MHS PTSA eNews, March 20, 2018

PTSA Every Child One Voice

eNews March 20, 2018

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Yearly membership dues are the most important source of funds for the PTSA and all its programs, and our books show membership is down critically from previous years. We can't meet our fundraising goals for this school year without your support. If you are not sure if you joined the PTSA already this school year, contact Alison Senold.


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PTSA Programs at Risk 

McLean HS Needs Your Support for this School Year! Click Here to Donate

With membership receipts down this year, McLean HS students and teachers need our financial support to build and maintain school-wide programming that supports personal growth, encourages academic excellence and builds community. Each year, through the PTSA, we provide the financial resources necessary for enrichment programs and projects not funded by tax dollars. 

Please click here today to make a contribution in support of your student and McLean HS!  

Any and all donations are warmly welcomed!


SAT or ACT? Information Session Follow-up

Thank you to all who attended Tina Craun’s March 8th presentation. She had excellent tips for finding balance in navigating college admissions testing.  Tina’s presentation and key takeaways are posted on the PTSA website under Parent Resources tab. 


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Highlander 8 Wellness

The PTSA Health and Wellness Committee and MHS administration are again offering Yoga (dance room) and Zumba (upper gym) during Highlander 8 along with the already popular open gym basketball (lower gym). Tell your students to look for these great activities during the next Highlander 8 on Friday, March 23. 


ANGP 100 days

MHS Families – Graduation is less than 100 days away. We need your help! 

Senior Parents  Purchase a ticket for your senior today. Early ticket purchases help us tremendously with planning AND save you money! Ticket price increases April 1. After you purchase a ticket for your senior, sign up to volunteer at the event and donate refreshments.

Freshman, Sophomore & Junior Parents – Support the Highlander community and “pay it forward”. Help set up while senior parents are at graduation; take an evening volunteer shift to see what your child will experience in the future; donate refreshments or support the event by making a small financial donation. 

Ready to help? 

Click here to volunteer. Sign up early to get the best pick of jobs and shifts!

Click here to donate refreshments. Refreshment donations help to keep ticket prices down.

Click here to make a monetary donationTo help pay for food, beverages, music, live entertainment, games, prizes, and souvenirs, visit our donors page and sponsor an activity.

For more information about the All Night Grad Party, go to http://mcleanptsa.org/?page_id=96.

Thank you for being a part of the proud Highlander community. 


PTSA-Sponsored Practice Test

Kaplan SAT/ACT Practice Test 

Saturday, April 7th

9:00am-1:00pm, McLean High School Cafeteria

Kaplan’s practice test provides students the opportunity to try the content, timing and format of both tests in a proctored setting. Cost is $20. 

Registration information on the attached flyer and at www.mcleanptsa.org.


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Help TheatreMclean Students FLY!  

Our Spring Musical “9 to 5” will be performed April 26-29th and we need your help!  We are raising money so that we can use a professional flying-rigging system that will enable our actors to fly!  It is an integral part of the production, and one that we don’t want to miss. With your contributions, we will be able to achieve theatre magic!  

You'll receive some one-of-a-kind perks when you support us today--including photos with our leading ladies, a TheatreMcLean season subscription, and a backstage tour to see the rigging system in action!

$3,000 is an ambitious goal, but with the help of our biggest fans (like YOU), we hope we can reach this funding level in the next 28 days. If we do not reach the goal, all funds raised will still be applied to the cost of the rigging system and training for student technicians and actors.  

Click here: http://bit.ly/theatremclean9to5 to view our online giving campaign. TheatreMcLean Boosters are a 501(c)3 nonprofit. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.


Nominees for McLean High School’s PTSA Board for 2018-2019

*President Elect – Open

VP of Membership – Erica Glembocki

VP of Fundraising – Linh Nham

Secretary – Tammy Piper

Treasurer – Susan Wegmueller

President – Sue Ellen Beggs (elected in 2017 will automatically assume role)

*The position of President Elect remains open. We will continue to seek volunteers interested in serving in this role. Please consider joining our team.    

Thank you to everyone who participated in the nominating process. We are grateful to the volunteers who have agreed to serve next year! The election will occur at our May general membership meeting. 

If you or someone you know may be interested in the President Elect position, please contact Nominating Committee Chair Sue Ellen BeggsThank you for your consideration.  


Earn Money for MHS When You Purchase Through Our Amazon Link

Simply bookmark: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=mcleanhs.20

And use the link to access Amazon BEFORE you add items to  your cart and check out promptly. Items that are left in your cart for 24 hours or more do not qualify. To save items to purchase later, please use your Wish List. Every purchase counts! 


FCCPTA Health and Wellness Survey

Here's a chance to provide meaningful feedback on stress, homework, sleep, and transportation issues. The FCCPTA is seeking parents' opinions on health and wellness issues facing their child(ren) as FCPS students. This survey is only open for a few weeks so go ahead and take the survey today! Here's the link: surveymonkey.com/r/FCCPTA_Health  We want to hear from you!


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The Art and Science of Talking with Your Kids, featuring Dr. Wendy Mogel

Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 7 p.m. at Temple Rodef Shalom in McLean

Buy your tickets here for this essential guide to the art of talking with children of all ages. Learn how to cultivate the art of conversation – from infancy to adulthood – in an age of hurry, worry, and digital distraction. Presented by the Safe Community Coalition, Dr. Mogel is known for combining cutting-edge psychological research with timeless wisdom in guiding parents through the rough waters of child rearing in today’s competitive world.

In her new book, Voice Lessons for Parents: What to Say, How to Say it, and When to Listen, Dr. Mogel shows us how a change in voice can transform communication and ease the relationship between parents and children. Her research-based guidelines help parents communicate with more warmth, respect, and sincerity, as well as foster open parent-child relationships that will help ensure our children’s success in the classroom and in life. Find more information at the Safe Community Coalition.


Friday Tea Station - Donations Needed

The Hospitality Committee and parents run a Friday Tea Station to provide a much-needed pick-me-up to MHS teachers and staff. Have a favorite teacher you'd like to reward or just want to help staff have a good start to the day?  

Sign up to send in an item(s) on a Friday(s). On the assigned morning, your student can drop off your donation at the school office. The tea station is set up at the end of the first hall near the kitchen as you enter office. A link to sign up can be found HERE.

We're also always recruiting for other Hospitality Committee activities.  If you'd like to join this fun and rewarding team, please send an email to sue@wydlerbrothers.com and we'll add you to our email list.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Sue Hutchings Hazen, MHS Hospitality Chair sue@wydlerbrothers.com, 703-328-4767


Resources for Parents Related to Special Education

The FCPS Parent Resource Center (PRC) helps parents of students with disabilities. It sponsors workshops, has a lending library, and has Parent Liaisons to help parents solve problems. The PRC provides services relating to twice exceptional students, special needs life planning, parent stress, postsecondary education, resource fairs for students, access to support groups for students and adults, and many more!  

For all the current events, information, and groups: Click here(updated 2/20/2018).

Classes

Seniors

Buy ANGP tix, see main section

See Class of 2018 page

 

Juniors

See Class of 2019 page

Register for SAT/ACT practice test, see main section

 

Sophomores

See Class of 2020 page

Register for SAT/ACT practice test, see main section

 

Freshmen

See Class of 2021 page

 

 

 


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Mar 15 - FCCPTA Advocacy Event 

Mar 26 - Apr 2 - Spring Break and Student Holiday

Apr 7 - PTSA-sponsored practice ACT/SAT

Apr 13 - 2-hour student release, end of 3rd quarter

Apr 16 - Student Holiday

Apr 26-29 - "9-5" at TheatreMcLean

May 2 - Wendy Mogel, The Art and Science of Talking with Your Kids 

Any time is a good time to join the McLean PTSA!