ECCC PTA 3.26.2010 – weekly email
ByECCC PTA General Meeting with Elections of our 2010-2011 Exec Bd and presentation of our Margie Hatfield Scholarship Winners is Tuesday, March 30th, 9:30am at East Cobb Middle School Auditorium. There are Four Delegates representing each school who should be in attendance. Please bring your Blue ECCC PTA Handbook! That is your Delegate Voting Card. This is an election.
Mark your Calendar for your New Executive Board to come to School of Information. A training specifically for all Officers of your PTA (new or old). Please stress the importance of attending so your PTA Exec Bd. can get the proper start to their year! Tuesday, May 11, 9am-noon at Crossview Baptist Church.
Once your Officers are elected, please make sure your Secretary enters the information for each Officer on the Georgia PTA Website under Local Unit Toolkit and submit the new officer names and contact information to Heather Rees at secretary@ecccpta.org. They must also enter in all Chairs when they are appointed.
Georgia PTA will be coming online soon with Registration for CLT (Convention Leadership Training) which is June 25-26th at the Georgia International Convention Center, near the airport. Basic Registration with parking will be $85 per person. More info to follow at www.georgiapta.org .
Congratulation to all of our Refelctions Winners and our Honoring Our Heroes Essay Winners!!
Have a wonderful weekend and we hope to see all of you Tuesday!
Amie Fann & Abby Shiffman, Co-Presidents
ECCC PTA, 2009-2010
president@ecccpta.org
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ENVIRONMENTAL:
Cobb libraries offer residents battery recycling program
Cobb residents may now recycle their old rechargeable and single-use batteries at any county library branch. Keep Cobb Beautiful is partnering with the library system to offer this free recycling program. What is accepted:
• Nickel Cadmium (NI-CD); nickel metal hydride (NI-MH)
• Lithium Ion (LI-Ion) with cobaltate technology
• Cell phones
• Cell phone batteries
• Power tool batteries
• Laptop batteries
• Digital camera batteries
• Video camera batteries
• Any type of Ni-Cd, Ni-MH and Li-Ion rechargeable battery
• Alkaline (household batteries), lithium primary batteries
• Dry sealed-cell and power-pack batteries
No wet cell batteries will be accepted. Battery terminals must be taped over or placed in individual baggies. For more information, visit cobbcounty.org/kcb. To find library locations, visit cobbcounty.org/library.
GA Cobb Extension will host the informative workshop "From Your Garden to Your Table" 7 p.m., Thursday, April 1, at the extension office, 678 South Cobb Drive, Suite 200, Marietta. Learn about planting a vegetable garden and safely storing and preserving produce. The class is intended to help novice as well as seasoned gardeners and to review up-to-date food preservation procedures. The cost is $10 at the door and only cash or check will be accepted. To pre-register, contact Emily Harper at 770-528-4070 or emily.harper@cobbcounty.org.
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LEGISLATION & ADVOCACY:
Please keep up to date on what is happening down at the Capitol by reading the daily reports on our Capitol Watch section of the Georgia PTA website. http://www.ciclt.net/sn/new/n_main.aspx?ClientCode=gapta or go to www.georgiapta.org and click on Capitol Watch under Programs & Services on the Left Column.
Sen. Chip Rogers Town Hall Meeting, Saturday, March 27th, Mountain View Library, 9-10am
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YOUTH SERVICES:
THE TRANSITION YEAR: Growing up is a roller coaster with extreme ups and downs. One day a child may be cooperative, neat and quiet. And the next, they may be just opposite. Parents must be aware that adolescence is a time of intense development as children move from the helplessness of infancy and childhood to the independence of adulthood. GA PTA and Ridgeview Institute will be conducting a parenting awareness program titled "The Transition Year" – moving from elementary to middle school, middle school to high school and high school to college. Each child is unique and may development quite differently from his or her peers. Growing up is stressful, and often children feel they cannot share the burden with anyone other than young people like themselves who are prey to the shame stresses. You are invited to attend the workshop at Ridgeview Institute on Wednesday, April 21 from 10:00 – 11:30 to assist you as a parent to understand these transition years and find helpful tips to make these transition years manageable for you, your child and your family. SEE FLYER
Spring Break driver ed training April 5-9th, 9am-3:30pm
30 hours classroom/6hours behind the wheel, Sandy Plains Location
GA PTA discount for this class is $50
Total cost is just $389
Questions, call Safe America at 770-973-7233 ask for Marcia
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SCHOOL EVENTS:
WHEELER HS Sr. Projects: It’s time to mark your calendar for Wheeler High School ’s Spring 2009 Senior Boards. Many of you have so willingly served as judges for this special night before, and Wheeler is so very thankful. Without your commitment and participation Wheeler’s Senior Project would not be possible. The Wheeler students and staff continue to be overwhelmed by your generous support.
Thursday night, April 23, 2009, is the day to mark on your calendar. Dinner will be served by Wheeler faculty and students beginning at 4:45 PM in the Wheeler Media Center. We ask that you wear professional business attire as our students are required to dress for business when they make their presentations. At 5:30 PM there is a brief training session prior to judging at 6:00 PM . The evening will conclude by 9:00 PM.
As most of you know this effort requires 150-180 community volunteers to make up the 35 panels that evaluate presentations. Each panel will hear oral presentations from five or six different seniors with each presentation lasting between eight and ten minutes. The Senior Project is an established academic program in hundreds of high schools across America . Among its special features is public participation. This is a direct personal service of critical value to Wheeler seniors, to Wheeler High School , and your East Cobb community. Here you step from the role of passive consumer of the education system into the role of participant in the success of Wheeler and its students. If you have friends, co-workers, or neighbors interested in serving, please forward this email so they can sign up. All are welcome. More information about Senior Project can be found on the Wheeler website at www.wheelerhigh.com.
ACTION NEEDED: Please respond if you are willing to judge on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 4:45 to 9:00 pm .
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on April 23, 2009.
Faye Oakley Patty Morgan
Community Judge Coordinator Senior Project Coordinator
Faye.Oakley@cobbk12.org
wheelerseniorproject@yahoo.com
JJ Daniell Middle: SpringFest 2010, featuring our inaugural 5K Race & 1 Mile Fun, taking place Saturday, April 24th at 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. In addition to Honorary Attendees State Representative Don Parson and Miss Cobb County 2010 Casy Walker, there will be entertainment, a Healthcare & Community Business Expo, an Arts & Crafts Marketplace, and much more! This grew to be more than just a Fun Run and by the way things are falling into place, it will be a great community event. MORE INFORMATION LINK!!
Fun Run Registration Form
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Congratulations:
Wheeler Magnet Students Grab Both Georgia Spots In Siemens Foundation Award for Advanced Placement
Abigail Halim and Jason McElrath, students at the Wheeler High School Center for Advanced Studies in Science, Math and Technology, were named winners of both Georgia spots in the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement! The honors are awarded each year to two students in each state with the greatest number of scores of 5 on eight AP math and science exams, as well as to one teacher from every state for excellence in teaching AP mathematics, science, and technology courses. Halim and McElrath will receive $2,000 scholarships from the Siemens Foundation.
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Pope High Journalism Adviser Chris Canter Named Honoree For Outstanding Young Educator Award
Chris Canter, English and journalism teacher at Pope High School, was named an honoree for the 2010 Outstanding Young Educator Award (OYEA) from the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Design (ASCD).
ASCD, an international educational leadership association, created the OYEA Program in 2002 to recognize creative and committed teachers and administrators under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the lives of children. Mr. Canter received a $500 award, complimentary registration for the ASCD annual conference, membership to the group and professional development opportunities throughout the year.
ASCD’s OYEA program provides winners and a cadre of honorees with opportunities for leadership skill building, professional development, and networking and sharing of best practices with one another and the ASCD community. GlobalScholar, an ASCD Premier Sponsor, is a supporter of the OYEA program.
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News from the 9th District:
National Standards for Family School Partnership Awards – New this year but VERY IMPORTANT – The deadline for these will be April 13th. Local units and councils can write a brief report 150 words or less about how they are currently implementing any or all of the National Standards for Family School Partnerships. Local units and councils will be given awards Gold, Silver and Bronze based on their performance against the standard rather than each other. This will give us a chance to recognize more of the great work our PTA’s are doing. In addition the Best Ideas garnered from these reports will be included in a brochure that is distributed to all of our local units.
Due to the short turn around time these reports must be submitted electronically. Please send them to Patty Yohn at pattyyohn@bellsouth.net . Council Presidents – we will need you to assist by encouraging your local units to participate in these easy to complete Standards reports. The best ideas generated will help all of us to strengthen our programs going forward. Please see attached form and distribute to your local units.
CCSD:
Public Budget Forum Held 3/23
The CCSD Board of Education hosted a public forum regarding budget development on Tuesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at Campbell High School. The forum was a general information session to help the public understand the budget development process and the challenges created by the economy. Additional forums will be announced as the FY2011 budget development process continues throughout spring. Please go to www.cobbk12.org where you can View the Budget Forum Video, View the Budget Forum Info Sheet, and get links that will give you updates from the State Capitol from and Education Perspective.
3/31 Kindergarten Registration
4/14 CCSD Board Meeting
Public Comments – 8:30 AM
Board Meeting – 9:00 AM
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COUNTY:
The East Cobb Civic Association March general meeting is at 7:00 PM, Wednesday, March 31at the East Cobb Public Library in Parkaire mall at 4880 Lower Roswell RD, Marietta.
The speaker is Bob Ott, Cobb County Commissioner, District 2. The Commissioner will talk about activities impacting East Cobb and the county at large, and will take questions from attendees
Cobb County Public Library System – 2010 March / April Events
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
East Cobb Saturday 3:00 p.m. March 27 – Wii Games in the Teen Zone
STORYTELLING
Central Library Saturday 2:00 p.m. March 27 – Cobb Library Foundation Presents the
Third Annual Jean Stromberg Storytelling Hour
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS
Mountain View
1st Wednesday 10:00 a.m. April 7
Mountain View
2nd Monday 6:30 p.m. April 12 – Teen Book Group
East Marietta
3rd Wednesday 10:30 a.m. April 21
East Cobb 4th Thursday 10:30 a.m. April 22
FILM PROGRAMS
East Marietta
Thursday 11:00 a.m. April 1- Great Films
East Marietta
Thursday 11:00 a.m. April 8- Mystery Films
East Cobb Saturday 3:00 p.m. April 10 – Anime Movie (New Release)
East Marietta
Thursday 11:00 a.m. April 15- Independent & Foreign Films
East Cobb Saturday 3:00 p.m. April 17 – October Sky
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
SPRING BREAK ACTIVITES April 5 – April 9
* East Cobb Monday 3:30 p.m. April 5 – Tween Improv Program
* East Cobb Tuesday 3:30 p.m. April 6 – Family Film: “UP”
* Mountain View Regional
Tuesday 3:00 p.m. April 6– Spring Fling Flicks: “The Princess and the Frog”
* East Cobb Wednesday 3:30 p.m. April 7 – Family Make-n-Take: “Going Buggy” bug craft
* Mountain View Regional
Wednesday 1:00 p.m. April 7 – Spring Fling Flicks: “UP”
* East Cobb Thursday 3:30 p.m. April 8 – Family Film: “BOLT”
* East Marietta
Thursday 6:00 p.m. April 8 – Mad Scientist Program
* East Cobb Friday 4:00 p.m. April 9 – Wii Games in Teen Zone
* Mountain View Regional
Friday 2:30 p.m. April 9 – Spring Fling Family Storytime and Craft
* East Cobb Saturday 3:00 p.m. April 10 – Teen Anime – New Release Movie
All Libraries Monday-Saturday April 19 thru 25 – National TV Turn-Off Week
East Cobb Saturday 3:00 p.m. April 24 – Wii Games in the Teen Zone
