Dear Marcus High,
Congratulations on earning the 2016 President’s List Award!
Your PTSA has already achieved Active Status AND reported more members than all last year.
Way to go, keep up the great work!
Your 2016-17 President’s List Award emblem is a truly a badge of honor because you are one of 1,045 in the state of Texas that earned this award. We hope you will show it off in your PTA emails, social media channels, and your PTA’s website.
As a reminder, this month marked the first month of the 85th Legislative Session. School funding will once again be in jeopardy and our job is to send a powerful message to our elected officials. Last spring, we were told we would need to be louder than ever before.
“Recently a powerful senator told Texas PTA that we will have to be a LOT LOUDER next with oil prices down, revenue will be reduced and funding for public education, which represents 1/3 of the state’s budget, will be at risk. Not only will we not likely see increases in funding, we may see cuts to funding for public schools.” – Ellen Arnold, Texas PTA Lobbyist
I would like to invite you to Texas PTA Rally Day, February 27, 2017! By attending Rally Day, your community’s voice will be heard and will influence the future of our children. Take a moment to review the Texas PTA Legislative Priorities. Some in your community may not know about our advocacy efforts. Share the information and ask them to add their voice, by joining your PTA. Texas students cannot afford for us to overlook! #everymembercounts when we work to make every child’s potential a reality at the Capitol.
Texas PTA
Complete the survey concerning school accountability by midnight tonight (23-JAN-17).
As a reminder, the 84th Legislature passed HB 2804, changing the school accountability system so every campus and district receives one of five ratings from A – F. The law requires schools and districts to be graded based on five different areas of performance or “domains,” and those five grades must be combined into a single overall rating.
The following are A – F domains:
I: Student Achievement
II: Student Progress
III: Closing the Gaps
IV: Postsecondary Readiness
V: Community and Student Engagement
For more information on A – F or HB 2804, go to
http://tea.texas.gov/A-F/ or http://tea.texas.gov/2804implementation.aspx
LISD Council of PTAs 2017 overview of the Texas 85th Legislature.
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Parents, last year’s check drive was a huge success. Because of your generosity the PTSA was able to continue supporting programsthat can benefit all students. A few of the programs the monies supported were:
- Drug Awareness with Red Ribbon Week
- College Fair
- Magnificent Marauders Student Recognition Program
- New Word Wall in the Marcus front hallway
- Teacher Appreciation
- Katie Greer – Cyber-Safety Assembly
- Senior Scholarships
We are once again asking for your help with a check drive of $10 to MHS PTSA to help support the following programs:
- 180 Abstinence Program
- Winning the Fight, Not Me
- Internet/Technology Safety
- TedEx Event
- Drug Awareness
- College Fair
- Magnificent Marauders Student Recognition Program
- Teacher Appreciation
- Senior Scholarships
Your MHS PTSA strives to continue all of the programs and opportunities MHS & MHS9 students have come to expect.
Please write a check today to MHS PTSA
Have your student drop in the PTSA lock box at either campus or Mail to:
Michelle Lloyd
3817 Fairfax Way
Flower Mound, TX 75028
Kindly send in your donations by February 17, 2017.
100% of your donation will go towards helping our students!
Notice of Vote to Amend the PTSA Bylaws
Vote of General Membership on February 13 at 6:30 PM at Marcus High School
The Marcus High School PTSA executive board is proposing the following bylaws changes for our organization for better a better organizational structure, more resiliency and to better align with the Marcus High School schedule.
Add a President Elect board position.
Current
ARTICLE VII: Officers and Their Election
Section 2. Officers and their election
a. The officers of this Local PTA shall be a president, three (3) vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer , a historian and a parliamentarian.
Proposed
ARTICLE VII: Officers and Their Election
Section 2. Officers and their election
a. The officers of this Local PTA shall be a president, president elect, three (3) vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, a historian and a parliamentarian.
Proposed – add a section with president elect duties and renumber existing sections.
ARTICLE VIII: Duties of Officers
Section 2. The president elect shall:
a. be the aide-to-the-president; and
b. learn the role of the president, to become familiar with the programs of the Association and its governance
c. preside in the absence of the president (in their designated order).
Increase the number of nominating committee alternates from 1 to 2
Current
ARTICLE VII: Officers and Their Election
Section 3. Nominating Committee
a. There shall be a nominating committee elected by the membership at a regular meeting prior to the election meeting. Student members shall not constitute a majority of this committee. Elections shall be by plurality. The committee shall be composed of three (3) members. One (1) alternate shall be elected to serve in the event a member is unable to serve. The committee shall elect its own chair immediately following the meeting.
Proposed
ARTICLE VII: Officers and Their Election
Section 3. Nominating Committee
a. There shall be a nominating committee elected by the membership at a regular meeting prior to the election meeting. Student members shall not constitute a majority of this committee. Elections shall be by plurality. The committee shall be composed of three (3) members. Two (2) alternates shall be elected to serve in the event a member is unable to serve. The committee shall elect its own chair immediately following the meeting.
Adjust the membership meeting schedule to align with the Marcus High School schedule
Current
ARTICLE IX: Meetings
Section 1. This association shall hold a minimum of three (3) meetings a year.
a. Regular meetings of the association shall be held in the months of September, January, and April, time and date to be established by executive board at its first meeting of the year. Five (5) days notice shall be given if change of date is needed. The membership shall be notified through regular publicity channels of the date and time of all regular meetings following the first meeting of the executive board at which time this schedule is determined.
Proposed
ARTICLE IX: Meetings
Section 1. This association shall hold a minimum of three (3) meetings a year.
a. Regular meetings of the association shall be held in the months of September, February, and April, time and date to be established by executive board at its first meeting of the year. Five (5) days notice shall be given if change of date is needed. The membership shall be notified through regular publicity channels of the date and time of all regular meetings following the first meeting of the executive board at which time this schedule is determined.
Posted 13-JAN-2017 3:00p CT – Contact Lorna Gibson, Marcus HS PTSA President with any questions.
Here are a few of the things you’ll learn about this month:
- LISD rejects TEA rating system
- How you can help improve ratings
- New traffic guidelines
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Reminder
PTSA Senior membership for MHS PTSA eligibility due by Tue, January 31, 2017.
PTSA Senior Scholarship Applications are due on Wed, April 20, 2016.
Welcoming in 2017 and looking forward to a great second half of the year.
Seniors
You need to be a member of the Marcus HS PTSA by 31-JAN-2017 to be eligible to apply for the PTSA scholarships.
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LEF Scholarship applications are due by 27-JAN-2017 4:30p CT.
A representative from the Lewisville Education Foundation (LEF) will be on campus Friday 12/6, to assist students in completing their scholarship applications. This would be a great opportunity to make sure your application is ready to submit. She will be on campus all day tomorrow from 8:10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in B202. No appointment is necessary. Students are free to come-and-go or just drop in. However, students are not allowed to ask their teacher(s) to leave class to see the representative UNLESS they have a student assistant position and they are not needed for a specific project. Senior In or Senior Out would be a great time to drop in.
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