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PTA

The Belding Parent Teachers’ Association (the Belding PTA) has another exciting and productive year planned! Check out our web site at: www.beldingpta.org. This year you can look forward to the following Belding PTA sponsored and co-sponsored events and programs, including: enhanced Afterschool Programs, PTA Reading Contests and Book Fairs, PTA Reflections program – to encourage student participation in the arts, the Annual Spring Musical, Parent and Family Workshops, Family Involvement Week, continued advocacy efforts for our children, Science Night, Movie Night, Historical Perspectives – live history presentations; and grants for classroom art projects and field trips. (This is just a partial list!) Look for our membership envelope which is being sent home you. We look forward to your participation this year! Thank you for your support.

Please sign up for the Box Tops for Education program online at www.boxtops4education.com. This site earns a percentage of sales for Belding School through their Marketplace.

Friends of Belding

Friends of Belding is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded to benefit Belding School. The purposes of Friends of Belding are:

  • To support the goals of Belding staff by providing the additional resources (namely teaching and aide positions) needed for the staff and Belding to perform most effectively;
  • To enhance Belding school programming and support improvement in school facilities through fundraising, including the building of alliances with individuals and organizations outside of Belding;
  • To assist the staff in enhancing the curriculum in order to ensure a challenging, high-quality educational offering is provided to the students of Belding;
  • To broaden and strengthen relationships among families of Belding students, neighborhood community members, local businesses and Belding;
  • To promote Belding throughout the neighborhood and to encourage more families to enroll their children.

For more information on Friends of Belding visit our site, contact president Lynn Ankney at ContactFriendsOfBelding@gmail.com.

Local School Council/ Parent Meetings

Once a month we hold a combined Parent Meeting of the Local School Council, PTA, Friends of Belding and NCLB Parent Advisory Committee. The public is invited to attend these monthly meetings. Food an babysitting is provided.

2012 PARENT MEETINGS
At 6:00 p.m. SECOND Thursday of EACH MONTH in the Belding Lunchroom

  • January 12, 2012
  • February 9, 2012
  • March 8, 2012
  • April 12, 2012
  • May 10, 2012
  • June 14, 2012

Volunteering

There are many ways you can volunteer at Belding School! Click this link for Parent Volunteer Opportunities 2011-2012.

All Chicago Public Schools volunteers must complete an application and be approved by the Board of Education. This approval includes a background check and a tuberculosis test. The volunteer application packet is available here.

Volunteers are needed:

  • to assist the Belding PTA with fundraisers
  • to work with students (tutoring)
  • parent volunteers are needed to chaperone field trips.
  • Parents and community members are invited to volunteer at Belding School. Please contact the principal or assistant principal for more information.

Ways of Giving

All donations made to Friends of Belding and the PTA are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Belding Elementary has partnered with Target to raise funds for our school. All you need is a REDcard and 1% of your purchases will be donated to Belding Elementary. As a REDcard holder you also receive 5% off all your Target purchases – both in-store and online!

It is easy to apply for a REDcard. Just follow the REDcard links on Target’s home page to download an application, or visit your nearest store and fill out an application in person. Once you have a REDcard it must be linked to Belding Elementary in order for your purchases to be linked to our school.

To link your REDcard either follow the REDcard links on Target’s home page or type in the following address in your browser:

https://sites.target.com/siteencorporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-005158.

Simply search for Belding and link your card. It’s that easy!