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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Sandburg PTA is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. We collaborate with the school to encourage students to become confident, independent, responsible and respectful learners.
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PTA CONTACTS
PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR 2022-2023
President: Tracy Ries
President-Elect: Kelly Asseff
Treasurer: Leanne Sardiga
Co-Secretary: Anna Wick and Nicole Lintner
Membership: Laura Gardner and Amy Kinsella
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- Available Committee Positions for 2022-2023
- 6th Grade Spring Social
- 7th Grade Parents - Career Day Shadow
- School Beautification
Available Committee Positions for 2022-2023
Last Updated: November 5, 2022
The following PTA chair positions are OPEN for the 2022-2023 School Year. Click on the panel to see further information about what the chair is responsible for. You can chair alone or recruit a friend (or 2!) and do it together. If you are interested in chairing any of these committees, please reach out to Kelly Asseff. Thank you!
6th Grade Spring Social
The Spring Social Chair(s) plan a social event for the whole grade. Spring socials usually take place in April. The event happens outside of normal school hours. Spring socials can be at Sandburg or at an outside venue (for example, recent socials have happened at Sky Zone and Oak Brook Aquatic Center). The Social Chair(s) are responsible for planning and running the entire event, including venue, food/drinks, parent volunteer and donation sign ups, getting the word out through flyers/website/PTA newsletter, DJ, games, raffles, etc.
7th Grade Parents - Career Day Shadow
Career Day happens in late May for 8th graders only. A 7th grade parent is needed to shadow the current chairpersons and chair the event the following year.
During Career Day, students hear presentations from professionals from all industries and areas of expertise. Professions in the past have included firemen, police officer, author, teacher, VP of finance, animal trainer, construction worker, attorney, librarian, chef, engineer, marketing and product development, emergency doctor, nurse, FBI agent, NFL security, veterinarian, Chief Operating Officer, and small business owner. The chair is responsible for recruiting professionals to speak (mostly parents but may include other local professionals), and organize the event, which happens during the school day, usually on the Monday of the last week of school.
School Beautification
Help keep the inside and outside of Sandburg beautiful! For outside: keep our main entrance planters and outdoor classroom looking healthy and inviting all year long! Past projects included work on planters, flowers/plants, benches, reading garden, etc. For inside: in the past has included projects like the Maker Space, library, hallways, etc. In 2019-20 it included all the painting, murals and furniture throughout the inside of the school. This chair will decide what is needed to make things look good, and will make it happen - including planning, fundraising, volunteer coordination, etc.
COMMITTEE Chairs FOR 2022-2023
The following parents have volunteered to chair the committees listed below for the 2022-23 school year. Thank you - much appreciated! Not chairing and want to help? Please contact the chairperson(s) directly.
5th Grade Committee: Liz Ott
5th Grade Fall Social: Liz Ott, Shannon McGrath & Shirley Misiak
5th Grade Head Room Parents: Carrie Martin & Anjali Casey
5th Grade Running Club: Tanya Britton
5th Grade Spring Social: Shirley Misiak & Mandy Puchalski
5th Grade Square 1 Art: Kate Blythe
5th Grade Yearbook Liaison: Kelly Asseff
6th Grade Fall Social: Stephanie Hiffman, Kim McCarthy & Vikki Ortiz
7th Grade Fall Social: Rachel Fitzgerald and Alyssa Kamruddin
7th Grade Spring Social: Andrea O'Connor
8th Grade Fall Social: Kathleen Meade, Jay Sen, Gina Rice, Sue Lisowski and Sarah Jensen
8th Grade Activity Day: Andrea O'Connor
8th Grade Promotion Party: Andrea O'Connor, Dayna Masse, Shanna Proctor & Kristen Jacobs
All School Dance: Stephanie Cardill
Career Day: Jeff Proctor & Melissa Close
Dance Class: Laura Gibson (7th) & Greg Jensen (8th)
Green Initiative Committee: Amy Cahill
Hospitality: Jen Deigl
Library Coordinator:
Picture Day: Laura Gibson
REACH - PTA Council Rep: Nadine Pizarro
Reflections - PTA Council Rep: Tracy Ries
Scholarship - PTA Council Rep: Tracy Milefchik
School Supplies: Audra Stanley & Lynnea Brown
SERG: Laura Fischer
Spartans Giving Back: Kathleen Meade & Carrie Martin
Spirit Wear: Megan Farley
Summer Recreation Open House: Cadden Kapsalis
Teacher Appreciation: Amy Kinsella, Shawna Roubitchek, Carrington Abernathy & Kristie Evers
Teacher/PTA Club Liaison: Carrie Emrikson
Volunteer Coordinator: Kelly Asseff
Website Administrator: Anna Wick
Last Updated: September 6, 2022
MEMBERSHIP
2022-2023 Sandburg PTA Membership Information!
Calling all Sandburg Parents, Teachers and Staff!!!
Please help keep our traditions alive at Sandburg by joining the PTA.
The PTA sponsors many great events for our students, including:
Please help keep our traditions alive at Sandburg by joining the PTA.
The PTA sponsors many great events for our students, including:
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Welcome back to school events and new student gifts
- 5th, 6th and 7th grade fall and spring social events
- 8th grade fall social, career day, activity day and promotion party
- Social dance classes for 7th & 8th grade
- Middle school dance (6th, 7th & 8th)
- Club and financial classroom support as requested
- Green Initiative Committee
- Reflections Arts Program
- Spartan Store
- Spartans Giving Back
- School beautification efforts
- Science Olympiad
- Spirit wear
- Summer Recreation Open House
- Teacher & Staff Appreciation (all year)
- Trivia Night event
- Student Financial Support
- And much more!
Also, joining the PTA gives you access to the electronic Sandburg School directory through the Directory Spot app!
Joining the PTA does *NOT* obligate you to any commitments - we use your dues to help fund all of the PTA events. That said, we are always looking for volunteers to help with all the activities and events we sponsor during the year, and you will be invited to help out with those events as they come up. Also, attending our PTA meetings will help keep you informed about what is going on at Sandburg, and provide you with opportunities to ask questions and give your input.
Fair Share Contribution
Perhaps you may not know, coming from one of our local elementary schools who hold multiple large fundraising events, Sandburg offers a Fair-Share, Membership Dues & Fees contribution. This contribution method provides a more consistent and secure way for us to budget your PTA dollars. By ALL parents/families paying a “fair-share”, we minimize the need for fundraisers and the need to have a handful of families shoulder our financial needs.
Joining the Sandburg PTA is easy!
Payments can be accepted by credit card or check.
Credit Card: Pay on-line at the Sandburg PTA online store. Credit card payments are subject to a service fee. Please note that you may also add a (much appreciated!) additional donation to the Sandburg PTA when you join.
Check: Email Amy Kinsella for details
All PTA programs at Sandburg are funded by Fair Share Fees and additional donations; we don't hold any large fundraisers. We are striving for 100% membership this year! Thank you in advance for becoming a PTA member!
For questions, contact Amy Kinsella and/or Laura Gardner, Sandburg PTA Membership Co-Directors.
DIRECTORY
Sandburg PTA School Directory
- DirectorySpot has been updated for the 2022-23 school year.
- If you no longer have DirectorySpot access, you may need to join the PTA for the 2022-23 school year. (If you have joined the PTA, you should have an emailed receipt from "no-reply@memberhub.com".)
- If you have recently joined the PTA, it could take up to 1 week for your DirectorySpot access to be processed, so please be patient.
- If you have joined the PTA (more than 1 week ago) but still can't login, then try logging out of DirectorySpot and logging back in. If that doesn't work, try deleting the app and re-downloading it. If you are still having trouble, please reach out to Laura Gardner for help.
- Note that only 1 parent in your family will automatically get DirectorySpot access. You can add access for an additional parent by reaching out to Laura Gardner.
Sandburg Middle School PTA offers our School Directory electronically to paid PTA members. We use Directory Spot to offer our information through an app.
The app is very secure and only paid PTA members will have access. More information on the security features can be found here.
Each new user will receive an email from Directory Spot stating that you have just been added as a user for Sandburg PTA. (See image below.) Click the “set password” link in the email to set your password, download the DirectorySpot app as instructed and log in to begin using.
If you already have an existing username and password for Directory Spot, you do not have to do anything (besides join the PTA). Log in using your existing username and password and the new Sandburg Directory will be available to you.
If you are a user on more than one Directory Spot directory such as Sandburg Middle School and York HS, you should now see a new icon on the bottom right of the app. It's labeled "More” or "..." From there, go to "Schools" and then simply select the school you want, toggling easily between the directories.
The PTA administrator can update Directory Spot at any time throughout the year, so if you have changes in your information, please contact Amy Kinsella and/or Laura Gardner, Sandburg PTA Membership Co-Directors.
It’s as simple as that!
Directory Spot Information
Here are a few features you can expect:
- The app will work on both Android and Apple phones.
- Directory Spot provides updates in "real time" so when an address is updated on the master copy, it will automatically update on everyone's devices so you will always have the most current content.
- You can download the directory on a laptop or computer so you will have access to the directory that way as well.
- You can also print a complete, hard copy of the directory from your computer so you have this option if you would prefer it.
- For those who do not have computer, phone, or printer access, the PTA will be happy to print a copy for any families who fall into this category.
- It is secure, password protected, and Directory Spot takes precautions on their end to protect their users.
- Teacher names, email addresses and other helpful information like this will be available via the app.
- You will be able to send an email to a parent or teacher directly from the app.
