Communication Ideas

The Parents Association needs your help! Help us understand how best to communicate with parents at both the University and ECC Campuses.  What works best for you?  NewnNotes is and will remain our best vehicle for reaching all parents, and over the next year, we want to focus on communicating directly to classrooms via room parents as well.  But we want to know what you prefer - email, flyers, posters, twitter?  Post a comment and get the conversation started.  Thanks!

Leadership Transition

The TBS Parent Association Bylaws call for an annual meeting in May, at which leadership for the next school year is identified. Technically, the Bylaws call for elections, but in keeping with our consensus approach to decision-making, the meeting really consisted of a reflection on the 2010-2011 year, a conversation about what we want for 2011-2012, and identification of the right roles for the people who had indicated an interest in being part of the core group for 2011-2012.

We had a nice turnout, and focused our conversation on some of the highlights of the past year, including:

• Spring Auction - over $100K raised for teacher development and the music program
• Monthly Community Potlucks - a new community-building activity that has grown steadily since the fall
• Garden Days at both campuses
• TBS's first Creativity Fair - giving our kids a chance to demonstrate their talents and their most inquisitive natures
• Tuesday Schmoozedays
• A new snack program - bringing organic, healthy snacks to every classroom

Then, we got down to the business of planning for continuing our successes next year. The following TBS parents stepped up to lead the PA over the summer and into next year:

Marian Bradley-Kohr and Moira Kenney - Co-Chairs

Dobee Snowber - Secretary

Elizabeth Grimes - Treasurer

Ann Kim and Abby Klein - Parent Education

Rachel Pound - Volunteer Coordinator

The new position of ECC Liaison remains open, and we will continue to answer questions from ECC parents interested in getting involved.

Finally, to get the ball rolling for next year, Dave Yetter led the discussion about the Pick-a-Party planning. This promises to be the most innovative Pick-a-Party yet, with new ways to get involved, support TBS, and have a whole lot of fun.

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