FSUS PTSA

The PTSA and FSU’s Police Dept. are sponsoring a Bike Rodeo on Monday, October 20th. The Rodeo begins at 3:00 pm behind the gym at the outside basketball courts and will run until about 5:00 pm. Participants will be taught safe cycling habits, how to recognize and  avoid road hazards, and how to recognize a well-maintained bicycle.  Refreshments will be provided.  No pre-registration is necessary, just show up with your bikes and helmets.

If you would like to volunteer to help out with the rodeo or for more information,  e-mail  Pro Hruda or call him at 524-4851.

Come out for an afternoon of fun! .

Signup for the Fall Garden Club is complete and planting will begin Monday October 6th, weather permitting.  Crop will include peas, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, radishes and collard greens, among other things.  Hopefully, the kids will produce a good harvest for the holidays.  The kids will also maintain a butterfly garden planted last year near the gazebo.

Parent volunteers are still needed for this project.  Anyone who is able to spend one hour a week after school from 2:45-3:45 pm,  helping the kids with gardening,  can sign up here.  If you have further questions, please e-mail Danni Vogt or call him at 877-5641.

We are pleased to announce that we did reach our $40,000.00 goal for the PTSA Fundraiser.  We had a total of $40,542.25 in catalog sales and $135.00 in donations for a grand total of $40,677.25.

The top selling class for elementary was Miss Durham’s 1st grade class and for middle school was Mr. Minn’s 8th grade 1st period class.  Both of these classes will get a cookie party (date to be determined).  The top selling student was Ashtyn Tilton, 1st grade, Miss Durham’s class and she will be awarded a $25 gift card to Target.

The BMX show will be scheduled soon and we will send out an email with the date.  It looks like it is going to be the first part of December.  Details will be available soon.

We are compiling a list of students that will attend the show, get VIP seats and an autographed picture.  We are also working on getting the community service forms filled out for 8th through 12th grade.  When they are completed, we will put them in the teacher mailbox of the students first period teacher.

We can’t thank you enough for supporting your school.  The money goes right back to our students and teachers.  We are so excited that Middle School and High School really helped this year.  That was wonderful.

Trevor Brumbley
1st Vice President, Fundraising Committee

Alicia Cherry
Co-Chair, Fundraising Committee

Internet Safety

Did you know that many internet predators diligently spend three to six months searching children and teenager’s MySpace, Facebook and other online profiles prior to ever making email contact with them? read more

In an effort to educate middle and high school students at Florida High about the risk of putting personal profiles on the internet, the PTSA has arranged for the Child Predator CyberCrime Unit, part of the Office of the Attorney General, to come and present information on October 2nd that will guide students in making wise and good choices when on-line.

Oct.   2          Internet Safety Presentation, Middle and High Schoo

Oct.   6         Garden Club begins

Oct. 13         Kick off of “Eat Your Colors” Healthy Lunch Program
Cafeteria

Oct. 15         Fundraiser merchandise distributed

Oct. 16         Box Tops, Campbell’s, Tyson A+ and  Community
Coffee deadline

Oct. 20         Annual Bike Rodeo
Outdoor Basketball Courts, 3- 5 pm

Oct. 27         Chick Fil-A Spirit Night
Apalachee Pkwy, 5-8 pm

Oct. 31         Fall Carnival
Florida High, 1-3 pm

Dear Kasey,

Dear FSUS Families,

We are almost at the end of our first nine weeks of school.  Over 450 members have joined FSUS PTSA and working together we have met our school-wide fundraising goal for our Fall Fundraiser.  Thank you all for supporting PTSA, Florida High, our teachers and our students.  We’re all in this together!
Our first General Assembly meeting on September 23rd was well attended.   Members approved the budget, heard from our officers and committee chairs about current and future projects and events, recognized teachers who have been approved for Teacher Mini-grants, enjoyed an update from Principal Trafford about the current and possible future building projects on the FSUS campus, and shared a lovely dessert.  Thanks to Madison Fitzpatrick, the newly elected president of K-Kids, for leading us in our Pledge of Allegiance, to Key Club for providing babysitting during the meeting and to Mrs. Searight and the cafeteria staff for providing beverages.

We have many volunteer opportunities coming up in October and over the course of the school year.  If you have a specific committee you are interested in working with, please click here to sign up.

To volunteer to help out with upcoming PTSA events,  see the section below entitled “Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities.  Electronic sign-ups are available.

Remember that anyone who becomes a FSUS PTSA member by October 31st is eligible for our drawing to win back your student’s school activity fee.  Also, teachers who are PTSA members and submit a mini-grant request by October 31 are eligible for a drawing to win a matching mini-grant.  Both drawings will take place on November 1.  Please contact Marie Aguirre at maguirre@tnc.org with any questions about the drawings.  You will find both membership forms and mini-grant applications on our webpage.

Thanks again for all your support of FSUS PTSA!

Kasey Chapin
PTSA President