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New Virginia PTA Website Coming in February! |
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 04:35 |
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Nominate a teacher for the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Awards. The Super Teacher Awards are designed to honor outstanding Virginia public school teachers for their dedication and commitment. The Lottery seeks to pay tribute to those educators who go the extra mile each and every day to serve their students and their communities.
Nominations are being accepted until February 14, 2012.
Click HERE To Complete The Nomination Form. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 05:03 |
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PTA Take Your Family to School Week will be held February 12–18, 2012 with the purpose of expanding and enhancing family engagement in schools across the country.
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 04:36 |
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All parents of school-aged children and youth who receive special education services in Virginia’s schools are encouraged to complete the Virginia Department of Education's VDOE Parent Involvement Survey (PDF). This survey is not intended to measure satisfaction with the special education program. It is designed to determine whether or not the school facilitated parent involvement. English and Spanish language available. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 02:37 |
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2011 Local Unit Bylaws Available |
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The latest local unit bylaws are available now. Bylaws must be renewed every five years for local units to remain in good standing.
Visit the Bylaws Library for instructions, checklists, and coversheets.
 2011 Local Unit Bylaws
2011 Local Unit Bylaws PRESIDENT-ELECT |
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Supercharge your PTA with Just Between Friends Calendars |
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We’re always working to make Just Between Friends more useful. So, now we’ve added the ability for you to post repeating events to JBF calendars, instead of posting them one-by-one. This is available for group events and deadlines as well as personal items posted on a member’s own calendar.
All of our calendar enhancements will help you to engage parents and supercharge your PTA! Learn more about Just Between Friends calendar enhancements and how to use them at www.learnjbf.com/communications.
Fran Fran Lytle, Director of Marketing, 757-336-0096 |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:49 |
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Cathy Belter passed away on December 31, 2011. She was a past president of the Virginia PTA and served on the board of the National PTA. The Virginia House of Delegates celebrated her life with House Resolution No. 11 on January 20, 2012.
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 04:41 |
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What is diversity? Commonly the term diversity is tied to race but, in reality diversity includes much more than race. Are we inclusive PTAs, if not how can we become an inclusion PTA? Virginia PTA is implementing a new committee in 2010 to address these areas.
National PTA has placed much emphasis on diversity and inclusion, having recently adopted a Diversity and Inclusion Policy. National PTA uses the following definitions for Diversity and Inclusion:
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2012 Citizenship Essay
Virginia PTA is proud to sponsor a Citizenship Essay Project. The 2011-2012 theme is “Community Responsibility”. This Essay Project allows students to express their views and opinions on “Character or Citizenship”. Virginia PTA is committed to promoting a sense of citizenship and responsibility in the lives of our children—tomorrow’s leaders.
Download the form HERE: 2011_2012 VA PTA Student Citizenship Essay
Essays are due to District Directors by February 1. Faxes are not permitted.
Virginia PTA Scholarships
Virginia PTA is proud to offer scholarships to graduating Virginia high school students planning to enter teaching or other youth-serving professions. Each year, two special scholarships are given—a $1,200 scholarship memorializing M. Frieda Koontz, the Executive Secretary of the SCA from 1922-1950, and a $1,200 scholarship honoring S. John Davis, Virginia’s Superintendent of Schools from 1979-1989. Additional $1,000 scholarships complete the scholarship awards package.
Download the application package HERE: 2012 Scholarship Info and Application .pdf
Applications are due to Virginia PTA postmarked March 1, 2012. Faxes are not permitted. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 15 December 2011 17:31 |
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2012 Annual State Conference Budget
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