{"id":2,"date":"2013-08-28T01:36:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T05:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-09-18T19:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T23:12:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Merriam School PTO Mission<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Merriam PTO parents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volunteer and work together to facilitate parent and faculty communication<\/li>\n<li>Advocate for students<\/li>\n<li>Work to enrich the Merriam community<\/li>\n<li>Raise funds to enrich the educational experience at Merriam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each year, the Merriam parent community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hosts events that build community and allow families to socialize (the Fall Fair, International Night, and more)<\/li>\n<li>Funds the Teaching Assistants in each classroom<\/li>\n<li>Conducts educational \u201cCommunity Conversations\u201d to augment our knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Join in the fun of the PTO and start to realize the benefits of your involvement.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>THE FIRST STEP IS TO EMAIL THE PTO CO-CHAIRS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We\u2019ll work with you to find a role that matches your skills and interest to your time availability. Contact either Co-Chair for more information<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Co-Chair \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:courtney.barrieault@live.com\">Courtney Barrieault<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nCo-Chair \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:suzytompkins@yahoo.com\">Suzy Tomkins<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We look forward to working with you this year to enrich the Merriam community!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merriam School PTO Mission Merriam PTO parents: Volunteer and work together to facilitate parent and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8081,"href":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/8081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merriampto.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}