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SUBJECT: Geneva Gazette - PTA Newsletter - September 5, 2024

Upcoming Dates


September 3-6: Beginning of year (BOY) MAP Testing

September 6: Coffee with the Principal & Spirit Shirt Friday

September 6: WWHS Football Feeder Pattern Night* - THIS FRIDAY!

September 9-13: Scholastic Book Fair

September 11: Attendance Dress Up Day: Mix & Match!

September 12: Dad's Night Out

September 12: Pre-G Dine to Donate Event @ Pie Tap-Henderson

September 13: Grandfriend's Day 

September 17: WWHS Volleyball Feeder Pattern Night!

September 18: Attendance Dress Up Day: Olympics!

September 19: NTX Giving Day

September 20: Spirit Shirt Friday + In-School Clubs

September 21: WWHS HoCo Sneaker Ball (elementary students welcome!) 

September 25: Attendance Dress Up Day: Future Career or College Gear!

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.

Book Fair Volunteers - Click here to Volunteer!

We are so excited to host our very first book fair and we will need helpers to make it a success! 

Opportunities Include:

  • Set Up (9/6)
  • Book Fair Helpers (Daily week of Sept 9)
  • Tear Down (9/13)

IB Culture Night - Click here to volunteer! 

Ways to Volunteer for IB Cultural Night (10/17): 

  • Event Setup
  • Cultural Station (5:00 - 7:00 pm) in the cafeteria: Show off your family's culture through Food, Celebrations, Dance, Music, Language, Sports, or any other aspect you want to display. 
  • Event Clean up
Coffee with Principal - Tomorrow!
Calling all Grandfriends!

We can’t wait to see you at Grandfriends Day! Just a quick heads-up: registration is mandatory this year, and unfortunately, we won’t be able to admit anyone who hasn’t registered in advance. This policy is all about keeping our teachers and children safe, so we’re following it strictly—no exceptions. 

Grandfriends Day Schedule:

  • 8:00 - 8:30 AM: Breakfast and check-in

  • 8:30 - 8:40 AM: Performance in the cafeteria

  • 8:40 - 8:50 AM: Welcome remarks by Verver/Melissa

  • 8:50 - 9:00 AM: Head to campus (everyone gathers in the corridor, and we’ll break into groups for upstairs/downstairs tours) Volunteers are needed!

  • 9:00 - 9:45 AM: Classroom visits and making your way to the library

  • 9:45 - 10:30 AM: Book fair and library time; 4th/5th graders speak about the summer book program and NTX Giving Day

  • 10:30 AM: Katie talks about Grandfriends Club

We’re so excited to celebrate with you!

Click here to register!

Bonus – we’ve got a “sweet” fundraising twist this year. Principal Verver has agreed to take one for the team if we hit our $7,500 target. He will face a barrage of whipped cream pies thrown by some lucky students. Help your Cougars meet our goal for the chance to see Verver get “pied”!

Ready to make a difference? Donate today. Check out our Cougar-ific donation levels to show you just how far your “Cougar Bucks” can go to help us reach our goal!

A few lucky students will get to be the ones throwing the pies – their golden ticket is your donation so please include your student’s name in the “Add a dedication to your donation” section. Every donation with their name listed is ONE entry in the raffle which we’ll use to draw names of a few lucky pie-throwing kiddos!

Donate Today!
Cub Lunch Sign Up!
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
Parent Volunteer Interest Form

We are looking for parent volunteers to help make our PTA events great! 

Below are a few examples of PTA events:

  • IB Nights (Cultural, Math, Reading, Art, Science)
  • Halloween Trick or Treat Trail
  • Fun Run (Spring 2025)
  • School Garden
  • Field Day

Please see the form below for the many ways you can volunteer this year. 

Parent Volunteer Interest Form
Feeder Pattern News
Feeder Pattern Night for WWHS Football

Woodrow Willson HS Football is inviting all Cougars to their game for feeder pattern night! Kids will be able to run out of the Wildcat tunnel before the team and enjoy a performance by all our Cougars who worked so hard at mini cheer camp. We hope to see lots of Cougar families in attendance! 

Previous Announcements
September is Attendance Awareness Month!

There will be themed dress days each Wednesday during the month of September. 


Wednesday September 4: Dress up as your favorite decade: '70s, '80s, or '90s.



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


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, September 6
Spirit Shirt Friday!
8:30a Coffee with the Principal
7:15p WWHS Football Feeder Pattern Night
Friday, September 13
Spirit Shirt Friday!
8:00a Grandfriend's Day
Monday, September 16
6:00p WWHS Volleyball Feeder Pattern Night!
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