Communications

Communications Corner

Venezuela Robinson, Director of Communications communications@ohiopta.org

Communicating Clearly: Keeping Focused on Your Membership Campaign Through March

We are almost halfway through the school year already! Is your website, newsletters, Twitter, FB, Instagram, etc. still coordinated with your membership committee (team)? As you start thinking about electing nominating committees in the New Year, look at your membership list for potential candidates to refer to the nominating committee. Keep encouraging your membership committee to strive for the monthly recognition awards. Remember #MembershipMatters

http://ohiopta.org/Portals/0/2018-2019%20Membership%20Awards.pdf

Continue to look for #MembershipMondayMentions tip teasers on Ohio PTA’s social media venues weekly.

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Join the Ohio PTA H.U.B.

This closed group is accessible for PTA members in Ohio to share programs, ideas, and ask questions of  fellow Ohioan PTA members. We currently have over 400 members in this group! The Ohio PTA Help, Understanding, Best Practices (H.U.B) group can be accessed via the Ohio PTA FB page under the group link. Current Ohio PTA H.U.B. members are encouraged to invite their fellow PTA members to join. Group administrators will approve members (based on the response to three (3) questions and/or through invites of existing H.U.B. members) to maintain the integrity of this closed group.

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Stay in touch with Ohio PTA through our many communication options.

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Monthly Membership Matters!

Health, Welfare, Safety

Attention Schools & Parents Throughout Ohio

This 2018-19 school year, the Cuyahoga County Opiate Task Force in partnership with Ohio PTA, is launching an amazing opportunity for schools to improve their drug awareness and mental health education efforts for students and parents.  It's called D.E.S.C. - Drug Education School Challenge Award.  This award is aimed at helping keep our children healthy and safe by publicly recognizing schools that exemplify the most outstanding drug education prevention programs directed at students and parents. Click on the following link for the application (Under the Awards tab):

http://www.ohiopta.org/DESC Application.pdf. Applications will be due March 1st in the Ohio PTA office.

OHIO PTA SCHOOL NURSE AWARD

School nurses protect and promote student health - they are the school leaders who bridge healthcare and education by coordinating care for your student enabling them to be successful academically!  If your school is fortunate enough to have a school nurse, consider recognizing this person with the Ohio PTA School Nurse Award.

Click on the following application link: http://www.ohiopta.org/Portals/0/PDF/AwardsSchoolNurse.pdf

Please make copies and distribute to students. Ask your principal and teachers for their involvement! There may be many different essays applauding your school nurse. Submit all forms together in one packet from your PTA/PTSA to the Ohio PTA Office by February 1, 2019. One school nurse will be selected to receive this special award.

Contact Barb Varley at hws@ohiopta.org with any questions.

FSP- Reflections

The 2018-2019 Reflections Program celebrating 50 years is well underway and we are excited to see all the entries for the theme this year, Heroes Around Me.  There is still time to encourage your schools and students to participate in this great program celebrating the arts.

Here is some important information:

-All entries are due to Ohio PTA on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 by 4:40 p.m.

-Please make sure all Student Entry Form is completed in full including the Artist Statement and Student and Parent Signatures.

Ohio PTA is proud to congratulate the following students whose themes were chosen to be sent to National PTA for the 2019-2020 Theme Search!

-Lauren Wagner      Revere Council of PTAs           As Far As The Eye Can See

-Lauren Wagner      Revere Council of PTAs           The Dreams Within Us

-Sydney Mullen       Mentor High School PTA         What Does Love Look Like?

-Don Kados              Mentor High School PTA         Treasures In Plain Sight

-Valerie Luvison      Mentor High School PTA         The Sky Is The Limit

Family-School Partnership

                     

OHIO PTA FAMILY ENGAGEMENT GRANT WINNERS

Ohio PTA awarded five $400 grants to PTAs for their innovative and transformative family engagement ideas!! We are still looking for current successful ideas that can be built upon to make a greater impact on your families and students, or new innovative ideas. We would like to build a family engagement resource idea bank so all units and councils can learn from each other. Do you have a great family engagement tool or event? Send it to president@ohiopta.org.

The winners of the Ohio PTA Family Engagement Grants are:

-Arrowhead PTA- D13

-Noble Elementary PTA- D11

-Sutter Park PTA- D10

-Roxboro Elementary PTA- D11

-Rushwood PTA- D13

We are pleased to award these grants and look forward to learning more about these exciting transformative programs that we can share with everyone in the future.