PTA memberships cost $5.00, and all are welcome to join.
You can pick up membership forms in the Elementary or
Middle School office, or contact Jacki York. (518)
853-1809.
The PTA is sponsoring a BACK TO SCHOOL CARNIVAL on
Saturday September 27, from 11am – 2pm. We are trying to
raise money for new playground equipment and field
trips. There will be games, food and prizes! Hope to see
you there!
Don’t forget to save your Box Tops and Tyson labels, and
this year we are also collecting Nestle Pure Life water
bottle labels.
Please register your Price Chopper discount card. You
can also register your Target credit card online and
FFCS will receive a percentage of every purchase made at
Target.
Yearbook Update – Due to rising costs of printing and
shipping, the 2008-2009 yearbook will be $12.00. It will
still have 48 full color pages. The only way to
guarantee your child will receive a yearbook is to
pre-order one! Watch for the order form coming home.
Unity
I dreamed I stood in a studio and watched two sculptors there. The clay they used was a young child’s mind. And they fashioned it with care.
One was a teacher; the tools he used were books, music and art; One a parent with a guiding hand and a gentle and loving heart.
Day after day the teacher toiled, with touch that was deft and
sure, While the parent labored by his side and polished and smoothed
it o’er.
And when at last their tasks were done, they were proud of what
they had wrought, For the things they molded into the child could neither be sold
or bought.
And each agreed he would have failed if he had worked alone. For behind the parent stood the school, and behind the teacher,
the home.
PTA Meetings are on Tuesday nights
at 6:30 in the Elementary Media Center.
PTA
meetings are held once a month at 6:30 p.m. in the Elementary
Library.
Following are the meeting dates for the 2008-09 school year:
September 16
October 21
November 18
December 16
January 20
February 23
March 16
April 20
May
18
June16
If
there is a snow day, or after school activities are cancelled,
the meeting will be rescheduled.
Prior to all meetings we hold a “Principal’s Chat” with Mrs.
Alicia Henry, Elementary Principal and Mrs. Elizabeth Donovan,
Middle School Principal. The Principal’s Chats are from 6-6:30
p.m. and everyone is welcome to come and chat with the
principals about any topic.
Membership is $5 and only members may vote on items at meetings.
Click here to download a membership form,
or pick one
up in the Middle School or Elementary School offices. (The form is a PDF document, which
requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to be viewed. Adobe Acrobat Reader
can be downloaded for free from the
Adobe Acrobat Web site.)
We give out $4,500 in scholarships each year to graduating
seniors, $850 each to the Elementary and Middle School Character
Education Programs, and $1300 for the Arts In Education program.
We provide funds towards the high school’s after-prom party,
Kindergarten Celebration and fourth and eighth grade recognition
ceremonies, and provide healthy breakfast to fourth graders
during ELA testing. We plan and fund the Science Fair,
Scholastic Book Fairs, and yearbook, and supply ribbons for the
Art Show and Track & Field Day, plus other activities and
projects. The PTA Annual budget is around $16,000.
Membership - Robyn Rose Science Fair - Megan Tornianen Book Fair - Jennifer Williams Elementary Yearbook - Jacki York and Connie Conti Playground – Bobette Shirley Box Tops/Hannaford – Megan Tornianen Reflections Program – Doris Castle Tools for Schools - Robyn Rose TAP – Jolynn Douglas Fundraising- Jacki York
