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Dear TAG Families,

We urge you to consider taking on a leadership position for next year's Parent Teacher Association Executive Board or School Leadership Team. We need parents in these vital roles to help our school continue its tradition of academic and social excellence and enrichment, to build community, and to make TAG a place where all of our children can thrive. 

All parents and guardians of TAG students (except TAG employees) are eligible to serve, and all parents of students attending TAG in the 2024-2025 school year are eligible to vote in this election.

Elections will take place during the PTA meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. This meeting will be held by video conference.

Executive board positions for the Talented & Gifted School For Young Scholars Parent Teacher Association for the 2025-2026 school year are described briefly below. All executive board offices can be held together with co-officers, but you must run together as a slate in order to serve together.

Mandatory Officers

• President (run executive board meetings, coordinate with the PTA board, engage with the TAG community)
• Recording Secretary (handle meeting/Zoom logistics, keep minutes)
• Treasurer (handle finances, budget, spend)
  
  

Non-Mandatory Officers

• Budget VP (help Treasurer, focus on finances)
• Enrichment VP (did someone say after-school and extracurricular programming?!) 
• Family Engagement VP (plan fun community events – e.g., potluck, ice skating, coffee meet-and-greets)
• Fundraising VP (raise money for our kids! Typically includes coordinating book fairs, picture days, TAG swag, and gala/auction)
• Grants VP (identify and apply for funds; work with admin and other schools in our building as needed; connect with elected officials and other representatives!)
• Information Technology VP (manage the PTA website, info/data management and organization)
• Vice President at Large (step in to help the officers as needed!)

All officers are expected to attend a monthly executive board meeting (remote) and hold a monthly meeting for their respective committees as applicable (also remote.) 

More detailed descriptions of each position can be found in our PTA bylaws (https://www.tagscholarspta.org/about-tag-pta.html).

We will also be electing 2 positions to the School Leadership Team (SLT). The SLT is a body made up of school administrators, teachers, and parents which develops TAG’s educational policies and ensures there are resources to support those policies. SLT meets monthly throughout the academic year to set academic and social goals for the school.

At the June 17 meeting, all nominees will get a brief chance to address attendees before voting takes place. 

• You must attend to vote!
• Following elections for the executive board, attendees will also vote for open positions on the School Leadership Team
• To nominate yourself or another parent for any of these positions, use the Nomination form (refer to the link in the Jupiter Ed message or use the QR code on the notice posted to the PTA bulletin board at school). All Nominations should include the name, contact email and phone number of the nominee. Please submit your nominations on or before Sunday, June 1. Candidates running as co-officers must notify the Nominating Committee at the time of the nomination.

• Candidates interested in more than one position may indicate so in their nominating form. 

After nomination:

• Nominated candidates will be confirmed by this committee to ensure interest/willingness to serve.
• Confirmed candidates will be added to the ballots.  
• We will also accept floor nominations at the June 17 meeting.

To review PTA Bylaws, visit www.tagscholarspta.org/about-tag-pta.html. For any inquiries related to the election, please email [email protected].

Thank you.
The TAG PTA  Nominating Committee

You are invited to sponsor a gift or treat to all the scholars in your child’s class for the HOLIDAY TAG SWAG BAG! Pick from a selection of holiday inspired TAG SWAG, then add an OPTIONAL customized GIFT TAG with your message of holiday cheer.

Due to the limited space and to prevent duplicates in the bag, we ask for ONE FAMILY sponsor per TREAT. If all items are sold out, more items may be added before the deadline if space permits. If you have more than one child, pick one class
to sponsor to allow other parents the opportunity to participate. Before the final deadline check in again to see if any other items are available.

Please note: if you have students in multiple classes/grades, you may purchase multiple items (in other words, please limit
to one purchase per scholar).

On Thursday, December 19th a SWAG BAG will be delivered to each scholar in the class stuffed with your sponsored treats and gifts.

Separate from the on-site afterschool run by the YMCA, additional on-site afterschool options for the 2024/2025 school year are available.

• Soccer - Soccer Stars
• Chess - Eight by Eight
• Robotics - R3space
• Debate - American Debate League

For more information, including contact details and registration links, please see:
docs.google.com/presentation/d/14krSCndZbmSTpw6W4Lh45tEtLRsIqe7q-1ppHj5eKQw

Dear TAG Families, 

The PTA Executive Board and School Leadership Team elections will be held at the PTA meeting on June 18, 2024 at 6pm. Voting will occur over Zoom. Please check your Jupiter mail for a message from Ms. B with registration details.

Families play a vital role in our school community and we urge you to attend and vote!

The nominees as of June 4 are listed below. Additional nominees may be made from the floor on the night of the election.

PTA Executive Board

President

• Liz Butler. Liz Butler is the mother of K and 6th grade students and has served on the PTA in multiple roles. Outside of school, Liz is a government regulatory attorney in the financial services sector. She is running for President of the PTA.

Secretary

• Annie Burns & Clare Newman. 
  Annie Burns is the mom of Hartman (rising 5th grade) and has been Co-VP of Family Engagement for the last two years. She previously served on the Community Education Council for District 4 and as a class parent. Annie is a product development lawyer at JPMorgan.
  Clare Newman is the mom of Peter (rising 5th grader) and has served on both the fundraising and nominating committee at her son's previous school. She is a lifelong New Yorker and currently works as the President of the Trust for Governors Island.
  As Co-Secretaries, Annie and Clare are excited to work together to support this extraordinary school community and help advance initiatives that strengthen students' academic and social/emotional experiences at TAG. 

Treasurer

• Tony Muñoz. Father of a current 3rd grader. Born and raised in the Bronx. Graduated from Columbia University and have spent 25 years in finance. Currently CoHead of the Healthcare Finance group at Cantor Fitzgerald. Previous Treasurer of his condo building.

VP at Large 

• Ella Tay & Ali Gelles. Ella and Ali are running for Co-VPs at Large.
  Ella Tay is a mother to Esme (3rd grade) and Ezra (rising K). Born in Taiwan, Ella grew up in Texas and came to NYC for college. She's worked in brand strategy, marketing, and partnerships for the past 20 years. She enjoys a cup of Darjeeling Earl Grey tea, a well curated bouquet of flowers, and has never met a Scorpio she didn't like!
  Ali Gelles is a mother to Franny (4th grade) and Clark (3rd grade). She has served as a TAG class parent for the past 5 years and is looking forward to making the leap to a role on the eboard. She is the Executive Director of Renaissance Weekend, an organization that brings people from diverse fields and backgrounds together. As Co-VPs, Ella and Ali want to find ways to engage more families to become involved with TAG and help support committees & initiatives in need. 

VP of Family Engagement

• Chia-Ling Hsu, Ivonne Nunez Carren, and Mark Momplaisir.   Chia-Ling, Ivonne, and Mark are running for Co-VPs of Family Engagement. They plan to work with TAG families to create an equitable partnership among educators and families to promote our children’s social, emotional and academic development. 
• Chia-Ling is the mother of a rising 3rd grader and a rising kindergartener. Professionally, she is a quantitative analyst. She currently serves in this role on the PTA. 
  Ivonne has been a part of the TAG community since 2018. She has a rising 7th grader and a rising 6th grader. Professionally, she is a mental health counselor. 
  Mark Momplaisir. Meet Mark Momplaisir, a seasoned self-help author, Organizational Psychologist, L&D Specialist, and Wellness Coach. Mark is a Training and Development Lead at New York City Health and Hospitals. 

VP of Budget 

• Abhishek Ghose. Abhishek is running for VP of Budget. 
  Abhishek works in financial services as a quantitative researcher. He would like to devote some time and energy to help the TAG PTA conduct its numerous responsibilities and help enrich the student community's overall experience. 

VP of Fundraising 

• Preeti Bingham & Jean Weng. Preeti & Jean are running for Co-VP’s of Fundraising.
  Preeti Bingham is the mother of a rising 2nd grader and incoming kindergartener. She served as TAG's VP of Fundraising during the 2023-2024 year.
  Jean Weng is the mom of Alex Park (3rd) and Eric Park (K). She was one of the class parents for the K classes this year. At Alex's prior school, she was the PTA secretary for a couple of years.

VP of Grants

• Kiersten Franz &  Felix L. Garcia del Castillo. Kiersten and Felix are running as co-VPs of Grants; they currently serve in these roles.
  Kiersten Franz was an active, voting shareholder of the residential cooperative corporation in the Central Harlem co-op where she lived for 5 years (2010-2015), during 2 of which she served as treasurer. She is a teacher. As Co-VP of Grants, Kiersten would bring to the table a relevant understanding of the inner workings of administrative decision making within schools and on executive committees.
  Felix has assisted with grant submissions to health sciences agencies; has served as executive committee member of a residential coop, in which role I secured payment plans to settle various debts, legal services to repossess and auction vacant units, and tax abatements for aging residents; and was a faculty advisor to an undergraduate student club, assisting in drafting their club charter and obtaining funding from the office of student activities.

VP of Enrichment

• Hallie Wang & Bonnie Wang. Hallie and Bonnie are running for co-VPs of Enrichment. Bios to follow. 

​School Leadership Team (Two Seats Available)

• Elizabeth Mattiace. Parent of current 8th grader and 4th grader who have been at TAG since K. She has long standing experience with TAG from different grade perspectives. She is Co-Secretary this current school year and now looking to further contribute, also a Class Parent.
• Natalie Tapkin. Natalie is running for SLT. Bio to follow. 

[6/14: removed Denada Ramnishta and John Lee from SLT candidates; combined Family Engagement candidates to a single ticket of C. Hsu, I. Nunez Carren, and M. Momplaisir]
[6/13: added candidates A. Burns + C. Newman for Recording Secretary; added bio for A. Ghose]
[6/12: updated bio of J. Rakos]

When: Tuesday May 21, 2024 at 06:00 PM Eastern Time.
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting via instructions Ms. B emails via
Jupiter.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information
about joining the meeting.

Agenda Items Include:

• Administration Updates
  
• Committee Updates
• By-laws amendment vote

​If you wish to add an item to the agenda or a question for the TAG administrative
team, please send it via email to [email protected].

Our major fundraiser event will be taking place on May 18th at the Alhambra Ballroom. Get your tickets and bid on items now!

Get your tickets before May 1st to secure early bird pricing! See you there!