Programs Plug – January 2023
Guest post provided by WSPTA Program Director Laura Peterson Happy New Year. I hope you were able to get a little rest during the holiday break. Hopefully this information is old news for you but wanted to share it again just in case. Volunteers Needed! Volunteer judges needed for all student programs. We urgently need…
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Programs Plug – September 2022
Guest post provided by WSPTA Program Director Laura Peterson Here is the first Programs Plug of the year to help keep you up to date on news about WSPTA programs. Your help is still needed to promote all our PTA programs so we can meet our goal for increased participation. If you have been thinking about…
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Nominate Someone Today for WSPTA State-Level Award
Do you know of someone or a group of people who are working hard to ensure that all students have positive educational outcomes? Do you know of a person, group, or organization who is working hard to advocate for policies that ensure health and well-being for students? Do you know a student who is working…
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September Programs Plug
Here is the first Programs Plug to help let you know about what’s new. Your help is needed to promote all our PTA programs so we can meet our goal for increased participation. The biggest news is that Washington State PTA (WSPTA) will be using a new online submission platform for most of our awards…
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Utilizing WSPTA Programs Virtually
Student Programs WSPTA has many great programs to offer students. These are all programs that students can actively work on both at school and at home. Reflections The Reflections program is a National PTA art contest that students in grades K-12 can participate in along with other students from their community, from the state, and…
2018-19 WSPTA Men’s Essay Winners Announced
by, Laura Peterson, committee chair For the fifteenth 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 a positive difference. Essays were scored based upon the Common Core Standards for Writing and by content of the essay. In the Special…
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2019 WSPTA//Game Development Competition Results
The WSPTA//Game Development Competition Committee is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s competition. This year, students were directed to create a game with the theme of Time. The first place Team winner with the Best Game is The Rude Goldbergs, with “poTem”. The Rude Goldbergs include Alex Pujol, Rudy Banerjee, and William Erignac,…
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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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WSPTA Scholarship Program
It’s that time of year for high school seniors: applying for college and learning how to pay for college. To help alleviate the pains of paying for college, the Washington State PTA offers three $3,000 scholarships and one $1,000 scholarship to graduating seniors from Washington State high schools, with active PTAs within them that will…
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