We Love our PTA Anza Elementary School highly values our local unit of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and encourages your support and participation. The PTA holds Association meetings five times per year, in conjunction with schoolwide evening activities. You are also welcome and encouraged to attend the monthly PTA Board Meetings. Dates and times are listed in the school calendar. Anza's annual PTA membership drive is held in September. Your membership is valued. We encourage everyone to join this important child advocacy organization. PTA membership dues are used at Anza and for children everywhere at the local, State, and National levels. Anza Elementary School PTA Principal: Dr. Karen Whisnant PTA President: Amy Rochford Association Meetings: Cafetorium, 6:00 p.m. Board Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 p.m. PTA Association Meetings: September 27 Back to School Night December 13 Holiday Program February 7 Honorary Service May 22 Open House June 12 End of Year Concert Agenda June 5 Board Meeting Agenda June 12 Association Meeting Agenda AnzaGram PDF of AnzaGram Vol 60 Mar/Apr 2008 Your Anza PTA Officers President Amy Rochford 1st VP-Program Katie Schlossman 2nd VP-Ways and Means Yvonne Ruffoni 3rd VP-Membership Irene Gonzales 4th VP-Parent Outreach Shawna Bernstein Recording Secretary Carolyn Finkenbeiner Corresponding Secretary Jill Matthews Treasurer Barbara Fornaca Financial Secretary Patrice Lefevre Auditor Pat Lewis Historian Michelle VanLerberghe Parliamentarian Jamie Venegas Advisor (Principal) Dr. Karen Whisnant back to the top PTA Program Chairs 1st Vice President - Programs Activity Day Jen Drake Kim Leacock Adventures in Art Tamlynn Clyde Bike Rodeo Liz Dye Chorus Director Keiko Clark Dr. Suess Day Christina Sullivan Kristina Ernst Eagle Reader Rosie Wider Emergency Preparedness Lynn Welsh Family Assembly Carolyn Finkenbeiner Fifth Grade Day Katie Johnson Irene Gonzales Halloween Parade Charlene Stevenson Librarian Barbara Fornaca Local Heroes Week Kelly Salmon Multicultural Activities Laurie Craig Red Ribbon Week Shawna Bernstein Reflections Kathy Cullen Science Fair Gloria Steck Spirit Days Sharyl Collin Technology TV-Turnoff Week Kathy Cullen Valet Darci Silverlake Variety Show Christi Andersen Wellness Bobbie Hendrickson 2nd Vice President - Ways and Means Book Fair Nancy Williams Tamie Nakano Box Tops Desiree Solberg Business Outreach Maggie Arambula eScrip Laurie Craig Family Portraits Brenda Golanoski Friday Funraiser Annie LoVerde Gift Wrap Tamie Nakano Grant Writer Lisa Wooldrige Jog-a-thon Pat Timmerman Nikie Hamilton SCRIP Katherine Krumwiede Amy Rochford T-Shirts Patti Wong 3rd Vice President - Membership Anzagram Jill Matthews Bulletin Boards Claudia Mitsuda Communicator Legislation Marquee Wendy Carlson Memory Books Irene Gonzales Webmaster Lyn Shaw 4th Vice President - Parent Outreach Anza Copy Club Doris Cho Band Parent Valerie Starr Beautification Cheryl Hasenmayer Chorus Parent Georgia Simmons Joyce Schlosser Community Service Jamie Venegas Kim Meadows Honorary Service Katie Schlossman Hospitality Erika Tiedemann Lynn Welsh Jefferson Liaison Carolyn Finkenbeiner Parent Education Liz Dye P.E. Equipment/Recess Teams Jill Kircher Michelle VanLerberghe Room Rep Coordinators: Yvonne Ruffoni K-1 Kristine Adams 2-3 Diana Rahman 4-5 Desiree Solberg Scholarship Committee JoAnn Francis School Site Council Rep Rosie Wider Student Awards Barbara Fornaca Teacher Appreciation Michelle VanLerberghe back to top		Your PTA Contacts: Anza Elementary PTA President: Amy Rochford 310-792-8109 amyrochford@socal.rr.com www.anzaelementary.org pta@anzaelementary.org Torrance Council of PTAs President: Tish Carney 310-530-9046 carneypta@socal.rr.com www.torrancecouncilofptas.org Thirty-Third District PTA President: Kathy Corzine 562-804-4519 www.33rdpta.org California State PTA President: Pam Brady 213-620-1100 www.capta.org National PTA President: Jan Harp Domene 312-670-6782 www.pta.org PURPOSES OF THE PTA: To promote the welfare of children and youth in 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 the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth. To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education. PTA Mission Statement The mission of the California State PTA is to represent our members and to empower and support them with skills in advocacy, leadership, and communication to positively impact the lives of all children. What does the Anza PTA do? The PTA sponsors a wide variety of activities and programs at Anza, including: Adventures in Art:  Its time for art! Adventures in Art is a widely successful PTA-sponsored program staffed by volunteers like you who know the importance of art in your child?s education. Five exciting, age-appropriate art projects designed by local artists will help Anza students learn basic art techniques and art history, discover the properties of various media and explore their own creativity and imagination. This year's projects are: Tinwork Tiles: A Mexican Folk Art Masks of Mexico The Color of Snow Pastel Wolf Multi-face-eted No artistic skill or experience is needed to be an Adventures in Art docent or classroom assistant (really!) We will teach you everything you need to know and provide all the art materials. Besides donating your time you only need a love for helping students and an appreciation for exploring new ideas. If you are interested in becoming a docent, classroom assistant or just want to find out more, please call Tamlynn Clyde at (310) 540-4748 or e-mail Tamlynn Clyde. We need several volunteers from each classroom, so call today! Anza Copy Club: PTA organizes and trains volunteers to do the office work and copying that teachers need done daily, allowing the teachers to focus on their students. AnzaGram:  The PTA publishes a newsletter five (5) times per year, just prior to the Association meetings. The AnzaGram contains information regarding schoolwide activities. Assemblies:  Educational assemblies are arranged for and funded by the PTA working with the school staff. Communicator:  Volunteers collate flyers from the office, district, PTA, and community. These are put into packets to come home on Wednesdays, so parents always know when to expect information to be in their children's backpacks. Community Activities:  The PTA organizes and sponsors a range of events that include firefighter, military, and police recognition; Community Service projects; and book, food and toy drives Emergency Preparedness:  The PTA is vital in the organization and equipping of Anza's program for Emergency and Disaster preparedness. This includes first aid supplies, safety equipment, and basic survival needs for the students in case of a large emergency event. Family Events:  Throughout the year, PTA schedules and sponsors events to encourage families to get together with their children and with other families. These include picnics, evening programs, and other fun activities for all ages. Library:  The school library is staffed by PTA volunteers who enable classes to visit weekly. The only funding for books in the library comes from the PTA through Bookfair profits. Room Representatives:  Room representatives(reps) serve as a liaison between the teacher, parents and the PTA to recruit volunteers for field trips, class parties, and major school events. Parents interested in serving as a room rep. should contact their child's teacher. Technology:  The technology committee of the PTA has been instrumental in the upgrading of computers in the classrooms and the computer lab, and continues to work to maintain up-to-date equipment and software for the students at Anza. Other programs include the support of P.E./Recess equipment purchases, the Bike Rodeo, Eagle Readers, Red Ribbon Week (Drug Awareness), Fifth Grade Day, Funds for Student Welfare needs, Memory Books (Yearbooks), the Reflections Program, Science Fair, Student End-of-Year Awards, the Variety Show, and a multicultural celebration. Fundraisers:  The PTA is not a fundraising organization, however, it is necessary to sponsor fund-raisers in order to provide assemblies, field trips, and other programs and activities for Anza students. The PTA sponsors two major fund-raisers annually, gift wrap sales (Fall), and the Jog-a-thon (Spring). If you have any questions please contact the person in charge of the program, the responsible Vice-President, or President Amy Rochford.