A.P. Giannini Middle School PTSA

Welcome to the A.P. Giannini PTSA Website! Please scroll down below for our calendar, events, newsletter, meetings, and photos. Check out our MENU for more details on Volunteering, Donating, becoming a Member, and more. Sign up for the PTSA Google Group to stay up-to-date on school community events. You may also EMAIL the PTSA Board with any questions you may have about our events, CLICK HERE.

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL THIS YEAR – WE ARE AT 68% AND HOPE TO REACH 100% SOON! WE APPRECIATE ALL DONATIONS TO OUR AWESOME, PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL IN SUPPORT OF OUR 1,200 STUDENTS. VISIT OUR DONATION LINK HERE.

	February 2025
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					1	2 Garden Workday Cancelled Due to Rain Garden Workday Cancelled Due to Rain February 2, 2025 *UPDATE - CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN FORECAST* Join us! Sunday, Feb 2nd 12:30-3:30pm APG Garden All families and staff are welcome! See Google Calendar •
3	4 APG PTSA General Meeting APG PTSA General Meeting February 4, 2025 6:30-7:30pm Zoom Get school and SFPUC Green Schoolyard updates! See Google Calendar •	5 Family Social - Lunar New Year Family Social - Lunar New Year February 5, 2025 Join us in the APG Cafeteria on Weds, February 5th, from 5:00-6:30pm for our Lunar New Year Family Social! All families are welcome. RSVPs ended Feb 2nd. This is NOT a student drop-off event - all students must be with an adult. See Google Calendar Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game February 5, 2025 See Google Calendar Staff Breakfast by PTSA Staff Breakfast by PTSA February 5, 2025 Show your love for our staff at our PTSA Staff Appreciation Breakfast today from 8:45-9:30am. This lovely monthly tradition is our way of giving gratitude for our amazing APG staff. Please SIGN UP HERE! https://signup.com/go/wMmuSoc Help out by donating food, coffee or time. Food items and coffee + fixings can be dropped off at the APG office or garden from 8:00am-8:30AM, before we set-up and serve breakfast (staff arrives at 8:45AM). See Google Calendar • • •	6	7 Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game February 7, 2025 See Google Calendar Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 7, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar • •	8 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 8, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •	9 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 9, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •
10 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 10, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •	11 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 11, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •	12 Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game February 12, 2025 See Google Calendar Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 12, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar • •	13 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 13, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •	14 APG IS IN THE AIR: Valentine's Day Dance APG IS IN THE AIR: Valentine's Day Dance February 14, 2025 APG School Dance 4:30-6:30pm See Google Calendar Cake Pop Sale, Lunchtime Cake Pop Sale, Lunchtime February 14, 2025 See Google Calendar Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 14, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar • • •	15 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 15, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •	16 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser February 16, 2025 Shop at any SF Sloat Garden Center, mention AP Giannini at checkout, and 10% of your bill will be donated to our school garden. We could use many donations of bags of soil and compost, plus succulents, for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •
17 Presidents Day, NO SCHOOL Presidents Day, NO SCHOOL February 17, 2025 See Google Calendar •	18 PTSA Board Nominations OPEN PTSA Board Nominations OPEN February 18, 2025 Nominations are OPEN for our 2025-26 PTSA Board positions. Please fill out this nomination form here by March 23, 2025. Questions? Email us at gianninipta@nullgmail.com. See Google Calendar Track Team Season Begins Track Team Season Begins February 18, 2025 See Google Calendar • •	19 SHAKE SHACK FUNDRAISER SHAKE SHACK FUNDRAISER February 19, 2025 10:30am - 11:00pm All Day Shake Shack at Stonestown (3251 20th Avenue) Mention DONATE at the counter or on your online order and proceeds go to APG! See Google Calendar •	20 Newsies Jr., School Musical Newsies Jr., School Musical February 20, 2025 5:00pm Show APG Auditorium Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apg-musical-newsies-tickets-1138783625479 See Google Calendar SFPUC Green Schoolyard Presentation SFPUC Green Schoolyard Presentation February 20, 2025 5-7pm Red Tiled Hallway opposite APG Auditorium See Google Calendar • •	21 Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game February 21, 2025 See Google Calendar Newsies Jr., School Musical Newsies Jr., School Musical February 21, 2025 7:00pm Show APG Auditorium Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apg-musical-newsies-tickets-1138783625479 See Google Calendar • •	22	23
24	25 Girls VolleyBall Playoffs Girls VolleyBall Playoffs February 25, 2025 See Google Calendar •	26	27 Girls VolleyBall Playoffs Girls VolleyBall Playoffs February 27, 2025 See Google Calendar •	28 BeaconFest BeaconFest February 28, 2025 Beacon Program Event for families 4:30-5:45pm APG Cafeteria See Google Calendar •

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PTSA General Meetings

General PTSA meetings are a great way for parents/caregivers, students, and staff to participate actively in our school community. We share info below about our five General Meetings, and through all our communication channels.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 6:00-7:00PM, GENERAL PTSA MEETING! Thank you to everyone who attended our first general meeting. You can find our General Meeting SLIDE DECK HERE.
Tuesday, November 12th @ 6:30pm (Zoom). The Zoom link was shared by our PTSA Newsletter and our school Family Bulletin. Please Join Us for important school updates and a presentation from SFPUC about our APG Stormwater project! SFPUC APG PROJECT: WEBSITE HERE, PRESENTATION HERE
Tuesday, February 4th @ 6:30pm (Zoom) – check our Newsletter and Bulletin for the Zoom Link; we’ll post slides here after the meeting. SEE LINK TO SFPUC COMMUNITY MEETING SLIDES HERE.
Tuesday, March 18th @ 6:30pm (Zoom)
Tuesday, April 22nd @ 6:30pm (Zoom)

At each general PTSA meeting, we discuss recent and upcoming school initiatives, events, and activities, share our PTSA budget, and provide updates from our school admin. To be a voting participant at any of our budget or election meetings, you have to be an APG PTSA Member – click here to join for at least 30 days prior to each meeting. We are stronger together ~ the more of us who participate, the bigger the impact we have within our school community. Let’s do this, Jaguars!

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PTSA Board 2024-25

We’re excited to have fantastic Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) Board Officers and Coordinators/Chairs/Leads for this school year, 2024-25! You may Email us anytime if you’re interested in learning more about serving on our PTSA Board or have questions for us. Together, we can make a big difference in supporting our students and staff at APG!

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN TO JOIN OUR PTSA BOARD FOR 2025-27!

President	Emma Silvius
Executive Vice President	Katherine Burton
Treasurer	Linda Tsang
Secretary	Jennie Chang
Historian	Leigh Meredith
Parliamentarian	Jonathan Crosby
Principal	Tai-Sun Schoeman
Teacher Liaison	Monica Rivera
Fundraising Co-Vice Presidents	Holly Coombs, Missy Keadle, Molly Stein
Fundraising Passive Chair	Andrea Pollock
Membership Vice President	OPEN
Gear Co-Chairs	Carrie C Byun & Bo Nierhaus
Auditor & Teacher Grants	Sara R Norwick
Volunteer Coordinator	Beth Ryan
Hospitality Co-Coordinators	Mandy K Sather & Karen Hadary
Garden Co-Chairs/ Liaisons	Ruben Diaz & Katy Hill
Student-PTSA Liaison	Kristine Ng
Fliers	Angela Chang
6th Grade Event Leads/ Spring Open House Lead	Janet Wong & Jennifer Leung
7th Grade Event Lead	Daniela Fenili
8th Grade Event Lead	Julie Karasik
Communications Chair + eNews	Jennifer Bhalla
Social Media Manager/Website	Tina Paul Mulye
African American Parent Council Lead	Chanel Blackwell
Chinese WeChat Lead	Winki Wu