Every April, when I am sitting with our calendar mapping out the summer, I try to remember that there are still 8 weeks of school left. It feels confusing - like time is flying by, but also dragging a little. As we approach the end of 2022-23, I hope all of our CSE PTA families take a minute to reflect on what an amazing year it's been, and help our students and school finish out strong!

We are so grateful for your support with the Apex Fun Run in March! With over $90K in proceeds, we will be able to enhance our outdoor areas with high-quality playground activities and games, build up a reserve to install shade cover for the special services playground area, and fund many of the programs and support that CSE PTA provides to our school from now into 2023-24. Thank you to our families, our teachers, and our students for their leadership!

You may recall that last year, CSE PTA achieved status as a National PTA School of Excellence, for growing family engagement in advocacy. This year, we have continued that focus by informing our membership about local issues like the DSISD bond election, and advocating at the state level with Texas PTA Rally Day. Please stay engaged by getting informed and voting in the upcoming May 6th local election, which includes two seats for the DSISD Board of Trustees (look for details soon about a PTA-hosted candidate forum), as well as another school bond referendum.

Have a great April!

Terri Purdy

President, PTA Executive Board

Cypress Springs Elementary

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We raised a total of $90,731 for our school from APEX Fun Run!

We could not do this event without the support of our families, our teachers, our community, our business sponsors and of course, our amazing kids! We are incredibly grateful to each and every one of you! Proceeds will go towards enhancing our outdoor learning areas and classroom support.

CONGRATS to our winners of the 5th Grade Yearbook Cover Contest! You all are Amazing (and talented)!

Yearbook Cover will feature art by Addie Weekley!

Yearbook Title Page will feature art by Aditya Dukle!

Yearbook Back Cover will feature art by:

Dhruv Sekhar * Ellie Whitehead * Luke Rocha * Emma Singer

Brooke Maastricht * Teagan Daniels * Allison DeHulsters

Max Buzali * Bennett Kirbo * Ellie Verhulst

"Groovy" Book Fair kicked off on April 3 and runs through April 14.

Sign up below to volunteer at your child's shopping day.

Family Shopping Night will be April 6 from 3:30pm-6:30pm!

This year we are partnering with Foster Village to help purchase new books to be included in 'Welcome Packs' for all of their new families receiving services. There are a few ways for you to contribute towards this fund if you like:

• You can donate with the link below. You can also use this link to donate to a teacher's wishlist!

• Bring and/or eat baked goods at the bake sale at Family Shopping Night. You can sign up below to bring a baked good - all baked goods welcome!

• Purchase raffle tickets at Family Shopping Night for a chance to win a book basket.

• Round up your change at the cash register for any book purchases.

  Donations, baked sale proceeds, raffle ticket proceeds and extra change will all go to support the Foster Village!

Please reach out to enrichments@csepta.org with any questions.

Our next PTA general membership meeting is Friday, April 21 at 8:30am in the cafeteria immediately following the CSES volunteer appreciation breakfast at 8am. Voting will take place at this meeting for our 2023/2024 PTA Executive Board. Please RSVP below if you'll be attending.

Nominations for the 2023/2024 PTA Executive Board closed on April 1. The CSES PTA Nominating Committee is currently reviewing nominations for all elected positions and will propose a slate to serve as next year's board. The following positions are eligible for nominations:

- President

- VP Membership

- VP Fundraising

- VP Hospitality

- VP Programs

- VP Enrichments

- Secretary

- Treasurer

Here’s more info on how the process works:

The positions listed above are elected by you, the General Membership. Terms are one year and our bylaws state that a person can hold the same position for a maximum of two terms. Each spring, a Nominating Committee forms and they submit one recommendation for each position to General Membership. Other nominations can be taken from the floor at the election meeting. Then the nominees are voted into positions to serve for the following school year. Since current VP of Enrichments have served one year, she is still eligible for her same positions again, but will be part of the formal nomination/election process. Nominees must be current members of the PTA.

For you reference, below is a link to the CSES PTA Executive Board Area of Responsibilities