Sentences with phrase «local pta»

I started out that way... trying to make it more simplistic in the Christmas decor... but as usual things got away from me... but not as much... (for me)... However, I must say that I have taken two loads of Christmas decor to our local PTA thrift store..

Support the local PTA: buy ad space, sponsor functions, volunteer for fundraisers and offer discounts and premium services to the PTA members.

For example, a parent whose child has a disability and is concerned about the school's obligation to make accommodations might find a kindred spirit through the local PTA.

To qualify to join Alliant I became a member of my local PTA, which was $ 5 for a great cause.

He'd already been married in Marin, had four kids, got divorced, raised his two sons Mike and Lad (been given the «mother of the year» award by his local PTA), discovered the woman next door had cancer (they'd been having an affair while he was married to his first wife, who'd moved to Hawaii with his two daughters), married her, watched her die in their bed, taken a shower, called the undertaker, buried her, and a few years short of fifty, moved into this massive, six - apartment - sized penthouse apartment by himself.

The Mary Lou Anderson Arts Enhancement Grant provides up to $ 1,000 in matching funds to support local PTA arts projects within their school community.

and pass it around at your local PTA meeting.

In celebration of National PTA's Founder's Day, this year, we are excited to support local PTA's in hosting family engagement events throughout Take Your Family to School Week.

But this is not your local PTA.

Many of the suggestions from teachers have merit (I've also been an urban classroom teacher and administrator, a local PTA President and a member of the Mn state PTA board).

While teachers elect teacher representatives to the councils, members of the largest parent organization, usually a local PTA, vote on parent delegates.

Because opt - out is a grassroots phenomenon, communities varied in the extent of their participation, based in part on factors such as: 1) degree of parental involvement in the local schools, 2) whether the local PTA had an organized advocacy committee, 3) parental awareness of school - reform issues, and 4) access to the Internet and social media.

Being a member of a local PTA doesn't ensure effective involvement in a child's learning.

To make a long story short, earlier this week a question was asked by some nitwit official as to why there weren't more parents (of special needs kids) involved in the local PTA and other issues that have come up that directly involve our kids.

There's nothing to prevent local PTAs from raising the funds schools need to install salad bars.

«Facebook is proud to support the Family Online Safety Institute's unprecedented effort to deliver online safety tips, tools and resources directly to parents nationwide through state and local PTAs.

It will include Councilmembers Ydanis Rodriguez and Robert Jackson, State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, the NYPD, Parks Department, members of local PTAs and community members.

Much has changed in society since the PTA was founded in 1897 in Washington, D.C., as the National Congress of Mothers, and Saylors is hopeful that his new role will inspire more fathers to join their local PTAs.

This means, we need to help local PTAs be able to offer relevant resources to «today's» parents — resources that this new generation of parents can use.

The Reflections 50th Grant supports local PTAs offering high quality arts education activities.

School Meals Leader's Guide: Developed by National PTA to help local PTAs partner with their school leaders, school nutrition team, families and students to support schools in serving healthy school meals.

Oregon PTA consists of 9 regions, 4 councils, approximately 240 local PTAs, with a total of more than 23,000 members statewide.

The kit's planning guide describes how local PTAs can use the kit to encourage elementary school parents to become more involved with their children's mathematics education.

Not exact matches

Amy & Rachel: We are involved in local youth sports associations, PTA organizations at our 6 children's schools, and in alumnae associations for our sororities.

Customers will have a chance to contribute May 19 - 22 and May 27 - 30 when 20 percent of all dinner sales will be donated to local Henrico School PTAs.

Those students from low - income families receive hot lunches thanks to the generous support of the Canadian equivalent of PTA's, individual businesses and fundraisers and local charity groups such as Knights of Columbus and others.

Members of my local school's PTA would not guess that.

Head in to your local TJ Maxx or Marshalls and check out their amazing Fall selection for a wardrobe that will have you looking your best for all the PTA meetings!

These days, we don't just bowl alone, as the political scientist Robert Putnam famously argued; we devote less energy to the PTA, to local politics, to charity.

If you are curious about the specific reasons your child's school community has chosen to be a part of the National PTA or an independent PTO, your local leaders should be able to answer your questions.

Check out these guides from the National PTA and ask your local parent - teacher - student group to make the success of student nutrition programs a priority.

Mill Creek Middle School PTSA leaders, from left to right, Jessi Brenneman, Brenda Page, Ambrea Holman and Olga Spivey, celebrating winning the Georgia PTA's Outstanding Local Unit award out of all middle schools in Georgia!

Again, if you had actually been at the meeting and interviewed those members present, you would find most were not political wonks, but local community activists, community board members, PTA members, green advocates, housing advocates, and the like.

IS 59 PTA president Tandrea Lang of Springfield Gardens said the government has been too favorable to charters at the expense of local students.

State Senator Ken LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) has asked local superintendents to meet with their school's community members — including parents, students, teachers, and PTAs — to organize their comments and questions relating to Common Core, teacher evaluations, standardized testing and student privacy, and submit them to his office by last Thursday.

She was a founder and chairman of the Westchester County Youth Board, was involved in the local, county and state levels of the PTA, and served as president of the Yonkers Council of PTAs.

We move routinely from one hierarchy to another, from vice president of operations to anxious newcomer in the PTA, from assistant librarian to head of the local soup kitchen, from alpha to omega and back again, all in the course of a day, or even an hour.

You do not have to be PTA president and the chairwoman of a local charity - you want to be all of these things.

The three so - called bad moms quickly bond over Amy's big PTA bust up, sealing their wacky relationship in a no - holds - barred sequence that sees them drunkenly destroying their local supermarket.

This sets them afoul of intense PTA leader Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate) and her pair of devoted sidekicks (Jada Pinkett Smith and Annie Mumolo), upsetting the delicate balance of local power.

There are also trips skyward on PTA's toy drone which he flies over and around the roof of the fort, often as local birds circle one of the turrets awaiting a feeding session of raw meat.

For example, many PTAs have withdrawn from the national organization, forming local Parent Teacher Organizations that no longer send dues to the national PTA.

She said it is now up to larger national organizations like the National PTA and the American Academy of Pediatrics to prod local stations to comply...

Your PTA and community members are also a valuable network for tapping into unrealized local connections (although you'll need to work more proactively to ensure the educational qualities of artists that are new to working with schools).

«However,» Anderson told Education World, «I've encouraged my PTA to do so, and it has hooked up with local companies to underwrite some school activities.»

«Last year, our PTA arranged for every staff member to get a bag full of goodies — tape, markers, paper clips, and the like — from the local Staples store,» said Stokes.

Among the nine task force members Mr. Christie named on Oct. 28 are a local schools superintendent, a high school PTA officer, a charter school principal, and a school choice activist.

The PTA is happy and the local Burger King proprietor is thrilled with the good will that is great for its reputation in the neighborhood.»

In a service project for Northwest Classen High School's PTA, Norfar's students used algebra to analyze local cell phone plans to determine the best value.

School PTAs and local donors are helping.