PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION
COMMUNITY COORDINATING COUNCIL

About Us

As part of its charter and mission, Exploris Middle School is committed to involving parents in their students' education. The Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO), formerly known as the Community Coordinating Council, was formed to provide a formal means of engaging parents in support of the school's mission and goals as well as its faculty, staff, and students. There is no fee to join; every parent with a student at EMS is automatically a member of the PTO.

Your active participation and support, including the exchange of new ideas, is welcomed and encouraged, as EMS's small-school setting is ideal for parent involvement and collaboration. The PTO welcomes you to join us and learn more about how you can help support the Exploris Middle School mission!

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Upcoming Events

  
School Dance - May 18th
 
Feb 24th - Family Frolic   See the flyer for details.  The donation form mentioned in the flyer can be found here.
 
April 30th - May 4th Teacher appreciation week.
 
May 31st - graduation

Next Meeting Scheduled

PTO Board Meeting: February 16th, 7:00pm at Exploris Middle School

Are you a PTO member seeking reimbursement for expenses?
Download the form here: Expense Reimbursement Form

Many programs exist that allow you to earn money for Exploris Middle School every time you shop. These programs start over each year, so you must designate EMS as your "school of choice" every fall. Ask relatives and friends to link up, too.

Food Lion: Link your MVP card at http://www.foodlion.com by September 30.

Target: Link your Target credit card at http://www.target.com.
Use the Enroll now "Find a school" link. Exploris Middle School's code is 115038.

Harris Teeter: Link your VIC card at http://www.harristeeter.com.
Exploris Middle School's code is 3464.

Kroger: Present your Kroger Plus card when you check out.

Office Depot: Link your purchases at http://www.officedepot.com or at register when checking out at the store with Exploris Middle School's school code 70062123

Terra-cycle: Collect trash. Earn Cash. Save the earth!

We are participating in a recycling program where Terracycle pays us for items we normally throw in the trash.  The items are listed below:

• Any brand of drink pouch (CapriSun, KoolAid Jammers, etc.)
• Any foil lined energy/cereal bar wrapper (Nutrigrain, Clif, FiberOne, etc.)
• Any size or brand of cookie wrapper (oreo, chips ahoy, 100 calorie packs, etc.)
• All Kashi product packaging (cereal/cracker boxes, rice pouches, bar wrappers, oatmeal packets, frozen dinner/pizza boxes, etc.)

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In facilitating parent participation and collaboration, the PTO has established the following community teams:

Hospitality – Organizes dances, faculty lunches, teacher appreciation events, the school picnic, graduation, and receptions as needed.

Communications – Produces the PTO newsletter and contributes to the school website.

Family Frolic – Helps coordinate logistics for EMS's primary fundraiser, Family Frolic, held each February.

Fundraising – Manages the Pass the Hat campaign, soap sales, Box tops and more. The money raised from each fundraiser directly supports technological improvements, field trips, teacher mini-grants, our global partnerships, community events and more.

Faculty & Administrative Support – Coordinates the distribution of student lunches, Cultural Arts events and more as needed.

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PTO Board for 2011-2012

President - Nicole Feeny   krfeeny@nc.rr.com

President Elect - Tammi Garceran   garceran1@nc.rr.com

Treasurer - Andrea Scarboro   akscarboro@yahoo.com

Secretary - Meredith Cooper   meredithcooper@bellsouth.net

VP of Programs - Sue Robinson   srobinson123@msn.com

VP of Fundraising - Khristi Tomlinson   khristi@mindspring.com

VP of Buildings and Grounds - Calvin Sauls   calvin.sauls@gmail.com

VP of Volunteers - Laurin Sauls   lmsauls@gmail.com

Got a suggestion? We'd love to hear from you! Please let us know if there is anything you would like the Parent-Teacher Organization to do more of or do differently.