PTA Meeting Minutes - Mustang Magazine  

 

With the snow forcing so many reschedulings and tight deadlines for PTA functions, there are many volunteers we thank for their efforts to keep everything on track.  Please note the small army (see below) who put together the Sock Hop (with a special thanks to chairs Tracy Story and Tina Petzold).  The Science Expo wouldn't have happened without Tammy Tabor, along with enthusiastic cooperation from school staff, and involved parents. Volunteers Janet Swisher, Tracy Story, Lisa Markiewicz, and Colleen Venable answered the call to escort students during the Hearing & Vision Screenings this week on short notice.  For Darnestown History Day, last year's chair, Diane Harris, went 'above and beyond' her duties to set up the speakers for this year's event, and Tracy Story has stepped up to volunteer as chair.  The experience of students at Darnestown ES is really enhanced by these activities, so a sincere 'THANK YOU!' to all the volunteers who take on these responsibilities.

Kelley Rogers

 

The PTA Sock Hop had another successful showing this year thanks to the participation of many parent volunteers.  The blizzard of 2010 couldn’t keep Darnestown from pulling out an excellent event!  The DJ was fabulous, the kids had a blast, and the food was plentiful.  The 2nd Annual Cake Raffle was a huge success thanks to the many bakers in our Darnestown ES community.  Specifically, we would like to thank our Decorating Committee headed by Bonnie Lane and Lisa Markiewicz and assisted by Korin Wilson, Cindy Eldridge, and Vicki Einsel.  The décor was perfect and set just the right mood for the kids to cut a rug!  The Food Committee headed by Heather Ahrens and Christina Lynn definitely kicked it into overdrive with delicious goodies, and those cakes… !  Thank you, thank you, thank you, to their support staff, including Nancy Coffman, Kathy O'Rourke, Christy Adelman, Becky Cederholm, Tobi Athanas, Lisa Markiewicz, Angela Buck, Nancy Kaplan, Ruta Skucas, Lisa Scott, Karen Orem, Alyson Mabe, Kari Meyers, Karen Zappone, Sonya Pleisse, Andrea Hagen, Bonnie Lane, Janet Swisher, Diane Harris, Kristen Crook, Amy Gross, Megan Fisher, Joy Jones, RoseMarie Briggs, Debbie King, Michele Weaverling, Julie LeWarne, Amanda Karst, Cindy Eldridge, and Susan Popovich.  Also, a big thanks to Carrie D’Antona, Judy Pfarr, and Amy Gross for working the ticket sales.  Thank you again to everyone!

Tracy Story and Tina Petzold

 

Our first box tops incentive for 2010 is complete and congrats to Mrs. Cavanaugh's 2nd grade class for collecting the most boxtops.  They tallied $10.10 collected.  Overall we are off to a slow start compared to last year so everyone needs to keep their eyes open for the box tops and get them in to your collection boxes.  We did such a great job in the fall that we know that there are plenty of box tops out there for DES.  The next incentive runs from now until March 12 so every class has a great opportunity to win the top prize.  Keep those box tops coming in and check the poster in the hallway of DES to see your class collections so far this year. 

Peter Moyer