Barksdale PTA

Throughout the school year, professional photographers and PTA designated parent volunteers will be taking posed individual, organization, and classroom group photos, as well as candid photos of other school and PTA-sponsored events such as class field trips, school parties, 5th grade camp, dances and socials, assemblies, science night, field day, etc. Some of these pictures will be published in the yearbook, newsletters, scrapbook, and memory book/disk.

If you do not want your child’s picture to appear in these publications, we must know now so that we may take steps to prevent your child’s picture and identifying information from being printed. If you respond “No” below your child will not be in any posed school picture opportunities, and any candid photos taken of your child throughout the school year will not intentionally be used in these publications. Every reasonable effort will be made to omit your child’s image and identifying information from the items/publications marked “No.” If you select “No”, please discuss with your child that they may be asked to step out of some photos.

To get a copy of the consent form, please click here.

Box Tops for Education is now accepting products from Kleenex, Cottonelle, Scott and Viva. Companies and products already participating in this program are General Mills, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Old El Paso, Yoplait, Ziploc, Bugles, Fruit Roll-ups, and Pop Secret.

Remember to cut out each box top on the dotted line. This saves time because they all must be cut for redemption. Please send them in to your child’s teacher or place them in the PTA box in the mailroom.

GREAT NEWS!! It is even easier to turn in soup labels. CAMPBELL’S only wants the UPC code on the back of the soup can. NO more front panel labels will be accepted.

Worth 5 points

• All V8 Splash beverages
• All Campbell Supper Bakes Meal Kits
• All Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers
• All Campbell’s microwaveable soups
• 26 varieties Condensed Soup - *specially marked cans

Worth 1 Point

• Campbell’s Condensed & Healthy Request Soups Campbell’s Select & Gold Label Soups
• Campbell’s Chunky Soups & Chili
• Franco-American Gravy or Pasta
• Pepperidge Farm
• Swanson Broth Canned Chicken
• Market Day tub or carton

Lids (1 Point)

• Prego Pasta Sauce
• V8, V8 Splash, V-Fusion
• Campbell’s Tomato juice

Please contact Cagla Darveaux for more information.

Hundreds of disadvantaged children in Plano will start school this year without even the most basic items. To help these children, we are collecting school supplies during Packet Pick-up and the first few weeks of school.

• What’s needed most: Pocket folders with brads, spiral notebooks, 3-ring binders
• Where the donations will go: To the School Supply Project, a community-based initiative that distributes school supplies to PISD students in need
• What to do with your donation: Drop it in the Community Outreach collection box at Packet Pick-up or in the collection box just past the school office

Won’t you help?

For more information, please contact Shannon Couzens, Outreach Chairman, by email.

Volunteering in one or more of the many PTA programs here at Barksdale is a wonderful way to be involved in your children’s education. Please complete this form and return it to school with your child. For explanations on different positions, please check here. Be sure to list the homeroom teacher for each child.

For more information, please contact Susan Schwartz, Second Vice-President - Volunteers, by email.

Packet Pick-up is on Wednesday, August 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This is your one-stop-shop for PTA Membership, school supplies, spirit wear, yearbooks, school lunches and more – ALL SALES-TAX FREE. Please join us to get all your back-to-school business taken care of and catch up with your friends and neighbors. Most importantly, by bringing your Emergency Contact & Truancy Forms, you will find out who your child’s teacher will be!!

It’s a very exciting day and you won’t want to miss it.

Read the Summer 2008 Edition of Round-up Newsletter: Part I and Part II.

Every year, the PTA offers parents the opportunity to purchase all the school supplies their child needs in a convenient, one-stop purchase.

• No need to go to 5 different stores
• Sort through lists of what your child needs
• Carry the supplies to school

At PACKET PICK-UP, on August 20, 2007, you can purchase the supplies from the PTA.

We contract for the purchase of all the supplies for the whole school, so we are able to offer the supplies at a very competitive price. The supplies are pre-packaged by grade level, and they are EXACTLY what were requested by the teachers. We will even deliver them to your child’s classroom so they will be on their desk the first day of school!

TAX FREE

Additionally, the PTA has designated Packet Pick-up as a tax-free day, so if you purchase the supplies on August 20 (only), you will save the 8.25% state sales tax.

This year’s pre-pack cost is as follows:

• Kindergarten $29.00
• First Grade $53.00
• Second Grade $46.00
• Third Grade $50.00
• Fourth Grade $53.00
• Fifth Grade $48.00

If you enjoy shopping the “Back to School” deals offered by various vendors, you can find the official BARKSDALE list of school supplies needed by each grade level online at www.barksdalepta.org. Please be aware this list differs, sometimes significantly, from the official PISD list displayed at the retail stores. Be sure to take the BARKSDALE list with you when you go shopping to avoid having to go back to the stores a second time to return items or purchase additional supplies.

If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Wood.

The school supplies list is now available here.

A call will be made by the teacher after 5 tardies and/or 4 absences.

Letters are to alert you to the total amount of time away from school - unexcused or excused.

Blue perfect attendance ribbons are given each 9 weeks to encourage kids to come to school and have fewer than 3 total tardies.

All events are subject to change without notice. Please check back often for calendar updates.

“Stay abreast of developments in legislative issues that affect families, schools, and communities, and know what National PTA is doing to advocate for public education and children. Sign up for National PTA’s This Week in Washington e-newsletter, distributed each week when Congress is in session.”

Plano PTA has a Web site and mailing list. Sign up to receive e-mail updates.

The PISD site has the lunch menu and other cafeteria information, including the ability to add funds to your child’s meal account.

Our PTA Objectives are:

• To promote the welfare of children and youth in the 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 school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth;


• To develop between educators and the general public such efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.

• Academic enrichment and enhancement opportunities for Barksdale students;
  
• Parent education programs;


• Communication about PTA and school activities;


• Social opportunities to foster school spirit;


• Information about PISD and state legislation issues;


• Volunteer programs to assist students, teachers, and staff;


• Teacher and staff appreciation;


• A warm, safe and inviting atmosphere for all Barksdale students, staff, and families;


• A link to the community surrounding Barksdale Elementary; and


• Funds to meet the general PTA budget from PTA sponsored fund raisers to accomplish PTA goals.