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Letter from the PTA President
Dear Fox Families,
I want to welcome the Huntington Middle School Foxes back to school! Summer flew by, and my younger daughter is excited to be a 7th grader at HMS, while my older daughter is starting 9th grade at SMHS this year.
I am honored to serve as HMS PTA’s President this year. I want to focus on engaging our families and strengthening our community so that the PTA can continue to support programs and services at HMS that enrich our children’s lives.
I look forward to working with Principal Hazlett, Assistant Principal Cota, the teachers and staff, and the many PTA volunteers who bring so many wonderful PTA programs to our school. Some PTA events and programs that our students and families can look forward to are Hauntington Breakfast, Noontime Fun activities, 6th grade dances, Reflections art program, Career Day, parent party, Fox Games, and more!
This year, I have the honor of serving alongside an amazing group of HMS parents who are serving on the 2023-2024 PTA Executive Board. I want to thank these parents for taking on a leadership role in PTA:
Executive Vice President: Sri Abboy
First VP of Programs and Calendar: Cathy Newton
Second VP of Membership: Daisy Wilson
Third VP of Ways and Means: Jennifer Kang
Hauntington Breakfast Creative Chair: Kyu Kang
Hauntington Breakfast Business Chair: Jerry Shen
Parent Party Creative Chair: Becki Watlington
Parent Party Business Chair: Mikah O’Mara
Spring Fundraiser Creative Chair: Ryan Zanotti
Spring Fundraiser Business Chair: Sarah Rome
Recording Secretary: Ellie Helmy
Corresponding Secretary: Christina Trauber
Treasurer: Carmen Vishwanath
Financial Secretary: Kasumi Roddick
Financial Reviewer: Xinyan Huang
Historian: Mei Wong
Parliamentarian: Hwannie Shen
One of the things that makes HMS and San Marino so special is the incredible dedication and support given by the teachers, staff, parents, and community. Your contribution of time, knowledge, and resources makes a difference. Thank you for helping in any way you can and showing the children in our schools the importance you place on their education.
I am so grateful for the HMS families, teachers, and staff members I have gotten to know over the years. I look forward to getting to know the new families in our school and building an even stronger HMS community!
Sincerely,
Lauren Shen
HMS PTA President 2023-2024
***THANK YOUS***
Our PTA volunteers have been working hard over the summer preparing for our return to school. Thank you to Sandra Chen and Lesley Cheung for helping to welcome our 6th graders at Friday’s WEB Orientation day by coordinating snacks and drinks for the students. Thanks to Sandra Chen, Lesley Cheung, Tiffany Lu, Vilma Okamoto-Luk, Hwannie Shen, and Yang Yang for helping with name tag distribution and passing out snacks and lunch to the students at the orientation. Their help let the WEB Leaders spend quality time with the incoming 6th graders.
***SAVE THE DATES: UPCOMING PTA-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES***
New Family Orientation
Friday, August 18th at 8:45 am
HMS Cafeteria
New to HMS? Join us at this orientation to learn valuable information about student activities, PTA programs, and more.
PTA Association Meeting
Tuesday, August 29th at 8:45 am
HMS Cafeteria and Zoom (registration link will be included in next week’s newsletter)
Please join us in-person or on Zoom for our first PTA Association meeting of the year. Learn about Hauntington Breakfast, meet fellow parents, and get involved!
STAY INFORMED!
Join the Huntington Middle School PTA Community Facebook Group. This is the only PTA sanctioned social media community group to get all HMS PTA and school related information.
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