Dear PTA Members,


Congratulations to the newly elected members for the 2012-2013 PTA Board:

Julie Saylor - President

Lissa Ryan- 1st Vice President

Christine Brinson- 2nd Vice President

Kim Baker- Treasurer.

Susan Anderson – Corresponding Secretary

Susan Goldfedder- Recording Secretary

The vote took place, on April 11th, at the monthly PTA meeting.


Yearbook preorders are going on right now. One-third of the anticipated inventory has already been sold. Reserve a copy today. Submit a completed order form and check payable to Lifetouch for $20.00. Any questions, contact Julie Saylor at jsaylor@verizon.net


Boosterthon’s EPIC Adventure is coming to Dranesville June 6th. Since 2001, the Boosterthon Fun Run team has been serving schools across America, providing a fun, healthy alternative fundraisers. Local schools who have participated in Boosterthon include, London Towne, Fox Mill, and Floris. The EPIC theme is all about TEAMWORK and is an acronym with each letter representing an Adventure Action.

Students will learn four specific ways to be a great teammate:

E- Encourage

P- Play

I- Invite

C- Celebrate

This is an all –inclusive event and takes place during the school day. With the Boosterthon Fun Run, there is nothing to sell and no door-to-door. By gathering pledges from friends and family students help their school. Each student, regardless if they can or cannot financially contribute, will receive a FREE t-shirt for participating in the event itself. Kim Cash is in need of 4 volunteers on June 6th to assist the Boosterthon team. Please contact Kim at kimcash@verizon.net, if you have any questions or you are available on the day of the event. For more information go to boosterthon.com.


The last Spirit Night of the school year will take place on May 23rd at Chick-Fil-A from 5-8 p.m.. Please remember to tell them you are with DES.


The next and last PTA meeting for the 2011-2012 school year will take place on June 12th at 7:00 p.m. in the DES library.


Truly Yours,

Jamie Rees

PTA President, 2011-2012


 

A Piece by Rees - May 2012

Welcome to the Dranesville PTA's website. The purpose of the PTA is to promote the welfare of the children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship; raise the standards of home life; secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth; bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth; and develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.









If you are interested in volunteering on a committee or assisting with a PTA function, please contact the committee chairperson or Julie Saylor for assistance.


Jamie Rees, President

Julie Saylor,1st Vice President

Lissa Ryan, 2nd Vice President

Kim Baker, Treasurer

Susan Goldfedder, Corresponding Secretary

Susan Anderson, Recording Secretary

Beth Bollerer, Webmaster


The Dranesville Elementary PTA is a volunteer non-profit organization serving the students and community of Dranesville Elementary School. The Dranesville Elementary PTA, also known as DES PTA, is separate from, and is not controlled by, the school or the school district and does not represent the school or district in any way. All information and opinions presented on this site are made by the Dranesville Elementary PTA and/or its’ individual members and do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of the school or school district. Comments made by individual PTA members, including members of the executive board and committee chairpersons, do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Dranesville Elementary PTA, the Virginia PTA, or the National PTA. All information presented on this site is deemed accurate by the webmaster at the time of posting and is subject to change. The information provided within this site is for informational purposes only. Reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of information provided. Please remember that updates are provided by volunteer staff, therefore content is subject to change without notice and cannot be guaranteed to be current. Furthermore, the author of this site does not have editorial oversight for all documents referenced here and cannot be held responsible for their content.

DES Homepage

The Herndon Festival is coming from May 31 - June 3rd and DES PTA is conducting Advanced Purchase Ticket sales for the Carnival Rides only.  This includes the “unlimited rides on Thursday night only” wristband for the low price of $16.00 as well as ride tickets valid all 4 days.  A portion of all pre-sales benefits DES PTA. 


Click here for the order form in English.

Click here for the order form in Spanish.

Spirit Night at Chick Fil-A on Wednesday May 23

Present this flyer for DES to receive credit