The Crib Sheet
Carrollton Early Childhood PTA
Volume 25, Issue 6 ~ February 2004
Join us February 13, from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. for our general meeting.
Lorraine Murillo and Gail Gibson from the Parenting Department of CFBISD will speak on the topic "Ready to Learn."
We meet at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church, 1901 Peters Colony in Carrollton.
For nursery reservations call Cathy Dreyer at (972) 394-6766
From the President . . .
Shannon Croft (214)731-9274
The
PTA has been around for over a century. Children's lives before PTA were
very different than they are today. In 1897 many children in this country
left school before 5th grade to work in unsafe factories. Fatal accidents,
childhood diseases and poor nutrition claimed the lives of many children.
Our founders Alice Birney and Phoebe Hearst set out to change that. Their
idea was simple -- to improve the lives of all of our children. The PTA
has never lost sight of this idea.
Over the last 107 years this great
organization has achieved many milestones. PTA has helped create child labor
laws and put a juvenile justice system in place. They introduced kindergarten
to the public school system. The rise of the automobile brought and concerns
about safety and seatbelts that still live on today. PTA helped nourish
children by establishing the school lunch program nationwide. They helped
combat polio, a crippling disease that struck thousands of children by field
testing the Salk polio vaccine. PTA educates parents and children on the
dangers of substance abuse. They speak out about TV violence and have raised
HIV/AIDS awareness.
February 17th is known as Founders Day as it was
on this day back in 1897 that the first meeting of the National Congress
of Mothers (now known as the National PTA) took place. We will celebrate
this history at our general meeting on February 13th. Zita Degraffenreid
will be bringing one of her delicious cakes, so you don't want to miss it!
I
would like to thank those ladies who agreed to serve on our nominating committee.
Remember to fill out those officer interest forms! This organization is
run by volunteers, without them PTA would not exist.
First Vice President
Alicia Welch (972) 939-6503
Our
February Board Meeting will be Monday, February 9th at 7:30 p.m. at the McCoy
Elementary Cafeteria. Please e-mail your agenda items to Shannon and myself.
If you have a report to give, but cannot attend, please let me know and
I can report it for you. See you then!
Adult Programs
Our February speakers
will be Lorraine Murillo and Gail Gibson from the Parenting Department of
CFBISD. They will speak to the group on the topic "Ready to Learn" which
will include ideas which will help us get our children prepared to be lifelong
learners. The Parenting Department has an abundance of materials available
for anyone in the community, include workshops, videos and books.
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