Welcome to Texas Area 16 PTA!

Austin Convention Center -July 23-25, 2010
Events Information
Tentative Events Schedule
Hotel Information
Workshop Information
Event Brochure (coming soon)
Attendee Registration
Early Bird Registration Deadline - Friday, June 4
Download Registration Form (for mail or fax)
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Please visit the Texas PTA Arts Education page.
View the promotional video of Arts and Education and Healthy Children and a link to the Arts-In-Education Facebook page!

Good Happenings
in Area 16

Wellington Elementary PTA Collects 3400 books for SMART (Start Meeting and Reading Together) Program.
Lewisville High School Grateful Dads meet students at the door on Fridays!

Area 16 PTA
Home of Texas PTA's Award Winning Councils:
Outstanding Large Council - Carrollton-Farmers Branch Council
Gold Level Councils -Carrollton-Farmers Branch Council & Lewisville Council
Bronze Level Councils -Irving Council & Little Elm Council

Outstanding Council Website & Gold Level Website Award - Carrollton-Farmers Branch Council
Gold Level - Electronic Newsletter for Councils - Lewisville Council

Congratulations!

Area 16 2009-2010 Goals

The Area 16 Board will:

assist and encourage local PTAs to review and/or update their PTA bylaws
utilize Field Service Representatives to build relationships with local and independent PTAs
host two Parent Involvement Roundtables
contact school districts with no active PTAs for the purpose of building PTA membership
complete National PTA E-Learning Course on Cultural Competency by February 11, 2010

Texas PTA Legislative Honor Roll Presentation

The presentation to Senator Jane Nelson in her Grapevine office adding her to the Texas PTA Legislative Honor Roll.

Pictured: Lewisville ISD Council President Karen Pynes, Texas PTA Membership Chairman Kris Vaughn, Senator Jane Nelson, PTA Local Leader Deborah Bitton, and Texas PTA RVP Susanne Hutchinson

CFB Council of PTAs Annual Book Sale

Pictured above is first customer, Deb Fritz, National PTA Field Service Representative.

2009-10 Membership Award News

242 Awards in our Area

Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Council of PTAs - 56
Denton Community Council of PTAs - 29
Irving ISD Council of PTAs - 30
Lake Dallas ISD Council of PTAs - 4
Lewisville ISD Council of PTAs - 106
Little Elm ISD Council of PTAs - 9
Independents - 7

39 Golden Apple
100% staff & faculty participation
67 Early Bird
75% of last year’s total membership submitted by September 30th
1 1000 Club
PTA has at least 1000 members
25 500 Club
PTA has at least 500 members
25 10% Increase
PTA increased membership this year at least 10% over last year’s total numbers
1 Early Childhood Achievement
Early Childhood PTAs only – maintain or increase enrollment based on last year’s membership
33 MARS - Men Are Really Super
50 or more men enrolled in PTA, form submitted by October 15th
5 Student Enrollment Achievement
25 or more students enrolled in PTA
14 Individual Hero Award
Name of individual who recruited 10 or more members themselves
31 Spring Membership Increase
Fall Membership meet or increase plus at least 25 new members between Oct 15 and Mar 15

Congratulations!

Important Information about websites provided through PTN

Check out the information about the changes in the websites provide through PTA at ptanetwork.txpta.org.
Effective January 1, 2010, Web sites through Web PTN will cost $150* for a 12-month (year) subscription renewable every January 1. *This rate is very competitive and significantly less than other vendors researched – it’s only $12.50 per month. Easy template and customer supports helps you get your PTA’s site up and running quickly.

Treasurer FAQs

Texas PTA is proud to announce the addition of a new Frequently Asked Questions page for PTA treasurers on our Web site. This page offers a wealth of information and assistance for Treasurers!

For finance-related questions not included there or answered in the Texas PTA Treasurer's Guide, please contact the Texas PTA Director of Finance, Alexandra Peterson, at apeterson@txpta.org.

2010-12 Texas PTA Officers

President – Sharon Goldblatt
First Vice President – Karen Slay
Second Vice President – Leslie Boggs
Secretary – Karen Martin
Treasurer – Lisa Holbrook

Region Vice Presidents
I – Kerry Bowdry
II – Tonita Franklin
III – Karen Fullen
IV – Larriann Curtis
V – Susanne Hutchinson
VI – Lois Buford

Texas PTA Cool Benefits for Members of Texas PTA
Membership Benefits Links

Aflac ~ BarnesandNoble.com ~Enterprise ~ Fiesta Texas ~ La Quinta ~ Nationwide ~ Schlitterbahn ~ Sea World ~ Sharp Electronics ~ Southwest Vactions ~T-Mobile

	Mark Your Calendar Note: Addresses for Leadership Orientation Training and Council Sponsored events can be found on the Council page.
June 4	Early Bird Registration Deadline
July 23-25	Summer Seminar Austin
	May 2010 Newsletter
Important Tax Dates to Remember: 990 filing date: End of Fiscal Year - 5/31/10 File Date - 10/15/10 End of Fiscal Year - 6/30/10 File Date - 11/15/10 Click here for information on the 990/990EZ/990N State Sales Tax: Annual File Date - 1/20/11 Click here for information on the Sales Tax Filing

Area 16 PTA 2010-2011 Officers President: Stephanie Phipps Vice President: Susan Scott Secretary: Leslie Haralson Field Service Representative - North: Ashu Kukreja Field Service Representative - Central: Jennifer Saenz Field Service Representative - South: Catherine Carlin

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