Vision and Mission
To promote, advocate and support everyone in the Simpson community, culturally and linguistically, in a secular way, by highlighting performing/fine arts, literature, cuisines, etc. of various cultures.
We are very excited to WELCOME everyone in our school community.
-----> 902 students and their families (approx.)
-----> 99 teachers, administration/staff (approx.)
-----> 20+ spoken languages are represented including – Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Creole, English, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Other - Asian, Other - Indian Sinhala, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Urdu.
Fun Fact: 10% of our students speak another language at home.
Student and family participation is essential to make this fun, engaging and educational. It is understandable the school year gets busy and is packed with many priorities; hence all activities are being designed with flexibility to fit schedules.
2023-24 Calendar
August - Welcoming everyone in our community
September 15th to October 15th – National Hispanic Heritage Month
October - Global Cultural Awareness month
November – Native American Heritage month
December – Celebrations around the world and International Night
January – Cultural contributions in STEM (along with STEAMapalooza)
February - Black History month
March - Women’s History month
April – Cultural contributions in arts/literature
May - Asian Pacific-American and Jewish American Heritage month
Read the Monthly Newsletters
See the Monthly Bulletin Boards
See the panel exhibits from KSU's Museum of History (schedule of exhibits for the 2023-24 school year).
- October 9-13 Georgia Journeys - https://historymuseum.
kennesaw.edu/exhibitions/on- site/ga-journeys.php - Feb 5-9 The Tuskegee Airmen - https://historymuseum.
kennesaw.edu/exhibitions/ traveling/tuskegee-airmen.php - March 1-8 Beyond Rosie - https://historymuseum.
kennesaw.edu/exhibitions/ traveling/beyond-rosie.php - May 6-10 Anne Frank in Translation - https://historymuseum.kennesaw.edu/exhibitions/traveling/anne_frank_in_translation.php
Get involved in 2023-24
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Bulletin Board: set up a monthly themed highlight. Sign up Genius link here
- KSU Exhibits: coordinate set up of monthly panel style exhibits on loan from KSU Museum of History
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Newsletter: themed write-up for monthly PTSA newsletter
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International Night: Chair or volunteer on the committee; several things need to be coordinated
- Recipe Book: add recipes to prior book (collect via a Google form - there is one from previous years, advertise and send reminders via PTSA channels, compile using Canva or similar to create a book by year end and share electronically).
For more information or to volunteer, contact ccc@simpsonptsa.org
