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Greetings From GCC of PTAs
On behalf of our board, I would like to welcome our Guilford County community to the 2013-14 school year. Now, more than ever, our children need a strong voice and our teachers need to know they are essential. As we learn to do more with less, remaining positive and collaborating together will ensure our students continue to receive the best education in healthy environments.
Henry Ford said, "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." Together we can make a difference for all our children.
Let's have an awesome year together!
Katie Sayani
GCC of PTAs President
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Parent Engagement Conference and PTA Training
Saturday, September 14, 2013
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
North Carolina A&T State University
New Academic Classrooms Building
(Parking in the circle off Bluford Street)
Breakfast and Lunch Provided!
This free conference is open to all parents, educators and community members who are interested in learning more about important topics in Guilford County Schools (GCS) and ways to get involved. Lunch will be provided to anyone who preregisters. GCS' own Karyn Dickerson, N.C. Teacher of the Year, will be the keynote speaker, along with other speakers from NCPTA, GCS and Duke University. This is an excellent opportunity for parents to get involved, network with others and learn more about supporting your child's school.
PTA Training Includes: Advocacy, Communication, Financial Training, Grants, Leadership, Male Involvement, Membership
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S.P.I.C.E. Grants 2013-14
Strengthening Parent Involvement in Children's Education
S.P.I.C.E. grew out of a community planning effort by the Community
Foundation of Greater Greensboro to help families and communities improve education. Research shows that children perform better in school if their parents are involved. Jointly recognizing the significant impact of parent involvement, the two organizations have joined together to promote the National PTA Standards for Family-School Partnerships. In an effort to make submitting easier for our local PTA units, the grant submission process will be online this year. The deadline for Online Submissions is Friday, October 18th by 11:59pm. Requests for Funding Each local PTA unit may request up to $1,000 for creative projects that: - Involve parents to reflect the diversity of the children in the school
- Support parent involvement in learning activities with children at home and in the community
- Create more options for parents to participate in school and PTA activities
- Help schools welcome all families and overcome barriers to parent involvement
- Connect parents, schools and community in support of student achievement
- Promote the National PTA Standards
ONLINE SUBMISSION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE SOON |
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Membership Cards
 2013-2014 PTA Membership Cards have been sent to schools with active PTAs in NC. The package is addressed to be received by the PTA President. Please visit your school and inquire about your PTA membership packet.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Member benefits - Staples
The world's largest office products company proudly supports individual PTA members and PTA units with an exclusive year-round in-store discount, including:
- 10% off supplies and furniture
- 25% off copy & print
- 5% back in rewards on everything else you buy at Staples (except postage, phone/gift cards and savings passes)
- Free shipping on Staples.com
To become part of the Staples PTA Discount Program
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Whether you are looking to step-up your PTA's involvement in school improvements or something meaningful is happening between your PTA and school that deserves recognition, you will soon have a new opportunity to make a substantial, positive impact on school and student success.
We have rejuvenated the National PTA School of Excellence program to help PTAs strengthen the family-school partnership and make measurable progress together in one of three areas:
- Education
- Health and safety
- Arts and cultural exploration
At a National PTA School of Excellence, families feel welcomed and empowered to support student success, and PTA is a key partner for continuous school improvement.
In the 2013-2014 school year, put your school on the National PTA School of Excellence map!
Click here to learn more
Enroll before September 30, 2013!
Contact excellence@pta.org for more information
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The 2013-2014 Back-to-School kit has officially launched! This year, we're saying goodbye to mountains of paper and packets for a new sleek, digital format that allows for more content, more sharing, and more resources to help your PTA reach its goals!
What's Inside
Inside the kit, you will find the same best practices and quick reference guides you have come to rely on. Plus, we are adding three new guides-Advocacy, Communications, and Fundraising-to help your PTA strengthen its activities in these critical areas.
Each section is accompanied by additional resources-printable and sharable tools, forms, and checklists that you can easily download, customize, and use.
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Congratulations
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Allen Jay Elementary PTA and
Irving Park Elementary PTA won the National PTA Healthy Lifestyles Grants for $2000! Only 25 schools in the nation received these grants.
Way to go!!
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Advocacy Tips and Nonprofit Guidelines Webinar
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Friday, Sept. 6, 2013
1 - 2 p.m.
PTA members care deeply about policies impacting children, and PTAs are uniquely positioned to share information and engage elected officials in conversations about current issues and policies. The ability and power to provide a strong unified voice for children is one of the most cherished aspects of PTA.
PTAs can and should advocate but are prohibited as 501(c)(3) organizations from engaging in political activities or endorsing political candidates.
Join Ashley Perkinson, NCPTA attorney and lobbyist, September 6 at 1 p.m. for a webinar discussion on advocacy tips and nonprofit guidelines.
Register Now
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2013 Emerging Minority Leaders Conference
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National PTA Emerging Minority Leaders Conference is the leadership conference you do not want to miss. Join us October 11 - 13 to build a national network of peers and learn how to overcome the challenges you face as a PTA leader, community advocate, parent and/or caregiver.
The Emerging Minority Leaders Conference encourages the development of new PTA leaders who can succeed in building bridges to ethnically diverse families to engage with PTA. This conference is the premier family engagement program for training ethnically diverse leaders to serve underserved school populations. You will learn about the issues ethnically diverse families face in our nation's school systems, develop your leadership skills, and share your experiences with others.
For more information go to www.pta.org.
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"Believe, Dream, Inspire"
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Encourage creativity and lifelong learning while offering recognition for artistic endeavors. The PTA Reflections Program is designed to enhance quality arts education for students in preschool through grade 12.
 Start a program at your school today!
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Save the Dates
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AUGUST
22 - Board of Education Mtg
26 - First Day of School
SEPTEMBER
2 - Holiday, no school
10 - Board of Education Mtg
14 - Parent Engagement Conference @ A&T University
18 - Early Release
19 - Celebration of Excellence
26 - Board of Education Mtg
OCTOBER
4 - Early Release
8 - Board of Education Mtg
15 - PTA Networking in the PTA Room (Elementary 10am, Middle 6pm, High 7pm)
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Thanks for Your Patience
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Our website is getting a complete overhaul in order to better serve our local school PTA units.
Our volunteers are working hard and should be ready to launch the new site in September.
Please feel free to contact us with questions any time. We are here to support you. |
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