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Hey Presidents...
Here is the agenda for tomorrow night's School Board meeting.
A reminder that at the same time, we have our March PTA Council meeting. We need you for quorum!! Business starts at 7, membership training/bootcamp by the fabulous Cindy Jensen starts at roughly 7:30. Bring your membership forms!!
Please also push out to your memberships the two events on Monday and Tuesday concerning Drugs & Teens and Sex Trafficking. Details in the events below.
Please check with your Treasurers to see if you've send money to Council for the WORKS and other Family Services programs. Some of you haven't, and they will need funding as they gear up for the Back to School event. They shop over the summer to get the best deals...
To do list for Presidents:
- Put in your requests for the Spring Dessert training options. That training day will count for officers for 2016-17 (NEXT year). Poll your boards and request your classes!
- Check in with your awards chairs: have they made their selections? Have they ordered awards from State?
- RSVP to Curtis for the PTA Appreciation Luncheon in April
LGBTQ family potluck
The first LGBTQ family potluck for the District will be April 7 at the Shoreline Center. All families are welcome and encouraged to attend (including allies!). If you would like to help plan, or know someone who would like to get involved, please email Scott Schiebler at doctorsos27@gmail.com. See flyer below (and share widely!).
Awards: To-Dos
Hopefully, your Awards Chairs are wrapping up their selection process and you will be notifying your winners in whatever magical way you see fit. After that, please
- Get email addresses for your winners, your Principal, you, or whomever you are sending to the Council Recognition dinner on 4/27. Carrie and Suzanne will be putting together an e-vite for the event this year to get a better headcount.
- Get ready to send SHORT blurbs about your winners to me. A quote from a nomination letter would be great. Anything that lets the room know WHO your award recipient is, WHY they are fantastic (in a nutshell rather than a novel), and WHAT they do in your school community.
- Coordinate with your treasurer to send payment for whomever is coming to dinner.
- Get ready to send photos of your winners and maybe a couple of your school events. Rather than ask for trifolds, our team will be doing the Power Point show.
More To-Dos
- If you haven't already, elect your nominating committee. Hopefully you are already talking to folks about plans for next year. Advertise your spots to make it as easy as possible for your committee.
- Talk about going to convention. If there is interest, we can try a Shoreline vanpool so that it's at least an entertaining road trip. Sounds like there will be a power point available soon to promote this Yakima event.
- Congratulations to everyone for getting your Standards of Affiliation documents in! While you're thinking about it, make sure this is in the notes for next year's Board. Put a September XX deadline on it.
- Best practices indicates a mid-year financial review. If you did one, make sure it's presented to the Board and that is reflected in the meeting minutes.
- Charitable Solicitations is due May 31, but you can turn it in early. Why not get that off your plate?
- Finish up your awards process. Make sure your chairs have everything they need and know how to order awards.
- Check in with your officers to make sure everyone's done some training this year. If you are tracking it yourself, as President, or have someone else doing that piece, make sure your officers are emailing registrations or "proof" in case you are audited later. Remember that National PTA web trainings are an option (print off the certificate at the end).
- Look at training options for the Spring Dessert and let us know what your incoming officers would like to see! Find the presentation list here.
Important Council Dates
Monday 3/28, 7 pm: PTA Council Meeting, Alumni Room (electing Nominating Committee)
Thursday 4/7: PTA Appreciation Luncheon (no Super coffee in April)
Monday 4/25, 7 pm: PTA Council Meeting, Alumni Room (Officer elections)
Wednesday 27, 6-8:30 pm: Recognition Dinner, Shoreline Room
Tuesday 5/17, 6-8 pm: Spring Dessert Training
Thursday 5/19: Superintendent Coffee, Sherrick Room
Region Director Positions
Region Director nominations are being accepted for regions 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 15. Region Directors will be appointed to the WSPTA State Board of Directors for a one-year term for fiscal year 2016-17. S end completed form to ptavp@wastatepta.org byFriday, April 15. Download the application here. Applicants are encouraged to self-nominate.
Issue Submittals - Help Decide WSPTA's Positions
Deadline May 1
Help decide WSPTA's positions and principles! These give long-term guidance to our advocacy and will be voted on by members atLegislative Assembly in October. Visit the Legislative Principles page for forms and information.
Questions? Contact Duncan Taylor, Legislative Director.
How can Council help you? Give us your ideas, your feedback, your needs, concerns, and triumphs.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Monday 3/28, 7 pm: Council Meeting with Membership Training
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Important to know:
FedEx discount code: 0520882103!
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Mark Your Calendars
March
Monday 3/28, 7 pm: PTA Council Meeting, Alumni Room
Monday, 3/28, 7 pm: School Board Meeting
Training Opportunities
Still have officers who need training? Steer them to the National PTA e-learning page. Make sure they print off proof of doing an e-learning course for your records.
Other Events
"When Good Kids Make Poor Choices: Teens, Drug & Alcohol Abuse, and Addiction"
Monday, March 28 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Shoreline Room, Shoreline Center (18560 1st Ave. NE)
Shorewood and Shorecrest High Schools will host a FREE workshop for parents, staff and community members.
"When Good Kids Make Poor Choices: Teens, Drug & Alcohol Abuse, and Addiction" will feature a panel of parent speakers whose children struggled with addiction. They'll share their stories, discuss warning signs, recovery and what they wish they had known.
The event will also feature a “Hidden in Plain Sight” exhibit, which gives examples of typical household items that could be used to hide or use drugs. For more information on the event, click HERE
SHORELINE PUBLIC FORUM: "SEX TRAFFICKING IN KING COUNTY"
Tues., 3/29, 7-9pm
Shoreline Council Chambers
Please join Shoreline's Police Department, city officials, local business leaders, school staff, and fellow residents in attending a public forum, "Sex Trafficking in King County", Tues., March 29, 7-9pm, in Shoreline City Hall Council Chambers, Midvale Ave.
This event features a presentation by REST (Real Escape from the Sex Trade), an independent, Seattle-based 501c3 that provides pathways to freedom, safety, and hope for victims of sex trafficking and people involved in the sex trade. REST actively partners with Seattle's Vice Squad, Seatac, Kent, and Burien police officers, Businesses Ending Sex Trafficking (BEST), Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS), Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, and others. It would be a great outcome to have Shoreline added to that list.
A Q&A session with REST and the Shoreline P.D. will follow the presentation.
https://richmondhighlands.nextdoor.com/events/563303/
LGBT Family Welcome Dinner
April 7
Shoreline Center
Details TBA
Beyond Sticks & Stones:Helping Youth Navigate Conflict & Bullying
Monday, April 11th, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
LFP Cafeteria/Gym
With the heightened awareness of bullying in today's world, it's hard to know how to support our children. What is the difference between everyday conflict and bullying? How do boys and girls experience aggression differently? How do identifiers like sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, ability and socioeconomic status affect aggression? Learn about different types of aggression and practical tools in responding to conflicts and bullying.
For adult audiences; open to the public. Bring your parent friends!
To request a translator, or for special needs accommodation, please contact LFP PTA Co-Presidents Silje Sodal & Marley Banker at president@lfppta.org. We hope to see you there!
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