Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

• Kimberlee Bierman-Smith - President
• Lynn Battle Green - 1^st Vice-President
• Tasha Barry -  2^nd Vice-President
• Tim Blount - 3^rd Vice-President
• Lisa Clark - Treasurer
• Yovanda Horton - Secretary

The Centerville ES PTA is located within Area-1 Gwinnett Council and District 12.
 Got questions? Want to volunteer? Send us an e-mail to centervilleespta@gmail.com

Volunteers are needed to man stations during the March 8th Math Carnival event.  To sign up, please e-mail the PTA at centervilleespta@gmail.com.

For parents with the time for more involvement there are opportunities to work on committees for each PTA-sponsored event and project.

• Our next general body PTA meeting will take place on March 8 at 6:00 p.m. before the Math Carnival

• Membership
  
  • To Join the PTA, please download our Membership Form and return to the school along with your check ($5 per member) made payable to CESPTA.
  • 270 registered members so far
  • Goal 300
  • Membership Dues are $5 for the 2011-12 school year per person
    • Where it goes (3-way split)
      • $2.25 to National PTA
      • $1.50 to Georgia PTA
      • $1.25 to Centerville ES PTA
  • Centerville ES PTA “Your Dollars at Work”
    • Look for our logo to see events, programs, and initiatives funded by PTA dollars.  Our funds come from membership, fundraisers, rewards programs, and school sponsors.

• PTA General Body Meetings from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m
• Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Before Math Carnival
  • Action Item: Vote on next year’s PTA Officers, Join committees

In addition to our monthly executive board business meetings, the PTA sponsors general body meetings, events, projects, and programs throughout the school year. These events are funded by your membership dollars, PTA fundraisers, and the generosity of our school’s sponsors. To help make each event successful, we also need and appreciate the help of volunteers.

The Nominating committee is seeking individuals to chair committees for the 2012-13 school year. Please see the list of committees (add new pdf of the CES PTA committees-updated) and contact the PTA at centervilleespta@gmail.com or leave a message in the school’s PTA mailbox.

• Get Connected - There’s no better way to know what’s happening in the school.
• Discover Great Resources - The PTA offers a variety of programs designed for parents as well as students.
• Tap into a Network - Parenting is not easy—it helps to share ideas, concerns and experiences with other parents and educators in the community. PTA functions are opportunities to meet other parents and teachers, building rapport and discussing issues that are on your mind.
• Watch Yourself Grow - By volunteering with your PTA, you gain valuable experiences. It’s an opportunity to put your skills and hobbies to good use for a good cause—your child and all children in the community.
• Speak Up - Because the PTA is a forum for exchanging ideas, you are encouraged to make suggestions. PTA can be a way for you to more effectively suggest change at your child’s school.
• Witness Improvement - By getting involved at your child’s school you’ll be part of the solution, helping make positive changes. Local PTAs play an important role in fundraising to provide building improvements, curriculum-based programs, and social events—all vital to a school’s success.
• Be a Role Model - By becoming a PTA member, you’ll be demonstrating to your child the importance you place on education.

Membership has its privileges. For details on special offers please visit the following websites. You may need to present your PTA membership card in order to take advantage of some offers.

• Discounted Pricing at CES Events
• Gwinnett Area 1 PTA Benefits
• Georgia PTA Benefits
• Georgia PTA Perks Program
• National PTA Benefits

While it’s true that many PTA activities ask a lot of time and commitment, there are a number of projects we need your help with that only require your consideration. 

• Box Tops for Education - Clip box tops from some of your family’s usual products and send in to your child’s teacher. Participating Products
• Coke Points -  Collect and send in to your child’s teacher (or donate them from your personal Coke Rewards account online directly to our school)
  • http://www.mycokerewards.com
  • How to Find Codes
  • How to Find Codes (Spanish)
  • The Coke Rewards Points committee is also seeking volunteers to enter Coke point into the school’s account.  To sign up please send an e-mail to centervilleespta@gmail.com
• Office Depot - Use our School’s unique ID number (70026701) when making purchases
• Publix - Use your Centerville ES card at the check out when making purchases
• Target - REDcard holders can enroll in Take Charge of Education and designate our school to receive 1% of each of your purchases
  • School ID: 43432
  • Target Take Charge of Education: Home
• Campbell’s eLabels for Education -  Register your Kroger card online at www.elabelsforeducation.com to earn points for participating products.  Labels can still be clipped and sent in to school for regular Labels for Education points
• Capri Sun packages - We are working out the details of this program and will announce the program start at a later date.
• Know of others we should be participating in? Bring them to our attention

There is still time to order the 2011-12 Centerville Elementary Yearbooks. You can select either a hard cover or soft cover edition. There are additional cover customizations available including up to two line of text, up to four icons, and on the soft cover books, you can add your child’s photo. Orders must be in no later than February 27.  Pricing will increase beginning January 1. Pre-Sales only, no additional stock of books will be ordered. Please order your books to ensure your child will receive a copy.

HARD COVER: $30.00, $26.00 each additional
LAMINATED SOFT COVER: $26.00, $18.50 each additional
PERSONALIZATIONS: 
Child's photo $2.00
Name or Message $1.00 per line
Icons $1.00 each, up to four

Cover Contest – The yearbook committee congratulates this year’s cover contest winner, fourth grader, Darrell McDowell. Darrell’s design will grace the 2011-12 yearbook cover. 
 
Get your personal pictures in the yearbook! The Yearbook Staff invites parents to submit photos for possible inclusion in the yearbook. If you've got great photos of school and community events, we'd like to see them. Our photographers can't be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.
https://images.schoolannualonline.com/loginUs
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For questions, please contact the yearbook staff at centervilleespta.yearbook@gmail.com 

• E-mail address -  centervilleespta@gmail.com
  • Letters, notes, and messages can also be left in the PTA mailbox at the school.
• Links
  • National PTA
  • Georgia PTA
  • Big Frog 
  • Area I Gwinnett County Council of PTA's
  • Yearbook Image Share Website