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“LIFE AT THE BEACH” Visit the Point Pleasant Beach Web Site at
http://www.ptbeach.com Volume #1 September 1, 2015
SCHOOL NEWSLETTER The School Newsletter is an important source of information. Beginning September 1st, you can access the monthly newsletter online at ptbeach.com on the first of every month.
ATTENTION FRESHMEN!
ORIENTATION FOR “THE CLASS OF 2019”
WEDNESDAY September 2, 2015
7:00 P.M. HIGH SCHOOL GYM
Start off the year with 100% attendance. Parents and students should attend!
PEER LEADERS The Peer Leaders have been working hard to plan school wide awareness of respect and positive culture. They have created a variety of school-wide activities to promote these character traits throughout the year. We look forward to showcasing many of these activities during the Week of Respect in October. The Peer Leaders will start the year with the Point Beach tradition of welcoming the transfer students to the high school. The Transfer Student Reception, hosted by the Peer Leaders, for new 10th, 11th and 12th graders, will be held on Tuesday, September 1st in Room 225 at 6:00 P.M. The Point Beach tradition will continue with Freshmen Orientation on Wednesday, September 2nd, at 7:00 P.M. in the high school gym. Both parents and students are invited to this informative evening. While the parents participate in a special program designed for the freshmen parents, the Peer Leaders will help the freshmen become familiar with the school building itself and walk them through their schedules. We ask that everyone attending the orientation program enter the school through the gym doors on Forman Avenue. The Peer Leaders are looking forward to an exciting year with new monthly activities! If you have any questions, you may contact either Mrs. Scraggs or Mrs. McGuire at the high school. Below is a list of the Peer Leaders for 2015-2016: Seniors: Alex Barnes, Kristen Canneto, Tara Clark, Adam Durrua, Michael Favato, Trevor Hinds, Joey LaDuca, Kate Malcolm, Hillary Muller, Erinne Regan, Evangeline Reid, Jessica Ulbrich, Kayla Ullrich, Joe Von Borstell, John Wagner. Juniors: Richard Bilotti, Kendall Bottrell, Isabella Carannante, Jacob Clement, Nina Colagiovanni, Chase Lovgren, Laine Morris, Connor Prima, Ming Wu.
SEASON TICKETS Season tickets for all Garnet Gull home athletic events are on sale in the high school office from Mrs. Hilling during school hours. They will also be available at the first home football game on September 11th. Passes are good for admission to all home sporting events for football, basketball, and wrestling. The cost of a season pass is $25.00. Season passes cannot be used for State Games.
SENIOR YEARBOOK PORTRAITS All seniors should have had their portraits taken by Lors Studio at the high school in August. A make up day for any senior who missed the sessions in August and any new seniors will be held on Tuesday, November 10th at the high school. Underclassmen, staff and faculty portraits will be taken at the high school on Wednesday, September 23rd. Make ups for Underclassmen, staff, and faculty will be held on Wednesday, November 11th. If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Tooker or Mr. Boland.
LOCKERS Only school issued locks can be placed on lockers. Each student is responsible for locking their locker. Students are responsible for the locks. If a student loses their lock, there will be a $5.00 replacement fee. All non-school locks will be cut off of the lockers.
MUSIC PARENTS ASSOCIATION ATTENTION ALL PARENTS OF MUSIC STUDENTS! This includes parents of band and chorus students. We are looking forward to another exciting year of outstanding musical performances from our PPBHS students under the direction of Ms. Emma Fretz. As an organization, we have been raising funds to provide scholarships, trips, an end-of-year banquet and extra needs of the music department. All parents of music students will meet in the Music Room on Back to School Night for Period A at the end of the evening. Ms. Fretz will be going over her expectations of the students for the 2015-16 school year. MPA meetings will be held the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 P.M. in the PPBHS Music room. All parents are encouraged to become members of the Music Parents Association (MPA). The dues are $10 per family, payable to "PPBHSMPA" and forms are included in this newsletter. UPCOMING FUNDRAISING EVENTS BEACH CLOTHING DRIVE- October date to be announced This collection of clothing, electronics, and household items is held in October and again in the Spring. All music students (as well as other school service groups) are asked to help unload bags from patrons cars and load the truck at pick-up. ELECTION NIGHT SPAGHETTI DINNER- Tuesday, November 3, 2015 One of our biggest fundraisers of the year! Students volunteer to play music, help set up and serve dinners to the community on Election Night. The dinner is generously provided by our very own Joe Leone's and parents are asked to help out with a dessert. Chairpersons are Henno and Sue Prima. Watch for a flyer next month. HOLIDAY WREATH SALE- Friday, December 4, 2015 Live Wreaths and grave blankets are decorated and delivered to customers by our music students. All students and parents involved in the music department are asked to volunteer when and where they are able. Students are given credit toward financing the end of year trip every time they volunteer.
PPBHSMPA Officers for 2015-2016 President: Carson Remig [email protected] Vice President: Laurie DeSocio [email protected] Treasurer: Laurie Clayton [email protected] Secretary: Sharpe Beaton [email protected] Join us to "Keep the Music Going"!
PTO NEWS
WELCOME BACK! Once again the summer has flown by and here we are ready to mark our calendars with meetings, sporting events, and many other family commitments. We hope that you will reserve time to volunteer for the PTO! Through our efforts, the PTO supports the High School each year by: awarding $5000 in Scholarships to graduating seniors, providing $2000 toward Project Graduation, $2000 for Spirit Week, putting money toward teacher appreciation events, and by hosting special programs. These traditions can only be carried out with your assistance and involvement.
THE DINING OUT RAFFLE FUND RAISER: Our core fund raising effort is the "Dining Out" Raffle! The first prize winner will receive dining gift certificates to last them through 52 weeks! That's dinner out once a week for an entire year (value $1,000). The second prize is various miscellaneous prizes (value $400). Each family has received a book of 10 raffle tickets in the mail to sell to others or to keep to purchase. Please do your best to sell all the raffles you receive and return them as soon as possible and let us know when you need more raffle books to sell! The winners will be drawn at our December 8th PTO meeting. We strive to have all of the gift certificates donated to make this unique fund raiser most profitable for our students. If you can be on the prize collection committee – that would be great! Please contact a board member. We thank you in advance for all of the help!
SPORTSWEAR SALES: BEACH sportswear is always available to purchase. Just fill out an order form (online on our page on www.ptbeach.com ) and return it to the high school office along with your check made payable to PPBHS PTO. Sportswear is sold during Freshman Orientation and Back to School Night. Sportswear can also be purchased at the PTO trailer located at the Antrim School football field during home football games. This year's home football games are Sept 11th, Sept 18th, Oct 9th, 30th, and Nov 6th. NEW! The PTO now accepts credit/debit cards for sportswear purchases.
MEMBERSHIP: Even if you are too busy to attend meetings or help most of the time, your $10 membership dues will help our PTO. The Membership form is attached. Note: eligibility of scholarship recipients takes into consideration active annual PTO membership. **NOW ACCEPTING CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS FOR ONLINE MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATIONS!**
VOLUNTEERS: We are always looking for volunteers to help in any way. Perhaps you would be able to solicit some of the restaurants for our "Dining Out" raffle or provide baked goods or help set up for Freshmen Orientation (Sept 2nd), Back to School Night (Sept 17th) and/or the Holiday Semi-formal. Maybe you're able to sell raffle tickets at the Seafood Festival (Sept 19th) or at home football games. Selling our sportswear at an upcoming event or home football game is also a great way to volunteer. If you'd like to volunteer let us know! Please come to our first meeting on Sept 15th or contact any of the officers listed below. Your time is greatly appreciated.
MEETINGS: Our regular meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm in the High School Media Center. Our 2015/2016 meeting dates are: Sept 15, Oct 13 (in cafeteria), Nov 10, Dec 8, Jan 12, Feb 9, Mar 8, Apr 12, May 10 and the end-of-the-year dinner in June. Keep Up-to-Date: www.facebook.com/ppbhspto
See you at our first meeting! As always, thank you for supporting the PTO.
PPBHS PTO Officers for 2015-2016 General E-mail: [email protected] President: Tracey Jackson 732-295-8495 [email protected] Vice President: Mary Jane Russo 732.846.7823 [email protected] Treasurer: Cathy Jamison 201-414-2535 [email protected] Secretary: Suzanne Shea 732-948-2491 [email protected]
BOOSTER CLUB Welcome back! We hope you all enjoyed your summer and had a chance to relax and get ready for the new school year ahead.
If you didn’t know already…the Boosters is like the PTO for the athletes of our school. It is a completely different parent/teacher organization from the PTO or Music Parents. Those three different organizations provide a ton of support for the students of our school. If you are already a Booster Association member, thank you and please come to a meeting and see how you can help out!
The Boosters provide scholarships to our seniors, pay for the athletes to attend the Varsity Banquets, host the JV Awards nights, provide trophies, and award conference/state sweatshirts/jackets. The Boosters do so by fund raising: bridge coin tosses, football snack stand revenue, 50/50 revenue, the ad folder, and some apparel and merchandise sales. The Boosters do not collect the gate at any of the team games, nor do the Boosters run any of the snack stands except for the one at the home football games. If there are any questions amongst friends and neighbors regarding the Boosters mission - by all means - contact a Booster officer or direct them online to the Booster's page at: http://www.ptbeach.com/domain/58 or come to our monthly meetings! By joining the Boosters, you will also receive very valuable informational emails regarding all sports happenings! Membership is open to parents, teachers, staff, and community members. Please spread the mission of the Boosters as the parent/coaches group for our athletic teams.
Each sport needs to send a delegate to each Booster Meeting during their season to report on their team. We also need a representative from each team to email regular game reports. The Booster Membership wants to hear about the teams they are supporting! AND – the Booster Board relies on the Booster Members to provide the much needed information! If you want to be the delegate from your player’s team – email [email protected] or sign up at our first meeting.
We hold our monthly meetings generally on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm in the high school cafeteria. Our first meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. As you know the support of our teams can only be continued through the encouragement and participation of our families and friends. We are in need of volunteers for all of our programs and committees. Come help us build and achieve our 2015-16 goals! Our 2015/16 meeting schedule: Sept 16, Oct 14, Nov 11, Dec 9, Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11 and June 15.
Thank you to everyone who made our August 1st bridge coin toss possible. We successfully raised funds to kick start our year! As part of our fundraising efforts we will be holding our second coin toss on September 19, 2015 during the Festival of the Sea from 10am to 3pm at the foot of the Route 35 Bridge. This is a tremendous opportunity for us to raise some much needed funds!! We need your help to make it happen. Please contact any of the below board members or e-mail [email protected] to sign up!
The 2015/16 membership form is attached, as well as information on what we need from you to operate our snack stand. Please return the registration form as soon as possible! We need 100% participation from our school community. As an added convenience, we now accept credit/debit cards for membership dues. Visit our link online or on our Facebook page: http://www.ptbeach.com/domain/58 or https://www.facebook.com/ppbhsbooster. The more we do the more our kids benefit! The students like to see their family members being involved! Boosters are not simply a cheering squad for our athletes, our goal is to help our students build character, self-confidence and produce real leaders for our student athletes. Please join the Boosters and help us reach these goals. See you at our first game!
GO BEACH!!
Joe Wegrzyniak, President [email protected] 732-759-1005 Hedy Flanders, Vice President [email protected] 732-899-0300 Duke Clement, Treasurer [email protected] 732-892-1400 Suzanne Shea, Secretary [email protected] 732-948-2491
SEPTEMBER HAPPENINGS
September 9, 2015 First Day of School Home room begins 8:00 A.M. September 15, 2015 PTO Meeting 7:00 P.M. High School Media Center September 16, 2015 Booster Meeting 7:30 P.M.
September 17, 2015 Senior Parent Meeting 6:00 P.M. Cafeteria Back to School Night 7:00 P.M. High School Gym Music Parents Meeting At the end of back to school night in the Music Room
High School Cafeteria September 18, 2015 Freshmen Field Day Ocean County Park Rain Date September 25th
PRINCIPAL’S P.S.
Beginning a new school year is always so exciting! For me, it’s an opportunity to meet new and returning students and to welcome them to Point Pleasant Beach High School. Some of them will be filled with apprehension; some, with excitement. No matter how they feel, though, each of them has an opportunity to make the 2015 – 2016 school year the best year ever. Point Pleasant Beach High School is the students’ school. Their high school experience will be what they determine it will be. Yes, of course, the teachers play a huge role, as do the administrators and other staff members. However, our students need to be involved in their school community and be active participants in everything we have to offer them in academics and extra-curricular activities in order to make this school theirs. All of us have worked hard this summer to ensure that this upcoming school year will be a challenging, exciting, and rewarding one. As principal of Point Pleasant Beach High School, I can guarantee that my teachers, staff, and I will put forth our best effort all day, every day to help our students make their school one of which they will be proud. Attaining excellence in academics and in extra-curricular activities takes a group effort, and our students will be among a dedicated group of professional educators who will work tirelessly to ensure that they are challenged and well taken care of. I know that our parents, too, will do everything in their power to support our students, their children, every step of the way. Starting a new school year is so much more than buying a new outfit and matching accessories – even though that sure is part of the fun! It’s knowing that our students, our “Garnet Gulls,” will be empowered once again to continue the tradition of excellence which has become synonymous with Point Pleasant Beach High School. To our parents, I wish you a successful 2015 – 2016 school year and hope that you enjoy your children’s high school experience right along with them. To our students, I also wish you much success this school year, and I challenge you to make “the Beach” truly yours. Best of luck and welcome to the 2015 – 2016 school year at Point Pleasant Beach High School. Go Beach! Terri M. King Terri M. King Principal
PPBHS Music Parents’ Association
Membership Application
2015-2016
Our dedicated and passionate group of volunteers supports the Point Pleasant Beach High School Music Department (Band & Chorus). Members raise funds, host events, and support our music students and director. Funds raised by the Music Parents’ Association (MPA) are utilized for: Music Scholarships, Annual Trips, the End-of-Year Banquet, and extra needs of the Music Department.
We welcome you and encourage you to join us! Membership is $10 per family. Checks should be made out to: PPBHSMPA.
Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month in the PPBHS Music Room. The entrance to the Music Room is on Foreman Avenue, adjacent to the handicap parking lot for the Presbyterian Church.
Please email: [email protected] for more information or to volunteer your services!
_____________________________________________________________________________________
PPBHS MPA FAMILY MEMBERSHIP
PLEASE PRINT: Student Name(s): ____________________________________________________
MPA Member(s) Name(s): _____________________________________________
Contact Phone(s): ____________________________________________________
Mailing Address: _____________________________________________________
To receive information from PPBMPA please provide
MPA Member(s) Email(s): _____________________________________________
Dear Parents, On behalf of the PTO, welcome to the 2015/2016 school year at Point Pleasant Beach High School. Enclosed you will find your family’s “Dining Out” raffle tickets. This is the PTO’s biggest fund raiser of the year and we would sincerely appreciate 100% participation. Each family is asked to sell a minimum of one book of 10 tickets, each ticket is $5. The ticket stubs, money, and any unsold tickets need to be returned the High School PTO by December 1st, 2015. The winners will be chosen at our December 8th General Membership meeting. Please remember to completely fill out your tickets by hand and
please print legibly. Stamps/stickers will invalidate your entries. A separate payment (cash or check) needs to be made for this fundraiser. PLEASE DO NOT CO-MINGLE WITH MEMBERSHIP PAYMENT – THANK YOU! The “Dining Out” raffle effort is responsible for funding the PTO’s entire operating budget for the year. Examples of how the PTO supports the High School include: awarding $5000 annually in Scholarships to graduating seniors (participation in this fund raiser may be considered when awarding student scholarships), $2000 for Project Graduation, $2000 for Spirit Week, money toward teacher appreciation events and more. The success of our entire year’s worth of funding is dependent on the sales of these raffle tickets. Please purchase today and let a PTO officer know when you need more tickets to sell. As we ask for donations from restaurants to fulfill prizes offered with this raffle, please contact us if you have a restaurant gift card to donate or a connection with a restaurant willing to donate that we can contact. For this unique drawing, the lucky raffle winners will receive the following: FIRST PRIZE: 52 Gift Certificates "Dinner Out once a week for a year" (Total dollar value of $1000) SECOND PRIZE: Various Miscellaneous Prizes (Total dollar value of $400) As always we are grateful for your donation and we appreciate your involvement in our PTO Fundraiser. If you have any further questions, please feel free to call the PTO President. Tracey Jackson 732.295.8495 Email: [email protected]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! The Point Pleasant Beach High School PTO
POINT PLEASANT BEACH GARNET GULL
BOOSTER REGISTRATION FORM 2015/16
Parent / Guardian _______________________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________________
Phone# _____________________ E-MAIL ___________________________________________
Student Name(s) __________________________________________________Grade________
________________________________________________ Grade ________
________________________________________________ Grade ________
Annual Membership Fee: $15.00 per family, check payable to PPBHS Booster Association $15 per family + any additional donation = $__________enclosed
Please return this form along with your check to: PPBHS Booster Association c/o PPBHS, 700 Trenton Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
**credit/debit cards now accepted** http://www.ptbeach.com/domain/58 or www.facebook.com/ppbhsboosters
slight convenience charge added to online payments
As a Booster I am willing to help with:
Snack Stand (Football) Volunteer Snack Stand Food Donations
Football 50/50 Sales Basketball 50/50 Sales
Bridge Coin Toss JV Sports Awards Food Donations
Your Booster Association works hard to provide scholarships to students,
equipment and supplies to the teams, recognition awards and six Sports Banquets each year.
Family membership is a consideration for student scholarships.
BOOSTERS…. Helping the Beach Build Leaders!
For more information email: [email protected]
