Nominating Committee Slate

The nominating committee met on January 19, 2012 and respectfully selected the following individuals as nominees:

• President Lisa Guagenti
• 1st Vice President Heather Collier
• 2nd Vice President Lori Filby
• Recording Secretary Mucia Burke
• Corresponding Secretary  Kelly Hemphill
• Treasurer Marcia Herrig

This slate has been respectfully submitted by your Nominating Committee members:  Debbie Anestopoulos, Kelly Hemphill, Lisa Reck, Lori Filby, Mike Scharringhausen (committee chair), Nicole Fentem and Ed Rafferty.

The slate will be voted on at the PTA Auction on March 16, 2012.

February Events

Feb. 1 – STC Council Meeting at 9 a.m. at the Rauch Center Room 5 & 6

Feb. 2 – High school scholarship applications due by 3 p.m.

Feb. 14 – PTA Blood Drive from 1:30 to 7 p.m. at the District Office

Feb. 15 – No Child Left Behind Stakeholders Meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Addams

Feb. 16 – Auction commitment forms due

Feb. 17 – PTA Founders Day

Feb. 20 – Illinois PTA Convention Advanced Registration deadline

Feb. 24 – Auction donation drop off from 9 a.m. to noon at the District Office Warehouse

PTA sponsors blood drive Feb. 14

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTA’s is helping Heartland sponsor a blood drive on Tuesday, Feb. 14. It will be held from 1:30-7 p.m. in the boardroom at the School District 54 Administration Center, 524 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg.

Anyone between the ages of 17 and 75 who weighs at least 110 pounds can participate.

A minimum of 600 pints of blood is needed every day for patients in area hospitals, according to Heartland. The Council of PTA’s host blood drives each year to help meet these needs.

To make an appointment, you must visit www.heartlandbc.org and click on Schedule an Appointment.

For more information about this blood drive, please contact Heather Collier, Health and Safety Chairperson of the PTA Council, at (708) 951-4118.

STC offers elementary scholarships

As part of its commitment to life-long learning, the Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs (STC) offers scholarships for summer programs/camps to District 54 students currently in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades who wish to broaden their education, talents and experiences.

A limited number of scholarships for up to 50 percent of program or camp tuition will be awarded.  The individual amount awarded will not exceed $200.  All scholarship checks will be forwarded directly to the program agency or the camp.  Should a recipient not attend the camp/program for which a scholarship was awarded, it is the responsibility of the recipient’s family to reimburse STC.

For more information, please visit the elementary scholarship website at http://pta.sd54.org/elementaryscholarship/ or contact STC Elementary Scholarship Chair Lisa Reck at lr0510@comcast.net or (847) 921-3396.

Executive Committee nominations due Jan. 18

Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs (STC) is seeking nominations for the Executive Committee. Nominations are being accepted for President, 1^st Vice President, 2^nd Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer.  To be eligible for nomination an individual must have served as a member of the STC executive board or as an officer of a local unit in the council or have attended an STC executive board/president meeting within the last three years.  The consent of each candidate must be obtained before their name can be placed in nomination.   Please submit nominations to Mike Scharringhausen at mike@freedomfastener.com by Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.

Council Connections

Please take a moment to read the Schaumburg Township Council of PTA’s Council Connections Newsletter for December 2011 with information from the Exceptional Child and High School Scholarship committees, a letter from Council President Lisa Guagenti and news from local PTA units.

Reflections projects advance to District 37

Congratulations to the District 54 students who advanced to the PTA District 37 level for Reflections, a PTA writing and fine arts competition. The theme of the 2011 Reflections Program was “Diversity means..!” District 54 students were able to submit an entry in any of the following six arts areas:  film/video production, dance/choreography, literature, musical composition, photography and visual arts.

Click here for a list of the STC Reflections Projects advancing to District 37.

January PTA Workshop

The Northwest Cook Region District 37 Illinois PTA will host a nominating committee workshop at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at the School District 15 administration building, 580 N. First Bank Drive in Palatine. Registration begins at 6 p.m. STC members interested in attending should RSVP to Lisa Guagenti or Nicole Fentem.

Scholarship applications available

The Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs is once again offering one-year $2,000 scholarships to eligible seniors graduating in 2012. There are three types of scholarships:

• Junior College/Trade School/Vocational School Scholarships for seniors graduating in the upper 50 percent of their class (up to two available);
• Four-Year College/University Scholarships for seniors graduating in the upper 30 percent of their class (up to seven available); and
• The Bonnie Greenberg Memorial Scholarship for a graduating special needs senior with a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP). The student need not be enrolled in special education classes, but must have a current IEP (one available).

All seniors who meet the following eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. For more information and an application, visit http://pta.sd54.org/highschoolscholarship.

December Dates

Please remember that the Dec. 7 PTA Council meeting will be held at 9 a.m. in the Professional Learning Center in the basement of Addams Junior High School, 700 S. Springinsguth Road in Schaumburg. Please enter through Door 15 in the northwest corner of the building.