ART AWARD
Contact:
MaryJane Glaser
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For
several years Tahoma High School PTA has purchased a piece of
art from a graduating senior to permanently display at Tahoma
High School. The Art Award chair assembles an independent
panel to judge the work submitted by senior students. The
award is presented at the Senior Awards event.
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BEAR BEANS
ESPRESSO
Contact:
Tammy Wyatt
or Roxanne Michelson |
The espresso chairperson manages the
volunteer base for the espresso stand that is housed in the student
commons community kitchen. Responsibilities include restocking and
maintaining inventory.
Volunteers are needed during hours of operation Monday/Wednesday/Friday
lunches
Wednesday morning tutorial |
CONCESSIONS
Contact:
Mike Carey
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This chair
position focuses on managing a volunteer base to staff the concession
stand during various sporting events at Tahoma High School. Other
responsibilities include restocking and maintaining inventory. |
| GRADUATION
NIGHT CHAIR
Contact:
Louise Meier or
Erin Hayden
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A
drug and alcohol free all night graduation celebration is offered
for seniors. This is a full school year commitment.
Several dedicated volunteers are necessary to make this possible.
The Powder Puff Football
game is an extremely popular night where the senior class girls
take on the junior girls. Funds raised go towards grad night.
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HOSPITALITY
Contact:
Erin Hayden
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This position
entails providing refreshments for various PTA sponsored events
throughout the year, i.e. Board Meetings, General Membership Meetings,
Open House, Senior Awards Night, Move Up Day, etc. |
MEMBERSHIP/
VOLUNTEERS
Contact:
Joanie Kokoczka
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The membership chairperson provides
interested parties with the opportunity to join the Tahoma High School
PTA. An online registry is accessed with Washington State PTA.
It is also this chairperson's responsibility to keep a file of members
interested in volunteering for various events. |
NEWSLETTER
Contact:
Sandi Parker
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The THS PTA
publishes a quarterly newsletter in conjunction with Tahoma High School.
The newsletter chair assembles articles from various sources and
produces the end product ready for printing. With several
volunteers' assistance, the finished product is then folded, stapled and
labeled for distribution. |
SCHOLARSHIP
Contact:
Fran Carey
or Linda Whitehead
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Each year THS PTA
awards $7000.00 in scholarship money. These scholarships are given to
graduating seniors who are pursuing post secondary education. The
committee is responsible for meeting with the THS Counseling Department
secretary and counselor in charge of scholarships. The committee
prepares scholarship packets for applying seniors and makes copies of
the applications for the counseling office. These applications are read
by a group of 12-16 parents. Parents have to be a PTA member and not be
a parent of a senior. Applications are scored according to academics,
community involvement, activities at school, job experience, preparation
of application and essay question. The committee gives results to the
THS counseling secretary. All scholarship recipients are notified
through the counseling department. |
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STUDENT
RECOGNITION
Contact:
Diane Konno
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Students at
THS are nominated by their teachers and recognized by the PTA
for their improvements on a quarterly basis. The chairperson
provides ballots for teachers, prizes for the students and submits
an article in a local paper listing the winning students.
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Tahoma Senior High School
PTA
Maple Valley, Washington 
