Your 2022-2023 Kokanee PTA Team
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Allison Mitchell
Vice President: Kavya Kasturi-Kuhn
Treasurer: Shareen Corlett
Co-Secretaries: Jaclyn Condra & Beth Robinweiler
Questions? Email contact@kokaneepta.com
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Membership Chair: Beth Robinweiler
*A growing and engaged membership is the foundation for achieving PTA's mission to make every child's potential a reality.
Highly Capable Council Representative: Ramesh Chundru ()
*The HiCap Parent Council is an independent group that provides support and information for families with students receiving HiCap services and those in EAP
Special Education Liaison: Allison Mitchell (sped@kokaneepta.com)
*The Special Education liaison shares information and resources regarding Special Education programming and relevant services in our area.
Watch D.O.G.S Chair: Sarah Kosenski (watchdogs@kokaneepta.com)
*Watch D.O.G.S is a program that helps provide positive male role models for the students, demonstrating by their presence that education is important. Volunteers provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school security, reduce bullying and provide a greater sense of campus safety allowing students and teachers to focus on learning.
Book Fair Chair: Kavya Kasturi-Kuhn
The book fair is held the week of conferences in November, and we'll need volunteers to help with set-up, take down, and to work the register.
5th Grade Graduation Chairs: Holly Nguyen and Nicole Zorn
OPEN COMMITTEE CHAIR POSITIONS
To be the "chair" of a committee means you're the organizer, but you won't do it alone.
Emergency Preparedness Representative: The Emergency Preparedness Rep provides Emergency Preparedness (E-Prep) information, training, and resources for teachers, parents, and students.
Reflections Chair: The Reflections Program is a national PTA arts education and recognition program. The Chair helps collect and submit the art created by students at Kokanee Elementary for higher recognition to Northshore Council.
Auction Chair: Calling all detail-oriented party people! Every other spring, Kokanee PTA holds an auction to raise funds for all the programs, grants, educational experiences, and supplies we provide to our community. In the past, it has been a chance for the adults to get dressed up and donate to a good cause. We are open to new more inclusive approaches to this event. The chair doesn't do everything, just compiles the information, and checks off the to-do list in the lead up to the event.
Advocacy Chair: This is a new position to help members learn about the opportunities to advocate for their child, and understand what the PTA is doing legislatively on a national, state and local level. The chair will share information about about National PTA's policy priorities for the 117th Congress on issues impacting children, families and schools. which bills in Congress National PTA supports, opposes and is monitoring, and Take Action Alerts.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair: Our differences bring value to our community. Everyone belongs and deserves respect and representation. Whether we're discussing age, ethnicity, gender, language and culture, socioeconomic status, among many different things. This chair partners with the HiCap Rep and the SpEd Liaison to evaluate the effectiveness of how the needs of our diverse learners are being met, and where families need more support. The National PTA has provided many new resources we hope to share with our community.
Administration
Principal: Joel Fagundes
Vice Principal: Icis Tirado