Thank you for... 

• another TERRIFIC Read-A-Thon week. We are now only $576 away from our $6,000 fundraising goal! 
• all of the enthusiastic readers who read over 22,000 minutes in Week 3! The 23 participating faculty and staff were the top readers this week with 8,982 minutes read. Congratulations to the Week 3 Winners:
  • Classes: Period 7 Kane (6th); Period 1 Chai-Onn (7th); Period 7 Martin (8th)
  • Individuals: Sophia Raney & Iman (6th); Jenny Ryu & Donald Hue (7th); and Luke Dahle & Fatemeh Tofigh (8th)
  • Faculty & Staff: Ryan Kwok
    
• the Week 2 Winners:
  • Classes: Period 7 Kane (6th); Period 1 Chai-Onn (7th); Period 7 Martin (8th)
  • Individuals: Jodi Abanulo & Iman (6th); Lilianne Acheson & Donald Hue (7th); and Fatemeh Tofigh & Arianna Raney (8th)
  • Faculty & Staff:  Gina Blake
• the Pretzel Bakery in Cabin John for donating their delicious pretzels to the top classes for Week 3.  
• attending Hoover's STEAM Night. And a big thank you from the Math & Science Departments for your generous donation of items from the Hoover Staff's Amazon Gift Registry.
• joining the PTA.  The number one reason to join is to benefit your child.  Help us reach our $35,000 goal.  Buy your membership today.
  

Plan on...

• signing up your student for the Hoover Read-A-Thon.  Since winners are selected weekly, readers signing up today still have the chance to win this month. Parents must assist students in setting up their account since they are not allowed to use their school emails. You can activate your reader's account by clicking on https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/yZqoeV/1 and selecting your student's Language Arts teacher's class. Click here to see all of the fantastic ways that students can earn prizes.
• sponsoring the Read-A-Thon through a limited number of digital and printed business sponsorship opportunities. Click here to reserve your sponsorship spot today!
• participating in the next fundraising Spirit Night at Ledo Pizza on 3/22.
• purchasing items from the Hoover Staff's Amazon Gift Registry.  Many teachers have requested snacks for their after school programs.
• joining Hoover's PTA Facebook Group to stay up to date on all things Hoover.
• reviewing and submitting comments on the Board of Education's recently proposed changes to Policy ABC (Parent and Family Involvement) which guides regulation ABC-RA.  If family involvement, information sharing and stakeholder participation in school improvement are important to you, please read the proposed revisions to Policy ABC and submit your comments to the Board of Education before the April 20th deadline. The proposed Policy ABC revisions and public comment submission form can be found on this page beneath the video clip on the right-hand side.  
• reviewing the Q&As from the 2/22 NAACP Parents' Council's Conversation with the Superintendent here. There is a lot of information on topics that PTAs should be very interested in. Here is the registration form for the next NAACP Parents Council virtual meeting on 3/22 at 6 pm. 
• The Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee (SECAC) virtual meeting is on 3/23 from 7-9 pm. Here is the Zoom link: https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/84412245519?pwd=VDhJbSt1ai9TSVRGbjNWQi9vYnV0dz09 Meeting ID: 844 1224 5519; Passcode: 32323

Check out... 

• the Student Service Learning (SSL) overview and opportunities on the PTA website.  One SSL opportunity: MSI is looking for "Youth Game Leaders" for 1st grade games held at Hoover every Saturday in September and October. At least one year of soccer experience is required. The Youth Game Leader trainings are August 28 or September 5.  Please go to the MSI website (www.msisoccer.org), click the "Play With MSI' tab, and then "Youth Game Leaders Program" for more info and to register for one of the trainings.