September General Meeting and Training
SFUSD Strategic Plan Beyond the Talk
SFPTA Resolution on The Achievement Gap
PTA Awards and the Reflections Art Program
September 27, 2008
555 Franklin Street – The Board Room
8:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Fellow PTA Volunteers,
As we say good bye to summer, we say hello to a new year of working for our children.
WELCOME BACK!
Welcome back to those of you who are in your second term of office and welcome aboard to those of you who are in new positions or are new to PTA. My first year serving as your District President has been very challenging as well as rewarding. I have learned a lot about the work, about you, the children we serve and about myself. It is my pleasure to serve you as District President.
Remember, Second District is here for you. If you have any questions, concerns or need support, call us 415/241-6048 and someone will respond to you quickly. PTA has many resources to support you. Among them are www.sfpta.org, www.capta.org, and www.pta.org.
We look forward to an exciting year this year. Our State membership theme this year is “One Million Voices for Children.” In San Francisco, we would like to be 10,000 of those voices. Please help us achieve this goal. People will join PTA if we ask so please ask I look forward to the growth of Second District.
Some exciting things will happen this year in Second District, please save these dates: September 4 – Superintendent’s/Presidents’ Reception; September 27 – Second District first Annual Meeting and Training. January 24 – District Annual Meeting and Training. February 27 - Annual Founders’ Day/Presidents/Principals PTA Dinner. April 18 - District General Meeting & Leadership Training includes election of District Officers. April 30 - First day of 2009 California State PTA Convention; May 1-3 - 2009 110th California State PTA Convention, San Jose. May 30 - Spring Leadership Conference. June 27-29 - National PTA Convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Please ensure that your bylaws have been updated in the last two years so you remain in compliance with the State of California PTA.
As is evident, we have our work cut out for us this year and we look forward to working with you to accomplish our goals. As you prepare your budgets for 2008-2009, please plan to send representatives from your units to our State Convention in San Jose as well as the National Convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Please plan to send representatives to ALL of the General Meetings and Trainings to receive information for your unit.
Your District officers are: Treasurer - Alan Geist, Secretary – Carlos Ramirez, III, Communication – Shellie Wiener, Parent Involvement – Deborah Samson, Community Concern - Gail Baugh, Convention Chair – Terezinah Jusino, Membership – Carlos Ramirez, Jr.. Past President – Carl Barnes, Parliamentarian – Henry Miller, Reflections – Sherrie Rosenberg, Advisor - Carol Kocivar and Advisor – Kwan Wang. All may be reached at 415/241-6048 or email 2ndpta@sfusd.edu.
In service for the children of San Francisco,
Barbara Lee, President
Second District California State PTA
Emerging Minority Leaders Conference
The first California State PTA Emerging Minority Leaders Conference will be held September 20, 2008 at the Hilton Oakland Airport Hotel in Oakland, California. The conference was created to recognize and reinforce the importance of ethnic minority leaders in PTA's future growth. It is designed to respond to the growing diversity in our public schools and communities and to help PTA serve all children and families.
A CENTURY OF PTA AND MOTHERS CLUBS
Just one year after the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Mothers Clubs organized as the San Francisco Congress of Mothers, with the goal of improving the education, health, and welfare of children and youth. Now known as the Parent Teacher Association, the PTA is the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer agency working on behalf of public schools, children, and families.
The San Francisco Public Library celebrates the early Mothers Clubs’ and San Francisco PTA’s work through a small exhibit of scrapbooks, historical photographs, minutes, publications, and ephemera from three new collections.
Second District donated its records to the library in 2006. Second District President, Barbara Lee, said, “We are pleased to be a partner with the library in making this important history accessible. Thanks to Carl Barnes and Ann Melamed (past district presidents) and the rest of the 2006 board, for having the foresight to place the collection with the library."
The collection guide is available online at: http://sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/pdf/SF_PTA_Finding_Aid.pdf
The exhibit runs through October 31, 2008, in the San Francisco History Center. The History Center is located on the sixth floor of the Main Library at 100 Larkin Street. The Center is closed on Mondays. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, 10:00 A.M.- 6:00 P.M.; Friday, 12 noon - 6:00 P.M.; and Sunday, 12 noon - 5:00 P.M.
Write to our Legislators click here
The California State PTA opposes any cuts to education and children’s programs in the state budget.
“Our children did not create this crisis, and we cannot allow their future opportunities for success to be undermined because of it.”
click here for information Take Action Today
Attention New Officers of SFPTA units!!!
Please submit your New Officers Roster ASAP to the 2nd District, so your unit may receive Summer Mailing and Information to effectively run your PTA units for the 2008 - 09 term.
"Please use home address and not school address for mailing"
(schools are closed during the summer )
UNIT PTA BOARD ROSTER 2008-09 PDF Files - right click "save as target"
Second District of the California State PTA
555 Franklin St., Room 203-D
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 241-6048
2ndpta@sfusd.edu
2009 California State Convention SAN JOSE
STATE CONVENTION
The annual California State PTA Convention is held for the transaction of certain organization business and for the instruction, information, and inspiration of the PTA members.
PTA leaders at the unit, council, and district PTA levels change constantly, and each level of service in PTA requires different and unique qualities in an individual. Recognizing that development of skills will help each leader realize his or her greatest potential; the California State PTA seeks to ensure that the annual convention, through general meetings and conferences, provides the opportunity to focus on leadership training.
The annual convention affords the membership in California, acting through its accredited delegates, an opportunity to participate in:
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Electing officers;
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Approving bylaw amendments;
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Voting on the Legislation Platform and Legislation Policies; and
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Adopting resolutions.
PURPOSE
According to the California State PTA Bylaws, each association in good standing is represented at the California State PTA Convention by the president-elect or president and all other elected delegates to whom the association is entitled, as well as elected delegates representing the district and council PTAs.
The convention purposes are to
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Conduct the annual business of the California State PTA;
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Train, inform, and inspire PTA leadership; and
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Provide delegates the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with other delegates from throughout the state.
The California State PTA strongly encourages its units, councils, and district PTAs to budget for and send as many delegates as entitled to each annual convention. Convention is an authorized expense to cover registration, housing, meal allowance, and transportation for each delegate. Convention expenses should be a line item in the unit, council and district PTA annual budgets. (The Budget 5.2, 205; Fig. 5-3, 206) Planning for convention and providing an opportunity for delegates to attend is a membership priority
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For more information
Second District of the California State PTA
555 Franklin St., Room 203-D
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 241-6048
2ndpta@sfusd.edu
2008 - 2009 Reflections Theme:"WOW"
Info on Reflections Program download -
Second District of the California State PTA also known as the San Francisco PTA
We serve students and their families of the San Francisco Unified School District in the county San Francisco.
Second District is PTA at the county level. Chartered in 1907, we encompass all of San Francisco County, California. We currently serve over 58 out of council units (school site) PTAs. Together we are over 8700 members strong. We have the pleasure and the responsibility of chartering new units throughout the county. We act as a conduit for information flowing from the unit to the state level and vice-versa. We work in partnership with the San Francisco County Office of Education, and provide parental input on a variety of issues.
The officers and chairman of Second District PTA work closely with our out of council units to ensure that they have the training, mentoring, information, and guidance they need to be successful leaders and advocates. In turn, the units provide these same services to their units members.
This web site is only one of the tools we provide for the edification of our members. We also publish a bi-monthly newsletter, The SFPTA Newsletter that is sent to all unit presidents, school principals, and school district superintendents at no cost, or can be purchased by subscription for anyone else. In addition, we coordinate attendance at the annual California State PTA convention each spring, and we host our own day of workshops three times a year in April, September and January.
Barabra Lee , 2007 - 2009 Second District President
The Mission of the Parent Teacher Association
- To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children;
- To assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children;
- To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.
The Purposes of the Parent Teacher Association
- To promote the welfare of the children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship.
- To raise the standards of home life.
- To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
- To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth.
- To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.