{"id":717,"date":"2011-09-02T13:52:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/?p=717"},"modified":"2011-09-02T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T18:52:21","slug":"welcome-from-the-apa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/welcome-from-the-apa\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome from the APA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome, Amazing Allenby Families, to the 2011\/12 School Year! We hope everyone had a nice summer, enjoyed the beautiful weather and took some time to recharge, because it is going to be a great year at Allenby. Lots of great stuff is already underway and even more is being planned, so get ready!<\/p>\n<h2>Check out what&#8217;s new<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a sneak peek of just a few of the things that are in the works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Changes to www.allenbyparents.com  to better distribute information from both the APA and the School Office!<\/li>\n<li>New online donations and Spirit Wear ordering<\/li>\n<li>Launch of Allenby Marketplace for advertising within the Allenby Community<\/li>\n<li>Beautiful stonework in the yard<\/li>\n<li>A <em>Calendar of Giving<\/em> outlining fundraising efforts throughout the year. This will enable each family to make informed choices in accordance with their individual family circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>Additional Smartboards in 5 classrooms and other technology additions throughout the school.<br \/>\nFun and new  After 4 classes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to get involved<\/h2>\n<p>We are so excited for all of the programs and activities planned for this year and would love everyone to take part in some way.  Here are just a few volunteer opportunities to think about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Director(s) of Fundraising: While all positions on the Executive Committee are voted on at the first meeting in September, this position has received very little &#8220;attention.&#8221;  We need you!<\/li>\n<li>Class Parents<\/li>\n<li>Committee Members (Pizza Lunch, Attendance Verification, Kiss &#8216;N&#8217; Ride)<\/li>\n<li>Parents Big Night Out Committee (event in November).<\/li>\n<li>APA Meetings: Come! They aren&#8217;t so bad. They are the last Wednesday of the month from 7-9 pm.  Child care is provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If any of these opportunities pique your interest or you want to chat about other opportunities, give me a shout at  <a href=\"mailto:lori.miller@rogers.com\">lori.miller@rogers.com<\/a>.  I promise we will find you the right volunteer opportunity that fits your interest and time.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing everyone at school.<\/p>\n<p>Lori Miller Pike<\/p>\n<p>APA Co-Chair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome, Amazing Allenby Families, to the 2011\/12 School Year! We hope everyone had a nice summer, enjoyed the beautiful weather and took some time to recharge, because it is going to be a great year at Allenby. Lots of great stuff is already underway and even more is being planned, so get ready! Check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volunteer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}