Want to get more involved with what's going on in your student's education? Consider joining the Tillicum PTA Board for the 2023-2024 school year! Rumor has it, consolidating schools might be coming to the middle school level in the near future so let's be proactive and make sure that doesn't happen at TMS. Parent/Guardian involvement is what keeps our community going!

We have many parents moving up to HS next year and need to fill many positions. Unsure about committing to a board position? Don't worry, our current president, Paul Tsai, will still be involved as VP of Fundraising, our current treasurer, Alicia Wong, will just be focusing on the role of VP of Grants, our VP of Volunteers, Amy Thompson, will be continuing into next year and our current VP of Communications, Kaili Baker, will be co-chairing VP of Fundraising. Also, maybe consider co-chairing with a friend (not advised for the Treasurer position).

Any questions, email president@tillicumpta.org. Please spread the word... Thanks!

OPEN POSITIONS:
President
Lead general and board meetings. Public face of the PTA. Oversee all PTA financials, programs, and fundraisers. Meet with the school administration once per month.
Time Commitment: minimum 1 hour/week
 
Secretary
Prepare & distribute agendas for all board and general PTA meetings. Keep track of attendance at all meetings and confirm that the quorum has been met. Take detailed minutes at meetings. Keep track of all votes that happen at meetings and online. Maintain records and present minutes from previous meetings to the board for approval prior to the next meeting.
Time Commitment: minimum 2 hours/month

VP Communications

Maintain PTA website and calendar with up-to-date school and PTA news and events. Post school and PTA updates about events and information as needed to PTA Facebook page. Send out weekly e-newsletter (and other e-blasts on an as-needed basis) using Mailchimp with school, PTA and community event information. Should be able to attend all board and general PTA meetings. Help communicate and promote all PTA events and news updates. Approve PTA flyers. Help create and distribute PTA flyers (Not many functions during the year that this is needed).

Time Commitment: Minimum 4 hours/month

VP of Membership
Attend several events throughout the school year talking to families about the PTA and signing people up for memberships. Maintain database of current members. Should be able to attend all board and general PTA meetings and give updates on what is being organized.

Big thank you to all who donated snacks for the Teacher's Snack Bar last week. The teachers LOVED it!

So far we have raised $9080... almost half way to our goal of $20K!
Thank you everyone for your continued support! We really want our TMS students to earn a school wide party so we have extended our November fundraiser til November 27th.
 
Follow the link to donate to our November PASS THE HAT Fundraiser: https://tinyurl.com/458xd2ab
 
We also accept cash or checks made payable to TILLICUM MS PTA. You can turn in this donation form with your payment to the Tillicum PTA lockbox in the front office.
 
As a reminder… Tillicum Middle School PTA qualifies for corporate gift matching! Notify your employer of your donation to Tillicum PTA's November PASS THE HAT fundraiser and please also send a notification to the PTA at president@tillicumpta.org. If you need help getting the PTA set up with your company's matching gift program, feel free to email us with any questions.

• Reduced support for 8 grade graduation party
• Significantly reduced after school programs - cooking club, math club, tutoring, Tiger points and prizes, 6th grade camp, etc..  
• Reduced teacher appreciation
• Less resources for music, arts, and drama programs at school
• Less resources for library - less books, poorer equipment
• Less support for WEB program
• Less fun programs such as ice cream social

We have a very important invitation for next week. On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, our PTA will host the *RMS (Reimagining Middle Schools) Committee (The general meeting will begin at 6:00pm; the RMS session will begin at 6:30pm). The RMS Committee will host a listening campaign for parents/guardians to gather feedback and help refine prototypes for middle schools next school year. The RMS Committee will make recommendations to the BSD Executive Team in June.  If you can make it, we would love to have your input at this important meeting. I look forward to seeing you. Refreshments will be provided.

What is a prototype?

• Prototypes are visual representations of ideas; they are props that help tell a story.​
• A prototype is a way of making ideas tangible and testing them out. This allows us to gather feedback and improve them.
• Our RMS prototypes are "scrappy" at this stage! This is intentional so that we can gather feedback that will be used to inform revisions. This is a dynamic, ongoing process.

*Please visit the Reimagining Middle School Steering Committee webpage for more information on the RMS Committee membership, project, timeline and process. Please contact RMS@bsd405.org for questions, comments, or suggestions.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR DONORS SO FAR: