Dear Bassett Families,

We hope your summer is off to a great start! Here are few reminders and links:
  • Information about Bassett's summer reading, math, and typing programs is here.
  • Information about August playgroups for incoming kindergartners is here.
  • The 2018-19 Westlake City Schools Calendar is here. The Bassett Calendar showing August dates is here. 
  • SAVE THE DATE! The Bassett Elementary Open House for grades 1-4 parents and students is Thursday, August 16, 5:30-7:00 pm.
  • More Quick Links are here.  
The June issue of  Westlake Council of PTAs' Quarterly Newsletter is shown below and is available for download here. Read  about PTA scholarships, Reflections award recipients, and the Elementary PTA Transition Committee.

Sincerely, 

Liz Pirnat
Bassett PTA President 2017-18
Jenn Richards
Bassett PTA President 2018-19

Dear Families,

Welcome to the final 2017-18 issue of Westlake Council of PTAs' Quarterly Newsletter!  Since our last newsletter, Council held a very successful annual Dollars for Scholars fundraiser, sponsored 2 programs for parents, and awarded 22 scholarships to graduating Westlake High School seniors. Please read the complete newsletter for details about PTA scholarships and  other Council activities and committees.

Have a wonderful, safe summer with your family and friends!

Mary Essig
Westlake Council of PTAs President, 2017-18
CONGRATULATIONS PTA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS!
$22,000 Awarded!

Westlake Council of PTAs and its member PTA units are proud to announce 22 recent Westlake High School graduates as recipients of the 2018 PTA scholarships! Since 1968, we have awarded  scholarships to deserving Westlake High School seniors who plan to pursue higher education at a college, university, or technical school. We fund these scholarships in many ways, including the annual Dollars for Scholars basketball game event, membership drives, and programming.

The recipients of this year's scholarships exhibited academic success, as well as community and/or school involvement through participation in athletics, music, clubs, service and employment. Each recipient received a $1,000 award from the respective PTA unit, totaling $22,000 in scholarships awarded.


  • Westlake Council of PTAs Scholarship: Mary Babinski, Donovan DuBois, Abigail Falcone, Meredith Hansen, Reilly Larcey, Laura Reilly, Matthew Vulku, and Rachel Zinram (each a General winner); Gabriel Leonard (Arts); Allison Routhier (Challenge); Jack Wu (STEM/Technology)
  • Bassett Elementary School PTA Scholarship: Holly Tomkalski
  • Dover Elementary School PTA Scholarship: Norah Wilson
  • Hilliard Elementary School PTA Scholarship: Megan Fulton
  • Holly Lane Elementary School PTA Scholarship: Nina Wilkinson
  • Dover Intermediate School PTA Scholarship: Angela Campo
  • Lee Burneson Middle School PTA Scholarship: Catherine Fulton
  • Westlake High School PTSA Scholarship: Ryan Karpuszka, Gabriela Kosakowski, Liv Adkins, and McKenna Simon (each a General winner), and Jillian Eddy (Service)
Graduating seniors also had the opportunity to apply for Ohio PTA scholarships.  Students from all over Ohio that are graduating in school districts having one or more local PTA units may apply.  This year, Westlake High School senior Jack Wu was chosen by the Ohio PTA Memorial Scholarship program to receive a $500 Academic Scholarship.

Congratulations to all our scholarship recipients! We are so proud of your achievements and accomplishments!
REFLECTIONS UPDATE

Reflections is a PTA-sponsored creative arts program open to students in pre-K through grade 12. Congratulations to everyone who participated!

Ohio PTA Award Recipients
This year, three of our Reflections participants earned awards from the Ohio PTA: Alia Manaf's 'An Awesome Figure Skater' earned an Award of Merit in Literature (Primary Grade Division), Christine Xiao's 'Spring' earned an Award of Merit in Music Composition (Intermediate Division), and Aidan Scheuer's 'Fluid Dynamics' earned an Award of Excellence (first place) in Music Composition (Middle School Division).

National PTA Award Recipient
Aidan Scheuer's entry advanced for competition at the National PTA level. Aidan, a student at Lee Burneson Middle School, received an Award of Excellence from the National PTA for his Music Composition entry which features violin and electronics. What a tremendous accomplishment for this young composer!

2018-19 Reflections Program
The 2018-19 Reflections theme is, "Heroes Around Me." Watch for details at the beginning of the school year!
ELEMENTARY PTA TRANSITION TEAM UPDATE 

Representatives from all four Westlake elementary PTA units and Westlake Early Childhood PTA are working together with school administration to design the new elementary PTA unit. 

Throughout the year we have surveyed parents, teachers and community members to gain input; we have consulted with other PTAs that have gone through similar transitions; we have solicited recommendations from current PTA unit chairs.  We have used this feedback to help us develop recommendations for our new PTA. 
  • One of the key decisions we've made is that there will be one PTA for the new school with one president. We plan to have VPs to represent each "house" in the new school as well. 
  • We have put together processes for staff grants and for the inaugural year nominating committee. 
  • Currently, we have teams developing recommendations for finance/treasury, fundraising, communications, school events, and more.
If you have questions or if you are interested in helping design the new PTA, please contact Sarah Camden, Elementary PTA transition team chair, at sarah.camden@yahoo.com or your PTA unit representatives.
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