Celebrating Staff Appreciation May 6th to May 10th! Northshore Council PTSA wants to show just how much we and families all across the district appreciate ALL Northshore District Staff. The video below is filled with messages from PTA Leaders, Volunteers, and Families. YouTube link to share: https://youtu.be/ve4Z-cR3ME4
Awards are a great way for PTAs to show their community how much they appreciate them and to celebrate the dedication of those who support your PTA's mission and goals!
Learn more about the WSPTA Volunteer Recognition Awards WSPTA has a formal volunteer award recognition program allowing local PTAs to award honors for outstanding educator, advocate, student advocate, and volunteer (Golden Acorn), as well as the honorary life membership award. Local PTAs should appoint an awards committee who will gather nominations, review them, and choose the award recipients. This can be done during a meeting or some PTAs even choose to have the previous year's award recipients chair this committee. Check your Standing Rules as it may say who is on the committee. When the awards committee advertises for nomination submissions, it can be done via social media, newsletters, website, email, or even school flyers. To make it even easier for members to submit nominations, the awards committee can create an online submission form using tools like Google Forms or Survey Monkey. For recognizing the award recipients, your PTA can hold a volunteer recognition event or take time during a Membership Meeting to celebrate them. WSPTA offers a variety of items your PTA can order online to celebrate your award recipients including certificates, pins, plaques, and even yard signs! Local PTAs may award the following within their local community:
Together We Can Make a Difference! Open to the Community! We invite you to join us at one or all of our advocacy meetups. Our meetups will address the challenges presented by the budget cuts in education and finding ways to overcome them. Let's explore how effective advocacy can make a difference and keep education a priority, no matter the financial constraints. It's all about taking action and standing up for what's important, even when times get tough. See you there!
Questions?
Email Council's Co-VPs of Advocacy, Terra Droney and Holly Muenchow at advocacy@northshorecouncilptsa.org. Nominations Now Being Accepted!
2024 Northshore Council PTSA Awards Nomination Form Click link to complete form. Nominations deadline Monday, May 5, 2024! Multiple submissions can be completed for multiple nominees! Every year, we look for nominations for the following awards:
Learn more about Council Awards or view our previous award recipients. Questions? Contact Council Awards Committee. Save the Date: Spring Recognition Brunch Friday, June 7, 2024. If you are interested in joining the planning committee, please contact VP of Events, Melissa Bennett vpevents@northshorecouncilptsa.org. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, April 18 at 7 PM via Zoom. On March 18, 2024, Northshore Council PTSA held a virtual General Membership Meeting. We would like to say thank you to all of the local leaders from across the Northshore School District, as well as community and school partners for taking the time to join us! Continue reading below for a recap of the meeting. Announcements
The winning PTA from our Donut Forget to Complete Your SOA Contest was randomly selected at the start of the meeting. Congratulations Woodin PTA! Community Partners Updates
The positions of VP of Communications, VP of Elementary Support, VP of Secondary Support, and Co-VP of Events are still open. Council will continue to seek volunteers for the OPEN positions to hold an election at our General Membership Meeting on May 20, 2024. Learn more about the open positions and self-nominate by Wednesday, May 08, 2024. Council Committee Update
Please check Council’s calendar for upcoming events.
We hope to see you on May 20, 2024, at 7 PM via Zoom. Register for Zoom meeting link. Notice: Accepting Self Nominations for Open Positions
click button to open form Brief Job Descriptions (For a more detailed job description, click here.) VP of Communications: Works to facilitate Northshore Council PTSA communications in order to inform, engage, educate and inspire local PTAs and beyond. VP of Elementary Support: Act as a conduit of information for local elementary PTAs. Helps to answer questions local PTA's may have and works to recognize and celebrate local PTA's. VP of Secondary Support: Act as a conduit of information for local secondary (high school and middle school) PTAs. Helps to answer questions local PTA's may have and works to recognize and celebrate local PTA's. Co-VP of Events: Plans and coordinates Councils yearly events including Presidents and Principals Brunch, Reflections Celebration, and Spring Recognition Event. Qualification Requirements Anyone self declaring for a 2024-2025 Northshore Council Elected Board Position must meet the following qualification requirements. Per the 2023-2024 Council Standing Rules: All Candidates:
Candidates for the office of President and First Vice President shall also:
Candidates for the offices of VP of Elementary Support and VP of Secondary Support shall also:
Questions about about open positions or elections? Contact Council President, Rachel Fitzgerald. Thank you to our hardworking Nominating Committee, Anna Jensen, Holly Muenchow, and Laura Staneff, for putting together the slate of candidates! At our March 18, 2024 General Meeting our 2024-2025 slate of officers were elected.
Council will continue to seek volunteers for the OPEN positions of VP of Communications, VP of Elementary Support, VP of Secondary Support, and a Co-VP of Events with the goal of holding an election at our General Membership Meeting on May 20, 2024.
Learn more about the open positions and consider self nominating to join the 2024-2025 Executive Board.
Questions? Please contact Northshore Council PTSA Co-President, Rachel Fitzgerald.
Council meetings will build your PTA knowledge, give you the opportunity to network with other PTA, school district and community leaders, and they can be a lot of fun, too. Each PTA may send up to 4 voting representatives - but we encourage ALL who are interested to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!
Questions? Email Council President, Rachel Fitzgerald at president@northshorecouncilptsa.org. Missed a meeting? Read a recap of the meeting. The 2023-2024 Reflections state finalists list is here! Congratulations to the 2024 statewide Reflections finalists. Over two dozen judges evaluated nearly 700 entries and were blown away by the incredible talents demonstrated by Washington students. Those awarded Outstanding Interpretation will move on to National. View list of WSPTA Finalists. Congratulations to the following Northshore Students: Dance Choreography Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Literature High School (Grades 9-12)
Music Composition Primary (Pre-K -Grade 2)
Visual Arts
Special Artist (all grades)
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