The end of June and beginning of July have been very busy months for us at Julia Landon. We are busy receiving textbooks, cleaning the facilities, meeting with our new teaching staff, planning Orientation, and scheduling our new students! You should know that we have hired all but a few of our teaching positions. I have to tell you I am so excited about how our teams are shaping up for our incoming students! Wow are they going to work with some amazing educators!

I am also so excited about our incoming PTSA! We have had several meetings already. Our first meeting brought over 70 parents to the school to start the process of reconstituting our PTSA. During the second meeting we voted on an Executive Council. The picture above this was taken after our second PTSA meeting. (A special thanks to George Marsh for bringing his camera!) We are thrilled to announce our PTSA Officers for the 2008-2009 school year are:

President - Carol Hall

VP for Programs - Pam Witt

VP for Membership - Julie Howard

VP Ways and Means - Stephanie Walley

VP Communications - Cindy Hughes

Recording Secretary - Shelia Tukes-Ross

Corresponding Secretary - Anne Herkov

Treasurer - Pam Hall

We have a number of parent/student volunteer opportunities coming up in the next few weeks. I encourage each of you to visit our website for more information. You may also call Ron Hafner, Curriculum Integration Specialist, at 346-5650 for information.

I hope everyone is still enjoying their summer! I will continue to keep you updated on school happenings as we move closer to school opening!