PTA Meeting Tuesday 5/4 7:15

Come on down! The next PTA meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 4 at 7:15 in the Media Center.

Two exciting things will happen at this meeting:

1) The MCPS planning folks will be coming to tell us about the process for planning a new school building. I attended one of the earlier meetings and it is very interesting and exciting!

2) We will have a vote on the executive committee for the PTA for the 2010-2011 school year. The nominating committee put forth a slate through the listserv on Friday, April 23 and the slate was also sent home via Back Pack Thursday on April 29. Nominations will also be taken from the floor in case there is someone who would like to serve but is not on the slate.

Staff Appreciation Flowers

The Teacher's Lounge was filled to the brim with flowers today as families dropped off bouqets to show their appreciation for RCF's staff. As flowers kept coming in, volunteers filled vases with water, trimmed flowers and added labels and delivered to the grateful staff.

In an RCF tradition, ALL staff get recognized during Appreciation Week, from the principal to the overnight building service workers. The rest of the week kids bring in notes, there is a dessert buffet and short massages.

Slate for EC Announced at May Meeting

The nominating committee is hard at work to make sure that the slate is ready to be announced at the May 4, 2010 PTA meeting. The meeting will be held at 7:15 PM and includes a report from the MCPS planning department about the upcoming feasibility study for a modernized RCF.

If you would like to be considered for a place on the slate, please get in touch with Mindy Hoffman, chair of the nominating committee, immediately. I didn't want to post her email, so check your directories! Nominations will be taken from the floor, as always.

New PTA Wiki

If you are a committee chair or run an event at the school, we have a new tool for you!

The brand new PTA wiki allows chairs to pass along their institutional memory to the next generation of parent leaders. It is open for viewing by anyone, but you have to be approved to edit.

Please consider "paying it forward" by creating a page (it's easy, I swear). To edit, contact Amanda at daniel.cantor@rcn.com.