Category Archives: Events

Regional Welcome Parties in August!

Welcome to the TJ family!! In August, the TJ PTSA will host regional welcome parties for you to meet other incoming families who live near you and hear from current TJ students! Tentative information about each regional party is included below. To keep up-to-date as party plans evolve, please complete the form below by August 5th to register for your regional party.

Regions and Preliminary Plans:

Region 1 Base High Schools: Herndon HS, Langley HS, Oakton HS, Madison HS, South Lakes HS
Saturday, August 20, 2022, afternoon @ Vienna Community Center
Region Rep: Renee Rodriguez (Class of 2023 Parent), reneeblrod@gmail.com

Region 2 Base High Schools: Falls Church HS, Annandale HS, Stuart/Justice HS, Marshall HS, McLean HS
Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10 AM – Noon @ Crescendo Studios in Falls Church, VA
Mona Sehgal (Class of 2025 parent), monaksehgal@gmail.com
Suzanne Friedman (Class of 2025 Parent), friedman.suz@gmail.com

Region 3 Base High Schools: Hayfield SS, Edison HS, Lewis HS, Mt. Vernon HS, West Potomac HS
Saturday, August 20, 2022, 3-5 PM @ Sherwood Regional Library’s Main Meeting Room
Deborah Bagocius (Class of 2025 Parent), deborahbagocius@gmail.com

Region 4 Base High Schools: Lake Braddock SS, Robinson SS, South County HS, West Springfield HS, Centreville HS
Sunday, August 14, 2022, 3-5 PM @ Shaista Keating’s Home in Fairfax Station
Shaista Keating (Class of 2024 Parent), shaistakeating@gmail.com
Christina Collins (Class of 2023 Parent), ridgwayfamily@outlook.com

Region 5 Base High Schools: Chantilly HS, Fairfax HS, Westfield HS, Woodson HS
Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10 AM – 12 PM @ Chantilly Regional Library Chantilly Meeting Room
Vinnie Sawant (Class of 2025 Parent), ajayvin@gmail.com
Garima Jain (Class of 2024 Parent), garjain@hotmail.com

Arlington County & Falls Church City Base High Schools
Saturday, August 13, 2022, 4:30 – 6:30 PM @ Nancy Modesitt’s Home in Arlington
Mary Alice Heretick (Class of 2024 Parent), waterloverus@yahoo.com
Elaine Maag (Class of 2023 Parent), ElaineMaag@gmail.com
Nancy Modesitt (Class of 2024 Parent), modesittn@yahoo.com

Loudoun County Base High Schools
Sunday, August 14, 2022, 3:30 – 7 PM @ Algonkian Regional Park Shelter 4
Vasudev Rao (Class of 2025 Parent), emailvasu@gmail.com
Hari Kalla (Class of 2025 Parent), hari.kalla@yahoo.com

Prince William County Base High Schools
To be organized by Prince William County, August 16, 7 pm, Kelly Leadership Center.
Trina Bilal (Class of 2025 Parent), tdbilal@gmail.com
Kelley Denny (Class of 2023 and 2025 Parent), keddxb@gmail.com

2022-05-26 6:30-9:00 PM PTSA General Membership Meeting (In Person)

You are invited to join us next Thursday night for the last PTSA meeting of the year. We will be celebrating all of our amazing parent volunteers, hearing from the SGA, and electing officers for next year! We’ll start at 6:30 pm with Anita’s Burritos and socializing and then will begin the business meeting promptly at 7 pm. Membership will be checked at the door for voting purposes, so please bring your ID. We hope to see you there!

Click on the links below to access the meeting materials:

2022-04-21 6:30-9:00 PM PTSA General Membership Meeting (In Person)

You are invited to join us for our next General Membership meeting, which will be held in the cafeteria. We’ll start at 6:30 pm with light refreshments and socializing, and then will begin the business meeting promptly at 7 pm. Membership will be checked at the door for voting purposes, so please bring your ID. During this meeting, we will hear from the SGA, Principal Dr. Bonitatibus, Betsy Sandstrom, Committee Chairs, and our Treasurer. In addition, we will discuss and vote on the proposed LUOS changes presented by the Bylaws Committee at the previous meeting and find out the recommended officers’ slate from the Nominating Committee. We hope to see you there!

Click on the links below to access the meeting materials:

· Proposed Meeting Agenda

· 2022-03-24 Meeting Minutes (draft)

· Budget Report

· Bylaws/Governance Committee Report

2022-03-24 6:30-9:00 PM PTSA General Membership Meeting (In Person)

You are invited to join us for our next General Membership meeting, which will be held in the cafeteria. We’ll start at 6:30 pm with light refreshments and socializing, and then will begin the business meeting promptly at 7 pm. Membership will be checked at the door for voting purposes, so please bring your ID. We have a packed agenda! During this meeting, we will hear from the SGA, Assistant Principal Russell, Betsy Sandstrom, Committee Chairs, and our Treasurer. In addition, we will vote on a proposed budget revision, formally adopt past General Membership meeting minutes, and finalize the Nominating Committee. We hope to see you there!

Click on the links below to access the meeting materials:

· Proposed Meeting Agenda

· 2022 Nominating Committee Candidate Statements

· Bylaws/Governance Committee Report

· Budget Report

· Proposed Budget Revisions

· Past General Membership Meeting Minutes

2021-09-09 Meeting Minutes
2021-10-14 Meeting Minutes
2021-11-11 Meeting Minutes
2022-01-27 Meeting Minutes

2022-02-25 Join Us to Celebrate Black History Month at TJ!

Please join the TJ PTSA Diversity Committee at our after-school Celebration of Black History Month on Friday, February 25th! We need your help to make this event a success! How can you help?

TJHSST – PTSA Diversity Committee: A Celebration of African American Cooking (signupgenius.com)

Prepare a Dish: “THE SUNDAY TABLE” – A Celebration of African American Cooking

We are looking for volunteers to prepare traditional African American dishes or dishes that represent the culinary journey from African to American for our TJPTSA Black History Month celebration. To keep it simple, we have put together a tasting menu of “typical” foods you would find at a traditional southern African American Sunday Table. New to southern cooking, but want to give it a try? Please don’t hesitate to volunteer. There are recipes attached for each dish needed, and parent volunteers to contact if you have any questions. Thank you!

Help As an Event Volunteer

We need parents and students to act as “Event Volunteers”. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: serving food, supervising Art installations, helping with performances, etc. Some Event Volunteers will need to participate in a short pre-event rehearsal at the school on Thursday, 2/24 at 6:30pm. (Details to be provided)

Help Setting Up

We need adults to help receive donated food, and help set up tables the day of the event.

Help Cleaning Up

Just like it sounds…. We need help putting every back the way we found it.

Donate Money or Purchase a Needed Item

The TJ PTSA is funding this event, but not all needed items are known at this time. If you would like to “pitch in” to cover the cost of needed items, it would be greatly appreciated.

Open the SignUpGenius, review the available slots, and click on the sign-up button.

Thank you! Questions? Please contact Karen Monaco at karen.TJDiversity@gmail.com.

2022-01-27 7:00-9:00 pm PTSA General Membership Meeting (Virtual)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwofuyuqjIjHNO6492NANXVbk7CtURCZmCI
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the
meeting. Do NOT share the link you receive as it only allows one device to join.

2021-11-11 TJPTSA General Membership Meeting on Nov. 11th, 2021

TJPTSA General Membership Meeting on Nov. 11th, 2021

Dear TJPTSA members,

TJPTSA will hold its general membership meeting at 7:00PM on Nov. 11th, 2021 to elect its new President alongside other agenda items at TJ cafeteria. Members may sign in at the entrance of the TJ cafeteria from 6:30PM.

The deadline to purchase TJPTSA membership for the election is 9:00PM, Nov. 10th, 2021 when the PTSA store will be temporarily closed.

A presidential candidate will be either self-nominated or nominated by another member from the floor before he or she may choose to make a statement no longer than three minutes concerning their credentials and/or plans for the office. A majority of votes cast will be necessary to elect. If no candidate achieves a majority on the first ballot, the second and final ballot will be limited to the two candidates receiving the most votes on the first ballot.

The meeting agenda can be found here with election rule. In addition, the VAPTA self-help for general membership meeting is available too.

TJPTSA Executive Board

2021-11-03 TJPTSA Special General Membership Meeting on November 3rd, 2021 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM

Dear TJPTSA members,

The Executive Board of TJPTSA calls for a special general membership meeting on November 3^rd, 2021 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM. This meeting will be held in-person at TJHSST Cafeteria.

The meeting is called to consider the following motion:

That the President of TJPTSA be removed from office.

The Executive Board of TJPTSA

Meeting call