
Pentucket Lake Elementary School
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About the PTO
PTO Officers
President: Kate Julien
Vice-President: Barbara Seay
Secretaries: Janie Gray, Ashley Kater
Social Media: Roberta PerellaAbout the PTO Your child benefits.
When parents get connected to the school, children do better. Research showschildren whose parents are involved get better grades, do better on tests, andhave fewer discipline problems at school.We make a difference.Our mission is to create the kind of school community where teachers andadministrators can do their best work—and so can our children. We providesupport for teachers in and out of the classroom. We provide resources theyneed. We help create learning opportunities for children. And we try to buildthe kind of supportive, caring atmosphere that makes school fun.We pledge to honor your time constraints.People are often reluctant to participate because they’re afraid they’ll get pulled into a black hole of never-ending time commitment. That won’t happen here. Anhour or two a semester really makes a difference.And we won’t push you tocommit more than you want to or are able to.We have fun.Volunteer work shouldn’t be drudgery. We accomplish a lot, and not everythingwe do is easy. But we know we’re not balancing the national debt, either. Wedon’t take ourselves too seriously, and we try to enjoy ourselves along the waywhenever possible.Meet nice people who share your concerns.We all have a common bond. We care about creating the best possibleeducational experience for our children. We are neighbors and peers who sharemany of the same experiences. And many friendships have developed as aresult of those connections.There’s a lot to be done.These days, schools are asked to do more with less. Our help is needed morethan ever to fill the gaps. We can match jobs to your interests and abilities.The work we do covers a broad spectrum: filing and photocopying, planningand executing events, writing and editing, working directly with children,managing a budget and cash flow, and lots more. We encourage creative ideas,and we’re thrilled to have people take on tasks that meet their skills and interests.We’re welcoming.To us, there are no “outsiders.” We are people who have come together to worktoward common goals. We couldn’t be happier to have you join us in workingtoward those goals.We’re about parent involvement, not fundraising.In these times of tight budgets, parent groups everywhere are having to fill in thegaps, and so are we. But our number one goal is to get more parents connectedto the school. That’s because more than 300 independent research studies showthat building parent involvement in education is the number one thing we can doto create a great school and improve student performance.This work is very rewarding.It’s seeing the bright light of learning sparkle in a child’s eye. It’s seeing the smilethat shows we’re making school a little more fun—and a child feel a little more comfortable in a learning environment. It’s learning that test scores have risen and knowing we played a role. There are lots of rewards, both big and small, for thosewho get involved. Won’t you join us?Location:252 Concord Street Haverhill, MA 01830Phone:(978) 374-2421