Hawk Squawk September 2020
A Newsletter from Hiteon's Parent Teacher Club (PTC)
Presidents' Message
Hello Hiteon Families!
Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year. It’s going to be a different kind of year but one of the great things about our Hiteon community is our ability to come together stronger than ever through all kinds of challenges. Our board has already started meeting and we are hard at work to find new ways to bring our kids some extra fun this year. First off, have your kids keep an eye on your mailbox for a welcome back treat from the PTC! A huge thank you to McDonald's for helping us provide a little sweetness from afar.
The PTC is still here to support our teachers as we always have. A good part of our budget involves staff accounts and we are pleased to be able to offer these to help support our teachers again this year. We started the year off helping to fund a staff event where the teachers were able to have a little fun with a virtual cooking lesson.
We are looking into ways to help our community keep our Hiteon spirit together while we are learning apart. One way is through Hiteon spirit wear that is festive and affordable. We have worked with a local screen printer to set up a temporary ordering event for Hiteon families. See below for details on ordering some gear if you want to bring some Hiteon spirit home.
Among other possibilities, this fall we hope to be able to offer a virtual pumpkin decorating contest in October and virtual book fair in November. We may not be starting this year as we usually do, but the PTC is still here to support our Hiteon Community. If you have some awesome ideas you’d like to share for virtual events, we invite you to reach out at president@hiteonptc.org, message us through our Facebook page, or log on to the first PTC zoom meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 23 at 7 pm. We look forward to connecting with you.
Well Wishes,
Kim Rivers & Kristin Glover, PTC Co-Presidents
Hiteon Hawks Spirit Wear
School Spirit Fridays are coming to a Zoom meeting near you! Hiteon Hawks gear will be available for a limited time only. Order Now
Get Involved! Join the Hiteon PTC General Meeting via Zoom.
Please join us for our first PTC General Meeting of the 2020-2021 School Year. Zoom details below.
Date/Time: Sep 23, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Shop and Earn Funds for Hiteon
Funds received from the Programs below are allocated to the PTC General Fund which supports teachers in their classrooms, clothes closet, art literacy, events and more.
AmazonSmile: Are you looking for a simple way to support Hiteon every time you shop at no extra cost to you? When you shop at AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice, including Hiteon. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be activated in the Amazon Shopping app for iOS and Android phones. Learn more about how to setup AmazonSmile and support Hiteon.
Box Tops for Education: Did you know you can earn cash for Hiteon with products you already buy? Sign-up today, select Hiteon Elementary (zip = 97008) and start earning.
Fred Meyer Community Rewards: Did you know that the Hiteon PTC is part of Fred Meyer’s Community Rewards Program? If you shop at Fred Meyer and have a Rewards Card you can link your card to Hiteon PTC. Don’t worry, this does not mean that you are giving YOUR points to Hiteon. Fred Meyer donates annually to participating organizations based on our percentage of spending as it relates to the total spending associated with all participating Fred Meyer Community Rewards organizations. This is a great opportunity to help Hiteon simply by doing your everyday shopping. Fred Meyer requires that you create an online account with them in order to link your card to Hiteon PTC.
Learn more about the Rewards Program and sign-up/link your account today.
Organization Name: Hiteon PTC
Organization Number: PD345
Recruiting a Few Good Leaders
The PTC Board needs you! We are recruiting a few new board members and a new committee chair for the 2020-2021 school year. You can use your already awesome skills to help the PTC serve Hiteon Elementary. See the open position descriptions below, and get in touch with any board member, or email president@hiteonptc.org for more information.
Diversity and Inclusion Chair (new chair position) We are starting the development of our first-ever Diversity and Inclusion Chair. The chair (or multiple co-chairs) would help shape the role and the initiatives we take on to help make the Hiteon community more inclusive for all of its diverse members. If you are a Hiteon Community member passionate about these issues, and especially if you identify as someone who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color (BIPOC), we would love to hear from you.
What do you want to see Hiteon PTC do this year and in years to come to support our diverse community? Some of our initial ideas include culturally diverse speakers, performers, and events, highlighting cross-cultural events in our newsletter, translating communications into different languages, and providing workshops and training for staff and families.
We welcome your ideas to help shape this role, and we would love to hear from you! To share your ideas or volunteer as chair, come to our PTC General Meeting, send us an email, or reach out on Facebook.
Co-Vice President 1, Fundraising (to serve alongside current VP1, Danielle Kolp)
This position oversees the committees for all fundraising activities at Hiteon, such as Fun Run, Popcorn Fridays, Dining 4 Dollars & Book Fair. Each of these committees has its own chairperson(s), and additional volunteers to help raise these funds. It is a great way to get involved! For more information please contact VP1fundraising@hiteonptc.org.
Volunteer Coordinator (to serve alongside current Volunteer Coordinator, Rebecca Kanarek)
The main duty of the volunteer coordinator is to make sure that all PTC activities have adequate volunteer staffing, and to assist at those events when needed. You will work with the Board and Committee chairs to send out volunteer solicitations as well as to keep the My Volunteer Page (MVP) system up and running with current information. For more information please contact Volcoord@hiteonptc.org.
Hiteon PTC Executive Board
President: Kimberly Rivers & Kristin Glover, president@hiteonptc.org
First Vice President (Fundraising): Danielle Kolp, vp1fundraising@hiteonptc.org
Second Vice President (Community Events): Aaron Sarver and Amy Fabian-Crump, vp2committees@hiteonptc.org
Volunteer Coordinator: Rebecca Kanarek, volcoord@hiteonptc.org
Treasurer: Joni Epstein, treasurer@hiteonptc.org
Secretary: Ashleigh Hendrick-Horner, secretary@hiteonptc.org
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