CHAMPAIGN PTA COUNCIL NEWS

    Nancy Holm, President, 2404 Peppertree Pl., Champaign, IL 61822  -  356-9153 - email: nlholm@prairienet.org

  http://www.prairienet.org/cpta                                                                                        December 2004
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                                                  Next Meeting Thursday, January 6th at 7 p.m.
                                           B.T. Washington School Library
                                                          606 E. Grove St.
                (Parking lot is in back of the school; enter by the gym door in the back and proceed to the library)
 
Please be sure to have your PTA represented at every meeting.

January Program: Superintendent Arthur Culver will be our speaker.

Other Agenda Items: Founders' Day Dinner plans; Nominating committee; School district budget questions/concerns
        
Informational Items:

        PTA Courses - PTA and the Law and ABCs of Finance courses will be offered at Bottenfield School on
Jan. 8 from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.  Courses will run simultaneously.  Cost is $3.  Registration information is available at the council website (www.prairienet.org/cpta).  Please encourage members of your PTA to attend. 

        Founders' Day Dinner - The February PTA Council meeting will be the annual Founders Day Dinner.  Champaign PTA Council is hosting the event this year on Thursday, Feb. 3 at the Hawthorn Suites Conference Center in Champaign.  Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.  The main speaker that evening will be Dr. Morton Weir, former UIUC chancellor, who will discuss the effects of television violence on youth.  Please plan to attend.  Registration forms will be emailed to you the first week of January.  Please have your PTA executive committee discuss if there is anyone your PTA would like to honor at the Founders' Day Dinner.  Send in the form to request awards (included in the PTA Information Packet) to the state PTA office at least two or three weeks before the dinner.

        NAAPID - National African American Parent Involvement Day will be held on Monday, Feb. 14.  PTA presidents please discuss with your principal about how your PTA might assist with activities at your school that day and encourage parents to become involved.

Important Dates:

 
        Jan. 3          School resumes
 
        Jan. 6          PTA Council meeting - B.T. Washington School - 7 p.m.
 
        Jan. 10        Regular School Board meeting - 7 p.m. - Mellon Building
 
        Jan. 13        Semester Exams for High School Students; Early Dismissal for regular elementary schools and middle schools
 
        Jan. 14        Semester Exams for High School Students; Early Dismissal for all elementary schools and middle schools
 
        Jan. 17        M.L. King's Birthday Observance - No School
 
        Jan. 18        Teacher Institute Day - No School
 
        Jan. 31        School Improvement Day - Early Dismissal
 
        Feb. 3          PTA Council Founders Day Dinner - 6:30 p.m.  - Hawthorn Suites Conference Center, Champaign