Join the PTA in helping C. W. Henry's playground, garden, and school grounds get ready for Spring on Saturday, April 7th from 10am-1pm. As part of the cleanup day, we will be creating a new garden aimed at attracting birds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. This event is hosted in conjunction with the City of Philadelphia's 11th annual Spring Cleanup Day.

The School District’s new Parent and Family Portal is now available, providing instant access to your child's attendance and grades.

Click here for more information and to register.

The School District of Philadelphia is proud to offer a tool that parents and family members may use to stay connected to their child and their school. The School District of Philadelphia’s Parent & Family Portal gives you access to valuable information about your child’s education and school. You will be able to view your child’s academic history, test results, attendance, and more. You can also request to receive text messages, emails and/or phone calls about important issues that might impact your child, (i.e. weather-related school closures and delays, attendance alerts and upcoming events of interest to families).

Ticket order forms went home this past week in communication folders for the Lower School Dance, taking place Friday, April 13th from 5:30-7:30pm.

Our K-5 Family Dance is one of the most popular CW Henry gatherings of the year! We have sold out of tickets each year as we raised money for projects to benefit our school, socialized with other parents in the community, and had a blast with all of our children! In order to make it run smoothly, we need lots of helping hands. We have broken shifts into small chunks of time so that volunteers can also enjoy the dance. And encourage your friends to work a shift with you.

Click here to volunteer!

 

Please join us on March 28th from 7-9pm to help plan out next steps for fundraising for the CW Henry Playground improvement project! We will be gathering at a PTA member's house, so please RSVP through the Facebook event for the meeting location.

For more information and to RSVP:
https://www.facebook.com/events/167519434048814/?active_tab=about

The art room tables have seen better days; help Mrs. Johnson raise money to purchase these awesome new tables with some cool design features. Please consider donating and/or sharing.

https://www.gofundme.com/new-art-room-tables

 

PTA elections are coming up in May. Several positions' terms are up at the end of the year including president, vice president, and corresponding secretary.   If you have any interest in one of these positions, or if you have questions as to what they may entail, please feel free to email  cgiarrocco@gmail.com or cwhenrypta@gmail.com.

Below you will find brief descriptions of these positions from the PTA by-laws.

President:
1. The president shall preside at all meetings of this local PTA; 
2. serve as an ex officio member of all committees except the nominating committee, the election committee, and the auditing committee, if authorized to sign checks; 
3. coordinate the work of the officers and committees of this local PTA  in order that the Purposes may be promoted;  
4. send contact information (name, address, phone, email if available) for the incoming officers to the state PTA office immediately upon election of officers and no later than June 15 annually; 
5. perform other duties as may be provided for by these bylaws, prescribed by the parliamentary authority, or directed by the executive board; 
6.  appoint a parliamentarian as needed; and 
7.  have a current copy of this unit’s bylaws available for membership review. 

Vice President(s)
The vice-president(s) shall
1.  act as aide(s) to the president; and 
2.  in their designated order the 1st VICE PRESIDENT, and 2nd VICE PRESIDENT perform  the duties of the president in the president’s absence or inability to serve. 

Corresponding Secretary:
The Corresponding Secretary shall 
1. Provide all members with notice and agenda of Executive Board and General Membership meetings.  
2. Notify Board Members of Board meetings and confirm when feasible.  3. Maintain an accurate list of card-carrying PTA members. 
4. Conduct such other correspondence as required by the Executive Board. 
5. Perform duties of the Recording Secretary at meetings when the Recording Secretary is absent. 

Easter Egg Hunts Around the Philadelphia Area
3/16/18 - By Kristen Sullivan

Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail.... As Peter Cottontail makes his way to the Delaware Valley, Philly kids should find their favorite basket and get ready to search high and low for eggs at these local Easter egg hunts. Most of these egg hunts are outdoors. In the event of questionable weather, please be sure to check directly with the organizers to see if they have a rain date (all of our event listings link to official websites). Also, make sure to click through to our events calendar for exact times since many hunts have multiple time frames based on age.

The majority of these egg hunts are FREE and are a great way to welcome spring and create Easter traditions with your kids. Be sure to also check our Easter Bunny Express post for info on special holiday train rides and our Easter Fun at Farms post featuring plenty of photo ops, animal visits, and outdoor fun.

Philadelphia

East Passyunk Avenue Neighborhood - Philadelphia, PA
March 24, 2018

Shot Tower Playground- South Philly, PA
March 24, 2018

Please Touch Museum- Philadelphia, PA
March 24, 2018

Glen Foerd on the Delaware- Philadelphia, PA
March 24, 2018

American Swedish Historical Museum- Philadelphia, PA
March 25, 2018

Franklin Square- Center City, PA
March 31, 2018

Penn Treaty Park- Philadelphia, PA
March 31, 2018

Reading Terminal Market- Philadelphia, PA
March 31, 2018

Gorgas Park- Roxborough, PA
March 31, 2018

Awbury Arboretum- Philadelphia, PA
March 31, 2018

Stenton- Philadelphia, PA
March 31, 2018

Bucks County

Franconia Mennonite Church- Telford, PA
March 24, 2018

Flashlight Egg Hunt at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, PA
March 24, 2018

Washington Crossing Historic Park- Washington Crossing, PA
March 24, 2018

Newtown Business Association- Newtown, PA
March 24, 2018

Bensalem Township Municipal Complex- Bensalem, PA (residents only)
March 24, 2018

Shady Brook Farm- Yardley, PA
March 24, 25, 30, and 31, 2018

The Market at DelVal- Doylestown, PA
March 24, 25, 30, and 31, 2018

Zoe Christian Fellowship- Warrington, PA
March 25, 2018

Bounce U- Langhorne, PA
March 28, 2018

Warminster Community Park- Warminster, PA
March 29, 2018

Chester County

New Garden Township Park- Avondale, PA
March 24, 2018

Villa Maria Lower School- Malvern, PA
March 24, 2018

Assumption BVM Parish- West Grove, PA
March 24, 2018

The Barn Vineyard Church- Landenberg, PA
March 24, 2018

Everhart Park- West Chester, PA
March 24, 2018

West Goshen Community Park- West Chester, PA (for West Goshen residents)
March 24, 2018

Kimberton Park- Phoenixville, PA
March 24, 2018

Messiah Lutheran Church- Downingtown, PA
March 31, 2018

East Goshen Township Park- West Chester, PA
March 31, 2018

Easter EGGstravaganza- Devon, PA
March 31, 2018

Unionville Presbyterian Church- Kennett Square, PA
March 31, 2018

Delaware County

Aston Township Community Center- Aston, PA
March 17, 2018

Glen Providence Park- Media, PA
March 24, 2018

Marple Sports Arena- Broomall, PA
March 29, 2018

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation- Newtown Square, PA
March 31, 2018

Radnor Township at Villanova Stadium- Villanova, PA
April 8, 2018

Montgomery County

Fellowship House/Mary Wood Park- Conshohocken, PA
March 17, 2018

Romp n' Roll- Willow Grove, PA
March 18, 2018

Upper Dublin Township Building- Fort Washington, PA
March 23, 2018

Horsham Township Library- Horsham, PA
March 24, 2018

West Laurel Hill Cemetery- Bala Cynwyd, PA
March 24, 2018

Narberth Park- Narberth, PA
March 24, 2018

Freddy Hill Farm- Lansdale, PA
March 24, 2018

Lansdale Borough- Lansdale, PA  (residents only)
March 24, 2018

Montgomery Township Community and Recreation Center- Montgomeryville, PA
March 24, 2018

Norritstown Farm Park- East Norriton, PA
March 25, 2018

Stanbridge Street Park- East Norriton, PA
March 30, 2018

St. Eleanor Parish- Collegeville, PA
March 31, 2018

Rosemont College- Rosemont, PA
April 1, 2018

New Jersey

Oasis Family Farm- Robbinsville, NJ
March 24, 25, 30, 31, April 7 and 8, 2018

PAWS Discovery Farm- Mount Laurel, NJ
March 24, 25, and 31, 2018

Camden Children's Garden- Camden, NJ
March 31, 2018

Storybook Land- Egg Harbor Township, NJ
March 31- April 1, 2018

Photo courtesy of Gorgas Park

Originally published in 2016. Updated for 2018.
-www.MommyPoppins.com