SAS PTA
PTA President Letter
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et me start this month’s note with wishes for a Happy New Year and hope that everyone had a relaxing and joyful holiday break. Let me also say Gong Xi Fa Cai, to those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, including those of us who celebrate while living here in Singapore. One of the many benefits of living overseas is the opportunity to learn and experience the holiday traditions of other cultures. On January 19th we held our second mid-year “Newcomer Coffee” in the PTA Office. If you are new to SAS, we hope that you were able to join us to find out more about the SAS PTA and to continue to increase your connections within the SAS community. If you were unable to attend the Newcomer Coffee, please be sure to stop by the PTA Sales window or High School Booster Booth to pick up your PTA “Welcome Packet.” You will receive a complimentary copy of the SAS PTA Directory, a SAS school calendar and some information about PTA. With a school as large as SAS, it is sometimes easy to feel lost in the crowd. If you ever have a question that we can potentially help you answer, please contact anyone on the PTA Board or Welcoming Committee and we will do our best to help you find an answer. We are always here to assist in any way we can and to hopefully help you adjust to your new community. Our contact information is listed within the PTA section of the SAS website at http://www.sas.edu.sg. By the time this Newsflash is distributed, we will have held our annual “Gala Wine Dinner.” This event was held on February 10th at the Regent Hotel. Delaine Whitehead and her dedicated team worked diligently to put on a fabulous evening. I would like to thank Delaine for her efforts in arranging this event, along with Phil DeFord and Mr. Tan Ying Hsien who supported us with their wine expertise and Lindsey Iacovino (PTA Vice President) who was instrumental in seeing that every detail of the hotel arrangements and menu was done to perfection! We now turn our efforts to PTA’s largest annual fundraiser and the single event in which the entire school comes together to enjoy a day of fun for the whole family. Get ready to enjoy an old fashioned American tradition, County Fair, to be held on Saturday, February 24th. It is the one family day that you should not miss. Preparations for this day began in September. We promise you a fun filled day with food, games, rides, vendor booths, entertainment, a Used Book Sale, Silent Auction and much more. For those of you who want the double benefit of cleaning out some book space in your home and helping the PTA, it is not too late to donate your used books. Our goal is to have over 15,000 books for everyone to choose from at the Fair. If you have books to donate, you can drop them off at the PTA Office anytime. As with any large event, we always need volunteers to make the day a success. For those of you not yet involved, we can use help in preparing decorations and setting up for the Fair. If you have an hour or two that you can spare on the day of the Fair, selling tickets, helping to run a game booth, selling used books, or keeping cool and getting a work out by selling cold drinks and many more opportunities, we would greatly appreciate your help. Please contact Ann Martino at martinogirls@hotmail.com, our County Fair Chairperson and she will be more than happy to find somewhere for you to volunteer. February is an unusually busy month for PTA as we hold two of our major fundraisers. We hope to be able to see most of you at one or both of these events. As mentioned earlier, SAS is a big school and we want to do our best to include everyone and make them feel welcome within the SAS community. As always, we welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Susan Fay PTA President
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