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Grounds for Change PTA Fundraiser
Our PTA Fundraiser is about to be over!
Sale Ends September 29 (All orders and money must be turned in)
All checks made out to: Mountain Gap P-8 PTA
Products will be delivered to students at the end of October
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Picture Retake Day
Picture Retake Day will be
Wednesday, September 27th
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PTA Bylaws Update
We have updated our Mountain Gap P-8 PTA bylaws. To view our bylaws,
click here
This information is also listed on the front page of our website.
All updated information is highlighted in yellow.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email our PTA President, Chris Henriksen at mountaingapptapresident@gmail.com
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Fall Plant Sale
Math Explorers, Math Team, RoboGrizzlies and RoboCubs Fall Plant Sale order forms were due on September 19th. We will be accepting orders until September 27th.
Please help support these clubs by purchasing your pansies and chrysanthemums from us. Click here for an order form. Order forms are also available at the Welcome Center.
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MGS Volleyball
Wednesday, September 27th at Challenger
Mountain Gap, Chapman, Hampton Cove
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MGS Football
Monday, September 25 at Milton Frank
Mountain Gap vs. Whitesburg at 4:30pm
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Volunteer Contact List
Do you want to volunteer for PTA, but not sure who to contact?
Click here for a contact list of all of our board members and volunteer position coordinators. We would love help with any of these PTA run activities!
Note: we still have coordinator positions available for Upper Grade Support, Field Day, and the Spring Upper Dance. If you're interested in volunteering for any of these positions, please contact Lauren Johannesmeyer.
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PTA Reflections Program
The PTA
Reflections
Program is designed to enhance quality arts education. Students in preschool through grade 12 are encouraged to create works of art in the areas of dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and the visual arts for fun and recognition. The
program brings families, school and communities together by supporting student success through the arts.
This year's theme is: "Within Reach"
The entry deadline is: October 13, 2017
The entry form, general rules, and rules for each category are available
here.
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2017-2018 Yearbooks on Sale Now
This year's theme is "Learn, Grow, Achieve: Ready for the Future." The book will be in full color and 8.5" x 11". We are also offering the option to purchase the yearbook as an eBook!
All purchases this year must be made by visiting the online purchase site. When you go to the website you will be given the option to purchase the yearbook alone for $35 or both the yearbook and the eBook for $45.
Please note that time is of the essence for your purchase. We are printing 250 copies of the yearbook; when they are gone they are gone! Why not make your purchase today?
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Boxtops
Does your student want to duct tape a teacher or administrator to a wall?!?
50 box tops are all you will need to get one strip of duct tape. So 50 box tops = 1 strip of duct tape, 150 box tops = 3 strips of tape. Only those that turn in boxtops will be allowed to come out to where we are duck taping the teacher. For more information about boxtops, click
here
For a list of products, click
here
Register with Box Tops for Education and be entered to win 5,000 Box Tops for our school!
Click here for more information.
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PTA Membership Contest
The first class in the lower and upper campus to get to 100% membership will receive a popcorn party sponsored by the PTA!
You can now pay for your PTA membership online! Click here to be directed to the form. Don't forget to fill out the payment form as well!
Membership fees are $10/individual, $5/grandparent, and $5 for school staff.
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Breakfast and Lunch at School
Lunch prices have changed! To view the new prices and the breakfast and lunch menus, click here
To view class lunch schedules, click here
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Our Mountain Gap families are welcome to submit a note for the Community Section of the newsletter. Email
mgsptaevents@gmail.com
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Community Sponsors
If you own a business, you can have your logo in the newsletter each week. Email
mgsptaevents@gmail.com for info.
Thank you to our community sponsors for their donation to our PTA so that we can help the many different programs within our school succeed!
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AmazonSmile
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t's official! Mountain Gap PTA is now a part of AmazonSmile. Please use this link when shopping on Amazon and it'll help our PTA raise money to continue to support our students, teachers, and school!
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Publix Partners
Please ask the cashier to scan your card every time you shop your local Publix. For every $37,500 spent cumulatively by our school's participants, Publix will award our PTA $250. You may check the board at customer service for our quarterly cumulative total.
If you do not have a Publix Partners card, stop by the Welcome Center to pick one up.
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School Calendar
For all school clubs and after school activities, please check the calendar on our school website.
To help minimize the amount of calls to the school regarding events, please check out the school website for important events on our school calendar.
Please stay in the know!
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New anti-spam laws require us to have parents/staff who want to receive the newsletter to sign up each year. To join the mailing list, please send your email address to
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| Mountain Gap P-8 School | 821 Mountain Gap Road | Huntsville | AL | 35803 |
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