BRPS PARENT ORGANIZATION

Attention all Parents!
The Black River Parent Organization needs your help! We’ve got a few spots we need to fill  to help make sure the school and the kids all have a great year. If you’ve always thought you should get involved, now is your chance!

The positions we have open are:

‐VP of Fundraising – overseeing the various fundraising chairs and deciding what fundraisers we should do.
‐ Academic Leader – Working with the teachers to find out what they need that the Parent Organization could help with, and coordinating the Honors Night and National Honor Society receptions.
‐ Community rewards – Coordinating the various community rewards programs: Target, Meijer, Family Fare for example.
‐Box Tops – Collecting, sending in (5th graders help trim and bundle).
‐ Book Fair – running the Spring and Fall Book Fair (past chair people are available to help )

And last but not least:
‐Black River CelebRation chair – if you loved the CelebRation, now’s your chance to make sure it happens again. Last year’s chair people can’t do it this year. We’d love to have someone who could either do the full auction or we could scale it back and just
have a nice social event.

Please step forward if you can help us with anything!

MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS ALL YEAR LONG
We can continue to place magazine subscription orders even after our fall fundraiser is over.  The link to place orders on line and to see what is available is here .  Our School Code is 425051970. Be sure to log in and register your kids names when you place your orders.

The magazine sale was a great success and we surpassed last year's sales!

The overall winner for the most sold was Ms. Christy Thompson's class. They won a Pizza party and also a magazine for their class.
The second place winner is Ms. Alaina Kramer's class and they received a magazine for their class. Congratulations for these outstanding efforts made to help support our school!

PARENT VOLUNTEERS
If you'd like to get more involved at school, start by filling out a Parent Volunteer form.
Please click here for our online form.

PARENT ORGANIZATION MEETING INFORMATION
Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and take place in the band room unless otherwise announced prior to the meeting .

Meeting minutes: Click here for February 2010;  Click here for March 2010; 

2009/2010 Meeting Schedule

September 17, 2009 – General Mtg
October 15, 2009 - Speaker
November 19, 2009 – General Mtg
December 10, 2009 - Speaker
January 21, 2010 – General Mtg
February 18, 2010 –Speaker
March 25, 2010 – General Mtg
April 15, 2010 - Speaker
May 20, 2010 – General Mtg & Elections

The Black River Parent Organization is open to all parents and caregivers of Black River Public School students. It exists to improve the quality of campus life for Black River students and faculty. The Parent Organization also provides a support group and informational forum for parents and supporters of BRPS.

This is a great way stay informed about what's happening at school, meet new people, and see how you can contribute to its success.

Parent Organization (PO) Board:
President – Jill Nawrocki - 355-0988
Vice- President, Meetings & Facilitation -
Vice President, Fundraising – apply for this position
Secretary- Beth Monhollon
Treasurer – David Panning

Elementary Committee:
Elementary Chairperson - Beth Powers 786-3590
Parent/Montessori Education- Karyl Morin 355-0326
Community Building – Michelle Millen 392- 8263/Cara Theille 396-7293
Academic Enrichment- Stacy Van Howe 355-2701
Classroom Support- Whitney Gasper 392-1047
Car Line – Courtney Phillips 335-2830

Click here to view Parent Organization By-Laws
   Click here to view Elementary Committee summary.