Welcome to the High Rock - Pollard PTC
The High Rock - Pollard Parent Teacher Council (PTC) represents and supports both the High Rock School and the Pollard Middle School. Our mission is to contribute to the enrichment of the education and extracurricular programs for all the children in grades 6, 7, and 8, and to foster a sense of community between students, parents, teachers and administrators.
We would like to thank the many people and organizations who helped to make our first Community Week a success including:
Needham Bank, Needham Commission on Disabilities, NEF, CVS, BJs, McDonalds, Denise and Russell Garlick, Mary Lammi, Dr. Lisa Chen, Cheryl Jacques, Greater Boston PFLAG, Margareet Gray, Alicia Gomez, Hiroko Hardebeck, Trish Wright, Jill Makechnie, Gwen Bartlett, Denise Bruno, the Needham Congregational Church, Jon Mattleman, Christine Brumbach, Sandy Robinson, the Needham Community Council, the Needham Channel, Josh Perry and the Hometown Weekly newspaper, Donna Bivens and UMN, Inc., Joanne Allen-Willoughby and METCO, Sandra Walters, Senator Richard Ross, Kim Marie Nicols, Travis Roy, Kate Goullaud and Blue Sky Entertainment, the Needham Police Department, the YMCA, Kate Ward, the Needham Running Club, Needham Plugged-In, the Boy Scouts, the Community Newspaper, Jessica Downey, Merle Berman, Georgina Arrieta-Ruetenik, Mary Ellen Shea, Uno's Chicago Grille, Wild Willys, New Garden, Wellesley Booksmith, the Pollard custodial department, Dianne List, Needham Patch, Margie Levin, Coca-Cola, Comellas, Superintendent Dan Gutekanst, Karen Mahoney, Ed Anderson, Tee Stock, De Springer and SEPAC. Thank you to all who attended and supported Community Week!
COMMUNITY WEEK AND COMMUNITY WALK
APRIL 23-APRIL 28, 2012
Please Click on links below for details
Events PDF
New Garden Coupon
Motivational Speaker, Travis Roy
The PTC is pleased to announce that activist, author and motivational speaker Travis Roy will be coming to the Pollard Middle School on Friday, April 27th at 7pm to speak as part of our Community Week programming. Mr. Roy is a former Boston University hockey player who suffered a catastrophic neck injury in the first eleven seconds of his first shift on the ice as a B.U. player. The injury left him paralyzed from the neck down. Mr. Roy went on to graduate from Boston University, write his best selling autobiography, "Eleven Seconds" and create the Travis Roy foundation for spinal cord injury research and the financial assitance of spinal cord injury patients. Please join us on this special evening.
Dining
We are pleased to announce that three area restaurants are assisting us with fundraising promotions during our Community Week occurring April 23 through April 28th. Consider dining out prior to attending a community week evening event and support our PTC at the same time. Or, walk with us at the Community Walk on April 28th and go out for dinner afterwards. The sponsoring restaurants to date are:
Wild Willys, Needham: From Monday, April 23 through Wednesday, April 25, from 5-7pm, a portion of proceeds will be donated to the PTC.
New Garden, Needham: From Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28, a portion of dine-in proceeds will go to our PTC.
New Garden Coupon
Uno's Chicago Grille, Waltham: During the entire week, April 23 through April 28, a portion of all proceeds, dine-in or take-out, will go to our PTC.
The promotion is open to all!
Cheryl Jacques
Save the date! On Tuesday, April 24, at 7pm at Pollard, we will be presenting an evening with events designed to celebrate the gay and lesbian members of our community. We are pleased to announce that the Greater Boston chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays will be speaking and moderating a discussion of the short film High School Football Hero, the story of Massachusetts resident and high school football hero Cory Johnson, and the challenges he faced as a gay student coming to terms with is sexual identity. Also speaking will be former state senator, activist and Pollard graduate Cheryl Jacques. Ms. Jacques will give remarks on ways to ensure all students are safe and welcome, challenges faced by same sex parents in the community at large, and ways to begin discussing homosexuality, even if it is not something personally condoned. Please consider attending this important night of Community Week.
Reading
Pick up a copy of "The Price of Privilege" today for a discount at Wellesley Booksmith (82 Central Street Wellesley.) www.wellesleybooksmith-shop.com and join us on Wednesday, April 25th for a discussion regarding Madeline Levine's book The Price of Privilege" at Pollard. The discussion will be led by Jon Mattleman of Needham Youth Services and Christine Brumbach of Needham Public Schools.
Direct links to helpful information are below:
Communication from the PTC and schools
PTC Committees
Fundraising Opportunities
PTC Leadership information
PTC Meetings & Minutes
Powerschool Info
High Rock/Pollard student directory are available through Powerschool. The directory information is available only to parents. Parents must log in with parent id and password, NOT student id and password. If you are experiencing problems operating Powerschool, please contact Mark Messias at mmessias@needham.k12.ma.us. Clusters are assembling their own directories through our new PTC Cluster Parent Program. However, each cluster directory may differ as to completion and participation.
We encourage you to explore the website to see what the PTC does to support both the High Rock and Pollard Schools. There are opportunities to volunteer for the PTC and in the schools. Please contact the PTC if you are interested in getting involved, or if you have any comments or questions.
We would like to thank the many people and organizations who helped to make our first Community Week a success including:
Needham Bank, Needham Commission on Disabilities, NEF, CVS, BJs, McDonalds, Denise and Russell Garlick, Mary Lammi, Dr. Lisa Chen, Cheryl Jacques, Greater Boston PFLAG, Margareet Gray, Alicia Gomez, Hiroko Hardebeck, Trish Wright, Jill Makechnie, Gwen Bartlett, Denise Bruno, the Needham Congregational Church, Jon Mattleman, Christine Brumbach, Sandy Robinson, the Needham Community Council, the Needham Channel, Josh Perry and the Hometown Weekly newspaper, Donna Bivens and UMN, Inc., Joanne Allen-Willoughby and METCO, Sandra Walters, Senator Richard Ross, Kim Marie Nicols, Travis Roy, Kate Goullaud and Blue Sky Entertainment, the Needham Police Department, the YMCA, Kate Ward, the Needham Running Club, Needham Plugged-In, the Boy Scouts, the Community Newspaper, Jessica Downey, Merle Berman, Georgina Arrieta-Ruetenik, Mary Ellen Shea, Uno's Chicago Grille, Wild Willys, New Garden, Wellesley Booksmith, the Pollard custodial department, Dianne List, Needham Patch, Margie Levin, Coca-Cola, Comellas, Superintendent Dan Gutekanst, Karen Mahoney, Ed Anderson, Tee Stock, De Springer and SEPAC. Thank you to all who attended and supported Community Week!
COMMUNITY WEEK AND COMMUNITY WALK
APRIL 23-APRIL 28, 2012
Please Click on links below for details
Events PDF
New Garden Coupon
Motivational Speaker, Travis Roy
The PTC is pleased to announce that activist, author and motivational speaker Travis Roy will be coming to the Pollard Middle School on Friday, April 27th at 7pm to speak as part of our Community Week programming. Mr. Roy is a former Boston University hockey player who suffered a catastrophic neck injury in the first eleven seconds of his first shift on the ice as a B.U. player. The injury left him paralyzed from the neck down. Mr. Roy went on to graduate from Boston University, write his best selling autobiography, "Eleven Seconds" and create the Travis Roy foundation for spinal cord injury research and the financial assitance of spinal cord injury patients. Please join us on this special evening.
Dining
We are pleased to announce that three area restaurants are assisting us with fundraising promotions during our Community Week occurring April 23 through April 28th. Consider dining out prior to attending a community week evening event and support our PTC at the same time. Or, walk with us at the Community Walk on April 28th and go out for dinner afterwards. The sponsoring restaurants to date are:
Wild Willys, Needham: From Monday, April 23 through Wednesday, April 25, from 5-7pm, a portion of proceeds will be donated to the PTC.
New Garden, Needham: From Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28, a portion of dine-in proceeds will go to our PTC.
New Garden Coupon
Uno's Chicago Grille, Waltham: During the entire week, April 23 through April 28, a portion of all proceeds, dine-in or take-out, will go to our PTC.
The promotion is open to all!
Cheryl Jacques
Save the date! On Tuesday, April 24, at 7pm at Pollard, we will be presenting an evening with events designed to celebrate the gay and lesbian members of our community. We are pleased to announce that the Greater Boston chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays will be speaking and moderating a discussion of the short film High School Football Hero, the story of Massachusetts resident and high school football hero Cory Johnson, and the challenges he faced as a gay student coming to terms with is sexual identity. Also speaking will be former state senator, activist and Pollard graduate Cheryl Jacques. Ms. Jacques will give remarks on ways to ensure all students are safe and welcome, challenges faced by same sex parents in the community at large, and ways to begin discussing homosexuality, even if it is not something personally condoned. Please consider attending this important night of Community Week.
Reading
Pick up a copy of "The Price of Privilege" today for a discount at Wellesley Booksmith (82 Central Street Wellesley.) www.wellesleybooksmith-shop.com and join us on Wednesday, April 25th for a discussion regarding Madeline Levine's book The Price of Privilege" at Pollard. The discussion will be led by Jon Mattleman of Needham Youth Services and Christine Brumbach of Needham Public Schools.
Direct links to helpful information are below:
Communication from the PTC and schools
PTC Committees
Fundraising Opportunities
PTC Leadership information
PTC Meetings & Minutes
Powerschool Info
High Rock/Pollard student directory are available through Powerschool. The directory information is available only to parents. Parents must log in with parent id and password, NOT student id and password. If you are experiencing problems operating Powerschool, please contact Mark Messias at mmessias@needham.k12.ma.us. Clusters are assembling their own directories through our new PTC Cluster Parent Program. However, each cluster directory may differ as to completion and participation.
We encourage you to explore the website to see what the PTC does to support both the High Rock and Pollard Schools. There are opportunities to volunteer for the PTC and in the schools. Please contact the PTC if you are interested in getting involved, or if you have any comments or questions.
