2018-2019 Officers

2018-2019
PTA Positions
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Executive Board
· President - Cisco Conde - Runs the PTA meetings and is the official representative of the PTA
· Treasurer - Monica Berdys - Manages the budget and presents finance reports to the PTA
· Vice-President - Marti Taba - Assists President, candidate for next PTA President
· Secretary - Kate Lingley - Takes minutes, communicates agenda, and maintains the records of all PTA and Executive Board meetings.

Committees & Events Chairs
  • After School Enrichment - Bryan Gusman & Ai Yamane
  • Audit  - Elaine Lum - Performs yearly PTA audits 
  • Box Tops Rewards Programs - Katie Rivers - coordinates the Box Top reward program fundraiser 
  • Bylaws - Chair Needed
  • Craft Fair - Chenoa Diehm - coordinates Craft and Children's Fair that features over 100 local vendors Shadow Needed Please contact [email protected]
  • Facebook - Lisa Imai -  in charge of maintaining the PTA Facebook 
  • Jog-a-Thon - Sandra Pastorino - promotes and organizes this event focused on fitness and a healthy lifestyle 
  • Kindergarten & New Parent Welcome - Kristen Brummel - organizes event, usually held the Wednesday prior to school starting 
  • Logistics/Storage - Reza Mirmoghtadaei - & Jason Castiglione - helps manage, organize and catalog the PTA storage 
  • May Fair - Mika Trawick - is a wonderful tradition at Noelani, featuring beautiful performances, exciting activities for all ages, food, fun, laughter, and moments that create memories for a lifetime.
  • Membership/Alumni Database - Jen Yamamoto & Natalie Yamamoto -  promotes PTA membership and keeps records of current and alumni members 
  • Noelani Dads - Chair Needed
  • Nominations - Eula Conde -  coordinates PTA officer nominations/elections Shadow Needed
  • Parking - Jeff Ferrer -  in charge with managing parking at school events  Shadow Needed
  • School Community Council Representative - Gail Kuroda - liaison with School Community Council 
  • School T-Shirts - Diane Bosworth - coordinates order of school t-shirts at beginning of school year 
  • Staff Appreciation Week - Lani Moody - coordinate activities during this week-long May event Shadow Needed
  • Volunteers - Corey Arakaki - coordinates parents, faculty and community members to make all the events possible.
  • Website - Lisa Tulchin - in charge of maintaining the PTA website

​What We Do

Some of the functions that the PTA provide include 
*   Organizes volunteers to assist students, teachers, and staff. 
*   Raises money to buy classroom materials and equipment and fund art/music/P.E./Hawaiiana classes. 
*   Holds monthly meetings to increase communication between parents and school staff.
The Noelani Elementary PTA (Parent Teacher Association) plays an essential role in ensuring that all of our students have access to an excellent education. Through its focus on academic achievement, a strong sense of community, and parent involvement the PTA allows parents, teachers, staff and others in our community to work together to support our kids. Please click on the tabs below to find out more about our activities.
In 2018, the PTA was thrilled to raise over $60,000 to fund a new playground for our upper elementary students.  We are so thankful for the support of our Noelani Families!  In prior years our fundraising activities supported the part-time teachers (PE and Music), financed the purchase of Chrome books for students, copiers, fans in the classrooms, student planners and contributed towards the cost of School & Staff Discretionary Funds, purchase of two automatic external defibrillators (AED) machines.  Annually, the PTA support student participation to Honolulu Theater for Youth and Honolulu Academy of the Arts, 4th grade Big Island trip and 5th grade Aulani trip, Robotics and other wonderful after school enrichment activities.
However, the PTA's purpose is not all about fundraising. Every year the PTA has organized fun school and community events (Craft Fair, Jog-a-Thon, May Fair and movie night, which are run entirely by volunteers) which enhance our keiki's already excellent academic experience at Noelani. 
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