Newsletter for
the Fourth week of October
COAT COLLECTION
for those students and their families in need in our county
Nov. 2nd at the ARL
at
7 pm
Meeting
starts promptly at 7:30 pm
Bring clean
ready to wear (please
help us out and check the coats before you bring them) in
all sizes coats,
hats, mittens, sweatshirts, to the general meeting at 7 pm. Thanks in advance
for your support of all our children. Questions, contact Nehemiah
Spence at nspence@gpsonline.com
or the Council office at ptachc@gmail.com
EXCITING NEWS FROM BURLEIGH MANOR MIDDLE
Last summer, Marguerite Alexander and Terri Chiu on
behalf of the the Burleigh Manor PTA applied for a National PTA Healthy Life Styles Grant.
They really thought that they would not win this grant BUT they
did! This Healthy Life
Styles Grant will help fund their healthy life program in November.
One side-effect of that work, completely unexpected and
on very short notice, was that a few Burleigh Manor kids (and a couple
of parents) were able to join kids from six other schools for Wednesday,
Oct. 21 Healthy Kids Fair on the South Lawn of the White House.
Marguerite Alexander did a great job of
arranging transportation and getting everyone security-cleared.
The kids had a lot of fun, particularly when they got to hula-hoop and
jump rope with the First Lady. A couple of kids got high-fives,
but all were in awe of Mrs. Obama’s skills with the hoop. The AP
counted 142 orbits, and both NBC and CBS featured her hooping on their
nightly news programs.
This is the Washington Post story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/10/21/ST2009102103116.html?sid=ST2009102103116
This is a related video on the Post site:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/10/21/VI2009102103030.html?sid=ST2009102103116
Start planning now to apply for this grant next summer,
go to: http://www.pta.org/pta_healthy_lifestyles_award.asp
Treasurer’s
Trove
All
PTAs are an incorporated business. As such, there are many
important requirements that the IRS places on private, nonprofit
organizations. One
is the Form 990. This form is due to the IRS on or before Nov.
15. All PTAs must file with the IRS AND will need to send a copy
to MD PTA at 5 Central Ave. Glen Burnie, MD 21061.
PTA
Memberships - The invoice for your membership cards should
have been sent to you from MD PTA. Remit to MD PTA only those
memberships sold to date and then remit monthly through March 31.
Please send directly MD PTA at 5 Central Ave. Glen Burnie, MD 21061
PTA
Council membership dues are due Nov. 1. Please send directly
to PTA Council of Howard County at 10598 Marble Faun, Columbia, MD
21044.
PTACHC
Scholarship -. A great big Thank You to
CHS, CMS, DRES, DMS, FQMS, FES, GHS, HES, HaHS, HoHS, IES, LKMS, MWES,
MWMS, MHHS, NES, OMHS, PRES, RHHS, RES, THES, TRES, WavES, WFES, WLMS for their generous donations to the PTACHC
Scholarship Fund this year.
Donations
are accepted year round For more information on the four types of
scholarships, PTACHC offers go to: http://ptachc.org/Clocalresources/index.htm#scholarships
Did
you know that America
Education Week
is a program from the National Education Association. www.nea.org/aew
to be held Nov. 15 - 21.
Did
you know that Take
Your Family to School Week
is a program from National PTA that is held in February. http://www.pta.org/take_your_family_to_school.asp
to be held Feb. 7 - 13, 2010.
CALENDAR
Oct.
29
PTACHC Sharing Session/ Workshop at Faulkner Ridge Center,
10598 Marble Faun Lane Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm Topics:
President (vp's are welcome)
Sharing best ideas
Family Involvement/Volunteerism
After Prom
Nov. 1
PTACHC Council dues are due
Nov. 2
PTACHC General Meeting 7:30 pm COAT DRIVE
Nov. 15
All PTAs IRS Form 990/990EZ/990N are due.
Please send a copy to MD PTA at 5 Central Ave.
Glen Burnie, 21061.
Dec. 7
PTACHC General Meeting 7:30 pm
Happy New Year!
Jan. 4, 2010 PTACHC General Meeting 7:30 pm
Jan.
28 Sharing
Session, 7 pm Faulkner Ridge Center Topics:
TBD
Thank
you for being an advocate for every child, one voice
