PTA IN CALIFORNIA
Read the latest PTA news.
SACRAMENTO UPDATE
Covering legislative issues that affect California's children and youth.
THE COMMUNICATOR
Camera-ready resources to use in your PTA publications and website.
SMARTS
Covering California State PTA's program to promote arts education.
COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE
Beaming news from California State PTA Commissions.
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PTA Program topics
Developing a Program,
start here.
Community Concerns,
start here.
Health, start here.
Getting Ready for College, start here.
Parent Involvement,
start here.
Father Involvement,
start here.
Build Relationships: Working Together - Presidents & Principals,
start here.
Honorary Service Awards raise money for PTA scholarships and grants while honoring a special member, teacher or administrator.
For information, click here.
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Sign up for California State PTA newsletters. Click here.
Get your box! Register online for National PTA's Official Kit. Click here to sign up.
Click here for kit FAQs. Note: The kit is available only to PTAs in good standing. The address you provide will be used only for the kit. Incoming officers still need to send contact information to their council or district.
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To read this PTA Connects in Spanish, click here.
Register now for 2011 Convention
Thursday, April 28 - Sunday, May 1 in Long Beach
Registration is open for the premier leadership and training event of the year for PTA officers and members. California State PTA 2011 Convention will offer more than 80 workshops, including nine double sessions with in-depth tips and training for key positions. A massive exhibit hall of booths showcases fundraising, field trip and educational products and services. For the best price and hotel selection, register online by March 31. This year the price drops $10 for successive full-time registrations (excluding students) from each unit, with a discount of $40 off the registration price for the fifth attendee. Cost for the first full time, voting registration is $199 until March 31, $239 until April 15, and $259 on site. To see the registration booklet, click here. To see a video, click here.
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Build your PTA!
All that you do for children at your school deserves the applause of your school and community. All those clapping hands can show their support by becoming members, adding their voices to the applause. Clapping hands are important for another reason: They are taking the first steps toward becoming helping hands. Applaud yourself for all you do for your school. Then take a moment to imagine all you could do with more members, more helping hands. Invite participants at your Founders Day celebration and past Honorary Service Award recipients who attend to renew their support of your PTA by joining. Consider personalizing, printing and distributing the new fliers "Why Join PTA?" (Available in English and in Spanish.) For the fliers, click here. For midyear membership ideas, click here.
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Founders Day is Feb. 17
The National Congress of Mothers was founded by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst in Washington, D.C., on February 17, 1897, to press for the first child labor laws. National PTA became the name in 1970 when it united with the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers, founded in 1926 by Selena Sloan Butler. Over the decades, PTA was instrumental in creating the juvenile justice system and testing the first polio vaccine. PTA penny kitchens served the first school lunches. Today California State PTA is fighting for effective and adequate school funding and essential services for families.
Founders Day offers an opportunity to celebrate PTA's history and your PTA's work. Honor the people who make a difference for your PTA with Honorary Service Awards (HSAs), which fund state PTA scholarships and grants, at a Founders Day program. For ideas and activities, click here. For information on HSAs, click here.
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Important financial news!
TAXES - Starting this year: ■ Every unit, council, and district will need to file
some version of the California Form 199 starting
with the 2010 tax return. ■ Every PTA will need to apply for a Charitable Trust
number by December 31, 2012 and start filing an
annual RRF-1 Form. ■ A Charitable Trust number will be required to apply
to hold raffles or gaming events, and it can take
several weeks to obtain the number from the
Attorney General's office. For information, click here. INSURANCE: Correction - The 2011 Insurance & Loss Prevention Guide you received included the wrong website for PTA's insurance broker. The correct website for BB&T Insurance Services of California, Inc., is www.pta.bbt-knight.com. The user name and password are correct. To prepare for any associated risks while planning your activities, review the guide and contact the broker. AUDITS: Midyear audits need to be adopted by the membership and forwarded through channels. For full audit information, click here. For a fast double-check of finances each month, use the "5-Minute Audit." |
Elections coming up
The circle of volunteer life keeps rolling. It's already time to plan for elections of officers and 2011 convention delegates. Your bylaws list your PTA's annual election meeting date, and the notice requirement to change the date if necessary. For information on nominations and elections, click here. For a nominating committee checklist, click here. For information on electing delegates to convention, click here.
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Students invited to State Board
Every year, the California State PTA invites students to apply for positions on its board. Students on the board can affect statewide PTA decisions and provide valuable perspective and insight to commissions and committees. They promote student participation in local PTAs and help design and put on student workshops at the annual convention.Applicants must be a member of PTA/PTSA and between 16 and 21 years old. Applications are available from your district PTA president. Act now! Applications are due March 15! To find your district, click here.
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PTA/PTSA checklist  Midyear Audit The association adopts the
audit and forwards forms through channels.
Nominations & Officer Elections Plan for the
annual elections meeting as required in bylaws.
Remember to send results of elections with contact
information to council or district PTA. Feb. 2 Registration opens for convention
For best price and hotel selection, register online by
March 31. Take advantage of multi-delegate discounts. Feb. 13-19 Take Your Family to School Week -
a National PTA program Feb. 14 Valentine's Day Give a PTA membership
to folks who love kids! Feb. 17 PTA Founders Day PTA's history is
celebrated in many ways. March 15 Student applications due for state PTA
board of managers, contact the district president. |
Connect!
California State PTA "Connects" is sent monthly to unit officers for your use throughout the year. Please feel free to send us ideas and comments to help us be of the most use to you. communications@capta.org. We love getting and reading your newsletters! Please send them by e-mail, communications@capta.org, or by regular mail: Vice President, Communications California State PTA 2327 L Street Sacramento, CA 95816
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