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As we approach a long Presidents' Day weekend and Valentine's Day, what better time to say we love our PTA/PTSA leaders! This edition of MCCPTA News and Updates is for all of you.
Janette Gilman
President, Montgomery County Council of PTAs
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Operating Budget Forum
The Board of Education will approve its proposed FY 2014 operating budget on Monday, February 25. The Operating Budget includes funding for instructional programs, salaries, professional development, transportation, and school maintenance.
The next evening, on Tuesday, February 26, MCCPTA will host our annual forum at which members of the Board of Education, Superintendent Joshua P. Starr, and members of the Montgomery County Council will join us at the Carver Educational Services Center to answer audience questions about the proposed school system budget. County Executive Ike Leggett is unable to attend.
This is YOUR chance to ask our elected officials and our superintendent questions about the budget that will drive student achievement during the coming year.
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PTA Night in Annapolis
Join MCCPTA and PTA leaders from Maryland PTA and around the state for PTA Night in Annapolis on Tuesday, February 19, 6-8 PM. The event will be held in the Maryland House of Delegates, Room 180, 6 Bladen Street. CLICK HERE for details.
MCCPTA is working to set up a meeting with the Montgomery County Delegation from 4-5:30 PM; check our website for details.
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Our Membership Challenge: Does Your Unit Measure Up?
MCCPTA challenges all local PTAs and PTSAs to work in the next two months to grow their membership at least to the level they reached during the past school year. Over 70 PT(S)As have met the challenge, but that means we have over 100 who need to take the challenge to win!
Win what? Thanks to the generous support of Silver Diner, we have $250 in Silver Diner gift cards to award a unit in good standing that matches or beats its membership total from last year. CLICK HERE for all contest rules and details.
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Celebracion de Padres Latinos
On Friday February 8, MCCPTA Multicultural Awareness Committee Chair Antonio Hernandez-Cardoso, together with Principal Robert Grundy and his PTA and staff, hosted a Latino Parent Celebration at Brookhaven Elementary School in Aspen Hill. The event focused on parent involvement, and featured presentations from County Council President Nancy Navarro, Board of Education President Christopher Barclay, and MCPS Superintendent of Schools Joshua Starr. Our MCCPTA president, Brookhaven PTA leaders, and other MCPS personnel addressed the crowd of over 100 parents and students in attendance. |
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National PTA Reflections
MCCPTA will soon be announcing the 2012-2013 Reflections entries that won county honors and those that were sent to the Maryland state level. A sincere thank you to the thirty-three schools, their hundreds of student participants, and their devoted Relections program chairs and committee workers who shepherded the amazing, creative entries of our talented students.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 16, when we will showcase their work at our MCCPTA Reflections Showcase and Celebration at Clarksburg High School.
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February Delegates Assembly
February's Delegates Assembly will be limited to one hour, and will start at 6:30pm, to allow ample time for our Operating Budget Forum. This month, local PTA leaders from the Blair Cluster will introduce a resolution supporting National PTA positions on Gun Violence, and we will have updates on key MCCPTA initiatives and programs.
MCCPTA Delegates: Please join us for this meeting and please plan to stay for the Operating Budget Forum. Your attendance and participation are essential.
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Curriculum Information Night
On Wednesday, January 30, MCCPTA hosted a Curriculum Information Night on Mathematics K-12 at which MCPS leaders in curriculum provided extensive information on the changes in math instruction in our schools system. The first hour was devoted to an interactive presentation led by MCPS personnel; during the second hour, parents headed to the microphones and asked an array of questions regarding math instruction.
Even if you missed it, you don't have to miss out. The event is being rebroadcast every weekend in February; CLICK HERE for details and showtimes. |
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MCCPTA Sponsors Needed!
Our Presidents and Principals Dinner is just three months away. To ensure that every PT(S)A leader and their principal can attend, MCCPTA annually looks for individuals, non-profit organizations, and businesses to support our work--and provide seats for worthy PTA and school leaders--through sponsorship of MCCPTA and this event.
Your help in finding sponsors would be sincerely appreciated. Sponsorship has many benefits including an invitation to participate in our April Vendors' Showcase; that and more benefits can be found together with forms and details at our MCCPTA website, or by CLICKING HERE.
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Visit the MCCPTA Website
Like Us on Facebook
Follow Us on Twitter
MCCPTA unveiled our new web presence in October at www.mccpta.org. This site, designed and built by our MCCPTA volunteer Webmaster Doni Stassel, is a user-friendly resource for local PTAs leaders and members, county PTA leaders, and all in our community who are interested in the work, activities, and scope of the Montgomery County Council of PTAs. Are you social? Then follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or get LinkedIn. Being tuned in is just a CLICK away! |
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 Upcoming Dates
PTA Night in Annapolis Tuesday, February 19 6-8pm Maryland House of Delegates Room 180, 8 Bladen Street Annapolis
MCCPTA Operating Budget Forum
featuring elected county leaders
Tuesday, February 26
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Auditiorium, Carver Center
850 Hungerford Drive
February Delegates Assembly
Tuesday, February 26
6:30-7:30pm
Auditorium, Carver Center
850 Hungerford Drive
MCCPTA Reflections Showcase and Celebration Saturday, March 16 Clarksburg High School MCCPTA Presents: Safe Routes to School
Thursday, March 21 6:30pm
Cafeteria, Carver Center
850 Hungerford Drive
March Delegates Assembly
Thursday, March 21
7:30-9:30pm
Cafeteria, Carver Center
850 Hungerford Drive
County Council Hearings on the BOE Recommended CIP and Operating Budgets
Tuesday, April 9, 7:00pm
Wednesday April 10, 1:30 and 7pm
Thursday April 11, 1:30 and 7pm
County Council Office Building
100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville
MCCPTA Performing Arts Festival Saturday, April 20 11am-6pm Rockville Town Center MCCPTA Performing Arts Festival Sunday, April 21 12 noon-6pm Veteran's Plaza at the Silver Spring Town Center MCCPTA Presents: Vendors' Showcase Tuesday, April 23, 6:30-9pm Richard Montgomery High School April Delegates Assembly Tuesday, April 23, 7:30-9:30pm Richard Montgomery High School Presidents and Principals Dinner Wednesday, May 9, 6-9pm Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center MCCPTA 25th Annual Special Education Awards Monday, May 13, 6-9pm Rockville High School MCCPTA Spring Leadership Training Wednesday, June 5, 6-9:30pm Location TBD Quick Links |
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