Please join us for our Founders Day Dinner on February 17^th at Clear Creek Intermediate School.  Our fun and festive 50's theme will be a great setting in which to honor our founders and the many past accomplishments of PTA over the years.  Along with some special awards that will be presented, there will be a Silent Auction, benefiting Council programs and senior scholarships, and some great entertainment!  Hint:  Elvis is in the Building!   

All are invited and the dress code is casual--50's attire encouraged.  Doors open at 6:30, with dinner at 7pm - T-Bone Tom's burgers. Please RSVP to Darlene Moore by February 13 at darmoscow@sbcglobal.net (281-474-0645).  Checks made out to CCCC of PTAs can be mailed to Rich Leeney, 2902 Summercape Ct, League City, TX, 77573 or paid at the door.

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Texas PTA Environmental Awareness Program  

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR IN THE REFLECTONS PROGRAM!

 The CCCC received 223 entries this year for the PTA Reflections program!  The theme this year was "Together We Can."  Students could submit entries in one or more of six different arts categories.  Entries are judged at the local school level, and may advance up through the council level, state level, and eventually the national level.  

The 223 entries that CCCC received were the top scoring 20% of entries from 27 of CCISD's schools.  After judging at the CCCC level, the top 10% of the 223 entries were sent on to the state level.  This included 35 entries across all of the categories and grade divisions.  Congratulations to all of the students who submitted an entry that made it to the Council level, and to the 35 that continued on to the state level.  Results from judging at the state level will be available in late March.  

All of the 223 entries that were judged at the Council level will be displayed for viewing at the Reflections Reception on Tuesday, March 8 from 4:30pm until 7:00pm.  The Reception will be held at the Tad Akers Event Facility located 218 Clear Creek Ave, in League City.  

The entries that advanced to the state level are listed below.

Dance/Choreography

Primary (Grades PreK-2)--Joe Annoura - Armand Bayou Elementary

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)--Elena Potter - Falcon Pass Elementary

Film Production

Primary (Grades PreK-2)--Nik Risoldi - Robinson Elementary

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)--Anna Robledo - North Point Elementary

Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8)--Justin DuPont - Westbrook Intermediate

 Literature

Primary (Grades PreK-2)--Julianna Rumph - Robinson Elementary

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)--Elizabeth Koegel - Landolt Elementary

Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8)--Kushal Kadakia - Westbrook Intermediate

Senior (Grades 9-12)--Garrett Carver - Clear Springs High School; Kevin Drummond - Clear Lake High School

Musical Composition

Primary (Grades PreK-2)--Ella Kaale - Gilmore Elementary

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)--Alexander Rodriguez - North Pointe Elementary

Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8)--Kelly Clark - Clear Creek Intermediate

Senior (Grades 9-12)--Dalena Nguyen - Clear Springs High School

 Photography

Primary (Grades PreK-2)--Jon Cole Bramlett - Robinson Elementary

Intermediate (Grades 3-5) --Katherine Koegel - Landolt Elementary;         Megan Martinez - Hall Elementary

Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8)--Chloe Hunter - Space Center Intermediate

Senior (Grades 9-12)--Samantha Tisci - Clear Brook High School

 Visual Arts

Primary (Grades PreK-2)           

                Christian Dadd - Hyde Elementary

                Hunter Gay - Robinson Elementary

                Aarthi Kukaruban - Clear Lake City Elementary

                Stephanie Maddocks - Robinson Elementary

                Karina Nereng - Ferguson Elementary

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)

                Sabrina Curran - Falcon Pass Elementary

                Taylor Gay - Robinson Elementary

                Kate Hughes - Falcon Pass Elementary

                Sharil Maredia - Parr Elementary

                Rilee Mullins - Brookwood Elementary

                Vijeyta Revankar - Bay Elementary

                Tayva Weigand - Ed White Elementary

Middle/Junior (Grades 6-8)

                Hunter Bradshaw - Victory Lakes Intermediate

                Michelle Cabler - Brookside Intermediate

                Carina Shiau - Westbrook Intermediate

Senior (Grades 9-12)

                Andy Ly - Clear Brook High School

CCCC of PTAs Senior Scholarship Applications should now be available on Naviance.  Scholarships will be presented to two (2) graduating seniors who meet the criteria listed from the following high schools:  Clear Brook HS, Clear Creek HS, Clear Lake HS and Clear Springs HS.  Scholarships will be presented to one (1) graduating senior at Clear View and Clear Horizons.  Please check with your campus Counselors Office if you have any questions about Naviance.

Please contact Gina Rico, Council Scholarship Chair,  scholarships@ccccpta.org  if you have any questions.

President - Managing motions can get messy - use these techniques to help you stay on track:

• Ask the maker of the motion to write the motion down and hand you that motion form after it has been read.
• Or, ask the maker of the motion to repeat the motion slowly, so the secretary can record it.
• If you can't remember the exact wording of the motion, ask the secretary to read the motion back from the minutes.
• It is easy to lose your train of thought, with respect to where you are in the motion process.  Call on the parliamentarian, when needed, to tell you the current status.

 Vice President - Be prepared to fill in "missing parts" of motions, such as a second for a motion, or a motion itself.  Often times, people will start a discussion without following the proper procedure of making a motion first.  You can help everyone out, especially the president, by making a motion for them.  Anyone can make a motion; it doesn't have to be the person who started the topic.

Secretary - Be prepared to read the motion back from the minutes.  Hand out motion forms to encourage people to write their motions down first.  If the maker of the motion didn't write the motion down, ask the president to have them repeat it (or speak more slowly) so you can record it exactly the way they say it.

Treasurer - If you make a motion to amend the budget that came from a Budget Committee meeting, no second is required - because it came as a recommendation from a committee.

Parliamentarian - Keep track of the status of the motions on the floor, because if the president loses track, you may be called upon to report where the motions stand.  The hierarchy can get complicated; it's possible to have many motions open at once, for example: a main motion, an amendment to that main motion, a motion to call for the previous question, and a point of order could all be active at the same time.

Member - Write your motion down before reading it.  Read it exactly the way you wrote it.  You will be surprised how many things will come to mind that, if missing, would require an amendment to fix them.  Afterward, hand that piece of paper to the president.