Second General Membership Meeting on Feb. 10th: Updates and Budget Amendments

1/16/2022 7:04 pm

The MPE Parent-Teacher Association is a group formed by parents of MPE families and by MPE staff that works to support students, families and staff at the school, outside of the services offered through the Wake County Public School District.

At MPE, the main focus of our PTA has always been academic support for the school: we strive to provide our students with an enhanced learning experience. We are able to provide our teachers, staff and students with resources well above and beyond what is normally supplied. Read below to see where PTA funds go - from past projects to services and programs provided every year. There have been interruptions in some of these programs due to the pandemic but we hope to restart many of these in the coming year.

Our PTA helped fund and helps fund the following projects/resources:

• Teacher grant money (over $13,000 per year) to provide classroom resources (eg. alternative seating, science experiment supplies, instructional resources, etc.)
• New books in the library and classrooms resulting in 27% more books in MPE than in the average Wake County school
• New equipment and technology (eg. new Promethean boards in all classrooms; subscriptions to educational websites such as Brain Pop) 
• Funding for the Science Fair, Spelling Bee, Odyssey of the Mind, Battle of the Books, Reflections
• 4 to 5 Cultural Arts programs per year
• Professional development funding for teachers
• New playground structure

The PTA embraces our community of families and teachers, hosting fun events and providing resources for students, their families, our teachers and staff such as:

• Fall Outdoor Movie Night
• Book Fair Story Night
• Doughnuts with Grownups
• Teacher/Staff Holiday Cookie Exchange
• Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week
• Welcome Bags for incoming kindergarten students
• Walk-to-school Day
• Nourishing Noggins Program
• Mills Park Maniacs Marathon
• Inflatables for Field Day

How can you join the PTA?

Click here or follow these steps:

1 - Log into your Membership Toolkit account (create a free one if you have not done so already).

2 - Click on "My Account".

3 - Click on "My Forms/Paperwork".

4 - Click on "2021-2022 MPE PTA Membership Form".

5 - Complete the form and your PayPal payment - dues are $15 per year. Submit your form. 

Find all this information and more on our website.