A.P. Giannini Middle School PTSA

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	March 2026
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						1 Garden Workday Garden Workday March 1, 2026 Join our APG Garden Workday hosted by our Outdoor Educator, Ansel, the PTSA and Beacon! Sunday, March 1st 12:30-3:30pm APG Garden Details on entering the school will be shared via email/bulletin/newsletter. This event is open to all students, families, staff, and friends of APG families/staff. The more volunteers, the merrier. We will have a variety of tasks to spruce up our school garden and the chicken coop area. Wear clothing you don't mind getting a little dirty. Bring your gardening gloves, if you have a pair. Light refreshments served. See Google Calendar Mixto + APG Fundraiser Mixto + APG Fundraiser March 1, 2026 See Google Calendar • •
2 Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily March 2, 2026 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm March 2nd to 6th is Parent/Teacher Conference Week. There will be 2:15pm Early Dismissal daily! Bus schedules will be altered to accommodate early dismissal. See Google Calendar •	3 Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily March 3, 2026 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm March 2nd to 6th is Parent/Teacher Conference Week. There will be 2:15pm Early Dismissal daily! Bus schedules will be altered to accommodate early dismissal. See Google Calendar •	4 Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily March 4, 2026 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm March 2nd to 6th is Parent/Teacher Conference Week. There will be 2:15pm Early Dismissal daily! Bus schedules will be altered to accommodate early dismissal. See Google Calendar APG PTSA Board Meeting APG PTSA Board Meeting March 4, 2026 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Giannini PTSA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: APG PTSA Board Meeting Time: Mar 4, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) See Google Calendar • •	5 Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily March 5, 2026 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm March 2nd to 6th is Parent/Teacher Conference Week. There will be 2:15pm Early Dismissal daily! Bus schedules will be altered to accommodate early dismissal. See Google Calendar •	6 Staff Breakfast in Garden Staff Breakfast in Garden March 6, 2026 Please support our PTSA Staff Appreciation Breakfast today from 8:45-9:30am by bringing food or coffee. Our monthly breakfast is a lovely way for us to show gratitude for our incredible APG staff. Please sign up online at: https://signup.com/go/KBYWPyH Help at breakfast 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, while we set-up and get ready to serve breakfast (the staff arrive at 8:45AM). Clean up is at 9:30-9:50am. See Google Calendar Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily Parent/Teacher Conference Week; Early Dismissal daily March 6, 2026 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm March 2nd to 6th is Parent/Teacher Conference Week. There will be 2:15pm Early Dismissal daily! Bus schedules will be altered to accommodate early dismissal. See Google Calendar • •	7	8
9	10	11 Family Social Family Social March 11, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm See Google Calendar •	12 APG Track Meet APG Track Meet March 12, 2026 See Google Calendar •	13 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 13, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •	14 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 14, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar San Francisco Robotics Competition San Francisco Robotics Competition March 14, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm All SFUSD 4th to 8th grade students are welcome to attend the San Francisco Robotics Competition! This event is FREE! RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/4ywoyFNVanVxP3mp7 Date/Time: Saturday, 3/14/2026, 10AM to 12PM or Sunday, 3/15/2026, 10AM to 12PM Location: St. Ignatius High School, San Francisco, California. Students will be led by tour guides from San Francisco's 4 public school robotics teams (RA SOTA, Lowell, Galileo, and Washington). They will get to meet teams from all over California, including the 2025 World Champions and learn more about what it's like to be on a robotics team! See Google Calendar • •	15 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 15, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar San Francisco Robotics Competition San Francisco Robotics Competition March 15, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm All SFUSD 4th to 8th grade students are welcome to attend the San Francisco Robotics Competition! This event is FREE! RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/4ywoyFNVanVxP3mp7 Date/Time: Saturday, 3/14/2026, 10AM to 12PM or Sunday, 3/15/2026, 10AM to 12PM Location: St. Ignatius High School, San Francisco, California. Students will be led by tour guides from San Francisco's 4 public school robotics teams (RA SOTA, Lowell, Galileo, and Washington). They will get to meet teams from all over California, including the 2025 World Champions and learn more about what it's like to be on a robotics team! See Google Calendar • •
16 DUE PTSA Nominations for Board DUE PTSA Nominations for Board March 16, 2026 Nominations for all open Board positions are due today 3/16 https://forms.gle/TjpLF7vJ2L5zRvbz6 See Google Calendar Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 16, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar • •	17 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 17, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •	18 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 18, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar APG Student Dance APG Student Dance March 18, 2026 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm A.P. Giannini Middle School, 3151 Ortega St, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA March 18th, 2026 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM APG Cafeteria We’re excited to host a special dance for our APG students and would love your help in making it a wonderful experience for everyone! If you’re interested in volunteering, please fill out the interest form and share your availability. We truly appreciate your support. Volunteer Opportunities Form https://forms.gle/Arw75JVrXvkahtSdA Times: 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Full Event Support 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Set-Up 2:15 PM – 5:15 PM – Library Support 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Dance Support 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Clean-Up See Google Calendar General PTSA Meeting & Presentation on Media Literacy General PTSA Meeting & Presentation on Media Literacy March 18, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Giannini PTSA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: General PTSA Meeting Time: Mar 18, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Zoom Meeting See Google Calendar • • •	19 DUE APG Climate Survey DUE APG Climate Survey March 19, 2026 CLICK HERE See Google Calendar Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 19, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar • •	20 APG Track Meet APG Track Meet March 20, 2026 See Google Calendar DUE: APG SSC PTSA Survey DUE: APG SSC PTSA Survey March 20, 2026 Fill out this Survey by March 20th CLICK HERE See Google Calendar Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 20, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar • • •	21 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 21, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •	22 Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser Growing up Green - Garden Fundraiser March 22, 2026 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 for our school garden. If you're able to purchase them from Sloat Garden Center in their SF locations, that would be a double-win for our garden. Thanks for your support! See Google Calendar •
23	24 Chalos + APG Fundraiser Chalos + APG Fundraiser March 24, 2026 See Google Calendar APG PTSA Board Meeting APG PTSA Board Meeting March 24, 2026 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm APG PTSA Board Meeting See Google Calendar • •	25 Chalos + APG Fundraiser Chalos + APG Fundraiser March 25, 2026 See Google Calendar Drama Dept, March Plays Drama Dept, March Plays March 25, 2026 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Don't miss our Spring Plays on March 25th! Tickets available: apgdrama.booktix.com/dept/main/e/SpPlay26 6:00pm: Dragon's Lair by Katie B. Oberlander, starring 7th grade Intermediate Drama. 7:00pm: WCKY by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus, starring 8th grade Advanced Drama. There is a suggested donation of $7/adult and $4/student for your tickets. You can make this donation on this website OR we accept cash and check only at the event. (We do not have a way to accept card payments/donations at the show.) All proceeds will go directly to the APG Drama department and will be used to pay for scripts, royalties, supplies, and equipment needed for this and future productions. Anything you can donate will be greatly appreciated and will benefit students' theatrical education and experiences. See Google Calendar • •	26 Chalos + APG Fundraiser Chalos + APG Fundraiser March 26, 2026 See Google Calendar •	27 Spring Break, No School Spring Break, No School March 27, 2026 - April 3, 2026 See Google Calendar •	28 Spring Break, No School Spring Break, No School March 27, 2026 - April 3, 2026 See Google Calendar •	29 Spring Break, No School Spring Break, No School March 27, 2026 - April 3, 2026 See Google Calendar •
30 Spring Break, No School Spring Break, No School March 27, 2026 - April 3, 2026 See Google Calendar •	31 Spring Break, No School Spring Break, No School March 27, 2026 - April 3, 2026 See Google Calendar Last Day to order 8th G Leis, Stoles, Signs Last Day to order 8th G Leis, Stoles, Signs March 31, 2026 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.

DATES OF OUR GENERAL MEETINGS IN 2025-26 – All parents/caregivers and teachers/staff are welcome to our meetings. Join us on:

Wednesday, August 27th, 6:00pm, Hybrid (in-person and Zoom; details and zoom link shared by email, bulletin and newsletter); See AGENDA Here. Read SLIDE DECK Here.

Wednesday, November 12th, 6:30pm, Zoom – SLIDE DECK HERE.

Wednesday, January 28th, 6:30pm, Zoom – Community + PTSA Meeting; discussion about the APG Budget; learn about the latest about our school budget and proposed cuts. UPDATE: SLIDE DECK HERE . We’re grateful that Supt. Maria Su, BOE Commissioner, Supryia Ray, and SFUSD Head of Comms & Governance, Hong Mei Pang, were able to join our meeting and answer questions.

Wednesday, March 18th, 6:30pm, Zoom: Special Presentation on Media Literacy + PTSA Updates

Wednesday, April 15th, 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. We do NOT record meetings, so please attend them and read slide decks to stay in the loop. 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 2025-26

We’re excited to have fantastic Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) Board Officers and Coordinators/Chairs/Leads this school year, 2025-26! 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!

We’re taking Nominees for our open roles on our 2026-27 PTSA Board! Our priority is filling the PRESIDENT position.

Nomination Form HERE; please fill it out by March 16, 2026.

Detailed description of all positions HERE

President	Emma Silvius
Executive Vice President	Erin Dickey
Treasurer	Katherine Burton
Secretary	Lindsay West
Historian	Leigh Meredith
Parliamentarian	Jonathan Crosby
Principal	Tai-Sun Schoeman
Teacher Liaison	Emma Petrelli
Fundraising Co-Vice Presidents	Holly Coombs, Missy Keadle, Molly Stein
Fundraising Passive Chair	Andrea Pollock
Membership Vice President	Bryan McDonald
Gear Co-Chairs	Carrie C Byun & Ashley Smith
Auditor & Teacher Grants	Sara R Norwick
Volunteer Coordinator	Beth Ryan
Hospitality Co-Coordinators	Karen Prince & Amanda McDougall
Garden Co-Chairs/ Liaisons	Ruben Diaz & Cat Sommer
Fliers	Angela Chang
Spring Open House Lead	Damaris Soto
6th Grade Event Leads	Mandy Whittington & Janis Greenspan
7th Grade Event Leads	Janet Wong & Jennifer Leung
8th Grade Event Lead	Daniela Fenili
Communications Chair + eNews; Social Media Manager/Website	Tina Paul Mulye
Chinese WeChat Lead	Winki Wu