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PAWS Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)
2009-2010


PAWS PTO Mission
Foster the academic, social and emotional growth of our students
Promote meaningful parent involvement in the support, planning and improvement of our school
Encourage partnerships among students, parents, school staff and community


PAWS PTO Goals
Goal I.  To ensure a positive, healthy, safe and supportive school climate
Goal II.  To encourage communication within our school community
Goal III.  To promote meaningful parent involvement


PROPOSED PAWS PTO 2009-2010 Meeting Dates

General Meetings will be held monthly, as needed, at 3:00 p.m. in the HHS Media Center.   Two times per year (once per semester) they will be scheduled in conjunction with the Parent Forums in the evening.

(Click on past dates for meeting minutes)
Thursday, September 10, 2009   
Thursday, October 8, 2009   
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 -- Parent Form: Update only; no meeting, 7:00 p.m.   
Thursday, November 12, 2009   
Thursday, January 14, 2010   
Thursday, February 11, 2010   
Thursday, March 11, 2010   
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 -- New Board Elections, Meeting to follow Parent Forum at 7:00 p.m.   
Thursday, May 13, 2010   

All parents, teachers, and staff are welcome to attend all meetings.

Become a PAWS PTO Volunteer
2009-2010 PTO Volunteer Form

It’s never too late to join our email database.  Each time volunteers are needed at Horizon, you receive an email.  If the project is of interest to you and fits with your schedule, you reply to the email.  If not, you hit delete.  You will also receive reminders about the numerous school activities that are of special interest to parents.

To be added to the PAWS PTO volunteer list, please complete the form linked to this section, or
send us an e-mail letting us know to add you.

PAWS PTO FAMILY DIRECTORY
Involved parents of Horizon students provide valuable support for our students, staff, and school.   If you wish to be included in our 2009-2010 directory, please print and complete the
PTO Directory Form and submit with your payment by August 31, 2009.

Please consider being a part of our 2009-2010 PTO Directory "Yellow Pages" by purchasing advertising space.   Your paid advertisement helps with the printing costs of the directory, and is a great way to advertise your business in our community! To advertise, please print and complete the PTO Directory Advertising Form and submit with your payment by August 24, 2009.


B.E.S.T. Meeting Dates
(Building Educational Support Together)


The B.E.S.T. organization exists to plan and organize parent education for our schools.   This is a great opportunity for all community parents to come together and meet parents from the other schools and to be informed on a variety of topics of interest to the parent community.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 (Tentative) -- @ HHS -- Topic:  PVUSD Override Information   

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 -- @ DSMS -- Topic:  What’s Ahead for Me and My Child   


The SafeHomes Program
SafeHomes offers an opportunity for parents to join together to help provide a safer environment for our children by creating an atmosphere where alcohol and drug use is not acceptable. No responsible and informed adult can deny that the use of alcohol and drugs pose a real and unacceptable danger for our teens. When parents join together and take a united stand against alcohol and drug use, they become much more effective than if they act separately.

PAWS PTO The SafeHomes Program


Visit the SafeHomes website for more information about this program.

Stay Alive at 25 for Teen Drivers
The PTO continues to support efforts to keep this message alive.  Ninth graders will be
introduced to the Stay Alive at 25 program with a half-day program to be held in May.
Parents whose teens are learning to drive may want to consider the use of a Parent/Teen Driving Agreement.
Parent/Teen Driving Agreement


Be sure to check out the Stay Alive at 25 website which contains other resources available to parents and teens.

For more information about the PAWS PTO please email PAWS PTO (paws-pto@horizonboosterclub.com).
PAWS PTO was created in the Fall of 2006 to complement the many PAWS initiatives already in existence that support our Horizon students, faculty and staff.   All parents, teachers, staff and community members are welcome to attend all meetings.