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Welcome to the WPHS PTA
Kristin Mulvey & Silvia Viciedo-Andrade
PTA Co-Presidents
High School News
Please follow @WPHS_PTA on Twitter for events and information!
Please "Like" and "Follow" @WPHSPTA on Facebook!
Congratulations to the WPHS PTA - We are excited to announce that WPHS PTA has successfully achieved the 2018-19 Alumni/Community membership award badge from New York State PTA. We appreciate your continued support!
Important Action Items
Join the PTA today. Membership is critical to the PTA's efforts to support our students, the Senior Recognition Fund, grants for teachers to enhance the students' experiences, parent and student programs and more...Use the membership form attached to join the WPHS PTA today! Click here for membership form
WPHS PTA Meeting
IMPORTANT - WPHS PTA meeting this Thursday, May 23 at 7 PM in the WPHS Media center!!
We are asking all of our members to attend a brief meeting this Thursday, May 23 at 7 PM in the Media Center. We realize that this is a very hectic time of year, but we ask you to come to a brief meeting so that we may vote in our 2019-20 Board Officers:
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VP of Membership: Erica Carrasquillo
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Corresponding Secretary: Amanda Dennis
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Treasurer: Deidre Kimble
We hope to see you this Thursday evening. Let's end our school year on the right foot, and usher in our next set of WPHS PTA leaders! We make a difference!
WP High School Events:
May 21: Budget VOTE 12-9pm See Budget Vote section for more info
May 21: Spring Concert II - 7pm
May 22: Senior Day Awards - 7:45 am
May 22: Spring Scholar Athlete Award Night - 5:30 pm
May 21: Spring Concert II - 7pm
Rochambeau Events:
May 21: Budget VOTE 12-9pm See Budget Vote section for more info
WPHS PTA is looking for 1-2 Rochambeau parents who would like to join our PTA Board. This is a great way to get involved in your student’s educational experience. If you are interested, please email wphspta@gmail.com.
District Wide Events:
2018-2019 Calendar: click here
Budget Vote:
WPCSD School Budget Vote & Election
Tuesday, May 21, 2019- 12 noon-9 PM
Voters will be asked to vote on:
Prop #1: To approve the 2019-20 school budget
Prop #2: To approve the use of $6.4M of the existing $15.9M capital reserve on the proposed future capital projects. This is not a tax increase, the money is already in an account and voters are approving use of the existing saved money.
Prop #3; To approve the creation of a new capital reserve fund. This is not a tax increase, if there are any funds left over at the end of a fiscal year the voters are approving that the district may put the left over surplus into a capital reserve fund to pay for any future capital projects.
For a more detailed explanation, please review pages 27-34 of Dr Ricca's most recent presentation:
https://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org/cms/lib/NY01000029
/Centricity/Domain/56/Superintendents%20Report%203%20-11-19%20Preliminary%20Budget%20Presentation%20031319.pdf
Guidance Dept News:
To find the schedule of Guidance Dept presentations, and in addition, if you've missed any of the Guidance Presentations, you also find all of that information on their web page after they've occurred: https://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org/Page/20801"
The Orange (School Newspaper):
Click here to read
#WPPROUD:
White Plains Public Schools: the educated choice. If you have not seen this video of our schools yet please take a moment to watch it now: click VIDEO #WPProud
Ongoing Items:
Math study center link Click here
Remind Codes: WPHS uses the Remind system as a way to communicate to families. Both students + parents should sign up for the appropriate Remind code. It will help your family stay in the loop as to what is happening at the school. Once you sign up the code remains the same thru Senior Year.
12th grade – Text the number 81010 and in the message type @e3d8813b9
11th grade – Text the number 81010 and in the message type @98g6h
10th grade – Text the number 81010 and in the message type @wph2021
9th grade – Text the number 81010 and in the message type @8877hhHelpful Hint:
WPHS Students' locker numbers and combinations can be found on Infinite Campus.
1. After logging in...select a student
2. Click the green "Try the new Campus Parent Portal" tab
3. Then click on General Info on the left side menu
4. Click on "Lockers"
5. The locker #, combo & location will be listed
City of White Plains/County Information
White Plains Youth Bureau Internship Opportunity WPYB: Great summer internship opportunity for youths 16 and older. Click here for Info
White Plains Library...Click here for March events
White Plains Library online 24/7 Tutoring (K-12) Your library card entitles you up to 7 free tutoring sessions per week. Please create an account using your full library card number or login now to get your free sessions. Here is the site with more info: https://whiteplainslibrary.org/tutor-com-info
Includes live, one-to-one tutoring, a real-time writing center and 24/7 access to worksheets, videos and tutorials in just about any subject. The live, online tutoring and resume writing service is available every day from 2pm until 11pm ET. Here is a list of subjects. https://tutor.com/subjects It covers most classes taught in our schools. They also cover AP classes and SAT/ACT test prep.
Centro Hispano is providing homework help and much more. Click here for English Flyer or Click here for Spanish FlyerCity of White Plains - Special Needs registry. See flyers attached to this email from the City of White Plains.
Daily Announcements:
Daily Announcements... A great way to get daily information is to check out the school's websites. For WPHS announcements click here for Rochambeau announcements click here.
Links of Interest:
New York State PTA - Advocacy, Resources
Westchester East Putnam Region PTA - Advocacy, Health & Wellness, Parent Engagement, Special Needs Education, Hispanic Outreach
White Plains School District - Board of Education, Strategic Plan, Meeting Dates, Past Minutes
https://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org/Page/26
City of White Plains Common Council - Agendas, Adopting budgets, Calendar
http://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/index.aspx?nid=90
City of White Plains Youth Bureau - Programs, Calendar, Results
http://whiteplainsyouthbureau.org/index.php?id=3
White Plains Public Library - News and Programs, The Edge, The Trove and coming in October, The Hub
https://whiteplainslibrary.org/
Join the PTA...
Membership supports the PTA's efforts to advocate for our students, the Senior Recognition Fund, grants for teachers to enhance the students experiences, parent and student programs and more...
To join the WPHS PTA, Click here for online registration,
print the attached Membership Form or contact wphspta@gmail.com.
Questions/Comments:
Kristin Mulvey, Co-President
Silvia Viciedo-Andrade, Co-President
Vicky Rebatta, Bilingual Liason
Cheila Mosa, Weekly Email
Sharon Sohl, Membership
Contact: wphspta@gmail.com
The Goals of PTA are:
- to promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship.
- to raise the standards of home life.
- to secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
- to bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth.
- to develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.
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