Lunch Money Accounts
Students may pay cash for lunch, however parents are encouraged to use an online account. Information will come home with students the first week of school with instructions for how to set one up. For those of you who already have an account, visit https://www.mylunchmoney.com/index.aspx before school starts to make sure you are up to date! More instructions available at http://www.austinisd.org/schools/menus/prepay.phtml.
Directory Ads
The Barton Hills Elementary PTA is working on the 2010-11 school directory and is selling advertising space to cover printing costs. The cost is nominal. In addition to your printed ad, your company info with url will be published on our website and reported to AISD as our school’s Partner in Education. With 50% of our students residing in Barton Hills your ad will be distributed not only to families who live in the neighborhood but also to families all over south Austin.
Ad sizes and prices:
• Business card $25
• Quarter page $40
• Half page $75
• Full page $100
If you or someone you know is interested in advertising in the Barton Hills Elementary Directory please contact us at bartonhillsptaprez@yahoo.com.
Artwork (pdf, tif, jpg or word document) and check made out to BHE PTA can be mailed to the school:
Barton Hills Elem. PTA
Attn. Directory Ads
2108 Barton Hills Drive
Austin, TX 78704
Spanish Forum Report
On Thursday, June 10th, 19 parents and 3 BHE teachers attended the Spanish Forum held in the library. Principal Kati Achtermann discussed considerations for hiring and fully funding a teacher and recounted BHE’s experience with PTA funding Spanish in the past (prior to 2002). PTA President Kelly Tagle gave an overview of current PTA fundraising and budget expenditures. Many ideas for implementation of Spanish Instruction were discussed. The main concern raised by the staff is the loss of core curriculum instruction time. Several parents volunteered to contact schools who already have established language instruction to ask how their programs operate.
Time and date of our next meeting is TBD, likely late July or early August. We will let you know as soon as that is confirmed.
