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SUBJECT: Geneva Gazette - PTA Newsletter - August 22, 2024

Welcome Cougar Family!
Upcoming Dates

August 23: Spirit Shirt Friday

August 29: Back to School Picnic

August 30: Dollar Dress Day (students pay $1 to free dress. Dollars will be collected at school entrance or you can venmo PTA at @GHEPTA)

September 2: Labor Day - NO SCHOOL

September 3-6: MAP BOY

September 6: Coffee with the Principal & Spirit Shirt Friday

September 6: WWHS Football Feeder Pattern Night*

September 9-13: Scholastic Book Fair

September 12: Dad's Night Out

September 13: Grandfriend's Day 

September 19: NTX Giving Day

September 20: Spirit Shirt Friday + In-School Clubs

September 27: Dollar Dress Day

October 4: Coffee with the Principal + Spirit Shirt Friday 

October 10: Fall Break - NO SCHOOL

October 11: Fall Break - NO SCHOOL

October 14: Fall Break - NO SCHOOL

October 17: IB Cultural Night 

October 18: Spirit Shirt Friday

October 21-25: Parent-Teacher Conferences

October 22-25: Camp Grady Spruce (5th Graders)

October 31: Trick or Treat Trail 

Link to full calendar

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Announcements
Campus Volunteer Needs


Lunch Room Volunteers - Click here to volunteer!

We’re looking for volunteers to help monitor student lunches! 

Responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring students line up properly.
  • Assisting younger children with getting their plates and finding their seats.
  • Helping students stay seated and focused on eating.
  • Opening packaged items for little ones.
  • Encouraging students to clean up and throw away their trash when it's time to leave.
Join PTA Today!

The class with the most PTA memberships will get a pizza party! Parents, students, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends...all are welcome to join the PTA! 

Join PTA
Back to School Picnic - 8/29 (5:30-7PM)
Picnic Sign-Up Genius
Feeder Pattern News

Face painting. Crafts. Cheerleaders. Scouts. Music. Burgers in your belly and all for an excellent cause!!!!

Drive-by Food Donation Event benefitting the Peace Pantries in East Dallas Schools:   Woodrow, Long, Geneva Heights,  Mockingbird, Lipscomb, and Mt. Auburn.

Your generous contributions will help provide essential food items to students in need.

Suggested Donation Items:

Canned Goods: Green Beans, Corn, Peas, Fruit, Pasta & Pasta Sauce, Tuna, Chicken, Black Beans (bags or cans)

Dry Goods: Small Bags of Rice, Mac and Cheese Box, Soup, Hormel Complete Meat, Instant Mashed Potatoes, Peanut Butter & Jelly (no glass jars), Ravioli, Chili, Ramen, Oatmeal Packets, Pancake Mix, Suddenly Salads


Can't make it to the event?

You can still make a difference

Venmo: @Campaign4Kindness, a 501(c)(3) organization

PayPal

Amazon Wish List

Walmart Wish List

WWHS Feeder Pattern Night - 9/6
Favor the Kind Fundraiser
Previous Announcements
Room Parent & Event Volunteer Form

We are looking for parent volunteers to help build community within your class (and campus!) and share information to your fellow parents. If you would like to volunteer, please click the link below. If do not wish to be room parent but would like to join other volunteer efforts on campus you can click the link below to see the opportunities! 

Room Parent & Volunteer Form
Spirit Store is OPEN!

New year, new school, NEW MERCH! We have new shirts and a hoodie for students to wear on Spirit Shirt Fridays. Orders will be open through August 28th. 

Spirit Store
Voly Registration

If you would like to volunteer on campus (this include participating in class parties or in-school events) then you will need to register through Voly. This registration must be renewed annually - it expires on June 30th of each year. 


Link to Voly registration: https://dallasisd.voly.org/

Make sure to fully complete your Voly registration - your screen will look like this when you are ready to go. All items must be green. 

Mabels Labels Fundraiser!

Need labels for the upcoming school year? Buy your labels through Mabel's Labels and a portion of your purchase will go back to Geneva Heights PTA! Follow link below and search "Geneva Heights Elementary (Dallas)" to give back. 


Mabel's Labels Link


After-School Care Programs

Mad Science of DFW 

 After school session is 3:30PM – 6:30PM. Mad Science is for PreK-5th grade. 

Registration Info Here

 

FOL Sports Athleader After School Program 

Athleader is from 3:30PM – 6:00PM. Athleader is for Kinder-5th grade. 

Registration Info Here

Get the Geneva Gazette to your inbox!

To receive the Geneva Gazette directly to your inbox all you need to do is set up a Membership Toolkit account. This is not the same as a PTA membership - the membership toolkit is an account that allows you access to our PTA website & allows you to sign up for communications. If you have an account with another membership toolkit account, you can use that login. 


If you already have an account, please make sure your information is correct. 

Upcoming Events
Friday, August 23
Spirit Shirt Friday!
Thursday, August 29
5:30p Back to School Picnic
Friday, August 30
Dollar Dress Day
Monday, September 2
Labor Day - No School
Friday, September 6
Spirit Shirt Friday!
6:00p WWHS Football Feeder Pattern Night
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