Since both the home and the school are interested in the welfare of the student, cooperation between these two entities will develop a better understanding on the part of each for the other’s perspectives, needs, and problems. To achieve this result, Parent-Teacher Associations have been founded.
Every parish associated with a Catholic school is required to have a PTA, which is a member of the Trenton Diocesan Council of Parent-Teacher Associations. It is recommended that teachers and parents meet several times per year for carefully prepared programs that describe and demonstrate practical methods for close collaboration between the home and the school. Pre-school parents are also welcomed members of the PTA.
We will ask for help on a volunteer basis at the initial PTA meeting.
March Spirituality Newsletter
PTA Nomination Form due March 28, 2010
Executive Board Members
| President |
Rose Ann Gaudio |
| Vice President |
Laura Howe |
| First Vice President |
Nanci Lopes |
| Treasurer |
Joann Dugan |
| Corresponding Secretary |
Maryanne Menendez |
| Recording Secretary |
Michele Phillips |
Board Members and Committees
| Acme Receipts - Fundraising |
Gina Branagan |
| Annual Dinner/Casino Night/Gift Auction |
Sonia Jones & Jeanne DiBenedetto |
| Box Tops - Fundraising |
Susan Cizin |
| Campbell Soup Label-Fundraising |
Jo Smith |
| Career Day |
Liz Wilton |
| Christmas Bazaar |
Vivian Torres & Dawn DiRe |
| Class Parent Representatives |
Donna Alkin & Marirose Sparber |
| Family Fun Events |
Linda Bauer & Suzy Almeida |
| Father-Daughter Event |
TBD |
| Father-Son Event |
TBD |
| Food Funds Program - Fundraising |
Jennifer Gioacchini |
| Fundraising-Special Programs |
Danielle Meany |
| Halloween Party |
Dawn Lazzara/Jackie Normoyle & Lisa Ventura |
| Hospitality |
Nanci Lopes & Laura Howe |
| Legislative & Choice |
Beth Kopp |
| Lions Den - Fundraising |
Susan McKibbin |
| Mother-Daughter Social |
Suszy Almedia, Dawn Lazzara & Lisa Ventura |
| Mother-Son Event |
TBD |
| Newsletter |
Amy Luminoso |
| Program & Cultural |
Rosemary Daniels |
| Publicity |
Alison Loder |
| School Directory |
Gina Branagan |
| Spirituality |
Tricia Hicks & Joan Kret |
| Suggestions |
TBD |
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Jennifer Spoor |
| Welfare & Social Concerns |
Annie Balzofiore |
PTA Fundraisers
- GET IN ON THE FRENZY….FOOTBALL FRENZY!
Join in the fun of football season by purchasing one (or more!) tickets at only $10 each!!. Each ticket has thirty randomly selected pro football teams assigned to it. If you have the highest combination of scores, you may win $75, next highest wins $50, and so on! Even the lowest score wins a prize!! Each ticket is valid for a 10 week period. We will award six prizes per week. One ticket provides you 60 chances to win!! Football Frenzy is an exciting new online sweepstakes fundraiser at St Leo the Great School.
You don't even have to keep track. As soon as the results are posted by the sweepstakes company, we will send the winners their prize money on a weekly basis.
Each ticket also includes a discount card that can be used online. Take advantage of saving money at some of your favorite retailers and restaurants.
If you would like to buy tickets please fill out the form and return to Danielle to Danielle Meany via the PTA mailbox.
Please hurry games begin on November 1st and there are a limited number of tickets available!! All orders must be received by October 23rd.
Any questions please contact Danielle Meany at 732-946-8990 or jdmeany@optonline.net
- Acme Receipt Program
After purchasing products from Acme, make sure to save your receipts and drop them in the container outside the cafeteria. This is such an easy way to earn free money. Acme gives St. Leo's 1% of each Acme receipt submitted up to $5,000 total for the year. For more information
contact Marirose Sparber at 732-935-0411.
- All About Box Tops
Box Tops for Education has helped America's schools earn over $200 million since 1996. Your
school can earn up to $60,000 every year through Box Tops- that's as much as $20,000 from each
of these three easy ways to earn:
Clip Box Tops from your favorite products
Look for the 10¢ Box Tops coupon on hundreds of your favorite products. You can find Box Tops on brands such as Cheerios®, Betty Crocker®, Pillsbury®, Ziploc®, Kleenex®, Hefty® and more! If you have any Box Tops cut them out and drop them in the bin that is located outside the cafeteria. Please continue to collect those Box Tops throughout the school year!
Shop at your favorite online stores
At the Box Tops Marketplace, you can shop at over 60 online stores including JC Penney and Lands' End. A portion of every qualifying purchase is donated to your school - all at no additional cost to you!
To learn more about Box Tops visit their web site.
- Food Funds Program
Did you know that if every family from St. Leo's participated in this program by purchasing at least
$200 worth of gift cards each month; we would earn a minimum of $36,000 for St. Leo's over the course
of the school year?
Everyone buys groceries therefore anyone can participate. It costs you nothing extra yet all of the
funds raised will help our students.
Determine how much you spend on groceries each month.The participating grocery stores are
ShopRite, Acme, Foodtown (Red Bank and Shrewsbury locations), and A&P. Place your secure order right on this web site. Gift
cards/certificates will be sent home via your son/daughter. Purchase your own groceries with the Food Funds
gift card/certificates instead of cash.
Keep in mind that the school receives 5% of whatever you spend.
This program is offered on a monthly basis. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer
Gioacchini (pmgjbg@comcast.net or 732-212-9224) or Nancy
Gray (732-450-1188) or Karen FitzGerald (732-578-9751).
- Tyson Project A+
We are taking part in a national fundraising program sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. called Tyson Project A+. Through this program we can raise as much as $12,000 for our school this year. All we have to do to participate is clip and save the entire Project A+ label from participating Tyson products. Many of our children love those chicken nuggets. Each label we collect is worth .24 cents for our school. Just send them in as you do your Box Tops for Education. For a list of participating products please click here.
- Target's Take Charge of Education Program
Once you enroll, use your Target Redcard to make purchases and Target will donate up to 1% of your REDcard purchases
to your chosen school. To lean more or enroll in this program click here.
- Trash 4 Cash
Help your environment and our school by sending in your empty laser and inkjet cartridges from your home or business.
St. Leo's School will recycle this trash into cash ($2.00 per recyclable cartridge and $0.25 per non-recyclable cartridge).
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