WELCOME TO THE GREENACRES SCHOOL PTA WEBSITE!
Welcome to the Greenacres PTA Website. The PTA sponsors a vast array of events and programs to support students, parents, and faculty throughout the year. Fundraising initiatives provide the means for the PTA to supplement the Greenacres community with technology, enrichment, and materials that are not in the district budget.
As the summer unfolds, please look out for emails on our Gardening Workshops and Kindergarten playdates. In August, we will share important Back to School information on how to join the PTA, register your child for After School Clubs, buy our amazing line of Spirit Wear and more!
In the meantime, we hope you have a wonderful rest of summer and look forward to the upcoming school year! And please consider volunteering for the 2024-2025 school year committees by filling out our volunteer form.
Sincerely,
The 2024-2025 Greenacres PTA Executive Committee
Questions about the GREENACRES PTA? Contact Tulika Khemani, our PTA PRESIDENT.
If you would like to request website content edits, updates or have suggestions for features you would like to see, please email Megan Mizukovski.
|
|
Thursday, August 1
- Kaleidescope Gardening Workshop
Thursday, August 8
- GA Incoming Kindergarten Play Date
Friday, August 9
- GA Incoming Kindergarten Play Date (rain date)
Thursday, August 15
- Kaleidescope Gardening Workshop
Tuesday, September 3
*** GET THE GREENACRES PTA CALENDAR AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
CLICK HERE TO INSTANTLY DOWNLOAD GA EVENTS TO YOUR DEVICE***
|
|
|
|
SUMMER GARDENING WORKSHOPS
|
|
|
Summer Garden Workshops are Back!
Greenacres Garden
Putnam Road
Whether you have a green thumb or not, please join us and see what's growing in the Greenacres garden.
Kaleidoscope Design Staff will share techniques and tips to maintain a functioning and healthy vegetable garden, and families will help plant, mulch, water, weed and harvest produce to take home!
These free workshops are provided as part of our Garden Stewardship Workshops and open to Greenacres faculty, families and staff. Workshops meet in the school garden on Putnam Road on select Thursday evenings, beginning on July 11 from 5-7pm. No advanced sign - up required so mark your calendars and join us in the garden!
Thursday, August 1 from 5-7pm
Thursday, August 15 from 5-7pm
We hope to see you there!
|
|
|
|
|
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - GREENACRES FAMILY BUDDY PROGRAM
|
|
The 2024-2025 school year will bring many new families to our school - some joining with incoming Kindergarteners, others moving over the summer with older students. The Greenacres Family Buddy program pairs each new family with an existing Greenacres family to ensure each new student has a familiar face on the first day of school and to give their caregivers a point of contact to help make their transition to Greenacres a successful one. As a host Buddy Family, you will help a new family become accustomed to Greenacres & Scarsdale, with friendly advice on what to expect at school and the wider community.
Please click HERE to volunteer as a buddy family, and reach out to Sharon Chesler with any questions/suggestions.
|
|
Our parent volunteers are the driving force of our PTA, helping us provide the Greenacres community with a multitude of activities and experiences. Some programs we run include after school clubs, fun family events, community service projects and other enrichment programming. Without your help, none of this would be possible.
Please consider volunteering for the 2024- 2025 school year by filling out our volunteer form HERE.
You can find a description of all of the PTA committees on our website. If you have any questions about the responsibilities of a particular committee or the time commitment, please feel free to reach out to Tulika Khemani. Thank you and I look forward to working together in the year ahead!
|
|
ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL PROCEDURES
|
|
Please review the Arrival and Dismissal procedures from Principal Hill's email and the Greenacres Safety Flyer. Be sure to review the instructions and guidelines with your children and any other person who may be directly involved with drop-off and pick-up arrangements. As a reminder:
- 8:00-9:00am (arrival): STANDING only on the RIGHT side of the street in front of the school building. NO STANDING on the LEFT side or in the bus loading zones.
- 2:30-3:30pm (regular dismissal): PARKING or STANDING only on the RIGHT side of the street in front of the school building. There is NO PARKING or STANDING on the LEFT side or in the bus loading zones.
- 3:30 and later (ASC dismissal): PARKING or STANDING only on the LEFT side of the street. There is NO PARKING or STANDING on the RIGHT side.
These traffic rules apply to Sage Terrace, Putnam Road and Huntington Road. We really appreciate your cooperation as we work together to make our arrival and dismissal smooth and safe.
|
|
|
Please Notify the PTA If You Are Moving
The PTA will soon begin its work on next year's student directory. If you will be moving either out of town before the next school year OR to a different neighborhood within Scarsdale, kindly notify us by completing this short Change of Address Google Form.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
The Greenacres PTA would like to ensure that all children have the opportunity to take advantage of the wonderful programming offered to our children.
If your family's financial situation makes it difficult for you to cover the cost of the PTA sponsored programs including dues, lunch programs, after-school clubs, or other activities, there is financial assistance available. Please contact Principal Sharon Hill or PTA President Tulika Khemani to discuss. All inquiries and/or requests will be held in the strictest confidence.
|
|
|
Gazette submissions and submission changes should be submitted HERE to our Google form. Click HERE for guidelines and deadlines for PTA communications. Email Megan Mizukovski with updates for the PTA website.
|
|
THE GREENACRES SCHOOL PTA WEBSITE!
Membership Toolkit is NOW our school PTA communications service, school directory, payment system and website manager.
FAMILY INFORMATION:
At the beginning of the school year, the GAPTA now requires that you confirm the correctness of your Family Information (Parents/Guardians & Students) or to register for the first time if you have not before. This is to make sure that all relevant GAPTA communications are sent to the email addresses on file and that the Family Information is correctly listed for our online and printed directory.
SALES/VOLUNTEER FORMS:
All GAPTA items for purchases can be made using a credit card or debit card via PayPal. Any relevant SALES and/or VOLUNTEER forms will be available and shown HERE.
GAPTA ONLINE DIRECTORY & WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS:
You MUST join the GAPTA to have access to the Greenacres online school directory, participate in PTA sponsored activities like the School Play and After School Clubs and also to receive the GAPTA weekly newsletter, The Greenacres Gazette.
DOWNLOAD THE MEMBERSHIP TOOLKIT APP FOR YOUR SMARTPHONE:
(You'll be asked to enter the email address that you use for Membership Toolkit. The system will automatically send you a reset password email. Once you change your password, you will then be able to sign into the app).
