Tuesday, August 25, 2009

KENTUCKY KIDS DAY!

Kentucky Kids Day is coming up and we have BIG Plans for the KIDS at NOMS - stay tuned in!

Picture yourself.....
RECYCLING

KY Kids Day
Sept 28, 2009

Today at Lunch PLEDGE to RECYCLE
and have a photo taken with your friends.

NOMS GOES GREEN!

1st General PTSA Meeting

What a great turnout - Thank you all so much for coming out to our 1st PTSA meeting of this school year! We are very excited to launch into this year.

Minutes from the meeting will be posted shortly.

We have several things coming up in the near future...

1. Kentucky Kids Day - Picture a Klean Kentucky - starting at NOMS! (instituting recycling at NOMS with a picture twist)
2. Reflections Program - Theme "Beauty Is..."
3. Red Ribbon Week in October.

We will be holding our MAIN fundraiser of the year starting the last week in September. Items were on display at all three open houses. I hope you had a chance to stop by and see the product that will be on sale in the catalog.

Thanks again for your support! Thank you for joining the PTSA!
Let us know if you have any quesitons.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

PTSA Directory Ads

Please contact Holly Ansman if you would like to place an ad in the NOMS Student Directory.

Ad prices are as follows:
Business Card size - $25
1/4 page - $50
1/2 page - $75
full page - $100
Front /Back cover - $200

Holly's contact information is as follows:

Holly Ansman
228-9694
hollyansman@insightbb.com

NOMS Student Directories are usually distributed in September!

SECRET PALS PROGRAM

Dear Parents,

The PTSA sponsors a program called "Secret Pals". It is very simple and hopefully you will want to get involved with it if you aren't already.

Secret Pals is a program where parents sign up to "do nice things" for a specific teacher each month of the year. What this means is (you) send in a small special something to a staff member/teacher (that you pick) throughout the school year. We have approximately 80 staff members at NOMS and we don't want any of them left without a secret pal.

For me, I just pick up an extra drink, snack, supply or item I know they will appreciate while I'm already at the grocery store or while out shopping. Each month I send in an item letting them know I am thinking of them. The gifts you send in monthly only need to be a small token of appreciation. Please don't feel you would have to spend a lot of money - this is not the purpose of the program - just something small! What do I mean by small special something ...

ideas include but are not limited to ...
their favorite drink
post it notes
a favorite snack
a candy bar
a pad of paper
something you see in the check out line
team spirit item
gift cards
school supplies
a birthday card
"We appreciate you" card
appreciation note/letter

Please contact Lyne Church at 228-5195 or at lynechurch@bellsouth.net to let her know if you are interested in supporting this wonderful program.

Thanks,
Betsy Lowe
PTSA President

WELCOME BACK LUNCHEON

On Friday, August 14 the NOMS PTSA hosted a Welcome Back Luncheon for all staff and teachers at NOMS!

A HUGE THANK YOU goes to Meg Demuth for organizing, planning and preparing the event and to all the volunteers that brought in a dish, salad, and/or dessert! YUMMY!

We are so lucky at NOMS to have such great parents that support our staff and such great staff members that appreciate all the things the parents do for them!

What a great way to start off a new year!

First Dance of the Year - 8/14/09

Our First PTSA Dance of the year was held on Friday, August 14 from 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. A huge thank you to Rhonda Spangler for organizing the dance, concessions and volunteers. It was a great success ... just to name a few reasons why I say that ...
1. The kids had a great time
2. Great music
3. Great food and drinks
4. Great volunteers
5. Great attitudes
6. Super administration
and (the cutest reason)
7. because all the kids got on Facebook after the dance and said it was the Best Dance Ever!

Rhonda I can't thank you and Jenny Stegeman enough for being so thoughtful in hosting this dance! What a great job! Can't wait for the next one in April...

PTSA MEMBERSHIP

If you didn't have a chance to return your PTSA membership form on Registration Day, please know you can still join the PTSA. We are a 501(c)3 Non Profit organization here at NOMS that brings together students, teachers and parents on issues of education and the best things for our students.

We sponsor numerous activities throughout the school year - open to all students. Please support the school by joining the PTSA! It's only $5 per person. Students can be members too! Being a student member entitles them to attend a special SOCIAL later on in the school year!

Please let us know if we can answer any questions for you. Contact Bonita Tong, VP of Membership.

First PTSA GENERAL MEETING of this year

Our First General PTSA Meeting will be held just prior to the 6th Grade Open House on August 25. We will start at 6:00 p.m. and finish with time for you to be seated at the open house which starts at 6:30 p.m.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

FIRST DANCE OF THE YEAR!

Welcome back to school - What a better way to celebrate than by attending the first NOMS PTSA dance of the year.

Friday, August 14
7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
NOMS cafe' and gym
Admission = $3.00
concessions available (candy, pizza, soda)

Parents: If you would like to chaperone or volunteer to help with the dance, please condact Rhonda Spangler at 241-3074 or Rhondaspangler@bellsouth.net.
Students need to be in dress code to attend the dance.
Hope to see you there!!!