Eblast for February 3, 2020
Miami Palmetto Senior High School PTSA
Upcoming Events:
February 3: Palmetto Bay Education Advisory Committee Meeting, 9:00 AM, Palmetto Bay Council Chamber
February 7: Second Annual Home Run Derby, 7:00 PM, Palmetto Bay Park
February 7: Love Our Panthers PTSA Party Fundraiser
February 7: Love Our Panthers Online Auction Opens, 7:00 AM
February 14: Love Our Panthers Online Auction Closes, 7:00 PM
February 11: Pinecrest Education Advisory Committee Meeting, 9:15 AM, Pinecrest Community Center
February 15: Blue and White Baseball Game, 10:00 AM, Coral Reef Park
February 17: No School (President's Day)
February 27: General PTSA Mtg
Why should you support your PTSA in our annual
Love Our Panthers Mixer & Silent Auction ?
Student Support: Includes the majority of our budget to support students via Club Fund Grants (under $500) and Special Projects (over $500) requests from teachers/staff to fund classroom supplies, technology, equipment for clubs and teams.
 
Special Projects - Chaired by PTSA Board member Dionne Richardson, this program allows teachers and staff to apply for funding for educational or school-related needs that otherwise would not be provided. The application process is lengthy and detailed.
In 2018-2019, the program spent almost $14,000 . Some of the items purchased include: embroidered polo shirts for ESE Special Olympics, a camcorder, stabilizer, and battery for Career & Technical Ed., soccer equipment, a dehumidifier for the weight room, and a plastic tank & fencing for a macrocosm experiment for science.
In 2019-2020 to date we have spent a similar amount of money, and some of the items purchased include: free weights for the weight room (purchase in the process), a Theragun machine used for therapy for athletes with musculoskeletal injuries, three mobile charging carts, a class set of headphones for an ESOL-mandated state program, and boys’ basketball uniforms.

Hospitality:   This includes all Teacher/Staff Appreciation events throughout the year as well as Staff Professional Development, SPED events, Parent Welcome, and Volunteer Appreciation to name just a few!
Programs:  College Fair, Panther Preview, SAT/ACT Assistance, PSAT Student Awards, and many more.

Communications:   Website for School and PTSA, e-newsletters, any additional online communication membership tools.

Administrative Fees:   Taxes, Audit Expenses, Administrative Supplies, Florida State PTSA dues and Bank Charges.
2020 Blue and White Game:
PTSA Email Scam:
DON'T FALL FOR THE PTSA EMAIL SCAM! If you get an email from one of the Palmetto High PTSA Board members, particularly from our President Gina Vinueza, and it asks you to buy gift cards or something similar, IT IS A SCAM. PTSA will NEVER ask you to buy gift cards and send pix of them. We are very aware of this scam and the hackers are trying it on PTAs/PTSAs/PTOs across the country. Please delete the emails. No need to tell us (unless it's really weird!), as we're trying to get it resolved. Thanks!
Variations Gear:
Please support the Variations Dance Team and show your school spirit by purchasing spirit wear at the link below now through February 5th:
Proposed Bell Schedule Changes for Next School Year:
If you haven’t done so already, be sure to fill out the online survey about the proposed bell schedule changes for next school year: http://belltimes.dadeschools.net
Yearbook News: If you haven’t done so already, be sure to fill out the online survey about the proposed bell schedule changes for next school year: http://belltimes.dadeschools.net
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!!!
THERE ARE LESS THAN 150 YEARBOOKS AVAILABLE FOR SALE! HAVE YOU PURCHASED YOURS YET? ALL YEARBOOKS ARE CURRENTLY ON SALE FOR $55 UNTIL JANUARY 31ST. PRICE WILL INCREASE TO $60 STARTING ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
If you have any questions, please email the adviser at: a.huffman.thepalmecho@gmail.com
-The Palm Echo Staff
* Note: Additional yearbooks will NOT be ordered.
Once they sell out, there is no other way to obtain one!
LOVE Our PANTHERS PTSA Fundraiser:
Our Love Our PANTHERS Online Auction will open on Friday, Feb. 7 th at 7:00 AM. It will be open for bidding until it closes on Friday, Feb. 14 th at 7:00 PM. More details to come.
Community News:
Wanted: Palmetto Elementary Carnival Volunteers:
Palmetto Elementary is looking for volunteers to help with their school carnival on Saturday, February 8 th . Service hours provided. Click here to sign-up:
Pinecrest Volunteers Wanted:
Current volunteer opportunities include the Mommy & Son Brunch and Daddy & Daughter Valentine's Dance. For more information, please email us at parks@pinecrest-fl.gov , call 305.284.0900 or visit us at the Pinecrest Community Center at 5855 Killian Drive.
H ave Something You Want to Share?
If there is something you would like to share in the MPSH weekly e-blast, please email KatieLAbbott@comcast.net by the end of the school day every Friday.
 
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School Website: palmettopanthers.org
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