Hello PTA Families,
We hope you had a great Thanksgiving Break and are beginning to enjoy the festivities of the upcoming holiday season. We want to take this time to thank you for your continuous support to PTA this year. Many of our events such as Sneak Peek, Pack 'Em In Dance, Red Ribbon Week, Dessert Theatre, Staff Appreciation, Book Fair, and many more would not be a success without volunteers and members like you.
As we begin planning for 2011, we would like to give you a glimpse of some the events PTA will be hosting, and we would like to encourage all of our River Trail families to get involved. Wolf Pack Nights, Staff Appreciation, Technology Fair, Cultural Events, 8th Grade Dance, Scoliosis Screening, Parent to Parent - are just a few of the activities planned, so come be a part of the fun.
Thank you again for your continuous support! Together we can.. support our students, support our teachers, support our school.
Susan Auerbach and Sonia Nadel
RTMS PTA Co -Presidents
rtmspta@yahoo.com
Scoliosis Screening
Volunteers are needed for the annual scoliosis screening for RTMS 6th and 8th graders that will take place on Tuesday, February 8, 2011.
Scoliosis is an abnormal sideways curve of the spine that tends to show up during teenage growth spurts. Scoliosis is best treated when found early. It can be hard to tell if your child has scoliosis, so it is important for your child to have an exam done by trained screeners in school. More serious treatments for scoliosis can be avoided when scoliosis is found early.
Volunteers are needed to help support the flow of students and their paperwork as they go through the brief screening process, and also to serve as screeners so that the Fulton County nurses can concentrate on students needing additional assessment. Training for screeners will be provided offsite in Alpharetta on January 27 from 9-11:30 am. If you trained as a screener last year, you will not need to attend the training again this year. PLEASE give of your time and talents to support the early intervention. Contact Linda Thomas .
Reflections 2010
Congratulations to all the students that participated in this year's Reflections Contest. The judges have chosen the winners for River Trail. The following students, with their grade level in parenthesis, have had their work submitted to the council level. Congratulations again, to these students, for their fine work.
FilmVideo
Rhea Dhamapurkar (6)
Dance Choreography
Jenny Zhao (8)
Literature
Komal lShrivastava (6) Rhea Dhamapurkar (6)
Aksaya Manickandan (7) Ankita Das (7)
Namratha Mylarapu (8) Hana Nazir (8)
Music
Ashna Bhardwaj (6) Puja Tripuraneni (8) Justin Lee (8)
Photography
Tobin Massie (6) Irene Zhou (6) Aksays Manickandan (7)
Visual Arts
Michelle Cho (6) Michelle Liu (6) Paula Hong (7)
Stephanie Ryu (7) Liheng Song (8) Rachel Zhu (8)
PTA Directories
PTA directories were sent home last Friday with the students. This valuable resource was put together by Allison Clough. Thank you so much Allison for your hard work and dedication to this project.
It's Cold Outside...Georgia Natural Gas Needs to be your Gas Provider
River Trail Middle School can earn up to $10,000 this school year or even more. For each new customer that signs up to be a Georgia Natural Gas (GNG) customer through the TrueBlue Schools (TBS) Program, GNG will give a $40 donation upon enrollment and then $5 for each month the participant remains an active GNG customer. That adds up to $100 per customer in the first year!
If you're already a loyal Georgia Natural Gas Customer, simply visit www.trueblueschools.com, designate River Trail Middle School and start earning $5 / month for RTMS.
This program is an easy and convenient way to help raise money for River Trail Middle School. Unlike traditional fundraisers, you don't have to sell anything, commit your time or collect money. Just sign up and Georgia Natural Gas takes care of the rest.
