The Lakeview PTSA would like to extend congratulations to Ms. Beri Deister on being named the new principal! We look forward to working with you next year, It's going to be a great year!
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Thank you again to Janet Emerson, Tarryn Santana and Jose Santana who all reached term limits this year and served the past 2 years in our PTSA.
Last night we voted in our new board: President - Joy Hampton VP Membership and Treasurer - Patricia Huffman VP Fundraising - Jose Santana we still have open board positions if any one is interested please contact us at [email protected]. PTSA is hosting a school dance Friday March 1st. There are plenty of opportunities to be involved, set up to tear down or even a candy donation. Please see our sign up sheet at https://www.pt-avenue.com/volunteerr.asp?sc=LakeviewMSPTA&v=197178 . We are looking to let those kids with this years spirit wear in to the dance for free! Show your school spirit with spirit wear! If you are chaperoning we would love to see you in this years spirit wear as well you can order it a variety of ways see the SPIRIT WEAR page for details.
As the school year slides to a close we are looking to next year's PTSA board. We want to thank Mr. Jose Santana for his leadership and passion for providing meaningful experiences for our Lakeview Leopards. At the end of this school year, the following board members will have reached their term limit and we are looking for nominations for next year's president. Some board positions will be remaining from this year to help the new president. Available PTSA Board Positions below.
FREE for students only please join us for Bingo Friday, Nov 2.
Parents : This is a link for volunteer sign-up on PT Avenue: https://www.pt-avenue.com/volunteerr.asp?sc=LakeviewMSPTA&v=193873 Show flyer at Five Below October 21-27 and a portion of proceeds benefit the Lakeview PTSA
Thank you to everyone who donated snacks, waters & soda's to our Annual
PTSA sponsored "First Day of School Teacher's Snacks!" Lakeview Middle School parent's ROCK! Lakeview Middle School PTSA: Orientation is in the gym, Thursday August 13, 2015: 8th Grade - 8:30am, 7th grade - 10:30am, 6th grade - 1:30pm.
Please stop by our PTSA Table & sign up for our 2015-2016 Membership Year! Membership for 2015 - 2016 is $10.00 per individual. Family rate - $10.00 first person, $5.00 for additional family member! We will have Lakeview T-shirts for purchase! Youth small thru Adult XL. are $10.00/ Adult XXL are $12.00. The PTSA will be providing our wonderful Teacher's & Staff with snacks the first day of school. There will be a sign up sheet for snack donations at our Membership table! Our PTSA sponsored "Back-to-School Dance" date has not yet been scheduled. There will however be a sign up sheet for concession stand donations at our Membership table! There are several positions open on our PTSA Board! Please call or text Karen Pynes at (214) 287-8484 or email Julie Armstrong [email protected] if interested! We are looking very forward to a wonderful year, Your Lakeview Middle School Board PTSA. This email is being sent to our 2014-2015 Membership roster. If your child has moved up to High School and you are no longer at Lakeview rest assured your email will be taken off our list when we update the Membership Roster to 2015-2016. Thanks so much to the parents, teachers, students and other family members who joined the Lakeview PTA this year. Our school received many awards for membership increases.
Early Bird Achievement Presented to each local PTA that submits membership dues and a membership list for a total of members that is at least 75% of the total of the previous year's membership. Golden Apple Award Presented to each local PTA that recruits 100% of school faculty. Texas PTA’s definition of faculty is: principals, assistant principals, teachers, counselors, and aides employed at the campus full time. Spring Membership Increase Presented to each local PTA whose fall membership total for this year met or exceeded the membership total for the previous fall. Winter Increase Presented to each local PTA with a membership increase as of Dec. 1 compared to last year's membership on the same date. Head Start Presented to each PTA that recruited members for the following year from April 1 to August 31. MARS (Men are really super) Award Presented to all PTAs who recruit 50 or more men by March 15. Hello again parents -
I know that sometimes it's hard to see why you are a member of the PTA or PTSA at the higher school levels. You are involved with booster clubs which take a lot of time and effort, and yet we ask you to be a member of the PTA too. In case you don't receive (or maybe read all) emails from Texas PTA for being a member, I wanted to share with you a snippet from the most recent "Under the Dome" issue: Pearson Loses Bulk of Texas Student Testing Contract For the first time in three decades, a new company is poised to develop and administer the state-required exams Texas students begin taking in the third grade. The state is in negotiations with Educational Testing Service (ETS) to take over the bulk of the four-year, $340 million student assessment contract, the Texas Education Agency announced Monday. The London-based Pearson Education has held the state's largest education-related contract -- most recently, a five-year, $468 million deal to provide state exams through 2015 -- since Texas began requiring state student assessments in the 1980s. Under the new agreement, the company would still develop the state's assessments designed for special needs and foreign students. That portion of the contract is worth about $60 million. As the Legislature moved to reduce the state's standardized testing program in response to widespread outcry from parents and school leaders in 2013, the state's contract with Pearson became the focus of much criticism. Many lawmakers, including former Senate Education Committee Chairman and now Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, attacked what they viewed as the company's excessive influence in the policy-making process and called for greater scrutiny of testing contracts. ***** I highlighted that sentence above to prove my point - parents do make a difference, and your PTA membership helps make that difference! Even if you aren't able yourself to contact your legislator, PTA can on your behalf to let our lawmakers know that our students have too many high stakes tests (as an example). I just wanted you to know that you have made a difference this year, as the number of exams in high school has decreased, and there is continued work on this topic ahead. Thank you all for your membership, and we hope our children can count on your continued support in the years to come! Karen Pynes Outgoing President LVMS PTSA |