Happy New Year, Mustangs – and welcome back! PTA is here with your weekly news for the week ending Friday 1/8/2021. Remember to sign up for e-mails of these posts direct to your in-box on the pop-up window or the sidebar e-mail sign-up portal!
PTA General Association Meeting Tuesday Jan. 19th at 6 p.m. Please save the date for the next PTA General Association Meeting, which will be held via ZOOM. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND! Please note this is the meeting where the Nomination Committee will be formed to create a slate of Board Officers for our 2021-22 election to be held later this Spring. Please note that per by-laws, in order to participate in the Nomination Committee or to vote, you will need to join PTA as a member (only $10 online here – more info below also!). To receive the meeting link, please email Rogers PTA at rogersmiddleschoolpta@gmail.com (subject “PTA Meeting”).
SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS STARTING IN 2021 Parents should have received a letter from LBUSD (Letter to MS/K8 Parents) prior to Winter Break with upcoming Middle School schedule adjustments as an effort to help reduce screen time for our students, and Principal Wood also re-sent the letter along with additional follow-up in an email to all parents dated 1/2/2021. Wednesday 1/13 and Wednesday 1/27 will be asynchronous days, and starting in February, each Wednesday and Thursday will be minimum days (first Min. Days scheduled for Wed.-Thurs. 2/3 and 2/4, dismissal 2:18 p.m.). The upcoming asynchronous days will be used to provide teachers with professional development and assessment analysis to inform future instruction and to provide student feedback. More information should have also been provided to students regarding the asynchronous days directly earlier this week and will also be sent out again just before each assigned day.
PTA Membership Drive Online membership is always open and available at TOTEM, a new way this year to get your memberships in a contact-free, safe, convenient, and fast transaction! Please help Rogers PTA meet its 1:1 annual goal for memberships: One membership per student!
Memberships are just $10 (plus $1 processing per membership) and are open to all parents, students, teachers, staff, grandparents, extended family, community members, local business owners, alums, neighbors, and anyone who wants to support Rogers! Additional donations always welcome.
Join Rogers PTA at TOTEM now at this link:
https://jointotem.com/ca/long-beach/will-rogers-middle-school-pta
WANTED: PTA Board Members and Chairperson PTA currently has two Board positions available, VP Ways and Means (Fundraising) and Community Outreach Director (handles Appian Way banner sales and other business partnership opportunities). Uniforms Committee Chairperson (sweatshirts and PE uniforms) is also needed. These positions are open and ready NOW for people who are wanting to jump right in and get involved with Rogers PTA! More information on these positions can be found at our Board web page and our Volunteers-Committees page. If you are interested in any of these positions, pleas reach out to Rogers PTA today at: rogersmiddleschoolpta@gmail.com
Rogers Dining for Dollars Hiatus & Highlights | UPDATED FOR JANUARY While Rogers PTA has suspended its Dining for Dollars partnership fundraising program at this time, PTA would still would like to help spread the word about local business and community by featuring a business who has partnered with us in the past! Watch this space each issue of PTA news for this month’s highlighted partner. For January, we would like to feature Raising Cane’s (Traffic Circle location). Thank you to Raising Cane’s for being such a loyal Rogers PTA partner!
Support Rogers PTA at Amazon Smile and Ralphs ALL YEAR LONG! Remember to sign up and support Rogers Middle School PTA when using Amazon Smile and your Ralphs grocery store rewards card.
How to change your Amazon Smile Charity to “Will Rogers Middle School PTA”:
1. Sign in to https://smile.amazon.com on your desktop or mobile phone browser.
2. From your desktop, go to Your Account and select the option to Change your Charity; or, from your mobile browser, select “Change your Charity” from the options at the bottom of the page.
3. Select/ type in “Will Rogers Middle School PTA” to start supporting Rogers PTA.
Rogers School Online Store The Rogers Middle School Store is now online. Take a look at the Mustangs swag being offered, including uniform-approved spirit-wear and yearbooks with more items coming soon!
Rogers School Store
For all PTA News in real time, please like-follow Rogers PTA on Social Media: Facebook @RogersMiddleSchoolPTA
Instagram @RogersMiddleSchoolPTA
Members and families are also welcome to like and subscribe to updates to our website (along right-hand margin or from the popup window). Families should also read/watch all weekly school site e-newsletters and/or video messages from school (remember to check your email and texts for communications; links also posted to the Rogers School Website).
Contact Rogers PTA Anytime at: rogersmiddleschoolpta@gmail.com
Link to Rogers Middle School Event Calendar on official school website here.
IMPORTANT CALENDAR DATES
(Subject to Change – Stay Updated on Rogers School Website)
Tues. 1/12 at 7:45 a.m. School Site Council (SSC) Meeting
Wed. 1/13 Asynchronous Learning Day
Mon. 1/18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (NO SCHOOL)
Tues. 1/19 at 6 p.m. PTA General Association Mtg. (Online via ZOOM)
Wed. 1/27 Asynchronous Learning Day
Thurs. 1/28 First Semester Ends
Fri. 1/29 Second Semester Begins/Min. Day (2:18 p.m. Dismissal)
Wed. 2/3-Thurs. 2/4 Minimum Days (Dismissal 2:18 p.m.)
