21. Do You Want To Bring Kids Into This World? Why can’t the pta (pto) work both ways, with the school and parents to improve the educating of our children. The schools teach book sense. http://castleofhopeforlostsouls.org/drugsandalcohol/parenting.html

Do you want to bring kids into this world? That is a good question. I hear it all of the time. If you have to ask the question the answer is probably no. If you are an alcoholic or drug addict the answer is definitely no. If you are a smoker unless you quit the answer is no. Sadly being a parent is a job that takes on the job training. There are many parenting books on the market and many are contradictory. I remember Dr. Spock and saw the damage done by his methods of parenting. He even apologized to the parents and children when he realized he was wrong. The way I look at it the answer is yes if you can raise children to be good students, to stay away from drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, to respect and learn from their elders, to not bully or cut down others, to be a good leader and follower and most importantly of you can be a good example for your children. “Do as I say, not as I do.” That is the worst philosophy I have ever heard. It borders on stupidity. No matter what you say they will do as you do and you have no one to blame but yourself. A bad environment is a bad excuse for a child going bad if the parent does there job as a parent. The kid got in with the wrong crowd is not an excuse but a cop out. I am a single parent is not an excuse.

22. Mark Kistler's Imagination Station!-School Assemblies And Programs millions of children around the world how to draw he can teach your students This can be a pta / pto fundraiser, or pta / pto s often choose to discount the http://www.draw3d.com/asmbly.html

Elementary School Assembly Family Evening Drawing Program Our Diversity University Internet Web Wizards ... Young Authors/Illustrators Elementary School Assembly Program Get your students prepared to blast off into the land of imagination with pencil power! For 21 years, Mark Kistler has been teaching kids at over 5,000 elementary schools how to draw in 3-D with this world-famous assembly program. An unforgettable hands-on assembly that encourages students, teachers, and parents to participate. Mark has taught millions of children around the world how to draw...he can teach your students, too! Mark deeply believes that learning how to draw in three dimensions builds a child's critical thinking skills while nourishing self-esteem. His positive messages on self-esteem, goal setting, dream conquering, environmental awareness, and the power of reading have sparked millions of children around the world to discover their awesome individual potentials. Here's what you're in for... Two enchanting live performances with Mark Kistler. One assembly for grades K-2, and another for grades 3-6. Fresh new lessons every year!

23. How To Teach Children About Living In A World With Violence the community. Also, teachers should work with the pta or pto. Before You Begin Preparing to teach About Violence. Dr. Garbarino http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/worldwithviolence.htm

Scholastic Home About Us Site Map Search ... Customer Service Violence in today's world runs the gamut from bullying to murder, and finds fertile ground in television programs, movies, videos, and superhero games, where it's gussied up and glamorized. Violence is all around us, and it's taking its toll on children. To help children understand violence and find ways to live with greater peace, in this article you'll find: Answers to Your Questions About Children and Violence From Child-Development Expert Dr. James Garbarino Before You Begin: Preparing to Teach About Violence A Seven-Step Activity Guide to Teaching About Violence ... Resources Answers to Your Questions About Children and Violence How does violence affect children? How can teachers help? To get the answers to these and other questions, Instructor senior editor Meg Bozzone interviewed child-development expert Dr. James Garbarino. Why is violence an issue teachers need to address?

24. City Of Kingsport Elections babies so that they won’t quit school and so that we can teach them how to One group who can help deliver this message to the parents is the pta/pto in each http://www.kingsportchamber.org/ThinkPresence/portal/BOEElection7.asp

Question Of The Day How important is the role of parents/family in the education of children? What are some ways to encourage increased parental involvement in Kingsport schools? Take a look at each candidate's answer: Vi Germinario - Board of Education Candidate Enlarge Germinario - The role of parents in the education of children is vital. Studies show... [ more hide Vi Germinario The role of parents in the education of children is vital. Studies show that student achievement through test scores increases in proportion to the increase in parental involvement. We are fortunate to have very active PTA's/ PTO's in our schools that provide many vehicles for our parents to become involved. Yet, quite often parents report never being asked to volunteer as a reason they are not involved. Each school is unique. Staff and parents need to assess their own situation and try to address ways to increase involvement by eliminating any possible barriers. Some of those barriers might be transportation, childcare, and work schedules. Barbara Goodlett - Board of Education Candidate

25. Education Volunteer citizen based pta/pto program. Puppet shows that teach What is a stranger? and what to do if SAFETY any stranger wants to given them something or http://kenoshapolice.com/officer.htm

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Kenosha Police Department is to serve all people with respect, fairness and compassion. We are committed to preserving peace, order and safety; enforcing laws and ordinances; and safeguarding constitutional rights. HOME Site Index Chief of Police Administration ... E-Mail Kenosha Police Department online information Education Program Asst. Chief of Administration Patrick J. Weidner Chief of Police Daniel C. Wade ... Steven H. Pataska POLICE /SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM Directed by Safety Officer Walsh Certified Police Officer and Child Passenger Safety Technician (qualified to check proper installation of Child Safety Seats) Email Officer Walsh, click here OVERVIEW The Kenosha Rotary Safety Center at 5716 14th Avenue houses the Safety Education Division of the Kenosha Police Department. Per city school PTAs the safety officer conducts background investigations for those parents who apply to be part of the Smiley House (Safe Haven) program. During the summer, the safety officer conducts background investigations for those parents who enroll their child/children for one-week safety sessions during the months of June, July and August.

26. National Nutrition Month 2004 Events Easy Moves for Couch Potatoes Recruit a trainer to demonstrate/teach easy tips Have the school’s pta/pto organization include a short NNM article in their http://www.eatright.org/Public/NutritionInformation/92_18268.cfm

Login Shopping Cart Nutrition Fact Sheets Position Papers ... ADA Journal (Enter a ZIP) Eat Smart, Stay Healthy National Nutrition Month 2004 Event Ideas National Nutrition Month is the perfect opportunity to promote healthy eating to any audience – co-workers, students, clients, or your local community – and to highlight the services and expertise of nutrition professionals. Here’s a collection of National Nutrition Month event ideas for all types of settings, budgets and audiences. Also featured are more detailed information for planning a food and nutrition fair or a 5K run/walk. Food and Nutrition Fair A food and nutrition fair is always a popular event to celebrate National Nutrition Month. It can be adapted to many different settings such as a school gym, a church, community center, library meeting room or health care facility. Some suggested activities for a food and nutrition fair are described below. If you’re looking for a different type of event, page down for addition event suggestions. Suggested activities for a food and nutrition fair: Healthful Show and Tell A food demonstration and taste test to show and tell participants that healthful eating is easy and taste good, too. Team popular restaurant chef and dietetic professional for the demonstration and taste test. Focus on quick, easy and healthful foods. Offer samples, if possible.

27. Kittery PTA Links Lots of information, Excellent links, Nationwide pta/pto locator, Maine Schoolcash.com Raise money for your pta by shopping fun and easy way to teach nutrition. http://kitterypta.8m.net/links/links.html

Organizations The National PTA site Lots of information, Excellent links, Nationwide PTA/PTO locator Maine State PTA Maine's oldest and largest membership organization dedicated to improving the lives of children. Maine Education Association Advocating for and inspiring its 25,000 members to be leaders in the educational process. The Foundation Center Your gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web. National Network of Partnership Schools Bringing together schools, districts, and states to build school-family-community partnerships. National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities Information resources for people who plan, design, build, and maintain K-12 schools. Learning First Alliance Striving to improve student learning in public elementary and secondary schools. Their mission is to stop the marketing of violence to children. National Institute on Media and the Family A national resource for teachers, parents and others who are interested in the influence of electronic media on children. Training initiatives focusing on the role of the family in education. National Association of Partner in Education An international network of partnership professionals ensuring success for all students!

28. Speaker: Parents Must Teach Values, Not Fear, To Children By Karl Vilacoba Staff Township Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse and the community’s pta/pto/SCOPE organizations. Today, more than ever, we must teach our children http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/News/2002/1016/Front_Page/023.html

Farmingdale, NJ News Front Page Bulletin Board Letters Editorials ... Sports Featured Special Section GMN Community Guide Other Special Sections About Us Archive All Greater Media News Contact us Advertising Classifieds Services News Archive GMN Newspaper web site content management software and services Front Page October 16, 2002 Speaker: Parents must teach values, not fear, to children By karl vilacoba Staff Writer MARLBORO — "My parents will kill me" is not motivation enough in a day when kids are smarter than you are, according to speaker Thomas Palermo. In an Oct. 2 lecture titled "Stop the Yelling and Gain Cooperation," Palermo told a Marlboro Middle School auditorium crowded with parents that anger and fear tactics are ultimately doomed to fail. Palermo is the founder of Positive Parenting, and an author, trainer and member of the National Speakers Association. The event was sponsored by the Marlboro Board of Education, the Marlboro Township Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse and the community’s PTA/PTO/SCOPE organizations. As a speaker, Palermo was very animated, using humorous anecdotes to establish serious points.

29. Tops In Taps, Testimonials letters from School Principals, pta/pto Representatives, School to see. Missy Callahan, pta, Rachel Carson presented enough information to teach them about http://usatap.org/ttfeedback.htm

Each year the national tap dance company's Programs Committee receives many letters from School Principals, PTA/PTO Representatives, School Teachers, Cultural Arts Chairpersons, Program Directors (from Theaters, Community Centers, Concert Series, etc.) about cultural assembly programs and other educational programs performed by the NTE cast. Below are a few quotes which are representative of the many more that are on file (positive reviews and high satisfaction rate represent over 95% of all feedback received since the company started these programs in 1990.) For feedback from children, please go to the Click here to translate this page to and from English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. QUOTES - For your convenience, quotes are listed alphabetically by last name of the person who is quoted. School or organization, city, state or country are also provided when available. - All quotes and letters have been placed in the NTE archives.

30. Some Immigrant Families Take A Non-Standard Approach To Involvement In Their Chi involvement has included things such as pta/pto activities, back attended—they never went to pto meetings and Camilo said that he wanted to teach his children http://www.ncrel.org/gap/library/text/someimmigrant.htm

Topics What are the Achievement Gaps? Achievement Gap in Race Hispanic Students Some Immigrant Families Take a Non-Standard Approach to Involvement in Their Children's Education Gerardo Lopez examines how the parents of a Mexican migrant family have achieved success in promoting an educational work ethic for their children. Citation: This reports some of the ideas and findings from the following source: Lopez, G. R. (2001). The value of hard work: Lessons on parent involvement from an (im)migrant household. Harvard Educational Review, 71, 416-437. Retrieved April 3, 2002 from ProQuest database. To see other reports that originated from this same citation, go to the bibliography Non-Traditional Parental Involvement: The Case of the Padilla Family The Importance of a Work Ethic Lopez found that the Padillas managed to communicate three valuable lessons about work to their children: By working in the fields with their parents, the children became acquainted with that kind of work. It made them realize that such work is hard, strenuous, and poorly paid.

31. HUSD - School To Community Connection Parents are encouraged to participate and teach a favorite skill to eager Be involved with fundraisers – Contact pto/pta groups and HHS grade level advisors http://www.husd.com/connection/01sep12.html

School to Community Connection September 12, 2001 Issue 7 st CENTURY GRANT TAKING SHAPE As many Healdsburg residents know, the school district received a large federal grant last year for students in grades 7-12. The district will receive $468,000 per year for three years to provide after school programs that include academics, recreation, and enrichment. The programs will run from 3:00 to 6:00 Monday through Thursday at Healdsburg Junior High, Healdsburg High School, and Marce Becerra Academy. There will be additional activities on some Fridays and Saturdays. An Advisory Committee has been formed to create and implement the program. If you are interested in serving on the committee, please call the number below. The program is slated to begin in October. The success of this program requires the mobilization of community resources. Teachers, parents, and community members will all be needed to offer activities that appeal to adolescents and teenagers. Do you have a skill or talent that you would like to share? Here are a few ideas: web design, computer repair, quilting, dance, gardening, art, fishing, or chess. Your imagination is the limit. Classroom supplies will be provided. If you would like to know more or receive a proposal, please contact Laurie Leach at 431-3482. Keep in Touch With School Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles are all encouraged to get involved in the schools at whatever level they can. Studies show that students get higher grades when parents take an active interest in the school. Opportunities range from regular hours each week to occasional hours as needed. There are day time and evening opportunities at the schools, and a few jobs can even be done from home.

32. Activities To Promote Water Safety Awareness 3. Hold a Water Safety Awareness Day (eg, older kids teach younger kids water Involve the pta/pto in planning activities for Water Safety Awareness Week. 10. http://www.watersafety.org/new_page_18.htm

V irginia W ater S afety C oalition Water Safety Resource Kit Water Safety Resources Kit Components Here are 24 ideas to help kids develop a sense of water safety: Ideas Ideas # 1-5 1. Have kids write and develop a skit about water safety and perform it for the younger kids. 2. Teach younger kids the rules for being safe when in, on, or around water and have them draw pictures to illustrate a rule. Post the illustrations in prominent spots (e.g., on the hallway walls, during Water Safety Awareness Week). 3. Hold a "Water Safety Awareness Day" (e.g., older kids teach younger kids water safety rules, etc.). 4. Take photos of children wearing their personal floatation devices properly or using reaching/throwing aids properly and make a display in the hallway or lobby. 5. For one week (e.g., during Water Safety Awareness Week), include a water safety message with the morning school announcements. General - Never swim alone, always use the buddy system. Specific. -

33. BCL Solutions - School Safety Internet Learning ELearning: Bully Prevention teach staff bully recognition and reporting strategies. Level Five Parent Organization Responsibility (pta/pto) Embrace and support the district policy on http://www.bclsolutions.com/bully/lessons/sample_checklist.html

P.O. Box 337 Shokan, NY 12481 Tele/FAX (845) 679-2142 Bully Prevention Bully Prevention Information Bully Prevention Materials Bully Prevention Services Bibliography ... Bully Prevention Bully Prevention Materials Sample Plan School District Comprehensive Systematic Bully Prevention Program Level One - Board Responsibility Educate the Board of Education, administrative staff and community leaders about the need for a bully prevention program. Rationale - Legal and moral Project Save Requirements Cost Establish a Bully Prevention and Education policy and procedures Allocation of resources - time, talent and funding Appoint a District Bully Prevention and Education Team (District Safety Team would be appropriate) to plan, implement and evaluate district efforts. Level Two - District Responsibility Data collection Surveys and focus groups Program assessment/evaluation Skilled observations Safety assessment Existing research Set goals Community awareness and education Kickoff Conference Printed resources Newspapers/media/www Mailings, newsletters

34. Parents' IEP Report two educators can coteach, break the class into groups to teach, etc. with other parents who are viewed as leaders in your school pta/pto folks, committee http://www.kidstogether.org/iepd-c.htm

your child will have a difficult time making friends, because the children don't want to play with an adult around all the time; no one else - students or teachers - will learn what your child needs, what he/she can do, or how to educate him/her. When the teacher has an aide, the teacher directs the aide on when, how, what to help the student with. The aide should be as invisible as possible. Have other children help your child as much as they can; this is only natural. There are many ways children can help. Also, there should be many times when the teacher is directly working with your child and the aide is working with others in the class. When a teacher has an aide, instead of a student, the two educators can co-teach, break the class into groups to teach, etc. Most teachers love the idea of the aide being theirs instead of a student's! Changing the meeting to change the outcomes. Before the Meeting Work to repair any deterioration in your relationships with people who will be at the meeting. Put aside your ego; remember what this is all about: your child's future. Your job is to be in partnership with educators; not to fight with them. Educate them! Resist the temptation to "get even," don't take things personally restrain yourself and maintain your equilibrium and dignity! Take a teacher to lunch! Have informal (on the telephone, if necessary) pre-IEP meetings with everyone involved. Get a feel for what they'll be saying at the meeting. "Fore warned is fore armed." Ask for any copies of their reports ahead of time. Don't go to the meeting not knowing what's going to happen!

35. Peace Corps | World Wise Schools | Teaching About Culture | Culture Matters Work How will you teach them? presentation of your action plan a. For a real, live audience (fellow students, faculty, your principal, the pta/pto, the board of http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/culturematters/performtask.html

Performance-Based Instruction Using Culture Matters Culture Here is an example of a performance task that you might assign to students after completing relevant activities and readings in Culture Matters. Culture Unit Performance Task Purpose: Apply what you have learned about culture to help fellow students understand that, despite our differences, we have a common bond of humanity in our school. Standard: National Council for the Social Studies Theme #1: Culture Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of culture and cultural diversity so that learners can explain how information and experiences may be interpreted by people from diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference. Task: People in our school community are concerned about the tensions and lack of respect that seem to exist between individuals and among groups within our school. You are a team of cultural specialists hired by the principal and PTA/PTO to find ways to address these needs and help fellow students increase their level of cultural understanding. Your ultimate goal is to promote greater cultural understanding and respect within and across various cultural groups in our school. You've been hired for this assignment because it is widely known that you've learned a lot about culture and the skills required to understand others and cross cultures respectfully. Now it's time to put that knowledge and understanding to work. Procedure: Divide into "Cultural Specialist Teams" and complete the following:

36. BigTen.org: 20 Simple Ways To Get Girls Involved In Sports Girls who play all sports come together to teach each other about the sports teams show off their skills during inschool assemblies or during pta/pto meetings http://www.bigten.org/PressReleases/20011129/dreambig-20ways.cfm

SPORTS Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Cross Country ... Wrestling MAIN SECTION Home Championships Television About the Conference ... Feedback Plug-Ins Needed for Certain Content: Flash Real Player Acrobat Reader Dream Big May 03, 2002 20 Simple Ways To Get Girls Involved In Sports When girls are involved in sports at an early age, they are more likely to stay involved in athletics in their adult life. Here are some ideas to give girls an opportunity to try new sports or to get involved for the very first time. Invite high school girl athletes to come to the elementary school, park or church to give a clinic. Get the parents involved. Send out flyers about youth athletic associations (Little League softball/baseball, soccer, field hockey). Start a Big Sister/Little Sister Athletic Club that pairs an older girl with a younger girl. The older athlete can bring the young girl to a practice, attend sporting events with her, practice drills and teach her the basics of one or more sports. Hold a school-wide Olympics based on girls moving from station to station learning the basics of several different sports. This gives girls an opportunity to try a new skill in the safety of a fun, group-oriented event. Take a class or team to a high school/college/professional women's basketball, soccer or volleyball game. Afterward, go out for pizza or sandwiches and encourage the girls to talk about what they think it's like to be a female athlete. What are the challenges? What are the rewards? What do you have to do to succeed?

37. PTA Newsletter pta Newsletter. will be sure the nominations committee contacts you about serving on the 20022003 ACRMS pto Board. 2. teach kids to guard personal information. http://www.acrms.buncombe.k12.nc.us/ptanews.html

PTA Newsletter From The PTO FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents and Students of ACRMS, If you have been to the back of our school, I am sure you have noticed the bank and our softball and baseball fields. They were so overgrown with briars, ivy, weeds, etc... that we were gradually losing our fields. Mr. Sam Banks organized parents and students to clean up these areas. They spent several weekends and numerous hours clearing this growth. Thank you so much to the following parents, students, and coaches: Sam Banks and his sons; Lewis and Barbara Slagle and their son; Renee and James Simmons and their son ; James Brown and his son; Ron Durner and his son; Terry Duckworth and his sons; Boyce Fortner and his sons; Lenny Van Waters and his son; Wendell Howard; Tim McLaughlin; Steve Ledford; Ricky Warren; Brian Robinson; and Dean Slagle. The office has started collecting "Box Tops for Education." This will earn money for the office for supplies and equipment. We are also collecting used printer cartridges. These can be sent in and we will be able to collect money, which we will also use for supplies and equipment. As you collect any of the above, please send them to Mrs. Mills in the main office. Thank you in advance for your help. School will be closed March 29 - April 5 for spring break. If we miss no more unscheduled days of school, the last student day will be Friday, May 24. This means we have 55 days of school remaining. This year has flown by - the construction has gone well and is scheduled to be completed by July 1. The new lighting, paint, heating, air conditioning and windows will make this learning environment much more pleasant. Thank you for your patience during this year. It will be worth it!

38. Not Your Mom's PTA and of close relationships between parents and those who teach their children. Increasingly, that image comes not from pta s, but from pto s or Parent http://edreform.com/oped/2001/010709.htm

CER Commentary Not your mom's PTA By Jeanne Allen The Washington Times , Monday, July 9, 2001      The name "PTA" may conjure up images of moms working closely with schools, carnivals and other money-raising efforts, and of close relationships between parents and those who teach their children.      Increasingly, that image comes not from PTA's, but from "PTO's" or Parent Teacher Organizations, independent parent groups that choose to organize at schools without any affiliation to the national Parent Teacher Association.      Why the change? Parent activists are finding an increasing divide between the purposes of their state and national PTA leaders and their own objectives. And they're therefore withdrawing their memberships and forming PTO's.      Since 1966, PTA membership has dropped from 12 million to 6.6 million, even as student enrollment has risen from 31 million to 52 million. In response to budgetary cutbacks, the PTA raised its dues a few years ago and 400,000 members dropped their membership. This spring, parents in 22 school districts in Utah dropped out. In some states, PTA membership has dropped as low as 6 percent.      Two reasons for these departures seem to dominate, and the national PTA appears unwilling to address either.

39. I Can 2004 How to teach the I Administrators, Counselors, teachers, Supervisors, Board Members, pta/pto Members, Parents, and Leaders and Volunteers in all youth serving http://www.yesican.net/ican2004/ican2004.htm

National "I CAN" Workshop 2004 July 19th and 20th, 2004 workshop 2003 Rated 9.5 (on a 10 point scale) "A wesome! T errific! P roductive, G reat Speakers, G reat Food, G rea t Music T he M ost O utstanding W orkshop I H ave A ttended I n Y ears " Workshop Teacher Attitude, Behavior, Character I Can... t wo powerful words that inspire our confidence . . . Serve as a testament to our determination to succeed . . . And reflect a desire to be our very best. That's why thousands of educators, parents and leaders of youth serving organizations across America are excited about the I CAN program. Through I CAN , they're not only learning the ABC's of education, but more importantly, the ABC's of Life - Attitude, Behavior, and Character. These are the fundamentals that enable individuals to achieve their fullest potential and bring out the best in others.

40. Learning Peace - Newsletter 3 Share the newsletter with your clergy people, your pta/pto, or any other organization Steps You Can Take Right Now 1. teach and model peacemaking skills in http://www.learningpeace.com/pages/newsletter_03.html

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