Million Hours of Power

VOTE TODAY AND EVERY DAY THROUGH OCTOBER!

Winning a $250,000 Grant from Pepsi Refresh Can Ensure Success of Million Hours of Power -- Help Bring More Men to PTA! Help us by forwarding this information to your fellow PTA members and family and friends and ask them support a great cause.

National PTA® with our Million Hours of Power campaign is still eligible for the Pepsi Refresh Project during October, having finished as one of the top 100 vote-getters in September. PTA can earn a $250,000 grant for the Million Hours of Power male involvement campaign if you and your PTA help us generate votes.

WHAT IS MILLION HOURS OF POWER?
Million Hours of Power is a campaign to inspire men to dedicate at least one million hours of service to the health, education, and well-being of America's youth during this school year. The benefits to children are tremendous when parents get involved. Million Hours of Power has already generated more than 5,000 hours of service from men for the benefit of children, schools, and communities.

Winning the Pepsi Refresh project will allow PTA to build on this momentum. The grant will support town hall meetings, fund tool kits for local PTAs, launch media campaigns, and promote a male volunteer of the year award. These are just some of the ways the grant can provide PTA resources to educate men on how critical their involvement is to their children's development.

HOW TO HELP:
Just go to www.refresheverything.com/millionhoursofpower and sign up using an e-mail address (view this instructional video for more information about voting). For your convenience, you can bookmark the Pepsi Refresh link on your web browser or visit PTA.org and vote from our homepage. You can also text your vote to 102484 if you do not wish to register an e-mail address (send to Pepsi at 73774).

Most importantly, you can help by encouraging others to vote. There are great tools on the Pepsi Refresh project website to spread the word using Facebook, Twitter, and more. Plus, you can support other organizations, including local PTAs, by voting for as many as 10 different projects. Just be sure to post a comment on other project sites indicating your support and asking for support for Million Hours of Power.

No General Meeting in November

Please note there will be no general Heritage Middle School PTSA meeting in November. The next general meeting of the Heritage Middle School PTSA is scheduled for Thursday, December 9th at 6:30 PM in the Heritage Middle School Library.

Outdoor YMCA Fall Festival

Saturday, October 30 Noon - 3 pm
For the whole family. Activities include pumpkin carving,
crafts, rock climbing, home made apple crisp, games, hay
rides, cupcake decorating and the popular seed spitting
contest. How far can you spit?
FEE: $5 per person
Register at any Lake County YMCA, by phone
(440) 259-2724 or online at www.lakecountyymca.org
Questions? Senior Program Director Dave Duricky (440)
259-2724 or dduricky@lakecountyymca.org.
Learn more about the Outdoor YMCA
online www.theoutdoorymca.org

Únase a nosotros para el Festival de Otoño!
AL AIRE LIBRE YMCA
Sábado, 30 de octubre 12 - 3:00 pm
Para toda la familia. Las actividades incluyen la
calabaza talla, la artesanía, la escalada en roca, hecho
en casa crujiente de manzana, juegos, paseos en heno,
magdalenala decoración y el concurso de escupir semillas
populares. ¿Hasta dónde puede escupir?
COSTO: $ 5 por persona

Registro en cualquier YMCA del Condado de Lake, por
teléfono (440) 259-2724 o en línea en www.lakecountyymca.org
¿Preguntas? Director del Programa Senior Duricky Dave
(440) 259-2724 o dduricky@lakecountyymca.org.
Aprenda más acerca de la YMCA al aire libre
www.theoutdoorymca.org en línea

Opening on State Superintendent's Parent Advisory Council

The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is looking for new members for its State Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC). Applications are due by October 23.

Parents eligible for consideration must have a child currently enrolled in preschool, elementary or secondary grades, or college.

ODE established the Parent Advisory Council in 2002 to provide feedback on new ODE policies, products and materials for families. Council members also share information on state-level education initiatives with families, communities and organizations in their areas.

Representatives are needed from all regions of the state, and members will be selected to represent the diversity of students in each region. The Parent Advisory Council is a nonpartisan organization and does not represent special interest groups.

Parents may learn more about the role of PAC members and download and submit a PAC application on ODE’s website, education.ohio.gov, keyword search: parent advisory council or click on link below. Applicants will receive a letter indicating the status of their application by Jan. 1, 2011.

http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=428&ContentID=36624&Content=91660

Next Heritage PTSA Meeting Thursday, October 14th

The mext meeting of the Heritage PTSA will be held on Thursday, October 14th at 6:00 PM in the library at Heritage Middle School.

School Levy Committee Meeting and First PTSA Meeting

For your information only: As you may or may not know, a levy is planned for the November ballot in support of the Painesville City Local Schools. The first meeting of the levy committee is scheduled for tonight, Wednesday September 8th at 7:00 at Harvey High School in the MPH room.

Also please remember the first Heritage PTSA meeting of the new school year is this Thursday, September 9th at 6:30 PM in the Heritage Middle School library.

Heritage PTSA Meeting

The first Heritage PTSA General Meeting of the new school year will be Thursday, September 9th at 6:30 PM in the Library at Heritage Middle School. Membership is just $5 for adults and $3.50 for students. You do not have to be member to attend but you do have to be a member to vote.

Painesville City Local Schools Ohio Report Card

Click this link: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcardfiles/2009-2010/DIST/044628.pdf to view Painesville City Schools report card.

Current and Future Heritage Middle School Students Volunteer for Painesville video

When the Downtown Painesville Organization wanted to make a video to promote our community, they contacted the PTA...and the PTA went into action. Parents from Heritage Middle School PTSA and Chestnut Elementary PTA, their children (and pet) volunteered their time to help make this video possible. The children gave their time on a beautiful summer day to help promote the city they call home. Congratulations students and parents AND the Downtown Painesville organization on a WONDERFUL video!

Become a Member of Heritage PTSA!

Summer is a great time to think about becoming a member of the Heritage Middle School PTSA. Some projects on the table for our upcoming year include a Newspaper Club and our 8th Grade Spring Formal Committee. Membership is just $5 for adults and $3.50 for students. Email us at heritage.ptsa@yahoo.com for information.

Officers/executive committee members for the 2010/2011 school year are:
President: Yvonne Alston
Vice President: Karen Wivell
Second Vice President: Steve Ramos
Secretary: Kandy Miller
Treasurer: Kim Miller
Council Delegate: Michele Carpenter
Alternative Delegate: Susan Caranci
Membership Chair: Michelle Roberts
Advocacy Chair: open