Below is the 2023-2025 school year Sky Crossing Elementary PTO Officers:

President - Katie Derezinski, president@skycrossingpto.org

Co-Vice Presidents - Lisa Campbell & Ruby Dhillon-Williams, vp@skycrossingpto.org

Treasurer - Liz Bae, treasurer@skycrossingpto.org

Secretary - Sara Gendreau, secretary@skycrossingpto.org

Past President -  Geraldine Belafsky

 

 

Learn more about the elected Fall 2023 - Spring 2025 PTO Executive Board here.

 

 

 

What is the PTO?

PTO stands for Parent Teacher Organization. Sky Crossing Elementary PTO was established to provide support and assistance to families and staff. The PTO’s goal is to build community and organize many family activities and fundraisers to support programs that would not be offered at Sky Crossing without the PTO’s efforts.

 

Mission Statement:
The PTO of Sky Crossing's purpose is to combine efforts of the community, parents, teachers and students to allow for educational enrichment and experiences. Our goal is to compliment the Sky Crossing Elementary curriculum with positive effort and additional opportunities to enhance learning and socializing, while maintaining open communication, and growth.

 

How can I become a member of the PTO?

As a parent or guardian of a child at Sky Crossing, you are automatically a PTO member! It does not get any easier than that. We know you will be proud to be part of this great organization.

 

In what ways does the PTO help the school?

Each year, the PTO has a variety of fundraisers and the proceeds are put directly to use for enhancements to the classrooms, curriculum, and school grounds that otherwise would not be possible. Such programs include: STEAM, PBIS, Enrichment money for each class, library books, field trips, building and grounds enhancements, classroom supplies, recreation items for recess, staff training, and funding for subs.

 

What is the Sponsorship Campaign?

We kick off every school year with our Sponsorship Campaign where corporate and patron (individual) sponsors are invited to support the school through cash or in-kind donations and in receipt donors receive various acknowledgements for their business or individual throughout the course of the school year. The goal for our fundraising efforts is to raise the maximum amount of money for the PTO, while keeping our expenses to a minimum. Our very generous corporate and patron sponsors enable us to realize these goals.

 

What is the United Parent Council?

Paradise Valley United Parent Council (UPC) is a district-wide parent group that has been active in Paradise Valley Unified School District for more than 30 years and is a 501(c)(3) organization. UPC’s primary goal is looking out for the interest of students. It does this by offering parents support, information and opportunities to be influential voices in the decisions that affect their children’s education.

 

The UPC Mission:

  1. To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and problem-solving techniques among the parents of the various schools on education issues so that all might benefit from each others experience.
  2. To inform and update parents on current issues and happenings in the field, sensitizing them to areas in need of attention.
  3. To provide leadership and representation for district parents so that they might unite and work together toward common goals more effectively and have an influential voice in the decision-making processes affecting their children.
  4. To maintain open relationships with teachers, the school board, and school administration in order to accomplish these purposes while maintaining UPC’s own autonomy.