ABOUT US
Get to Know Your PTA & FRC
PTA Executive Board 2024-25
PRESIDENT
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EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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1ST VP OF PROGRAMS
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2ND VP OF FUNDRAISING
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3RD VP OF MEMBERSHIP
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RECORDING SECRETARY
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TREASURER
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FINANCIAL SECRETARY
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FINANCIAL REVIEWER
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HISTORIAN
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PARLIAMENTARIAN
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CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Amanda Deibert Staggs - president@weareedison.org
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Erin Levitt - vp@weareedison.org
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Mary Faber Witcher - programs@weareedison.org
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Samantha Runyon​ - fundraising@weareedison.org
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Chris Cossey - membership@weareedison.org
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Laura Thomasian - recording@weareedison.org
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Van Anh Grande - treasurer@weareedison.org
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Ali Meadows -financials@weareedison.org
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Nikki Thompson - financialreviewer@weareedison.org
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Clarins Matta - historian@weareedison.org
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Ian Bain - parliamentarian@weareedison.org
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​Rachel Samdahl - correspondance@weareedison.org
WHAT WE DO
What does your PTA do?
At Thomas Edison Elementary, we are dedicated to providing the best possible education for our students. Our PTA and Fundraising Committee (FRC) work tirelessly to support our school community through various initiatives and events. From organizing fundraisers to planning school events, our PTA and Fundraising Committee offer many opportunities to get involved and make a difference. Join us in supporting our school and our students!
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This is how we work together to fundraise and activate programming.
Membership is only $11/year!
Get Connected
There’s no better way to know what’s happening in your school.
Discover Great Resources
The PTA offers a variety of programs designed for parents as well as students.
Tap into a Network
PTA functions are opportunities to meet other parents and teachers, building rapport and discussing issues that are on your mind. You can share ideas, concerns, and experiences.
Watch Yourself Grow
By volunteering with your PTA, you put your skills and hobbies to use for a noble cause—your child and all children in the community.
Speak Up
PTA can be a way for you to more effectively suggest change at your child’s school.
Witness Improvement
By getting involved at your child’s school you’ll be part of the solution, helping make positive changes. Local PTAs play an important role by supporting building improvements through advocacy and play an important role in fundraising for curriculum based programs and social events.
Be a Role Model
By becoming a PTA member, you’ll be demonstrating to your child the importance you place on education.
Enjoy Substantial Benefits
Individuals and local units can take advantage of a host of benefits from PTA membership including discounts and offers from member benefits providers and sponsors, magazine subscriptions, leadership training, e-newsletters and much more.
MORE ABOUT THE PTA
Being a PTA advocate means lending your voice to issues that affect your child at home, at school, and in the community. With PTA, you are able to better share your ideas with other parents, teachers, school administrators and community leaders to become part of the decision-making process. Your voice matters!
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California State PTA connects families, schools and communities. We are part of the foundation of our public-education system and a trusted messenger to millions of members, parents, families, educators and allied agencies throughout the state. PTA is the nation’s largest volunteer-led child-advocacy association working to drive improvements in the education, health and well-being of all children and families. We’re also part of National PTA – the largest child advocacy association in America.
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