Condolences for Science Teacher, Ms. Brenda Holmes

With deepest Sympathy,


The PTA family would like to extend our condolences to Ms. Brenda Holmes on the loss of her sister.  The funeral was held on Dec. 15th in North Carolina.

Please send a note via the Ardmore School office.  Phone: 301-925-1311.

Mayi Ngwala nominated for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

 

On December 11th, Mayi Ngwala husband of our own Ms. Nakia Ngwala was nominated for the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author for the book, Congo: Spirit of Darkness, which he co-authored with his brother, Allain Ngwala.

 

 

Please see the NAACP Image Awards press release below:

http://www.naacpimageawards.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/44th-NIA-Nominations_Final_Release.pdf

Meeting tomorrow at Walker Mill Elementary School at 6pm

IMPLEMENTING the following 6th grade to middle school conversions:


Ernest Everett Just Middle:  Ardmore and Woodmore Elementary

Please attend the meeting.  It will be from 6pm until 8pm on Thursday, Dec. 6 at Walker Mill Middle School.

Please come to address these issues:


LEADERSHIP


QUALIFIED TEACHER RETENTION


IMPACT ON STUDENTS GOING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 6TH GRADE


IMPACT ON SPEC ED STUDENTS


TRANSITION AND PREPRAREDNESS OF TEACHERS AT JUST to make sure our 6th Graders make a successful transition.


Please review this documents:

Proposed Boundary Changes
http://tinyurl.com/be85wk3

Memo to Ardmore from Instructional Director Cluster 8
http://tinyurl.com/c5965bd

Please attend Boundary Meeting at Walker Mill Middle Cafeteria on Dec. 6th at 6pm

Dear Parents,


Please attend School Boundaries meeting.  Let your voice be heard.  Proposing to end 6th grade at Ardmore Elementary and send them to Ernest Everett Just Middle School for next school year.

See link:

http://www1.pgcps.org/communications/press.aspx?id=170038

Emergency: School Boundaries (Public Forums)

Dear Parents,

This is important.  Ardmore is on the list to be one of 8 elementary schools that will lose 6th grade for next year.  Ardmore will be sending future 6th grade students to Ernest Everett Just Middle school. 

There will will be 3 Public Forums to gather public input on school boundaries, grade structures and program changes.  We encourage all parents to attend.  Please make your voice heard!

TUESDAY, Dec. 4th
Nicholas Orem Middle
Cafeteria
6100 Editors Park Dr
Hyattsville

Thursday, Dec. 6th
Walker Mill Middle
cafeteria
800 Karen Blvd
Capitol Heights

Tuesday, Dec. 11
Oxon Hill Middle
cafeteria
9570 Fort Foote Rd
Fort Washington

If you have questions, please send them to ardmoremdpta@gmail.com and we will forward to Ms. Gregory.

Thanks for your support!

Next PTA Meeting, Nov. 5th

Featured Speaker:

DeLisa French

County Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) Coordinator

 

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

 

Division of Environmental Health

 

Prince George's County Health Department

Next PTA Meeting will be Monday, October 1st

Ardmore PTA Meeting



Date:  October 1, 2012

Time:  7:00 PM

Location:  Ardmore Elementary Library


Who:  All Parents and Community Members of Ardmore PTA

Agenda:  Introduction of PTA Board
                PTA Budget
                Membership Recruitment

Condolences for Ms. Woodrick's Family

Staff, Parents, and Friends

Saturday evening, our beloved Rosie Woodrick returned home from a meeting, only to find her expired mother on the floor. Rosie wishes everyone to know  that she is fine,happy in the knowledge she was able to avoid a nursing  home option for her mother in favor of Rosie personally taking care of her  mother for these past seven years. Rosie spoke about her mother's sound mind and ability to perform cooking  tasks and light chores of her mother's own desire. When Rosie left earlier  in the day Saturday, her mother was in good cheer and preparing to begin  her home routine. When Rosie returned, her mother looked to be asleep on  the floor without any signs of distress. For those whom knew Rosie's sweet ninety-two year old mother, we will  especially miss her beautiful, quick mind and her fantastic culinary  talents. Selfishly, I will especially miss her chicken and turkey salad  creations. Rosie told me she will keep busy working; thereby, avoiding depression. Rosie is uplifted by a host of fond remembrances, as well as her own children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and belief in God's  healing graces. Together as a faculty and as friends, we will pray for  Rosie's peace of mind, as she has "most assuredly" prayed for ours,  "countless  of times."

Georgette 

Fish Fry on May 18th

THE ARDMORE ELEMENTARY

ANNUAL FISH FRY

PRESENTED BY THE ARDMORE PTA

FRIDAY, May 18, 2012

 2:30PM TO 7:30PM

(Until Supplies Last)

A FISH SANDWICH, BAG OF CHIPS, AND SOFT DRINK

$7.00

$3.00 for each additional piece of fish.

Desserts: $2.00 each

   Drinks: $1.00 each

For Additional Information please contact:

Mr. Gary Wright, PTA Treasurer, at gwright373@yahoo.com 301-792-2661

NOTE:  PRE-ORDERING IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THIS WILL

HELP TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY. ALL PRE-ORDERS

WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON ARRIVAL. PLEASE CONTACT MR. WRIGHT BY WEDNESDAY, May 16th TO PLACE YOUR PRE-ORDER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

PTA Fish Fry CANCELED for tomorrow, Friday April 20th

PTA Fish Fry CANCELED for tomorrow, Friday April 20th


We will have to postpone the event.  New date will be announced next week.   If you have pre-ordered your dinner, it will be honored on the new date for the Event.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

Ardmore PTA

NAKIA NGWALA TO JOIN PARENTING, U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

EDUCATION ADVOCATE WINS TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO REPRESENT MARYLAND

AT PARENTING MAGAZINE’S

MOM CONGRESS® ON EDUCATION AND LEARNING CONFERENCE

NAKIA NGWALA TO JOIN PARENTING, U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

ARNE DUNCAN, AND ONE OUTSTANDING MOM EDUCATION ADVOCATE FROM EVERY STATE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 29^th – MAY 1^st

SPRINGDALE, MARYLAND, March 20, 2012 – Parenting magazine today announced that Nakia Ngwala of Springdale has been selected to represent Maryland at the third-annual Mom Congress on Education and Learning conference in Washington, D.C. this April 29^th through May 1^st. Ngwala was chosen for her outstanding contributions and dedication to improving local schools.

A total of fifty-one delegates, representing each state and the District of Columbia, have been selected by Parenting from a record-setting number applications submitted through Parenting.com. Each will receive an all-expense-paid trip to D.C. for the event, where they’ll have the opportunity to connect with national leaders in education, Parenting editors, and past Mom Congress delegates to exchange ideas on how to improve our nation’s schools.

“When I received the news that I was selected as a 2012 delegate to represent Maryland, I was ecstatic!” says Ngwala of her excitement to be a part of Mom Congress. “I look forward to proudly representing Maryland at the upcoming conference in April and taking back the information learned at the conference to collectively continue our work to improve our education system.”

The theme of the 2012 Mom Congress conference, “Teach Me Something New,” is dedicated to fostering the crucially important relationship between parents and their children’s teachers. For the third consecutive year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan headlines the roster of education and advocacy leaders scheduled to address the delegates at the conference. Others scheduled to appear include NBC News’ Education Nation, First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move!, Save the Children, National PTA, National Education Association, Teach for America, and more.

In her work as an education advocate, Ngwala has pushed for education reform in early childhood education and is a staunch supporter of including high-quality, full-day prekindergarten in Congress’s reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Ngwala has worked tirelessly in her community to create mutually beneficial relationships between neighborhood schools and area businesses. Likewise, she engaged in action based dialogue with area school administrators in an effort to augment overcrowded classrooms with assistant teachers. In 2011, Ngwala was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to serve as a member of the Prince George’s County Citizens’ Review Board for Children.

Empowered and inspired by attending the conference, past delegates have returned to their states to create significant change in their school systems, affecting the lives of thousands of children nationwide. In 2010, delegates worked with Parenting editors at the conference to create the “Lesson Plan for Change”, a blueprint to empower parents to get more involved in their children’s education that appeared in Parenting School Years magazine and the bestselling companion guide to the documentary Waiting for Superman.

The 2011 class of delegates’ accomplishments include the creation of a nationwide book drive in support of early literacy, Books Make it Better; recognition through The White House “Champions of Change” program; the improvement of several school lunch programs across the country; and the development of new educational resources and programs in nearly every state, from early science education workshops in Florida to a new parental advocacy program, Camp Educate, in California.

Faculty members from Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies—the Mom Congress educational provider—will lead informative sessions at the conference this year, offering advocacy training workshops to help delegates take what they’ve learned and put it to work in their own communities.

Driven by the ever-increasing role that parents play in advocating for positive change in the education system, Parenting magazine launched the Mom Congress initiative in 2009 to celebrate and connect parents working to improve our nation’s schools. Each month, Parenting and Parenting.com give readers and the 25,000+ Mom Congress members updated educational news and resources to help them make a difference and bring about positive changes for students.

For more information, visit Parenting.com/momcongress.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Victoria Livadas

victoria.livadas@bonniercorp.com

T: 212.779.5312

About The Parenting Group

The Parenting Group, home of the Parenting, Babytalk and Conceive brands, reaches moms over 15 million times every month through magazines, digital media, custom content, and events. TPG’s publications include: Parenting School Years, for moms with children in kindergarten through elementary school; Parenting Early Years, for moms of infants, toddlers and preschoolers; Babytalk, for new moms and moms-to-be; and Conceive, for women trying to get pregnant. TPG’s other media properties include: the Babytalk Pregnancy Planner; the Parenting.com and ConceiveOnline.com web sites; MomConnection®, a nationally-representative online research network; and a custom content unit. The Parenting Group is a division of Bonnier Corporation.

Ardmore PTA Meeting tonight in the Ardmore Library

Ardmore PTA Meeting will be tonight.  We will be voting on the PTA Bylaws. 

 

The Bylaws will be posted shortly.

Buffalo Wild Wings Spirit Night! TONIGHT from 5pm until 9pm! Come and support your school!

Come to the Buffalo Wild Wings in Vista Gardens from 5pm until 9pm to support the PTA!

Follow us on Twitter #ArdmorePTA to keep up to date on PTA events!

Ardmore on Twitter

Buffalo Wild Wings Spirit Night! March 7th from 5pm until 9pm!

The Office of Constituent Services

On February 21st, we were introduced to the Office of Constituent Services by its Coordinator, Ms. Robin Shell.  The purpose purpose of the office is to serve as a neutral party in the resolution of concerns or conflicts and is available to assist the parent, family, or community member at any point in this process.  Their goal is to resolve concerns within 10 days or less.  Essentially this office serves as a liaison between the "higher ups" and the stakeholders.  Among the concerns this office addresses but not limited to are crossing guards, bullying, transportation, and some personnel issues.

I encourage everyone to view their information on the PGCPS website http://www.pgcps.org/To ask questions, their email address is oocs@pgcps.org.  On the website, you will also find a link to submit concerns as well as online videos.

Here is information regarding our PGCPS School Board Representative also:  Patricia Eubanks, District 4  patricia.eubanks@pgcps.org   

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD by attending one of the upcoming Board of Education Meetings

When  Thu, February 23, 7:05pm – 9:35pm

Where  Sasscer Administration Building (map)

Description  For more information, visit http://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/pgcps/Board.nsf/Public

When  Thu, March 22, 7:05pm – 9:05pm

Where  Sasscer Administration Building (map)

Description  For more information, visit http://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/pgcps/Board.nsf/Public

When  Thu, April 26, 7:05pm – 9:05pm

Where  Sasscer Administration Building (map)

Description  For more information, visit http://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/pgcps/Board.nsf/Public

BOE Constituents Services Email:  constituent.concerns@pgcps.org 

Board of Education Office: 301 952-6115 or Fax:  301-952-6114

Please let me know if you would like more information or if I may help you get clarification for your questions or concerns.

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In Your Service

Ruby T. Thornton

PTA Secretary

Ardmore Elementary School

Ardmore PTA Meeting will be next Tuesday, February 21, 2012 @ 7pm in the Ardmore Library

Dear Parents,

At the next PTA meeting, there will be a representative from the School Board to introduce The Office of Constituent Services.

Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) has created a new office to expedite the resolution of conflicts and concerns. The Office of Constituent Services, located at the Sasscer Administration Building in Upper Marlboro, will assist parents, members of the community, and staff throughout the resolution process by quickly responding to inquiries and connecting people to the appropriate office or staff member.  Their email address is:  ocs@pgcps.org.

This is a good opportunity to meet a representative from the school system and bring your questions or concerns.  If you have any questions about this meeting, please send an email to: aepta.secretary@gmail.com.

Please join us for an Ice Cream Social on January 25, 2012

I Scream…. You Scream… We all Scream for
Ice Cream!

Please join us for an Ice Cream Social
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $1.00 for Ice Cream

There will be arts & crafts as well as board games for the Ardmore family
Learn about upcoming PTA Events and how you can become part of the Ardmore PTA

ARDMORE ELEMENTARY PTA PRESENTS…
Contact Ruby Thornton at aepta.secretary@gmail.com for
more information