Mills High School Parent Newsletter

I hope you are enjoying your final days of summer! Welcome to our new families and welcome back to "old" ones. Once again, I have an incoming senior (didn't that just happen?) and was pushing throughout the summer to see some traction on college essay writing. It was like talking to a wall. But I won't push too hard ~ she'll get it done and soon enough I'll be looking through her baby pictures and choking back tears as she walks to grab her diploma. Time flies.

Speaking of time. It is Mills High School's 60th Anniversary and we are ready to celebrate it with you all year long. 60 years of serving the Millbrae Community and 60 years of excellence and education. We are celebrating with cake, bringing in new Board Members, continuing to partner with our Parent groups and the Administration as we look to focus on a single theme throughout the year in all we do: Paying it Forward. That is, do simple acts of kindness because those simple acts of kindness translate into positive changes which affect all of us in good ways. Celebrating 60 years is huge ~ we should go big. Celebrate in meaningful ways by giving back to Mills and our students.

We have a wonderful new Board committed to encouraging more parent participation and bringing Annual Fund participation from a dismal 19% to 100%. We also have some new Leaders within our Parent Groups, like the Athletic Boosters. We hope you will join us on Wednesday, Aug. 29 for our Annual PTO Potluck to mingle and meet everyone.

It will be a bittersweet year signaling my time to sign-off and finally move on to a new chapter in my life at the end of this school year. But until then, I look forward to working with the students, Administration, and parents in my final year at Mills. I look forward to seeing you in the halls, reading your emails, and seeing you at our meetings.

Sincerely,

Joy Pasamonte Henry

Mills PTO President

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Mills Viking Parent Teacher Organization

PTO & Boosters' Boards: Welcome!

Welcome to our New Staff and Admin, especially Lyndsey Schlax, our new Assistant Principal. We look forward to working with her and Assistant Principal Gomez this year.

PTO BOARD

Welcome New PTO Board Members/Chairpersons:

We appreciate your service!

Karen Bettucchi, Vice President/Annual Fund Chair

Claudia Choy, Fundraising Coordinator/Mills Mania Chair

Molly Lai, Recording Secretary

Antonio Capto, Millbrae School District Communications Chair

ATHLETIC BOOSTERS

The Mills Athletic Booster Committee looks forward to a great year supporting Mills sports! We meet generally on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6pm in the Principal's Conference Room. (Exceptions being November meeting 11/28 and April on 4/24) Our first meeting of the year will be September 19th. All are welcome to attend. More information is available on the school website or feel free to contact us at millsboosters@gmail.com .

We will also be available at the Fall Sports Parent Meeting on Monday August 20th. For your info we have set the following dates for our general membership meetings:

September 19

October 17

November 28

December 19

January 16

February 20

March 20

April 24

May 15

Gate Parents Group: Registration Open for Classes

REGISTRATION OPEN for ALL STUDENTS for SAT and ACT PREP CLASSES

The GATE Parents Group sponsors SAT and ACT Preparation Classes several times a year, designed for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. They focus on test taking strategies and how the students can prepare themselves for the rigors of standardized testing. Classes are also open to students outside SMUHSD.

Registration for the SAT class targeting the October 6, 2018 SAT test :

Classes at San Mateo High on 5 Saturdays: 9/1, 9/8, 9/15, 9/22, and 9/29

Registration closes 8/25/18

Registration for the ACT class targeting the October 27, 2018 ACT test :

Classes at San Mateo High on 6 Saturdays: 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/13, and 10/20

Register for: Morning Sessions (9am-noon except last class 10/20 at 8am-noon) OR Afternoon Sessions (1-4pm except for last class 10/20 at 1-5pm)

Registration closes 9/8/18

For more information and to register, please visit

www.gateparents.com

For questions on the SAT Prep classes, email SAT@gateparents.com

For questions on the ACT Prep classes, email ACT@gateparents.com

Important : Students are responsible for registration to take the actual tests.

For SAT test registration, visit the College Board website www.collegeboard.org

For ACT test registration, visit www.act.org

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