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 60% 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.

	January 2025
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		1 Winter Break, No School Winter Break, No School January 1, 2025 See Google Calendar •	2 Winter Break, No School Winter Break, No School January 2, 2025 See Google Calendar •	3 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser January 3, 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 Winter Break, No School Winter Break, No School January 3, 2025 See Google Calendar • •	4 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser January 4, 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 •	5 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser January 5, 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 •
6 Back to School Back to School January 6, 2025 See Google Calendar Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser January 6, 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 • •	7 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser January 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 January 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 Staff Breakfast by PTSA Staff Breakfast by PTSA January 8, 2025 Welcome in the new year with our PTSA Staff Appreciation Breakfast today from 8:45-9:30am. This lovely monthly tradition shows our gratitude for our tireless 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 8am-8:30AM, before we set-up and serve breakfast (staff arrives at 8:45AM). See Google Calendar • •	9 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser January 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 January 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 January 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 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser January 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	14	15	16 APG School Tour - SIGN UP REQUIRED APG School Tour - SIGN UP REQUIRED January 16, 2025 9:30 am - 11:15 am ** Please sign up online for a school tour here. ** You may also use the same tour signup link to cancel or change a previous sign-up. Please be sure to only sign up for ONE TOUR DATE so we may accommodate all visiting families. Parents/caregivers and 5G students are welcome on our school tour. APG School Tours will be offered from 9:30am-11:15am on three Thursdays + one Friday: 10/10/24, 11/7/24, 12/5/24, and 1/17/25. Special Education specific tours will be offered from 11:15am-12:00pm, following the general tours on those same four tour dates. The SpEd tours are only for families of students with IEPs. APG SCHOOL WEBSITE - CLICK HERE Questions? Contact Ms. Smoot, Assistant Principal at: smooth@nullsfusd.edu See Google Calendar •	17 Beacon CLOSED for Staff Development Day Beacon CLOSED for Staff Development Day January 17, 2025 See Google Calendar Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game January 17, 2025 See Google Calendar • •	18	19
20 MLK Jr Holiday, NO SCHOOL MLK Jr Holiday, NO SCHOOL January 20, 2025 See Google Calendar •	21	22 Chalos Fundraiser Chalos Fundraiser January 22, 2025 - January 23, 2025 See Google Calendar Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game January 22, 2025 See Google Calendar • •	23 Chalos Fundraiser Chalos Fundraiser January 22, 2025 - January 23, 2025 See Google Calendar •	24 Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game January 24, 2025 See Google Calendar •	25	26
27 Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game January 27, 2025 See Google Calendar •	28	29 Lunar New Year, NO SCHOOL Lunar New Year, NO SCHOOL January 29, 2025 See Google Calendar •	30	31 Girls VolleyBall Game Girls VolleyBall Game January 31, 2025 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.
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!

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!

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