PTA
The Thurston Elementary PTA is committed to enriching the educational experience of every student. Through the efforts of our dedicated parents, teachers, and faculty, the PTA raises thousands of dollars each year that fund field trips, community projects, reading programs, assemblies and a variety of other events, projects and programs.
Please take some time to look around our site and get more information about PTA and find out more about what we have planned for the 2009/2010 school year!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Looking for stuff to do with your kids this summer?
We asked parents to give us some ideas and came up with this great list!
Click Here to view and print the list.
Thank you to all of the parents who submitted ideas!
We'd like to add to this list every year so if you have any additional ideas, please contact April Uffens at AprilUffens@ThurstonPTA.com.
The 2010 Jog-A-Thon is this Friday, June 4th!
During PE time, the students will be running around the perimeter of the playground.
The students will have the opportunity to win prizes based on total donations collected and total laps run.
Every student who participates will receive a wristband.
Other prizes include a "Cheetah" water bottle, $10 to Barnes & Noble and $20 to Toys-R-Us.
The student who runs the most laps and the student who collects the most donations will each receive a
$50 gift card to Toys-R-Us!
BONUS - If we raise a total of at least $4,000, the top students in each category will receive
an additional $150 to Toys-R-Us - that's $200 total to Toys-R-Us
for the student that runs the most laps and the student that raises the most money!
Click Here for more details. Please contact Jade Neckels at JadeNeckels@ThurstonPTA.com or
(541)543-8433 if you have any questions.
We LOVE it when people who help make our school such an amazing
environment for our children get recognized!
That's why we are so excited to announce some recent awards
presented to some very deserving individuals:
April Uffens, our PTA President, was presented with the 2010 "Springfield Volunteer Champion" A.C.E. Award by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce on May 6th.
A.C.E. stands for "A Champion of Education" which describes April's commitment
to TES and the education of our kids perfectly! We all admire and appreciate April's fantastic attitude and big heart and are so glad that she's been recognized!
On Wednesday, May 12th, Kathy Laird was recognized with an award from
Horace Mann Insurance Company! We think it's wonderful that Kathy's been recognized
for all of the amazing contributions she makes to our school!
The video of staff and student's comments and stories about Kathy is posted on our
Facebook page. If you're not a fan yet, click here to visit our Facebook page.
Congratulations ladies! We feel so fortunate to have you at our school
and in our children's lives!
FAMILY FUN NIGHT WAS A HUGE SUCESS!
Our kids had a great time and we raised over $4,500 for our school!
Thank you to all of our volunteers! We could not make FFN one of the most
profitable fundraisers of the year without you!
The raffle baskets were amazing and all of the people who helped sell tickets
and/or served food, etc. were beyond great!
We'd love to hear from you if you have any feedback or suggestions for
next year's FFN so we can make it even better.
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please contact April Uffens at apriluffens@thurstonpta.com.
We have leftover Scrip Gift Card inventory for sale!
We've decided not to stock gift cards,
but we still have some left over from last year!
Click here for a list of what we have available and
contact Toni Webb at ToniWebb@ThurstonPTA.com if you're interested.
2009/2010 PTA General Membership Meeting Minutes
Click on a month to see the minutes from that meeting
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009
January 2010 - No Meeting Held
February 2010
March 2010
April 2010
May 2010
2009/2010 
Officer Introductions
President - April Uffens
Hello everyone! My name is April Uffens and this will be my second year as your PTA President. I will be mainly working on the online newsletter each month, family & business memberships, Entertainment Book fundraiser and Splash & NAAGS organizer. My husband Eric and I have a son Carson (first grader) who loves to play Thurston Football and our daughter Elesha (freshman) practically lives on her horse. I am very excited this year to be working with our other elected officers. Each are extremely motivated and committed to or PTA efforts. Please allow me to introduce these lovely ladies to you...
Vice President - Toni Webb
My name is Toni Webb, I just finished up last year as PTA Treasurer, and will begin this year as your PTA Vice President. As VP, I plan to work on and organize the Sally Foster/Cookie Dough fundraiser, our three PTA Holiday Parties (fall, winter, spring), TES Cheetah apparel and Popcorn Fridays. My son, Seth, will be in 3rd grade this year and my son, Zane, will enter as a Kindergartner. I'm very excited to get this year started, I know it is going to be fantastic in our beautiful new school.
Treasurer - Jade Neckels
My name is Jade Neckels and I have two children: my six year old, Devon, is entering first grade this year and my three year old, Skylar, will be starting Preschool at the Child Development Center. This will be my first year as Treasurer of the PTA and I come to the position with several years of experience as the Accounting and IT Manager for a manufacturing company in Eugene. In addition to my Treasurer duties I will also be managing the PTA's website.
Secretary - Sherry Cantlen
I have lived in the Thurston area for the last 10 years and currently have a second grader at TES and a preschooler at home. After managing a business for 10 years, I decided to become a student again myself and currently attend LCC.
Click here for a full schedule of 2009/2010 events or
visit our Calendar page.
Visit our Facebook page and become a fan to get updates and reminders!
Thurston Elementary PTA
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Thurston Elementary is proud to participate
in the largest child advocacy association
in the nation, the Parent Teacher Association.
The PTA association reminds our country of
its obligations to children and provided parents
and families with a powerful voice to speak
out on behalf of every child while providing
the best tools for parents to help their children
be successful students.
National PTA does not act alone. Working in
cooperation with many national education,
health, safety, and child advocacy groups and
federal agencies, National PTA collaborates on
projects that benefit children and that bring
valuable resources to its members.
For more information about the National PTA, click here to visit their website.
