cameras for each teacher, library book club support, teacher's christmas gifts, and end of year classroom parties.
Teacher Appreciation Week: the first week of May, PTOs accross our country call on students and parents to cheer for their student's schoolteachers. Our PTO gives teachers' gifts, caters a lunch, and coordinates the school-wide week of activities in a manner respectful of classroom learning time.
Room Parents are coordinated through a PTO board position that keeps us "all in the loop". If you have been in another school system, you will notice that the requests for money throughout the schoolyear for class parties and teachers' gifts is nominal on our campus due to the support of the PTO treasury.
Please do come to a PTO meeting during this school year and consider serving your children and your school community through board or committee involvement.
We truly believe that nurturing our children's education is the best investment we can make!
Yours,
Anne Hardy
President JSBAcademy PTO.
PTO Meeting Schedule
We welcome and encourage all JSB parents to attend our meetings. It is a great way to learn about and get involved in upcoming events and projects at our school.
Meetings will be each month at 8:30 a.m. in the Drama Room across from the office.
For Further Information, Questions and Suggestions Email : ptopresident@jsbacademy.org
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Fundraising and Volunteer Opportunities
Grocery Store Programs: Please involve your extended family, neighbors, and friends.
Bruno Bucks- Save your green Bruno grocery store receipts! Bruno will donate a percentage of sales to JSB Academy. You can send them in the backpack or bring them to the office and place in the green shoebox.
Publix Partners- When you shop at Publix just have them swipe a keychain bar code tag. They are available in the office.
PTO Spring Auction: a great parent's night out! dinner and socializing with other parents, grandparents, and teachers late in the year: may catch up with people you met from school activities. a night where great prizes are auctioned off to the highest bidder including trips to disney in orlando, to the watercolor inn at seaside, local spa packages, and golf packages. The hands-down hottest items are the classroom artwork and scrapbooks so lovingly made and cherished.
The money raised has been used for the tennis courts, fall festivals, travel scholarships, computer smart-boards, digital cameras for each teacher, library book club support, teacher's christmas gifts, and end of year classroom parties.
One of our primary missions of our PTO is to foster a sense of community among our school families.
For Further Information, Questions and Suggestions Email : ptopresident@jsbacademy.org
- Click here to view 'WHAT I LIKE ABOUT MONTESSORI - Students Words' What a fabulous idea from Lower Elementary Teachers! Thanks for sharing WHAT I LIKE ABOUT MONTESSORI Students' Words.It was so important for the parents and other teachers to hear what the lower elementary students see and appreciate and gave them a deeper understanding in a conversational (not lecture) way. Brilliant!!!
