2011-12 PTA Officers:
Deb Ammann & Pam Donahue, Co-Presidents
Karlene Peck, First Vice President
Chris Lamori, Second Vice President
Monica Poitras, Treasurer
Rachel Truckenmiller, Recording Secretary
Helen Reed, Corresponding Secretary
Karen Miller & Elena Willet, Central Council Representatives

Have a question or a comment for the Pleasant Avenue PTA? Please feel free to send us an e-mail: pleasantavenuepta@gmail.com

View or print our Informational Flyer & Membership Form as provided at Pleasant Avenue's 2011 Open House.

PTA Meetings 2011-12
Pleasant Avenue's PTA will meet in the school library on the following dates at 6 p.m.:

• September 12 - Meeting Minutes
• October 3 - Meeting Minutes
• November 7 - Meeting Minutes
• December 5 - Meeting Minutes
• January 9 - Meeting Minutes
• February 6
• March 5
• April 2
• May 7
• June 4

If you have not already done so, please consider purchasing a membership in your child’s PTA. The annual cost is $5 per person.  Most of the money goes toward support of programs right within the school. Please send your money, along with your name and address, to school with your child. All are welcome to attend PTA meetings.

Past PTA Meeting Minutes:

• September 14, 2009 - Meeting Minutes
• October 19, 2009  - Meeting Minutes
• November 16, 2009 - Meeting Minutes     
• January 25, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• February 22, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• March 15, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• April 20, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• May 18, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• June 8 , 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• September 14, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• October 19, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• November 16, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• December 7, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
• January 1, 2011 - Meeting Minutes
• February 8, 2011- Meeting Minutes
• March 15, 2011 - Meeting Minutes

Some SIMPLE and FREE ways you can help Pleasant Avenue Students
Box Tops – Find Box Top coupons on hundreds of products you probably already purchase (e.g. Cheerios). Each Box Top is worth 10 cents for Pleasant Avenue. Clip and send them in with your child to give their classroom teacher. There are prizes for classroom that brings in the most Box Tops!

Campbell Soup Labels –Save UPC Labels and beverage caps from participating products and send them in to your child’s teacher. Pleasant Avenue will earn rewards for all labels collected. For more information, go to http://www.labelsforeducation.com/.

GoodSearch.com – When you are searching for information via the internet, use http://www.goodsearch.com/ which is a Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue to Pleasant Avenue (once you choose Pleasant Avenue School, Johnstown, NY as your charity of choice). The new online shopping mall, http://www.goodsearch.com/goodshop.aspx, donates up to 37% of each purchase to Pleasant Avenue School! Hundreds of great store including Amazon, Target, Gap, eBay, and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop.com!

Ink Cartridges – These can be recycled and Pleasant Avenue will receive funds from each approved cartridge they accept. There a collection box in the school lobby or just send in a bag to your child’s teacher.

SchoolMall - http://www.schoolmall.com, is an online shopping mall where over 200 nationally known online merchants have agreed to give a percentage of sales to K-12 schools. Companies like WalMart.com, Sears, Target, DisneyStore.com, Family Book Store, and Oriental Trading Company participate. Most merchant contributions to your school will average 5%-10% but some go as high as 50% of sales! You can also donate a Caring For Classrooms gift card to a student’s classroom. Your donation will be used by their teacher for books, educational magazines and classroom supplies.

Target Redcard – If you have and use a Target RedCard, a percentage goes to the school of your choice (Pleasant Avenue). They will track purchases made, then send a no-strings-attached donation check directly to the school principal. You can choose Pleasant Avenue and track our school's progress at https://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-005158.

Tools for Schools – Go to http://www2.pricechopper.com/toolsforschools/ with your Advantage Card and follow the instructions. Everything you purchase at Price Chopper with your Advantage Card earns points to help Pleasant Avenue get a larger share of the $500,000 in FREE equipment to be distributed to participating schools. For example, last year we received two Listening Centers in addition to smaller items. *You must register your Advantage Card EVERY year.

SDM
The Pleasant Avenue Elementary School’s Shared Decision Making team (SDM) consists of teachers, parents and the building principal. The SDM committee meets monthly for 45 minutes prior to PTA meetings. The purpose of the group is to discuss common concerns and to assist in the proper functioning of the building.

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