📅 Dates #
- Tuesday, February 21 (7 pm - 8 pm): PTA General Membership Meeting
- Monday, February 27 (12:30 pm): Kindergarten Information Session
- Thursday, March 2: Early Release (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
- Friday, March 3: No School (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
- March 6-10: Book Fair
🆕 New #
👋 PTA General Membership Virtual Meeting on Tuesday, February 21 #
- Who: Teachers, Parents, Guardians, Students, Community Members
- What: February General Membership Virtual Meeting
- Where:
For security reasons, we do not share Zoom meeting codes on our website. Please subscribe to the email edition of our newsletter to make sure you receive PTA meeting codes.
- When: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
- Why: We will have a Q&A with Principal Horak, and discuss opportunities to engage with the Abingdon Community. Additionally, virtually meet & greet Abingdon’s Vocal and Instrumental Music Team. Their presentation will provide a brief overview of how our music team support our students, and how you can support your student’s learning at home!
The meeting agenda is available here: https://www.abingdonpta.org/agendas/2023-02-21. Live Spanish translation will be provided.
📚 Book Fair #
The PTA is hosting the Abingdon Book Fair from March 6-10th to raise money for the library. To help make the event a success, we need 3 parent volunteers for several time slots throughout the day. Please check out the link to sign-up to help out the PTA and Abingdon students. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4fabac28a3f8c43-abingdon1#/
📸 Picture Day Volunteers #
The PTA needs help making Abingdon’s Picture Day run smoothly on March 14. If you’re interested in helping, contact [email protected].
💌 Lovelines #
Yearbook Lovelines are back for the 2023 yearbook! You can leave a special message for your student or your student can leave a message for their friends!
The cost is $5 per entry. (Additional donations are welcome - all funds will be going toward providing our 5th graders with a free yearbook.)
Please make checks out to “Abingdon Elementary PTA.” Cash payment accepted too. All requests are due March 15, 2023. Please submit any cash or checks in your student’s Tuesday Folder along with the Lovelines form.
If you have any questions, reach out to [email protected].
You should have received the Lovelines form in your Tuesday folder that went home on February 14 — if not, you can print the form from our website.
🙋 Nominating Committee for 2023-2024 PTA Officers #
The Abingdon Elementary PTA is seeking members to join a Nominating Committee over the next couple of weeks.
The role of the Nominating Committee, as described in our bylaws, is to nominate PTA members to serve as officers the following year. Officer roles are the President, Treasurer, Secretary, as well as Vice President roles.
As a member of the Nominating Committee, you would identify PTA members interested in serving as officers, and report to the general membership a list of nominees for the annual election.
At least three people need to serve on the committee, all of whom need to be dues-paying PTA members. The committee needs to be approved by the PTA’s membership at the March 14 meeting. The nominating committee will then submit the officer nominees to the general membership in April so that the election can be held in May.
If you’re interested in serving on the Nominating Committee, please fill out this form by March 7. If you have questions about what’s involved in the role, please email [email protected].
This is a great way to have a say in the future of the PTA. Thank you!
👉 Reminders #
- Spirit Wear is available for sale here: https://whitewaterprinting.com/abingdon-elementary
- Registration for Girls on the Run at Abingdon is available here: https://www.gotrnova.org. More information is available here.
- Winter Wonderland Ice skating has been postponed to Tuesday, 2/28 6pm - 8pm due to rain.
🏢 Countywide Information #
- Registration for Outdoor Lab Summer Camp opens on March 3. More information is available here.
- Outdoor Lab will hold an Open House April 22. Families can learn more and register here.
- Girl Scouts are offering a camp during Spring Break. More information is available here.
🙏 Thank You #
On behalf of the Abingdon community, a heartfelt thank you to Yorktown High School student Thomas Totten who built a custom garden shed as a part of his Eagle Scout Service Project Plan for the Abingdon Community Garden. We greatly admire Thomas’ thoughtful input and leadership to execute this much-needed project, especially with spring planting coming up soon. Additionally, we thank his fundraising efforts and coordination with fellow scouts and parents who joined him over three days to execute this project. We thank Thomas for this beautiful addition to Abingdon’s school campus in support of our Cardinal flock’s outdoor learning and community-building garden events.
