Region 9 PTA Newsletter
March 15, 2010 Volume 2, Number 11
** Please review your financial books for membership money that hasn’t been paid to Utah PTA or your Council yet! Deadline is TODAY!! Secondary schools please check with your Financial Secretary to make sure you have received any and all dues they collected from parents and students with Registration Payments.
NATIONAL PTA NEWS HYPERLINK "http://www.pta.org" www.pta.org
HYPERLINK "http://npta.sparklist.com/t/1738461/43062516/593/0/" \o "blocked::http://npta.sparklist.com/t/1738461/43062516/593/0/" National PTA Convention | June 9-15 | Memphis, Tennessee
School Safety Alert HYPERLINK "http://www.pta.org/3430.htm" http://www.pta.org/3430.htm
UTAH PTA NEWS HYPERLINK "http://www.utahpta.org" www.utahpta.org
Utah PTA Leadership Convention – Thursday & Friday May 13 & 14 at BYU
Register online and save money! HYPERLINK "http://utahpta.org/events/convention/" http://utahpta.org/events/convention/
The resolutions & bylaws to be approved at convention are found here: HYPERLINK "http://utahpta.org/pta/legislative/#resolutions" http://utahpta.org/pta/legislative/#resolutions
Perspectives, the Utah PTA Magazine for Leaders, is online: HYPERLINK "http://utahpta.org/perspectives/" http://utahpta.org/perspectives/. This issue has all the information your new board needs to sign up for Utah PTA Leadership Convention.
Check out the new look for the Utah PTA website HYPERLINK "http://www.utahpta.org" www.utahpta.org! Explore and let us know what you like and don’t like about it as it will be changing with your good suggestions.
Congratulations to Mr. Terry Hunter at Oak Canyon Jr. High for being honored with a Utah PTA Golden Apple Teacher of the Year Award and to Mr. Jason Theler at Lindon Elementary for being honored with a Utah PTA Administrator of the Year Award! Region 9 does it again!!
Education
D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything and Read) on April 12 HYPERLINK "http://www.dropeverythingandread.com" www.dropeverythingandread.com
Children’s Book Week, May 10-16, 2010: HYPERLINK "http://www.bookweekonline.com/" http://www.bookweekonline.com/
Teacher Appreciation Week, May 3-7, 2010: HYPERLINK "http://www.pta.org/teacher_appreciation.asp" http://www.pta.org/teacher_appreciation.asp.
Health:
NAMI/Utah PTA Hope for Tomorrow Training. We need 1 person from each junior high and high school to go to this training on either Thursday March 18, 6-9 pm or Saturday March 20, 9-noon at the NAMI offices, 450 S 900 E, Suite 160 in Salt Lake City.
Keep your eyes open for this year’s Days of ’47 coloring books. They will be given out to all 3rd graders. They will be sent to your school and we need you to hand them out. This year there will be a coupon from Old Navy in the booklets this year!
REGION 9 PTA NEWS
Region 9 Links
Region 9 Facebook Page: HYPERLINK "http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Region-9-Utah-PTA/105763487373?ref=nf" http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Region-9-Utah-PTA/105763487373?ref=nf
Region 9 Legislative Blog: HYPERLINK "http://www.region9legvps.blogspot.com" www.region9legvps.blogspot.com
THE BEST WAY FOR YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD!! Plan now to attend your precinct caucus on March 23
A caucus is the place where individuals can make the most difference. During your caucus, you'll elect delegates to go to the county and state party conventions. Your delegates represent you as they vote on and select party candidates for offices from state legislators to US senators and congressmen. You might want to be elected as a delegate yourself, or you can make a difference by voting for someone you believe will represent you.
For dates and times, see your party Web site: HYPERLINK "http://www.utahgop.org" \o "blocked::http://www.utahgop.org/" \t "_blank" Utah County Republicans, HYPERLINK "http://www.utahcountydems.com/" \o "blocked::http://www.utahcountydems.com/" \t "_blank" Utah County Democrats
For more information on caucuses, or to learn more about and getting involved, visit the HYPERLINK "http://www.region9legvps.blogspot.com" \o "blocked::http://www.region9legvps.blogspot.com/" \t "_blank" Region 9 Leg VP blog.
Region 9 PTA Calendar
HYPERLINK "http://www.google.com/calendar/htmlembed?src=ptalisa@prosperingfamilies.org&ctz=America/Denver" http://www.google.com/calendar/htmlembed?src=ptalisa@prosperingfamilies.org&ctz=America/Denver
Other Links
The Parent Education Resource Center (PERC) has something new for you. We are located in the Orem Library downstairs. We have been rearranging and adding new features to better serve our patrons. While in the PERC, you can now browse our inventory, to help find items of interest. All of our educational games and activities are designed to teach children, or the adults working with children. Items are arranged by subject, covering everything, from motor skills, social skills, reading, geography, math, and much, much more. We also have added many new games and activities to our collection. Teens are welcome to check out materials (parents must sign up for this the first time), and we will have some summer teen game days. PTA volunteers help us each week, and people who have not been in PERC before are always surprised by this amazing resource, all available for free. During the school year we are open Monday & Wednesday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Tuesday from 10 AM to 6 PM. Saturday from 11 AM to 2 PM. Come check us out!
Just Between Friends Trainings – It is important that someone who will be working with membership or PTA Communications takes this training this spring at: HYPERLINK "http://www.learnjbf.com/" http://www.learnjbf.com/. Then, set up your school at HYPERLINK "http://www.justbetweenfriends.com/PTAquickstart" www.justbetweenfriends.com/PTAquickstart. Then Take more ongoing training at HYPERLINK "http://www.learnjbf.com/online_training/index.html" http://www.learnjbf.com/online_training/index.html.
