If you’ve thought about joining PTA or becoming more active at school, but you’re not sure how, please join us at the General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, May 27 at 7 pm in the school library. We will be asking for feedback, suggestions, as well as planning for next school year.  This will be our last PTA meeting for the 2013-14 school year.


Elections to be held
We are currently accepting nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer for the 2014-15 school year. The following nominees will be presented at the meeting on May 27.

Michelle Reinhardt, nominated for President
Judy Heiger, nominated for Vice President
Angela Purdum, nominated for Secretary

Nominations can also be accepted the night of the meeting. We are in need of nominations for Treasurer for next year! If you have any questions or would like to submit a nomination or nominate yourself, please reach out to one of the members of the nominating committee: 

Kim Cooper (kimcooper0527@gmail.com) 410-241-0896
Tina Crow (tinacrow21@yahoo.com) 443-677-0742
Judy Heiger (jlheiger@yahoo.com) 410-668-3543


Click here to download the Nomination Form. 

Please join us a fun-filled family event at our school. Enjoy great music, the limbo, hula hooping, beach ball playing, face painting and more! Don’t forget to bring your camera, chairs and blankets! 
Please click here for more information. 

Volunteers Needed!
We need your help in order to make the picnic a fun and enjoyable evening for everyone. We hope you will consider volunteering for a 30 minute shift. We need people to man the drinks, snacks, lollipop stations, popcorn, as well as do face painting! 
Please click here to download the volunteer form and return to school by Tuesday, May 27. You can also email Angela Purdum at angelapurdum@gmail.com or info@carneypta.org. 

Please join us – Cougar Claws of Carney Elementary will be singing the National Anthem at the beginning of the game on Sunday, July 13 @ 5:30. 

Tickets are $12 each. Ticket orders must be received by May 30th! To download an order form, please click here. Checks should be made payable to Carney Elementary PTA. 

This game is an Autism Awareness Game. We will be donating $1 from each ticket sale to the cause. Come support Autism and our Cougar Claws. 

Thursday, June 12 is the last day of school for pre-k students
School will dismiss 3 hours early on Friday, June 13 and Monday, June 16.
Monday, June 16 is the last day of school for K-5students

Have a wonderful and safe summer! 

Contact: Office of Communications, 410-887-5908
Towson, MD - With globe-shaped trophies in hand, Baltimore County Public Schools administrators surprised principals at 10 elementary schools yesterday with the news that their schools have been selected to pilot a Spanish language instruction program for Grade 4 students.
 
Beginning next school year, Bear Creek, Hampton, Johnnycake, Padonia, Pleasant Plains, Prettyboy, Reisterstown, Sussex, Vincent Farm and West Towson elementary schools will teach Spanish language. The school system plan is to expand the program to Grade 4 students in all elementary schools by 2015-2016.
 
“Expanding world languages instruction will help us reach our goal of graduating globally competitive students,” said S. Dallas Dance, BCPS superintendent. “Research tells us that being proficient in more than one language provides a competitive career advantage, promotes cultural understanding and improves achievement on comprehensive standardized tests.”
 
“The 10 selected schools are located throughout Baltimore County, and the review panel took great care to identify a cadre ofschools that truly represent the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of our school system,” said Brian Schiffer, BCPS director of social sciences, fine arts, and world languages.
 
Pilot schools were chosen from among 31 elementary schools that initially expressed interest. The selection process included applications, surveys of teacher interest and a review panel.
 
In addition to their trophies, the principals and their Grade 4 teachers received formal invitations to an Elementary World Languages Pilot Reception to be held on June 9 at Cockeysville Middle School.
 
Students at the pilot schools will use Middlebury Interactive, a research-based, interactive, self-paced program developed by Middlebury College and Middlebury Interactive Languages. The course focuses on listening and speaking; language instruction will also include weekly conversational lessons taught by a BCPS elementary Spanish teacher.
 
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