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Board of Ed Representative
Alexis Freiman |
Attends monthly school board
meeting and reports back to
SEPTA. |
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Council Delegate
Michelle Burns |
Represents SEPTA
at monthly PTA Council Meetings. Cast votes on behalf of
SEPTA membership at Council. Present motions as
directed by Council to general members and report vote
back to Council. |
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Corresponding
Secretary Margaret DiLorenzo |
Send e-mail messages to
SEPTA members via Constant Contact as provided by the
executive board. Send messages to Committee members upon
request of Officers. May require keeping track of
RSVP’s, votes, etc. Send all social correspondence. |
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Copying/Distribution Monica Duffy |
Copy and
distribute approved monthly materials promoting SEPTA
meetings. |
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Education Committee Reps Primrose -
SIS - Please consider
volunteering
SMS - Kat Wiegand
SHS - Please consider
volunteering |
Represents Special Ed and Gifted students/parents views
at occasional Committee meetings, reports back to SEPTA
and prepares articles for the newsletter. Each school
has an Education Committee made up of teachers,
administration, and parents. |
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Fundraising
Laura Cabo |
Coordinate fundraising. Each fundraiser may have an
individual chairperson. Have presence at all major
district events for sales, when applicable. Submit
updates to
Newsletter upon request. Write Promotional materials
necessary for each fundraiser (i.e. Constant Contacts,
flyers, etc.) |
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Gifted & Talented Brenda Seller |
Help obtain speakers, plan events and
activities for our Gifted/Talented and twice exceptional
children. |
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Hospitality
Virginia Hammond Rosa Smajlaj |
Arrange refreshments for the monthly SEPTA meetings.
Arrive a minimum of 15 minutes early to set up
hospitality or obtain coverage. |
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Legislation
Paula Chamoun |
Reviews educational
newReviews educational news items, bulletins and alerts
from the National, NY State and local PTA offices and
reports to SEPTA. Submit updates to Newsletter upon
request. |
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Membership Monica McSweeney |
Encourages parents, teachers and staff to become members
of SEPTA, collects fees and maintains an accurate list
of members, arrange for SEPTA representation at open
houses, design and send out membership forms, work on
staff welcome party.
Submit
updates to Newsletter upon request |
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Mini-Grants
Shari Silk |
Receives and evaluates teacher
requests for mini grants programs and presents to
executive board with recommendations. Submit to
Newsletter upon request. |
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Newsletter
Catherine Vinci Lori Hutter Zabatta |
Collects articles and materials, creates and
electronically distributes newsletter. |
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Parent Support Lori
Hutter-Zabatta &
Laura Cabo |
Plan informal SEPTA
events/meetings for Parents. Past events have included
informal evenings w/ speakers including dinner, Yoga
nights, therapists to help with coping skills, etc.
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|
PTA Representatives Primrose
- Kirstin Grant
SIS - Nikki Kurz
SMS - Kathryn Wiegand
SHS -Jane Hogan |
Attends all PTA’s
Executive Board meetings and speaks on SEPTA’s behalf.
Reports to SEPTA's executive board. Reps. are voting
members of both executive boards (one per school). If
you are unable to attend a meeting, you must submit
report to Unit President prior to meeting. Information
to be shared can be obtained from President and VP. |
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Resource Directory
Rosa Smajlaj |
Update/create SEPTA resource
directory and work with Webmaster to post on SEPTA
website. Send out requests for submissions. Create a
“How to Guide.” |
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Social Skills
Lynn Cukaj |
This committee helps plan Social
opportunities/events for our children (sensory friendly
movies, Kids Express, etc.). |
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Speaker Coordinator
Jen Brooks |
Works w/ President, Officers and
Committee Chairs to select and secure speakers, create
promotional flyer and obtain permission from building
Principals to distribute. Create Constant Contact to
promote event, coordinate promotions of meetings by
notifying school principals (for their newsletter) and
neighboring SEPTA’s (if meeting is open to all),
coordinate with speaker to make sure technology,
materials, etc are available for presentation, purchase
speaker gift. Obtain and complete building use forms to
secure meeting space. |
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Scholarship/Awards
Mary Ward |
Work on development of a Scholarship
program for Gifted or Special Needs students; and on an
Award program for staff members or students who make
exemplary contributions to our special needs community. |
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Webmaster Marnita Brown |
Responsible for updating and
designing the SEPTA website. Assist with Resource Guide.
Backs-up Corresponding Secretary on Constant Contact
software. |
