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Thank you to everyone who attended our General Membership meeting on November 9. We had lively, engaged discussions and accomplished significant work, including:
1. Approving a one-time donation to LWPTSA Council’s Financial Equity Program in the amount of $514 (which represents 0.5% of our PTSA’s operating budget for this school year). The purpose of this program is to enable local PTAs in LWSD to engage in valuable PTA activities that they otherwise would not be able to provide to their school community through financial grants from the program.
2. Approving a revision to our Standing Rules to add a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion chair position. If anyone is interested in filling this position, please contact volunteers@redmondhsptsa.org. This position will report to the VP FACE (Amanda Salinas Bennett) and will attend monthly meetings with the DEI Committee at the Council level (via Zoom); the next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7 at 5:30pm. We hope to fill this position soon!
3. Approving $7,463 in grant requests to fund various school programs, including $6,708 to provide the Counseling office with furniture to create a calming, welcoming space for students who need a place to self-regulate or take a moment for mindfulness, $155 to provide an additional microwave in the cafeteria to reduce the lines for students to heat up their lunches, $330 to purchase a Cricut machine for our Special Education program to facilitate art projects and practice fine motor skills, and $270 to purchase art storage solutions for our Visual Arts program.
We really appreciate the engagement of our membership this year. It helps the PTSA to ensure it is providing valuable resources and services to our school community.
I also want to report that we have achieved the Gold Membership Award from the Washington State PTSA because we have increased our membership ranks by over 10% from last year. We currently have 474 members but we can always use more! With more members, we not only have a stronger voice, but access to different opinions, which leads to better decision-making as an organization. The PTSA represents the entire RHS community and new and diverse perspectives are welcomed and desired.
Have a great week!
Branda Andrade, RHS PTSA President
president@redmondhsptsa.org
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