PTA Newsletter Week of September 10

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IN THIS EDITION:

Upcoming Events | Mark Your Calendars

Teacher Breakfast & Senior Sunrise Shout Outs!

Back to School Night Reminder

Homecoming Dance Planning Activities

September PTA Meeting | Standing Rules & June MMinutes

Join the MHS PTA

PTA Communications

MHS PTA Executive Board 2024-25

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Upcoming Events | Mark Your Calendars

Today – September 11: Student Homecoming Planning Committee Meeting @ 2:45pm in main cafeteria.

Tonight – September 11: MHS Back to School Night @ 6:30pm

September 16: Homecoming Dance Planning Committee Meeting @ 7:30pm

September 21: MHS Beautification Day

September 25: MHS PTA Meeting

October 18: Volunteer Fair

October 19: Fall Clothing Drive – Class of 2026

October 26: MHS Homecoming Dance

Back to School Teacher Breakfast Shout Outs!

A huge THANK YOU to Tara Charkow, who led the planning and execution of the Back to School Teacher Breakfast, and the following volunteers that created a beautiful breakfast spread for our amazing MHS teachers:

STUDENTS:

Jonas Adams

Tyler Beecham

Olive Buck

Summer Cranshaw

Ella Holmes

Maya Holmes

Maxwell Kumahor

PARENTS:

Hillary Brylka

Jodi Holmes

Lewis B Jenkins III

Kimberly Latortue

Amy Uhlfelder

Mary Sue Youn

Anne Kilcullen of Blade Floral Design (Parent & Local business owner)

Senior Sunrise Shout Outs!

THANK YOU to Kimberly Mays, Kimberly Latortue, Jodi Holmes, John Sullivan, Imke Oster and Amy Uhlfelder who led the charge early Friday, morning to have another successful Senior Sunrise bagel breakfast for our 2025 senior class!

Tonight! MHS Back to School Night | September 11th

MHS Back to School Night is tonight, Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. The evening will start with brief presentations by Mr. Freeman, the PTA, MHS Project Graduation, and MFEE at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

Class visits will begin at 7:00 p.m. with your child’s first-period class. From there, you will proceed through all eight scheduled first-semester courses. Please bring a copy or a picture of your child’s schedule, which can be found in the Genesis Parent Access Portal.

 Student Homecoming Dance Planning Committee Meeting

Homecoming is just around the corner on October 26th! The Student Homecoming Dance Planning Committee Meeting is holding its first meeting today, Wednesday, September 11 @ 2:45pm in main cafeteria. All students are welcome to join the committee!

Parent/Caregiver Homecoming Dance Planning Committee Meeting

We are looking for parent/caregiver volunteers to help make the Homecoming Dance (October 26) a memorable event for high school students in grades 10-12. The first parent/caregiver Homecoming Dance planning meeting is scheduled for September 16th at 7:30 PM on Zoom. We hope to see you there!

Meeting Link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87134972262?pwd=ieXEzPoKLerCSaypn4LouGIDGwJgey.1

Password: 698406

Reach out to Jodi Holmes, VP of Events, at Jodifholmes@gmail.com with any questions.

September PTA Meeting
Standing Rules & June Minutes

The first MHS PTA meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 25 on Zoom (detail to follow). Please take a few minutes to review:

Both the meeting minutes and the standing rules will be voted on to adopt during the September 25 meeting.

Join the MHS PTA

All parents, caregivers, teachers/staff, students, alumni and community members are all welcome to join the PTA! Sign up to join the MHS PTA through the PTA Givebacks Store (formerly known as MemberHub):

  • $5 for students, teachers and staff
  • $10 for Individuals (parents, guardians, community members or MHS alumni)
  • $25 for Families (includes 4 MHS PTA memberships)

There will be lots of opportunities for events, volunteer work, and service to our community. Have ideas? Feel free to email us at ptapres@mhs-pta.org.

PTA Communications

In addition to emails and announcements from the school, a PTA newsletter similar to this one will go out at least once per month. We also encourage parents and caregivers to join the MHS Family Forum on Facebook and follow MHS PTA on Instagram. Both accounts are great place to get information and connect with others on all things MHS.

MHS PTA Executive Board | 2024-2025

Co-President – Kimberly Latortue

Co-President – John Sullivan 

VP 25 – Kimberly Mays

VP 26- Stella Psaroudakis 

VP 27 – Imke Oster

VP 28 – Marci Clark

VP Communications – Susan Gardner Zartman

VP at Large – Lewis B. Jenkins III 

VP Events – Jodi Holmes

Treasurer – Rick Muller

Secretary- Selma Avdicevic