District Parent Council

ABOUT THE SA DISTRICT PARENT COUNCIL

The Shaler Area District Parent Council (DPC)
is a unique organization consisting of representatives
from each District Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO),

SASD parents, and other District stakeholders.
The DPC meets monthly with District administrators, faculty, and staff

who share District-wide updates and provide opportunities

to listen to and to address concerns, questions, and suggestions

from the Shaler Area School District community.

MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE.

DPC Handbook 2019-2020

All District Fundraiser

The Shaler Area District Parent Council Is Looking For You!

The DPC will be returning for the 2021-2022 school year! We are currently looking to fill two Executive Officer positions, Secretary and Treasurer. Without your help, we will have difficulty resuming in the upcoming school year. The DPC does wonderful things for our school district, such as: the Go Bucket initiative, keeps the line of communication open with parents and administration, keeps us up to date with what is going on in our schools, and helping out the All District Fundraising Committee, and much more. We welcome all parents to apply for the positions! We love fresh new faces and ideas!

Secretary Job Duties Include: taking meeting minutes and typing them, preparing the agenda for the meetings, preparing the sign in sheets, and assisting the President as needed.

Treasurer Job Duties Include: accepting all payments to the DPC, depositing all incoming monies, balancing our check book with bank statements, and creating a running budget for all of the meetings.

If either of these positions sounds interesting to you, and you are available the first Wednesday of each month from 9am-11am, please contact Jennifer Synan, President at [email protected] for more information.

We would love to have you on board for a fresh, New Year!

All District Go Bucket Campaign

The Go Bucket Initiative Needs Your Help!

The District Parent Council is reaching out to all the Shaler Area families for help to reach our goal of having Go Buckets in every classroom to keep our children safe!

A Go Bucket consists of comfort items for extended lockdown periods and life-saving materials that can be used in case of an emergency. We, as a Council, are requesting donations for some of the “fillers” for our classroom buckets. The donations (and where they are purchased) we would like to request are:

Gift Cards

Amazon & Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree Amazon Aldi

Toilet paper (4 for $1) bleach tablets small bottled water

Snack size baggies whistles

Large zip ties space blanket

25-foot rope flashlight

Roll of duct tape sharpie markers

Large garbage bags medical gloves

Gallon Ziploc bags alcohol wipes

Shower curtain antibiotic cream packets

antibacterial wipes burn cream packets

small bottles of hand sanitizer

sandwich size baggies

small first aid kit

gauze pads

We are also accepting monetary donations. The cost to complete (1) bucket is around $20.00. We have completed (3) schools’ Go Buckets thus far, but we still have many more to make to ensure that each classroom in the Shaler Area School District has one. We would appreciate any donation that you can make towards this amazing cause!

Donations may be dropped off or sent into your school, labeled “Go Bucket donation”. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected].

DPC 2018-2019 Executive Officers

2018-2019 OFFICERS

President - Heather McGregor

Secretary - Jennifer Synan

Treasurer - Bonnie Walker

GENERAL INQUIRIES

[email protected]

MISSION STATEMENT

Shaler Area District Parent Council Meetings

are open to ALL families

in the Etna, Millvale, Reserve, and Shaler Area communities.

As a non-policy making organization, the Shaler Area District Parent Council strives

to serve as a reliable ongoing communication network within the Shaler Area School District, with representation from all levels and stakeholders, including individual parent-teacher organizations, parents/guardians, building-level faculty and staff, the School Board, and building- and District-level administrators;
to provide resources and support to all parent and school organizations, with the intention that the Shaler Area School District and the communities it serves are sustained by a strong, vibrant, informed, and diverse body of parent and community volunteers;
and to offer an open forum for discussing District-wide academic and extra-curricular initiatives and assisting in disseminating factual information regarding educational and extra-curricular programs to help facilitate the continued growth and advancement of all SASD students.

MEETING SCHEDULE

DPC meetings, unless otherwise noted, are held

the first Wednesday of each month from 9AM to 11AM

in the Barbara J. Duss Conference Room

at the SASD Adminstrative Offices, 1800 Mt. Royal Blvd.

Date	Host	Topic(s)

September 4	DPC	Guest Speaker-Mindy Thiel Summer Updates District Updates
October 2	Burchfield	District Updates Dunkin Donuts
November *open	Reserve
December 4	Marzolf	Holiday Luncheon
**January	no meeting	**
February 5	SAHS / Reserve	2020-2021 School Calendar Draft
March 4	SAES	Q & A with Mr. Aiken Class Funds Nominations for the Board
April 1	SAMS	"Portrait of a Graduate" Program Slate of Nominations announced
May 1	Scott	Sustainability End of the Year Luncheon & wrap up

MEETING MINUTES AND AGENDAS

DATE	Documents
September 4	September meeting agenda September meeting minutes
October 2	October meeting agenda October Meeting Minutes
November	open
December 4	December meeting agenda December meeting minutes
January	no meeting
February 5	February Meeting Agenda February Meeting Minutes
March 4
April 1
May 6

Calendar

May 18	Primary Elections (Act 80) NO SCHOOL for Students/In-Service for Teachers Tue May 18 2021

May 18	SAMS Virtual New Student Parent Night Tue May 18 2021

May 19	School Board Voting Meeting Wed May 19 2021

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May 2021

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PTO Websites

dropdown links

Downloads

PTO Executive Boards and Representatives

Shaler DPC Remind Instructions

An easier way to be "Remind"ed.

Suggestion Box

We Want to Hear from You!
In the "Suggestion Box" below, please submit inquiries and/or potential topics for discussion–as they directly relate to the DPC–for consideration for inclusion in the monthly DPC Agenda. The DPC welcomes any and all questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, and feedback.

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