The Peach Pit
GCA PTSO Newsletter - February 2017
In this issue
GCA PTSO Leadership and Development Scholarship
GCA Spirit Gear
GCA PTSO Membership and Meeting Dates
Volunteers and Committees
Weekly Juice
Perks Program
Room Coaches
Fundraising from Home
Statewide GCA PTSO Fundraising Events
GCA PTSO Regional Information
GCA PTSO Regional Events Calendar
Our Purpose
The Georgia Cyber Academy PTSO is a non-profit organization which is organized and operated for the charitable and educational purpose of assisting Georgia Cyber Academy in providing the best education possible to the children enrolled at the school.
To implement that purpose, the PTSO:
Provides family activities that build community within the school.
Provides learning opportunities through events and programs.
Provides funding for items not included in the school budget.
Holds various fundraisers in accordance with Georgia Cyber Academy’s policies to fund the above activities.
GCA PTSO Leadership and Development Scholarship
The GCA PTSO Leadership Scholarship purpose: To acknowledge the GCA student that made or plans to make an impact in their school or community while demonstrating positive leadership qualities.
Application dates for submission: 2/1/2017 - 3/1/2017
GCA Spirit Gear
We have new GCA Spirit items for sale, click the Drop Down arrow under the "Available Items" for your choice of iphone cases, Samsung Galaxy phone cases, coffee mugs, hoodies, t-shirts, and sweatshirts. Click Here to purchase, you can also find more items in our Online Store
GCA PTSO Membership and Meeting Dates
Becoming a GCA PTSO member is easy! Just fill out the short survey below and submit your payment for $5! You will receive access to special programs, have voting rights, and so much more. For founding members, if you have not renewed your membership by October 1st, you will be removed as having founding member status.
Click Here then select the Membership icon.
GCA PTSO Member Meeting Dates for the 2016-2017 school year:
February 21, 2017
April 25, 2017
All meetings are accessed via the Coach Cafe icon on the GCA PTSO webpage, all meetings will be held at 7:00 PM Est. If you are unable to attend the archive of the meeting will be placed on the Archive page of the GCA PTSO website the next business
Volunteers and Committees
We are looking for volunteers to fill our committees for the 2016-2017 school year. The volunteer list was scrubbed clean at the end of the 2015-2016 school year; if you were a parent volunteer for the 2015-2016 school year, you will still need to fill out the survey for this year. If you are interested, please fill out this survey and we will be in touch with you.
Weekly Juice
We would like our GCA students to exercise their journalistic talents! The Weekly Juice is a web-based student newspaper sponsored by the PTSO. We are asking students from our schools to submit short articles weekly for the chance to be published in The Weekly Juice. We cannot wait to see our student’s writings! Check out this video for more details. If you would like for your student to participate in this program, please fill out this survey: http://bit.ly/weeklyjuice or email us at gcaptsodailyjuice@gmail.com
Perks Program
Do you own your own business or know someone who does? The GCA PTSO would like to provide you free advertising to all our GCA PTSO Members. All we ask in return is you provide these members with a coupon/discount for your services to post in our Perk Program. The Perk Program discounts will only be accessible to GCA PTSO Members. We will provide access to the printable coupons on our website, which not only helps us, but gives you free advertising as well. If you are interested or have any questions, click Here to fill out the survey and someone from our Perks Committee will contact you soon.
Room Coaches
Your GCA PTSO is looking for volunteers to help our wonderful GCA teachers during Class Connect Sessions. Room Coaches can help out by monitoring breakout rooms or watching for questions in the chat box. The Room Coach program is in full swing and in need of more volunteers simply select your interest and we will contact you to pair you up with one of our teachers by clicking Here
Fundraising from Home
There are many ways for you to support GCA by fundraising from home. Simply access the GCA PTSO website and select the Fundraising From Home link for more information on Box Tops for Education, Tyson A+, Recycle Electronics, Kula, and Amazon Smile. Future newsletters will provide fundraising totals as fundraising progresses throughout the year.
Statewide GCA PTSO Fundraising Events
Disney on Ice Presents "Worlds of Enchantment"
Prepay only event, for Disney on Ice Presents "Worlds of Enchantment" at Infinite Energy Arena,Tickets are $14 Prepay at the Online Store
Medieval Times
Prepay only event, for Medieval Times Educational Matinee Lawrenceville Vegetarian meal available. Tickets are $31.98 per person. Prepay at the Online Store
Bodies Exhibit of Atlanta
Prepay only event, for Bodies the Exhibition at the Premier Exhibition Center at Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA. Tickets are $16.50 for students, $21.00 for adults. Prepay at the Online Store