Twinbrook Elementary School PTA

This Tuesday, May 15th, there will be a parent meeting at Twinbrook regarding the Title One school choice option.

Please plan to attend this very important meeting regarding an opportunity your child may have for next year.  We have discussed this at previous PTA General Membership Meetings and could not provide further information to some questions that were asked. The Federal Title I School Choice Option is offered to students enrolled in a Title I school that does not meet specific standards, known as Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on Maryland School Assessments (MSA) for two or more consecutive years. The MSA is an annual test in reading and mathematics. Twinbrook DID NOT achieve AYP on the 2011 MSAs. If Twinbrook does not achieve AYP for the second year in 2012, your child will have the option of transferring to designated schools in the Montgomery County Public School System.

Although MSA results will not be released until this summer, there is a meeting being held this Tuesday evening to explain this program to parents. PLEASE come to get more information. If Twinbrook becomes apart of this school choice option, we will not find out until mid to late summer and it may be hard to get more information that late.

Saturday, May 19, 2012 6 pm-8:30pm

Twinbrook International Night celebrates our unique, diverse community. It’s a chance for us all to share our cultural heritage. Come and represent your native country, cultural heritage, or a US region or state. We can’t do it without you! Your exhibit can include maps, photos, currency, art, costumes, crafts, and more. You can also share your native foods. If enough volunteers sign up, there can also be a parade of traditional clothes!

If you want to set up an exhibit, bring food from your native country, or take part in the parade please contact Mariana Nolan (301-770-3477, call after 7pm or leave a message) by Monday, April 30.

Come to the Twinbrook McDonald’s Wednesday, April 18 anytime between 5pm and 8pm. A portion of all proceeds will go to the Twinbrook ES PTA. Come on out and join your neighbors!

Everyone is invited to our monthly board meeting tomorrow night (4/17) at 7:30 pm in the Media Center. Please join us to ask any questions, share any concerns or share
ideas with the board! If you have considered joining the board for the 2012-2013 school year, please attend to get more information. We will also be discussing Earth Day and International Night – we need volunteers!

The Twinbrook Tigers have raised an unbelievable total amount of $4,510.35 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! All of the classes have earned pennants, and many have qualified to be entered in a raffle for a special VIP night out to see DC United pla y- along with front row seats, dinner, and other perks. Finally, because our 2nd and 3rd place classes were so close (three dollars apart), the PTA has agreed to fund a pizza party for the third place class! Here are the final class results:

• 1st Place- Mrs. Fleet’s class, with $403.25
• 2nd Place- Mrs. Duncan’s class, with $304.10
• 3rd Place- Mrs. Arosemena’s class, with $302.92

Congratulations! Special thanks to Melissa Maddox and Valerie Merritt for all their work.

Kids and police officers will show off their basketball skills Friday, March 23, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the seventh annual March Madness Basketball Tournament. The Twinbrook PTA will sell refeshments and volunteers are needed! If you would like to help, please contact Valerie Merritt for information at valsuem@verizon.net. For more info about the tournament, please go to http://www.rockvillemd.gov/news/2012/03-march/03-12-12B.htm