Mt. View PTA

All,

Where has the fall gone?! I hope you all enjoyed a peaceful and safe Thanksgiving with your families. I know many Mt. View families have a parent deployed overseas with the U.S. military and I join you in waiting for their safe return.

PTA is only as strong as its volunteer base and membership. Thank you so much if you have been able to join PTA, volunteer at events or both! But we frankly need more support and involvement if we are going to succeed in making a difference at Mt. View. The number of people actively supporting PTA right now is very small.

Our fundraising efforts each year allow us to help fill in needs for the students, whether it’s technology for teachers, resources and books for kids, or programs and events. So thanks very much for supporting the fall and spring fundraisers each year. Sure, we can write a check for many things without much effort on your part. But I’m hearing over and over again that you and other Mt. View parents value the family events, especially our hugely popular Fun Nights.

We would love to have more of these events and expand on them, to have pizza parties or other dinner socials, maybe a father/daughter dance or Muffins with Mom… Well, we will not be able to have these events in 2010 if we do not get additional support and volunteers. In particular, we need one or two people to step forward in order to help coordinate the Fun Nights or any other event you want PTA to host. There are many details to this type of event but they are manageable with the right amount of help! Think about what you can do and then contact me.

What would it take for you to attend the January meeting? Think about it and put this date on your calendar:

Tuesday, January 12th – 6:30-7:30 p.m. (Mt. View library)

I know many of you have obligations outside of Mt. View and PTA. I know that many of you are single-parent households or have a parent deployed overseas. But what would it take for you to be involved with PTA in some small way? Did you know that you can bring your children to our meetings? Absolutely! We don’t currently have “day care” provided during meetings but if we have a few parents or teenagers available to corral the children for an hour… voila! Think about how you can help solve our “day care dilemma”!

Please join us in January so you can see how your PTA works and so I can greet and thank you personally!

Take care,
Brian Morgan
Mt. View PTA President 2009-2010
360-970-9513 (c)