Rethink Your Holidays with 10 Healthy Tips

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By Amy Kobos, Health and Wellness Promotor, Fayetteville When thinking about how to make your holidays healthier, nutrition and physical activity seem to be the focus.  But, your health is more than that.  You need to include other wellness dimensions, like mental health, interpersonal relationships, choice and critical thinking.  I know you’ve seen inspirational lists all over the internet which can be inspiring, but how many of these health tips do you actually practice? You can’t create behavioral change if you can’t explore the reasons why you aren’t implementing a healthier lifestyle, period. Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays particularly make us […]

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NCPTA Announces Statewide Book Fair

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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

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PTAs Win 2016-17 Blue Key Award

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Congratulations to 508 PTAs across North Carolina for earning the Blue Key Award for 2016-17. By building your team of parents and teachers early in the year, you are on track to meet your goals to help children in North Carolina reach their potential! Check the online list of recipients to see if your PTA is an award winner. Learn about other Membership Record Awards.

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Just ASK! School Health Grants Available for North Carolina PTAs

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With the continued support of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, we’re excited to announce our Just ASK! School Health Grants are back again this year. These grants, ranging from $250 to $1000, are available to PTAs in good standing for a health-related project. We hope every unit will share their best idea! For help or questions, contact Marianne! Keep in touch and tell us what you’re working on so we can connect you with the resources you care the most about! Deadline to apply is December 2, 2016. Application period is closed.

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Meaningful Engagement Starts with PTA Membership

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By Kelly Langston, NCPTA President Fall is here and we are well on our way to another great school year, or at least that is what I tell myself! I sent two girls off to college in August, child number 3 back to high school and the baby back to middle school. It is hard to believe that I am a mother of four adolescents.   I knew how to be engaged when they were little. I volunteered; I read at night; I made sure they brushed teeth and got enough play outside; I joined the PTA. But as my children

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Centennial Middle School PTA Wins Family-School Partnership Award

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Centennial Middle School PTA, Raleigh, NC is one of three PTA schools selected to receive the 2016 Phoebe Apperson Hearst Family-School Partnership Award. The awards are presented to PTAs that have earned the National PTA School of Excellence designation and demonstrated outstanding success engaging families in student success and school improvements. The awards are the highest honor National PTA presents to effective family engagement. Learn more.

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Smith Magnet Elementary Wins Grant to Support School Meal Improvements

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NCPTA is excited to share that we have a winner! National PTA awarded over $60,000 in grants to schools and PTAs across the country to help improve the quality of, access to and participation in school meals. Twenty-five local PTAs have been selected to receive grants of $2,000 each to partner with their school leaders, food service team and families to help schools build on the progress they have made in serving students healthier meals. Smith Magnet Elementary in Wake County is one of those recipients! Learn more.

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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

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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

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