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Humble ISD Council of PTAs
2015-2016 Officers:
Laura Clarke President
Email: [email protected]
Michele Cazares Vice President
Email: [email protected]
Helen Vine Secretary
Tabitha Collins
Treasurer Email:
Tara Colescott Historian
Email: [email protected]
Sarah Clarke Parliamentarian
Email: [email protected]
The last two years serving as the President of the Humble ISD Council of PTAs and
16 years of serving Humble ISD have been a combination of fun, learning, making
wonderful new friends, solving problems, learning to deal with trials and extra stress,
trying to keep all of our PTAs informed, many celebrations, completing very
productive projects and yes, at times, exhaustion. I have had a lot of people assist me
along the way and I wouldn’t trade those experiences for anything. Below are photos
of some of my favorite memories made with some fantastic people. See more
memories on the last 2 pages……Laura Clarke
Summer 2016 Humble ISD Council of PTAs
Thanks for the Memories from the
President...
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Jeanette Brown, Everybody Counts
Chair Email:
Michelle Stallman, Legislative Chair
Email: [email protected]
Veronica Pena-Laijas,
Membership Chair Email:
Sonja Wait, Newsletter Chair
Email: [email protected]
Haylee Huffman, Parental Involvement
Chair: Email:
Amanda Harper, Reflections Chair
Email: [email protected]
Marilyn Mann, Student Support Services
Email: [email protected]
Jo Leigh Haupt, Title I Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Founders Day Sub Committee Chairs: Francesca Munoz
Christina Spears [email protected]
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Humble ISD Council of PTAs Back the Future
Awards At the May 11th Humble ISD Council of PTAs Regular Meeting, Back the Future Awards were presented to members of the Humble ISD community as well as businesses and organizations who have contributed their time, talents, services and dollars to the Humble ISD Council of PTAs and to our local schools. Below are the pictures of the wonderful folks who think investment in the education of our students is the best investment of all!
Top: Laura Clarke w/ Kathy Ploch, CPA; CG’s Mary Pardo, w/ Marilyn Mann, Rebecca Chavez & Jessica Leonard; KPark Assoc. Principal Brian Johnson, Laura Clarke, & KPark Principal Lisa Drabing; and Steve Brack w/ Laura Clarke. Below: Rev. Todd Jordon & Laura Clarke; Laura Clarke & Beth Hall; Adriana Swift w/ Laura Clarke at J. Christopher’s Restaurant; KPark NHS Advisors Lori Lero & Kristen Lynam, StuCo Advisor Matthew Bennett, & Key Club Advisor Kate Weir.
See “Thank you” page for complete positions and affiliations of our Back the Future Award winners.
Dates to
Remember: TX PTA Launch - July 22 - July 24. Sign up at http://www.txpta.org/launch/ Fall FLO Training Date – Sept. 28, 2016, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM, and 6 – 8 PM in the Administration Board Room. Council Meeting Dates: October 12, 2016; December 7, 2016; January 25, 2017; March 22, 2017; May 17, 2017. Volunteers in Public Schools conference – Sept. 30, 2016 Founders Day Luncheon, “Wild about PTA” – Feb. 8, 2017 Student Recognitions Day – Friday April 28, 2017
Thank you
The Humble ISD Council of PTAs wishes to thank the ExxonMobil Volunteer Importance Program (VIP) for the thousands of dollars in grant money awarded to the Council of PTAs as well as several local PTAs and schools over the past several years. These funds assist in providing additional PTA programs for our students as well as covering existing program costs. The grants are earned based on the individual’s volunteer hours for an organization. The individual must be an EM employee, spouse, or EM retired individual to qualify for a VIP grant. On May 9, 2016 and May 11, 2016, Laura Clarke presented a check for $500 and $1,500 to Kingwood Park PTSA and the Humble ISD of Council of PTAs respectively. To date, Laura Clarke has earned $29,500 in ExxonMobil VIP grant money for Humble ISD schools and PTAs.
Laura Clarke being presented with a “Back the Future Award” (L) by Marilyn Mann and a President’s gift from the PTA Council Board
(R) at the recent Humble ISD Council of PTAs Regular Meeting.
Student Recognitions Day! On April 29, 2016, The Humble ISD Council of PTAs held its 2
nd Annual Student Recognitions
Day. Students from all over Humble were treated to breakfast and lunch receptions and
honored for Texas PTA Reflections Awards, Student Service Awards, and Senior Scholarship
Awards. Below are the highlights. Congratulations to all of our amazing Humble ISD student
winners!
Student Service Awards During their recent Student Recognitions Day, the Humble ISD Council of PTAs honored
fifteen Humble ISD students from all grade levels for their extraordinary volunteer service,
compassion, and outstanding willingness to give back to their community during the 2015-2016
school year. The students were nominated by the thankful adults in their school or community
and were selected by committee from 41 applications. Their hard work reaches out to the local
community, the Houston area and in some cases, statewide, nationally and even internationally!
The Humble PTA Council wishes to thank these students for their unselfish acts of kindness
and service to their schools and community.
Back Row: Kierston Val (Riverwood MS), Addie Wemyss (Riverwood MS), Mariyah Askew
(Humble MS), Alexis Washington (Humble MS), Jenna Folk (Summer Creek HS), and
Jonathan Brown (Quest ECHS). Front Row: Abby Richey (Kingwood Park HS), Peyton
Eldringhoff (Pine Forest Ele.), Talon Balcom (Kingwood MS), Dawson Droll (Riverwood MS),
Cassidy Clay (Elm Grove), Amy McGuffey (Riverwood MS), and Jaelynn Johnson (Kingwood
Park HS). Side Photo: Associate Principal Brian Johnson and Rebecca Lewallen (Kingwood
Park HS). Not Pictured: Iman El Attar (Woodland Hills).
National PTA Reflections Contest Awards! The Humble ISD Council of PTAs recently honored those Humble ISD students who competed
in the National PTA Reflections contest at Student Recognitions Day on April 29. These
students advanced through the Local, Council and TX State PTA levels and 9 Humble ISD
students won awards at the TX PTA level.
Award of Excellence: Emily Grantham, Kingwood H.S. / H.S. Literature
Award of Merit: Anika Busra, Kingwood Middle School/ M.S. Visual Arts
Sadie Stults, Riverwood Middle School/ M.S. Photography, Vera Price, Bear Branch Elem. /
Primary Musical Composition
Honorable Mention: Brandon Botyos, Pine Forest Elem. / Intermediate Photography, Victoria
Marsh, Kingwood Middle School/ S.A. Literature
Overall Award of Excellence and Advanced to Nationals:
Riley Franklin Foster Elementary School / S.A. Photography
Allan Sundag Greentree Elementary School / Intermediate Film
Elijah Monks Kingwood Middle School / M.S. Film Production
National PTA Level: Allan Sundag from Greentree Elementary School has won an Award of
Merit in the National PTA Reflections Program in the Intermediate Film Production category!
Back row: James Turner, Anika Busra, Heather Turner, Rachel Morris, Sadie Stults, Nathan
Eigbe, Ashton Smith, Julia Deaver, and Elijah Monks. Front row: Lyndi Eargle, Annaleise
Kimmell, Jack Worsham, Victoria Marsh, Brandon Botyos, Ali Mitchell, Riley Franklin,
Madison Ware, Tori Gatling, Emily Grantham. Not pictured: Vera Price, Rebecca Rhodes,
Allan Sundag, & Paola Banda.
Humble ISD PTA Council Senior Scholarship Winners The Humble ISD Council of PTAs is proud to announce their 2015-2016 Senior Scholarship
Winners. Out of 60 applications, fifteen students were selected and honored at a ceremony and
luncheon during Student Recognitions Day, on Friday, April 29, 2015. The PTA Council was
very pleased to bestow $10,500 in scholarships which was money raised entirely by PTA
volunteers. Several businesses and individuals in our community also contributed to the
scholarship fund. Please see our “Thank You” page in this issue. The Humble PTA Council
also wishes to thank all of our PTAs who participated in our Founders Day scholarship
fundraiser and also made cash donations to the fund. THANK YOU from the bottom of our
hearts for supporting this PTA program!
Back Row - L-R: Rachel Clarke - Kingwood Park HS, Zachary Purcell - Kingwood Park HS,
Nicolas Renteria - Summer Creek HS, Kendahl Lyle - Summer Creek HS, Justin "Garrett"
Wood - Kingwood Park HS, Komkris Buraparate - Cambridge School, Steven Umana - Quest
Early College HS, and Elizabeth "Betsy" Williams - Kingwood HS.
Front Row L-R: Kaitlyn Smith - Atascocita HS; Christy Zapata - Humble HS, Alyssa
Bustamante - Kingwood Park HS, Kylie Smelley - Kingwood Park HS, Macy Birden -
Kingwood HS, Claire Manning - Kingwood Park HS, and Jordan Eley - Kingwood Park HS.
Team L3, Bear Branch and KPark team up to promote "Get in
the Game" Kickball Tournament
Team L3 (Live, Love, Landon) Barrett Kenny, Rachel Morris, Jillian
Smoak & Talon Balcom, all students at Kingwood Middle, participated
& won their age division in the Camp Gladiator relay obstacle course
Take The Scholarship Money & Run. They won because of team work,
dedication & athletic ability. Elm Grove Elementary saw this middle
school team of student leaders as an inspiration so they invited the group
to the pep rally before the big fundraising kickball game on May 6.
Each student member gave an inspirational speech. KPark
Freshman Morgan Morris was there to help with the ceremony and to make a
contribution with her sister, Rachel Morris, of $500 to start the fundraising
efforts for a new playground at Elm Grove. Kingwood Park Student Council
donated small, fun, footballs & cups as giveaways. Bear Branch students
Everett Munoz and Tyler Brown donated stuffed animal as giveaways.
Because of the pep rally, the students at Elm Grove Elementary were
pumped up & ready to support their team & work towards the common goal
of the playground fundraiser. Foster Elementary won the kickball
tournament but Elm
Grove was the true
winner by making new friends, coming together as one team, and using their
athletic abilities to achieve the goal needed to fund the new playground. We
all look forward to next year's tournament!
Tee Time with Kingwood Middle PTA! Kingwood Middle School PTA held their First Annual Golf Tournament on April 22, 2016.
The Golf Preserve of Atascocita was open for the tournament despite torrential rain all
week! It was such a beautiful day for golf and fundraising for Kingwood Middle PTA.
The KMS PTA would love to thank their many sponsors, which included the Golf Pros of
Atascocita, Postal Annex Plus for printing all the posters and brochures, Alspaugh’s/
Sterling Events of Kingwood, Candace and Jeffrey Shotts and Kim Bowman for their
donations to the silent auction, Top Golf for their donation, Lowe’s, Texas Roadhouse,
several other local businesses and of course we can not forget all of the beverage sponsors!!
There were 29 awesome raffle pulls and a whole room full of auction items. Alspaugh’s
Ace Hardware also
sponsored all the golf
carts. Lunch was
donated by Chick-Fil-A
and an amazing dinner
was donated by SULLIVAN’S ADVANCED PAINT & BODY
and prepared by FIRE CRAFT BBQ. Thank you to all of the
women and men who participated and had a great game of golf.
They included past PTA officers Sonia Garcia and Tracie
Willeford, KMS Principal Bob Atteberry, KMS Athletic Director
Coach Ivey, Larry Shiftlet of the Tribune, past Chamber President
Mike Byers, school board Trustee Charles Cunningham, and many
more!
The KMS PTA would also like to recognize their hard working KMS PTA volunteers. They are as follows: Cheri Huber, JoLeigh
Haupt, Lara Durand, Amanda Cruz, Terry Castillo,
Amy Elrod, Marilyn Mann, Meredith Mann,
Candace Shotts, Kim Bowman, and Tina Canavan.
Thank you to the Humble ISD Council of PTAs
volunteers as well: Laura Clarke, President, Sarah
Clarke, Parliamentarian, and Cheryl Burnett, former
Council President.
It was a fun day for all involved. Can’t wait till next
year’s KMS PTA Golf Tournament!
Humble ISD Council of PTAs 2015-2016 Activities and
Scholarship Fund Contributors, Donors, and Helpers.
THANK YOU!!!! ALL of our Wonderful Humble ISD PTAs & PTSAs
Dr. Guy Sconzo (We will miss you! Happy Retirement!) Peggy Young and Betty Wolf – Superintendant’s Office
Rev. Todd Jordan & Strawbridge United Methodist Church Beth Chenault & Trish King – Strawbridge UMC
Dan & Judi DiGregorio – Franchise Owner, Postal Annex Plus Kathy Ploch – CPA, Harper & Pearson Company
Steve Brack – Steve Brack Photography Robert Scarfo – Past School Board President
Cheryl Burnett – Past Humble ISD PTA Council President Dr. Roger Brown – Asst. Superintendant
Dan Huberty – Texas State Representative, District 127 Lisa Holbrook - Texas PTA President
Herb Gordon – Humble ISD Community Volunteer Jerri Monbaron – Director, Office of Community Development
Mike and Adriana Swift – J. Christopher’s Pizza and Pasta, Kingwood Beth Hall, Manager - Talbots of Kingwood
Kevin Kilgore – The Overlook Country Club, Atascocita Tiffany Avila – Home Town Chef, Atascocita
Rebecca Chavez, Jessica Leonard, & Mary Pardo Of Camp Gladiator
Jennifer and Carlos Morris – KPark and KMS parents Anni McCLung – Dynamic Party Décor
Principal Kakie Palmer – Bear Branch Elementary Principal Lisa Drabing – Kingwood Park High School
Assoc. Principal Brian Johnson – Kingwood Park High School Principal Bob Atteberry – Kingwood Middle School
Marilyn Mann – President, Kingwood Middle School PTA Lara Durand – Kingwood Middle School PTA
Christina Spears – Scholarship Seminars Presenter Criss Daspit – Receptionist, Kingwood Park High School
The Members of Kingwood Park High School PTSA Advisor Kate Weir & the Students of KPark HS Key Club
Jaelynn Johnson - President, Rachel Clarke - Publicist, Joceline Wiggins – VP Service, Amanda Aleman - member Of KPark HS Key Club
Advisors Lori Lero & Kristen Lynam & Students of Kingwood Park High School National Honor Society
Advisor Matthew Bennett and the Students of KPark StuCo The Students of Summer Creek High School Key Club
Mike Sullivan – Harris County Tax Assessor Fuddruckers, Kingwood
The Board Members of the Humble ISD Council of PTAs: Laura Clarke, Michele Cazares, Tabitha Collins, Helen Vine, Tara Colescott, Sarah Clarke, Francesca Munoz, Christina Spears, Marilyn Mann, Lori Ryan, Jeanette Brown, Jocelyn
Alexander, Julie Simon, Michelle Stallman, Veronica Pena-Laijas, Sonja Wait, Haylee Huffman, Amanda Harper, & JoLeigh Haupt.
It had been an awesome year! Thank you all for your hard work and contributions to the students, PTAs and schools of Humble ISD!
Local PTA/PTSA Scholarship Recipients
Many of the local PTAs and PTSAs provide scholarship awards to their immediate and alumni
students. Most awards are given via an application process with a scholarship chair and a
committee deciding on recipients. The total amount of scholarship awards reported so far
equals $15,750! When combined with $10,500 in scholarships bestowed by the Humble
ISD Council of PTAs and $1,000 bestowed locally by TX PTA, that equals $27,250!
Thank YOU to the Humble ISD PTAs and PTSAs and TX PTA for their generosity
towards the continuing education of our students!
Congratulations Kingwood Park PTSA
Scholarship Winners! On May 16, 2016 during Kingwood Park Honors Night, eight students were awarded
scholarships in the amount of $500 each from the Kingwood Park PTSA totaling $4,000! TX
PTA President Lisa Holbrook was on hand to assist with the presentation. The scholarship
winners pictured below are as follows: Andrea Mertins, Alyssa Bustamante, Claire
Manning, David Johnson, Rachel Clarke, Jordon Eley, Emma Cochran, and Kylie
Smelley. Congratulations and the KPark PTSA wishes you much success in your college
careers!
Bear Branch Elementary PTA The Bear Branch Elementary PTA is pleased to announce their scholarship winner, Laura
Alsobrook of Kingwood High School. She received a scholarship in the amount of $1,000.
Congratulations!
Summer Creek PTSA Scholarship Winners PTSA President Ramona Lyle recently announced the recipients of the Summer Creek PTSA
scholarships in the amount of $350 each. These outstanding students are as follows: Patience
Ojionuka, Nicholas Renteria, Taylor Almenderez, Jenna Folk, and Toby Duncan. The
amount of bestowed scholarships totals $1,750! Congratulations!
News from Riverwood Middle PTA Riverwood Middle School PTA President Clista Graf has announced that Gavin Martella is the
recipient of a $500 PTA scholarship. Congratulations!
Texas PTA Scholarship Recipient Rachel Clarke On May 16, 2016 during Honors Night at Kingwood Park High School, Texas PTA President
Lisa Holbrook presented Kingwood Park High student Rachel Clarke with a Texas PTA
scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Rachel was the only Humble ISD student to receive a TX
PTA scholarship award and was one of twenty total recipients in the state of Texas. Rachel will
be attending Baylor University in the fall.
Kingwood High School PTSA Scholarship Recipients The Kingwood High School PTSA is pleased to announce their 2016 Scholarship recipients. Awards in the amount of $1,000 each were presented to the following students: Macy Lauren Birden, Texas A&M University, Pharmacy; Elizabeth Michelle Williams, University of Texas, Psychology; Kayla Michelle Russell, University of Texas, Mechanical Engineering; and Jake Joseph Smalling, University of Iowa, Accounting. Kingwood High School PTSA’s total amount of bestowed scholarships for 2016 is $4,000!
Foster Elementary PTA Scholarships Foster Elementary PTA Scholarship Chair Julie Grabner is pleased to announce the PTA
scholarship winners for the 2015-2016 school year. The following students received
scholarships in the following designated increments: Alyssa Bustamante - $1,000, Andrea
Mertins - $750, Chyler Killian - $375, and Carlee Hebert - $375. The total amount of awards
presented by Foster Elementary PTA was $2,500.
Kingwood Middle School PTA Scholarship News On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the Senior Reunion Tea, Kingwood Middle School PTA
President Marilyn Mann announced their recipients of the Christopher R. Wait Memorial
Scholarship awards. The awards were in the amount of $500 each and the total amount given
was $2,000. Pictured below are as follows: PTA Scholarship Chair Kathy Zelesky, scholarship
recipients Rachel Clarke, Anna Koenig, Alyssa Bustamante, and Jordan Eley, Christopher
Wait’s parents Sonja and Steven Wait, and KMS PTA President Marilyn Mann.
Remembering Christopher R. Wait – Class of 2016
Kingwood Middle School student Christopher Wait left us to go be with God on April 10,
2012 at the end of his eighth grade year. 2016 would have been his graduation year and the
students in the KMS scholarship photo above were among his classmates. Christopher was very
active in StuCo and community service. He gave the gift of service to his school, KMS PTA,
the Council of PTAs and his local community on a regular basis. He performed that service
with an enthusiasm and exuberance that few middle school students could match. That is the
legacy with which we will hold him in our hearts and memories. The KMS PTA scholarship
fund was created in 2012 as a way to respectfully remember this fun-loving, kind and giving
young man. Christopher is able to continue giving back to his fellow students through
scholarship and I hope he and his family finds joy with how we remember him.
Laura Clarke – Humble ISD Council of PTAs President 2014-2016
Past Kingwood Middle School PTA President 2010-2012
Christopher R. Wait – 1997-2012 Remembered as a friend to all.
Talbots Shopping Event
On April 10, 2016, the Talbots Kingwood location held a shopping event with a percentage of
sales benefitting the Humble ISD Council of PTAs Scholarship Fund. Lots of Humble ISD
friends came out to support the event including Teacher of the Year Brandy Rood, Asst.
Superintendent Carol Atwood, Council Scholarship Chair Marilyn Mann, Humble ISD
employee Jane Park, past Council President Chrissie Scheidler and Council President Laura
Clarke. A total of $1,000 was made for the scholarship fund! The Council would like to
thank Talbots Manager Beth Hall (white jacket below), Asst. Manager Tonya Kirkpatrick (in
aqua striped top below), Nancy Wakefield - Client Specialist, Terri Beth Dolan - Sales
Associate, and Ellen Zokai - Sales Associate for making the day a lot of fun and for pulling out
all the stops on customer service! Thank you to everyone who shopped and “Backed the
Future” by supporting continuing education for our graduating seniors!
Thanks for the Memories cont’d from p. 1……
Thanks for the Memories…
