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We're back from Spring Break, relaxed, refreshed, and ready to speak in One Voice. MCCPTA and PTA leaders will testify April 9th, 10th, and 11th before the County Council; please mark your calendars and come out for one session to show your support for funding for our schools. Your presence will make a difference.
Janette Gilman
President, Montgomery County Council of PTAs
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Our Schools, Our Voice
Please join together with Montgomery County PT(S)A leaders and members at the County Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville on April 9, 10, and 11 when MCCPTA leaders and representatives from our clusters will present testimony on the CIP and operating budgets before the County Council. The schedule of dates, times, and anticipated PTA speakers is available HERE on our MCCPTA website.
Local school communities also have been engaging in our One Voice postcard writing campaign. PT(S)A presidents and MCCPTA delegate: Please return your cards to the MCCPTA office this week; the cards collected will be presented to the County Council on April 10. To learn more about the campaign or details on how to return the cards CLICK HERE.
YOU can show our elected officials that you and your school community care about keeping our students moving forward. You have a voice. Be part of ours. Join us next week in Rockville!
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MCCPTA Awards Nomination Deadlines Fast Approaching
Nomination deadline for the National PTA Lifetime Award is April 4, deadline for all other award nominations is April 12th. Award winners will be announced and honored at the Presidents and Principals Dinner on May 9th.
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Presidents & Principals Dinner
Send in your reservation now for our annual celebration of PTA and public education in Montgomery County, the annual MCCPTA Presidents and Principals Dinner, Thursday May 9, 6-9pm, at the Bethesda North Marriott and Conference Center. Just download and complete THIS RESERVATION FORM . Dinner is still just $50 per person; principals traditionally attend as guests of their PT(S)A. Andrea McCarren of WUSA-9 will be the evening's host as we celebrate the efforts of PTA volunteers with annual awards, roast our outgoing officers, induct our MCCPTA 2013-2014 officers, area vice presidents, and cluster coordinators, and enjoy student performances. In addition, the inaugural MCCPTA President's Award, honoring an individual PTA member whose efforts on behalf of the Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (MCCPTA) during the current fiscal year had a significant impact on the work of the Council, will be announced. Our dinner is attended by over 400 community members, including PTA and MCPS leaders, the Board of Education, and other local elected officials. Don't miss this wonderful night! |
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April Delegates Assembly and MCCPTA Vendors Showcase
The April Delegates Assembly (DA) will be held on Tuesday April 23 starting at 7:30pm at in the Richard Montgomery High School cafeteria (NOTE THE LOCATION--WE WILL TEASE YOU IF YOU GO TO CARVER). This month, MCCPTA elections will be conducted, the resolution on elementary school grading and reporting discussed, and updates on key MCCPTA initiatives and programs, including the MCCPTA Performing Arts Festival and Spring Training, given.
Starting immediately before the DA, at 6:30pm, and running throughout the evening, MCCPTA presents our Annual Vendors' Showcase. Local and national businesses and organizations with services, products, and fundraising opportunities of interest to local PT(S)As will be on hand to discuss these options. DO NOT LET YOUR INCOMING PT(S)A LEADERS MISS OUT!
We ask you to make your incoming PT(S)A Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Fundraising and/or Ways and Means officers aware of the showcase and encourage them to attend. This is a one-stop-show for great PTA ideas.
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MCCPTA Spring Training
Please tell everyone on your PT(S)A slate--as well as any and all active members--to mark their calendars and join us for our annual MCCPTA Spring Training, the evening of Wednesday June 5, 6:30-9:30 pm at Wootton High School in Rockville. Our Training Chair Suzanne Weiss already is hard at work creating an evening worth every minute of your time; more details coming soon. As always, MCCPTA Spring Training is FREE; light refreshments also will be served.
MCCPTA Spring Training offers classes for EVERY new and returning officer with information to get your new PT(S)A leaders off to a smooth start. Beyond valuable, time-saving information, the evening also affords the opportunity to network with other local PTA leaders and to get to know the leaders of MCCPTA.
Annual financial training--a mandatory requirement for all treasurers and one additional board member from each PT(S)A--will be offered; MCCPTA is pleased to welcome Maryland PTA President Rita Lowman to Montgomery County who will deliver two separate sessions of this training that evening. |
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Membership Challenge Winner!
MCCPTA challenged all local PT(S)As to work like mad to grow membership at least to the level they reached last school year. We had many schools who rose to meet the challenge.
All schools who grew membership this year will be publicly recognized at our Presidents and Principals Dinner on May 9th. MCCPTA Membership Awards also will be announced that night for schools with the largest memberships and with the greatest engagement based on their member to student enrollment ratios. Details on these awards can be found by CLICKING HERE.
But who won the challenge? Thanks to the generous support of Silver Diner-Rockville, MCCPTA is awarding a special gift of $250 in Silver Diner gift cards to our Membership Challenge winner. BUT WAIT! Due to Spring Break falling at the end of our challenge, MCCPTA will accept dues for membership through March 31 until Friday April 5. GET YOUR DUES IN. Our winner will be drawn Saturday April 6! Need a dues voucher? No problem. CLICK HERE!
Thanks to all for your efforts to sustain and grow PTA membership! CLICK HERE for MCCPTA membership challenge contest details.
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 Upcoming Dates
County Council Hearings on the BOE Recommended CIP and Operating Budgets
Tuesday, April 9, 7:00pm
County Council Office Building
100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville
County Council Hearings on the BOE Recommended CIP and Operating Budgets
Wednesday April 10, 1:30 and 7pm
County Council Office Building
100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville
County Council Hearings on the BOE Recommended CIP and Operating Budgets
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 Science Curriculum Information Night
Monday, April 22, 7-9pm
Auditorium
Carver Education Services 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 Wootton High School Quick Links
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