What is the PTA all about?
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Did you know that a group of horses working together is called a team? That is exactly what Mill Creek PTA is: a team. A group of Mavericks working together to make every child's potential a reality!
The PTA partners with families, our school, and the community to create a village for our kids. Getting involved in the PTA is a great way to network with other parents and connect with the teachers and school staff. It is a great way to be in the know about what is going on at the school.It's not just for fundraising, volunteering, and stay-at-home moms! There are volunteer opportunities, but that is not a requirement of members. If you would like to volunteer, we have a need for you whether you only have a few minutes one time during the year or can make a weekly commitment. And, not all volunteering has to be done during the school day. We have opportunities to make volunteering accessible to everyone. While we do fundraise, it is not our focus. We have our big fundraiser, Read to Lead, at the beginning of the year to underwrite our many programs and events along with specific needs at the school. Our mission is to make every child's potential a reality! |
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PTA-supported Programs at Mill Creek include:
- All Pro Dads - a renewed initiative to give dads and father figures time to bond with their children in the school setting.
- Dinner at the Mill - evening event held at the school that includes a time of eating and connection followed by grade-level performances and showcases highlighting the Specials classes (art, music, STEM, and Spanish).
- Friendship Grams - opportunity for students, staff, and family to send a special Valentine's Day treat to any student or staff member
- Grand Friends - starts with Grand Friends Day which is an event that gives grandparents and grandparent-like friends an opportunity to spend time with their grandchild in the classroom and continues all year with keeping our grand friends connected with what is going on.
- Holiday Store - a store that is set up in the school for students to come and shop for their family and friends around the holidays.
- Lunch Monitors - volunteers supervise kids for 30 minutes during lunch so that teachers can eat their lunch away from the cafeteria in a more peaceful setting.
- Maverick Money Grants - money awarded from the PTA to help fund great ideas for classrooms and common areas of the school. In the past, we funded a rock wall, booking vending machine, music instruments, flexible seating, library pull-out shelving, robots, and more!
- Member Town Halls - quarterly PTA meeting combined with a fun activity at the school.
- Mickey the Maverick - school mascot who likes to make appearances at big events throughout the school year
- Read to Lead - a challenge that encourages kids to read while also serving as our big PTA fundraiser of the year
- Reflections Art competition - a national PTA program that recognizes and celebrates the arts from a diverse group of mediums, including photography, literature, choreography, music, film, and visual arts.
- Supply Restock - teachers and staff get to request and receive any school supplies needed for the second semester.
- Teacher and Staff Support - includes quarterly catered lunches for the teachers and staff and various tokens of appreciation each day of Teacher Appreciation Week in May.
...and more!!
Stay informed!
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Our goal is to keep you up-to-date on school happenings, volunteer opportunities, and other ways you can get involved at school. We send out information via email to our members and post on Facebook and Instagram, but we know that not everyone is on social media and how full inboxes can get. We hope to make this website an information hub for all of the PTA news you receive so that you don't have to dig through your inbox to find that Sign-Up Genius link or scroll through Facebook to read an event update. Take a look around, and let us know if you have questions or ideas to share!
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