TUESDAY is our first Price-Harris Night at Noodles & Co. in Towne East (near JCPenney). Tell the cashier you're from Price-Harris and 25 percent of your tab returns to our school! Enjoy some noodles and help our Price-Harris.

NEXT WEDNESDAY is Spell-a-thon testing day. Please help your students study their spelling lists, and a reminder that pledge forms are due back that day. Let's fill up our library with new books!

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Be sure to check out PTO's Facebook page and all the great school photos uploaded by Diana Tillison and others. Search for "Price-Harris PTO" and click Like. You'll see photos from Bingo Night, skating, fall parties, and many other school events. Thanks, Diana!

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SPELL-A-THON IS UNDERWAY: Go to our Spell-a-thon page for details on the 2012 version of the event. It kicked off on Thursday, Jan. 19, with an all-school assembly where "The Great Spell-a-thon Book Brawl" made its world premiere! Special thanks to P-H students and staffers who helped make the video, as well as chairperson Julie Eldredge and secretary Diana Tillison, who both put so much work into the wonderful video.

USD 259 BOUNDARY UPDATE: Did you know that there are two big changes currently proposed for Price-Harris and its students? One would change the boundary line for families living west of Woodlawn, north of Douglas and south of Central. Those students would attend Hyde instead of Price-Harris next year.

The second change involves where P-H students go to middle school. Under the proposal, families living south of Central would go to Curtis Middle School beginning next year. Families living north of Central would continue sending kids to Coleman. For more information, or to let district leaders know your opinion, go to usd259.com.

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PRICE-HARRIS NIGHT COMING TO NOODLES & CO. IN TOWNE EAST: Mark Feb. 7 on your calendars for Price-Harris Night at Noodles & Co. in Towne East (upper level near JCPenney). Noodles & Co. will return 25 percent of all Price-Harris orders to our school! Look for more information soon.

THANKS TO PARENTS/STUDENTS FOR SCHOOL'S NEW MACBOOK PROS: Price-Harris received two new MacBook Pros today (Oct. 21), a result of the fundraising success by P-H parents and students last month. MacBook Pros enable teachers and students to produce movies, videos, podcasts and other 21st Century communications magic.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE 2011-12 PRICE-HARRIS CALENDAR: Our calendar has school and PTO events for this year. Get out your 2011-12 calendar and copy down the dates. If you see an event that you'd like to help with, e-mail volunteer coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

2011-12 PTO BOARD: The following is the 2011-12 PTO board. Contact any of them with questions about news and events.

President, Kirk Seminoff, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Vice President, Deb Hall, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Treasurer, Cheri Koke, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Secretary, Diana Tillison, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Volunteer Coordinator, Julie Eldredge, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Room Parent Coordinator, Melissa Ross, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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PRICE-HARRIS MAKES HUGE LEAP IN STATE TEST SCORING: Be sure to catch the special report in The Wichita Eagle called "Grading Our Schools." In it, you'll find some outstanding results from our Price-Harris third-, fourth- and fifth-graders. The report compares the percentages of students who passed the standardized reading, match and science testing and listed more than 350 schools in order of achievement. We've already known how well our kids did, but this report compared P-H and other schools for the first time.

In the report:

-- Price-Harris was No. 4 among all Wichita public schools.

-- Price-Harris improved 25 points from 2009 to 2010 in its combined reading, math and science scores. One of the biggest improvements in a three-county area!

Great job, students and staff!

PRICE-HARRIS PTO IS ON FACEBOOK: PTO has opened a Facebook page to spread the word about our website and what we do as an organization. Search for it and join with us!

Click here to see the school's website: priceharris.usd259.org.

Welcome to the website for the Price-Harris Parent Teacher Organization. The PTO is a combination of Price-Harris parents, staff, faculty and neighborhood members who work together to give our students the best possible chance for success at school.

Scroll through our website to find out more about PTO, upcoming events and ways to help Price-Harris through volunteering. Return to the site often, as we'll update events and report on happenings throughout the school year.