2008 Calendar of Events and Observances
View our calendar of events page to find out about PTA convention & exhibitions, meetings, office closings, and special events.
Please contact the PTA at (800) 307-4PTA (4782) for further information about any of the events listed below.
2008
APRIL
- National Youth Sports Safety Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- 12 Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day
- 15 Hearst awards due to national office from state offices
- 23 LIVE WEBCAST: A Parent’s Guide to Video Games: Online Video Game Safety Simplified
- 24 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
- 27 National Volunteer Week begins
MAY
- Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
- National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
- National Bike Month
- 1 2008 Mary Lou Anderson Reflections Arts Enhancement Grant Deadline
- 4 PTA Teacher Appreciation Week begins
- 6 National Teacher Day
- 25 National Missing Children's Day
- 26 PTA Headquarters closed in observance of Memorial Day
JUNE
- 20-23 PTA National Convention & Exhibition
- National Safety Month
- National Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Month
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
- PTA Membership Month
- National Preparedness Month
- Library Card Sign-Up Month
- College Savings Month
- Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
OCTOBER
- Child Health Month
- Crime Prevention Month
- PTA Start the Art Week
- 2-5 PTA Training and Capacity Building Initiative (TCBI)
- 31-Nov. 2 Emerging Minority Leaders Conference
NOVEMBER
