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Neighborhood Playgroups
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Are you looking for opportunities to meet other parents and children in your neighborhood? Then attend a neighborhood playgroup this year! These playgroups have been formed using the public elementary school attendance zones. If you’re planning for your children to attend your neighborhood school, these playgroups are a great way to meet others who will go there too. If you’re planning for your children to attend a private school, these playgroups will help your children make neighborhood friends.
Listed below is a contact person in your neighborhood who you can contact with questions about your neighborhood or school. Planned playgroups and activities are based on the interest shown in each neighborhood; some meet regularly and some sporadically, so please continue to check the schedule.
Aikin Contact Holly if you’d like to coordinate this group
Hamilton Park Tonya Dalton, tonyadalton@sbcglobal.net Activities TBD
Lake Highlands Tricia Neerman, pneerman@gmail.com Activities TBD
Merriman Park Christina Etri, mamabunga@gmail.com Kristen Harris, keharris@swbell.net Join us on the MPE Playground (corner of Winedale and Walnut Hill) on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at 3:15 for preschool playdates! Mix and mingle with current and future Panthers! Join our mailing list to receive updates, newsletters and information about our preschool activities by contacting Kristen Harris at keharris@swbell.net, or Christina Etri at mamabunga@gmail.com.
Moss Haven Andrea Speer, andreaspeer@tx.rr.com Kelley Hurst, kelleyhurst@tx.rr.com Pony Club News! Moss Haven Elementary Pony Club is a PTA sponsored program geared towards preschoolers (3-5 years of age) of future incoming Moss Haven families. The first social event: Pumpkins on the Playground will be held on Sunday, October 25 at 4:00 p.m. For more information regarding this program or if you know of a future family that should be invited to these events please contact Christina Klein at 214-553-8324 csklein12@sbcglobal.net OR Erin Rosebery at 214-342- 031 erosebery96@sbcglobal.net.
Northlake Cindy Chadwick, chadders@sbcglobal.net Please do contact Cindy if you’re interested in meeting other families in our Northlake neighborhood!
Skyview Please contact Holly Strohl, cstrohl@sbcglobal.net if you’d like to be the Skyview Neighborhood Playgroup Coordinator!
Wallace Sarah Fifer, sarah@fiferrenovations.com Terralyn Swank, swank_mama@hotmail.com On your mark, get set, go! Race on over to the Wallace Gym on Friday, October 2, from 9:45 – 10:30 for some Preschool Style Physical Education with P.E. teacher Ms. Adamson! Join your neighbors at the Wallace Playground for family in celebration of National Night Out on Tuesday, October 6 from 6:30-8:30.
White Rock Cary Woodall, cbwoodall@sbcglobal.net Aron McDonald, clanmcdonald@sbcglobal.net
Again this fall, the LHAECPTA is arranging tours of each local elementary school for our members. This is a great chance to meet some administrators and teachers, talk with veteran parents, tour the school, and learn about the great curriculum and programs available to our children. This is a wonderful way for us to show the administration that LHAECPTA members are interested in our local schools.
Please feel free to tour as many schools as you like. There will be sign up sheets available at the LHAECPTA September, October, and November monthly meetings. Please e-mail or call if you have any questions. Additionally, the website (www.risd.org) is a great resource for more information on our local schools.
Aikin – TBD Hamilton Park – Tuesday, November 17, 9:00 – 10:00 Lake Highlands – Friday, November 13, 9:30 – 10:30 Merriman Park – Wednesday, November 4, 9:30 – 11:30 Moss Haven – Wednesday, October 28, 9:30 Northlake – Thursday, October 22, 9:30 Skyview – TBD Wallace – Friday, October 16, time TBD White Rock – Tuesday, October 27, 10:00 – 11:30, Please RSVP to Cary Woodall, cbwoodall@sbcglobal.net OR Aron McDonald, clanmcdonald@sbcglobal.net.
Do you have any questions about your local schools? If so, maybe your PAC Representatives can help. The Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) offers the Early Childhood PTA, and all PTA’s, the opportunity to present district-wide issues and questions to the Superintendent and Board of Trustees for RISD. It is a great opportunity to have your RISD questions answered, perhaps even before your children enter into the school system. For those of you with school-aged children, you can also use us as a means to have your questions answered about your respective schools; it does not have to be limited to pre-school issues.
As representatives of the LHAECPTA, Nicole Helfand and Caroline Branch will be attending meetings in order to get your questions answered. They will then report back to the LHAECPTA membership with the answers to your questions and any other pertinent issues.
If you have any questions to be presented at the upcoming PAC meeting, please email Nicole Helfand at nicole@helfand.net or Caroline Branch at caroline@museconsulting.com by September 15th.
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