Communication / Outstanding Newsletter

Golden Acorn

Honor Unit

Honorary Life Membership

100% Membership Award

Outstanding Advocate Award

Outstanding Educator Award

Outstanding Local Unit of the Year

Outstanding Service Award

PTAs Taking Significant Action

Standards of Excellence

Communication – Communication awards identify and recognize all forms of effective communication from PTAs to PTA members and the community about programs, projects, activities, and issues affecting children. These awards are not limited to any specific medium and may include web sites, email, voice mail, public access television, communication through/with partners, and more.   
          Communication Award Form

Outstanding Newsletter - In addition, PTA newsletters are judged and presented awards in 5 categories for units and 1 for councils. Outstanding Newsletter recipients will be announced and recognized at the State PTA convention.
          Outstanding Newsletter Award Form

Golden Acorn – A Golden Acorn Award is presented, by a local PTA unit or council, to a volunteer in recognition of his/her dedication and service to children and youth. Since the beginning of this program, more than 44,000 Golden Acorns have been presented to volunteers throughout Washington State. A contribution in the name of the recipient(s) is made by the honoring PTA to the Washington State PTA Financial Grant Program. From these contributions, WSPTA is able to provide grants to freshman students entering post-secondary education.
          Golden Acorn Award Form

Honor Unit – An Honor Unit is a PTA/PTSA local unit which has, in its service to children, gone significantly beyond the attainment of standards of excellence and has demonstrated the kind of exceptional qualities that merit replication by others. A local unit must apply and go through a competitive judging process to be an Honor Unit. Honor Units will be announced and recognized at the State PTA convention.
         Honor Unit Application Form

Honorary Life Membership – The purpose of the Honorary Life Membership is to recognize an individual who has contributed significantly to a PTA at the local unit, council, or state level. This award can be given by a PTA unit, council, or region.
          Honorary Life Membership Form

100% Membership Award –  A PTA local unit that serves a school building community may apply to receive a very special membership award if it achieves a membership total equal to or exceeding the student enrollment of that school building.
          100% Membership Award Form

Outstanding Advocate  Award  -- In 2004, the Washington State PTA established the Outstanding Advocate Award, a new statewide volunteer recognition program to recognize and honor individuals for their advocacy work on behalf of children and youth. This award can be given by a PTA unit, council, or region. Recipients receive a certificate and pin and a contribution is made in their name to the WSPTA Financial Grant Program.
          Outstanding Advocate Award Form

Outstanding Educator Award -- The Outstanding Educator Award was created to recognize individuals who have provided outstanding educational opportunities for children and youth that are beyond the normal scope of their jobs.
          Outstanding Educator Award Form

Outstanding Local Unit of the Year – The Outstanding Local Unit of the Year is the PTA unit that, when compared to all others in their unique environments and within their own special circumstances, is selected as the most representative example of a local unit which exemplifies the purposes and mission of PTA. The Outstanding Local Unit of the Year is selected from the Honor Units. The Outstanding Local Unit of the Year will be announced and recognized at the State PTA convention.
          Outstanding Local Unit of the Year Nomination Form

Outstanding Service Award – The Outstanding Service Award is presented to a volunteer who works for children and youth beyond the bounds of a job, PTA, or a specific school community. This honor goes to a person who has shown concern for all children and who has volunteered his/her time to help them achieve their potential. This award can be presented only by the Washington State PTA and its regions and councils. A contribution in the name of the recipient is made to the Washington State PTA Financial Grant Program to help provide scholarships to freshman students entering post-secondary education.
          Outstanding Service Award Form

PTAs Taking Significant Action – The purpose of this program is to recognize the accomplishments of units and councils across the state that present programs, projects, and activities that show significant originality, involvement, potential, usefulness, and results. Selected programs will reflect how projects and activities are implemented by small and large, affluent and poor, city and rural PTAs. Recipients will be recognized at the State PTA convention and asked to display their projects.
          PTAs Taking Significant Action Application Instructions

Standards of Excellence (Local Unit) – The purpose of the Local Unit Standards of Excellence program is to: (a) provide PTA local units with a set of standards that define qualities of excellence; (b) provide training to local units on attainment of those standards; (c) identify, recognize, and honor those units that achieve the standards. Units achieving the standards will be announced and recognized at convention.
          Standards of Excellence Application Form