Momentum

Quickly -
We are ON OUR WAY!
This morning's meeting proved successful! As always there were more new parents wondering what they can do to participate in the improvement and acceleration of our children's experience here at Gardnerville.  Again, I heard a parent say that their life experiences have taken them from Gardner St. Elementary and on their return were grateful for this charming school.

GARDNER ST. ELEMENTARY is a special place. Our kids are LUCKY to go here!

Through the donation of materials and time of our parents, caregivers, and staff at Gardner we are covering the costs of becoming a non-profit. We are able to receive donations and offer a tax write off for all contributions. 
Money
Goods
Skills
are all tax-deductible.

I'll see if Susan Penevolpe - Secretary, can get the minutes to me to post here for all the details!

We are also ready to start making some concrete goals. 
You know, "We need X amount to fund X project." Complete with fund raising 'thermometer' (or sunflower or pot of gold, etc) that keeps our awareness up.
This is where we need you!  We need a survey of what we as parents and caregivers want to see for our kids here at Gardnerville.  Something will be coming in a Thursday notebook in the new year. But I am asking you to begin thinking about it now.  What do you dream for this school and the kids?  What do you have to give toward these goals? Do you have 10 minutes - to an hour to help before, during or after school, perhaps in your child's classroom? Do you have a skill? Do you know someone in the community that can donate toward Gardnerville events? Perhaps time and money are both on short supply? Pick some of the items in your home that you are not using, write a list and give it to Friends of Gardnerville - we'll see if we can find a need for your items here in the school. You will get a tax write off as well!
Half day today - got to go get Iris!
Oh! I volunteered to Chair the Mardi Gras Fund raiser!  You're going to help - right?!