Blacksburg Middle School
Parent Teacher Association

The Blacksburg Middle School PTA would like to invite you to explore our site.  We are very excited and proud of our community and school.  Please feel free to contact our members if you have any questions.

 

Goals and Missions

Membership

Fundraising and Activities

Board and Committee Members

Meeting Times

BMS Home Page

 

 

Goals and Missions

The objectives of the BMS PTA, in common with those of the National PTA and Virginia PTA, are:

 

To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship

 

To raise the standards of home life

 

To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth

 

To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth

 

To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education

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Membership

The BMS PTA is open to all parents/guardians of Blacksburg Middle School students with a fee of $5 Family, $3 Individual.

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Meeting Times

BMS PTA meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.  All meetings are open to all members.  Please try to attend our meetings.  We need your input.


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BMS PTA Fundraising Policy and Major Year-long Activities

In recent years, the BMS PTA has adopted a simple, effective philosophy towards its fundraising efforts.  We believe students should be students and parents should be more involved with their kids' academic interest rather than buying and selling fundraising products.

Like most public schools, the BMS PTA has needs and expenses beyond those covered by established budgets. In addition to necessary administrative costs, these expenses include funding various programs such as students awards and scholarships, cultural arts, teacher appreciation activities, the PTA Newsletter, grade level parties and field trips, Reflections, special events like the Spring Blast for the end of the school year, and much much more.

Traditional fundraising programs usually involve tiresome, repetitive solicitations, requiring considerable time, effort and attention of our students, parents and staff. Instead, we have elected to implement a simple, one time parent solicitation for voluntary contributions.  Your tax-deductible contribution can be made payable to BMS PTA.

If you have already sent your contributions we are very grateful. If not please consider it very soon since we have so much to do before the end of the school year and our funds are not necessarily in great shape.

As important as financial gifts are, nothing replaces your personal involvement in your child's education and school.  Your ideas, talents, and time, in addition to financial gifts are all greatly appreciated and necessary to continue to achieve the quality education all our children deserve.

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BMS PTA Board and Committee Chairs

President

Gunin Kiran

gunin@juno.com

Vice President

Hope Ingram

hopejmu@netscape.net

Treasurer

Karen Greenberg

kdwcg@aol.com

Secretary

Kris Alderson

hokiegrad89@yahoo.com

Volunteers/Office

Gunin Kiran

gunin@juno.com

Cultural Arts

Liz Tuchler

Knolledge@hughes.net

Fundraising/Evergreen Sales

Connie Froggatt

froggatts@msn.com

Membership

Kathy Baker

Paula Williams

Lynn Everett

kathy@campcarysbrook.com

williams.paula@verizon.net

leverett2@radford.edu

Hospitality

Jo Ellen Taylor

Christine Duncan

Kim Radford

Phyllis Quinn

Bburg.jet@comcast.net

Chocluv3r@yahoo.com

kradford@mcps.org

mpquinn84@comcast.net

Newsletter

Marti Graham

grahamfaus@yahoo.com

General Mills Box Tops

Allison Hamborsky

Jajcham@aol.com

Spring Blast

 

 

Reflections

Graciela Santopietro

sophia@vt.edu

Faculty Representatives

Danny Knott

dknott@mcps.org

 

Chris Vestal

cvestal@mail.mcps.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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