Welcome to the Great Neck North Middle School PTO!
The PTO is a NYS not-for-profit charity run by parents, for parents. We seek to inform, unite, and engage our parent population to support initiatives that benefit our children and school. We do this by scheduling regular meetings throughout the year to discuss topics of interest such as study skills, technology tips, and ways to foster healthy social media habits in our children. In addition, we offer many opportunities for parents to get involved and give back some of your time and talent. We hope you will join us in the varied events we have planned for the coming year. Our success relies on the support of our parent community.
YOU ARE THE PTO.
Sept 5: First Day of School - WELCOME!
Sept 7: Open House, 7pm
Sept 19, 20: Photo Days
Athletics (Schedules, Contact)
Shared Decision Making Committee
REMINDER: You cannot drop off anything for your child or contact your child during the day. However, in the event your student has forgotten their school-issued iPad, you may drop it off with Security at the main visitor entrance.
Main Office: (516) 441-4500
Absence or Late Line: (516) 441-4515
We need your support!
Please pay your PTO dues of $30 per family (not per student).
You can send in a check made payable to NMS PTO or you can click here to pay via PayPal. Please include the family's last name so we can keep track.
SHOP HERE FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES!
We know everyone is anxious to get all the cool new gadgets, gizmos, and locker flair to start off a new school year. Instead of buying a pre-made box of supplies that contain items your student doesn't need and won't use, come check out our shopping page and be sure to recommend items you would like to see in the store!
Every month we will post a little tidbit of information or a helpful resource here for you to use, consider and learn about. Click here to learn about this month's Spotlight!
Next PTO Meeting:
September 28 @ 7pm
Come join the PTO for our first meeting of the brand new school year on Thursday September 28th at 7:00 pm in the library. We will be discussing NMS Code of Conduct and expectation for the students behavior and responsibilities throughout the school year. Please join us, raise questions, and have your voice heard!
Yearbook Photos and Ordering Information
Please visit our new vendor's website to view proofs and order pictures for your memories! If you haven't done so yet, be sure to register - you only need to register once per child and all future proofs and picture orders will be sent to the profile address. You can register online at Island Photography and create a profile for each student in your family at North Middle School. You will only need to register once and all your information will be saved.
Please visit our NMS website for more information on how to order a Yearbook and for pricing details.
For more information and any questions, contact your PTO representatives.
Volunteers Needed!
Please fill out this form to provide us with your contact information and areas of interest. We will get back to you with opportunities that fit your interests, skills, and availability.
WhatsApp Chat Rules
Your PTO President(s) are happy to sponsor a chat group for all questions and matters pertaining to school and community events that directly impact our children as attending students at Great Neck North Middle School. In order to ensure that there is an orderly, fair, and responsible discussion among the members of the chat group(s), we are posting the following rules. Please note that if you do not wish to be bound by these rules, you do not have to join or continue participation in any of the PTO-sponsored chat groups. You may exit at any time. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
This chat is intended only for Great Neck North Middle School matters and may be used to share helpful resources (academic or community-based) that would be of interest to students in this grade and/or their families. Please note that in the 8th grade chat, we may post matters of interest relating to the Great Neck North High School if those matters are relative to preparing our graduating class for transition to the high school.
This chat is not intended as a public or private discourse on political topics. This includes anything related to local or national elections (government, community, school board, etc.). As many of you likely know, there are plenty of other chats where those topics are being discussed and if that is of interest to you, we strongly suggest you seek out and join those other chats.
There is only one PTO-sponsored and sanctioned chat for each grade. There may be other chats opened and administered by other parents in the grade and/or school, but those chats are not sponsored or sanctioned by the PTO and we are not responsible for the information provided in those other chats. Please note that some or all of the PTO executive board may be members or even administrators of other chats, but that does not mean that the other chat is sponsored by those individuals in their capacity as members of the PTO executive board.
We expect all members to act kindly, graciously, and respectfully to other members. That means that if you have a personal issue with another parent in the PTO-sponsored chat, please don’t air out those issues here or use this as a forum to advance your position. This also means that we will not tolerate derogatory or defamatory comments made about other parents or students. Each of us has at least one child in this school and therefore we all have a vested interest in the administration and academic instruction here. We may not all agree on how that plays out, but this chat is not the place to start those discussions. You can reach out to your President(s) for guidance on what steps should be taken to address any grievances and, if appropriate, we may direct the inquiry back to this parent audience for moderated discussion.
Being a member of this chat is optional and a privilege. Abiding by these rules is required. If you have any questions about these rules or whether something you are about to post would violate these rules, we request that you reach out to your President(s) first. If material is posted here that may be deemed as violative of these rules, the President(s) will privately message you to advise of the basis and make a renewed request for you to not continue posting similar material or any other material that violates these rules. If a parent continues to post materials that does not comply with these rules, we will privately contact you and ask you to voluntarily leave the group. If you do not do so, we will remove you from the group.
We understand these rules may seem strict at first glance but the hope is that by providing definitive guidance we can overcome some of the struggles and challenges faced in prior years. We are also hoping that by providing a safe and courteous environment for parents to raise questions, concerns, and ideas, we can work together towards building a caring and productive parent association. If you have any questions, we ask that you comment to the PTO President(s) and refrain from making general comments or raising questions about the rules in the chat(s). We are the best role models for our kids and we hope that we can all rise to the occasion to show them how to act and talk on social media and IRL.
PTO Executive Board Members
Co-Presidents
Jessica Hughes
Katy Wellington
Ke "Connie" Wei
Executive VP
Margareth Adams
VPs
Irina Amir, Liz Bailey, Rhina Baires, Rebecca Chu, Larisa Davidson, Mandy Dellacorte, Reut Friedrich, Nicole Idelson, Marisol Israel, Grace McGirr, Alyssia Jin, Amy Kase, Christina Peng, Krishma Rampul, Bettina Segal, Jessica Somer, Adele Tehrani, Arezou Tolou
Corresponding/Recording Secretary
Nava Barelli
Treasurers
Lisa Schoenfeld
Evelyn Wang
Tim Lewis
Cari Soliemany
Julienne Kawai
UPTC Delegates
Adrienne Hollander
Larissa Pschenica
Yi Yuan
Rhina Baires
Multi-Lingual Coordinator
Cindy Yu
Contact Us
Mail: 77 Polo Road, Great Neck, NY 11023
E-Mail: nmsptapay@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GNNMpto