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Meet your 2022-2023 PTA Board

and...

If you see an open position you may be interested in volunteering for, we'd love to have you!

President: Debbie Roberts

Duty: Coordinates work of officers and chairs and promotes the purposes and goals of PTA

Vice President: Christine Tidwell

Email: fvevicepresident@gmail.com

Duty: Preside at meetings in the absence or inability of the President to serve, help to perform other duties in the event of a vacancy on the board, account for deposits made to FVE PTA checking account and coordinate Teacher Grant Program.

Treasurer: Kati Mize

Email: fvetreasurer@gmail.com

Duty: Fill funds requests, make bank deposits, balance accounts, maintain financial records, file tax returns when applicable, make regular financial reports, and various support duties.

Secretary: Melinda Loesch

Email: fvesecretary@gmail.com

Duty: Record and keep minutes for executive and general PTA meetings, maintain records related to meeting attendance and other PTA related functions and property.

Parliamentarian: Deanna Soper Pinkelman

Email: fveparliamentarian@gmail.com

Ensures that our PTA follows the by-laws and standing rules.

Faculty Representative:

Cyndi Tidmore

Email: tidmorecg@lisd.net

Acts as the liason between PTA and Forest Vista teachers.

Campus Principal:

Dr. Patrick Schott

Duty: Attends monthly executive board meetings and works closely with PTA.

Social Media: Ali Chong

Duty: Updates our PTA Social Media pages with relevant information for PTA members.

Newsletter:

Email: fvenewsletter@gmail.com

Duty: Send out weekly newsletter email with relevant information for PTA members.

Website: Julia Drake

Duty: Updates our PTA website with relevant information for PTA members.

Spirit Nights: Katie Mandel

Email: fvespiritnight@gmail.com

Duty: Coordinates spirit nights throughout the school year at local restaurants and venues.

Book Fair: Allison Walker

Email: fvebookfair@gmail.com

Duty: Serve as FVE rep and liaison with Scholastic Books and organizes materials and volunteers for book fairs twice a year.

Spirit Wear: Alyson Walz

Email: fvespiritwear@gmail.com

Duty: Coordinates pricing, ordering and delivering of Forest Vista spirit wear and ICARE shirts.

Hospitality Committee Chair: Amanda Bayer

Email: fvehospitality@gmail.com

Coordinates teacher luncheons, treats and Teacher Appreciation Week.

Membership Committee Chair: Ali Arnell

Email: fvemembership@gmail.com

Duty: Prepare membership campaign, recruit members, collect dues, maintain accurate records in reporting membership information to the Texas PTA and accurately input member records into PTA-EZ.

Arts in Education: Allison McKinlay

Email: fveartsineducation@gmail.com

Duty:

Daytime Assemblies:

Brittany Vaughn

Email: vaughnb@lisd.net

Duty: Plan and organize daytime assembly programs for all students at FVE, as well as to coordinate the High Touch High Tech programs for the homeroom classes.

Red Ribbon Week: Leila Perez

Email: fveredribbon@gmail.com

Duty: Plans and coordinates Red Ribbon Week, the drug prevention and awareness campaign held each October.

Workroom Coordinator:

Courtney Fawcett

Email: fveworkroom@gmail.com

Duty: Provide training and coordinate the scheduling of workroom volunteers to help the teachers and staff of FVE.

Room Representative Coordinator: Erica Steinberger

Email: fveroomreps@gmail.com

Duty: Acts as a liason to the room parents to share information about classroom budget, classroom parties and blind auction baskets.

Silent Auction: Debbie Roberts

Email: fvesilentauction@gmail.com

Duty: Coordinates with class reps and the community for donation baskets for the silent auction.

We have a few PTA Board positions still available if you are interested. We'd love you to join us!

Communications Committee Chair: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Attend monthly executive council meetings and works with Social Media, Newsletter and Website volunteers to ensure PTA related information is being disseminated.

LISD Council Delegate: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Attends district PTA meetings and delivers updates to Forest Vista PTA board.

PTA Meetings: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Publicize meetings, ensure PTA has any supplies needed for meetings, coordinate with parent education chair if there is a presentation, as needed.

Directory: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Collect directory information from PTA families, organize and upload it for dissemination to our PTA families.

Fundraising Committee Chair: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Attend monthly executive council meetings and works with Book Fair, Box Tops, Spirit Nights and Spirit Wear/ICARE volunteers to coordinate fundraising opportunities.

Volunteers Committee Chair: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Update PTA members on volunteer opportunities, maintain database of all volunteers, and volunteer to help with events and activities at FVE.

Special Committee for Carnival: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer on this committee

Duty: Members of this special committe help to plan and organize our spring carnival, including donations, recruiting volunteers and set up.

Health and Fitness: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Coordinate and suppport PE events with Coach Grey, including Turkey Trot, Jump for Heart and Field Day.

Parent Education: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Find engaging and relevant opportunities to educate our Forest Vista Community.

Programs Committee Chair: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Attend monthly executive council meetings and works with Arts in Education, Community Service/Environmental, Daytime Assemblies, Health and Fitness, Parent Education and Red Ribbon Week volunteers to coordinate committees and events sponsored by the PTA.

Community Service/Environmental: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.


Duty: Help engage our Forest Vista community in community service opporutunities and local clean up/beautification projects.

Lifetime Membership Awards: Open

Email Debbie at FVEpresident@gmail.com if you are willing to volunteer in this position or have a question.

Duty: Solicit nominations for PTA Lifetime Membership Awards. These awards are given to teachers, staff and PTA volunteers who demonstrate their commitment to childen on a daily basis.