Peterson PTA News
Fall Update
From our PTA
Welcome Back to a new School Year!
We hope remote learning is going well for everyone. We wanted to reach out to all of our Peterson families to share some information about the Peterson PTA.
First, don’t forget to check our new Google site for updates throughout the school year. You will find a link for the PTA Google site on the Peterson Elementary Website, http://peterson.ipsd.org.
Once you are on the Peterson website, click on the PTA tab on the left-hand column on the website and you will be taken to the link for the PTA google site. We also encourage you to follow us on our Facebook Page, “Peterson Elementary PTA”.
If you have any questions, please contact us at: Petersonpantherspta@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Joann Frisby, President
Angela Kane, Co-Vice President
Valerie Gremillion, Co-Vice President
Kavita Arora, Treasurer
Gary Thomas, Secretary
PTA Membership
You may have noticed during the School Online Registration that there was a box to check if you were interested in joining the Peterson PTA. The idea was that by checking the box, an automatic email would generate to the respective PTA for follow-up. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
Then, it was planned that the PTA would receive a master list of everyone who clicked the box. This hasn't happened yet either. To be fair, there is a lot going on with the district and the new Student Information System so it's understandable.
Having said all that and recognizing that the start to this school year is unlike any other for most of us, the Peterson PTA will still depend on your membership to enable us to support our Students, Teachers, Staff & Parents. Our goals remain the same as if we were physically inside the building.
In addition to the Back to School signs that were on display during pick-up and gift cards to Peterson staff to welcome them back, we are currently working on additional ideas to keep everyone engaged. Ideas such as virtual spirit days and other exciting activities.
If you are not sure if you've signed up for this year, please contact the Peterson PTA at: petersonpantherspta@gmail.com and we can look it up.
If you would like to join Peterson PTA for 2020-21, please go to:
PTA Monthly Meetings
This year, all PTA monthly meetings will be held via Zoom. Zoom links for the meetings will be sent to all current PTA members. Meeting dates and time are as follows:
- October 8th – 10:15am
- November 12th – 9:30am
- January 14th – 9:30am
- February 11th – 9:30am
- March 11th – 9:30am
- April 8th – 9:30am
- May 13th – 9:30am
Spirit Wear
Peterson spirit wear is now available on the PTA google site. All spirit wear will be available for home delivery only this year. We are excited about the new designs and apparel options this year. Masks are also available. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
To purchase spirit wear, click on the following link: www.gymazingfinds.com/peterson
The link can also be found on the PTA Google site.
Reflections
If your child has an artistic side, this is the time to start planning for this year's National PTA's Reflections Arts Program. Reflections, which has been running in public schools across the country for several years, is a program that allows students to submit their original creative works in different categories to compete for national awards and recognition. The entries are judged at a school level and a maximum of five entries in each category per grade division advance to the national level where they are pitted against entries from other schools.
This year's Reflections theme is "I Matter Because". Entries are due by Thursday, October 29, 2020. Entries can be submitted in one or more of the six categories – Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Music Composition, Dance Choreography and Film Production.
***Please note that this year, we are collecting Reflections submission forms and artwork online through a Google site. The is no paper entry form to fill out this year. Reflections entry forms will be filled out online. No physical artwork will be submitted this year, all artwork will be uploaded online through the Reflections Google site.***
Complete rules for each category and the link to the Reflections Google site can be found on the Peterson PTA Google site. If you have any questions or need more information, please reach out to our Reflections Chair Shailja Vannatta, shatoor22@hotmail.com
Dinner Nights
The first dinner day/night of the year will be on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at McDonald’s of Naperville, 3232 Route 59.
Peterson PTA will receive 20% of all sales brought in by Peterson families between 11:00am and 8:00pm.
Please see the flyer for all of the details. Please note that families do not need the flyer. It can be turned in, shown on their phone or they can just say they are with Peterson when they order.