Parent Advisory Council

What is PAC?

PAC is a volunteer parent run advisory council that works to support the school in a variety of ways. Whittier has a strong commitment to fostering healthy relationships between students, teachers, families and our greater Bozeman community.

Who are members of PAC?

Every parent/guardian of a student at Whittier School is part of PAC. A team of officers is elected each year that serve as an executive team that meet monthly.

What does PAC do?

Provide a means of communication between parents and teachers.
Provide ways for parents to be involved in their child's education and school activities.
Form committees to tackle big projects, such as the Playground Renovation, Fundraising and Grant chasing.
Financially support school activities and projects. PAC pays for class field trips, the art teacher and the choir program. We provide teachers with a yearly classroom stipend and a catered lunch, morning coffees and a gift during Teacher Appreciation Week. PAC provided snacks for the students during testing and paid for the annual reading incentive program. PAC also funds big projects. The most recent was completing the computer labs, which we accomplished in the spring of 2006. The next big project will be the Playground Renovation and Fitness Trail and landscaping the school grounds.

PAC meetings?

Any parent/guardian is welcome to attend the PAC meetings. Our first meeting is held prior to Open House. Our second meeting is in January (be watching for the date and time) and our third meeting is in the spring. We will send home agendas before each meeting, and we hope to provide food and entertainment to make an evening of it. The focus of our meetings is to update parents on PAC finances and seek parent approval for future projects and expenditures. In addition, we would like to recruit volunteers for PAC sponsored activities - we encourage all parents to volunteer their time for at least one activity over the year. The Executive Committee, consisting of the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, will meet monthly with Principal Bauer and Jenny Tetrault, who is serving as this year's teacher representative.

If you have an issue you would like addressed by the Executive Committee, please contact Todd McFarland at toddmcf@bresnan.net or Jeannie Gracey-Etgen at jjetgen@bresnan.net

Parent Advisory Council:

President - Todd McFarland
Vice President - Jeannie Gracey-Etgen
Secretary - Andrea Lower
Treasurer - Christina Riffle

PAC Newsletters:

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October 2009 PAC Newsletter.pdf	36	393.7 KB	October 06, 2009
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