Making Every Child's Potential A Reality
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MAURICE HAWK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA
Thursday, May 24, 2018- 7:30pm
Call to Order: Sonia Gawas called the meeting to order at 7:40 pm
16 people in attendance.
Secretary’s Report: Minutes from January 2018 meeting were presented and approved by vote.
FIRST GENERAL MEETING:
Please mark your calendar for our first general meeting of the year on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 7:30pm. We will present the budget for the coming year, hear the latest Hawk news from our principal Mrs. Buell. Our teacher’s liaison Mrs. Wreide will be present at the meeting.
And post the business part of the meeting, we invite you to join us for School Lunch 101 and Smart Snacking at Maurice Hawk with Marcey Behler, SNS, Director of Food Services and Cathy Muto, Sodexo Operations Manager. You will get a chance to walk through the lunch line your kids walk through every day.
Book Fair will be open for special hours in the evening on Oct 10th, 6-8pm.
Mrs. Buell and Dr.Falk along with some of our wonderful teachers including M. Fruhling, J. Maher, K.Stevens, S.Ferguson and M.Mulhall will be present for a Story time with our children.
While the children enjoy some story time in their PJs with our teachers, parents can do some book shopping and help out our school and PTA.
Thank you very much for volunteering as a room parent. Below please find a general outline of the position.
Autism Awareness T-Shirts (Hawk) for parents
Hi all!
We hope that your school year is off to a great start!
The Hawk CST has created a team for the Autism Speaks Walk:
Sunday, October 14, 2018
9:00 AM Registration
10:30 AM Walk
ETS – 660 Rosedale Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Please try to arrive by 10:00, as they rope off the parking lot to avoid any traffic on the walk. Thank you.
Although Autism Awareness Month does not occur until April, we would like to make you aware of an event happening this fall. Autism Speaks, an autism awareness organization, coordinates a fundraising walk every fall in New Jersey (in several different areas). The Autism Speaks Walk is the world’s largest autism fundraising event dedicated to improving the lives of people with autism. Powered by the love of parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, relatives, and supporters, the funds raised help ensure people of all abilities have access to the tools needed to lead ‘their best lives’.
Autism Speaks was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, grandparents of a child with autism. Their longtime friend Bernie Marcus donated $25 million to help financially launch the organization. Since then, Autism Speaks has grown into the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.
Please join us this year in showing our Hawk families how Hawk supports not only Autism Awareness, but Autism Acceptance. We would love to have you on the team!!!
To register to walk, all you need to do is Google “Autism Speaks Central NJ Walk 2018” and you should be brought directly to the website. If, for some reason, that doesn’t work, you can also go to the Autism Speaks website, click on find a walk, put in the 08550 zip code, click on the Princeton ETS walk. You can find us under the team name “Hawk/Wicoff Elementary Schools” or you can also look for Marissa Farber as the Team Captain.
To make a donation, click on Walk, then Donate, then Team, and type in our team name. At that point you can make a donation.
If interested in buying a Hawk Autism Awareness T-Shirt, please review the attachment, print it, and send it with your child to school in an envelope marked “Autism Awareness T-shirt, Attn: Marissa Farber”. Please write your child’s name and teacher’s name on the form as well. These t-shirt sizes are adult sizes. Please let Marissa know if you are interested in purchasing a shirt for your child and the size that is required. Once all orders are in (this Friday), Marissa will be in touch with the cost of the purchase. Thank you!
Thank you very much for your support!
Marissa Farber, Melanie Edmonds, and Amanda Tomaschek
Maurice Hawk Child Study Team
The Library volunteer signup is now available, with weekly slots of 1 hour each to help Mrs. Ferguson in the library. Sign-up for as many as you would like to do! This will be your slot every week, at least for the first half of the school year. The 9 am slot is most critical to fill. The afternoon slot requires you to volunteer any time between noon and 3pm, it is not as rigid as the morning slot. There will be some flexibility to share coverage with others in your time slot once the schedule is up and running. This is a great way to get involved for parents with hectic schedules.
You can direct questions about volunteering in the library to D’arcy Kelemen at mauricehawklibrary@gmail.com.
Please sign up by Sept. 22nd at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0848a4ab2ea7f94-maurice. Shifts will begin Sept 24th.
9/20/18, 9:48pm
Update:
“The tentative labor settlement is under review. There is a good chance that picketers will be on-site at Maurice Hawk tomorrow morning. We will continue to keep you informed of the situation.
Thank you again for your continued support.”
9/19/18, 10:02pm
Message from Principal Buell:
“I am happy to share with you that a tentative labor settlement has been reached. We expect the matter to be resolved and do not anticipate any picketers tomorrow.”
Many thanks !
As a follow up to our Back to School Night Programs, we wanted to provide information on the upcoming referendum. This referendum is being presented by the WWP School District to the WW and Plainsboro voters for your consideration on election day, November 6th from 6 am to 8 pm. The referendum totals $114,875,000 and provides for growth classrooms, expansions at five schools, and renovations at all schools. For more detailed information click on this link: http://www.west-windsor-plainsboro.k12.nj.us/about_us/r_e_f_e_r_e_n_d_u_m_2018
Due to expiring debt, state aid, and capital reserve dollars, we are fortunate to be able to present this referendum with a zero tax impact on the debt portion of the budget. There will be a series of presentations by the Superintendent on the referendum. We encourage you to attend the upcoming presentation at Hawk.
Upcoming Referendum Presentations
09/20 – Maurice Hawk PTA – @7:00pm – MH Cafeteria
09/25 – HSN PTSA – @ 7:00pm
09/27 – Dutch Neck PTA – @ 7:00pm
10/02 – BOE – @ 7:00 pm – BOE Multipurpose Room
10/11 – CMS PTSA – @ 7:00pm
10/16 – TC/MRS/Wicoff PTA’s – @ 9:00am at TC
10/18 – BOE – @ 7:00 pm – BOE Multipurpose Room
10/25 – GMS/HSS PTSA’s – @ 7:00pm at GMS
10/30 – BOE Meeting – @ 7:30 – BOE Multipurpose Room
10/30 – Village PTA – @ 9:00 am
11/01 – BOE – @ 7:00 pm – BOE Multipurpose Room