2004 TENNESSEE STATE PTA AWARDS
FIRST PLACE-LOCAL PTA UNIT
FIRST PLACE-CULTURAL ARTS PTA PROGRAM
SECOND PLACE-PTA SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
SECOND PLACE-PTA SCRAPBOOK

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PTA SUPPORT!
Sycamore Elementary

 Parent Teacher Association

#1 Local PTA Unit in the State of Tennessee

Vision Statement

"Sycamore Elementary PTA. . .Coming together to build a
foundation for our children in the 21st century."
 

2007-2008 PTA Executive Board Members

PTA Board Position

Name (Click on name to email.)

President

Dena Dodson

Treasurer

Mike White

Secretary

Sally Hudspeth

Programs

Leanne Brown

Ways & Means

Mel Samisch

Hospitality

Barb Henley

Safety & Welfare

Ginger Walton

Room Parents

Jennifer Harmer

Volunteers

Jeannie Mallet

Public Relations

Karen McGough

Cultural Arts

Statia White

Literacy & Legislation

Lee Carpenter

Publications

Seulah Lee

Health

Tavy Nell

Membership

Beth Jerry

Principal

Dr. Patricia Butler

Teacher Rep.

Adrianna Rhea
You may reach PTA board members by emailing or sending a note to school with your child in an envelope
addressed to the appropriate PTA committee member, or by dropping it off at the school office. Phone numbers
and email addresses for Board members are listed in Sycamore's monthly newsletter and the Student Directory.

  General PTA Meetings

General PTA Meetings are held in the school's cafeteria beginning at 7:00 p.m. unless noted otherwise. An agenda of the General Meeting will be sent home a few days before the scheduled meeting. Award presentations, drama and chorus performances, and student activities highlight the General PTA Meetings.

 Objectives of the Parent Teacher Association

**To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship

**To raise the standards of home life

**To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth

**To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth

**To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.