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1 WA-WM PTA Councilor w ww.wawmptacouncil.org September 1, 2011 Inside this issue: WI PTA News & National PTA News Local Unit & Committee News Council Leadership Training Council Fundraiser 6 Important Dates 7 June Minutes 8 Officer & Chair Contacts 9 President s Letter Although summer is a time for rest & relaxation, the WA-WM PTA Council has been out in the community celebrating the summer of 2011 in West Allis! We brought our banner and tossed candy in the Independence Day parade on July 2. We also had volunteers from Franklin Elementary, Pershing Elementary, Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate, and West Milwaukee Intermediate School PTA/ PTSAs hand out balloons at the National Night Out Community Festival. CiCis (pg. 6), and replaced our Secretary, Tami James as her family will not be in the district this year. If you are in need of any assistance in getting off to a smooth start this school year, please contact your Council President, Laura Weaver at Let s have a great year in and really give to the children and families of the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District and beyond! Important Dates No School Sep 5 Council Meeting Sep 7 CiCi s Fundraiser Sep & Sep WI PTA Early Bird Award Deadline Oct 1 Council Meeting Oct 5 Deadline for October s Issue of the Councilor is Monday, September 19, Send items to Gena at kraemerfamily93@aol.com August 1 we held our planning meeting for anyone interested in helping to plan the upcoming WA-WM PTA Council year. We have set a date for Local Unit Leadership Training (pg. 4), coordinated our first fundraiser at WA-WM PTA Council Meetings In order to provide consistency and avoid any confusion or locked doors all meetings of the WA-WM PTA Council will be held at the administration building. The WA-WM School District has provided us with space to store some items and hold our monthly meetings. Although it was fun to travel and see what s happening at the hostschools, it will be important to have a base of operation so to speak. As always, we will meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm. Parking is available in the lot to the south of building Enter through the side door, down the hallway to the elevators/stairs and go 1 to the 4th floor. We will have signs directing the rest of the way. Meeting dates for this year are as follows: Sep 7 Feb 1 Oct 5 Mar 7 Nov 2 Apr 4 Dec 7 May 2 Jan 4 Jun 6

2 Wisconsin PTA News Everyone should have received their Wisconsin PTA summer mailings including their membership cards. There has been a bit of a shortage of cards, if you have a sheet of blank cards make copies on cardstock in order to insure that you will have enough on hand. If you have burned through all of the cards that you were given FANTASTIC! Contact Tami Robinson at at the state office. Kim Henderson and the board members of WI State PTA are currently planning their annual WI Leadership Conference. This is 4797 Hayes Road, Suite 102, Madison, WI Phone: (608) Fax: (608) wi_office@pta.org another opportunity for unit and council leaders to learn about new trends in PTA, overcoming obstacles, and team-building strategies to make your PTA unit the best for your students & school community. Workshops have been available in a variety of categories such as Treasurer, Reflections, Membership, Team-Building, Male Involvement, Organization, and Legislation/Advocacy. More information on specific workshops, dates, and location will be announced soon as this event is usually held sometime in September or October. 103rd Annual Wisconsin State PTA Convention & Business Meeting April 27 28, 2012 at The Abbey Resort on Lake Geneva in Fontana, WI Check out the WI PTA website for details and hotel information. National PTA News 1250 N. Pitt Street, Alexandria, Virginia (800) 307-4PTA (4782) Fax: (703) info@pta.org Have you had a chance to explore the National PTA website? There you will resources, new programs, where PTA stands on Public Policy, and great information especially for your fall membership drive. Did you know that Howie Mandel supports the PTA? Watch and share the public service announcement. What other benefits are there available for members? Did you know that you can get discounts exclusively for PTA members at MetLife Home & Auto, OfficeMax, T- Mobile, and Sharp Electronics? More details are available on the website. You will also find more information about programs that are available through National PTA such as the Reflections Arts Recognition Program, PTA Military Alliance, Family-School Partnership, and PTA MORE. If you want to bring one of these programs to your school, you can apply for grants that will help you succeed. If you want information from PTA Leaders who are working hard just like you check out the PTA Great Idea Bank where PTA parents share money-saving tips, fun activities for the kids, and ways to communicate with your child s school. Visit and have a Happy New PTA Year! 2 Save the date! 116th National PTA Convention June 21-24, 2012 San Jose, CA Watch for details.

3 Local Unit News This space is reserved for you the local units. Do you have a community event coming that you would like to promote? Something outstanding that your PTA did or even a difficult challenge that your PTA was able to overcome and you would like to share your story so that others can learn from it. Don t worry, I can make the space bigger so that everyone can share! Deadlines for newsletter submission are: Sep 19 Oct 21 Nov 18 Dec 19 Jan 20 Feb 20 Mar 23 Apr 20 May 21 Send event info, article submission, flyers, etc. for Newsletter or for the website to Gena Kraemer, kraemerfamily93@aol.com. Any questions or comments? Call Gena at Committee News Committees have been hard at work this summer to get a jump on the new PTA year ahead. The Awards committee met on August 19th to review last year s banquet and set criteria & deadlines for our next event. Due to the positive response we will again hold the event at the Knights of Columbus on 92nd Street on May 18, Ideally, the committee would like to have someone from each school on the committee especially when the time comes to choose winners for the awards. If you are interested in helping on this committee, contact Heather Justham at The Membership committee met on August 23 to hammer out details for businesses who are interested in supporting us. Look for details on the website. The Reflections committee will be meeting in October. Please send your Reflections chair from your school to sit on this committee. It is important to have the information shared directly & each school can have input to the celebration that the children work so hard for. All Reflections entries are due to Council by November 18. Contact Anne Gosetti, with any questions. 3 The Scholarship committee is in need of another person from the Pershing, Horace Mann, Longfellow area to serve on the committee. This is a three year commitment as the person volunteering will eventually chair the committee in the last year of their term. Please contact Gena Kraemer, for more information. The Founders Day Carnival committee has not yet met, however the date is set for February 19, 2012, and we would love to have you on the committee. Contact Gena Kraemer, for this opportunity to get involved.

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6 Join us in supporting the West Allis-West Milwaukee PTA Council! Come one, come all invite your friends & family to CiCi s September & 26-28! Bring in the flyer below and we will receive 15% of Buffet/Carry-out sales. For more copies visit our website at 6

7 Mark your calendars! Very important dates to remember*: CiCi Fundraiser September & 26 28, 2011 Reflections Submission to Council November 18, 2011 Reflections FLW December 14, 2011 Council Dues & Scholarship January 1, 2012 Carnival February 19, 2012 Scholarship Applications Due February 17, 2012 (tentative) Candidate Forum - March Banquet - May 18, 2012 Awards Applications Due April 4, 2012 Convention April 26,27, 2012 Three To Get Ready Council Dues: $ for elementary and $50.00 for secondary schools. Dues are to reach the Council Treasurer no later than January 1, WA-WM PTA Scholarship: The formula is fifty cents (.50) per student enrolled for the current school year. Dues are to reach the Council Treasurer no later than January 1, Please make checks payable to WA-WM Scholarship Fund. Choosing not to have Dues and Scholarship in by the due date will affect your Award eligibility. Sam Scholarship Fund: optional according to you PTA Budget. Please make check payable to the Sam Castagna Scholarship Fund. If you have any questions, please don t hesitate to call Brenda Ward at or Laura Weaver at Please mail your checks to: Brenda Ward 1970 S. 79 th Street West Allis,

8 WA-WM PTA Council Meeting Minutes June 1,

9 w w w.wawmptacouncil.org Officers Laura Weaver, President tenfuture70@yahoo.com Amy Reparti, 1st Vice President amylreparti@yahoo.com Gena Kraemer, 2nd Vice President kraemerfamily93@aol.com Brenda Ward, Treasurer Brenda.ward@fhr.com Deb Gast, Secretary debbiegast@tds.net Committee Chairs Heather Justham, Awards justham@wi.rr.com Gena Kraemer, Carnival/Scholarship kraemerfamily93@aol.com Brian Vissers, Legislative vissersb@wawm.k12.wi.us Jane Edgar, Membership Jane.edgar@tds.net Anne Gosetti, Reflections gosetti@tds.net We have open opportunities for chair positions on several standing committees. Contact Laura Weaver for more information about any open committee. Stay connected Like us on Facebook! Council/ Share your stories! We really want to hear about how great PTA is in West Allis-West Milwaukee! This is the fun part of Council, sharing ideas and information so that we don t have to recreate from scratch every year. Share what works & what doesn t! Send info & pics to Gena Kraemer at kraemerfamily93@aol.com. Remember to share pictures from your events...we love to see the fun things you do in PTA! (Top l to r: Spiritwear FLW, Raffle Franklin Family Fun Fest Carnival, State PTA Convention Banquet. Bottom l to r: Hoover PTA at Council Carnival, Teacher Wall of Fame at State PTA Convention. Every child. One voice. Every child. One voice. Every child. One voice. Every child. One voice. Every child. One voice. Every child. One voice. 9