ABOUT US
We have joined the Montana PTA and have the following officers serving a one-year term starting June 1, 2009:

**Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Library. Everyone is welcome!

LtoR: Vice-Chair - Janelle Gardner, Treasurer - Rochelle Odom, Chair - Brenda Stapley-Siech, Secretary - Jamie Tomlin

PTA Vision: What the future will look like if PTA accomplishes its mission.
Making every child's potential a reality.

PTA Mission: The overall purpose of PTA:
 A powerful voice for all children, 
A relevant resource for families and communities, and 
A strong advocate for the education and well-being of every child.

Anyone interested in joining us, attending our monthly meetings, helping with fundraising activities or sharing your ideas please contact any one of us or anybody else you know who is involved with the Charlo Schools PTA or email us at CHARLOPTA@yahoo.com

PTA Activites 2009-2010 School Year

Open House – September 3, 2009

1.    PTA provided complimentary snacks, drinks and PTA information

Montana PTA Convention – September 19^th

1.    Leadership training and ideas. This year in Missoula.  Brenda Siech (President) and Rochelle Odom (treasurer) attending

Bison Range Concessions – October 5^th and 6^th

1.    Kasey Savage and Tricia Andersen – contacts

Red Ribbon Week – October 23-31

1.    Drug Prevention campaign

Health Fair – Parent Teacher Conference – November 10

1.    PTA will provide teachers with dinner.

2.    Flu shot clinic in conjunction with Lake County Health and school nurse Sherry Clark.  Hopefully by this time the H1N1 (Swine flu) vaccine will be available as well as the other.

3.    Health Fair possible ideas including:

§       Tobacco prevention

§       Blood pressure checks

§       Child identification cards, fingerprinting, etc.

§       Possible representatives from; Tribal Health, Salish Kootenai College, St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lake County Health Department, Ronan EMS, Charlo Fire Department, Local Dental, and Optical office, hearing screening.

Holiday Kids Shop – December (date to be determined)

1.    Last year was the first year for this.  Items range in price from fifty cents to $20.  This gives the children a chance to by items for their families at a reasonable price.  The PTA gave children who couldn’t provide money, “bucks” or vouchers to be able for all children in the school to attend.  About $60 came out of the PTA fund to provide for those children.

Holiday – December (date to be determined)

1.    Candy canes handed out at the Holiday program.

2.    Holiday bags were given to the elementary school children (bags included, stickers, crayons, notebook and treat. From Oriental Trading.)

January (date to be determined)

1.    Book exchange – students bring in old books and exchange them for books… Donations from parents.

Missoula Children’s Theatre – March 22-27^th

1.    Working with Ninepipes Art Group (NAG). Helping with snacks and whatever needs to be done.

Parent Teacher Conference – March 25^th

1.    PTA provides dinner for the teachers.

Seed Sales (date to be determined close to end of school year)

1.    We have done this fundraiser for the past two years.  The seeds are brought in from a local wholesaler and sold through the PTA.  Last year we had seeds and plants. 

Possible Ghost Out (date to be determined close to Graduation)

1.      With possible sponsors from local businesses and hospitals. An anti drinking and driving campaign.

Teacher Appreciation Day (National PTA sponsored end of school year)

1.      Last year the PTA gave all staff members’ small gifts of appreciation.

Misc. school activities

Last year we participated in the Academic Bowl dinner, and various school activities by donating food.  This year we will help when at all possible, as that is the mission and purpose of the PTA. 

Swing set update

In 2007-2008 school year the then, PTO raised money for a swing set that included a handicap swing.  We are now a PTA and have the money set in a bank account.  I (Brenda Siech) have been in contact with Mr. Jenkins and we are at the point where we are awaiting the inspection of the current swing set to see if it is up to codes.  At that time we will decide the course of action to take.  The prices have gone up considerably since the 2007-2008 school year, yet we still have $3000 set aside to purchase the swing set.  That however just includes the equipment, not the installation.  UPDATE (01-27-2010) - Brenda Siech and Patty Sheumaker are working on a grant to help cover the costs of installation and ground cover for both the new and old swingsets.

Thank you for your time and consideration.  If you need to contact the Charlo Schools PTA, you can do so at: CHARLOPTA@yahoo.com

For more information contact Charlo PTA Chair Brenda Stapley-Siech  644-2612.

LINKS
National PTA website
Box Tops for Education