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Who's Your +One? Get Ready to Help Increase Membership!
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NYS PTA is requesting each one of our current 225,000 members to support children by asking just one person to join in our mission on March 28.
Our goal is to double the amount of voices speaking on behalf of all children in NYS in 24 hours. We will update our progress on our website, Facebook and Twitter throughout the day.
Who will you ask to be your +ONE?
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We are Open til 8 pm on Thursdays!
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To better support our members, on Thursday evenings the NYS PTA office will be open until 8 pm to receive phone calls! We hope this additional open time will benefit unit leaders, members, parents and families.
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Reflections Winners Announced
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 Reflections is a nationally-acclaimed student recognition program to encourage artistic creativity in the classroom and at home. Students of all grades and abilities participated and explored the arts based on the 2017-2018 theme: Within Reach.
The PTA Reflections program offers students the opportunity to create works of art for fun and positive recognition. Students in preschool through grade 12 were encouraged to submit works of art in one or all of the available arts categories:
- Dance Choreography
- Film Production
- Literature
- Music Composition
- Photography
- Visual Arts
NYS PTA proudly acknowledges the 136 New York State students who received Awards of Merit and Awards of Excellence from NYS PTA. The 29 students who each received an Award of Excellence were submitted for judging in National PTA's Reflections Competition.
National winners will be announced the first week of May.
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DeFEET Distractions Contest: Entries Due May 15
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Have you checked out these materials from the NYS Governor's Office of Traffic Safety? Find information for parents, families and children on:
DeFEET Distraction Poster Contest - Win $1,500! Entries Due May 15!
In collaboration with the National Road Safety Foundation, NYS PTA just released a contest to develop a statewide traffic safety poster!
One grand prize of $1,500 will be awarded to the winning PTA Unit Three runners-up will each receive $500 for their schools' PTA Unit
TO ENTER: Students in grades 1-6 must create a poster or collage on 8.5 x 11 inch paper showing how they can help prevent distracted walking.
Teachers may mail entries in one envelope for the whole class.
For the complete Official Rules, see Contest Rules here
MAIL ENTRY (with completed Entry Form) to:
DeFEET Distractions NY Poster Contest, c/o New York State PTA
One Wembley Court
Albany, NY 12205
ATTN: Lynne Degnen-Kolawole
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE MAY 15, 2018
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State Budget Deadline is ALMOST HERE and We Need YOUR Help!
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The State Budget deadline is April 1. We need your help now more than ever!
NYS PTA Members have already sent NEARLY 7,000 emails to Albany and D.C.!
Please send an email to your legislators and Governor Cuomo ASAP (click below):
Looking for more advocacy information? Check out our latest Advocacy Newsbriefs.
The March 2018 issue features NYS PTA advocacy in Washington, D.C., wellness and education information, plus a downloadable Awareness Calendar for April.
Click HERE to read more.
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Letter from NYS Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia
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Dear Parents,
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) takes school safety very seriously. Our schools must always be safe havens - places where students and their teachers are free to learn, teach and grow together. We must do everything in our power to ensure that all children in New York State attend schools where they can learn in a safe and supportive environment.
Click HERE to read more.
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Citizens Bank is pleased to offer members of NYS PTA all the advantages of the Home Mortgage Employee Benefit program. You'll receive a $500 credit at closing on a Citizens Bank purchase or refinance mortgage loan. You can also save 0.125 percentage points off your mortgage interest rate with a Citizens Bank checking account. Students can also receive up to $1,000 when they use Citizens Bank for their education loans or refinance, with no fees!
Looking for a new way to manage and fund your PARP program? Read for My School offers an innovative solution to fund your existing PARP literacy programs such as author visits, new library books or family literacy celebrations. Learn how Read for My School can help you manage, track and celebrate your student's PARP goals and progress with minimal volunteer resources from any mobile device! Learn more HERE.
WAIVED Application Fee, WAIVED Processing Fee, WAIVED Underwriting Fee, WAIVED Commitment Fee, WAIVED Lock-in Fee, WAIVED Extension Fee! See more information here about the Everyday Heroes Member Benefit for NYS PTA members!
NYS PTA units can receive 50% of profits when using Yubbler to arrange for school supplies! Yubbler is a great online service for parents to easily order and customize supplies with real-time inventory and guaranteed on-time delivery!
The We Connect The Dots mission is to excite, inform and educate students about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) careers. Through a collaboration with the community, education, government and the technology industry, WCTD provides awareness and education of the 21st Century workforce skills, as well as the opportunities available to students embracing STEAM careers. Go here to learn about their programs to support learning!
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