Staff Appreciation Luncheon May 9, 2019

Hurray!! May 6-10, 2019 is Staff Appreciation Week!

As always, PTA is organizing the event with activities to recognize our hard-working, dedicated & enthusiastic GUIDING ANGELS (teachers and staff) of Maurice Hawk.

Every year, we host a Staff Luncheon. We ask for your help in donating small gift baskets, gift cards, money towards catering, beverages, cutlery and/or your time. Please click the link to sign up: http://bit.ly/MHStaffApp2019.

Any monetary contributions can be made by:

cash or check (made payable to “Maurice Hawk PTA” sent to school with your child in an envelope marked “PTA Staff Appreciation”), or
using the PayPal account: mhawkpta@gmail.com

Below are activities planned for Staff Appreciation Week:

On May 6th – Stars for our Angels: Students will fill in a paper star(s) and draw/write “How their teacher is a guiding angel” & present it to them. Templates will be sent home with the flyer & is also attached if your child would like to create more. Please help your child remember to bring the completed star(s) with them to school on May 6th.

On May 7th – Flowers for our Angels: Requesting you to send in a flower(s) with your child(ren) to school. They may bring in additional flowers for other special staff members they would like to thank.

On May 8th – Favorite Color Day: Kids are asked to wear their teacher’s favorite color. Parents, please do help your kids wear their teacher’s favorite color. (Communicated by the class parent.)

On May 9th – Staff Luncheon: Click to sign up: http://bit.ly/MHStaffApp2019.

On May 10th – Chair Massages: 24 lucky staff winners will receive 10 minute chair massages!

For any questions please contact staffappreciation@hawkpta.org.

Bylaws Due for Update

It’s that time – as a part of National PTA, we need to update our governing bylaws every three years. Nothing has changed since our last amendment, in 2017, which reduced our number of vice-presidents from 6 to 3, thereby reducing our quorum from 19 to 13. We need a quorum of members present at each meeting where a vote takes place, whether to approve the budget or vote for our officers! If you would like to read them:

Draft 2019 Bylaws

The bylaws govern our election process, relationship to the state and national PTA, and how to run meetings and manage committees. We will be voting to approve our bylaws at our final general meeting of the year on May 23!

Questions? Contact our bylaws chair, Stephanie, at bylaws@hawkpta.org!

2019-2020 PTA Board Slate

2019-20 PTA Board

The Nomination committee presented its report on the slate of the nominees for the 2019-20 PTA Board.

The Slate of nominees are:
President – Sejal Pandya
Executive VP – Padma Reddy K
Secretary – Veena Pathak
Treasurer – Minhwa Cho
VP, Events – Neelam Kapoor Khanna
VP, Communications – Gaurav Raj Saxena
VP, Membership – Mamta Kashyap

Additionally, they recommend Vasanti Subramanian Anand for the By-Laws Standing Committee Chair

At this point, nominations can be taken from the floor on the day of the election; therefore, if you have intent on running for the above positions, you must email the committee, your intent to run (in writing) by May 15. Elections will be held on May 23 at our last general meeting of the school year.

Thank You!

PTA General Meeting Minutes – October 2018

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Food Pantry Drive – Update

International Fair 2019 Update

Performers and all Parents:

We cannot thank you enough for coming out, participating, and supporting the International Fair at Hawk on Friday 💚💙🌎🌏❤️ it was truly an international event with some major country representation !!

Blessed we are truly to experience this diversity in our community.

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding” – Ralph Waldo Emerson ❤️✌️

Please visit our FB page for pictures and videos.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/mhawkpta/posts/?ref=page_internal

Science Fair 2019 Update

The Super Bowl of Science 🧪 🧬 just happened! A wholesome fun event, which brought out the best in our kids! Thank you all for coming out and making this a success ! Enjoy the pics 🙂

Shout out to our teachers, our police 👮, EMT, BoE, and WW council for coming and supporting our PTA. Please visit out facebbook page for pics and videos.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/mhawkpta/posts/?ref=page_internal

2019 Plainsboro Food Pantry Drive

Please look for a flyer coming home in backpacks next week with details on what foods the pantry needs. Food items may be sent to school in your child’s backpack or you can drop it off in the lobby during the school day or during EDP. We will collect food through March 29th.

2019 International Fair

The Maurice Hawk PTA presents the

2019 International Fair

Friday March 29th, 7:00PM – 9:00PM

Join us for our third annual International Fair! We will celebrate the many cultures present at Hawk and around the world through a family cultural parade and student projects on various countries. All members of the family are invited to walk in our parade, on stage in the auditorium, wearing clothing representing your culture or formal attire. We will call the countries represented in alphabetical order, just like in the Olympics opening ceremony!

The event schedule is:

6:45pm Doors Open for Event/ Project setup in Cafeteria
7:15pm Local studio international dance and music performances, Auditorium
7:45pm Family Cultural Parade, Auditorium
8:15pm Reception and Country Projects in Cafeteria Children stamp their “passport” at each country! and Food sale
9:00pm Event Ends

Tickets

Please note that this is a ticketed event with limited space and registrations are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Online registration closes on Friday March 22nd at 11.30PM. Tickets are $5 per person (over age 2) with all proceeds to benefit our teacher Mini-Grants program.
Click here to purchase your tickets.

Country Poster Projects

When you signup, choose a slot for a specific country – sign up with friends to form a team! See the poster guidelines and template for more information and a suggested layout.
Poster Signup: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409054EA5A622A20-country1
Poster guidelines: Poster Guidelines [PDF]
Poster template: Template [Google Slides]

Volunteer Opportunities

Sign up for snacks and volunteer slots here. Volunteer options include registration desk, parade logistics, and bake sale slots.
Volunteer Signup: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409054EA5A622A20-international4

Family Cultural Parade

Please read our parade guidelines: Parade Guidelines [PDF]

Remember, everyone in the family can participate by wearing clothing representing their culture and walking in the parade. We will call countries alphabetically, just like at the Olympics. When it’s your country’s turn, just walk on stage, and wave when your name is called!

Questions? Please contact our chairs at internationalfair@hawkpta.org.

Science Fair – Feb 9th, 2019 (Snow Date – Feb 23rd)

REGISTRATION OPENS ONLINE ONLY Friday, January 7th
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, January 25th, 11:30pm

Are you a budding scientist, biologist, chemist, physicist, programmer, engineer or just someone who has a lot of questions that start with how, why or what if? If you are, then we hope you’ll sign up to be a part of the Maurice Hawk Science Fair!

Come up with a question about astronomy, robotics, AI, natural science and the workings of our planet or maybe what happens when baking soda and vinegar hang out together and conduct some research, design some experiments and record your findings and conclusions. Then put it all together in a colorful presentation to share with everyone at the Science Fair.

You can sign up by yourself or with a team of 1 or 2 friends or siblings and then it’s time to get to work asking questions, exploring possibilities and finding answers!

The HAWK SCIENCE FAIR will take place on:
Saturday, February 9th 2019, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
at Maurice Hawk School (Snow date is February 23rd).

http://www.hawkpta.org/machform/view.php?id=21079

REMEMBER: You should be able to do most of the work on your project on your own but it’s ok to talk to your teacher or a parent if you need some help.

Please read the very important parent and student information.

Science Fair 2019- Parent Information Form

Science Fair 2019- Registration Form

If you have any questions, please have your parents send an e-mail to sciencefair@hawkpta.org
We look forward to seeing you! PTA Science Fair Committee