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From the Prez
Please mark your calendars for the following upcoming PTO events:
- Wine and Cheese Social, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m., at Mark and Alison Levine's house, details below
- PTO General Meeting, Feb. 16, 7:30 a.m., in the theater at CVHS, followed by 8:30 a.m. social/coffee, location TBD
Please note the different time for the PTO General meeting. This is an experiment and in response to requests for a morning option. In addition to general PTO business, the topic will be parent to parent tips and advice for navigating high school and college. You can arrive at any time and there will be open opportunity to ask questions, so do not worry if you cannot get there quite at 7:30. This is meant to be inclusive.
You may park on the second floor of the school garage, but must leave in time to make way for student commuters. So the meeting will very much end on time, and any follow-up is welcome at the subsequent social.
Keep Calm and Rhino On!
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Party with the PTO
Rhino Dinner and Wine Party coming up
Supporting CVHS is one of the most fun things to do each and every year, and events like these are among the reasons why. Please join us on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 3714 Aberdeen Way (the Levine household) for fun, lots of food and beverages of your choice. Food will include vegetarian options.
You do not have to be a CVHS parent to attend but must be over 21. Cost is $65/person. Click here to buy tickets. |
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Doctor's note not needed
 Ms. Schultz sends the following reminder:
Just a reminder that when your child is away from school due to illness or appointments etc., a note from a parent is sufficient. It does not have to be a doctor's note. If you have a doctor's note to turn in then please do but, it is not required. You can also email me the reason for your students absence at yschultz@houstonisd.org. Thank you for your help staying on top of your child's attendance.
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Food Sales Volunteers Needed
If you would like to help with food sales this semester, there are a few openings on several shifts. The shifts are every first Tuesday, second Friday and third Friday of the month. This is a fun way to get involved at Carnegie by selling Chick-fil-A sandwiches, Vietnamese food and pizza slices at lunch time. To volunteer, follow the SignUp Genius link here. Please email Mary Beth Yard at mary.yard@att.net if you have any questions. Thanks so much!
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Attention Senior Parents
Your seniors are working hard to raise money for their end-of-year festivities and offset some costs to you. Weekly Whataburger Wednesday food sales, volunteer slots at the Carnegie Coffee Bar, the successful July 4th Bash last summer and senior dues contribute to their budget. Here are some reminders and requests. - Third payment is due to Ms. Ramon, jramon1@houstonisd.org, by January 30. Last payment is March 1. Please follow this link here to the original letter about payment options.
- Senior dues cover: Prom Ticket · Six Flags Ticket · Transportation to Six Flags · Meal Voucher for Six Flags · Senior Breakfast · Senior Lunch · Yearbook & Signing Party · Cap & Gown
- Volunteers are still needed for eight more weeks of Whataburger Wednesdays 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Seniors will sell food on Wednesdays and parents are needed for assisting and supervising. (Please sign-up on our Signup Genius and VIPS here.)
As parent liaisons, our goal is to keep you up-to-date with the senior class events and requests. Please feel free to contact Pamela or me with any questions. Next month we will include more end-of-year dates. For more information, call Nicole Shanahan at 281-960-2194 or email nshanahan@hcde-texas.org or email Pamela Lemoine at pamelarobert@comcast.net.
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Friends & Family Campaign
When reviewing which charities need your support most, we'd like you to consider a cause very close to your home and your heart, your schools' PTO. Every $$ donated to CVHS PTO is used to help the students and their families, the teachers and the school. The vast majority of our PTO funding comes through generous contributions to the Friends & Family Campaign. Without this money, we cannot complete all our good work. We have not reached our goals for the year, and so we ask that parents consider this worthy, charitable (tax deductible) gift.
We want all parents to have complete knowledge of what we do with the money we collect. Most of our spending goes to these terrific causes: - Teacher Appreciation, Development and Support: $17,000
- Campus Beautification and Maintenance $3,000
- Events, Honoraria and School Clubs $6,000
- Scholarships $2,500
We hope to collect more than our budgetary needs so that we can make the Pavilion (pictured above) a reality. The Pavilion will provide all students a wonderful place for lunch, gathering, and educational activities. We continue to raise money towards our target of an additional $25,000 to complete the $100,000 funding needed for the Pavilion. The PTO has raised the remaining funds through past gifts to the Friends & Family Campaign.
Donations may be made online, by clicking here, or by check made out to "CVHS PTO". Our giving levels are listed online, but the PTO welcomes any donations of any amount!
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Donations
Current Status: $21,500; 2016-2017 Goal: $33,500
Many thanks to our donors. Remember, it's not too late, you can still donate to CVHS PTO! Your generocity will help the school, the teaching staff and the students.
Find more information here. Please join the list of friends and family of CVHS that preceded you.
PRINCIPAL'S CIRCLE
Laurel Agris & Steve Cole
Darshan and Madhavi Anandu
Adrian and Lisa Baer
The Hsu Family
Deepak and Joan Khosla
Brent Nyquist and Sarah Selleck
The McLean Family
The Family of Michael Yang Elizabeth and Edward York
COURTYARD CADRE
The Bittner Family
The Go Family
PCOR LP
David Marchese
Michelle and Steve Maislin
Caroline and Dave Quenemoen
The Sandweiss Family
BALCONY BUNCH
The Cai Family
The Crabb Family
The Giorgberidze Family
The Grimsinger Family
The Kansara Family
Rohit Kawathekar & Gouri Kulkarni
Prashant and Hira Lotlikar
Family of Nicholas McIntosh
The Numata Family
Lundin and Teresa Schneider
The Vaca Family
Beth Volz and Guillermo Herran
Yi Zhang
GREEN ROOF GANG
The Argudin Family
Erin Brau
The Cheek Family
The Coleman Family
The Goodfriend Family
Susan and Michael Hawes
Nicolas Jeanjean Family
Lawler Kelly Family
The Lawter Family
Mitzi and Norman Levine Family, Jonah Levine CVHS class of 2016
Shiawyih Lin and Kaiyi Li
Terry Liscano
The Liu Family
The Luthria Family
Jennifer and Lee Mashburn
Stephanie Pedigo and Kent Maulsby
Liliana and Russell McKean
Joumana and Boutros Merhi
Catherine Nanson
Lien and Gordana Nguyen
Palacharla Family
David & Spencer Redding
Christi Roquemore and Craig Gordy
Kirk and Bay Rummel
Susanne Savely
Alice Savage and Masoud Shafiei
Sandra Smith
Kristie and Alan Sparks Jr.
Lana and Scott Ward
The Whitley-Akin Family
The Williams Family
The Wolfe Family
The Yu Family
The Yun's Family
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