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| Message from the President |
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| Santa Clara Valley PTA is unlike any other PTA you’ve ever been a member of – we have no school, no principal, and no students! We exist to support other PTAs. You can do as little or as many PTA activities as you’d like – from joining, to donating, to serving on a committee, or holding an elected office – the whole range! Read our letter to learn more about us and sign up! We’d love to have you in SCV PTA! |
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| Grants Available to Local PTAs |
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Santa Clara Valley PTA is offering grants of $50 to $100 to local PTAs to help their communities and strengthen their organizations. Grants are available to PTA units and councils within the area served by Sixth District PTA (Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties). All PTAs within that area are welcome to apply. PTAs in low-wealth areas will have priority when grants are awarded.
The deadline to submit an application is Friday, October 25, 2024. Click [here] for the application.
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Come join us in reading and discussing this book that follows twelve characters from Indigenous communities traveling to the big Oakland Powwow. |
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Tommy Orange, There There.
[discussion questions]
Discussion: Wed Sep 25, 7:30 pm Pacific Time, via Zoom
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All -- not just our members -- are welcome to join us! |
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Please
[register here] in advance.
Email with Zoom link will be sent after registration. |
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SCV PTA Calendar: Meetings & Events 2024-2025
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Association Meeting
with Book Club Discussion |
Wed Sep 25
- 6:45 Meeting
- 7:30 Book Club
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Zoom [register here]
[discussion questions] |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Oct 9, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Nov 13, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Dec 11, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Feb 12, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Mar 12, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Association Meeting |
Wed Mar 26, time TBD |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed April 9, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed May 14, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Jun 11, 1pm |
Zoom |
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| Sixth District & State PTA Events |
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| Sixth District PTA Fall Training |
Sat Sep 7
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Santa Clara [details] |
| State PTA Convention |
May 2 - 4, 2025
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Ontario, CA |
| National PTA Convention |
June 25 - 28, 2025
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| Spring Newsletter |
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Click here
for more about what your PTA has been working on! |
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| Advocacy Update -- Our 2024 Convention Resolution |
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For many years, in California and across the US, women, children, and Two-Spirit Individuals of Indigenous heritage have been disproportionately at risk for going missing -- being abducted, often being abused, and sometimes being enslaved or murdered.
In the 2023-2024 school year, our advocacy team developed and submitted a Convention Resolution to encourage PTAs throughout California to learn about this crisis and to help protect children and families who are at risk of becoming victims. On May 3, 2024, our resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote of the delegates to State PTA's Annual Convention.
Read our Convention Resolution
[here].
Learn more! Click
[here]
To watch a presentation by Shannon Jaeger, the maker of the Resolution,
about the Resolution and the crisis it addresses.
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| "The Smithsonian at Your Fingertips" |
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At our Association Meeting in September, 2023, we had a fascinating presentation about the Smithsonian Institution's Learning Lab, and how we as parents and as PTAs can explore it and take advantage of the resources it offers. For those who wanted to see that presentation again, or who were unable to attend the meeting, we are providing a recording [here].
The Smithsonian Learning Lab is an award-winning interactive platform that provides digital tools and resources to help educators access Smithsonian resources, customize learning experiences, and create meaningful connections to our museum artifacts from anywhere in the world. It offers free digital access to millions of Smithsonian artworks, artifacts, specimens, recordings, learning activities, and teaching materials for the PK-12 classroom from across the Smithsonian's 21 museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
Learn how you, too, can incorporate the Smithsonian Institution's digital educational materials in and out of the classroom to benefit your child, yourself, and your community!
• [Flyer]
• [Video]
• [Resources]
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