Happy Friday, Mustangs!
PTA is here with your weekly news ending the week of Friday 10/23/2020. 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 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! You can sign up now and help PTA get to 300 members by Membership Monday, 10/26!
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
On Fridays in October… Mustangs Wear Pink! Rogers Student Council invites all Rogers students and staff to wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
For more information on the latest happenings from school and student council, please remember to check out the Rogers Weekly Bulletin on the school’s website. This week’s edition of the bulletin can be found here.
Red Ribbon Week NEXT WEEK Monday 10/26-Friday 10/30 Next week is Red Ribbon Week, the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention awareness program. Student Council has designated special dress days for the entire week as follows:
Mon. 10/26 | Crazy Hair Day
Tues. 10/27 |Tacky Tourist Day
Wed. 10/28 | Decades Day
Thurs. 10/29 | Disney Day
Fri. 10/30 | Halloween (wear your costumes!)
For more information on each of the special dress days and for sending in photos of your outfits for yearbook consideration – especially your Halloween costumes! – remember to watch the “MMMM” (Monday Morning Mustang Message) from earlier this week.
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 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 October, we would like to feature George’s Greek Cafe (2nd Street). Thank you to George’s Greek Cafe for always being such a loyal Rogers PTA partner!
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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
IMPORTANT CALENDAR DATES
(Subject to Change – Stay Updated on Rogers School Website)
Fri. 10/23 Wear Pink Fridays (Breast Cancer Awareness Month)
Mon. 10/26-Fri 10/30 Red Ribbon Week (Special Dress Days – See Above)
Mon. 10/26-Sun. 11/8 Scholastic Book Fair (ONLINE – more info TBA)
Wed. 11/11 Veterans Day (NO SCHOOL)
Tues. 11/17 PTA General Association Mtg. (via Zoom; time TBD)
Mon. 11/23-Fri. 11/27 Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL)
