All fund raising organizations are reminded that the Hyde Park Central
School District has a pouring rights contract with Pepsi Cola of the
Hudson Valley and that only beverages purchased through them are to be
sold on school grounds. For information on how to order beverages,
plase follow this link.
The Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) in Hyde Park schools aim to
establish a good home-school relationship so teachers can work
together effectively for the complete development of the child. PTA
affords you the opportunity to become familiar with the educational
philosophy of the district, as well as its curriculum, personnel and
problems.
Every school in the district has an active PTA/PTSA with which you are
cordially invited to affiliate. The organizations hold meetings
regularly (as detailed in the accompanying calendar) and cooperate
with the school staff in many ways to enrich the school program and to
keep parents informed on the schools.
Officers and council representatives from each unit meet once a month
at a PTA Council Meeting on the first Wednesday of the month
at 7:00 in in the
Haviland Middle School Library. This serves as a common meeting
ground where parents become acquainted with the school administrators
and policies and act as liaisons with the individual units to
interpret the school and community to one another. The meetings are
open to any PTA member who wants to attend.
The Hyde Park PTA Council strives to promote the "PTA Objectives" as
stated by the National PTA:
To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school,
community, and place of worship;
To raise the standards of home life
To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children
and youth
To bring into closer relation the home and the school so that
parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of
children and youth
To develop between educators and the general public such united
efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest
advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education
With this in mind, the Hyde Park PTA Council recognizes that by the
joint efforts of the Board of Education, the school administration,
the community and the PTA, these objectives will continue to be
accomplished in Hyde Park.
You and the school share the responsibility for establishing an
educational climate which will encourage your child's maximum growth.
Just as you look to the school to provide the facilities and the
trained personnel which are essential to your child's proper
development, the school looks to you to provide him/her with the basic
principles of honesty, respect for authority, consideration for the
rights and property of others, and adequate standards of personal
morality and integrity.
If you show your children by your words and actions that you respect
the sincerity and integrity of their teachers and administrators, this
attitude will likely be reflected in wholesome attitudes on the part
of your child.
You can assist the school and your child:
By taking an interest in your child's work and by encouraging
maximum effort toward goals which are within the child's ability to
attain.
By becoming acquainted with the school, its programs, and its
staff by attending "open houses," conferences with your child's
teacher(s), and participation in PTA and other school-sponsored
activities.
By providing adequate supervision over study habits, the meeting
of school obligations, health habits, and recreational activities.
By making your child understand that regular and punctual
attendance is expected.
By timing vacation, where possible, to coincide with periods when
the schools are closed.
The Hyde Park Music Parents have joined together to support and
promote the district's music program. The group also offers its
resources (both people and money) for the achievement of common
objectives, such as promoting spirit within the music groups and
interaction between the music students.
If you would like to be a member, please mail your name and address
along with the $3.00 membership fee to:
Hyde Park Music Parents
PO Box 349
Hyde Park, NY 12538
You may also call Lorna Teller at 229-6893 or Peggy Norton at 229-7465.
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