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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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| Fall Newsletter |
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Click here
for more about what your PTA has been working on!
And please see the
[flyer]
for the program at our September 23 Association Meeting! |
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| Grants Available to Local PTAs |
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Santa Clara Valley PTA is offering grants of $100 to $350 to local PTAs for projects to help their communities and to help strengthen their PTA. Grants are available to PTA units and councils within the area served by Sixth District PTA (Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties). All PTAs within that area are welcome to apply. PTAs in low-wealth areas will have priority when grants are awarded.
Click [here] for the application form, and [here] for the report form.
The deadline to submit an application is Friday, December 4, 2026.
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SCV PTA Calendar: Meetings & Events 2026-2027
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| Board Meeting |
Thu Nov 12, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Grant Application Deadline |
Fri Dec 4
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Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Dec 9, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Jan 13, 2027, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Feb 10, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Mar 10, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Association Meeting |
Wed Mar 24, time TBA
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Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Apr 14, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed May 12, 1pm |
Zoom |
| Association Meeting |
Wed May 26, time TBA
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Zoom |
| Board Meeting |
Wed Jun 9, 1pm |
Zoom |
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| Sixth District & State PTA Events |
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| National PTA LegCon |
Mon-Wed Mar 1-3
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Arlington, VA |
| National PTA Convention |
Thu-Sun Jun 17-20
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Grapevine, TX |
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| Advocacy -- 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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