PARENT TEACHER STUDENT ASSOCIATION (PTSA)
Monthly PTSA Meetings
The PTSA typically meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM, in the RHS Media Center (second floor). We will have 3 In-person meetings this year, 2 Virtual Meetings and no meeting in November, December, January, April or June.
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2024/2025 Meeting Dates and topics:
In Person Meeting 7PM in Media Center Virtual Meeting- 7PM- See website for link
***NEW DATE AND TIME- September 18 6:00 to 6:45- In Person- LEAN IN to Rockville, Join us afterwards for a Listening Session with our new Superintendent Taylor in the auditorium at 7PM. ****
October 15 IN PERSON- Next Steps Navigator: Charting Your Post-High School Course
November, December and January-
NO Meetings
Febuary 18- Virtual State of Union (Rockville) with Ms. Pyles-
March 18- Building Resilent Students- How to find a summer job!- 25-26 Budget Proposal AND 25-26 PTSA Officer Nominations
April- No Meeting- SPRING BREAK
May 20- Virtual- Approve Budget and Elect Officers. Please come, we will need a quorum.
June- No Meeting
Students are welcomed and encouraged- The S in PTSA stands for Students. For ever High School or Middle School students that attends one of RHS's in-person meetings we will give them 2 SSL hours.
Available Positions:
Nominating Committee
After Prom Party Fundraising Committee (Mom Prom and Silent Auction)
After Prom Party Planning Committee
After School Cafe Management Committee
NAACP Committee
This is the last year of service for the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. For the PTSA to continue we will need to fill all 4 spots. If you'd like to know more about these positions please email Anna Pfaff- anna.L.pfaff@gmail.com
President: Anna Pfaff
Vice President: Dru Ealons
Secretary: Kate McClure
Treasurer: Missy Sarver
Membership: Open
Booster Club Liaison: Open
MCCPTA Rep and Cluster Coordinator: OPEN
Staff Appreciation: Karen Pankowski
NAACP Committee: Open- Need 3- Work with Moco NAACP to advocate for our families here at RHS
After Prom Party Committee: OPEN- Need 3- Plan the event, secure location and secure activities for the seniors
After Prom Fundraising Committee: Need 5-7- Plan the Mom Prom and Silent Auction.
After School Cafe Managers- OPEN- NEED 3- Create Sign Up Genius for Volunteers, recruite volunteers, manage the donations for the cafe, secure the pizza for the cafe.
Nominating Committee- OPEN- NEED 3- Great for a parents that have been around a PTA before, but doesn't want to wear the PTSA job hat just yet. The main job is to recruit a full PTSA exec board for the 2025-26 school year.
NEW*- RHS Student Representative- Need 2- Earn SSL Hours
New*- After Prom Student Committee- Need 5- Earn SSL Hours
Other Parent Organizations:
Booster Club: David Chung, President rhsramsbooster@gmail.com
Friends of Rockville Music (FORM): Kris Petrie, President akpetrie@gmail.com
Padrones Latinos: OPEN
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What is the PTSA?
YOUR voice in YOUR school. The letters PTS stand for parents, teachers, and students because the PTSA is a partnership of parents, teachers, and students dedicated to strengthening the school community. The PTSA strives to better the lives of all of our children. We are part of an association that is organized at the local, state, and national levels.
The number one reason to join the PTSA is to benefit your student. In doing so, you also help your school. But there are many more PTSA advantages:
Get Connected: There’s no better way to know what’s happening in your school. Each PTSA meeting starts with reports from the Principal and PTSA President and the PTSA meeting feature speakers and discussion of the topics and issue of greatest importance to the school community.
Discover Great Resources: The PTSA offers a variety of programs designed to strengthen the school community and support the teachers, parents, and students.
Tap into a Network: PTSA functions are opportunities to meet other parents and teachers, build rapport and discuss issues that are on your mind. You can share ideas, concerns, and experiences.
Watch Yourself Grow: By volunteering with your PTSA, you put your skills and hobbies to use for a noble cause—your child and all children in the community.
Speak Up: PTSA can be a way for you to more effectively suggest change at your child’s school and advocate for your child.
Witness Improvement: By getting involved at your child’s school you’ll be part of the solution, helping make positive changes. Local PTSAs play an important role in fundraising to provide building improvements, curriculum-based programs, and social events.
Be a Role Model: By being an active PTSA member and volunteer, you’ll be demonstrating to your child the importance you place on education.
PTSA provides the opportunities and structure for all individuals to become an advocate for children and families in your own communities.
We are all volunteers committed to working on issues that affect children and families. Your voice is so important to us, and we need your help.