Mr. Steve Ramos Named Ohio PTA District 17’s 2010 Outstanding Educator

Heritage Middle School PTSA and the Ohio PTA District 17 are proud to announce the 2009-2010 Outstanding District Educator Award goes to Mr. Steve Ramos, Principal of Heritage Middle School, part of the Painesville City Local Schools in Painesville, Ohio.

Each year Ohio PTA districts solicit nominations from local units and councils for this award. Ohio PTA District 17 consists of Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties.

Nominees are judged on their involvement with the educational process of students and their dedication to the PTA’s Mission and Purposes.

Mr. Ramos was a founding member of the newly formed Heritage Middle School PTSA. He also served on the PTSA nominating committee, regularly attends PTSA meetings and brings his experience in working with former PTA's to this new group. He is now in the process of helping the PTA garner grant funds for a student newspaper. Mr. Ramos' philosophy is to act both legally and morally "en loco parentis" or "in place of parents", to ensure that students in his charge are kept safe.

Ohio PTA is pleased to honor Mr. Ramos at our annual Convention in Columbus on Saturday, April 17, 2010.

Heritage PTSA Receives Grant Funding for Student Newspaper Project

Today, the Heritage Middle School PTSA received approval for a $350 grant request from the Crossroads' Drug & Alcohol Coalition's BOAT Committee to fund their student newspaper project. The newspaper is being written, photographed and designed by Heritage Middle School students working with teacher advisors Mr. Hicks, Mr. Delaney and Mr. Vargo from Heritage Middle School. The newspaper will be distributed to every student, staff member and parent at Heritage Middle School and will be inserted monthly for community-wide distribution in the Lake County Gazette. The first edition is scheduled for distribution at the end of March, 2010.

Thursday, March 11th at 6:30 PM is the Next Meeting

Heritage PTSA will be holding their next meeting in the Heritage Middle School library at 6:30 PM on Thursday, March 11th. The Nominating Committee will be presenting their slate of officers for next year's board, there will be updates on the upcoming dances, our school newspaper project and much more. Please plan on attending.