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 School District 2013-2014 Budget Update

 

On April 17th, the Chappaqua Board of Education adopted the 2013/2014 school district budget totaling $114,828.088. The proposed adopted budget represents a $2,625,200 or a 2.34%  increase over the 2012/2013 budget.

 

 

The Chappaqua PTA Executive Committee endorses the process that produced this budget and urges Chappaqua residents to vote"YES" for the budget at the polls on Tuesday, May 21st.

We made this decision after attending all of the Board of Education meetings, listening to presentations and comments from Administration, Board and community members and pursuing answers to our questions about how thebudget would affect our children's education.

 

 

 

 Click here to view 2013/2014 School Budget Book

 

 
 
About the Chappaqua PTA
The Chappaqua PTA is a Unit of the New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc., the New York State PTA, whose motto is everychild.onevoice.

The Mission Statement of the NYS PTA states that the NYS PTA recognizes that every child deserves excellence in education and in quality of life. NYS PTA will maintain its commitment and service to all children and to its diverse membership through increased parent and community awareness, advocacy, education and involvement.  The NYS PTA functions for the following purposes: to promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship; to raise the standards of home life; to secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth; to bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth; to develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.  For more information, visit the New York State PTA website.
 
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5/27 Memorial Day

6/21 Last Day of School


Save the Date:

School Budget Vote is May 21st

 

This is a reminder that the school budget vote will be on May 21st.  Voting is in the Greeley HS gym, from 7am to 9pm.  

To register to vote: (Note: even students who turn 18 on May 21st can register and vote) Click HERE 

Think you might be away that day?  
Get an absentee ballot HERE  

Volunteers Needed to Help with School Budget Vote - May 21, 2013

Volunteers are needed to help check in voters for the School Budget Vote on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.  No prior experience is necessary.  

Two-hour shifts are available for the following time slots.  Please give your first and second choice of time: 7-9am, 5-7pm, 7-9pm
  
Please contact Haley Ferraro, PTA Legislative Chair, at hmferraro@yahoo.com to volunteer.   
For tickets and information about the Horace Greeley Senior Musical click HERE.
To view the full CCSD 2012/2013 Calendar, click here.

KidStuff Coupon books are back!  Please support the PTA by ordering yours today. Order online by clicking here to access our new secure online payment website or mail in your order by using the form, 2012 KidStuff Order Form
 
Are you a Sally Foster gift wrap fan?  No worries, we have continued our relationship with them for another year.  Visit www.sallyfoster.com and credit our account number, 181309.
GIVENIK is an exciting new way to get discount tickets, premium seats and group rates to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows and support the Chappaqua PTA!  The PTA gets 5 percent of your ticket purchase. Click here to learn more or visit http://www.givenik.com/index.php/ChappaquaPTA
Learning to Look

Learning to Look is an art appreciation program sponsored by the Chappaqua PTA. This Elementary and Middle School school program brings students and parents together to learn and foster a lifelong interest in the arts through interactive dialogue and hands-on activities led by lecturer Susan Skelsey, culminating in a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Register by September 21st.

This year our Elementary School Learning to Look Program will focus on American Art and will run one Wednesday evening a month culminating in a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in April.  For more information and to print the registration form, click here.

Our Middle School Learning to Look Program will focus on Art of the 1960s and will run one Wednesday evening a month culminating in a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in April.  For more information and to print the registration form, click here.
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To receive emails from your school PTA, use the link at the top of this column to sign up for applicable PTA email lists or to change your email list preference. 
You must also register on this website to gain access to school-specific password protected areas.
Youth Speak Out Initiative

During the 2009/2010 school year, the Chappaqua PTA’s R21K Committee led by Lisa Levinson and Anne Caywood were able to pull together a number of community organizations to help sponsor a Youth Speak Out Initiative.[  The goal of the Youth Speak Out Initiative was to gain a better understanding of how New Castle teens are experiencing growing up in our community with the hope that information gained would allow our community to better understand where we are succeeding with our youth and where we can be providing them with better support.  As described more fully in the Youth Speak Out Short Summary.pdf the main thrust of the Initiative was a series of structured conversations with New Castle teens while a secondary component was seeking information from adults involved with our teens, including teachers, parents and community leaders.  Five themes emerged relating to how New Castle teens are experiencing life in Chappaqua (1) stress; (2) connections to peers, family and other adults; (3) recognition; (4) mixed messages around alcohol and other drugs and (5) transitions, particularly from middle school to high school.  The data gathered on these topics suggest that our community’s teens are not immune to the pressures of growing up in the 21st century, and that adults involved in the lives of our teens can play a key role in supporting our children during these challenging developmental years.  What we learn from what these young people told us and how we act on that knowledge will define the strength of our commitment to them and their future. It is our hope that this Initiative will help our community to:

             ·         reduce the stress

·         strengthen the connections

·         recognize and celebrate individuality

·         strive to present practical, sensible and meaningful support on the issues of alcohol and drugs

·         seize the opportunities presented by transitional periods in adolescents’ lives to nurture capable, responsible, confident, caring and contributing adults.

 

We hope that we can continue the conversation among students, parents, teachers, administrators and other involved adults to identify action items that will make a difference for our youth.

Upcoming Events and Links to Past Events
Chappaqua PTA Presents - Richard Ginsburg – Whose Game is it Anyway?

Promoting Excellence, Balance and a Love of the Game – Integrating Sports into Your Child’s Life in a Healthy and Sustainable Way

Did you miss the presentation?

Dr. Ginsburg's talk gave parents food for thought about healthy engagement and our children's participation in sports.  Those in attendance came away with some valuable guidance on how to make decisions about sports that work for our children as athletes while also being in line with individual family values.  For more information on Dr. Ginsburg, a faculty member at the Harvard Medical School and co-director of the PACES (Performance and Character Excellence Institute of Sports Psychology) program at Massachusetts General Hospital,Click Here to visit his website which includes information on his book, Whose Game is it, Anyway?, a comprehensive guide that helps parents ensure a positive sports experience for their children.

With spring sports and extended travel seasons in full swing, all parents can benefit from Dr. Ginsburg's experience and expertise - whether their children are just beginning to engage in recreational-level sports, are entering travel-league competition or are high school athletes considering whether to continue their participation in college.

 


Click here to view.  Link only available until May 18.


 BOE MEETING SCHEDULE: Click Here for schedule.
(All meetings are at Horace Greeley High School, 8:15pm unless otherwise noted). 
PTA Dues and Membership Forms

Paying your $15 Chappaqua PTA membership dues annually supports Chappaqua PTA programming (including our email system and this website) and allows your family to participate in various school based offerings such as ASE, theater programs, etc.  To pay your dues online, click here . To print the Chappaqua PTA Membership Form so that you can mail a check in payment, click here.

Please note that Chappaqua PTA dues are separate and distinct from program fees/dues collected by the individual schools.

  • Elementary schools collect class fees for each child. The funds are not used by the PTA but rather are used by the classroom teachers for extra items or activities.
  • Middle schools collect program fees for school-specific PTA programs and activities. To pay your Bell or Seven Bridges Program fees online, click here. To print the Bell Program Fee form so that you can mail a check in payment, click here, to print the Seven Bridges Program Fee form so that you can mail a check in payment, click here.
  • High School Class Committees collect dues by grade for class-specific activities. To pay Greeley Class Dues online, click here , to print the Greeley Class Dues Form so that you can mail a check in payment, click here.

 


 

Ways to Help Sandy Hook Elementary School Families 

 

Donations for Sandy Hook Elementary School 

Donations will be accepted indefinitely to the Connecticut PTSA "Sandy Hook Fund" to provide ongoing support to the community. Please send checks to the Connecticut PTSA address listed at the end of this email. 

The Newtown community has requested only monetary donations at this time. For service or product donation inquiries, please contact newtownboe@gmail.com. To contact Sandy Hook PTA, please email sandyhook@ctpta.org.

Please send snowflakes and donations to:
Connecticut PTSA
60 Connolly Parkway
Building 12 Suite 103
Hamden, CT 06514
100.7 WHUD Storm Center

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