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- Join the Hoover PTA here and the Hoover PTA Facebook Page.
- Read Hoover Notes (located under the "More" tab), the PTA's weekly e-newsletter that provides important PTA, Hoover, Cluster Schools and MCPS news and information. If you are not receiving Hoover Notes by email, please contact Ms. Laurenzi at [email protected].
- Link your Harris Teeter VIC card to the Together in Education program to earn money for Hoover. Click here for more detail.
- If you would like to support Hoover's wonderful staff, please consider buying something from their Amazon Gift Registry. Donations should be delivered to the "Gift Registry Address".
- Hoover will email a monthly Principal's Message and a weekly Assignments Summary. If you are not receiving these emails, contact Sandra N. Nesbit, Administrative Secretary at [email protected].
- Check out the Hoover Website for up-to-date information from the staff and faculty.
2024-2025 PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD
The PTA's Nominating Committee is pleased that the following 2024-2025 Executive Board slate was approved at the PTA General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. In preparation for this vote, and in accordance with our bylaws, this list was shared with general membership and posted 10-days in advance of the meeting.
Board Position Nominee
President Marlan Laurenzi
Exec Vice President Shila Mashhadishafie
VP of Membership Cindy Chi
Treasurer Kun Xu
Recording Secretary Meaghan LeNard
Corresponding Secretary Karla Romero
MCCPTA Delegate Martin Stuermer
MCCPTA Delegate Soumya Sengupta
The Nominating Committee is still looking to fill committee and event positions. They include Spirit Night Chair, Halloween Party Chair, Book Fair, and Skate Night Coordinator as well as many more positions. Interested parents should email Edith Deng at [email protected], Golru Ghaffari at [email protected][email protected] or Anne Glynn at [email protected].
Board Position Nominee
President Marlan Laurenzi
Exec Vice President Shila Mashhadishafie
VP of Membership Cindy Chi
Treasurer Kun Xu
Recording Secretary Meaghan LeNard
Corresponding Secretary Karla Romero
MCCPTA Delegate Martin Stuermer
MCCPTA Delegate Soumya Sengupta
The Nominating Committee is still looking to fill committee and event positions. They include Spirit Night Chair, Halloween Party Chair, Book Fair, and Skate Night Coordinator as well as many more positions. Interested parents should email Edith Deng at [email protected], Golru Ghaffari at [email protected][email protected] or Anne Glynn at [email protected].
PTA EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
SPIRIT NIGHTS
The PTA offers Spirit Nights throughout the school year to raise funds for PTA activities and support local businesses. Special thanks to California Tortilla, Chipotle, Fire Wok, Ledo's Pizza, Potomac Pizza, and Shake Shack for participating throughout the year. END OF YEAR GIFT CARDS & TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK (MAY 6, 2024)
Thank you to everyone who baked goods for teacher appreciation week and donated $25 Amazon gift cards so the PTA could provide cards for all 118 Hoover staff at the end of the year. There is still teacher requested items available for purchase on the Hoover Staff's Amazon Wishlist. Items should be delivered to the "Gift Registry Address" at 11208 River View Drive, Potomac, MD 20854. 8th GRADE GRADUATION POOL PARTY ON 6/13, 1-4 PM The parent sponsored Grade 8 Graduation Pool Party at Potomac Swim and Tennis was a fantastic way to celebrate the end of the year and graduation. SECOND ANNUAL READ-A-THON Hoover students and staff met the Read-A-Thon challenge to read as much as they can in March and exceeded our fundraising goal of $6,000 by raising $6,655! Click on the "Read-A-Thon" tab above to find out the winners, prizes, and more details. SKATE NIGHT This annual fundraising event was held on April 13, 2024 from 6:30-8 pm at the Cabin John Ice Rink. Eighty-eight students had a lot of fun skating the night away! 2023-2024 NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST
Click on the "Reflections Tab" above to see the creative submissions and the list of the winners that represented Hoover at the MCCPTA (County) and the Free State PTA (State) levels of the competition. Below are photos from the February 16, 2024 party held for all Hoover participants. INTERNATIONAL NIGHT
We are fortunate to have such a diverse Hoover community. On February 1, 2024 families were able to take a tour around the world and "visit" 27 countries from Afghanistan to Vietnam. Below are photos from the special event. HOLIDAY STAFF APPRECIATION & GIFTS
Thanks to everyone who made cookies and pies for Hoover staff, and the holidays brighter for two Hoover families! HALLOWEEN PARTY
Our Halloween Party on October 26, 2023 was so much fun for the 180 students who attended! |
PI DAY STAFF APPRECIATION
Thank you to everyone who donated pies and gave Hoover staff a boost and put a smile on their faces! OUTDOOR RECESS
We are thrilled that we successfully advocated to provide outdoor recess at the end of lunch every Friday. Parents volunteered to help staff the recess time. SAFETY COMMITTEE The PTA Safety Committee was successful in getting a second crossing guard on Tuckerman almost immediately after formation. And, Corporal Edward Rodriguez, School Safety Section-Traffic Operations Division was at Hoover on March 20, 2024 to talk to all grades about safety. As of June 24, 2024 Proposed safety improvements include the installation of approximately 500 linear feet of sidewalk along the southern side of Tuckerman Lane. This new sidewalk will provide a pedestrian path leading to the Postoak Road intersection, where a school crossing guard is present for arrival and dismissal. The project will also add pedestrian refuse and a crosswalk at Tuckerman Lane and Postoak Road intersections and rebuild existing ramps to be ADA-compliant. The existing crossing across Tuckerman at Duryea Drive will remain, and new bump outs will be constructed at the eastern edge of the intersection. View the project plan at this link: Tuckerman – Herbert Hoover Concept Plan. The Committee is working with the MCDOT Safe Route to School (SRT) to address concerns about the clogged roadways, poor driver visibility, inexperienced Churchill and St. Andrews drivers, and safe walkability for Hoover and Beverly Farms students. The Committee's first meeting with the SRT Representative was on 12/11. The meeting was extremely productive. SRT plans to do the following: Short Term Plan
We will be provided details shortly. They do plan to address sidewalks the length of Tuckerman from Falls Road to Seven Locks. Additional Meeting between SRT and MC Police The SRT Team will be meeting with Sergeant Kerry Moore, from Montgomery County Police School Traffic Safety Office (Not Part of MCDOT) to discuss his team's observations/ recommendations to see if they should be incorporated into the short or long term plan. Those requests are as follows: Tuckerman is identified by county roads as a primary road, with high traffic volume. Both crosswalks on Tuckerman at Post Oak & Duryea are mid-block crosswalks, with a marked crosswalk but no pedestrian signal or traffic signal present. In the interest of public safety, we are requesting consideration of the following engineering enhancements in this area (studying any/all of these options):
SRT will be ordering a "Walkability Study" for all roadways within one mile of Beverly Farms and 1.4 miles from Hoover and Churchill. They will continue to involve the PTA in this process. Property Owners Notification & Feedback In early February 2024, MCDOT distributed flyers to neighborhood property owners outlining these changes and requesting feedback by 2/9/24. In person or virtual meetings will be held after that deadline to hear from residents about their safety concerns. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL OF PTAs (MCCPTA) MCCPTA, of which the Hoover PTA is a member, has released its advocacy priorities for 2023-2024. If you have any questions about the advocacy priorities, please contact the Hoover delegates to MCCPTA, Martin Stuemer ([email protected]) and Jennifer Nordin ([email protected]). BOOK FAIR & ART CONTEST
Thank you for your support of the Book Fair, which ended November 16, 2023. Students picked their favorite character or scene from their favorite book and created a "turkey undercover" for the art contest. Here are some of the wonderfully creative entries! |
PTA SHOUT OUTS
A huge thank you to our PTA members for a tremendous 2022-2023 school year! Your support and the hard work and dedication of our PTA Board and Hoover Staff made it possible for the PTA to accomplish so much. Highlights from the year are located under the "More" tab.
- Thank you to the families and staff who have already joined the PTA!
- Congratulations to the Pegu Family (6th), Miller Family (7th) and A. Family (8th) who are the winners of the free basket of Spirit Wear. Members who joined the PTA by September 17th were entered into the drawing.
- Spirit Wear sales have already surpassed last year with $2,620 raised!
- Thank you to everyone who attended the first PTA General Membership Meeting on October 10.
- Special thanks to Anne Glynn for planning the Halloween Party and the parent volunteers and staff.
- Thank you to the parent volunteers and staff for a successful Book Fair, and the students who participated in the "Turkey Undercover" contest.
- We are so grateful for the families that provided 48 sweet treats and 5 floral arrangements for our staff dinner and Thanksgiving give away.
- Thank you to everyone who bought items for the Hoover Holiday Gift Drive and baked cookies for the staff holiday lunch.
- Thank you for exceeding our MLK Day National Day of Service projects' goal of 100 Valentine's Day cards for homebound or seriously ill adults and children. We got 250! The organization that coordinated this project, Valentines By Kids, was founded by a high schooler. About 30,000 cards (double last year) were distributed to people who otherwise might have felt forgotten.
- Thank you to the families who made sure that the 8th Grade Field Trip to the Museum of African American History and Culture had a lot of snacks.
- Thank you to Edith Deng, Golru Ghaffari and Anne Glynn for serving on the Hoover PTA Nominating Committee.
- Thank you to the Bragg Family, Park Family and the Chi family for their coordination of Hoover's table at the Churchill Community Carnival on 4/27.
- Thank you to everyone who baked cookies and bought items off the Hoover Amazon Wishlist for Teacher Appreciation Week.
- Thank you to everyone who bought $25 gift cards to give all 118 staff end-of-year thank you cards.
Hoover News
- Dr. Kim's May Message is available here.
- Yearbooks are still available but selling fast. Order here.
- Please click here to view a letter from Dr. Kim regarding the upcoming Signs of Suicide (SOS) Prevention Program implemented by Hoover Counselors.
- Please use turn signals when entering and exiting the Hoover parking lot at drop off and dismissal. This will help Hoover's Security Staff better direct the flow of traffic.
- Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help in the Media Center!
- Congratulations to Mr. Linwood Pumphrey, Hoover's Building Service Manager for winning third place in the MCPS Top Supporting Service Employees Award! MCPS employs more than 10,000 supporting services staff members who work in more than 450 job classifications supporting operations and instruction. Mr. Pumphrey's nomination was supported by the PTA, Dr. Kim, and the teachers and staff at Hoover.
MCPS Community News
- On June 17, 2024, the MCPS Board of Education announced the selection of the next superintendent, Dr. Thomas Taylor. Learn more about Dr. Taylor here.
- Here is the Things to Know for 6/13/24. Congratulations on the completion of the 2023-2024 school year; summer academic and county resources; dates to remember; FY 2025 operating budget update; good news and much more.
- Here is the Things to Know for 6/6/24. In this issue, meet the MCPS graduate who successfully completed three programs, learn more about high school programs for incoming students, deadlines for summer school registration and payments, this summer's back-to-school fair, how you can support students during the GIVE Backpack campaign and more.
- Read the last edition of MCPS QuickNotes, which includes a calendar of events and MCPS news and information.
- Read the latest Board of Education update here.
- Read a statement about the increased class sizes here.
- Read the statement from the Montgomery County Board of Education President Karla Silvestre and Dr. Monique Felder, Interim Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools regarding the FY 2025 Operating Budget here.
- Churchill HS is offering two WCHS Local Summer and Prep Program opportunities for rising 9th graders. Click here for more information.
- Multiple elementary and middle schools in Maryland are among the best in the country, according to new rankings released by U.S. News & World. Montgomery County dominated the rankings with Herbert Hoover ranked #2 in the top 10 middle schools in Maryland!
- Review the MCPS Parent Message on the Importance of Student Attendance here.