Welcome Back to School!!
Forester PTA
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Forester PTA
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New Spirit Shirts
Here is a sneak peek at our new spirit shirt this year! We had a ton of request last year for the yellow tie dye the staff had, so here it is! Spirit shirts are $15 a piece this year…inflation prices finally hit the PTA. We have added a supporter package to the website to help save on cost and give you the option to take care of all your school needs at once. Shirts will be on sale during Meet the Teacher night in the gym. To avoid the line you can purchase a supporter package and skip the line to grab your shirts. I will be posting more detailed information on our page shortly regarding the supporter package. Stay tuned!
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Meet the Teacher
Register today for the Dragons Ignite Forester Glow Run!
Community Partners Needed!
We will host our Meet The Teacher night on August 18th, 2022 from 4:30 - 6:00PM. This is a “come and go” evening, so you do not need to feel rushed. Our teachers will be here to greet you and your family. Students may bring school supplies to drop off in the classroom. Please plan to join us this evening, we are looking forward to seeing all of our Forester families.
Please login to HAC for your teacher's name. Student schedules and/or course requests are not "official" until the actual first day of school. Changes to teachers are subject to change up until and possibly after August 22nd.
http://hac.nisd.net/HomeAccess/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fhomeaccess
Community Partners Needed!
Register today for the Dragons Ignite Forester Glow Run!
Community Partners Needed!
Our Fun Run will be this September. PTA is looking for business sponsors to help us provide a special edition shirt to all Forester students and staff for the run. All students participate, therefore al students receive a shirt. Please comment or message me your email address and I can send you a community partner sheet with your options.
Huge thank you to Law Office of Randy Mora, PLLC for being our first sponsor to sign up and snagging the platinum level sponsorship. We appreciate your continued support of our school!
Email foresterptacommunincations@gmail.com for more information.
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Register today for the Dragons Ignite Forester Glow Run!
Register today for the Dragons Ignite Forester Glow Run!
Register today for the Dragons Ignite Forester Glow Run!
Don’t forget to register your Dragon for the Glow Run! All students participate in this event to raise funds for Forester. All funds raised go directly back into the school through field trips, educational programs and assemblies, teacher appreciation and legacy gifts.
Registration opens Monday, August 15th! All classes with 100% registration will get a popcorn party!
About PTA
Our Team
Forester's History
Forester's History
Our fantastic board, administration, teachers, families, and community are all part of a large team to effectively represent, promote, and play a vital role in each child's education here at Forester. The events and programs we offer the Dragons of Forester are just a small example of how our PTA and team celebrate and support our students' success and education.
Forester's History
Forester's History
Forester's History
An internationally-known reading expert, Nora Forester was committed to making sure every student in the District learned to read, no matter their challenges. She worked tirelessly to improve reading instruction and literacy, and made it her mission to get every student in Northside ISD hooked on books.
Originally, Forester planned to be
An internationally-known reading expert, Nora Forester was committed to making sure every student in the District learned to read, no matter their challenges. She worked tirelessly to improve reading instruction and literacy, and made it her mission to get every student in Northside ISD hooked on books.
Originally, Forester planned to be a social worker but her best friend's mother, who happened to be the wife of a former mayor of San Antonio, urged her to consider teaching and landed her a job at Edgewood ISD as a second grade teacher.
On her first day of teaching in 1950, Forester met her future husband, James, also an educator at Edgewood ISD. She quickly fell in love with teaching and James. Their 56-year marriage produced four children, six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Forester came to work at Northside ISD in 1961 and taught at Cable, Thunderbird Hills (now Powell), Locke Hill, Glenoaks, Leon Valley, and Helotes elementary schools. In 1966, she became the District's first remedial reading teacher, and she was the first teacher in San Antonio to earn the state reading specialist certification.
Always the trailblazer, in the 1960s, Forester secured a federal grant to put a reading specialist in every school, making Northside one of the first districts in the nation to do so. She became the District's first Reading Coordinator in 1972, and brought numerous innovative and effective reading programs to Northside ISD.
As President of the Texas Association of Reading, Forester is credited with developing the reading teacher certification program that was adopted by the state Legislature in 1975. She also served on the Board of Directors for the International Reading Association, and traveled to England and Australia to make presentations for the prestigious World Congress of Reading.
Her commitment to student success and her fellow educators has become lore. For example, when Forester came to work at central office, she got special permission to teach an elementary class every morning so that she could make sure her newest program, Reading Recovery, was working.
During a career that spanned a half-century, Forester received numerous honors, including the Literacy Award from the Texas State Reading Association, the Service Award from the Alamo Reading Council, and the Elva Knight Award for Research in Early Literacy from the International Reading Association.
Forester continued her contributions to Northside by working with retired teachers and the Northside School Museum Association until her death on Dec. 1, 2016.
Our Mission
Forester's History
Our Mission
Forester Elementary PTA Joins the mission of National PTA. Texas PTA's campaign and mission are to take a fresh approach to "back the future" - a phrase so well known and used by our volunteers; it has become synonymous with PTA in Texas. The campaign builds upon the firm foundation of the original expression and expands its meaning: PTA
Forester Elementary PTA Joins the mission of National PTA. Texas PTA's campaign and mission are to take a fresh approach to "back the future" - a phrase so well known and used by our volunteers; it has become synonymous with PTA in Texas. The campaign builds upon the firm foundation of the original expression and expands its meaning: PTA is not an exclusive club defined by any one person. We are a vibrant group of people from all walks of life, representing the diversity within our communities. Forest PTA's mission is to make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.