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Regents Parent Council SUMMER 2015 NEWSLETTER
“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” - 1 Peter 4:10 Dear Regents Families and Friends, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer filled with love and laughter among your families. This year, I am honored to serve our community as RPC Chair. I am so grateful for the dedicated administration, board members, teachers and parents who have worked to build Regents School of Austin. We are so blessed with parents who are engaged and it is beautiful to see God’s hand at work daily within our school. The RPC Executive Committee and Event Chairs have already been praying and preparing for the upcoming year. We welcome and encourage each one of you to get involved and look for opportunities to join in supporting all of the exciting events on campus. I look forward to working side-by-side with you this coming year in serving our children, our school, our community, and most importantly, our Lord. May the Lord bless you with peace as you enjoy the rest of your summer. In Him, Kelly Benzon
RPC Goals: • Promote ideals of the school • Foster a sense of community • Encourage the building of lasting relationships between parents • Facilitate parent involvement • Assist teachers in enriching the learning experience • Assist the administration of RSA in activities and special events • Coordinate and disseminate information about events sponsored by RPC • Assist the school and community with fund raising for specific school-wide needs
School Resumes August 20 Mom’s Prayer will meet on Monday mornings at 8:00 in Squires Hall Come pray with us!
Dad’s Prayer & Bible Study will meet Fridays @ 7:30am *Be watching for location announcements in the newsletter
RPC Welcome Coffee
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The RPC Executive Committee will be hosting our annual Welcome Coffee on Thursday, September 3 at 8:30 am, at the home of Heather Beitzel, 3806 Agape Lane. We will be honoring our newest moms as well as the moms of our graduating RSA seniors. All moms are invited! Please come by to enjoy the fellowship!
Come Shop with Us for FREE! Find gently used uniform pieces for FREE in the Uniform Closet! The Uniform Closet is located under the far east staircase of Grammar Hall. Take as you need & donate what you can! Shop the Closet August 13-14 in the Grammar Hall Lobby.
Dad’s Boot Camp Save the Date! Saturday, August 29 Look for details to be announced in August!
2014-2015 RPC Donations: $ 25,630 -Reading RoundUp, Library $750 -Staff Development Fund $750 -Tuition Assistance Fund $649 - Teacher Work Room (Box Tops $) $4580 - Cafe/EC Pathway Enhancement We believe that the RPC volunteers help to keep tuition costs down for all of our families! Thank you for giving so generously of your time and talents!
Fall Family Social September 11, 2015 5:30-7:00 All Families on the Plaza 7:30 Kickoff vs. St. Stephens Everyone make plans to attend this special evening on the Plaza as we welcome our new families to Regents! Enjoy food, fun and fellowship and then head over to the field to watch the football game. Tickets for dinner and the football game will be on sale soon.
Easy Ways to Earn FREE MONEY FOR REGENTS! 1. Target - Earn 1% of purchases for Regents at Target in-store and online through Take Charge of Education Program. A Target Red Card is required to enroll in this program. The Card will save you 5% on each purchase! Our school code is #112802 2. Randall’s - Regents receives 1% of all purchases. To link your Remarkable Card to Regents, fill in the top portion of the "Good Neighbor Program" form, indicating account number 224 and return to the Randall’s Customer Service Desk. 3. Box Tops for Education - Each Box Top is worth 10 cents for Regents! Clip Box Tops from hundreds of products and drop them in the collection box in the GS Lobby. It's that easy and last year we were able to raise $649! For more information and a list of participating products, visit www.btfe.com 4. Westbank Cleaners - There are 8 Austin locations and a delivery service! Project School Bell donates 3% of your cleaning bill to Regents. You must designate Regents! 5. Shop-n-Share.com - An online mall with over 400 stores donating between 1% and 25% of your purchases to Regents. Once in the mall, just choose Regents School!
Homecoming 2015 Friday, Oct. 23 ~Wear Your Blue & Gold
Regents Parent Council (RPC) is the fellowship of all Regents parents working together to promote the ideals of the school while supporting the various needs of the staff and students. RPC helps to foster a sense of community and to encourage the building of lasting relationships between school families. All parents of Regents students are members of the RPC and are encouraged to become involved in school activities and events by volunteering in purposeful ways that matches God given gifts and talents. Parents are invited to serve on committees and to attend meetings and special events sponsored by RPC.
REGENTS THANKSGIVING GALA
A school-wide community event to help sustain our school’s mission to support the Regents Endowment Fund benefiting tuition assistance.
Registration online soon
RPC Committee Chairs 2015-2016 Committee Chair (Exec.) Chair-Elect (Exec.) Grammar School Mom (Exec.) Mom’s Prayer (Exec.) New Family Sponsor (Exec.) SOL Representative (Exec.) SOR Representative (Exec.) SOR Representative-Elect (Exec.) Secretary (Exec.) Treasurer (Exec.) Treasurer-Elect (Exec.) Parent Education Chair (Exec.) Alumni Relations Back-to-School Retreat Board Snacks Cafe´ Regents Costume Connection Dad’s Prayer Fall Family Social Grandparents Day Homecoming Hospitality Inventory (RPC Closet)
Lost and Found Prom Fall/Spring Teacher Luncheons Reading RoundUp Reading RoundUp Rodeo Regents Ambassadors SOL Christmas Party SOR Holiday Fundraiser SOR Knight’s Day Teacher & Staff Awards Luncheon Uniform Closet
Chairperson Kelly Benzon Kristin Sewell Amy Lauer Shelly Gleason Gina Bogitch Elysa Kuo Sherry Franklin Lisa Barton Jeni Anderson Genevieve Johnson Michelle Agueros Meredith Davis Carla Smyrl Heather Beitzel Lisa Childers Kristin Wright Meredith Tibbetts & Amy Ledbetter Ron Wood & Bill Strieber Mandi Sutliff & Julie Thomas Kari McAdams & Kari Davis Tracie Dickey, Rebecca Fanning & Denise Fisher Melissa Piercy & Jessica Farrow Laura Rutledge Brooke Batchelor Laurie Phillips & Alison Robert Marie Artaza, Annisa Hendrix & Susan Duncan Emily Gaertner & Christel Loftus Sandy Byrne & Mona Whaley Jo Iris Guillen & Carrie Harris Deanne Rood Amanda George & Susan Standard Lisa Rafferty Kristi Westmoreland & Melanie Brown Claudia Goode