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Welcome Back to School 

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and nice winter break from school.  We had a successful and BUSY fall PTA schedule and the fun continues into the Winter and Spring!  Please put all the dates below on your family calendar,  we hope to see ALL our Hunter families participating in our PTA events - Malinda Sink

  January PTA Dates Jan. 5  - PTA Meeting 9:30 am in the Cafeteria Jan. 17 - HolidayJan. 19 - Magent Open House/ TourJan. 21 - Book ExchangeJan. 24 - Teacher Workday/ No SchoolJan. 25 - Magnet Open House /TourJan. 26 - Read-A-Thon     Membership Matters! It is NOT too late to join the PTA and show your support for the many programs we support at Hunter.  If you have not joined yet, please contact Kristin Ames @ kames@nc.rr.com. IT IS HAPPENING AT HUNTER!!! January will bring both the PTA Book Exchange and Read-A-Thon to Hunter.   Read-A-Thon is our annual pledge-based fundraising event that encourages students to read outside the school environment.  All students who participate receive a certificate and prizes are awarded for the classrooms and individual with the most reading time. Jan. 26 – Feb. 8, 2010.  For more details, please contact Dare Johnston @ dare370@msn.com.  Our annual Book Exchange will be on Jan. 21.  This annual event collects donated or outgrown books from our Hunter familes and allows students to come to the Media Center to select gently used children’s books.  Deb King is the Book Exchange Chair, you may contact her with questions @ debking@nc.rr.com.      IMPORTANT PTA MEETING The next PTA meeting will be held on Jan. 5th at 9:30am in the cafeteria.  This will be a VERY important meeting.  We will be voting on re-structuring our Executive Board to be in compliance with NC-PTA.  We will also be voting on how to spend the funds raised in our Fall Fundraiser and recently recovered funds.  No money can be allocated or spent until voted on and approved by the PTA membership. Please plan to attend this meeting so your voice can be heard!  Please check our websitehttp://www.hunterelementary.org/All news is posted there first