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School board elections are fast approaching. Delaware PTA wants to remind all PTAs to use the election guide provided on our website. The election guide contains all the guidelines including a bank of possible candidate questions for your use. Please read this guide to familiarize yourselves if your PTA is hosting a forum. Please click the link below for more information: Limits on Political Campaigning for 501(c)(3) Nonprofits Election Guidelines Each year Delaware PTA hosts several school board election forums. The following forums are being hosted by either a local PTA or Delaware PTA. We hope you will take the

PTA families: As you know, strong family engagement is the cornerstone of PTA’s vision and mission. So we are excited to share that the Delaware Department of Education is working on developing a common definition of Parent, Family and Community Engagement. This definition will guide state support to schools and districts in improving family and community engagement. Delaware PTA will also be working with the Department on this initiative. The Department will also be at Convention to share more on this initiative as well. In the interim, please take a moment to complete this brief survey! Please share this survey

March 27, 2018   This evening, the Delaware PTA Board of Managers voted in the affirmative to move the following items to the floor of the 2018 Annual Delaware PTA Convention on April 28, 2018: Proposed Bylaws Changes 2018 Proposed Bylaws Amendments Summary Delaware PTA 2018 Legislative Priorities and Congratulations to our 2018 DPTA Slated Candidates    The Delaware Board of Managers is composed of the following: State officers Immediate Past President Chairmen of the Delaware PTA State standing committees Presidents of the councils Presidents of all local units or their duly appointed alternates Delaware VIP Members The voting body of Delaware

Please join Delaware PTA in congratulating the winners of the 2017-2018 Reflections program!   2017 18 Reflections Winners  are listed for each category (Visual Arts, Dance, Film Production, Music Composition, Literature, and Photography), along with the winners of this year’s Theme Search contest.   We had a total of 150 fantastic submissions this year across all categories, and we are very grateful to the judges who reviewed the entries.  They certainly had their work cut out for them in choosing the final winners! The 2017-2018 theme was “Within Reach.”  The winner in each category will be competing at the National PTA level.   National

Dear PTA Advocate, National PTA has a long history of support for gun safety and violence prevention and we are committed to making sure every child has the opportunity to learn in a safe and welcoming environment. In the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., National PTA urges you to send a letter to your member of Congress asking them to support common-sense solutions to eliminate gun violence and provide a safer and healthier environment for all students. Taking action today is easy-just click here to use the PTA Takes Action Network to contact your members of Congress about

Join us in lifting up the great things happening in your school communities during Public Schools Week, March 12-16! Share using #PublicSchoolsWeek and #LovePublicEducation why your school community is doing a great job! More info at http://lovepubliceducation.org/ .

ALEXANDRIA, Va., (Feb. 21, 2018)—National PTA joins students, families, educators, school administrators, community leaders and the nation in grief over the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and all acts of gun violence involving children and youth. This kind of loss is unimaginable, and our country has experienced far too many gun-related tragedies. It is urgent that we work together to find solutions and make meaningful changes to keep our children safe. “Every child deserves to learn in an environment that is safe and to have the opportunity to grow into a happy and healthy adult,” said Jim Accomando,