About PTSA
PTSA mission: to support the health, education and welfare
of all children in our community
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Our focus is on providing information, training, education, and
support to the entire Sammamish High School community. PTSA at high
school level is service based; we do very little fundraising and the
majority of our income comes from our membership campaign.
PTSA and STEPS work side by side with the same ultimate goal: to
make Sammamish High School the best place for our kids to experience
high school!
In order for our PTSA to be successful we need the same support
from you that you have provided to PTA throughout the years. The
best ways that you can support the mission of our PTSA at Sammamish
High School are:
- Become a PTSA Member - For each
$15 membership, our PTSA gets $9 to use toward providing
services to our community.
- Sign up to be in our email database
– you will be better informed on information about events at
Sammamish on a regular and timely basis, and you will also help
us to achieve our goal of improving communication in our
community
- Talk to us! If you have
concerns or issues involving your student, it is our job to
listen and provide support if we can. If we don’t have an
answer, we will use our resources to do what we can to find one
- Be involved in your child’s education.
You may be thinking “how does this support PTSA?” Well,
statistics show that when parents are involved in their kids’
high school education, the kids benefit, and we know that there
is no better support for a child than family involvement!
The following are some of the services and programs our PTSA
provides at Sammamish High School:
Parent Communication
Student & Staff Support and Recognition
Class Parent Representatives for Senior Events
Sammamish “Totem News” Newsletter (published 8
times per school year)
Staff and Student Directory (free with PTSA
Membership)
Educational programs and guest speakers for
parents on issues affecting families
Community Service Tracking
SAT Prep Classes
Recruiting and organizing volunteers
Staff Appreciation
And more………………….
PTSA Membership Myth & Fact:
Myth: If I join PTSA then I will have to
volunteer and go to meetings
Fact: We can’t tell you how many
times we have had people say to us, “I wanted to join PTSA but I’m
just too busy. Joining PTSA does not come with any “strings”
attached. As a PTSA member, you are entitled to a voice and vote at
our meetings, and although we would love to have every member attend
meetings, we know this would be a completely unrealistic expectation
(and the library wouldn’t hold us all anyway!). As for volunteering,
we’re not going to lie to you, if you are on the email list, you
WILL receive the request for volunteer emails. However, when we send
these out we do so with the understanding that the opportunity will
only work for a small number of people, and that the responses
change each and every time.
Our philosophy on volunteering is that if it works for you,
great! If it doesn’t then maybe it will the next time, or the next,
or the next. We know that each person has unique interests, talents
and schedules. It is important that as a community we embrace this
knowledge and respect each other for any involvement whether it is
through physical volunteering, food or monetary donations, attending
meetings, staying informed, or talking to your kids.
By reading this page, you have already shown that you care about
and are contributing to our community, and we thank you!!
