Education
PTA NEWS:
Theater group coming to Hoover
By RITA PARDUE- FALLMAN
Open auditions for “Once Upon a Mattress” will continue from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Hoover High School, 651 Glenwood Road, according to Stepping Stone Players spokeswoman Susan Kussman.
The Stepping Stone Players, a nonprofit organization, is now in its ninth season of producing Broadway-quality musicals by encouraging the participation of professionals, amateurs, and everyone in between.
The community theater company has a mentoring program in which professionals work with students and adults who are interested in technical theater and performing. E-mail resumes and head shots to www.steppingstoneplayers.com or call (818) 548-3180.
Kathy Van Houten, Hoover High School PTSA president, reminds everyone that the Hoover Street Scene is scheduled for 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is $5, food and game tickets are 50 cents, and raffle tickets are $1. The grand prize is $1,000.
All proceeds benefit Hoover High students. For more information, call the school office at (818) 242-6801.
TOLL MIDDLE
Shirley Cuentas, Toll Middle School PTA president, congratulates the newly elected Toll PTA executive board for the 2008-2009 years. Margaret Hall will be the new president. Vice presidents include Melody Moradi, Sara Kosravi, Fran Mills, Bill Hall and Maria Iezza.
Raquel Grecius will be the secretary. Pam Sorem has accepted the position of treasurer.
Ardine Novashadyan will serve as auditor.
The new historian will be Susanna Garamanoukian. Cuentas invites everyone to attend the Toll Open House from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The In-N-Out Burger truck will be on campus at 5:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Cuentas at scuentas@aol.com.
Summer school will be June 30 through Aug. 1. For more information, call (818) 244-8414.
BALBOA ELEMENTARY
The Spring Fling was a great success, said Sara Khosravi, PTA president. Thanks to all the parents who volunteered to run games and booths.
Also, thank you to Carol Tensen, sixth-grade teacher, for chairing the talent show.
In addition, Khosravi thanks Jody Gallagher, second-grade teacher, for her audio expertise.
The PTA Book Fair was held in April and also was a success. Thanks to Aida Khashadourian for all of her hard work coordinating the event. Congratulations to Tyler Lopez for winning the sixth grade T-shirt design contest. For more information, call the school office at (818) 241-1801.
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY
Ibet Acevedo, Franklin Elementary School PTA president, thanks the Parent Center led by Teresa Gonzales and the many volunteers for making the Franklin Fiesta a great success.
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) testing begins this week and will continue through May 9.
Moms and sons are invited to the First Mother-Son Social from 6 to 8:30 p.m. May 9. Enjoy a night of music, dinner, games, prizes and dancing.
Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week from May 12 to 16. There will be a teacher luncheon hosted by the PTA on May 14. The next PTA meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. May 13.
For more information, call the school office at (818) 243-1809.
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
The next PTA board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The nomination committee is working on the election of new officers to serve on the PTA board for the 2008-09 school year.
Anyone interested in a position on the board, call the school office at (818) 243-4279. For comments or suggestions, e-mail PTA President Faith Gloria at 123fmg@sbcglobal.net.
MARK KEPPEL ELEMENTARY
Track C will return to school on Monday, said Betsy Ames, PTA president.
All tracks and traditional classes will be together for the last two months of school. Keppel will be on a traditional calendar beginning in the 2008-2009 school years.
There will be a meeting to vote and install the PTA executive board at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6 in the Toll teacher’s cafeteria. Teacher Appreciation Week will be May 5 to 9.
Tracks C and D will be taking the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) tests May 12 to 23. There will be no school on May 26 in observance of Memorial Day.
Parent Visitation Day has been rescheduled to June 6. For more information, call the school office at (818) 244-2113.
RITA PARDUE-FALLMAN can be reached by e-mail at rita@ritapardue.com. Mail can be dropped off at the Hoover High School PTSA box.
The Stepping Stone Players, a nonprofit organization, is now in its ninth season of producing Broadway-quality musicals by encouraging the participation of professionals, amateurs, and everyone in between.
The community theater company has a mentoring program in which professionals work with students and adults who are interested in technical theater and performing. E-mail resumes and head shots to www.steppingstoneplayers.com or call (818) 548-3180.
Kathy Van Houten, Hoover High School PTSA president, reminds everyone that the Hoover Street Scene is scheduled for 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is $5, food and game tickets are 50 cents, and raffle tickets are $1. The grand prize is $1,000.
All proceeds benefit Hoover High students. For more information, call the school office at (818) 242-6801.
TOLL MIDDLE
Shirley Cuentas, Toll Middle School PTA president, congratulates the newly elected Toll PTA executive board for the 2008-2009 years. Margaret Hall will be the new president. Vice presidents include Melody Moradi, Sara Kosravi, Fran Mills, Bill Hall and Maria Iezza.
Raquel Grecius will be the secretary. Pam Sorem has accepted the position of treasurer.
Ardine Novashadyan will serve as auditor.
The new historian will be Susanna Garamanoukian. Cuentas invites everyone to attend the Toll Open House from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The In-N-Out Burger truck will be on campus at 5:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Cuentas at scuentas@aol.com.
Summer school will be June 30 through Aug. 1. For more information, call (818) 244-8414.
BALBOA ELEMENTARY
The Spring Fling was a great success, said Sara Khosravi, PTA president. Thanks to all the parents who volunteered to run games and booths.
Also, thank you to Carol Tensen, sixth-grade teacher, for chairing the talent show.
In addition, Khosravi thanks Jody Gallagher, second-grade teacher, for her audio expertise.
The PTA Book Fair was held in April and also was a success. Thanks to Aida Khashadourian for all of her hard work coordinating the event. Congratulations to Tyler Lopez for winning the sixth grade T-shirt design contest. For more information, call the school office at (818) 241-1801.
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY
Ibet Acevedo, Franklin Elementary School PTA president, thanks the Parent Center led by Teresa Gonzales and the many volunteers for making the Franklin Fiesta a great success.
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) testing begins this week and will continue through May 9.
Moms and sons are invited to the First Mother-Son Social from 6 to 8:30 p.m. May 9. Enjoy a night of music, dinner, games, prizes and dancing.
Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week from May 12 to 16. There will be a teacher luncheon hosted by the PTA on May 14. The next PTA meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. May 13.
For more information, call the school office at (818) 243-1809.
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
The next PTA board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The nomination committee is working on the election of new officers to serve on the PTA board for the 2008-09 school year.
Anyone interested in a position on the board, call the school office at (818) 243-4279. For comments or suggestions, e-mail PTA President Faith Gloria at 123fmg@sbcglobal.net.
MARK KEPPEL ELEMENTARY
Track C will return to school on Monday, said Betsy Ames, PTA president.
All tracks and traditional classes will be together for the last two months of school. Keppel will be on a traditional calendar beginning in the 2008-2009 school years.
There will be a meeting to vote and install the PTA executive board at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6 in the Toll teacher’s cafeteria. Teacher Appreciation Week will be May 5 to 9.
Tracks C and D will be taking the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) tests May 12 to 23. There will be no school on May 26 in observance of Memorial Day.
Parent Visitation Day has been rescheduled to June 6. For more information, call the school office at (818) 244-2113.
RITA PARDUE-FALLMAN can be reached by e-mail at rita@ritapardue.com. Mail can be dropped off at the Hoover High School PTSA box.
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