Venice High School

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PTSA

PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association)

California State PTA Values: The California State PTA is a professional, nonprofit volunteer organization committed to the wellbeing of all children.

* We believe every adult has a responsibility to ensure that all children develop to their full potential.

* We believe parents are children’s first teachers and that parent involvement is essential throughout a child's education experience.

* We believe that family is the basic unit of society responsible for the support and nurturing of all children and recognize that family may be defined in many ways.

* We believe that our responsibility includes advocating for the safety and welfare of all children and the opportunity for a quality public education.

Venice High School is fortunate to have an active PTSA

* Sponsors Grad Nite

* Distributes food for needy families in our community

* Assists 10th District PTA Health Center and Clinic

* Donates to the Venice High School Student Body Fund

* Manages concession booths at Venice High School football games to fund PTSA activities

* Maintains the Student Welfare Fund

* Coordinates the “Reflections” art contest and submits student entries for County, State and National consideration

* Awards four $500 scholarships each year to seniors who participate in community service activities

The PTSA meets the second Thursday of the month at 6:00PM in the Student Cafeteria. Check the school calendar on this website as occasionally the meeting date changes due to holidays. We hope you will join us!

Sylvia Shelp – President, 2009-2010. Please contact me at sylzbug@yahoo.com or 310-398-3395 for more information. Sign up to receive PTSA announcements and reminders with our Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venicehs_ptsa/

General Calendar of Events

Date	Description of Event or Program	Assistance Requested
Late August	Assist with registration of students	Distribute student programs and other information to students
Early September	Welcome Brunch for teachers, administrators and staff – the day before the first day of school	PTSA hosts a brunch in The Learning Garden. We need help soliciting food, beverages, cooking some items in advance (as desired), set up, serving brunch and cleaning up.
September through December [schedule to be announced]	Concession stands at football games	PTSA operates concession stands at football games held at Venice High (home games). We need help setting up the barbecue (cleaning the grill, filling the propane tanks in advance), stocking the PTSA store room, shopping for food items, coordinating pizza delivery the night of the game, setting up each concession stand and staffing volunteers to sell the food, replenishing food and beverage items as needed, and cleaning up afterwards.
Second Thursday of every month	PTSA meeting 6:00 pm in the Student cafeteria [check the school calendar as sometimes the location changes due to other programs and events at the school]	Come and hear from school administrators about the happenings at the school.
September through October	PTSA membership drive	Coordinate distribution of membership flyers and envelopes to students, publicize membership drive, collect envelopes, prepare membership list, turn funds over to Treasurer, prepare and distribute individual membership cards.
September	Add parents to Escrip , Albertsons and Ralphs community partners donations. PTSA utilizes these funds to support the Library and literacy needs at the school.	Volunteers to collect information from parents and community members to sign up for Escrip and Ralphs and distribute information for Albertsons to add VHS to community partners program.
November	Prepare PTSA roster identifying elected parent representatives of each School Council and Committee	Obtain the names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of parent and community reps elected to SBM (School-Based Management Council), CEAC (Compensatory Education Advisory Council – Title I), SSC (School Site Council), and ELAC (English Learners Advisory Committee). Prepare roster, include school calendar, arrange for roster to be copied or printed and distributed to parents.
Mid-November- December	Closer to the Thanksgiving holiday, work with Student Leadership to collect canned food donations to donate to a local food bank.	PTSA donates $500 in grocery store gift cards to families in need in the Venice High School community; work with AP to identify families to receive grocery store gift cards.
March	Founders Day Program	Start in January to designate worthy parents, community members, teachers, staff, administrators to honor at Founder’s Day program, send out invitations to past award recipients and other interested persons, arrange for light dinner to be held at March PTSA meeting, order certificates and pins from State PTSA for honorees.
May	Teacher Appreciation	Start in March to select item to order for Teacher Appreciation to be distributed to all teachers, staff and administrators during the first week of May; when gifts arrive, may need to wrap and add PTSA “thank you” to each gift before distribution.
May	Election of Officers for PTSA	Need volunteers to run for office: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership, Ways & Means, Hospitality
June	PTSA awards four $500 scholarships to seniors each year	Based on criteria determined by PTSA, review scholarship applications provided by the College Counselor, select four recipients, prepare letters awarding scholarships; President attends Senior Awards Night to award scholarships.
June	Graduation Reception	PTSA provides punch for the reception held immediately after graduation; purchase punch at Smart & Final and bring to cafeteria manager no later than week of graduation.
June	Grad Nite for Seniors usually held the evening of graduation	Grad Nite at Disneyland should be reserved by May/June of the prior school year; buses should have been reserved by February, confirm price of buses in May to set ticket price (Disneyland admission plus bus); have ticket vouchers prepared and printed, obtain list of eligible seniors from administrator; schedule date to sell Grad Nite tickets (during June 1st two weeks), obtain chaperones and coordinate with Tim Overbeck and John Beilock.

page last updated February 2010.