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More than 30 U.S. schools, including two overseas, a special education and a Native-American school, earned national awards from PTA.
PTA’s national office awarded $1,897 to 32 PTA schools to help thousands of students and families celebrate PTA Take Your Family to School Week, February 10-16, 2008.
These PTAs received cash awards to recognize Take Your Family to School Week activities they had planned that were innovative; inclusive; promoted parent and family involvement in schools; emphasized the link between involvement and student achievement; and furthered PTA’s mission. Hundreds of PTAs submitted proposals describing different family activities they had planned, such as being a student in the 21st century, school tours, and parent workshops.
The PTA national organization made these $1,897 awards in honor of the day and year PTA was founded (February 17, 1897). This special week gives today’s parents and families the key to the door of their children’s school experience. In 2008, the Take Your Family to School Week $1,897 Awards were sponsored by the AXA Foundation, Proud National Sponsor of PTA.
After much deliberation and evaluation, PTA national leadership chose schools from 22 U.S. states from across the country. And the winners are PTAs from the following schools...
- Kaiserslautern Middle School; Germany
- Naples Elementary School; Italy
- Woodriver Elementary School; Fairbanks, Alaska
- McIntyre Middle School; Montgomery, Alabama
- SouthEast Valley Native American Elementary School; Phoenix, Arizona
- Flora Vista Elementary School; Encinitas, California
- Tustin Ranch Elementary School; Tustin, California
- Magnolia Elementary School; Riverside, California
- Margarita Middle School; Temecula, California
- Fish Hawk Creek Elementary School; Lithia, Florida
- Nova Eisenhower Elementary School; Davie, Florida
- Campbell Elementary School; Fairburn, Georgia
- Kell High School; Marietta, Georgia
- Reese Road Elementary School; Columbus, Georgia
- North Polk Central Elementary School; Alleman, Iowa
- Sheridan School; Bloomington, Illinois
- Clearwood Junior High School; Slidell, Louisiana
- Washington-Kosciusko Elementary; Winona, Minnesota
- Liggett Trail Elementary School; Blue Springs, Missouri
- Clausell Elementary School; Jackson, Mississippi
- Allen Middle School; Greensboro, North Carolina
- Clinton School; Maplewood, New Jersey
- Grand Avenue Elementary School; Baldwin, New York
- Friends of Columbus Alternative High School; Columbus, Ohio
- Parknoll Elementary School; Berea, Ohio
- Richard Avenue Elementary School; Grove City, Ohio
- Horace Mann Elementary School; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Harry C. Withers Elementary School; Dallas, Texas
- Whittier Elementary School; Salt Lake City, Utah
- Peak View Elementary School; Penn Laird, Virginia
- Carson Elementary School; Puyallup, Washington
- Roosevelt Elementary School; Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Take Your Family to School Week has been supported by education and community leaders, including Secretary Margaret Spellings, U.S. Department of Education; the National School Boards Association; the National Association of Secondary School Principals; and the National Association of Elementary School Principals.
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