Parent/Teacher Association (PTA)

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Welcome to the Parent Teacher Association of P.S. 48

All guardians and/or parents of a student(s) currently enrolled in P.S. 48 Mapleton are automatically part of the Parent Teacher Association.

What is your role as a general PTA member?

  1. You can volunteer your time to help at any of our fundraising events throughout the school year.
  2. Join our monthly PTA meetings to get updates on PTA events, treasury report, SLT (Student Leadership Team) updates and information from our Principal, Ms. Hogan.
  3. Vote on where you would like to see our raised funds donated.
  4. All have the chance to nominate themselves to be part of our PTA executive board (elected by vote).

What does the P.S. 48 PTA Executive Board do?

  1. We work together to hold events and functions that benefit our school financially and academically.
  2. Our fundraisers are carefully planned to appeal to our students and families.
  3. We ensure all money raised is used as stated and agreed upon by members of the executive board, as well as the general membership
  4. We hold events for our graduating classes (pre-k, kindergarten, 5th grade)
  5. We support social emotional learning and academic development through our PTA CARES events.

What is PTA CARES?

  1. PTA CARES (celebrating and recognizing extraordinary students) are events that caters to both the social emotional and academic child.
  2. Parents in our general membership may volunteer to help at these events.

Community Library

1. PTA Executive Board is happy to be partnering with Ms. Hogan to create a Community Library in our PTA Office (Located on the 60th Street side cafeteria). Please feel free to come and browse our book selection and check out books that will benefit your family.

2. Parents/Guardians must have ID with them to check books out. 3. The Community Library will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8:20am-10:30am from October through May.

Meet the Executive Board for the 2023-24 School Year

Laura Ip, President: parent of students in kindergarten and 4th Grade. This will be Laura’s third year on the PTA Executive Board; one year as treasurer and 2nd year as president. She is a former Sylvan Learning Center Director of Education and 4th Grade teacher in the private school system. We are happy to have Laura serve the P.S. 48 community and represent the hard-working parents in our school.

Lisa Lo, Vice-President: parent of student in 1st grade. This is Lisa’s second year on the PTA Executive Board fulfilling the role of Vice-President. Lisa is currently a small business owner of a thriving bakery (@bigcakemom). We are happy to have Lisa take charge of the creative/decorating aspects of the PTA, as well as lending her savvy business skills to aid the PTA in all important decision-making processes.

Windy Liang, Treasurer: parent of student in 5th Grade. Windy spent a year as a general membership volunteer and helped with many fund-raising events. She used that experience and lent her help on the Executive Board as treasurer. This will be Windy’s second year as PTA Treasurer. When Windy is not busy helping the PTA make financial decisions, she continues to devote her time as a medical assistant in our community.

Karen Li, Co-Treasurer: parent of students in kindergarten, 1st grade, and 4th grade. This is Karen’s first year serving on the PTA Executive Board. We are happy to have her devote her time and energy to the school community and look forward to working with her throughout the year.

Bernadett Toth, Secretary: parent of student in 1st grade. Bernadett spent a year as a general membership volunteer at many of our PTA events. She proved to be a hands-on volunteer and provided insight into many ideas we had as an executive board. This will be her first year serving on the PTA Executive Board and we are excited for her continued insight to help direct the PTA on the right path.

Bing Liu, Co-Secretary: parent of students in pre-k and 1st grade. This is Bing’s second year serving as Co-Secretary on the Executive Board. Bing has been a tremendous support in volunteering her time and insight in making sure all PTA events run smoothly. She has wonderful ideas, and we are happy to work with her again. She is a devoted mother of two and provides a wonderful example of balancing family life and volunteering for her school community.

Voting Opportunity

Last year, the Executive Board decided that there should be a defined reason for raising funds. We discussed with Ms. Hogan areas that our school could benefit financially. Out of three areas discussed, we brought it to our general membership for a vote. Supporting our new STEAM Lab won the vote and we were happy to present a check for $5,000 in June to Ms. Hogan and the staff of P.S. 48.

This year we have three new areas to vote on. Please look at the choices carefully and circle the one you feel could use extra financial support. Another voting opportunity will be held on September 27th during our General Membership meeting on Zoom and the results will be announced the following day, September 28th via social media and Remind App.