Happy Fall!

The Narragansett High School PTO will have its next meeting this Thursday, October 12th at 7pm in the

Library Media Center!

This meeting will be centered around the Mariner Marketplace Event that we need LOTS of assistance with!

If you can't commit to join the PTO we understand but would LOVE your help with this event!

Click Here For NHS PTO Minutes from September Meeting

Click Here For NHS PTO Agenda October Meeting

WE NEED YOU!

BELOW ARE EVENTS WHERE WE NEED FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER!

We understand you might not be able to attend PTO meetings but we would love to have you volunteer some of your time towards an event below.

Many hands make for light work!

MARINER MARKETPLACE COMMITTEES

Our PTO's biggest and only current fundraiser of the year!

We are currently looking for vendors

click here for the application!

We are also looking for volunteers for the committees!

Email PTO if you are interested in volunteering

for any of these or attend the meeting!

Mariner Market Place Co-Chairs

Vendors (Cassie Barbato, President)

Raffle Donations (Keleigh Fowler, Secretary)

Food Donations (Laurie Ottoson-Perotti, Vice President)

Marketing (Joyce Campbell)

Volunteer Coordination (Shannon Matson)

TEACHER APPRECIATION COMMITTEE

We LOVE our faculty and staff at NHS and we want to celebrate them! Teacher appreciation week is in May but we would like to create a committee dedicated to making them feel special through the year!

NARRAGANSETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS PTO BEACH BLANKET BIDDING COMMITTEE

Beach Blanket Bidding is the one fundraiser that all the NPS Schools do together every other year. We will need a committee from the high school to work with committees for the Pier School and Elementary School to plan the event that will take place this spring,

SAVE THE DATE

May 24, 2024!

Tentative PTO Meeting Dates

for 2023-24 School Year

November 7th, February 13th, March 12th,

April 9th (Teacher Appreciation WK), May 7th,

June 4th Teacher Update/Feedback

WHEN YOU DECIDE TO JOIN THE PTO YOU DECIDE TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF AND HELP IN MAKING THE SCHOOL A SUCCESS!

OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP AND FOSTER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH VARIOUS ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AND TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT AT NARRAGANSETT HIGH SCHOOL.

WHO CAN JOIN?

PARENTS

TEACHERS

GRANDPARENTS

FRIENDS & FAMILY

ALUMNI

OUR GOAL IS TO REACH 100% MEMBERSHIP

(1 MEMBER PER STUDENT)

PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING UP TODAY

AND HELP US REACH THIS GOAL!

WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE PTO DO?

¨ TEACHER & STAFF SUPPORT

¨ STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

¨ TEACHER APPRECIATION

¨ MARINER MARKET PLACE

¨ SCHOOL DANCES & EVENTS (BUSES FOR PROMS)

¨ IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITIES

¨ FIELD TRIPS AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

¨ SPECIAL EVENTS

¨ SCHOLARSHIPS

THERE ARE SO MANY ADDED BENEFITS

TO JOIN THE SCHOOL PTO!

¨ RESEARCH CONFIRMS KIDS BENEFIT WHEN GUARDIANS ARE

INVOLVED IN THEIR SCHOOL

¨ A WAY TO STAY CONNECTED, BE SOCIAL AND MAKE FRIENDS!

¨ THE SCHOOL BENEFITS AS A WHOLE. THE PTO PROVIDES AN

UPLIFTING POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE WHICH BOOSTS TEACHER

& STAFF MORALE

¨ IT’S GOOD FOR YOU! VOLUNTEERING HAS PROVEN HEALTH

& HAPPINESSBENEFITS

NHS PTO Membership Form

PTO SCHOLARSHIPS

Every year the PTO gives two scholarships to deserving seniors from Narragansett High School. This year we have adjusted the requirements for applicants. Applicants and their families have to be a member of the PTO and participated in a PTO sponsored event. Either by volunteering their time on a committee or during an event. These will now be prerequisites for applicants of the PTO Scholarship each year moving forward. Click the link to become a PTO Member!

PTO BOARD MEMBERS

President - Cassie Barbato

Vice President - Laurie Ottoson-Perotti

Secretary - Keleigh Fowler

Treasurer - TBD

Teacher Liaison - Caroline LaPrise

245 S. Pier Road, Narragansett, RI 02882

(401) 792-9400

pto.nhs@gmail.com