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De La Salle Parent Association
 


Reminder: All-Parent Town Hall meeting this Thursday, November 12, 2009

This meeting is open to all parents of students at De La Salle. Organized every quarter, all-parent town hall meetings provide the opportunity for parents to come together, hear from one another, and discuss open topics of importance to them, their families and their experiences at “D”.

November’s meeting will cover the following topics:
  • committee updates and other progress from the Parent Association of De La Salle
  • brief presentation by Father Paul Novak, President of De La Salle
  • open forum of discussion among parents

Please join us at 6:00pm in the Media Center (Library) on the second floor of the Institute Campus for Young Men.

Questions? Please contact Sarah Reczek at reczeks@dls.org.




Join a Committee of the Parent Association!

We have new committees organized around Fundraising, Volunteering, Communications, Recruiting and Class Representatives. All of these committees are looking for additional parents to become committee members and work towards set initiatives. Some committees are also looking for Co-Chair leadership volunteers.




Upcoming Committee Meetings (location: Teachers Resource Room, Institute Campus)

FUNDRAISING: Thursday, September 8th at 6pm
COMMUNICATIONS: Every 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6pm
VOLUNTEERING: Tuesday, September 15th at 6pm

If you are interested in getting involved to help De La Salle, meet fellow parents of Meteors, and make a difference in the school experience at “D”, please contact any of the following members of the Parent Association about how you can get involved.

Parent Association Board 2009-2010
President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary
Monica Shimkus
shimmy0769@yahoo.com
Gina Gutierrez
go2gina0118@sbcglobal.net
Pamela Dozier
pamperren1@comcast.net
Mona Edwards
Mona_e60649@yahoo.com
Parent Association Committee Chairs
Recruiting Volunteering Fundraising Communications
TBD (LHC)

TBD (IC)
Charolette Curtis (LHC)
charolettecurtis@sbcglobal.net

Laila Rahman (IC)
lrahman@tribune.com
Dawn Melchiorre (LHC)
drm1209@aol.com

ichelle Baily (IC)
bailey10101010@sbcglobal.net
Kathy Gueno (LHC)
kgueno@yahoo.com

Susan Wills (IC)
susanwills751@hotmail.com
Class Representatives Committee Chairs
Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman
Kim Madia (LHC)
kimad892@yahoo.com

Laila Rahman (IC)
lrahman@tribune.com

Melissa-Mitchell Hurley (LHC)
prpagentcor@att.net

Dorothy Ragsdale-Triplett (IC)
drgstrip@sbcglobal.net
TBD (LHC)

TBD (IC)
TBD (LHC)

TBD (IC)

DLS Staff Contact Parent Association:
Sarah Reczek, Dir. of Community Relations, reczeks@dls.org; 312.842.7355 ext 147.




Mission of the Parent Association at De La Salle

To foster an informed, interested and engaged body of current parents and guardians of De La Salle students who are committed to executing activities that benefit De La Salle Institute as an organization, its student body and the parent/guardian population.




Minutes from July meeting

Now available by clicking here




Upcoming Events:

All parents are invited to this fall’s Ricobene’s Night, Wednesday, October 7th as an opportunity to network with fellow Meteor parents and share in the Back-to-School Spirit! All money raised from the evening will go towards a Parent Association project to supply all De La Salle classrooms with first aid kits.

Stop by for dinner between 5-8pm at Ricobene’s located at 252 W. 26th Street, Chicago, IL. Their phone number is (312) 225-5555. You can also carry out or request delivery. Ricobene’s donates a portion of sales from dine-in, carry-out and delivery orders from De La Salle customers to De La Salle Institute. Make it a Ricobene’s Night on October 7th and help give back to De La Salle!