Parent-Teacher Advisory Board | Ascension School


	MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Parent-Teacher Advisory Board (P-TAB) is to improve the overall educational experience of Ascension School students by strengthening the communication between the school and families, enhancing collaboration between teachers and families, initiating and supporting interactions between upper and lower school students and families, and enhancing the extra-curricular and non-academic activities offered at the school. P-TAB pursues this mission by serving as the conduit between the families and friends of Ascension School and its Principal. As such, P-TAB is a forum in which parents and community members may voice their suggestions and concerns. The parents and teachers of P-TAB work with those who voice ideas to design possible approaches and resolutions. These designs are brought to the Principal for his or her appraisal. P-TAB is an advisory board only. All final decisions are made by the Principal of Ascension School. It is beyond the mission and authority of the Board to make any final decisions or take any action other than to bring suggestions to the Principal. Responsibilities of P-TAB Some of the responsibilities of this board include: organizing Ascension School community events, open houses, and other events; introducting new student activities, working with parents to find solutions to common community concerns; non-academic communications with the parent body and school community; and a host of other Ascension School community related activities. Parent Representatives of P-TAB for 2009-2011 Daonese Colón and Deborah De Simone, Co-Chairs Natalia Sanders-Toro and Alina Villegas, Co-Communications Officers Florence Lynch and Joanne Hudson, Event Coordinators Julia Narvaez, Marketing CONTACT P-TAB If you have questions, concerns or ideas you'd like the board to address, please email us at desimone.deborah@gmail.com or volunteer108@gmail.com. We look forward to working with you. QUARTERLY MEETINGS The Parent-Teacher Advisory Board (P-TAB) holds quarterly school wide meetings to report on the multiple programs and initiatives going on at Ascension and to provide a space in which parents' concerns and suggestions for improving our school can be voiced. It is where issues dealing with safety, equality, acceptance of others, community building, volunteering and any other non-academic concern can be openly discussed. The first school-wide quarterly meeting of academic year 2010-2011 will be held on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 6PM. P-TAB PROPOSALS If you have any ideas for programs you'd like to see at Ascension, please email P-TAB at desimone.deborah@gmail.com or volunteer108@gmail.com. P-TAB EVENTS PLEASE SAVE THE DATES: Thursday, September 9th: Welcome Reception for New and Returning Families (6PM - 8PM) Saturday, September 11th: First Annual Ascension School Family Day Please join us for a September 11th Memorial Mass in the morning (Time TBD). Afterwards, travel with us to Riverbank State Park for swimming, skating, track and field and picnicing. Please download the flyer for more details. We hope you can join us! Wednesday, September 29th: P-TAB School-Wide Quarterly Meeting (6PM - 7:30PM)