Sun Valley Council PTA hosts hoedown to discuss year’s goals

Sun Valley Council Parent Teacher Association, the umbrella organization for the PTAs at eight of Ramona’s public schools, held a Barbecue Hoedown this month where principals, unit presidents, some administrators and school board members, and Sun Valley officers discussed goals for the year, what is going well and what can be done better.

The hoedown theme included a western-theme photo booth.

Among Sun Valley Council’s 2014-15 goals are to increase the number of scholarships, provide more feedback to the school board and Ramona Unified School District office, hold more information nights and events, increase membership, get more fathers involved, apply for more grants, increase community outreach, receive student reports and increase awareness of special needs students.

Hearing about schools, being informed of upcoming events, receiving valuable information from speakers and sharing information to assist at unit meetings were among things those at the hoedown said they liked about past meetings.

Regarding what they would like to see happen, they suggested brainstorming for upcoming events, encouraging better

attendance, bringing guests, having more award recognition and attracting dad volunteers.

More information about Sun Valley Council PTA is available from Kristina Krohne, president, at kristinakrohne@gmail.com.

More information about the PTAs at each school is available at the school or from the PTA president at each of the schools.

School PTA presidents this year are Lorien Hayes at Barnett Elementary, Ashley Farmer at Hanson Elementary, Lori Stevens at James Dukes Elementary, Cheryl Gardnier at Olive Peirce Middle School, Pam Whalen at Ramona Community School, Rocina Rodriguez at Ramona Elementary, Krohne at Ramona High and Rue Elmore at Mt. Woodson Elementary.