2019-2020 PTO Leadership
2019-2020 Lanier PTO Executive Board:
President: Arturo Perez
President-Elect: Jessy Morgenroth
Parliamentarian: Kim Dolibois
Secretary: Jennifer Gribble (11/19)
Treasurer: open position (11/19)
VP Volunteers: Pam Paré
VP Social Events: Adrienne Murry
VP Fundraising: Afsheen Davis
VP Financial Support: Candace Day
VP Communications: Rebekah Maddux El-Hakam
HISD Liaison: Melissa Marschall
Please continue to reach out to us to express your interest in serving Lanier during this school year. For your reference Committee descriptions are below:
Lanier PTO Committee Descriptions
Audit Committee
Position responsibilities: Works with the VP Financial Support to conduct an audit of the prior year’s finances to ensure adherence to PTO by-laws and 501.3C accounting best practices.
Commitment to Excellence
Position responsibilities: Solicit and record contributions to our capital campaign. Order incentives (pavers, plaques, etc.) and oversee their installation.
Great 8 (Chairs + Committees)
Position responsibilities: Determines events and programs that will be offered for our 8th graders in their final year at Lanier. Solicits approval and scheduling from LMS administration for the events. Establishes the budget for the events, sets dues, amount to be collected from all 8th grade students, collects funds and monitors and maintains the program budget. Events to be coordinated may include an 8th grade dance, grade-level outing, panoramic class photo, selection and procurement of a class gift, and provision of material (e.g. videos, photos) for a graduation assembly. Great 8 co-chairs may work with additional committee members to determine how to divide up the work.
Lanier Gear/Uniforms Chairs
Position responsibilities: Work with co-chair, manage the volunteer schedule and inventory/orders for the school store, where students and families buy Lanier uniforms, hoodies, t-shirts and spirit items.
Business Development Program
Position responsibilities: Work with local or national vendors who would like to partner with Lanier through incentives.
Party With a Purpose (One or two Chairs, many sub-committees)
Position responsibilities: Chair Lanier’s annual fundraiser, hosted at a Lanier family’s home or community venue in the late winter/early spring. Sub-committee members help with publicity, decorations, and soliciting donations.
Parent-Teacher Social
Position responsibilities: Arrange, publicize and oversee the fall event that brings teachers and parents together for a fun and informal gathering.
Purple Page
Position responsibilities: Collect, edit, format, and publish approved articles for our weekly e-newsletter. Typically requires 4-8 hours of commitment per week.
Sponsorships and Donations
Position responsibilities: Work with corporations, local businesses, and charitable foundations to solicit donations, services, grants and in-kind gifts to the PTO and school.
Teacher Appreciation
Position responsibilities: Arrange for catered and donated foods and parent volunteer servers for a monthly lunch for the Lanier staff, served in the Teachers’ Lounge.
Webmaster
Position responsibilities: Maintain the Lanier PTO website and the credit card order pages as needs and events require. May also share responsibilities for Lanier PTO social media accounts.
PTO Bylaws and Standing Rules located here.
Thank you for your donation to the Commitment to Excellence Campaign
Huge thank you to all of the families who contributed to our Commitment to Excellence campaign! Nearly $67,000 was raised through the campaign. Thank you to our generous donors, listed below.
Commitment to Excellence (CTE) is Lanier Middle School PTO’s largest annual fundraiser.
New Lanier Principal
Welcome, Principal Dave Wheat
The Lanier community is delighted to welcome Mr. Dave Wheat, as the new principal of Lanier Middle School. Mr. Wheat transitioned to his role as principal of Lanier on June 3rd, 2019. He has worked in education for 30 years and throughout the district for over 21 years. We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Wheat to the Purple Pup family!
Dave Wheat served as the principal of The School at St. George Place from May of 2014-May of 2019. He began his career in education as an English teacher in the Deer Park Independent School District. In HISD, Mr. Wheat taught at Sharpstown Middle School and served as an assistant principal at both Westside High School and Hamilton Middle School before being named principal of Johnston (now Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts) Middle School in 2006.
Using a collaborative approach with students, teachers, parents, and the community, Mr. Wheat led Johnston to its first TEA Recognized rating in school history. The very next year, he led the Johnston school community to its first TEA Exemplary rating in school history. The crowning achievement for the Johnston school community under Dave’s leadership was being awarded the national Blue Ribbon Award in 2010, the most prestigious honor an American school can receive.
Mr. Wheat grew up in the Houston area and attended the Deer Park Independent School District, graduating from Deer Park High School. He completed both his undergraduate degree in English and his master’s degree in Administration and Supervision at the University of Houston.
Mr. Wheat believes that the International Baccalaureate approach to learning is the most rigorous and fun approach to learning available for all students, including gifted and talented students.
During his free time, Mr. Wheat enjoys taking his son fishing, jet skiing, swimming, and to the movies. Mr. Wheat is also an avid fan of the University of Houston Cougars and can be frequently be seen at football, basketball, and baseball games.
Click here to view the announcement from HISD.
Attention: Parents of 8th Graders
It’s time to get ready for Great 8! What is Great 8, you ask? Great 8 is the name for the end-of-year celebrations for Lanier Middle School’s 8th-grade class. These traditions are a special time for students to celebrate their time at Lanier. It includes an end-of-school 8th-grade dance, field trip, class t-shirt, class picture, and promotion ceremony. More info can be found HERE.
What you need to know:
Each student is asked to pay Great 8 dues of $88 to cover all expenses for these events. You can pay online at the link HERE or print out the form below and send payment to Lanier.
You can learn more and sign up to volunteer at a Great 8 Parents Meeting on Monday, January 28, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. in the Lanier Auditorium. If you’d like to chair one of the events, please email us HERE before January 28, 2019.
We hope you’ll help us plan a special end of the school year!
Thank You from Coach Stephen Cabell
Just wanted to send a quick thank the PTO and thank you for your financial assistance with the scoreboard repair. Both basketball teams were excited to have it working for their last home games of the season.
Thank you again for your help. We appreciate it.
Revised Master Schedule Plan
Happy New Year to each of you and your families. I hope you had a relaxing vacation filled with lots of family time and a chance to make some great memories.
This new year also marks the start of a new semester and with this new semester, a revised master schedule plan. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Cooper and the assistant principals for their many hours of hard work to make sure that each student has a schedule that will provide maximum support and interventions for academic success in the Spring semester.
Students will report to their “old” (first semester) GSG-Study Lab on Monday morning to receive their second semester schedule.
I look forward to working with you and the entire Lanier faculty and staff in this new year.
Warmest Regards,
Dr. Campos
Interim Principal
Lanier Middle School
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Volunteers
The Lanier PTO hosts luncheons, typically on the second Friday of each month for the teachers and staff of Lanier to recognize all that they do for our students. To learn more, donate and/or volunteer, please visit the online sign-up sheet:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0a4dada82ea57-lanier
NOTE: All Lanier volunteers must be registered through VIPS: www.houstonisd.org/vips. However, if you had an active VIPS account during the previous school year and had registered as a Lanier volunteer, just present an ID at the front desk or in Office B to be re-activated this year.
2018-2019 Lanier PTO Executive Board
Congratulations to the new Executive Board for the 2018-2019 school year:
President: Catrice Mays
President-Elect: Arturo Perez
Treasurer: Yolanda Amador
Secretary: Jessy Morgenroth
Parliamentarian: Kim Dolibois
VP Fundraising: Kara Richardson
VP Financial Support: Dana Blume DuPlantis
VP Volunteers: Beth Lemon
VP Communications: Jennifer Gribble
VP Social Events: Adrienne Murry
HISD Liaison: Gretchen Himsl
The executive board has numerous volunteer opportunities and committee chair positions available next year and we welcome your involvement! Email us to let us know how to get you involved in volunteering at Lanier.
After3 After School Program
After3 is offering both before and after school programming at Lanier. After 3 is a third party vendor and will communicate with their clients directly. All interested families should reach out to After3 directly.
Here is their website: https://www.after3asp.com/lanier-middle-school/
THANK YOU LANIER COMMUNITY!!
The Lanier PTO would like to extend a giant THANK YOU to everyone who donated to the 2018-2019 Commitment to Excellence campaign!! Because of the Lanier community’s commitment to excellence the CTE campaign raised over $78,000, knocking our goal of $65,000 out of the park! Thank you to the following donors for their contribution to the campaign:
LANIER LEADERSHIP SOCIETY ($1926+):
The Fullmer Family
The Philippe Family
The John Edwards Family
The Hajdik Family
The Davis Family for Alayna Davis
Chris & Kate David
Brandon, Angela and Harmon Fisher
The Jezic Family
The Tudor Family
POET SOCIETY ($1000 – $1925):
The Go Family
The Dwarakanath/Subrahmanyan Family
The Boylan Ho Family
The Abel Family
The Asher Sandill Family
The Nazareth-Pinglay Family
The Houang Deshpende Family
The Kanwal-Haq Family
The Townsley Hellman Family
The Logan DuPlantis Family
The Gutierrez Family
The Polydoros Family
The Family of Ian Anderson
CHAMPION ($500 – $999):
The Beauchamp Family
The Rajagopal Family
The Ohler Family
The Mike & Kerry Taylor Family
The Dean Toups Family
The Wright Family
The Shen Family
The Ankit Burudgunte Family
The Skyler Tinkham Family
The Messina Family
The Kapur Family
The Rexford Family
The Reardon Family
Kara Richardson
The Peeler Family
Jessica A. Cook
The Sharma Family
The Mahoney Family
Shajuiet Weaver and Aiyana Smith
Jason and Margaret Cooper
The Wu Family
Marschall-Orchard
The Parish Family
The Quinn Morgenroth Family
SUPERSTAR ($250 – $499):
The Siena Rodrigues Family
Gonzales & Dagley Kids
The Purser Family
Shad, Sandra, Hailey and Audrey Higdon
The Estrada Family
Innovative Allergy Clinic
Manuel Mehos
The Hudson Family
The Yusuf Family
The Jenman Family
Kavaipatti
The Natelsons
The Orribo Bustamante Family
Zhou
Todd and Mary Grace Ruden
The Lee Family
The Oboli Family
The Hoeink Family
The Nielsens
The Fayle Family
The Shethia Family
George, Lucy and Stephanie Willis
The Pierson Family
Ariana, Aiza and Sara Ishaq
The Asadi and Jih Family
The Mays Family
The Morrison Family
Daniel Hu & Susan Yang
The Maldonado Family
The Ben Welsh Family
The Khandwalla Family
The Arias Family
The Dubey Family
The Clark-Desai Family
The Tong Family
The Reynal Family
The Gannaway Family
The Gao Family
The Mai Family
The Erftmier Family
The Parks Family for Rocky Brent
The Arredondo Family
The Al-Zand Family
The Sun Family
The Helmholz Family
The Hoang Family
Phil and Candice Croker
Tran & Bouwhis Family
The Kenho Ren Family
The Wingfield Family
The Walkers
The Singh Family
The Bunn Famly
Mei Po & Aaron Vogt Family
The Michael Liu Family
The Vollmers Family
Johnson-Chiang Family
Evans Family
The Frye Family
The Elliott-White Family
The Yoon Family
Abby Christensen and Family
The Vinson-Icsezen Family
The Schnelle Family
Willhite Family
The Fotopoulos Family
Inizan Family
The Andrew Love Family
The Schultz Family
Sofia Cordoba & Family
The Zhao Family
Charles Shilstone and family
The Zhou Family
Gregg, Tricia and Maxwell Harrison
The Queens
The Salaberry/Tort Family
STAR ($1 – $249):
The Guven Family
The Wolken Family
Brandy Hunt McDaniel
The Pare’ Family
The Boone Family
The Joachim Family
Jie Dong
Lydie Tran
The Millers
T. Eason
The Cruz Family
The Konishis
Yang
The Septimus Family
The Park Family
The Lafitte Family
Gregory, Chance and Sha Groves
Anish Patel
Tahanan
The Zhao family
The Domenech Raez Family
Izaddoost
The Mintzer Family
The Law Family
The Majumders
Allison, Lilliana & Delaney Perry
The Dale Family
The Ferer Family
The Tyler Saenz Family
Dai
Kurjakovic Family
Robert, Leah, and Madison Mitchell
Joshua Rodkey and Family
The Hernandez Family
The Himsl and Fenz Family
Christine Wan
Jinchun Wang
The Sugiura Family
The Hauptmann Family
The Park Family
Leyla Pineda
Li
Lyla Breland & Family
In honor of Casey Smith
The Martinez-Chenu Family
The Neeriemers
The Weinsteins
The Petermans
Katherine Heinrich & Phil Gallagher
The Ahmad Family
The Kusinski Family
The Akalou Family
The Muzenze Family
The Marshall / Hammond Family
Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer
The Mackenzie Clark Family
Ishu & Yamini Gautam
The Dennisons
D. Guglielmo
The Skaria Family
Jill Jarvis
Janet Evans
Emily Chen
Ashley Harvey
The Stern Family
The Wilsons
Dr. Rachel Parry
The Hunt Family
Bascon
Yao
The Truitt Family
Stephanie Huang and Family
The Amy Maya Family
The Llorca Family
Familia Nunez
The Kuehler Family
The Whitefields
The Gronfor Family
The Peter Zhao Family
The Mehaisi Family
The Sitalo Family
The Sonenshein Family
Valdes Gochicoa
The Simon Family
The Arains
The Truong Family
The Liman Family
The Okumus Family
The Salman Family
The Sakai Family
The Lozano McGuire Family
The Perez Family
The Logue Family
The Pham Family
The Zamora Family
The Wynne Family
Paige Naughton’s Family
The Golanov Family
The McKenna Borrero Family
The Clanton Lousteau Family
The Saridey Family
The Lovelys
The Lombardi Family
The Whitten Family
The Liman Family
The Brito Cooper Family
The Martinez Family
The Li Family
The Dean Family
The Xiao Family
Sara & Shahid Iqbal
The Barahona Family
Ann Seiler
The Fotopoulos Family
The Teheng Family
The Banda Family
The Strafkos Family
The Sun Family
The Chang Family
The Westerhold Family
The Kim Family
The Avery Knight Family
The Lack Family
Nathalie Wolk
The Vera Family
Shannon Emerick
The Wood Family
The Petermans
Ricky Johnson ‘n Girls
Trinh and Houghton Family
Espinosa-Garza Family
The Dolibois Family
Maya Nunez
The Powell Family
Carson Baldwin
Avery Siverand and Family
The Sun Rubenstein Family
Wei
The Akhtar Family
Bui
The Chadha Family
Oviedo-Rodriguez Family
Dizon Family
Holiday Family
Andrea and Ken Parker
Family of Carter McKenna
The Magpantay Family
Caliskan Ailesi
Schafer
The Edwards
The Chiriboga Family
The Du Family
The Ortegas
Family of Madelyn Arteaga
The Zhang Family
Parkey and Webb Family
The Gribble Family
The D.H. Fontenelle Family
The Rozowski Family
The Torres Family
Borchgrvink
The Ron and Pam Jackson Family
Rayah Johnson Family
Brian and Chloe Parke
Carla Weaver
Ryland Lang & Family
The Strattons
The Scudder Family
The Overshowns
Rachel Brown Parry
Mia Rabin and Family
ALL families that donated will receive a car sticker and a free dress pass for each child enrolled at Lanier. Car stickers and free dress passes will be distributed in December during your child’s GSG class.
Lanier After School Program
LANIER AFTER 3 – IT’S THE PLACE TO BE!
Lanier is excited to partner with After 3 to provide on-site after school programming for Lanier students beginning in the Fall of 2018. We want to know what interests our students and families so that they can tailor our programs to best meet the needs of Lanier families.
Please help us by sharing your feedback via this survey.
Lanier 4-1-1
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Lanier Uniform Info and Store Hours
The Lanier Uniform and Gear Store is located in room 130 (across from the Dance Room).
