PTO SCHOOLNOTES PAGE:

Welcome!!  What a great Fall we are having!!  If you missed Fall Fest -you missed a great time.  Thank you to everyone who volunteered for this event, and congratulations to all the raffle winners! 

Thank you EHGEMS Families for stopping by at McDonald's to help support our school!  We made over $500 at our November Family Night--one of the most successful to date!

Fall Beautification was also great sucess--the EHGEMS grounds look great and are ready for winter.  Thanks to all of the volunteers that braved the drizzly morning to help out on what turned out to be a gorgeous day!  The kids had a lot of fun too!

 We've got a few events coming up--if you can help even for an hour with any of the following, please contact Lisa Johnson at lcjohnson65@hotmail.com or Candy Hammond at chammond@snet.net .

Upcoming Events:

December 7th -- 12th:  Scholastic Book Fair

                                (during early dismissal week)

December 12th:         Holiday Arts & Crafts

                                (Book Fair will be open as well)

 January:

Jan. 6th:  Magnetic Attractions planning meeting, 7pm

What is magnetic attractions?  It's our after school enrichment program beginning in March 2010.  We offer classes for one hour after school for a period of about 5 weeks.  Classes are taught primarily by you--the parents!  We also have some staff and other volunteer instructors.  Classes range from Science subjects like Kitchen Chemistry to Art to Music.  Classes can be a one time, one hour class, or span over the course of several weeks.  This event takes a lot of volunteers with planning, recruiting instructors, creating the schedule, enrolling students, collecting any fees due and sending out confirmations.  If anyone out there has a hidden talent to they can share with our students or would like to help out on the committee, please contact Lisa Johnson at lcjohnson65@hotmail.com

We need You!!

PTO EXECUTIVE BOARD

Have you thought about helping the school by serving on the PTO Executive Board? The PTO will be looking for new members to serve on next year's board--please submit a note indicating your interest to the main office.

President(s):  Oversee all activities of the PTO

Vice President(s):  Oversee all the PTO committees, act as back up to the presidents.

Treasurers:  Track all PTO fundraising and spending, ensure compliance report on budget status, and arrange for required audits.

Fundraising Co-chairs--coordinate all fundraising activites of the PTO

Secretary(s)--responsible for maintaining and distribution of meeting minutes and keeps record of all agendas, minutes and materials from meetings.

Corresponding Secretary - responsible for all PTO correspondence, flyers, website.

PTSO Representative:  attends meetings of the Glastonbury PTSO and serves on one of their committees, reports back to the EHGEMS PTO.

Board members will serve for a period of one year, attend monthly meetings and the periodic general PTO meetings throughout the year.  Please contact Lisa Johnson or the main office for more information.

Also, the Advisory Board is looking for parents to serve on the Board for a two year term.  There are 5 meeting per year to attend, approximately 1 hour in duration.  For more information, please see the student handbook or contact the office at 622-5400.