President’s Report
October 14, 2014
WRAPPING UP
STAFF APPRECIATION
Back to School Breakfast - THANK YOU Alice Clark for taking the time to organize and thank you to all
the behind the scene chefs and shoppers! It was DELICIOUS! The staff enjoyed their welcome back to
school breakfast.
Back to School Treat – THANK YOU Amy Crawford and Christine Setzer for the “pop cakes” for the staff
mailbox treat. It was nice to pop in and welcome the staff back to school.
EVENTS
Redland’s 6th Grade Ice cream social was a huge hit! We served just about 200 bowls of ice cream. 6th
grade students and their families enjoyed meeting each other, learning about Redland and touring the
building. THANK YOU to Mr. Finch who did a great job coordinating a getting to know you activity.
THANK YOU to our panel of parents, students and administration who answered many questions for
our new Bulldogs. THANK YOU to Dawn Trahern for coordinating. THANK YOU to our many parent
and student volunteers; without you, we would have been lost.
THANK YOU
THANK YOU Patty Sullivan and company for getting the DOG POUND up and running!
THANK YOU Lisa Wight for the incredible job on the school directory.
THANK YOU Ledo Pizza, Mamma Lucia, Massimo Cannetti Realty, Mattson & Clark Orthodontists, Outta the
Way, Redland Liberty Gas Station, Ro & Patel Endodontics, Robert Kerxton Realty, St. Francis of Assisi
Church, Terrapin Insurance Group, LLC and The Last Crumb for supporting Redland Middle School, by
placing an ad in our school directory.
THANK YOU to all families who donated to the 8th grade Bulldog Café. The 8th grade students will
surely enjoy the casual sitting areas, playing games, playing air hockey and the wii. The 6 th and 7th
graders will be looking forward to becoming 8 th graders.
THANK YOU Cyndi Anderson, Bill Hicks and Dawn Trahern for completing the 2013-2014 audit.
LOOKING AHEAD
PTA COMMUNICATION
PTA Yahoo! Group: A great way to stay informed. I post weekly updates with PTA and school item.
Sign up tonight or log onto the school website. We have 200 members our goal is 300.
PTA Website: The RMS PTA has a link on the school website. We will post as much as we can on the
website. www.redlandms.org
RMS-PTA Fridge Notes: A monthly yellow flyer that will come home with your students. The fridge
note has on it a condensed version of everything going on with the PTA that month. Additional flyers
might be attached.
STAFF APPRECIATION
November we are planning to have a chili bar “linner” for the staff on Monday, Nov 10th @3:30pm.
Please keep a look out for the sign up genius. We will be looking for crockpots of chili, chili trimmings,
cornbread and desserts.
EVENTS
RESTAURANT NIGHT is coming up THIS Thursday, October 16th at Ledo Pizza 20% of ALL purchases
ALL day come back to Redland! Mark your calendar and plan to support the evening.
FIRST STUDENT SOCIAL / MONSTER MASH The social will be held on Fri, October 24th
from7pm-9pm at the school. Tickets will be sold for $5 during the Thursday and Friday lunch the week of the
event AND will be available at the door as well. We LOVE volunteers! Please contact Amy Crawford to join in
the fun  To view the sign up page, go to: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48ABAC2FA31-october
WINTER FAMILY EVENT will be a Redland Family International Night on February 26th. We will
begin preliminary planning later in the fall.
UPDATES
PTA MEMBERSHIP
As of October 10th we have 189 PTA members! This is 51 more members then last year at this time. GREAT
JOB! We hope to get 11 more members to reach our 200 member goal.
1-2-3 FUNDRAISER
Our 1-2-3 Fundraiser is still ongoing! As of October 10th, 72 families and staff have contributed a total of
$3,974. This is $349 more than we had at this time last year. Great job Redland families! We are far from our
goal of $6000 but to meet our current budget amount of $4000 we are only short $26. **The budget number
was decreased before budget approval according to the success of the fundraiser and items were taken off the
general expenses and budget lines were decreased.
LOOKING FOR HELP
NOVEMBER STAFF APPRECIATION LINNER – Monday, November 10th
Grab a friend and plan and execute a fall luncheon for the Redland staff THIS NOVEMBER. Please let
Amy Crawford or Christine Setzer know if you are interested.
WINTER FAMILY NIGHT – INTERNATIONAL NIGHT
We are looking for parents interested in helping coordinate the efforts. Please contact Beatrice
Hanson to be part of this great new event! Think about if you would consider coordinating.
OFFICE HELP
This year we are providing front office support during the morning hours. If you are interested please
let Cheryl Paris know.
DOGPOUND DONATIONS
Your trash is someone’s treasure. Clean out your drawers, birthday gift closets, toy shelves … and send
the goodies in. The Boulevard accepts anything you are willing to part with – gently used items like –
bouncy balls, McDonald’s toys, cards, remote control cars, nick nacks, jewelry, yo yo’s, stuffed animals,
key chains, hacky sacks, goo, hand held games, gift cards ($5 Target, Blockbuster, McDonalds, Game
Stop ….)
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