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Welcome to the 2008-2009 school year. We hope you all had an enjoyable summer. To some, the start of the school year is old hat, and to others, this is the first time you’ll be enjoying our school experience.

The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) hopes you will be active in our school community. We will be running our annual membership drive at the beginning of the school year. We encourage all families and faculty to join the PTO regardless of your ability to attend meetings or volunteer at events.

Your membership fee, alone, goes a long way to help the children. We plan many activities throughout the school year and raise monies that benefit the children. We provide funding to the school and teachers for activities and items the children would otherwise do without. For example, we provide student entertainment on picnic day, recess games and equipment, red ribbon week promotional items, as well as student fun nights and many other educational and fun activities. We encourage your involvement as much as possible and with your help, we can reach our goals and your children will have an outstanding school year.

We understand not everyone can volunteer for everything. We only ask that you help when you can and support the PTO run activities. The first and easiest thing you can do is join! Please fill out the attached form and hand it in with your membership dues. You may do this during the meet and greet, at the orientation night, the first PTO meeting (October 7th at 7pm), or even send it in to school with your child in an envelope marked “PTO”. Your attendance at the meetings is encouraged so the school and PTO can benefit from your ideas, but if there is ever a month you cannot make the PTO meeting, please keep up with the happenings through the school’s website (www.goshenschoolsny.org ), our e-mail, or by reading the Scottie, the PTO monthly newsletter that will come home with your child.

A description of the PTO committees is attached. Some committees need volunteers, and others need a chairperson. If you have any questions about the committee or the level of involvement necessary, please do not hesitate to call Sharon Frey (294-8024) or e-mail the PTO at saspto@gcsny.org

Communication is essential to our success, so please let us know your ideas, comments and suggestions any time via e-mail or call Sharon or BJ. Thank you in advance for your participation in the PTO and we look forward to an exciting school year with you.

Sincerely,
Sharon Frey
Scotchtown Avenue PTO President

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