Harvard Elementary PTA

Please join us in supporting your local neighborhood school as we strive to grow our programs and provide enrichment opportunities throughout the school year.

Our fundraising goal this year is $135,000, which will support all Harvard students through curriculum enrichment, teacher appreciation and community building activities. Highlights from our annual budget include funding for:

• School assemblies and field trips, featuring programs from Main Street Theater, Houston Grand Opera, Museum of Natural Science & more
• Library programs such as Accelerated Reader
• Teacher education and enrichment as well as teacher appreciation
• Community Involvement including movie night, playdates and science night
• Technology and software upgrades throughout the school
• Outdoor Garden
• Safety equipment
• Virtual Learning Tools

Learn more here.

We are delighted to announce our 2020/2021 fundraising drive. The fundraising drive will go from October 12th through November 13th, however we welcome donations at any time. We know it is a trying time and uncertainty brings anxiety and fear and we want our members to know we understand how difficult this time has been. With drive, dedication, and perseverance, we can make this a successful year during this challenging time.

More information about our fundraising drive can be found here.

1. YOU meet new people and make friends,
2. YOU improve your communication and interpersonal skills,
3. YOU gain a clearer understanding of our school structure,
4. YOU get the opportunity to serve as a role model to your children, AND
5. YOU get the chance to inspire, educate and motivate future generations!

Learn more here.

Keep up with what is happening at Harvard Elementary by following us on the social media sites listed below. Upcoming events and fun educational information are often featured.

• Facebook
• Grade-level Facebook Groups
• Twitter 
• Instagram

The annual Scholastic Book Fair will take place December 3–7. This is always such an exciting week for students and a great opportunity to volunteer. Keep an eye out for information from your teacher/s regarding class visits to the Book Fair.

If you’d like to volunteer, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4BADA82AA3FC1-scholastic

Join fellow Harvard families to watch Honey I Shrunk the Kids this Friday at 6:00pm at Harvard Park! Bring your own blankets. Pinks Pizza and Rita’s will be there.

Never too early to start planning for holiday cards…

Order your holiday cards, save money AND raise money for the school at the same time by using code FUNDRAISEHARVARD from 11/1–11/30.

From 11/1 to 11/30, you can receive 15% off holiday card orders & gifts from minted.com and 15% of your purchase total will be donated back to Harvard.

For now, go to minted.com to start browsing :-)

Codes are valid toward your holiday card and holiday gift purchases (excludes stamps & limited edition art).

Dear Harvard Parent,

I am reaching out to you as a new Harvard parent and the chair of the 2018-2019 Harvard PTA Fundraiser Auction, the biggest PTA event of the year.  Last year, they made over $100,000 for the school!

My son only started kindergarten this year, but I had the opportunity to attend the fundraiser last year and enjoyed it so much, I knew I wanted to be involved in planning it.  However, the only way we can make the event as great better than last year is with your help!  It’s a fun and great way to get involved, meet other parents, and raise money for our school.

We have the big seats for the committees filled with wonderful parent volunteers, but we need many more volunteers to help us with so many little things that need to be done over the next few months.  You have one hour?  One day?  A few minutes?  It all will help.

Please come and join me at our informational mixer at Sonoma in the Heights on November 1^st at 7:30 to enjoy some light bites and learn about all the volunteer opportunities to help us make this event a great success!

Thank you,

Lisa Riley

Fundraiser Chair & Kinder Mom

Download Letter as PDF

http://harvardelementarypta.org/event/pta-spring-fundraiser/

Auction Donation Chair: This person is in charge of coordinating the ask for auction items for the live and silent auction from local businesses and Harvard families. This committee usually has a lot of volunteers that help to follow up with businesses, ask friends and families for donations and help gather items. This is a great chair position to be co-chaired if you have a friend that you would like to work together with. The main task is to keep track of the asks and follow ups as well as entering the items into the Bidding for Good system.

Food and Beverage Chair: Soliciting donations of food, desert, coffee and beverages for the event. We have a lot of restaurants and wine donors that we used in the past that would be happy to donate again. We just need someone to coordinate the vendors and help with the set up.

Logistics: The logistics chair is in charge of designing and organizing the flow of the event with vendors, band, auctioneer, decoration, etc. The fundraiser will be at the SPJST lodge again this year and they are extremely helpful and will share their expertise.

If interested, please email [email protected]

OR

Join us for a mixer at Sonoma in the Heights on November 1 to learn more about Fundraiser volunteer opportunities.

The PTA annual donation drive is taking place through October 15. If you missed the letter sent home in Tuesday folders, please read it here: Donation Drive Family Letter

If you’d like to make a donation, visit our Donate page!

Thank you!!

October 5, 7:30am, Harvard Cafeteria
Coffee and food!

http://harvardelementarypta.org/event/pta-general-meeting-2/?instance_id=78