41. Links The massachusetts Department of Education regulations govern SiteBased School Councils. Active ptas and ptos coordinate enthusiastic parents, and conduct http://www.butterflyschool.net/think/links.htm

think lexington ... a web place to share facts and ideas The contents posted on this site are by and for Lexington community members, it is NOT a town-sponsored site. We try to be certain that information presented here is factual. If you notice an error, please let us know. We urge you to take an active role in making Lexington the best it can be. Home in print helpful links seen and heard Helpful Links Visit these sites to expand your perspective. STATE LEVEL: Massachusetts public schools are overseen by the Department of Education . The Department of Education is overseen by the state government . The major laws governing public education may be read on the web TOWN LEVEL: In Lexington, we have 6 public elementary schools, 2 middle schools and one high school. These schools are staffed by extraordinary educators. Visit an overview page to understand how schools are managed in town. We participate in the METCO program. Lexington Public Schools School Calendar Contact information for schools Lexington Town Site ... Snow Day?

42. Evisum.com The Educational Vortal massachusetts PTA Oldest and largest volunteer association in the United is dedicated to helping parent teacher groups (like ptos and ptas) help their http://search.evisum.com/dir.cgi?dir=218519

43. SmartEDU, Inc. - Malden Ferryway Enews support our budget is to spend time with the ptas, ptos, School Councils was the second highest fundraising school in Maine, New Hampshire, and massachusetts. http://schoolnews.mecnet.net/malden/fwenews/toc_all.cfm?VolNo=1&IssueID=3&Vol=1

44. Every Student A Citizen: Creating The Democratic Self director, New England Resource Center for Higher Education, University of massachusetts at Boston Reconstitute ptas and ptos as Parent, Teacher, http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/16/91/1691.htm

ECS Executive Summary Education Commission of the States • 700 Broadway, Suite 1200 • Denver, CO 80203-3460 • 303-299-3600 • fax 303-296-8332 • www.ecs.org Every Student A Citizen: Creating the Democratic Self Campaign for Action Compact for Learning and Citizenship National Study Group on Citizenship in K-12 Schools Acknowledgments The National Study Group on Citizenship in K-12 Schools Sheila Bailey, education consultant, Vermont Elsa Banuelos, student organizer, West High School, Colorado Jill Blair, principal, BTW Consultants – informing change, California Steve Bonchek, executive director, Harmony School Education Center, Indiana Bernadette Chi, graduate student researcher, University of California-Berkeley Todd Clark, executive director, Constitutional Rights Foundation, California Thomas Ehrlich, senior scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford University, California Donald Ernst, government affairs director, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Virginia Robert Franco, chairman – social science; professor of anthropology, Kapi'olani Community College, Hawaii

45. Fundraising Special Events / Shows / Fairs Etc. Fundraisers (email ) Fundraiser Company based in Marshfield, massachusetts Operation Bookworm - ptas/ptos can offer Operation Bookworm books as a way to earn http://fundraiser-finder.com/fundraising-cat/special-events-5.php

46. Alt= Denver Chapter Top Nav Bar Alt= Left Nav Bar ALT= Verizon Also, through our partnership with the ptos and ptas, we have involved of the Telephone Pioneers meet at the Friendly’s in Lee, massachusetts, as http://wjdenverpioneers.org/ProjctsWJD.htm

Verizon Literacy Campus Projects Click here for PROJECT ARCHIVES Verizon provides extra credit for schools... Verizon will donate 5% of your Verizon long distance spending to the school of your choice Call 888 215 5586 to sign up. Have the name, address and phone number of the school available Framingham Council collects old cell phones and printer cartridges at 251 Locke Drive. Read on.... Talking Book Program The granddaddy of Pioneer Partnerships For 40 years, the talking book repair program has brought the joy of the printed word to those who cannot see. In cooperation with the Library of Congress and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and under the guidance of the Talking Book coordinators, Pioneers are responsible for refurbishing the special cassette and record-player machines that deliver books, newspapers magazines and other reading materials via the spoken word for more than 800,000 blind, visually or physically impaired users. Pioneers help repair upwards of 135,000 machines a year and have processed over 2 million

47. National Coalition For Parent Involvement In Education (NCPIE): About NCPIE: Our One massachusetts Ave NW Suite 700 Washington DC 200011431 focused exclusively on serving K-8 school parent-teacher group leaders (ptos, ptas, etc.). http://www.ncpie.org/AboutNCPIE/FamilyEdOrg.cfm

Family-Education Organizations Academy for Educational Development Schools and Community Services 1825 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20009 Voice: Fax: Web Address: www.aed.org About Academy for Educational Development/ Schools and Community Services: AED addresses human development needs through education, communication and information in this country and throughout the world. AED's School and Community Services Department develops partnerships between schools, families and communities through research and technical assistance in designing, implementing, and evaluating programs that foster such partnerships. 400 North Columbus Street Alexandria VA 22314 Voice: Fax: Contact: Roxana Marissa Ayona Contact E-mail: RAyona@aafcs.org Web Address: www.aafcs.org Director: Karen S. Tucker Thomas, Executive Director American Association of School Administrators Community Outreach 1801 North Moore Street Arlington VA 22209 Voice: Fax: Web Address: www.aasa.org About American Association of School Administrators/ Community Outreach: AASA is an organization of school system leaders which seeks to ensure quality education systems for all learners through the support and development of leadership.

48. Schools Directory Of Iowa Maryland, massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi is dedicated to helping parent teacher groups (like ptos and ptas) help their schools with http://iowa.uscity.net/Schools/

49. Boston Sales Training - Boston Sales Career - Boston Marketing - Boston Business (About 97 percent of massachusetts groups are ptos, Sullivan notes.) Sullivan stresses that these days, his services are used by ptos and ptas alike. http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/salespower/2005/04/13/

Boston Sales Training - Boston Sales Career - Boston Marketing Subscribe Book of Lists Sales Power Marketplace ... News by Industry News by Markets bizjournals.com Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Austin Baltimore Birmingham Boston Buffalo Charlotte Cincinnati Columbus Dallas Dayton Denver East Bay Greensboro Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Milwaukee Mpls./St. Paul Nashville Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Raleigh/Durham Sacramento St. Louis San Antonio San Francisco San Jose Seattle South Florida Tampa Bay Washington Wichita Home Sales Power April Sign up ... Contact Us Boston Business Journal Entrepreneur Making the grade Want a Reprint? Printable Version Email Story The power of the niche: His company's expanding thanks to success in its marketing strategy. Photo: W. Marc Bernsau Fast-growing parent-group publisher/service provider expands focus Sean McFadden Journal Staff WRENTHAM Tim Sullivan set out to establish a company focusing on an overlooked segment of the parent-group population, and wound up with a lesson in the power of niche marketing. In 1999, the former teacher and fund-raising consultant launched PTO Today Inc., a Wrentham-based magazine and service provider, in an attempt to give voice to a community that he says has often flown under the radar screen PTOs (the umbrella term for parent-teacher organizations), which he says account for about 75 percent of all parent groups nationally, but lack the brand recognition of the 100-year-old PTA (Parent Teacher Association).

50. New England Comprehensive Assistance Center: Resources: Parental Involvement Teacher Associations (ptas) or Parent Teacher Organizations (ptos). Laurie Slobody at the massachusetts Department of Education coordinates an Early http://www2.edc.org/NECAC/resources/parents/parents-involve.html

New England Comprehensive Assistance Center (NECAC) at EDC, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02158 Phone: 800-332-0226 Fax: (617) 969-7578 TDD: 617-964-5448 E-mail: CompCenter@edc.org URL: http://www.edc.org/NECAC/ We have done our best to make this site accessible. Please direct comments or questions about this site to Cyndi Plouff Parental Involvement June 1997 An update for Title I schoolwide program schools from the New England Comprehensive Assistance Center Parent Involvement In today's world, it is not always easy for parents, especially single parents, to find time and energy to get involved in their children's education. However, when parents become involved, both children and parents are benefit. Researchers report that parent participation enhances children's self-esteem, improves their academic achievement, improves parent-child relationships, and helps parents develop positive attitudes towards school. Two Types of Involvement One kind of parental involvement is school-based. It centers around school activities such as attending parent-teacher conferences and school functions, volunteering at the school, receiving and responding to written communications from the teacher, and encouraging parents to join Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) or Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs). Many schools try to make it easier for working parents to participate in school-based activities by scheduling conferences and school events at different times of the day. A second type of involvement focuses on parent-child interaction at home. Home-based activities allow parents flexibility in scheduling, provide opportunities for parents and children to spend time together, and offer a relaxed setting. The most beneficial home activities are deceptively simple. Many parents do not realize that when they involve children in day-to-day activities such as a trip to the gas station or grocery store, they can provide opportunities for learning. For example, although watching TV is viewed as noneducational, joint TV viewing can become educational if parents and children discuss what they saw.

51. Business News : Safersurfers.org Hits Ground Running: Reveals Internet Safety Ti are available to all schools, educators, ptos and ptas while supplies last. Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 24, 2005 in Lenox, massachusetts http://www.keralanext.com/news/index.asp?id=310261

52. Rochelle Riley: Detroiters Picture A Bright Future For The City ptas. ptos. A native of Worcester, Mass., Smith joined General Motors in 1961 and worked in massachusetts, New York, Canada and Europe. http://www.freep.com/news/metro/riley31_20001231.htm

Home News Sports Entertainment ... Rochelle Riley SECTIONS Today's stories Metro Wayne Oakland ... Place an ad Rochelle Riley: Detroiters picture a bright future for the city December 31, 2000 TODAY IS THE LAST OF a century, the final hurrah of an era that gave new meaning to civil rights and urban planning, to space exploration and global communication, to the Electoral College. It gave us realities that were once dreams and dreams that will someday be realities. We saw communist empires and sports records fall. We watched the No. 1 TV show in the country star a black family. We saw the U.S. Constitution at work and wondered whether it remains the best guideline for a country founded by rebels who displaced Indians and enslaved Africans to pursue their manifest destiny in a land far from a king. We saw native Americans create a way to survive through sheer will, then gambling, and African Americans achieve success and freedom through culture, art and sport, then academia and politics. Here in Detroit, a city watched itself be molded like a beloved old car, lauded as a model to be replicated, then damaged in a 1943 crash into racial and economic reality. Then it was rebuilt, repainted and polished before crashing again into that same racial tree in 1967 and being left to rust.

53. GrinBlog » 2004 » October ptos and ptas. ptos Lure Parents Sick of Split PTA Dues. holds up and Kerry wins the Senate, a Democrat will win the special election in massachusetts to fill http://www.grinberg.ws/blog/index.php?m=200410

54. Common Ground Common Sense > Brainwashing Children? After the war, the family returned to massachusetts. Let s get the word outpoint it out to ptas/ptos, principals, teachers, parents, media. http://www.commongroundcommonsense.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t10526.html

Help Search Member List Calendar Full Version: Brainwashing Children? Common Ground Common Sense Issues that Affect Our Lives Education ... Education Issues Archive Pages: kindergarten teacher Dec 16 2004, 09:33 PM The brainwash begins early and it is subtle! The following links are to THE WEEKLY READER "election candidates" biographies. Compare and contrast and give your feedback. Is there any wonder that the Weekly Reader Election poll of our children picked Bush to win before the Nov. 2nd election The Kindergarten level vote ballots we received were even more subtle. I almost missed it until a 5 year old explained to me why he picked Bush. It was because Bush had an American flag behind him and Kerry did not. I have copied Kerry's bio. below for you: http://www.weeklyreader.com/election/kerry.asp (What do you make of the closing sentence?) Now would you like to read the lovely picture they painted of Bush? http://www.weeklyreader.com/election/bush.asp John Kerry The Democratic Nominee After spending several uneventful months aboard a guided-missile frigate in the Pacific Ocean, Kerry wanted to get into the thick of the battle. He trained to become the commander of a Navy "swift boat," a small gunboat that patrolled the rivers of Vietnam.

55. Fundraising Special Events / Shows / Fairs Etc. Fundraisers (email ) Fundraiser Company based in Marshfield, massachusetts What kind of based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Operation Bookworm - ptas/ptos can offer http://fundraiserfinder.com/fundraising-cat/special-events-5.php

56. Print : Short News And Commentary like those in California and massachusetts are similarly Given the way ptas are governed, it instead joining independent parentteacher organizations (ptos). http://www.taemag.com/printVersion/print_article.asp?articleID=16123

57. Step Parent parentteacher associations (ptas) and parent-teacher organizations (ptos). massachusetts Step Parent Adoption Support - My old boyfriend and father of http://stopnevadaforeclosures.biz/index1.shtml?keywords=Step Parent

58. Cheerleading Leominster was the 2002 Central massachusetts Division III runnerup at selling sodas, raffling motorcycles and cleaning stadiums that ptas, ptos and boosters http://newstrove.com/topics/cheerleading.html

59. Power Nap Club - Start Club - Help Fellow Students - Napping Relieves Stress recently completed by University of massachusetts, Boston, educational organizations and sells Power Nap Kits directly to schools, ptas, and ptos. http://www.powernapclub.com/

Power Nap Club members speak out! See video interviews with members of the original View video (S) View video (M) View video (L) Who is Anton Anderson? Watch a video about the founder of the Power View video (S) View video (M) View video (L) View a Power Nap Club in Bellevue, WA started by a student who purchased a Power Nap Kit. View video Back to School Listen to a real high school health care teacher discuss View video (S) View video (M) View video (L) Want to view our videos? Software: CLICK HERE to install RealPlayer. Connection Speed S - Small, low-res video clip, quality not the best but downloads quickly. Recommended for dial-up connections. M - Medium, decent quality; will download quickly if you have a T1 or DSL connection. L - Large, best quality, like going to the movies The Power Nap Club was created by high-school English teacher, Anton Anderson. The Latin motto of the Power Nap Club, , quickly dispels the notion that this club is in any way a joke.

60. BENZIE COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS -- Technology Plan research and development organization based in Cambridge, massachusetts, http//www.terc.edu). area businesses, ptas or ptos, and community groups. http://www.benzie.k12.mi.us/Techplan/ENTER_HERE.html

BENZIE COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY PLAN July 1, through June 30, 2006 District: BENZIE COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS Address: 9222 Homestead Rd., Benzonia, MI ISD: Traverse Bay Intermediate School District Web: www.benzie.k12.mi.us/techplan03-06.htm District Code: 10015 Superintendent: David Micinski E-Mail: dmicinski@benzie.k12.mi.us Phone: 231.882.9653 Fax: 231.882.9121 Contact: Mark Willette-Green E-Mail: mgreen@benzie.k12.mi.us Phone: Fax: Introductory Material – SECTION District Mission Statement WE BELIEVE the mission of the Benzie County Central Schools Board of Education, staff, parents, and the community is to educate all students in a safe, positive learning atmosphere; to achieve the highest potential of the whole child through active participation in challenging programs that meet individual needs of each student; and by doing so we will develop responsible, self-confident, self-motivated, and self-disciplined young adults inspired with a life-long love of learning. Introduction to District Benzie County Central Schools is a consolidated K-12 district with a land area of 468 square miles, located in parts of four counties: Benzie, Manistee, Grand Traverse, and Wexford. The 2002-03 school enrollment was 2006 pupils, with 110 professional teaching staff. The four elementary schools are Bestie Valley, near Copemish and Thompsonville; Crystal Lake, in Benzonia; Platte River, in Honor; and Lake Ann, near the village of Lake Ann. The middle and senior high schools are located on Homestead Road between the villages of Honor and Benzonia.

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