Bolton PTA - Advocacy Committee

The Bolton PTA is a group of parents and teachers who work together to benefit education in our town. We believe that educating children is truly a joint effort between teachers, administrators, parents, and all town residents who generously support Bolton Public Schools in so many ways.

We invite you to browse our site to learn more about our Bolton PTA -- and perhaps to consider ways in which you can get involved in helping to support and promote excellence in education.

A Letter from the PTA President!

The PTA is a wonderful way to be involved in your child’s school and education. We are an organization that believes strongly in advocating for our children and work hard to make a difference in our community and educational needs. I strongly encourage every parent and teacher to make a contribution of their time to our school. We understand how busy everyone is but the little bit that you can offer makes a huge difference. We are always looking for volunteers, please contact anyone of our board members to see where you can be of help this year.

Please be advised that Bolton Superintendent of Schools, Paul Smith, will be presenting his proposed school budget and recommendations for 2010-2011 to the Board of Education at a meeting which is scheduled for Thursday January 14th at 6:30 p.m. in the BCS library. Notably, he will also outline what cuts will be made from the budget (whether teachers, classes, etc...) if the Board of Finance requests a budget cut before it goes on to Referendum. These cuts could be fairly significant and may mean that our schools will not have the same services and class sizes that we have now. Please consider attending this very important meeting if you are available.

If your schedule does not allow you to attend the meeting, please note that budget workshops will be held over the next few weeks for members of the public to attend and ask questions. Information regarding these workshops can be found beginning next week at www.boltonpublicschools.com.

Despite the rainy, cold weather, we were able to raise over $3000 for the Center School and High School libraries! Thank you to Troopers Turner and Tilley, Bolton Volunteer Fire Department, Jimmy Henderson, Bruce Ralston, Independent Insurance, Rockville Bank Foundation, J.A. White Glass, Bolton Regional Lions Club, Shop Rite, Munson’s Chocolates, Birch Mountain Day School, Ben Franklin Plumbing, Country Liquor, Hour Glass Cleaners, Bolton Youth Baseball Association, Kelly Goldsnider, Wendy and Mark Pagani, Elaine and Catherine Allegretti, Cindy Martin, Lesia Kerr, Jordan Somes, Ellen Weir and especially the runners and walkers that showed up on such a dreary day. We could not have done it without all of you!

U.S. News and World Report released its ranking America’s Best High Schools for 2009. Bolton High School was one of sixteen Connecticut schools to be awarded the silver medal, thereby ranking it as one of the top 600 performing high schools in the country. To rank the schools, U.S. News and World Report and the School Evaluation Services analyzed enrollment and academic information data from more than 21,000 public high schools. The Bolton PTA congratulates Bolton High School, its administrators and teachers on such an impressive accomplishment!

Deadline for Bolton Center School submissions is Friday, December 4, 2009. Entries will be collected in the school lobby in the morning of that day.

As in past years there will be six categories: Visual Art, Musical Composition, Literature, Photography, Video Production and Dance Choreography. Age groups will be: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8.

This year's theme is Bolton Salutes the Oscars. Again, we've had 180 kids sign up to be a part of this big event. The meet & greet auditions will be held on Dec. 3rd, (snow date Dec. 10th). Auditions for big roles in an act are on Dec. 10th (snow date Dec. 17th). The coaches will then have their selection meeting to pick their kids. You should hear from your coach prior to the Christmas break with rehearsals scheduled to begin in January, 2010!

Next year's show dates are scheduled for April 9th & 10th. Friday night's show will be at 6:30 and Saturday's show will be at 4:00 p.m.

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A Letter from the PTA President!