Branding and Marketing Your PTA
Almost every PTA operates inside of another business – A SCHOOL. That means that, by default, the school gets credit for every program and event held there. It’s up to your PTA to communicate its ownership of the incredible things it’s doing. By raising awareness of your PTA’s far-reaching impact, you are building brand awareness.…
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PTA Leader Testimonial
As the school year winds down, I’ve been reflecting on my two-year term on the PTA board. I didn’t exactly come in kicking and screaming, but I wasn’t jumping up and down to take it on either. I feared I was unqualified or it would be too time consuming. While we had been a part…
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Membership Database Year End
The PT Avenue membership database 2017-2018 end of year process has been completed for all PTAs using the membership only version of PT Avenue. PTAs using the finance or full versions of PT Avenue must complete the end of year process by July 15. To learn more, open the PT Avenue End of Year 2017-2018…
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2018 WSPTA Convention Recap
On behalf of your Washington State PTA board of directors, thank you to everyone who was able to join us for the 105th Annual WSPTA Convention. You helped to make it a fantastic weekend! For those of you who were unable to attend this year’s convention, we all discovered our PTA Power! Learning! We had…
2017-18 WSPTA Men’s Essay Winners Announced
by, Laura Peterson, committee chair For the fourteenth year, Washington State PTA conducted a statewide essay contest so that young people could describe, from their unique perspectives, how males in their lives make positive differences for them. Essays were scored based upon the Common Core Standards for Writing and by content of the essay. We…
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WSPTA//Game Development Competition Results
by, Roberta Conti, committee chair The Game Development Competition Committee is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s competition. The awards ceremony was held April 28th, 2018 at Green River College. Our first place Team winner with Best Game is Team Calypso, with “A Gravity Adventure”. Team Calypso is Linkai Shao and Yifan Xu,…
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May Checklist for Running Your PTA
May Ongoing Tasks Attend any board and membership meetings Read meeting minutes and offer corrections Prepare reports for board and membership meetings Attend training Be familiar with your responsibilities and fulfill them Review and ask questions about monthly financial report Prepare articles for newsletter/social media Update website Participate, help, and communicate Monthly Tasks Submit delegate…
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What does a Budget Committee do?
As your PTA’s treasurer and chair of the budget committee, you’ll want to start developing next year’s (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019) budget now. Who should you ask to join you? Good choices are often the incoming president and treasurer, and outgoing president because they understand the past and future needs of your PTA. This…
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Joint Select Committee on Article IX Litigation
In a short session today, the Joint Select Committee on Article IX Litigation unanimously approved a report to the Supreme Court describing the 2018 session’s accomplishments towards meeting the McCleary lawsuit. Two major elements of the 16-page report include expediting educator salaries to the 2018-19 school year and establishing a $105 million “penalty account,” which…
Local Public K-12 Education Investments – OSPI Tool
On March 30th, Superintendent Chris Reykdal sent every legislator a handout with information about the public schools within their legislative district. You can find all of those handouts on the OSPI website – use the drop-down box on the top left-hand side to choose a legislative district.