We are so excited to get back to school and back to PTA! Livonia PTSA Council is here to support all PTA/PTSA Units in Livonia. Please contact us with your questions and suggestions. You will find Liaison, Program and Event info in the Newsletter, which is issued on the First day of each month.

Do you have an event or a program that you'd like to share? You can email articles to newsletter@livoniaptsacouncil.org to be featured in a newsletter. Let us know what amazing things your Unit is doing!

Last year, Grant Elementary PTA wanted to host a laid-back event for all students, families, and staff to give them an opportunity to catch-up with each other after summer break, and to introduce our new Principal. The event was exactly as we hoped it would be – we introduced our Principal, families mingled, children played, and everyone enjoyed themselves! Like any good neighborhood BBQ, we had more food than we could eat and a lot of laughter. The Welcome Back BBQ is a fun addition to the beginning of the year and something families requested we continue.

New this year we’re adding an activity for students that will kick-off a beautification project for the school! Attendees can paint a rock that will be displayed at the school in our rock garden – one of Grant’s 2017-2018 projects that demonstrates how each of us are unique, but together we’re a masterpiece.

In 2018,

Michigan PTA Celebrates

100 Years of Advocating

on Behalf of Children

and Families

and Supporting Parent

Groups Across the State.

There are Membership contests and awards, and a special Business Membership available for Units to sell. See the form below for the Centennial Business Membership. Additional information is available at http://www.michiganpta.org/page/Centennial

*NOTE* Centennial Business Memberships are $100

Beginning in fall 2017, Michigan PTA will begin using MemberHub as a membership reporting tool. Units have been set up with their own Hub, and will use that for membership reporting. Cards will be immediately (and solely) available via email using this new system.

To view recorded webinars, you can check the Michigan PTA website here:

http://www.michiganpta.org/?page=memberhubtraining

If you have issues with your hub, you can contact MemberHub support at:

support@memberhub.zendesk.com

Council is adding Hubs for officers, please contact your Liaison if you are an officer and have not been added to the Livonia PTSA Council MemberHub site.

Join us at our September 20 General Membership Meeting as we discuss MemberHub and have a presentation on the ways to use and incorporate it in your Unit.

Did you know that each PTA/PTSA Unit in Livonia is assigned a Liaison from Livonia PTSA Council? This is your new (or returning!) PTA best friend! Have a question? Not sure how to do something? Contact your liaison! We can't promise to have ALL of the answers, but we can find them! (If you invite your Liaison to your meetings, and copy PEP@livoniaptsacouncil.org , your Unit will get 100 PEP points - per invitation - not a blanket invite at the beginning of the year!!)

2017-2018 Liaison Assignments:

Buchanan |Robb Drzewicki | robb.drzewicki@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Churchill |Julie Thompson | julie.thompson@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Cleveland |Julie Thompson | julie.thompson@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Coolidge |Lynda Scheel | lynda.scheel@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Cooper |Joanne Hayes | joanne.hayes@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Emerson |Liz Jarvis | liz.jarvis@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Franklin |Kellie Dummer | kellie.dummer@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Frost |Kellie Dummer | kellie.dummer@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Grant |Amanda Walworth | amanda.walworth@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Hayes |Julie Thompson | julie.thompson@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Holmes |Joanne Hayes | joanne.hayes@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Hoover |Debbie Pline | debbie.pline@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Jackson Ctr |Robb Drzewicki | robb.drzewicki@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Johnson |Donna Blauet | donna.blauet@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Kennedy |Debbie Pline |debbie.pline@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Niji-Iro |Cyndi Pierzynski | cyndi.pierzynski@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Randolph |Liz Jarvis | liz.jarvis@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Riley |Cyndi Pierzynski |cyndi.pierzynski@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Roosevelt |Joanne Hayes | joanne.hayes@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Rosedale |Amanda Walworth | amanda.walworth@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Stevenson |Joy Ellis | joy.ellis@livoniaptsacouncil.org

Webster |Joy Ellis | joy.ellis@livoniaptsacouncil.org

That each PTA/PTSA Unit in Livonia is represented at the Livonia PTSA Council? Each Unit is expected to send the President (or their alternate) to Livonia PTSA Council Meetings. You are not limited to one representative though! We welcome and encourage participation at the Council level - and workshops are open to EVERYONE! See you Sept 20th!

One of the ways the Livonia PTSA Council supports our Units is by hosting our Annual Audit Party. This year, 22 Livonia Units were able to complete their Audits in ONE EVENING. Well done everyone! We're on our way to Achieving our Standards of Affiliation!

Chances are, you've heard of the Livonia PTSA Council PEP program. Do you know what it is and why it's so important though?

PEP is the Livonia PTSA Council PTA Excellence Program. It was created to assist our Units in achieving and maintaining the Michigan PTA Standards of Affiliation. We thought we'd make it fun and add in a little bit of competition! Each Unit gets points for submitting required documents to the Michigan PTA and copies to Council.

We have added additional categories to encourage Units to network and to excel in all matters PTA! Check out the guidelines (and status!) of your Unit here:
https://livoniaptsacouncil.org/work/pep/

email your PEP documents to PEP@livoniaptsacouncil.org

The Livonia PTSA Council provides each PTA Unit with a directory of each Unit's Officer and Committee Chair contact information. Don't miss out on being included! You can easily fill out your information online using this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ZNyjbqDxLqhdgX3B0PfaQeQbh_xKorzf1rxcSpp9iX6_Iw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please fill out the form separately for EACH Unit you serve (if you serve at more than one Unit. It will allow you to submit multiple responses.)

PEP Points will be awarded when ALL ELECTED OFFICERS AND THE MEMBERSHIP CHAIR have responded.

Questions? Email: directory@livoniaptsacouncil.org

As your Unit plans for next year, please keep in mind the following suggestions for meeting dates (this is really helpful for those with students in multiple schools to avoid meeting/event conflicts!)

K-4 Elementary - set your meetings for the FIRST WEEK of the month
5-6 Elementary - set your meetings for the SECOND WEEK of the month
Middle School - set your meetings for the THIRD WEEK of the month
High School - set your meetings for the FOURTH WEEK of the month

Council will continue to meet the THIRD WEDNESDAY of the month.


PLEASE Submit your calendar (meeting AND event dates) to PEP@livoniaptsacouncil.org to be added to the Council calendar (which can be found here: http://livoniaptsacouncil.org/calendar/

9/20 Executive Board Meeting | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Conference Room A

9/20 General Membership Meeting | 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Conference Room A

10/16 Meet & Greet |6:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Conference Room A

10/17 MI PTA Advocacy Day | Lansing, MI

11/15 Executive Board Meeting | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | OPEN

11/15 Workshop - College Prep: It's Never Too Early | 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. | OPEN

11/14 & 11/15 REFLECTIONS ENTRIES DUE TO COUNCIL

12/2 LPTSA Council Chili Cook off | 11:00 -2:00 p.m. | Franklin High School Cafeteria

1/11 Reflections Ceremony | 6:45 – 8:00 p.m. |TBD

1/24 Executive Board Meeting | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | OPEN

1/24 Workshop-PTA Halftime Tailgate |7:00-8:00 p.m. | OPEN

2/21 Founders Day | 6:00 – 9:00 | VisTa Tech Center, SCC

3/13-15 National PTA Legislative Conference | Arlington, VA

3/21 Executive Board Meeting | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | OPEN

3/21 Workshop - Staff Appreciation Workshop | 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. | OPEN

4/18 Executive Board Meeting | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Conference Room A

4/18 General Membership Meeting & Elections | 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. | Conference Room A

4/21 MI PTA Centennial Banquet | Lovett Hall, The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI

4/24 Youth Making a Difference Celebration | 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. | Franklin High School

5/19 MICHIGAN PTA DAY

5/30 Executive Board Meeting | 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Conference Room A

5/30 Officer Training Workshop | 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. |Conference Room A

6/20 Executive Board Meeting | 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Conference Room A (subject to change)

7/25 Council Annual Audit Party | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Board Meeting Room

6/21-24 National PTA Convention | New Orleans, LA

7/19/2017 2017 Audit Party | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Board Room, BOE office (downstairs)

If you participated in PTA last school year, we are still accepting feedback about how we, as a Council, did. You can take a short survey by clicking on the link below. We will award 100 PEP points for each completed survey (up to 1,000 per Unit).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-ym5n-zsp_EWEM8iTx5hZ1xRWJ514TZw3B1ouhQ-Y8tlylA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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September:

5 - LPS First day of School

6 - Cleveland PTA Meeting

- SHS PTSA Meeting

8 - Niji Iro PTA Meeting

9 - MI PTA President's webinar

12 - Randolph PTA Meeting

13 - Grant PTA Meeting

- National PTA ESSA call

14 - Emerson PTSA Meeting

18 - LPS BOE Meeting

20- Livonia PTSA Council EB Meeting & GMM Meeting

- Holmes PTSA Meeting

25- FHS PTSA Meeting

26 - CHS PTSA Meeting

-Cooper PTA Meeting

October:

4 - Cleveland PTA Meeting

- SHS PTSA Meeting

7 - MI PTA President's Webinar

9 - Grant PTA Meeting

10 - Randolph PTA Meeting

12 - Cleveland PTA Walk A Thon

16 - Livonia PTSA Council Meet & Greet & EB Meeting

- LPS BOE Meeting

17 - Cooper PTA Meeting

18 - Holmes PTSA Meeting

19 - Emerson PTSA Meeting

23 - FHS PTSA Meeting

24 - CHS PTSA Meeting

26 - Cleveland PTA Halloween Activity Night