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The Duval County Council PTA Dispatch!
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PTA Presidents:
Please FORWARD
this email to your entire Board!
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Join us for our next General Meeting!
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Hospitality and Check-in at
8:30 am
Meeting at 9:00 am
LOCATION:
Cline Auditorium
DCPS School Board Building
1701 Prudential Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32207
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Each local unit has two voting delegates.
They can be the President and a delegate OR two delegates.
The meetings are open to all PTA members.
We encourage everyone to attend.
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We are PTA!
Every Child...One Voice
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Is YOUR Local Unit in Good Standing?
See link below to connect to the Good Standing Requirements on our website.
89 Units are in Good Standing (3 more than last month)! Thank you!
22 Units only have ONE missing requirement. NOTE: Most of these have not supplied a copy of their 2014-2015 audit to Council and to State. This is a new IRS requirement this year.
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ESE News
Every year, the Florida Department of Education surveys the parents of students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP). (Students in the gifted program are not included in this survey unless they have an IEP for another special need.)
The survey is open online from February 1 - May 31.
You can complete the survey HERE, or request a paper copy from your school. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete.
Parent feedback is important in helping state and local schools systems improve educational programs for children with special needs.
Duval County has over 17,000 students in the ESE program, yet only 1-2% of parents complete the survey each year. Miami and Orange County have response rates between 65-85%.
Please complete your survey soon.
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If you, or someone you know,
would like information about how to start a PTA
at YOUR school, contact DCCPTA's
VP for Local Units, Victor Melone.
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DCCPTA Awards are Due in April
All DCCPTA Award applications and History Book entries are due on or before April 26, 2016.
If your award applications are ready now - bring them to the March General Meeting. If you bring them on April 26, we will accept them up to NOON. After Noon, we begin judging many of the awards so that is a strict cutoff time.
All Award forms can be found on our
website HERE.
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Florida PTA Principal of the Year
Behind every successful PTA/PTSA, there is a school principal who is supportive, helpful and personally involved in the PTA/PTSA.
To recognize the principal who best fits this description, Florida PTA honors an Outstanding Principal of the Year. If your principal promotes the mission of PTA and purposes of the Florida PTA and encourages the use of the National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement, please go to our web site to show your support by nominating her/him for the Florida PTA Outstanding Principal of the Year.
The deadline for submission is May 1, 2016, but the easy to complete applications are live and ready to be completed.
If you have questions, contact our FLPTA Awards Chair via awards@floridapta.org
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Teacher Supply Depot is bursting at the seams!
High School students can get volunteer hours over spring break.
Give Chris Buckley a call or email at the Depot:
904.381.7480
BuckleyC@duvalschools.org
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Hospitality Sponsor Requested
We still need a PTA to provide Hospitality for our April 26 General Meeting.
If you can help out or have questions please call, text or email Vilma Morgan,
DCCPTA Hospitality Chair.
Mobile: (904) 868-2673
Email:
vilmavmorgan@gmail.com
Thank you!!
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Nominating Committee
If you haven't already, it's time to elect several members from your Board AND a member or two (check your Bylaws to see how many) from your General Membership to serve on a Nominating Committee to develop a slate of prospective Executive Board officers for next year.
If you need assistance with this process, please contact Victor Melone (MeloneV@comcast.net) or Karen Nuland (President@dccpta.org).
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DCCPTA High School Scholarship Application
Every year, DCCPTA awards several scholarships to graduating Duval County high school seniors.
This year’s scholarship application is now available on our website HERE.
Applications are DUE March 31, 2016.
Students awarded the scholarships will be invited to our
Presidents’ and Principals’ Luncheon on May 17, 2016 at UNF.
Good luck!
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Presidents' & Principals' Luncheon
Tickets ($25 each - max. 8 tickets/PTA until April 30) will be on sale at every General Meeting January - April. Make checks payable to DCCPTA.
Buy EARLY to get the best tables!
We Need Your PTA Event Photos!
Again this year we will be featuring photos of all of the hard work local units have performed on behalf of their students, teachers and families over the past year in a slideshow at the P&P Luncheon.
Please send 2-3 of the best photos you have to Rick Godke (RGodke@yahoo.com). Be sure to include the name of your PTA in the photo somewhere or include a note to Rick with PTA Name and the event.
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Health & Safety News
Tuesday, March 22,
Drug Free Duval Lunch and Learn:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm at Nova Southeastern University
Local data shows more than 50% of Duval teens who don’t use drugs & alcohol site parents as the #1 influence in that healthy decision
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only 12% of parents believe they are influencers in the teen’s substances use decisions
We want …we NEED …to close that gap for the health and future of our youth.
At this month's Lunch and Learn Drug Free Duval will present their parent Engagement strategy, Tools for Engagement to help parents understand how important they are in their children's lives when it comes to staying drug free.
Program is FREE, but please RSVP if you would like the FREE lunch.sally@dfdjax.org by Friday, March 18.
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Teens n
eed more information about the potential damage that results from caffeine consumption, says a new study published in the
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
. (From MedicalNewsToday.com)
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CALENDAR
AWARD APPLICATIONS - are posted on the website HERE. ALL DCPTA award applications are due no later than NOON on April 26 at the Cline Auditorium.
You may turn award applications in early, by mailing your application and all materials (at your own risk) or turning them in to our Awards Chair Nicole at any General Meeting.
National PTA Convention
June 30 – July 3, 2016
Walt Disney World
Swan & Dolphin Resort
Orlando, Florida
Florida PTA Convention and Leadership
July 14-17, 2016
Innisbrook Resort
Palm Harbor, FL
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Is YOUR PTA in Good Standing?
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Duval County Council PTA
P.O. Box 5397
Jacksonville, FL 32247
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