Jackson Davis PTA

a website for the Jackson Davis Elementary School community

Jackson Davis PTA - a website for the Jackson Davis Elementary School community

PTA Nominees for 2023-24 school year!

Announcing our nominees for the 2023-24 school year PTA Executive Board! These nominees will be voted on at the May 16th meeting. If you’d like to participate in the vote, please come to our Executive Committee meeting at 6pm. Positions will be announced at the General Meeting at 6:50pm. Members of the nomination committee are Jenn Roberts, Julie Dorn and Cheryl Boggs. 

President- Erin Nielsen

Treasurer- Jen Montgomery

VP of Ways & Means- Rachel Kelly

VP of Cultural Arts- Erin Hollerbach

VP of Room Parents- Emily Sinsabaugh

VP of Membership- Kelly Tornichio

The PTA has some exciting events coming up! 

Our spring Scholastic Book Fair will be held Monday Feb. 27-Friday March 3. Hours will be every morning before school and on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. If you’re interested in helping out at the book fair, sign up here!

Art Night and One School One Book assembly will be on Thursday March 2 from 5-7pm. We’ll have stations for different Art Night crafts and if you’d like to help run a station, please sign up here!

Thanks for all your help and support this year!

Winter Break

Happy December everyone! Thank you so much for all your help thus far in our school year. The PTA wishes you all a wonderful winter break and we can’t wait to start back with fresh faces in the new year!
If you would like to learn more about the PTA, what we do and what positions will be open next school year, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Rachel Kelly, PTA President

Dolphin Fund

Thank you, Dolphin families, for your generous donations to the Jackson Davis Dolphin Fund!! We went above and beyond our goal this year! Because of that, the whole school will have a PJ day that will be announced soon and the top classes in each grade get a donut party! Those classes are-
Kindergarten- Mrs. Woods
1st grade- Mrs. Burnette
2nd grade- Mrs. Swink
3rd grade- Mrs. Smith
4th grade- Mr. Cochran
5th grade- Mrs. Bennett
Because of your generosity, the PTA will be able to do our work of supporting families, students & staff.
Great job dolphins!!

Back to School Night

We can’t wait to see you at Back to School Night on Thursday, Sept 8! If you would like to review what we will vote on, please see the meeting minutes from August and our proposed budget for the 2022-23 school year.

Welcome back and Open House info!

 
Welcome to the 2022-23 school year! As you already read from Mrs. Bonner’s family update, our Open House will be on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 12-2pm. The PTA will have two tables set up to answer any questions, help direct you to your child’s classroom and if you’re interested, you can purchase PTA memberships and spirit wear! On the back of the map of the school will be our September Newsletter, so be sure to check that out!
Our pending budget is posted on the website as well as our current year board list, so take a few minutes to look through what our PTA has been working on so far. We will vote on this budget at our first general PTA meeting which will be at Back to School Night on Sept 8!
Our Dolphin Fund will kick off the second week of school this year and will run from Sept 6-16! This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. More info to come on that at Open House, in the first week of school, & Back to School Night so keep your eyes open for exciting announcements!
Hope you all had a wonderful summer and we can’t wait to see you in the coming weeks as we kick off another awesome school year!! As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions!
Rachel Kelly, PTA President 2022-23

Carnival and Elections

Spring Carnival is Friday, May 6! There are still volunteer slots available for items and your time. If you’re interested, please use this SignUp Genius link  Our Silent Auction goes live Friday, April 29 and will be in-person during the carnival. Use this link to bid!
UPDATE: SPRING CARNIVAL HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE RAIN DATE OF FRIDAY, MAY 13th. See you there!
Elections will be held for the 2022-23 PTA Executive Board on May 10th at 6pm during our Executive Committee Meeting. Your voice counts! If you would like to partake in the voting process, please come to the meeting in the library.
Also during our May meeting, special guests will be joining us at both the Executive Committee Meeting and the General Board Meeting. County representatives will be giving a brief overview and answering questions relating to the bond referendum that we will vote on in November for the rebuild of Jackson Davis! If you have any questions or would like to find out more information, email jdespta@gmail.com

Dolphin Fund

Our annual Dolphin Fund Drive is just around the corner!
Mark your calendar for our biggest fundraiser, a direct donation drive. Our drive will last for two weeks and begin February 14th. Stay tuned for more information about ways to donate, prizes, and more!