Fundraising Efforts and Awards

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="04a785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Parent - Teacher Organization</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parent Teacher Organization"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Fundraising  Efforts and Awards </I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>High School Projects - Fundraising and Fund Providing</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="767" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 717 WIDTH="347"><div> <B><U>PTO Current Fundraising Projects</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In lieu of a formal fundraising project this Fall, the PTO members decided to raise the membership fees and request additional donations.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The PTO will be sponsoring a booth at the Spring Carnival on  May 20th (12-4pm).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Funds from Our Annual Membership</B>: Our membership drive continues and the funds are put directly back into programs and projects for students. We would like to see 100% participation from families and teachers as all HS students and teachers benefit from the PTO activities. If you do not have a membership form, send your name, address, phone number and email address, along with $20 for dues to NFHS / PTO, 54 Gillotti Rd., New Fairfield, CT 06812.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The <B>PTO </B>sponsors <B>4 - $500</B> scholarships for deserving seniors at the end of the school year </div> <div> - 2 for students overcoming obstacles and achieving personal improvement and 2 for students with outstanding community service. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="405"><div> <B><U>2005-2006 PTO Funding Projects</U></B> </div> <bR> <div> The following monies gained from membership fees and fundraising were given to teachers and students through the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><U>Funds For Excellence</U></B></FONT> program: </div> <bR> <div> <B>$300 </B>Mrs. VanDenAmeele for Business Dept. Awards of Merit plaques.</div> <bR> <div> <B>$300 </B>to Mrs. Golenbock for French Immersion Day at Tarrywile Mansion for the upper level French students.</div> <bR> <div> <B>$300 </B>to Mr. Greenberg for the Technology Student Association Club Convention in Windham, CT.</div> <bR> <div> <B>$300</B> to Mr. Merritt for publishing one issue of the Rebel Tattoo, the school newspaper, available free to all students and available online on the school's website. </div> <bR> <div> <B>$300</B> to Mr. Merritt for Latin Quiz Bowl - Certamen Awards and Trophies to be held on the friday before the Ides of March.</div> <bR> <div> <B>$300</B> to Mr. Russo for Pi Day contest prizes.</div> <bR> <div> <B>$300</B> to Mr. Scherf and the Marketing Club for student registration to attend the state DECA<B> </B>Competition.</div> <bR> <div> <B>$300 </B>to Mr. Gargano and the Future Business Leaders of America club for registration forstudents for the CT state competition. </div> <bR> <div> <B>$250 each</B> to Mr. Rice and Ms. Dawson to help defray printing costs for the Aporia, student literary magazine.  </div> <div>  <A NAME="the_funds_for_excellence_program_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>The<B> Funds For Excellence</B> program provides money to teachers at the high school for enrichment activities for students that go above and beyond the regular curriculum.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="347"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="347" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="405"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="405" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>