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- Welcome to our 2008/09 Officers; Meeting dates
- Volunteer!
- 2008 Miller PTA Honorary Service Award Recipients
- Important Thank Yous
- 2007/2008 Committee Chairs
- Graduation Committee
- Reflections: Update Jan. 25, 2008
- Additional PTA website
- Birthday Book Club
- e-scrip
- The Miller PTA 's 2007/2008 Executive Board
- Mission Statement
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Welcome to our 2008/09 Officers; Meeting dates
Welcome to our 2008/2009 PTA Officers:
President Lori Stafford
Vice-P Anjali Kauser
Treasurer Wanda Schenck
Secretary Praveen Narayan
Auditor June Duan
Historian Tiffany Hsiao
Parliamentarian Mary Eicher
2008-2009 Meeting Dates (All meetings (7:45 am-9:30 am in the Miller Library)
September 11, 2008
October 9
November 13
January 8, 2009
February 12
March 13
April 9
May 7
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Volunteer!
We have many jobs still available for 2008/2009. Your help on any task, big
or small, makes a difference to the students and the school. Please send us
an e-mail and let us know that you would like to help. We will contact you and
give you information and choices of jobs.
Our address is VolunteerforMiller@yahoo.com.
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2008 Miller PTA Honorary Service Award Recipients
Every year the Miller Middle School PTA proudly recognizes those individuals
who have made significant contributions to our Miller Community by generously
volunteering their time in many different capacities. We would like to
congratulate the following people who have been nominated by fellow parents,
teachers and staff to receive recognition awards:
Honorary Service Awards
This award is presented to individuals in special recognition of outstanding
service to children and youth within the Miller Community.
Teacher Kari Emerson devoted many hours to starting up Miller's new running
club this year, while simultaneously acting as the assistant coach of the
cross country team, teaching language arts, supporting students after school
and on weekends with walking and running events, and training to qualify for
the Boston Marathon! Ms. Emerson wants to be remembered as a teacher who made
a difference in the life of her students. She is well on her way! We are
thrilled to present Ms. Emerson with an Honorary Service Award.
It is with great pleasure that the Miller PTA presents Julie Ferrario with a
2008 Honorary Service Award in recognition of her continued outstanding
service to our children and the Miller Community.
Julie is the mother of two boys and has been a volunteer during all of her
years as a Miller Parent. She has held the position of Reflections
Chairperson for the past two years, and has volunteered in many activities
during her time at Miller. Julie has been in charge of the Pasta Dinner Bake
Sale for several years, and has volunteered in numerous roles in support of
Millers sports teams. As a member of the Graduation Committee, Julie has
taken an active role in helping to make the many activities surrounding
graduation a success. It is because of parents like Julie that our children
have an opportunity to enjoy so many positive experiences during their time at
Miller. We express our deepest gratitude and appreciation for her continued
years of service.
In addition to teaching sixth grade math, social studies, and language arts
with humor and creativity, Honorary Service Awardee David Villafana nurtures
Miller students in all grades. Mr. V supports the Miller Math Marathon,
Continental Math League, Math Olympiad, AMC8 (American Math Contest), and the
Julia Robinson Google Math Contest. Mr. V has coached boys basketball each of
his three years at Miller. For the past two years, he has also coached girls
basketball, where he handed out home made treats to everyone who tried out for
the team. Mr. V has coached and refereed the very popular noon basketball,
baseball, and handball leagues for sixth graders, giving up his lunch hour to
encourage all students to learn and hone athletic skills. In addition, Mr. V
helps out at track meets and at the Miller Corrals. He's known as a teacher
whose door is always open. We are thrilled to have him at Miller Middle
School, and pleased to present him with an Honorary Service Award.
Continuing Service Award
This award is presented to individuals in special recognition for continued
outstanding service to children and youth within the Miller Community.
Bronwen Cosaro has been a dedicated volunteer at Miller for five years. Never
considering herself too busy to help, she takes on big projects and quietly
just does them. For the past three years in particular, Bronwen has chaired
the Mustang Corral, and even created a program that incorporates Lynbrook
students as helpers. She recognizes the value of volunteering and does not
hesitate to step forward and help in a variety of events. In addition to
organizing the Corral, Bronwen devotes time to band events, graduation
activities, field trips, school orientation tours, teacher appreciation, Girl
Scouts, and McAulliffe School. Bronwen continues to volunteer because she
likes being involved and she appreciates working with kids.
Having been a McAuliffe parent, Mary Eicher knows all about volunteering and
has never slowed down. She has a 10th grader at Lynbrook and a 7th grader at
Miller. Mary gets involved in nearly every activity she comes across. She
has been VP and Parliamentarian for the Miller PTA and has been on the traffic
committee and the wish list committee. She is Legislative Chair for the
CFCPTA Council and is currently leading a petition drive for the entire
Council regarding the State Budget. Mary is also active in the Lynbrook PTA
and played an important role in their Job Shadow program this year. She is a
member of LIMB and a frequent helper for most band activities. Mary has many
fond moments of volunteering at Miller, but the most challenging thing thus
far has been the CMEA. She has always liked chaperoning the dances until her
children banned her from attending! Mostly she loves being around the energy
and dedication of the staff at Miller Middle School.
This is Connie Lo's 6th year at Miller and she has been active from the
beginning. She works in the library every week, helping process new books,
organize shelves, and decorating for special events. Connie also works at the
Book Fairs, Mustang Corral, Uniform and Planner sales, does office help, and
the chairs the Magazine Drive. Connie is reliable and never hesitates to
offer to help. She cheerfully took over the magazine drive chair position
knowing full well how much work it would involve.
Connie is a stay-at-home mom with three kids, and she takes pride in being
their math tutor as it keeps her brain functioning. She says her favorite
Miller experience is the book fair. Connie loves to work with books, students,
teachers and parents.
Golden Oak Award
It is with great pleasure that the Miller PTA presents Barbara Takahashi with
the 2008 Golden Oak Award. This award is the State of California PTAs most
prestigious award, and is presented to Barbara in recognition of her
outstanding service to our children and the Miller Community.
Barbara is the mother of three boys and has been a volunteer during all of her
years as a Miller Parent. She has held the position of PTA President for the
past two years, and has spearheaded many ventures during her time at Miller,
including The Miller Birthday Book Club, the Picnic Table and Umbrella
fundraiser, and both of the Miller landscape beautification projects. In
addition, Barb has been the Miller newsletter editor for the past five years,
Pasta Dinner Chairperson, and an active member of the Cupertino Toyokawa
Sister City organization through which she has had an active role in
organizing the Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival for many years.
The Miller community is deeply grateful for the time and dedication Barbara
has given our children and our community, and we would again like to express
our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for her many years of service.
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Important Thank Yous
The PTA consists of many volunteers who make a tremendous difference at
Miller. Here are a few of our recent accomplishments and the volunteers who
made them happen:
Our Staff Appreciation Committee Chairs, Miko Pennington and Connie Aquino,
just treated the Miller staff to a fabulous Cinco de Mayo luncheon. There was
lots of delicious Mexican food from a local restaurant along with homemade
desserts from Miller families. Important helpers for this big event were
Junko DuBoff and Diana Malone. Thank you to everyone who helped!!
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2007/2008 Committee Chairs
Directory: Denise Goldberg
Membership: Cathy Yu, Susie Fong, Sandra Signore
Magazine Drive: Connie Lo
Lunch/Brunch: Mary Pat Fredrick
Pasta Dinner: Fran Williams
Teacher Appreciation: Miko Pennington & Connie Aquino
Reflections: Julie Ferrario & Lori-Ann Tarter
CEEF/SSC Liaison: Charles Tucker
E-Scrip: Lisa Peterson
School Office Help: Gina Rodriguez
Mustang Corral: Bronwen Cosaro
Graduation: Anjali Kauser and Robin Hurwitz
Volunteer Coordinator: Michelle Jackson
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Graduation Committee
Graduation Committee! Please join!
The Graduation Committee is still looking for volunteers for the EVENT. For
questions or more information please contact Robin Hurwitz
(travelmaven@gmail.com) or Anjali Kausar (anjali@calpath.com)
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Reflections: Update Jan. 25, 2008
PTA Reflections 2007-2008 Update
January 25, 2008
The Reflection Results for Miller were TERRIFIC!
We had six students who were selected at the District Level. Two students
were selected for an Award of Excellence and their entries will be sent on to
the State Level of competition. Three students were selected for Awards of
Merit and one student for an Honorable Mention Award. Out of a total of 1542
entries from all the 6th District units, 22 were sent to state, and 2 of those
where Miller students!
Awardees of Certificates of Excellence (Sent on to State!)
Visual Arts: 1. - Jacqueline Lin
Congratulations to Jacqueline who won an Award of Merit from the California
State PTA!!!
Dance Choreography: 1. Divy Saha
Awardees of Merit
Music Composition : Jenny Y Hu
Literature : Ilakya Palanisamy and Naren S. Vutukuru
Special/ Honorable Mention Awards
Literature : Frances Guo
Congratulations to all and keep in mind that next year's theme is "Wow!"
Start imagining now!
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Additional PTA website
The MillerPTA.com website has been closed. Please continue to check this
school website for all of your PTA information.
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Birthday Book Club
Miller Middle School
Birthday Book Club
Many students have signed up for the Birthday Book Program. Please encourage
them to go to the library to select their book now. They can do this before
or after their birthday, but the sooner, the better. The library would like
to get the books ordered. Thank you!
About the Program:
The Miller Birthday Book program allows you to celebrate your birthday in a
special way and help our library collection continue to grow. Participation
in the program involves a $10 donation per book. With this donation you may
select a new book from a list in the school library. Once you select a
book, it will either be available immediately or will have to be ordered.
When the book is received, a bookplate inscribed with your name and birth
date will be placed inside the front cover. You will also have the honor of
being the first person to check out the new book. These books will remain
library books at Miller and will continue to honor you and your birthday
long after you have graduated from Miller.
You can choose to celebrate your birthday belatedly or even your half-
birthday. In any case your real birthday will be printed on
the book plate (if you choose) along with your name.
If you are interested in participating in the Birthday Book Club, please
fill out the form below and include a check for $10 per book to the Miller
Middle School PTA. Once you have registered with this form and a check, you
may pick out your book at any time during the school year. Thank you for
your contribution to the Miller library. Please submit your form and check
to the school librarian, Mrs. Agarwal. If you would like to pick your book
in advance, go to www.juniorlibraryguild.com and write the ISPN of your book
on your form.
Yes, I would like to participate in the Miller Birthday Book Program
Students Name_________________________________
Grade_________ Birthday (mm/dd/year)_____________
Check one:
_______I have attached a check for $10 (per book) made payable
to Miller Middle School PTA.
________I prepaid at the beginning of the year to PTA.
Number of books donated_______ Date________________
Book(s) Selected: __________________________
ISPN:________________
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e-scrip
E-SCRIP:
Please take time to register your grocery cards with e-Scrip. Miller Middle
School will get a percentage of your purchase total! This costs you nothing
and it is VERY easy. Just go to www.escrip.com and register. The Miller
Group ID# is 1432747. You can also register your credit cards for purchases
at other stores that sponsor e-Scrip. Then whenever you use those grocery
cards or use your credit cards at certain stores, money will automatically
go to Miller. Easy as pie!
And it is FREE!
Everyone Read This!!! Safeway Reminder: Please renew your Safeway card
with e-scrip. This needs to be done EVERY YEAR or your Safeway card will
NOT produce donations for Miller. Go to the escrip web site and click
on Yes! RenewEto make sure that your purchases are being counted. Also,
make sure that Miller is your designated School. Use Group ID#1432747.
Thank you for supporting our great middle school.
Go to www.escrip.com and register or renew today!
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The Miller PTA 's 2007/2008 Executive Board
President: Barbara Takahashi 255-9647 BarbTakahashi@hotmail.com
Vice President: Lori Stafford
Recording Secretary: Tiffany Hsiao
Treasurer: James Lei
Auditor: Kim Silverman
Historian: Praveen Narayan
Parliamentarian: Mary Eicher
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Mission Statement
The mission of the PTA is to represent our members and to empower
and supply them with skills in advocacy, leadership, and
communications to positively impact the lives of all children.
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