Happy Valentine's Day!
Your Hilburn Academy PTA wishes everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! We love our school and we love our Hilburn community.
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You're invited to Hilburn Family Night Out!
February Family Night Out will be on Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Five Guys Burgers and Fries, 8107 Creedmoor Road. Just tell the cashier you're there supporting Hilburn Academy and a percentage of sales will be donated to our school! Come eat dinner with fellow Hilburn Hawks!
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We are recruiting PTA leaders just like you for the 2019-2020 school year.
The Hilburn PTA Nominating Committee has started their work identifying and recruiting leaders to take on PTA Board, committee, projects and program roles. We can't do it without you! PTA leaders range from those with full-time jobs to stay at home parents. We have jobs that fit with a variety of schedules. If there has been a program, project or event this year that you'd like to help with next year, please email PTA VP-General Laura Hudson and let her know what kinds of things you are interested in.
Jobs we are looking to fill include next year's Elementary Room Parent Coordinator. This is a great role for someone who has already been a room parent. We also need someone to lead the School Store, GoPlaySave coupon books, Square 1 Art and more.
We'll present a slate of nominees at the last General PTA Membership Meeting of the year to vote in our new 2019-2020 board.
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News from the Hilburn PTA Advocacy Committee, Wake PTA Council and NCPTA Advocacy:
PTA Day at the General Assembly
Join NCPTA on Monday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. for a webinar-based training and information session to help you get prepared for PTA Day at the North Carolina General Assembly on March 26. During the training session, you’ll hear about NCPTA’s legislative priorities for all of North Carolina’s children and their families. You’ll learn about the details and agenda for PTA Day, and get to ask questions that will help you get comfortable with our day at the North Carolina General Assembly.
Master's degree pay for teachers
From Public Schools First NC about Senate Bill 28: Senate Bill 28 would restore master’s pay for teachers who obtain their degree in the subject that they teach. It now has bipartisan support! Please contact your representatives in support of this bipartisan bill.
~ from Hilburn PTA Advocacy Chair Sofia Lopez-Richert. Interested in PTA Advocacy? Contact her at sofiaclopez68@gmail.com.
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Box Tops for Education
It’s Box Tops submission time again! Turn in your Box Tops before Feb. 22 so they can be included in our school’s April check – it’s our last chance this school year to earn cash for our school. All Box Tops turned in after this date will go toward next fall’s check. Box Tops expire, so don't hold onto them, bank them now. Thanks for your help!
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Do you recycle? Want to help Hilburn?
Do you recycle? Are you environmentally conscious? Would you like to help at Hilburn, but have limited time? Then this opportunity is for you! We need a parent volunteer to ship used printer cartridges collected at school to a recycling center once per quarter (less than 1 hour each time). These donations raise money for the Hilburn Academy PTA and keep potentially toxic supplies out of our landfills. Please contact Julia Woodward for more details (call/text 919-345-0480).
Shipping to Funding Factory is free, and the coordinator prints a UPS label.
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Parents, share your career at the Hilburn Career Rodeo!
The Hilburn Academy Career Rodeo will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 15 at school. You are invited to participate and share information about your career with Hilburn students. This indoor/outdoor interactive career fair is for K-8th grade students. Your participation would involve setting up a table/booth in our multipurpose room (4th-8th grade) OR a vehicle in our bus loop (K-3rd grade) to provide all students with an interactive experience and information about your career.
Email Assistant Principal Catie Burnette at mburnette@wcpss.net for more information or input your information at https://tinyurl.com/2019careerrodeo
Career Rodeo snacks and helpers needed
Are you available to help out during the Career Rodeo or send in snacks? Sign up here to help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e49aea928a3f94-career1
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Updates from the Yearbook Team!
1. Get Your Yearbook: Yearbooks are on sale now. To purchase the 2018-2019 yearbook, go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter the code 10433819 before March 30. Yearbooks start at $20 with options to customize.
2. Yearbook Photos Needed: If you have high quality photos that demonstrate engaging school activities with a variety of students (not just your lovely darling), then please select a few and upload to this site: community.lifetouch.com with the code JEFTGV. If you used the site last year, you will need to enter the new code for this year.
Questions? Email Hilburn teacher Michelle Bass.
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Walking Wednesday is Feb. 13
Hilburn Academy's monthly Walking Wednesday is on Feb. 13. Students who are not already walkers are encouraged to walk to school from the satellite drop off area at Raleigh Grande. Students can walk together with chaperones at 7:35 a.m., 7:45 a.m. and 7:55 a.m. Also, PTA helps organize volunteer chaperones to walk with each group. If you are available, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409054aacac2ca31-national
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Volunteer Opportunities
Recess Gardening Days:
Join parent volunteer Stephanie Avett anytime between 11:20 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hilburn's Learning Garden. Sign up here to help: signupgenius.com/go/20f0f45abab29a13-recess1
School Store:
Did you know the Hilburn School Store is entirely run by the PTA? Volunteers run the School Store in the Hilburn lobby every Friday morning before school. There are two Friday mornings in March when we still need volunteers. Please sign up here: signupgenius.com/go/60b0a4aa9a72ea20-school2
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Upcoming events at a glance:
Feb. 11-15: Bus Driver Appreciation Week. Show your appreciation to your students' bus drivers!
Feb. 13: Walking Wednesday
Feb. 14: Happy Valentine's Day!
Feb. 15: Early Release Day
Feb. 18: Teacher Workday. No school for students.
Feb. 20: Family Night Out at Five Guys Burgers and Fries
Feb. 22: Deadline to turn in Box Tops for Education
March 7-9: School play, "Disney's Aladdin Kids."
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Questions about your PTA newsletter? Contact Hawk Talk editor Dawn Vaughan.
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Stay Connected! Visit your Hilburn Academy PTA website for information on programs, projects and events. Follow us on social media, too. Twitter: @hilburnpta. Facebook: Hilburn Academy PTA.
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Thank you to our 2018-19 Gold Corporate Sponsors, Gladwell Orthodontics and Campbell Orthodontics. Find out more about corporate sponsorship of Hilburn Academy PTA here: hilburnacademypta.com/corporate-sponsors.html
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