Announcements

Hurricanes tickets make great Holiday Gifts! The North Carolina PTA has teamed up with the Carolina Hurricanes to bring you a special opportunity. Get in on the action and take advantage of big savings on tickets for this special game night! Carolina Hurricanes vs. New York Islanders Saturday, January 14, 2017 7 p.m. PNC Arena Raleigh, NC A portion of every ticket purchased through this special offer also benefits NCPTA Programs. Purchase Tickets Today! www.carolinahurricanes.com/ncpta

We applaud the PTAs who sent in dues by Nov. 15 and had total number of members equal to or greater than last year’s membership. Honor Roll PTAs are on track to meet their goals, and they are doing their part to help children in North Carolina reach their potential! See the 2016-17 Honor Roll list.

NCPTA President Kelly Langston is featured in The Public School Forum’s Education Matters Leadership Spotlight. Joining her is the NCPTA Treasurer, Pepper Hines.

We’re excited to announce a statewide book fair to raise funds for PTA programs. This is a 100% online book fair with Children’s Bookstore and it will take place November 28 to December 12, 2016. The book fair will raise funds to pay for vital programs that help all North Carolina Students succeed. There are more than 200,000 books available and every book on the website is eligible for our book fair.  If you arrive at the website through a page other than our book fair page, please enter this code at checkout: NCPTA

Decoding Dyslexia North Carolina is happy to announce that Governor McCrory has proclaimed October as Dyslexia Awareness Month in North Carolina. We would like you to join us in helping spread awareness about the learning disability, dyslexia in your school and community. “15-20% of the population, or about 1 in every 5 students, struggles to acquire basic reading skills. Dyslexia is the most common cause of reading, writing, and spelling difficulties,” according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Decoding Dyslexia North Carolina is a grassroots movement driven by individuals and parents in North Carolina who have children