Your PTA giving has real impact for teachers!

In this Newsletter:

Meet our Grant Committee Chair + Fall 2019 Grant Update
End-Of-Year Giving: gifts to your non-profit Hogg PTA are tax-deductable!
December Spirit Nights - Stop Cooking and Join Us!
We want a Spring Tailgate ... Can you help?
Black History Night with Black Cowboys - Learn more below!
All About the PTA: Check out our Standing Rules
Announcing the 2020 Razorback Campout Date - Mark Your Calendars

Grants

Did you know that the Hogg PTA has a Grants Committee? This is a committee of 8 parents and the Hogg MS Principal who review each grant that is submitted by a teacher or administrator for classroom supplies, field trips, and improvements to the school. Because of your generous memberships and the successful auction, the Grants Committee was

able to approve the following grants:
mirrors for the dance room,
graphing calculators for an entire grade level,
Hogg canopy tent and table cover (with Hogg MS graphics!), a washing machine and fridge, tools and various maintenance items, more folding tables and chairs, pet food for all science pets, and agility training equipment.
Thank YOU Razorback families for your generous contributions. And, sincerest thanks to the Grant Committee, chaired by Razorback parent, Tiffany Tyler, for all of your hard work this semester reviewing each grant proposal. Meet Tiffany right here...

Tiffany Tyler, Grant Committee Chair

Hometown: Houston, Texas
Years in Houston: My whole life!
Children: 7th grader at Hogg and a 10th grader at Heights High School

Reason for serving on the PTA: I like serving on the Grant Committee because I want to help meet the needs of our staff and students in a hands-on way.
Fun Fact: The only class pet we have ever turned down hosting is a boa constrictor.
What do you most enjoy about this role of Grant Committee Chair? The thing I most enjoy about working on the Grant Committee is working with a group of people to deliver items that make a real difference to our school for both the short and the long term. Big ticket items are important, but so are the small things that make our classrooms function better. All of it gives every student at Hogg, and every staff member, the tools to be their best.

Make an End-of-Year Donation to your Hogg PTA

Let's Tailgate this Spring on our Field!
Can You Help?

The Hogg PTA would like to come together this spring for an afternoon of good old fashioned fun on our field - all families invited! We need some help! Can you spare some time and help us plan it? Email programs@hoggpta.org to help us put this event together - we can't do it by ourselves!

Save this Date for the Hogg Yeehaw Adventure: Celebrating the Legacy of the Black Cowboy! February 11 5:30 - 8:00 pm

You want to be part of the planning?
Join the committee at their next meeting this
Monday, December 9
at 4:15 pm in the Hogg Library.

December Spirit Nights: Who wants to cook anyway?

Grab dinner, chat with other Razorback families, and support Hogg PTA by coming to one of these Spirit Nights! These Spirit Nights matter! The November 21 Spirit Night at Melange Creperie brought in over $160 for Hogg (YEAH Razorbacks!).

Thursday, December 5 from 5-8 pm at Chick-Fil-A @ Sawyer Heights (2222 Shearn Street); please be sure and mention that you are a Hogg student and 20% of receipts go back to Hogg.

Wednesday, December 18 from 5-9 pm at Hopdoddy Burger Bar (449 W 19th St); please be sure and bring the attached flier (printed or on your phone) and 20% of receipts go back to Hogg.

Standing Rules

The Hogg PTA has drafted Standing Rules that discuss the day-to-day operations of the Hogg MS PTA. (We did not have these before, being a rather newly established PTA.) You can read them here.
We will vote on them during our next general PTA meeting on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. If you have any questions or concerns, please email president@hoggpta.org .

Save These Dates

Spirit Nights - Chick-fil-A TONIGHT (Thursday, Dec 5) & Hopdoddy Burger Bar on Wednesday, Dec 18 (details above!)
Black History Celebration Planning Committee Meetings - Dec 9 and Jan 13 at 4:15 in the Hogg Library
Next General Meeting & Black History Night - Feb 11
Fall 2020 Razorback Campout October 2-4, 2020

The Razorback Campout
has sold out in the last few years, so mark your calendar now! The 2020 Razorback Campout (all grades!) will be October 2- 4, 2020. Tell your friends, including incoming 6th graders to save the date.