Budget for 2012-2013

Below is the proposed budget. Please vote if you approve at the end of this post.

Proposed Budget of

Oquirrh Hills Middle School PTSA

Fiscal Year 2012-2013

Balance Carried Forward:     $16,794.11

INCOMING FINDS:

     Membership (700 members)     $3500.00
     Harmon’s Grocery PTA Days Fundraiser     $500.00
     Memory Books Fundraiser     $8000.00
     Total Projected Income:     $12,000

BUDGETED EXPENSES:

     Student Support

           Eagle of the Quarter     $1,000.00
           Field Day      $1,500.00
           Legislative Day      $1,000.00
           PTSA Student Representative Sweat Shirts $800.00
           Miscellaneous Student Activities (Reality Town, Reflections, etc.)      $500.00
           Student Support Budgeted Expense s:       $4,800.00

     Health/Safety/Welfare

           Red Ribbon Week      $800.00
           White Ribbon Week      $1,200.00
           Health/Safety/Welfare Budgeted Expenses:      $2,000.00

     Hospitality

           Volunteer Appreciation     $500.00
           Teacher Appreciation     $2,200
           Teacher Birthday Gifts     $800.00
           Parent-Teacher Conference Dinners for Teachers     $1,500.00
           Hospitality Budgeted Expenses:     $5,000.00

     Administrative

           Membership     $100.00
           Leadership Training     $300.00
           National/Utah/Council PTA Dues:     $2625.00
           School Gift:     $1,500.00
           Office Supplies/Copies/Postage     $500.00
           Administrative Budgeted Expenses:     $5,025.00

Total Budgeted Expenses:     <$16,825.00>

Projected Ending Balance:     $11,969.11


Do you approve of the proposed 2012-2013 OHMS PTSA Budget?

Welcome Back!

Dear Oquirrh Hills Middle School Families,

Welcome back to school! The summer flew by!

Just a quick reminder about Back-to-School Night tonight; please join us 5 p.m. at the school.

Also, as always, we are eagerly looking for volunteers! If you would like to get involved in your student’s education, the PTSA is a great way to do it. We have several activities planned throughout the year, and we couldn’t do any of them without out amazing volunteers. You don’t have to spend a lot of time; some activities only take an hour or two. Please consider sharing your time and talents with us. If you’d like to volunteer, you can call or e-mail our PTSA president, Kellene Ricks Adams at kadams@stampinup.com or 801-833-1521.

Also, please take a minute to vote on our PTSA budget. We are moving to online communication as much as possible, and our bylaws state that we must post the budget and allow parents to vote on it. You can view and vote on the budget in the post coming next.

We’d love to have you attend our meetings, where we discuss all the fun activities that we have planned, as well as the great things that are happening at OHMS. The meetings are as follows:

• September 6, noon, OHMS conference room
• October 4, noon, OHMS conference room
• November 1, noon, OHMS conference room
• December 6 noon, OHMS conference room
• January 3, noon, OHMS conference room
• February 7, noon, OHMS conference room
• March 7, noon, OHMS conference room
• April 4, noon, OHMS conference room
• May meeting: TBD

 Finally, this blog is a great place to get important information, not just about PTSA, but about the activities your student is involved in and how you can be involved as well. Become a follower of the blog, and you’ll automatically be notified whenever new information is posted.

We look forward to seeing you tonight.

Memory Books

Dear Parents-

Time has flown by and we have reached the end of another school year.  I have just a few last minute items to make you aware of.

First, Memory books will be distributed on Wednesday, May 30^th to the ninth grade, and Thursday, May 31^st to the  eighth and seventh grades.  I need to make one last request for volunteers.  I need 12 people to help Wednesday, May 30^th  from 1:15 – 3 pm and 24 people on Thursday, May  31^st  from 1:15 -3 pm.  If you are able to help us out, please let me or Jodi Parker (jodiparker@hotmail.com) know. I can’t thank you all enough for the time and support that you have given us this year. Reality Town, the Book Fairs, Harmon’s Day, Vision and Hearing Screening, the  Bring your Parent to School days, and Teacher Appreciation have all been a tremendous success because of you.

Second, I want to introduce The PTSA Executive Board for the 2012 – 2013 school year. Serving as PTSA President is Kellene Adams, with Wendy Judd as President-Elect and Tiffany Parks as Treasurer. Jill Nebeker will continue as Secretary, Lynnae Dunn will continue as Membership VP, and Shannon Smith will continue as Legislative VP.  Thanks to all of you who participated in our online voting this year.

Last, I want to express my appreciation to all of the wonderful ladies that have served on the PTSA this year, as well as Mr. Anderson, the staff, and the teachers. Also, Ms. Howard and the amazing PTSA Student Board. You all have been incredible to work with.

Thanks for a great year,

Lisa Zupancic

OHMS PTSA President

Uplift Utah Families (Free Tickets)

You are invited to the Uplift Utah Families parenting conference on May 4th and 5th.  The mission of Uplift is:

Our mission is to assist parents in gaining access to programs and information that will help them acquire the skills necessary to raise loving, responsible children. We believe that strong parent-child relationships are the key to providing children with the tools necessary to make safe and healthy choices in their lives, keeping them free of drugs, alcohol and exposure to pornography. Our program will include an original musical program, presented by elementary students to their parents, with future plans to have yearly conferences on the family and a website linking different programs and resources together throughout the state.

During the conference parents can attend workshops that will help them be better parents.

The first lady of Utah, Jeanette Herbert, would like to increase participation so she is making tickets available for free to our parents. You can find a link to the ticket here. Please feel free to print off as many as you need.

A packet has been created if you would like to print some of the information from the website and share it with others or if you prefer just a flyer you can get one here.

Please Vote

The nominees for the OHMS PTSA 2012-2013 board are as follows:

 President: Kellene Adams
Secretary: Jill Nebeker
Treasurer: Tiffany Parks
 Legislative VP: Shannon Smith
Membership VP: Lynnae Dunn


Each position had only one volunteer/nominee.  Please vote at the right to accept or reject the board as listed above.

We are still in need of a President-Elect for next year.  Please volunteer if you are willing to do this job.

Canned Food Drive

The students at OHMS are collecting canned food items to be donated to the Utah Food Bank.  Please consider donating cans to help those served by the food bank.  The last day to collect cans will be Monday, April 16th.

Yearbook Orders

The last day to order a yearbook is April 20th.  The cost is $20.00.  Checks should be made out to OHMS, not to the PTSA.

Yearbooks will be given to the 9th graders on May 30th at 1:30pm to the 7th and 8th graders on May 31st at 1:30pm.

Proposed 2012-2013 PTA Executive Board

Here is the proposed 2012-2013 PTA executive board for Oquirrh Hills Middle School. As you can see, we still need to fill two board positions: treasurer and president-elect. While these positions may sound overwhelming, they’re really not. There is plenty of training and assistance, and we would love to have someone help us out. If you would be willing to do either of these, please contact Kellene Adams at 801.455.8448 or kadams@stampinup.com. Thanks!

Post edited to include Treasurer.  

President	Kellene Adams
President-Elect	TBD
Secretary	Jill Nebeker
Treasurer	Tiffany Parks
Legislative VP	Shannon Smith
Membership VP	Lynnae Dunn

White Ribbon Week

Next week is White Ribbon Week at OHMS.  During this week OHMS will be working with the students to help them be aware of the dangers of pornography and what to do if you or someone you know comes across it or has an addiction to it.

On Wednesday, March 7th, a parents meeting will be held in the OHMS auditorium.  Parents from both OHMS and RHS are invited. The Fight the New Drug program will be presented.  After the presentation parents will be able to ask questions. We hope to see you there.

The next day, March 8th, during school both OHMS and RHS will have assemblies (separate) presented by the program.  

Board Positions

We Need You!

The Oquirrh Hills Middle School PTA is filling board positions for next year’s board, and we need your help! None of these positions require a great deal of time (even the President-Elect), yet they offer the perfect opportunity to become involved in the school and in your student’s life. The PTA plays a key role in providing important, fun, and rewarding activities for our students, and we couldn’t do it without you! Please consider helping us out next year—it really is time well spent!

·         President-Elect (shadows the 2012-2013 president and prepares to serve as president in 2013-2014)

·         Book Fair Coordinator (organizes and oversees our Book Fair, which is held two times a year during Student-Led Conferences)

·         Web Page Coordinator (keeps our PTA website up to date)

·         Volunteer Coordinator (organizes and oversees the PTA volunteers who are involved in the various PTA activities)

Please contact Kellene at 801-257-5359 or KAdams@stampinup.com if you have questions or are interested in one of these positions.