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Contact: Terri Carpe, terri.carpe@delawarepta.org  Delaware PTA Announces Grant Recipients  Bear, DE (January 15, 2017) — The following Delaware PTA units have received grants of $500 in support of school programs or events that align with National PTA initiatives of Student and School Success (Family Engagement), Health and Safety and Arts in Education.  This grant was open to all PTA units in the state that are in good standing with DPTA. The recipients by school district are: Appoquinimink: Olive B. Loss Elementary PTA: School Musical in support of Arts in Education Silver Lake Elementary PTA: iPad Cart and iPads in support

PTA Leaders: The Lowes Toolbox for Education Spring grant application is now available (http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/). The application period officially closes on 2/9/17 but if they receive more than 1,500 applications, they may close earlier. For more than 65 years, Lowe’s has supported the communities they call home. At a time when schools are struggling to support the basic needs of their students, the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation recognizes the importance of financial support. This year LCEF is seeking ways to provide the tools to help educators and parent groups through educational challenges by providing the greatest impact, with basic necessities

Are you interested or know someone who is interested in serving as a state leader on the Delaware PTA Leadership team? Delaware PTA’s Nominating Committee is seeking candidates to stand for election in April 2018 to serve a 2-year term. The following state leadership positions are open for election: President First Vice President (pending approval of proposed bylaws change) VP of Membership ( pending approval of proposed bylaws change) VP of Leadership (pending approval of proposed bylaws change)     Roles and responsibilities of each position can be found on the Delaware PTA website at https://delawarepta.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DPTARoleResponsibilities.pdf Delaware PTA elections are

This is just a friendly reminder that the deadline to file the IRS 990 for FY 2015 is November 15th 2016! As a 501(c)(3), all local units are required to file an annual 990 to the IRS. If you revenue was less than $50,000.00 you can file online using this link To remain a unit in good standing with Delaware PTA each unit must submit proof of filing along with an audit report. Please attach the Financial Summary Cover Sheet with your documents and mail them to Delaware PTA 925 Bear Corbitt Rd Bear, DE 19701 If you have any

Earlier this year we sent out a communication alerting everyone that our office email address had changed. Your communications are important to us and we want to make sure that we receive your inquires and respond in a timely manner.  As a reminder, our general inquiry email is  admin@delawarepta.org Please take a moment to update your contacts to include this address. The old email is no longer valid and we do not have the ability to retrieve any communications sent to that address. Thank you for all that you do! Delaware PTA

National PTA will be participating in a webinar with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) on Wednesday, November 9 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm ET.  Please see the webinar description below and information to access the webinar next week.  Please note – you cannot register in advance of the webinar, you must click on the link and log in several minutes prior to the start time. We encourage everyone to participate in the webinar. Webinar:  Engaging Parents and Families on ESSA As states work to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), they are reaching out to and engaging

Congratulations Castle Hills PTA!   ALEXANDRIA, Va., (Oct. 26, 2016)—National PTA and Amazon are pleased to award a classroom of Kindle e-readers to local PTAs and schools across the country for family engagement and literacy efforts. The donation of Kindle e-readers is part of the PTA Family Reading Experience, Powered by Kindle program an ongoing collaboration between National PTA and Amazon to encourage family reading, promote a love of literature and support student success. “Families play an essential role in helping children develop their literacy skills. And e-readers are a powerful tool to engage children in reading,” said Laura Bay,