WELCOME TO THE TAYLOR PTA

The Taylor PTA is a nonprofit association of parents, teachers, and staff working together to support and enrich educational and social activities at Taylor Elementary School in Arlington, VA. Join now.

The Spring Fair. After-school enrichment programs. Field trips, author visits, school supplies. Movie nights, dance parties, family socials, spirit wear, and so much more. Email us to learn more.

LOOKING AHEAD

Please see the section below for key dates, events, deadlines or planned school closures, in a 30-day outlook. Looking further ahead? Check out our PTA Calendar, which you can download event by event, and add to your own personal or family calendar. A full year APS calendar can be found here.

Save the Date- PTA Meeting 11/20 in the Taylor Library

Please join us November 20th, at 7:30 in the Taylor Library for the next PTA Meeting. Guest speakers from DMV Unplugged will be speaking about Kids and Screens. Also discussed will be the upcoming draft policy on Student Use of Personal Electronic Devices, which includes both cell phones and smart watches.

Attention 4th and 5th Grade Parents! Enter our raffle for a chance to win reserved seating at the 4th & 5th Grade Winter Chorus Concert on December 19th! Enjoy a prime spot to watch your child shine on stage. Attendance at the meeting is required to enter.

Hope to see you there!

November Kidsgiving Supporting Bridges to Independence

In November, KidsGiving will support Bridges to Independence, which provides short and long term rental assistance and housing support to families experiencing homelessness in Arlington.

This month we will collect household supplies for Sullivan House, which provides safe and supportive housing for Arlington families in need. From November 13-20, KidsGiving will have bins set up in the lobby at Taylor to collect kitchen and household supplies for the shelter. Highest need items are listed below and also available for purchase on an Amazon Wishlist that you can drop off in the lobby during the collection period:

Kitchen:

Dawn Liquid Dish Soap, Scotch-Brite Scrub Sponges,Cascade Complete Dishwasher PodsHefty Strong Tall Kitchen Trash Bags,Clorox Disinfecting Wipes

Laundry:

Tide HE Liquid Detergent,Downy Fabric Softener

Bath:

Softsoap Antibacterial Liquid Hand Soap, Vaseline Intensive Care Body Lotion, Band-Aid Brand Flexible Fabric Bandages

STEAM Day! November 26th! volunteer!

We also need your small and medium sized cardboard for one of the activities during STEAM day. Please send in your cardboard. There is a collection bin in the lobby.

2024-2025 PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD

Caroline Simms, President, president@taylorpta.org

Joie Neely, VP - Communications, communications@taylorpta.org

Becky Carlson, VP - Fundraising, fundraising@taylorpta.org

Matt Thoman, Treasurer, treasurer@taylorpta.org

Erin Douglas, Recording Secretary, recordingsecretary@taylorpta.org

Kelly Schwartz, Corresponding Secretary, correspondingsecretary@taylorpta.org

Hugette Sun, Webmaster, webmaster@taylorpta.org