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February PTA Meeting Rescheduled to February 16th 

New Meeting Date: February 16th
To allow the community to attend the Working Towards Anti-Racism as a Family Parent Night on the evening of February 9 (see below), we have rescheduled the PTA meeting to February 16th

Call for Officers
We are in need of a new PTA president for the next school year as well as a treasurer-elect. If you can help or would like to hear more, please email PTA President, Kirsten Carr

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Thank you for supporting our school and community. Want to donate or support the Hayhurst PTA? Visit our website (direct giving by credit card available).
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Working Towards Anti-Racism as a Family Parent Night On Feb. 9, 7-8:30 PM

The Jackson and Gray Middle School PTAs welcome you to participate in a special parent night, hosted by the Anti Defamation League Education Director, Scotland Nash EdD, for a workshop series for families and communities to reflect on bias, engagement, and communication.

Learn about the manifestation of bias, reflect on life experiences, consider the lenses that we bring to difficult conversations, and how understanding bias supports building a connection. In this workshop, we will understand how it is possible to challenge bias, prejudicial thinking, and attitudes in ourselves. Through this “unlearning” of bias and the conscious effort it takes, that will support building allyship

Current issues provide a great opportunity to engage others in rich conversation, share important values, encourage a deeper understanding of the news, and disrupt bias and prejudice.

Meeting Details
Please join the meeting on February 9th, 7-8:30 PM.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://adl.zoom.us/j/2288010958

Meeting ID: 228 801 0958

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To RSVP please visit this link.

Questions/Comments?
Please email the RGMS PTA.

Virtual Assembly with Author Kate Messner!

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
On January 26th, Hayhurst will host two virtual assemblies with author Kate Messner. Grades K-2 will meet with her from 9:00-9:35am and grades 3-5 will meet with her from 10:00-10:45am. The Zoom links to the assemblies will be shared by your student's teacher and Ms. Chambers.

An award-winning author, Ms. Messner was recently quoted in the Washington Post and will have a picture book biography of Dr. Anthony Fauci published this summer. For more about Ms. Messner and to hear read-alouds from her books, check out the links that Ms. Chambers created for us.
 

Details and Petition Re: PPS Foundation Fundraising & Inequity

You might be interested in the information on Reform PPS Foundation Fundraising's website regarding local PPS school foundation fundraising and inequity.

The site is not sponsored by Hayhurst elementary, its PTA or PTO.
 

Contact PPS directly regarding the start of the 2021-22 school year, etc.

Did you know that you can easily contact the district directly? Feel free to click here to provide input to PPS regarding the start date of the 2021-2022 school year, or provide general feedback about returning to in-person learning learning amidst COVID, for example.

Note: PPS is still in the planning stage for returning to in-person (or hybrid) learning and no firm date, if any, has been determined by the district yet. Click here for the most recent PPS news releases. 

Reminder - Library Book Bags Available!

Just a reminder that every Wednesday 2pm-4pm at the front door of the school you can pick up a bag of school library books for your student(s)! There's no due date - just bring the bag back when you're ready for new books.
 
Every Wednesday is now open to all Hayhurst families.
Questions? Contact Laura Jones.

Food Bag Program - Paper bags needed!

The food bag program has an ongoing need for paper grocery bags.

Bags can be dropped off on the porch at 6453 SW Loop Drive

Thank you!

Are you a Safeway or Albertsons employee? 
Or, an Alpha Gamma Delta member?

As you may be aware, local PTAs are currently providing families at Hayhurst, Odyssey, Ainsworth, and Robert Gray Middle School with biweekly food bags. The Food Bag Program is looking to apply for some grants to supplement and bolster our funding. Some grants have specific requirements that someone in our group be connected with their business or organization.

We are looking for anyone who is a Safeway/Albertsons employee or an Alpha Gamma Delta member who can be listed as a sponsor for the grant. We have grant writers - just looking for a sponsor! Additionally, if you have any leads on food grants, we’d love to hear from you.
 
Please contact Rachel Dvorsky.

Coming Up Next

Upcoming Events

JAN 29
JAN 29 8:30 am - 9:30 am
FEB 9 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
FEB 12 8:30 am - 9:30 am
FEB 15 
FEB 16 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
FEB 26 8:30 am - 9:30 am
MAR 9 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
MAR 12 8:30 am - 9:30 am
MAR 22 March 22 - March 26
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Thank you for your help!
Thank you for supporting our school and community. Want to donate or support the Hayhurst PTA? Visit our website (direct giving by credit card available). Upcoming PTA Meeting: Feb. 16th, 2021 @ 6:30 PM
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