Hello Howard Families,

We Hope everyone is doing well and have settled into the new school year! It was great seeing everyone at the Welcome Back Picnic and thank you to all the parents/families/staff that came out to support!

Here are some important dates for upcoming events:

October 10 Spirit Wear Sale starts (Final day to submit order November 18)

October 13th PTA/Parent meeting @9:15 am cafeteria

October 17-20 Boo grams (More details to follow soon)

October 27 Trunk or Treat 5 pm-7 pm (Tickets sales announcing soon}

Stay connected,

Howard PTA

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508044ca4ac2ca4fa7-thegreatest

Dear Howard Parents,

The Howard PTA Board welcomes you to Howard Elementary school for another memorable year of programs, events, and Howard school pride. As we head into a new school year, we would like to remind you of the importance of your volunteer hours and financial support of the PTA. Every year, the PTA provides funding for school events, classroom supplies, professional development, educational programs, library books, teacher appreciation week festivities, site improvements and many, many more. To maintain our support of these vital programs, we ask each family to make an annual tax-deductible donation to the PTA and also become a member. Every donation makes a difference and we are aiming for 100% participations by our families this year. We have so many fun things planned for our children in the coming months, but they cannot happen without your HELP.

For details about how to donate, sign up for chairing events, and get involved in the PTA please go online to sign up for membership at howard.memberhub.com or send us an email to howardpta17@gmail.com if you like to help chair an event. List of events for this year are available on the Howard blog: www.howardelementarypta.com .(please subscribe so we can stay connected).  Membership or Donation forms are also available in the office if you like to send in a check or cash.

Also, please join us for these important upcoming events:

*Open House: September 8^th from 6-7:30

* Welcome Back Picnic: September 16^th 3pm-5pm

*First PTA Meeting: Thursday, October 13 @9:15 am (Cafeteria)

Please feel free to contact us with any questions, and thank you for your support!

Howard PTA Board

-It takes a village to raise a child

Field Day will be this Friday for our students. If you would like to attend, please click on the provided link to volunteer to run a station. We need about 30-40 parents to give the students a fun and engaging experience! Please click on this link to check/sign up for available time slots. Thank you so much for all your help in advance.

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/409054baeaf2ea6fc1-howard/48620541

We will be having a bake sale Friday, May 20th. We are asking all families to help with donations for this. Please buy individually wrapped goodies like chips, cookies, candy, brownies, drinks, etc. to be sold at the bake sale and send them into the office on Friday. All Howard students are welcome to buy treats from the sale. All items are $1 each.

Thank you!

Congratulations to our new PTA board:

Leila Bazzi – President

Senada Nasser – VP

Joumana Zaghir – Treasurer

Joanne Abbas – Secretary

Thank you for dedicating your time to help our students and staff.

Please join us for the May PTA meeting tomorrow at 9:15 in the cafeteria. We will be discussing upcoming events including 5th grade promotion and Field day.

We will also be voting to elect a new PTA board . Please attend this important meeting. Only current PTA members are eligible to vote. The board positions include President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. The Ballot will be available at the meeting and if a PTA member is absent, they can obtained the Ballot from the office. Thank you.

We hope to see you all there.

We will be having a bake sale this Friday, April 29th. We are asking all first grade families to help with donations for this. Please buy individually wrapped goodies like chips, cookies, candy, brownies, drinks, etc. to be sold at the bake sale and send them into the office on Friday. All Howard students are welcome to buy treats from the sale. All items are $1 each.

Thank you!