PTA General Membership Meetings occur several times throughout the year. The meetings give you the chance to hear from our Principal, Mr. Keith Margolus and learn about upcoming PTA events. We often have a guest speaker who will present on a topic that is relevant to our Branchville community. As a PTA member, we also look for your participation at PTA General Membership Meetings when a vote is often required.

Do you have a suggestion for a PTA meeting topic? If so, please email board@branchvillepta.org

For the 2024-25 school year, the general membership meetings will be:

October 2024 PTA General Membership Meeting

October 25, 2024

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from our last meeting here

Link to financial reports here

Social Media Talk here

March 2025

March 12, 2025

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from our last meeting here

Link to financial reports here

Math Come Play School here

May 2025

TBD

May 2023 PTA General Membership Meeting

May 19, 2023

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from our last meeting here

Link to the accompanying documents here

March 2023 PTA General Membership Meeting

March 22, 2023

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from our last meeting here

October 2022 PTA General Membership Meeting

October 28, 2022

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from our last meeting here

Link to the proposed bylaws here

Link to slideshow presentation on Social & Emotional Learning here

The book mentioned during the presentation as a good resource is Permission to Feel by Dr. Marc Brackett.

May 2022 PTA General Membership Meeting

May 20, 2022

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from our last meeting here

Link to the accompanying documents here

March 2022 General Membership Meeting

March 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from last time here

Link to financial reports here

Special Services Coffee Presentation

November 23, 2021

Link to the video presentation here

Link to the accompanying document here

October 2021 General Membership Meeting (Virtual)

October 28, 2021 @ 9:30am

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from last time here

Link to financial reports here

Link to a video recording of the meeting here

2021-2022 PTA Committee Chair Training

Link to the video recording here

May 2021 PTA General Membership Meeting

May 26, 2021

Link to the video recording here

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from our last meeting here

Link to the slideshow (including list of proposed nominees and proposed budget) here

April 2021 Virtual Come Play School (Math) with Mrs. Oppel Session 2

April 6, 2021

Link to the video recording here

Link to the slideshow presentation here

March 2021 Virtual Come Play School (Math) with Mrs. Oppel

March 3, 2021

Link to the video recording here

Link to the slideshow presentation here

February 2021 Virtual PTA General Membership Meeting

February 10, 2021

Link to the video recording here

Link to the agenda here

Link to the minutes from our last meeting here

Link to budget documents here

Come Play School - Social Emotional Learning Edition

December 4, 2020

Link to the video recording here

Link to the slideshow presentation here

October 2020 Virtual General Membership Meeting

October 14, 2020

Review the minutes from our last meeting here

View the budget documents here

View the meeting agenda here

Click HERE to view the recorded virtual meeting

August Virtual Townhall Meeting

August 19th, 2020

Mr. Margolus (Branchville Elementary School principal) answered parent questions regarding the school opening on August 19th, 2020. PTA co-presidents Angela Rice and Lorraine Catalano moderated.

Click HERE to view the recorded virtual meeting

May 2020 General Membership Meeting

May 14, 2020

Keith Margolus (Principal) overview on current situation, Dr. Susie Da Silva (Superintendent) introduction

Click here to view the recorded virtual meeting

Come Play School Parent Workshop- Part 4

February 28, 2020

Katie Greges and Alison Carmondy present on how Social-Emotional Learning is taught at BES, including information on Zones of Regulation and Ruler, and Prajakta Oppel shows parents some of the current methods used to teach math at BES.

Slides from presentation

Come Play School Parent Workshop- Part 3

November 13, 2019

A continuation of Alison Carmody and Prajakta Oppel showing parents how our children are learning Math and Literacy at Branchville Elementary school.

Slides from presentation

October 2019 General Membership Meeting

October 25, 2019

Keith Margolus (Principal), Alison Carmody (Literacy Specialist), Prajakta Oppel (Math Specialist) and Katie Greges (School Psychologist) presented on "A Day in the Life of a BES Student."

Slides from presentation

May 2019 General Membership Meeting

May 17th, 2019

Prajakta Oppel, the BES math specialist discussed ways to promote summer math including the application Dreambox. Ways to supoprt summer reading and resources for parents to support their children were also discussed.

Slides from presentation

Come Play School Parent Workshop- Part 2

March 13, 2019

A continuation of Alison Carmody and Prajakta Oppel showing parents how our children are learning Math and Literacy at Branchville Elementary school.

Meeting recording: Come Play School part 2

Slides from presentation

Come Play School Parent Workshop

October 30, 2018

Alison Carmody and Prajakta Oppel show parents how our children are learning Math and Literacy at Branchville Elementary school.

Slides with external resource links

2018-2019 General Membership Meetings recordings

October 23rd, 2018