WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN THE PTSA ... Your Child Benefits...When parents get connected to their school, kids do better! Research shows children whose parents are involved get better grades, do better on tests, and have fewer discipline problems at school. These days, our schools are asked to do more with less, our help makes a true impact on our student’s and teacher’s lives! We Are About Involvement, Not Fundraising - And There's A LOT To Be Done! In these times of tight budgets, parent groups everywhere are having to fill in gaps, and so are we! But our number one goal is to get more parents connected to Farley. That's because more than 300 independent research studies show that building parent involvement in education is the number one thing we can do to create a great school and improve student success. Schools are asked to do more with less these days, and our help and involvement is needed! The work we do covers a broad spectrum, filing and creating documents, planning and executing events, writing and editing, working directly with students and teachers, managing a budget and cash flow and so much more! We encourage creative ideas and we’re thrilled to have people take on tasks that meet their skills, interests, and time constraints. We won't push you to commit to more than you want or are able. We Make A Difference Our mission is to create the kind of school community where our teachers and administrators can do their best work—and so can our Farley students! We provide support for teachers in and out of the classroom, we provide resources they need. We help create learning opportunities for our children, and we try to build the kind of supportive, caring atmosphere that makes learning fun! “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE YEAR... LET US KOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP! Membership Drive @ Meet the Teacher Night: August 14th (bring your cash and /or cards to join the PTSA and join in on the raffle (Raffle will be drawn at the first PTSA General Meeting): Family Fun Basket – Raffle Samsung Chrome Book-Raffle VOLUNTEERING & MENTORING MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN BECOME AN ON CAMPUS VOLUNTEER WILL BE PROVIDED SOON… Membership is $15.50 for parents, $5.00 for students All proceeds are returned back to the school in various PTSA sponsored events Recruiting Parent Volunteers for the PTSA committees – September (see FB-FMS PTSA site) Teacher Back to School Breakfast – August 20th Donations needed see (FB-FMS PTSA site) Back to School Dance- TBD-(Save the date-September 6th) Picture Day – September – Volunteers will be needed PTSA General Meeting – September 10th from 6-7pm —Membership Drive & Raffle Selection Family Fun Basket – Raffle Samsung Chrome Book--Raffle Spirit Night – Chipotle – Stonehill Pflugerville-September 24th, 5-8pm Fall Festival – October-Volunteers will be needed PTSA – Sponsored Speaker – October – Farley Middle School – Cafeteria General Meeting – November Fall Field Day – November Pies for Teachers-November Christmas Event – December-Volunteers needed FIRST ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT – April, 2020—Volunteers and Golfers needed! 2
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