• Welcome to MES PTA
     
    (April 2020:  Our Website is currently undergoing an overhaul to hopefully make it more user-friendly!  Check back often and thank you for your patience!)
     
     
     
      Important Announcements 
     
     
    Join the PTA
    MES PTA BOARD NOMINATIONS
     
    Looking for MES PTA Board members for the 2020-2021 academic year!
     
    If you are interested in becoming part of our MES PTA Board, please submit your application through the google form below.
     
    All submissions are due May 28th and we will be voting at our June meeting.
     
    Click here for the google form.  
     
     
    PTO board  
    MMS (Montgomery Middle School) PTO Board Nominations
     
    The MMS PTO is currently seeking interested individuals to serve on the 2020-2021 Board. Nominees should be in good standing with the current MMS PTO or MES PTA and should have some volunteer/committee experience. We will have positions available as Vice President(s), Co-treasurer and Corresponding Secretary.
     
    At our May 12, 2020 meeting, the PTO Nominating Committee will present the 2020-2021 Slate of Officers.
     
    If you are interested in being considered for the slate, please send by April 30th, 2020 to Jocelyn Peña ( jocelynpena@gmail.com).
     
     
     
     
    Scholastic
     
    SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR FOR OHES AND VES
     
     
    It has been brought to our attention that there is a glitch in accessing the Scholastic Online Book Fair. 
     
    PLEASE DO NOT SIGN IN USING THE SCHOOL PROVIDED USER ID ORCHROAD & PASSWORD CURRENTLY USED TO ACCESS BOOKFLIX.
     
    When prompted to sign in, after clicking shop now, if it does auto-fill, please replace with your own sign in. If you do not have an account, you will need to create one in order to support the MES PTA
     
    Doing so will help prevent unintentional sharing of personal information. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your diligence and help in this matter. We value privacy and therefore ask you to be careful when accessing the book fair.
     
    Thanks to all the families who have purchased books thus far, to help support MES PTA.
     
    The online book fair is all set up and will run through to April 12th. All orders will be shipped directly to your home (free shipping with a purchase of $25).
     
    Click here for the event flyer
    Click here to order.
     
    Please contact Unnati Patel (uya910@gmail.com) with any questions.  
     
     
     
    OHES YB      VES Yearbook
     
     
    YEARBOOK SALES
     
    Yearbook sales will begin on March 30th and end on May 15th!
     
    Please use the links below to secure your student’s copy for $25. (Guaranteed delivery by the end of the school year.) 
     
    For OHES (contact person - Patty Bajaj -patricia.bajaj@yahoo.com) 
    Click here to order OHES yearbook. 
     
    For VES (contact person - Nicole Dowling ncdowling5@gmail.com) 
    Click here to order VES yearbook.  
     
     
     
     Kidsart
    OHES KIDS ART
    The online shop for Kids Art is now open!
     
    After extensive discussions, we are only able to offer a direct delivery to home option at this time. Delivery fee starts at $4.99 and cannot be waived. Note that all proceeds benefit the students of OHES and we are also supporting a business that relies on the
     
    Please follow these directions to place an order for your student.
     
    Contact Yuna Kim (yunakim154@gmail.com) with any questions. 
     
     
    1 - Enter our School Access Code: OHESart20
    2 - Search for your art by class, teacher and student name 
     
     
     
     
     Read To Succeed
     
    OHES & VES- Read To Succeed
     
     
    Who wants free tickets to Six Flags? 
    Read to Succeed is a free program from Six Flags Theme Park.
     
    1. Every student from OHES and VES who reads for six hours before April 10th receives one free ticket for Six Flags in Jackson, NJ. 
     
    Register this using this link:
      Visit:  sixflags.com/books
      Use OHES code: QFBWM
      Use VES code: TJPRH
     
    2. Your child may read any books they choose.
    3. Keep track of your child’s reading using the form below.
    4. Record your child’s reading at our website.
    5. Receive a free Six Flags Great Adventure ticket in May.
    6. Deadline is April 10th. But please get your entries in earlier.
     
    Questions?
    For OHES, please email Patty Bajaj at  patricia.bajaj@yahoo.com
    For VES, please email Jackie Barth at  jackiebarth@comcast.net
     
     
    Students must complete 6 hours (360 minutes) of recreational reading to earn one FREE Six Flags ticket. 
     
     
     
     
    news
     
    The MES PTA E-news is published weekly to keep you informed of things that are happening at OHES & VES and with the MES PTA.
     
    If you want to subscribe to this weekly newsletter, please contact montymesptanews@gmail.com and
    we will add your email(s) to our distribution list.
     
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    Save the Date
    4th Grade Moving Up Party!
    (Friday, May 29th from 6:30-8:30pm)
     
    This is an event for all 4th Graders moving up to LMS. 
    The Theme this year is “Climb Every Mountain.” 
     
    More details to follow!  
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