Leo R. Croce PTA

May 2010 

Congratulations to Amanda Mornana for being selected to receive the Leo R. Croce Scholarship. She is attending Cal Poly in the Fall to study Food Science!

Amanda is a graduate of Croce Elementary and Christensen. She graduates from Livermore High School next month.

At the April 1st PTA meeting, membership participated in a process to establish spending priorities for the 2010/11 PTA Budget.

These are in order from highest to lowest priority.

1. Critical Needs Deficeit (Money to fill in the gaps between state funding and basic educational needs at the school)
2. Technology
3. Science
4. Math
5. Visual Performing Arts
6. Health and Wellness
7. Language Arts
8. Character Development
9. Social Studies
10. Life Skills
11. Environmental Education

The PTA Budget Committee made up of teachers, parents, School Site Council members, and outgoing and incoming PTA Board Members will use these spending priorities to build a PROPOSED PTA Budget for the 2010/11 school year.

The proposed budget will be presented at the May 6th PTA Membership Meeting and voted on at the September PTA Meeting.

Please contact Monica Baucke at president@crocepta.com with questions.

March 23, 2010

by Monica Baucke

The state of California is slashing the education budget and it's now impacting the classrooms despite our district's and school board's best efforts to keep cuts away from our kids. After cutting $8 million in the 2009/10 school year, our school district is being forced to cut another $9 million for the 2010/11 school year.

This brings education funding levels in California to the same level of funding in the 2005/06 school year. There is detailed information on the school district website which lists the cuts approved by the school board.

The overall financial picture is depressing and overwhelming. However, we are a community of "can do" people who are "used to making filet mignon out of pot roast." By pulling together and focusing on what we do have to offer our children, we can come out of this crisis stronger. Our immediate goal now is to look to the future, decide what our priorities and goals are, and then figure out how to achieve them.

Attend the April 1st PTA meeting from 7-8:30 in the library and help our PTA set funding priorities that we can set against school funding priorities to give our children what they need to learn.

If you have a specific question you would like answered, please email to info@crocepta.com. The question and answer will be posted in this section.

Livermore School District’s Campus Catering Department will send chocolate or vanilla cupcakes right to your child’s classroom! There’s no trip to the store, trying to figure out what to get AND comply with the district nutrition guidelines, and no rushing around!

  Cupcakes are 50 cents each ($6 for a dozen). Just fill out the “Cupcake Form” or contact Campus Catering at 606-3245. Please call at least 3 weeks PRIOR to your child’s event.