October 2010
October 1 – Fall Leadership Workshop and Community Health and Safety Fair, Schultz Center
October 5 – DCC PTA BOM Meeting, DCPS Room 613, 9:45 – 12 Noon
October 5 – DCPS Board Meeting, 6:00 p.m.
October 13 – PTA Tax Workshop, Schultz Center
October 19 – General Meeting at Teachers’ Supply Depot
October 25 – Teacher Planning Day
TBA: Pre-Convention Platform Workshop

November 2010
November 1 – DCPS Board Meeting, 6:00 p.m.
November 2 – DCC PTA BOM Meeting, DCPS Room 613, 9:45 – 12 Noon
November 5 – 7 – Florida PTA Convention, Orlando
November 11 – Veteran’s Day Holiday
November 20 – PTA Day at the MOSH – details TBA
November 24 – Weather Day
November 25 – 26 – Thanksgiving Holiday

December 2010
December 1 – Reflections drop-off, 9:00 a.m. – 12 Noon
December 7 – DCPS Board Meeting, 6:00 p.m.
December 12 – PTA Game Day with the Jaguars – details TBA
December 20 – 31 – Winter Break (Weather Days and Admin./Schools Closed Days)
TBA: DCC PTA BOM Holiday Luncheon

January 2011
January 1 – New Year’s Holiday
January 4 – DCC PTA BOM Meeting, DCPS Room 613, 9:45 – 12 Noon
January 17 – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
January 21 – Teacher Planning Day
TBA: DCPS Board Meeting
Magnet Mania

February 2011
February 1 – 28 – PTA Month at the Jacksonville Zoo – details TBA
February 1 – DCC PTA BOM Meeting, DCPS Room 613, 9:45 – 12 Noon
February 21 – President’s Day Holiday
TBA: DCPS Board Meeting
Magnet Application deadline

March 2011
March 1 – DCC PTA BOM Meeting, DCPS Room 613, 9:45 – 12 Noon
March 15 – DCC PTA General Meeting w/Election, DCPS Cline Auditorium, 9:30 – 12 Noon
March 25 – Teacher Planning Day
March 28 – 31 – Spring Break
March 31 – FPTA Membership Dues
TBA: DCPS Board Meeting
Rally in Tally
PTA Night at the Jacksonville Suns

April 2011
April 1 – Spring Break
April 5 – DCC PTA BOM Meeting, DCPS Room 613, 9:45 – 12 Noon
April 22 – Spring Holiday
April 25 – Schools Closed
TBA: DCPS Board Meeting

May 2011
May 3 – DCC PTA BOM Meeting
May 12 – TSD Invite Only Opening
May 27 – Schools Closed
May 30 – Memorial Day Holiday
TBA: DCPS Board Meeting
DCC PTA Spring Leadership Workshop
DCC PTA Reflections Awards Reception
DCC PTA P & P Luncheon/DCC PTA Vendor’s Fair

June 2011
June 10 – Last Day of School

Membership Chairs – let your members and potential members know about some local great benefits they can get simply by being a card carrying PTA member!

MOSH – November 20, 2010
1 free child’s admission with every paid adult admission

Jacksonville Jaguars – December 12, 2010
Discounted tickets for the home game vs Oakland Raiders (details to follow)

Jacksonville Zoo – February 2011
PTA members showing their membership cards will get $2 off admission (up to 4 people per card)

Jacksonville Suns – May 2011
All PTA members showing their PTA membership card will receive a
“Buy one Get one deal” and a special child’s pricing.

The IRS will soon begin revoking the tax exempt status of all organizations required to file that have not filed for the past three years. This could significantly impact local PTAs. We have worked very hard annually to ensure local units are filing. Now is a time to intensify those efforts. Below are a series of articles/resources on this topic.

We call your attention to a recent article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/us/23exempt.html

Detailed information from the IRS: http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=217087,00.html

Does my organization have to file the e-Postcard if it is a subordinate organization in a group exemption?
http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=177799,00.html

Finally, below is the IRS page for non-profits that we recommend all state leaders bookmark as a reference tool:
http://www.irs.gov/charities/index.html

“Be There” Essay Contest -sponsored by DCC PTA — WINNERS:

High School Level (9th -12th grades)


• Takeeyah Hendricks (11th) Paxon SAS – Mrs. Loggie
  
• Josh Ticer (12th) Paxon SAS – Mrs. Loggie

Middle School Level (6th, 7th, 8th grades)


• Kaitlyn Neaves (7th) Kernan MS – Mr. Verdi
  
• Evelyn Padgett (8th) Fletcher MS – Mrs. Anastacio

Elementary School Level (K-5th)


• Alia Potter (4th) San Mateo Elementary – Mrs. Brown
  
• Taylor Estes (4th) Loretto Elementary – Ms. Hyken

Each winner will be awarded a pizza party for their entire classroom sponsored by Domino’s Pizza. The winners’ essays will be forwarded to WJXT, Channel 4 for possible news stories / segments re: the “Be There” campaign.

Thank you to all students who participated in this contest. We are proud of you all.
We appreciate your support of the Duval County Council of PTAs & PTSAs

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April 21, 2010

Contact: GOVERNOR’S PRESS OFFICE
(850) 488-5394

MEMORANDUM

TO: Interested Media
FROM: Sterling Ivey, Press Secretary
RE: Governor’s Executive Order 10-94, Establishing Florida’s Race to the Top Working Group

Please find attached Executive Order 10-94 establishing Florida’s Race to the Top Working Group, created to facilitate stakeholder participation in the review, evaluation and possible revision of the Memorandum of Understanding to support Florida’s Race to the Top Phase II application.

Governor Charlie Crist today announced the following appointments to Florida’s Race to the Top Working Group:

• Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Working Group Chair
• Kim Black, President, Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association
• Karin Brown, President, Florida Parent Teacher Association
• Mark Wilson, President and CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce
• Andy Ford, President, Florida Education Association
• Debra Dowds, Executive Director, Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
• Ronald Blocker, Superintendent, Orange County Public Schools
• Megan Allen, 2010 Florida Teacher of the Year, Hillsborough County
• W.C. Gentry, Duval County School Board Member
• Candace Lankford, Volusia County School Board Member and President, Florida School Boards Association
• Senator Rudy Garcia, District 40
• Representative Jimmy Patronis, District 6

If you have any questions or need additional information, please call Governor Crist’s press office at (850) 488-5394

DCCPTA would like to thank everyone who called, wrote, and marched against SB6. Your actions made a difference. We all are now looking forward to a better bill that will include stakeholder input.

1-19-10 General Meeting Minutes

2-17-10 General Meeting Minutes

3-16-10 General Meeting Minutes

Now it’s time to thank Governor Crist. Please join SaveDuvalSchools.org, 50thNoMore.org, and the Duval County Council of PTAs as we convene once more for a THANK YOU RALLY for the Governor.

WHEN: 5 pm Saturday, April 17, 2010
WHERE: at the Wilson Center for the Performing Arts at FSCJ
ADDRESS: 11901 Beach Boulevard.
REQUEST: Please wear YELLOW again, this time to welcome him to our home

5pm News Cast – FCN