FSUS PTSA

The Florida High PTSA Senior Scholarships were awarded May 15th at the Senior Awards Banquet with assistance from Principal Grantham.  Congratulations to the following students who were selected to receive the awards:

Cosby Hayes - Reflections Cultural/Fine Arts Scholarship ($300)
Doug Chico - Vocational/Technical Scholarship ($300)
Joanna Walker - Community/Junior College Scholarship ($300)

In addition to the scholarships, Office Depot gift cards ($25 ea.) were given to the following scholarship applicants:

Kristian Hogue
Sonnie Meyewski
Brittany Fauble

The Florida High PTSA board and members wish all of these students the best of luck in their educational pursuits and future careers.

Thank you to the following parents who assisted on the Scholarship Committee - Dr. Mark Mahoney and Ms. Angela Kirkland.

Need a new “larger than life” story about the one that got away? Here’s your chance, Florida High, to kick off the summer months with a tale that will grow over the summer months.

Florida High will be providing students and parents with a bus that will head down to the Annual Kid’s Fishing Clinic in Panacea, FL on Saturday, May 9th.

The bus will leave Florida High at 8 a.m. and will return at 2 p.m.  Participants should arrive by 7:45 a.m., so the group can leave on time.  Parents and children get a free lunch/drink at the site.  Once a child completes the angler education stations the child receives a free fishing pole.

***Parents must attend the event with their child(ren)***

Please remember to bring  folding chairs if you have them, sunscreen and hats!  It will be quite hot.

This is such a fun experience for students and a wonderful service that the state provides.  Come on out and catch the big one with us!

If you would like to ride on the bus, please click here to sign up.

For more information on the Kid’s Fish Clinic, please visit the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

If you have further questions, please contact Hank Stephens, FSUS Coordinator for the Fishing Clinic.

Dear FSUS Families,
We are in the home stretch!  May is here and our thoughts turn to celebrating - celebrating our dedicated and hard-working teachers and staff; celebrating our graduating seniors; celebrating our kids making it through another year; celebrating the start of summer vacation.
Together, we have accomplished so much this year.  We have awarded over $6,000 in Teacher Mini-Grants, supported two seasons of our school garden, hosted a bike rodeo, organized a Cyber Crime education program for our middle and high school students, established a recycling program, celebrated Family Fun Nights at Beef O’Bradys, Chick-Fil-A, and Skate World, collected canned goods for the Second Harvest Food Drive, provided FCAT Snacks, rallied for education, hosted a Health & Safety Fair, awarded $1000 in Senior Scholarships, and so much more.
Thank you all for supporting FSUS PTSA!  I have enjoyed serving as your PTSA President and look forward to continuing in that role next year. Our school will need all of us more than ever.  Please contact me if you would like to play a greater role in FSUS PTSA or have any comments or suggestions for next year.
Kasey Chapin
FSUS PTSA President

May   2          Animal Shelter 5 K and Art Sale by FSUS

May   4-8      Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week

May   9         Annual Fishing Clinic in Panacea, FL

May  25        Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL

May  27-29  Exams/Early Release Days, 11:35 am

May  29        Last Day of School/Graduation at the Civic Center, 7 pm

Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week will take place the week of May 4-8 this year.  The PTSA will be hosting 2 luncheons:  Tuesday May 5th and Friday, May 8th.  There will also be drawings for gift baskets and other nice things.

If you or your business would like to donate any services, gifts, etc. for this week for our wonderful faculty and staff, please contact Susan Brodbeck, Teacher & Staff Appreciation Chair,  for more information.

If you would like to volunteer to make DESSERTS for the luncheons on either Tuesday or Friday, please click here to sign up.

If you are able to help out with SET UP, SERVING DURING THE LUNCHEONS, OR WITH CLEAN UP, please click here to sign up.

Please encourage your students to do something special for their teachers/staff at Florida High.  They give so much to our students during the year.  Make sure to thank them!

If you have any questions, please contact Susan Brodbeck, Teacher & Staff Appreciation Chair, for more information.

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week - MAKE DESSERTS SIGN UP

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week - LUNCHEON HELPERS SIGN UP

Please join us for our final Family Fun Night at Skate World on Capital Circle NE.  The fun begins at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, April 30th and ends at 8:00 pm.  Up to 25% of the proceeds will come back to Florida High! The concession stand will be open with pizza, drinks and other snacks.  Come out and roll with us! if you have any questions, contact Amy Hanstein for more information.

The PTSA’s Spring Fundraiser will be a “Fun Run!”  What a great way to get our students moving and to raise money for Florida High at the same time.  The fundraiser will kick off on Monday, April 20th with pep rallies for students and an informational meeting for teachers at 3:00 pm.  The date of the actual “Fun Run” will be on Tuesday, April 28th. (See times below for the different grades)  All students will receive a T-shirt and be able to participate the day of the run, no matter if they received pledges or not.  Parents, come on out and cheer our students on as they make their way around the track!  If you are interested in helping out during the “Fun Run”, please click here to see the time slots available, and SIGN UP!

For online pledges, visit www.funrunpledge.com. Your student has an individualized access code which is on a sticker on their Gold Medal DVD, but if you need it, you can also send an inquiry on www.funrunpledge.com and the Boosterthon team will email your student’s code to you.

“Fun Run” on Tuesday, April 28th -Times by Grade

• K-2  8:15-9:15 am
• 3-5  9:15-10:15 am
• 6-8  1:15-2:45 pm

If you have further questions, contact Trevor Brumbley, Fundraising Chair, for more information.

Our last General Assembly of the year is Tuesday, April 21 at 6:30PM in the Middle School Lecture Hall. We will be having elections for our 2009-2010 officers including President, 1st Vice President of Fundraising, 2nd Vice President of Membership, 3rd Vice President of Programs, Treasurer, Recording Secretary and Corresponding Secretary.   Dr. Grantham, the new K-12 Principal will be present and will provide us with a Prinipals’ Update. We will also hear from Music Instrucor, Lisa Ebener’s “ORFFestra”.  Please join us for the final business meeting of the school year and to meet your new officers.  If you would like to preview the minutes to be approved from the January 27th meeting, click here.

Apr. 20    Spring Fundraiser “Fun Run” Kicks Off

Apr. 21    PTSA General Assembly Meeting #3

Apr. 24    Elementary Fun Friday

Apr. 28    “Fun Run”

May 4-8  Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week