September 2025 - PTA Spotlight
Veterans Elementary PTA
The Ninth District PTA Communications Team is excited to spotlight Veterans Elementary PTA for their outstanding work in membership. A special thank you goes out to Ruby Medina, Veterans Elementary PTA Membership Chair for her contributions to this article!
Veterans Elementary PTA was established on October 18, 2005. Their mission is to connect and create a welcoming environment where families, teachers, and staff feel supported and celebrated. Their focus is to build a community and find meaningful ways to enhance the school experience for all children. Veterans Elementary School has over 800 students enrolled currently.
The Veterans Elementary PTA (25-26) consist of the following members: Melissa Egan - President, Marysol Victoria - Vice President, Wil Berry - Treasurer, Jenny Sherman - Secretary, Marielle Guajardo - Financial Secretary, Karen Berry - Parliamentarian, Angela Gomez - Financial Reviewer, Ruby Medina - Membership, Reyna Fernandez - Fundraising, Elvia Munoz Hernandez - Communications, Daniella Molina - Volunteers, Ana Nosal - Historian, Kristin Diaz de Sandi - Corresponding Secretary and as of August 29, 2025 - 680 members.
Veterans Elementary PTA believes that teamwork and a community spirit has helped their membership drive explode this year. The families at Veterans want to be involved, and they saw a positive energy behind the PTA executive board, and they wanted to be a part of it. The teachers, staff and parents continue to encourage each other and that encouragement has a ripple effect that helps to energize their membership.
Their current Membership Chair, Ruby Medina said, “I also want to give credit to our previous Membership Chair Reyna Fernandez, who led the PTA to top recognition for two years in a row as well. Her hard work built a strong foundation that allowed us to continue growing and keep that momentum alive this year.”
The members of Veterans Elementary PTA enjoy a few incentives that include free entrance to PTA-sponsored events, and tokens of appreciation. One of the tokens that PTA members received was PTA branded keychains.
This year, Veterans Elementary PTA is excited to announce that they will host separate school dances for lower and upper grade levels. They also plan to bring back their Talent Show. In addition to all the fun and exciting activities, they also plan to provide teacher grants to support their classrooms.
They are very proud of what their school community has accomplished together. Their record membership is exciting, but their real win is the sense of belonging and teamwork. Their spirit of collaboration is what makes Veteran’s Elementary such a special place.
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– by Sonya Vargas (Vice President, Communications Director)