The Second Week of February, 2008

HEALTHY SCHOOLS

National PTA is a member of the Coalition for Healthier Schools, and thus PTACHC participates actively.  PTA encourages all, in their respective capacities, to participate in some way to make our schools Healthier Schools! 

Monday, April 28, 2008 has been designated as National Healthy Schools Day.  Many events will be planned around this date - please consider participating or planning your own initiative. 

 Here is the link to the flyer:  http://www.healthyschools.org/SAVE_THE_DATE_IN_2008.pdf 

LOOKING FOR A SPEAKER FOR YOUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING?

 The Dyslexia Institute of America, located in Columbia would love the opportunity to present to any interested PTA groups in Howard County.  The content of the presentation would include:  signs and symptoms of dyslexia, how parents can help, information and education on types of dyslexia, and in general what every parent should know about dyslexia.

 Contact: Chris Lee, Dyslexia Institutes of America, 8805 Columbia 100 Parkway, Suite #105, Columbia, MD  21045 (410) 715-1150

NOTE: PTA Council is receiving numerous requests to advertise events and valuable programs for students and PTAs. The Council has not had an opportunity to spend time verifying the content of many of these programs, but feel that it is important to get information out to PTAs and parents so they can make appropriate choices for their children. To protect our children, please assure that your PTA does appropriate investigation before sponsoring any of these programs. We are happy to announce to other PTAs through the FOCUS programs that your PTA is having that are open to the public. We will NOT include announcements of promotional programs (pizza sales, fruit sales, etc.) as the main focus of the PTA is not fund-raising

CALENDAR

 Feb. 11                  MD PTA Night in Annapolis www.mdpta.org

 March 6 & 7  Cultural Arts Showcase – www.hocoarts.org   Registration deadline is Feb. 29

March 3                PTACHC General Meeting, 7:30 pm at DOE

March 12        Coffee & Conversations with BOE members 7:30 -9 pm at Fulton Elementary

 Thank you for being an advocate for every child, one voice