Meet your Hoover PTA, PTO, PTSO presidents
Here are the presidents of the parent organizations at Hoover schools in the Spain Park High School feeder pattern and what they said about their goals for the 2019-20 school year:
GREYSTONE ELEMENTARY
PTA President: Michelle Olson
Contact: michelle@invisiblefencetc.com; 678-524-1871
Goals: The PTO is combining its annual Leave a Legacy campaign with the school’s 25th anniversary, asking people to buy bricks to be installed around the flagpole. The bricks can have the names of current or former students. A back-to-school bingo night was planned for Aug. 9, and the PTO will hold monthly spirit nights at restaurants and other businesses. The PTO also will award grants to teachers, organize volunteers to assist teachers and sponsor Young Authors Week, Red Ribbon Week to combat bullying, Field Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, an enrichment week full of extra hands-on activities and learning experiences, a walk through the school by Spain Park 12th-graders who went to Greystone, and a trip to Berry Middle School for fifth-graders.
RIVERCHASE ELEMENTARY
PTO President: Ashley Lennex
Contact: ashley.lennex@gmail.com
Goals: Continue to support teachers and administrators as they implement quality instruction. This year, the PTO is providing new collaborative seating for fifth-graders and has added sensory games to the K-1 playground; we want to add more elements to that playground this year. We kicked off the school year with a color run and plan to have our third annual game night on Oct. 18, holiday shop Dec. 3-6, coin drive Feb. 3-7 and monthly spirit nights at restaurants.
ROCKY RIDGE ELEMENTARY
PTO President: Danielle Wilson
Contact: rrespto@gmail.com; 447-3963
Goals: Bring together families and the community through fundraisers such as a fun run and spring fling; continue to update our library with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) research centers, comfortable seating, STEM design and build tables and an outdoor courtyard reading area; put on events such as the Santa Shop, friends and family lunch and family game night, which has taken on a science, technology, engineering, art and math theme; supporting teachers with appreciation lunches, classroom supplies and teacher appreciation week. We are also thrilled about our new pre-K students and families.
SHADES MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY
PTO President: Kimberly Gray
Contact: smes.pto.president@gmail.com
Goals: Get a lot more parent and community involvement with an “I matter” theme, stressing that moms and dads matter in schools; have more activities and programs at school that involve parents so parents, teachers and students are all working together to educate students and raise funds to meet school needs; supporting the principal’s “We are family” theme; have two or three general PTO meetings instead of just PTO executive board meetings; participate in the annual pancake breakfast; have an Oct. 16 kickoff for the school’s annual fun run, the PTO’s biggest fundraiser, which is scheduled for Nov. 1. The PTO also helped in getting new flooring and school decorations for this year.
BERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL
PTO President: Delicia Harvey
Contact: deliciawork@aol.com
Goals: The main goal is to help fund all 25 of the teachers’ grant requests for this year. The PTO also planned its second annual tailgate day to kick off the football season and is looking for ways to get more parents involved and help more families meet one another.
SPAIN PARK HIGH
PTSO President: Kim Gagliano
Contact: spainparkptso@gmail.com
Goals: Raise enough money to fulfill all teacher grants at Spain Park. We are very proud of last year’s funding of Spain Park’s firstever e-sports league. The Jaguar E-sports team made history by winning the very first Alabama High School Athletic Association state championship. Our grants are designed to build and grow student achievement and make a difference in our Spain Park community.