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Links To:
State PTA
http://www.lapta.org
Phone: (225) 927-7382; hours 9am-1pm M-F
National PTA
http://www.pta.org
School Boards
All District Meetings are at the IRC on S. Foster
Dr. at 6:00pm. See driving directions on this page.
District Meetings 2005-06
Aug 20th 2005
District
Back To School Training 2005 for Attendees (p2) and for Vendors (p1)
School Systems in the Baton Rouge
District of the Louisiana State PTA.
Ascension | Avoyelles
City of Baker Schools
Central Community Schools
Iberia | Iberville
Lafayette
Pointe Coupee
St. Landry
St. Mary | St. Martin
East Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge
East Feliciana
West Feliciana
Zachary Community Schools
Of interest for Parents and Educators:
US Dept of Education
Louisiana Dept of Education
To see how a school performed on LEAP 21, GEE 21 and Iowa
School-by-School Testing Data
Prevent Child Abuse
Videocourses 4 Teachers.com
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program
The Fund sends up to 600 educators to Japan in June, October, & November. Applications must be completed online:
JFMF Form
The deadline for the 2006 FMF competition is December 10, 2005.
Any questions, please contact
JFMF at
1-888-527-2636 or
jfmf@iie.org.
Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program,
Institute of International Education
1400 K St., NW
Washington, DC 20005-2403
Tel: 1-888-527-2636
Fax: (202) 326-7672
On the web: www.iie.org/fmf
** JFMF Press Release 2005-Press.pdf**
Twenty high school teachers from these states:
Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Tennessee
Will be sent to Tokyo by the Toyota International Teacher Program.
Applications are online at http://www.iie.org/. The deadline is Jan. 9, 2006.
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BR District PTA
The District PTA Website contains
announcements and information for our District.
The Baton Rouge District
includes 13 parishes (counties) in Louisiana; Several have PTA schools.
Add this page to your Favorites!
All PTA work is done by VOLUNTEERS!
We need YOU to do a part. Most of you already help at the local level.
Education today is at the top of every politician's list, and PTA is right
in there with them. Make a difference, start small if that's all you can
manage. Expand your horizon to District, State, or even NATIONAL Level!
The 112th Annual National PTA Convention--three days of learning, networking, and
exploring: June 20-23, 2008 in San Diego, California.
Details for the current year convention are at the national PTA website.
The 2005 State Convention was in Lafayette, LA April 22-23, 2005
Information about the Reflections, Essay and
Drawing Programs for
2005-06 will be posted here as soon as I'm given the information for our District.
Scroll down or click here to jump down.
March 2005 message from District (PDF, requires
Reader or Plug-in)
October
2004 message from National PTA.
Our District PTA meetings are quarterly
on the third Wednesday at 6:00pm. at the
Instructional Resource Center (IRC) at 1022 S. Foster Dr, Baton Rouge.
Map to IRC
Driving directions to the IRC in Baton Rouge:
Exit I-10 at College Drive (going North), be in left
lane at Foster Dr traffic light; IRC is on the left a couple of blocks
from the turn, just after the School Board building. Or turn South off
Florida Blvd onto Foster; IRC is on the right after the traffic light
at Claycut.
Each PTA should try to get a website of their own.
Click here for more on this topic: Websites
for PTA
Who should come to the meetings?
Anyone! Our meetings are public.
If you are an officer in a PTA, or your school doesn't have PTA but you
would like to get it going for your school, come!
See Driving directions and a map above.
We value your ideas & concerns, and will be delighted to see you.
PTA is for EVERYONE interested in the children's education, including
community members as well as teachers, educators, and parents and
grandparents of school-age children Preschool-12.
If your child wishes to participate in our
programs and there is no PTA available, you can join the Community PTA
associated with our District PTA Board.
Congratulations, GRADUATES! Alcohol is
tempting to young people. Be
aware of the LAW about alcohol and teens. News You can Use
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January 6, 2007 (minor change, needs major!)
PTA presidents, please plan to come, or send someone, to the District meetings.
Details will be posted here as soon as they are sent to me. - Paulette.
Contact the District President
for more information about our
meetings, or if you would like to participate, help, or donate cash,
food, or a door prize for our next event.
Vendors attending our events can use the Vendor Contact Form(Page 1).
New Officers
Ideally, new officers take office in July. When Local Unit officers are changed, please see the State page's instructions for New Officers. http://www.lapta.org
District President - Mary Jane Corbin
Other information on officers and the Arts contests will be posted on the webpage in the near future.
Thank you for your patience.
Webmaster
- Paulette
Brown
The web address (This page) is http://members.cox.net/br-district-pta/
PTA
works much better if we all work
together. Please consider stepping up to the district level of
PTA.
Apply to be a National PTA Volunteer Trainer
National PTA's training team travels around the nation and delivers workshop sessions to PTA leaders. These sessions focus on issues that keep PTAs informed and thriving. In turn, these leaders transfer the skills and knowledge they learn to their state and local PTAs, strengthening connections across the organization. Building Successful Partnerships and the National PTA Leadership Conferences are two examples of training programs led by our National PTA training team.
If you have the ability and commitment to help others act on PTA's Mission, the National PTA training team may be an exciting and rewarding endeavor for you! All PTA members in good standing are welcome and encouraged to apply.
For an application or more information, get the login information from the back of your current PTA membership card and visit the National PTA website at http://www.pta.org/members/training/trainer.asp or contact the National PTA training department at (800) 307-4PTA (4782) or email trainingdepartment@pta.org.
Terrie Linderman Program Services Manager National PTA 541 N. Fairbanks Court, Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 307-4782 ext. 332
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Louisiana Trivia Question: What is a fais dodo?
Answer. Welcome to South Louisiana! A fais dodo is a
Cajun dancing party, usually a street party. Fais dodo
literally means "make sleep." The name for the party derives from the
fact that children were traditionally brought to the party and placed
in a room where they could sleep while their parents danced into the
night. The street dance is a fun custom that has endured.
From The Advocate, July 2003
Anyone can get involved in the federal legislative
process regarding education issues by joining the Member-Member
Network of PTA.
This allows PTA members to be grassroots advocates for
education-related issues at Washington DC. Find a printable flier here:
M2M Flier
We are trying to get more people signed up so our voice to the US
Legislature will be greater.
See how many have joined compared by states - M2M Statistics
Please remember you have to CONFIRM after first signing up, or it won't
count.
Yes, you do have to be a PTA member! If your
school doesn't have a PTA, join the District Board's Community PTA for $5.00.
You will want to print these three documents as well. (If you prefer
them as MS Word, I can email you a copy .)
- M2M Application
- M2M Guidelines
(what is the network?)Use Page setup to reduce the page size if
needed.
- Lobbying guidelines
(What constitutes lobbying?)
These are PDF files. To print PDF you
will need the Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
Membership Drive 2005-2006
To be an Early Bird, you must get 100% membership by Dec 1st
(Based on student enrollment as of Oct 31, 2005)
Membership is finalized for the current school year as of March.
Each summer, attend the Back-to School Training to get all the details for the upcoming school year! This will be your chance to find how to run your membership drive, how to keep track of your money in the approved way, and many other "How to's"! For instance, the minimum number of members is 25.
"Fill-in-the-blank"
By-Laws are available once you have obtained a username and
password from your District President or the State PTA office (Phone:
(225) 927-7382)
To see the District contest winners for 2005, click here Program Participants 2005
(Adobe Acrobat Reader required):
"Mailouts" were
sent by Paulette Brown by email. They are also posted on our site, and
links to them are at the left. Click here :
Latest Mailout March 2005, by Paulette. (PDF, requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader.)
You can print the PTA announcements to copy and distribute, with the
district logo on it. We send an email with a link to the PDF. That's
why it's VERY important that we have good email addresses for each PTA
Unit. Your browser may require that you click "Back" to return to this
page, or it might download the pdf to your hard
drive. (Adobe
Acrobat Reader. is required. )
Anything
worth doing is worth doing at the last minute. |
Send
an email to be added to the announcement list.
The Reflections Theme for 2008-09 is "WOW!"
The Reflections Theme for 2007-08 was "I can Make a Difference..."
The Reflections Theme for 2006-07 was "My Favorite Place..."
2005-06 Programs
Our main interest is the CHILDREN.
Our programs for Essay, Arts, and Poster make us more visible to the parents.
For all these programs, if your PTA is in good standing with an EIN, 25
members paid for ($____ per member), up-to-date bylaws and a budget
approval form by the District deadline of the program, then the entries will be
eligible. Read through the materials on the National website Leadership Resources - Local Unit Leaaders-Programs-Reflections,
login not required), to help get geared up to
get lots of participation next fall!
STATE PROGRAMS
Louisiana Essay.
Theme for 2005-06 "Louisiana, A Southern Point of View".
District deadline usually in November.
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Safety Drawing. The safety drawing title is "Stop, Look, and Listen".
Same deadline as Essay.
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2005-2006 Reflections
program theme: "I Wonder Why..."
Baton Rouge District Deadline for "Reflections" entries:
approx. Jan 15
All entry forms SIGNED.
The entry forms for all the various categories are available at the
State PTA website
Look under "Recognitions and Awards".
State
Deadline for Reflections Entries: District will send to State, Postmarked no later than February
1, 2006
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Please note - your PTA must be in Good standing by the District deadline
for your entries in Reflections, Essay, and Drawing to be qualifying entries. Each entry form must be
filled out, attached properly, and signed. For Reflections, there is
a summary for your Unit which must also be turned in with the entries.
For
more on Good Standing, see the October 2003
Mailout PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader. required). Please print p. 2 for reference.
A requirement, since
2001-02, is the Budget
Approval form which must be signed by the PTA President and School
Principal and turned in to the District President.
GOVERNOR'S
COMMISSION ON BEST PRACTICES IN DISCIPLINE
Vera London, Commission Representative for the Louisiana Parent
Teacher Association
For more information, or to make your own contribution of ideas on
discipline, contact Mrs. Vera London
Phone: (225) 658-8800 Email: ptalv@cox.net
Planning ahead for college? Practice ACT
and SAT tests are available at the local libraries in Baton Rouge.
The FAFSA is required for scholarship applications each year, including
TOPS. http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Renewal FAFSAs can be done online: https://osfantweb.osfa.state.la.us/TOPSPort.nsf/
Please enter your PTA website, or the PTA pages of your school's website,
for consideration for the Outstanding Website Award for next
year. The deadline is in March.
If your PTA school has a website, the National PTA webmaster can add
it to the links page!
To locate a PTA in any city use the search feature at
this national
PTA page: http://www.pta.org/aboutpta/bemember/lookup/index.asp
The State PTA newsletter is the Monitor, which is a
quarterly publication.
The deadline for sending interesting news about your PTA to the State
PTA
newsletter was May 6th, 2005 for the May 16th issue.
Send email to Debbie Brown, tbrown0210@charter.net
The Summer Training workshop is each August.
Baton Rouge District's
Back-To-School workshop will be August 20, 2005 (See above); State PTA
does
state workshops. Check the state webpage after July.
Do you want occasional emails regarding our State and
District legislation-related concerns? Click
Add Me to send a request to be added to the list. It is a hand-kept list,
and you will recieve only PTA-related email.
If you change your mind you can click here: Stop
Sending
The National PTA is NOT in favor of school vouchers:
National PTA opposes publicly funded vouchers because they divert tax
dollars to private schools that are not accountable to the public, do
not
expand parents' educational options, have not been proven to raise
student
achievement, and do nothing to improve public education.
Get Weekly news about education-related legislation from National
PTA.
To subscribe, send email (no subject needed)
to
lyris@list.pta.org
with "subscribe thisweekinwashington" in the BODY of the email.
School Systems in the Baton Rouge District of
the Louisiana State PTA.
Ascension| Avoyelles| City of Baker
Schools | Central Community Schools | Iberia
| Iberville |Lafayette
Pointe Coupee | St. Landry | St.
Mary | St. Martin | East Baton Rouge
East
Feliciana | West Baton
Rouge | West Feliciana | Zachary
Community Schools
SEND
ME NEWS FROM YOUR PARISH SCHOOL BOARD.
Louisiana Department
of Education
US Department of
Education
National PTA - http://www.pta.org
State PTA - http://www.lapta.org
Fun Stuff
Fun
Music (Click on the horses)
Bouncy-Beads,
or Throw me something, Mister!
Movable
Clock!
Page last updated 11/02/2005. (Essay and drawing theme only updated)
Paulette Brown, webmaster. email pbrown5931@cox.net
District President Emeritus, Vera London. 658-8800
This page's address is http://members.cox.net/br-district-pta
Thanks for coming to our page!
Have fun!
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