October means our 2013-14 school year fundraising plan is in full swing and it’s a busy month! How can you help? Check out the fundraising flyers below and get involved!
Garage Sale October 12th
Rubios Fundraiser October 17th
Innisbrook October 7th – 21st
The Portola Garage Sale is Saturday 10/12 9-3pm. If you have things to donate or you would like to volunteer, please contact Christy at 510-965-7313 or Cleutz1@comcast.net. You can find a printable flyer with all the garage sale details here.
Please join us for our PTSA meeting, Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 at 6:45pm in room 8 at Portola; near the Portola Drive entrance and main offices
We will have a special presentation of the movie “Bully” after our business meeting is concluded. Please note the business meeting is starting at 6:45pm.
MEETING AGENDA
I. Call to Order, introductions of PTSA executive committee-
– Kathy Guarneri, PTSA president
II. Approval of minutes from last meeting
III. Principal’s report- Mr. Burnham, School Site Council Elections
IV. Financial report – Katherine Meurer, treasurer
V. Presentationof bills- Katherine Meurer, treasurer
VI. Report of Executive Committee- – Membership- Julie Brown
– Math enrichment and Math club and Disaster Prep. – Leslie Reckler, VP of Operations
– Negar Souza, Fund Raising VP- Zachary’s Pizza Night, Garage Sale, Rubio’s Restaurant night
– Parliamentarian- Bylaws, Felicia Robertson
VII. Committee Reports: Fright Fest- Chris Novak; – Fright Write- Saidah Said
-Garage Sale- Negar Souza – Information Night- Renee Hoyer-Nielsen
– Spirit Wear- Kim Johnson; – Yearbook- Kelly Whitney
– Celebrate Portola- Judy Chin and Tammy Garretson
VIII. Old Business: Back to School Night, Teacher Luncheons
IX. Program: viewing the movie “Bully”, start time around 7:15pm, 98 minutes long, The students are seeing it during school.
X. Adjournment
It’s time to order your band spirit wear! Orders are due October 10th, instructions are on the order form found here.
Here is the 2013-14 Cross Country Meet schedule. Meets start at 4:15 and last about an hour to an hour and a half.
Coach Sanchez could use parents the volunteer to drive and/or coordinate rides for future meets. You can contact Coach Sanchez at Josanche18@gmail.com or phone # 661-706-7747.
Want to get published? Love to spook or be spooked? All Portola students are encouraged to participate in the 2013-14 Fright Write Short Story, Poem, and Art contest. Selected works will be compiled and published in this year’s Fright Write anthology. Contributors of selected works will also get a copy of the publication and a chance to participate in a Halloween-themed ice cream party. Previous publications can be found in the library. For rules and guidelines, please refer to the flyer that was sent home on Thursday, Sept. 19; a pdf of the flyer is also attached here. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, Oct. 9.
We would also like to invite parent and community volunteers to serve on the selection panel. Scoring rubrics will be provided. If interested, please contact Saidah Said at saidah.said@gmail.com. Thank you!
