Dear Nixon PTO members:

Your co-chairs have been working on initiatives to build better connections with the staff at Nixon School; our slogan being “Help us put the T back in PTO!”. We have Talented staff, Terrific teachers and Thoughtful administrators and it’s our mission to support them in the best way we can. We have found that it’s challenging for staff to attend our PTO meetings and it’s also difficult for them to connect with PTO volunteers amongst their demanding workloads. 

Staff Liaison

We will be creating a new PTO role. During the second half of this school year (January - June 2022) Tash Ross will act as a Staff Liaison and develop this new role. She will work on forming better and more frequent connections with staff. 

Join the Executive Board as Interim Co-Chair

While Tash turns her attention to this new role, we would like to invite an Interim Co-chair to join our team January through June 2022. We will be looking for someone who is:

• Dedicated to the PTO mission

• Willing to actively learn the role of co-chair by leading new initiatives

• Attend monthly meetings with Nixon Principals and District Superintendent

• Plan to run for co-chair (two year term) in the spring 2022 election 

The elected co-chair position entails frequent oversight of the overall mission and management of the essential operations of a non-profit organization. The elected co-chair time commitment is heavily dependent on our volunteer base but ranges between 3-15 hours per week. Some of the duties are:

• Communicating effectively with volunteers and school/district employees by attending planning meetings, producing newsletters to inform the community, answering and addressing member questions and concerns, and hosting PTO member meetings

• Managing general operations of a non-profit to include maintaining annual insurance coverage, maintaining website and email forwarding host services, and ensuring compliance with accounting and tax requirements in partnership with the co-treasurers

• Partnering on special projects or new initiatives and collaborating on district initiatives as they arise

If you are interested in this volunteer position as Interim Co-chair, please email cochairs@NixonPTO.org

We have made changes to our PTO Meeting schedule in hopes to accommodate various schedules. Mark your calendars!

Thursday, February 10th at 3:00PM

Thursday, March 10th at 3:00PM

Thursday, April 7th at 7:30PM

Thursday, May 12th at 7:30PM

Thursday, June 9th at 7:30PM

~Thank you to Candice Dai & Annie Magee for the wonderful Sweet Treat Appreciation event!

~Thank you to Sue Ciaffoni & Sheila O'Brien for a wonderful Square 1 Art Fundraiser! 

~Thank you to the volunteers who repaired our Little Library in front of Nixon School. Originally built by Boy Scout Griffin Williams, the library was recently outfitted with a new roof and coat of paint. 

~A HUGE Thank you to our Enrichment Team! You all have faced challenges head on and have done so much leg work to ensure our programs are engaging yet safe. You are stars of the PTO: Ann Mores, Amy Hansen, Erin Tansey, Hillary Van Voorhies, Holly Borah, Jenny DiPierro, Dahiana Jamail, Liz Fox, Maddy Gothie, Danielle Stackpole & Michele Gangi. 

~A HUGE Thank you to our Room Parents who coordinated wonderful classroom initiatives and appreciation gifts using the donations from families before winter recess: Ann Gilmore, Joan Raynor, Amanda Raymond, Debbie Vanagas, Karyn Jones, Kristen Clark, Paula Wang, Mona Reese, Michele Gangi, Kyla Ruane, Maddy Gothie, Brooke Thomson, Jackie Barry, Dawn Wessman, Laurie Caliri, Colleen Mazin, Maggie Wilson, Rana Eletriby, Jen DiModica, Vona Hill, Dyna Ashe, Angela Daniels, Sue Ciaffoni, & Katie Champagne.