Boooooo! Did we scare you?!! Hopefully we were able to at least grab your attention! Yes, the PTA Boo Bash is right around the corner. Well, October 30th to be exact, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

To recap just a little bit – the first five weeks of our school year have flown by like a tornado! All kinds of things have already happened. Our big QPS fundraising drive was launched and has already landed… with great success, we might add. The Book Fair exploded on the scene and was jammed packed with activity! Our Back-to-School Night seemed to help us all orient to our new school year at bit better and the PTA Green Team had a tremendous day with all kinds of volunteers running around the campus planting, painting and cleaning things up. So we have started things off with a bang!

Besides all these wonderful activities, we wanted to address another crucial aspect of our Stevenson PTA – that would be the amazing opportunity we have to be part of PTA’s campaign for child advocacy. On a local, statewide and national level, PTA not only represents our children regarding their education but also on the issues of their health and welfare. As a matter of fact, in this day and age where lobbyists from our private sector seem to have great control over our legislators in Sacramento and Washington, the PTA is probably the only lobbying group around that is exclusively working for our children’s needs – their safety, welfare, health and education. The PTA does have a “special interest group” – it’s our children.

The PTA is a lot of things to a lot of people. It’s Book Fair and the Green Team, it’s Boo Bash and Walk You Child To School Day. It’s a gathering place and a conduit for helpful information. It also is a very powerful advocate for our children’s rights. There is a lot to learn and know about how we can all be more involved in this aspect of our PTA. We both plan on sharing more and more information regarding this aspect of PTA with you throughout the year.

The stronger we can make our own PTA the better the opportunity to improve our children’s lives! So if you haven’t already, please join our Stevenson PTA today.

Sincerely,

Tiffany Bakas
Felix Chamberlain
The Tag Team
ptatagteam@stevensonpirates.net