February Checklist for Running Your PTA
Ongoing Tasks Attend any board and membership meetings Read meeting minutes and offer corrections Prepare reports for board and membership meetings Get educated: take advantage of in-person and online training opportunities Be familiar with your responsibilities and fulfill them Review and ask questions about monthly financial report Actively engage in a plan for membership growth…
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Leadership
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
Introducing Our New Awards Submission System
Let’s dive right in! We are very excited to announce the launch of our new submission portal for awards of excellence, student programs, and the Reflections arts contest. This new system, powered by SM Apply, will be a simple and centralized home for most WSPTA programs moving forward. Before 2020, WSPTA was still dependent on…
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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Programs
March Checklist for Running Your PTA
Ongoing Tasks Attend any board and membership meetings Read meeting minutes and offer corrections Prepare reports for board and membership meetings Get educated: take advantage of in-person and online training opportunities Be familiar with your responsibilities and fulfill them Review and ask questions about monthly financial report Actively engage in a plan for membership growth…
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Leadership
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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Programs
Reflections Kickoff – Virtually
Reflections may look a little different this year, as we navigate in a virtual environment, but this program is more important than ever. For more than 50 years, this National PTA arts recognition program has helped students explore their own thoughts, feelings, and ideas, develop artistic literacy, increase confidence, and find a love for learning.…
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Reflections
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…
Disability Access and PTA
In the state of Washington, 12% of students aged 3 – 18 have been identified with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA.) More than 23% of adults in Washington have a disability. To serve every child and be inclusive of all families, PTAs must pay close attention to whether meetings and…
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Leadership
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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