1. Present your current bylaws at your next meeting. If there are any recommended amendments, they must be presented.

2. Said bylaws (with or without amendments) must be posted for 30 days for the membership.

3. At the next meeting following the 30 days, motion to approve your bylaws. The whole process must be documented in the meeting minutes.

4. Once your bylaws have been approved, upload them into Memberhub for MI PTA to review. You must also submit your meeting minutes documenting the approval of your bylaws to MI PTA as well. You can upload them in Memberhub in the same place you upload the bylaws. Just please make sure you label the document as your meeting minutes for approved bylaws.

Now some of you may have amended your bylaws this year already and that's ok. If you did not submit your bylaws to MI PTA after your approved amendments then please do so now and make sure to include the meeting minutes where said amendments were approved. Once submitted, your 3 year clock starts again.

Questions? Need help? Contact your Council liaison or myself. We are here to help!

Andrea Malenfant - LPTSA Council Bylaws Chair

Can you believe Spring Break is next week?! We may be getting close to the end of the school year, but you can still keep your membership numbers climbing! Is your unit getting close to your membership number from last year? We have two schools that have reached that goal, and a few more who are really close. Congratulations to Johnson and Cooper for achieving and exceeding last year's PTA enrollment numbers! It's never too late to add new members. Let's see those numbers continue to grow! Don't forget to send Michigan PTA their dues for all new PTA members by the 28th of every month.

Sara Bennett

Livonia PTSA Council - Membership Chair

We sponsored a month-long reading tracking for students that featured a castle and stone wall. For every 30 minutes read, students could fill in one stone in the wall. Once the wall was completed, they could send a pic to the PTA mailbox to be entered to win an Amazon gift card. One student per grade will win at the end of the month.

We also hosted a virtual author night for all families that featured Vic Jackson, author of “Crossing Lake Michigan in a Bathtub: A True Story”. He talked about his 1969 maritime adventure, how he wrote the book about it as well as answered questions. We had over 50 families attend and had lots of questions.

We also planned a Virtual Family Night that featured book-themed activities like a virtual escape room, trivia, and more.

It was a great way to connect with families and celebrate the month!

Chris Chmura - Webster PTA President

The opportunity to earn more PEP points for this year is ending soon! The last day to submit any information to PEP and receive credit for this school year is on April 30, 2021. If there are any news articles, any liaison invitations to meetings, or if your unit achieves last year's membership goals, please send them to PEP@livoniaptsacouncil.org by the end of the day on April 30, 2021. This is quite the PEP year! We have so many schools whose scores are so close to each other. Remember, there are prizes for the top-earning schools!

Sara Bennett and Melissa Kachaturoff

Livonia PTSA Council - PEP Co-Chairs

Michigan PTA offers a wide variety of non-competitive certificates and competitive awards to recognize the remarkable work of volunteers. Awards are intended to honor exemplary leadership and service for children. The deadline for submission is June 1, 2021. For details, visit michiganpta.org/state-pta-awards

Appreciation Awards- Appreciation Awards are a way to recognize the exemplary service of local and council PTA members. Authentic Michigan PTA Appreciation Awards include both a certificate signed by the current Michigan PTA President and a pin representing the type of award. Proceeds from Appreciation Awards supplement the Fran Anderson Scholarship. Appreciation awards can be purchased any time of the year. For details, visit michiganpta.org/appreciation-awards

The Nominations Committee is seeking information from all leaders throughout Michigan PTA who might be interested in a State Board role in the 2021-2023 term.
*Step 1 - Complete the interest information
*Step 2 - Interview with Nomination Committee

You can complete the interest survey HERE: http://bit.ly/MiPTALeadership

You can read job duties and descriptions of all positions HERE:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtM9mNydlAu_92eWXYwb16KpG815?e=GUIlAl

Please provide any and all questions can to Tanya Pitkin at pitkint@michiganpta.org.

If you know of someone who might be interested in learning more about an elected position, please feel free to share this link, the contact email address, or have them call Michigan PTA at (734)975-9500

From MI PTA:

We have some pretty amazing students in Michigan PTAs! We can't wait to hear from them. Please pass this on to your graduating leaders and advocates! Application deadline is April 15, 2021.

https://www.michiganpta.org/scholarship.html

The Fran Anderson Michigan PTA Scholarship was created as a way to recognize high school seniors who have demonstrated leadership and advocacy skills through participation in PTA. A minimum of one $1,000 scholarship is awarded each year and additional scholarships and/or scholarships of varying amounts are awarded based on available funds.

The late Fran Anderson, past Michigan PTA President, always demonstrated the highest level of advocacy for all children and her leadership continues to have a positive impact on Michigan PTA. To honor her many years of being a champion for children, the scholarship was named in her honor.

Scholarship recipients are selected by a committee comprised of Michigan PTA Past Presidents based on the following criteria: PTA/PTSA involvement, essay, community service, additional activities, academics and letters of recommendation.

Please note that these dates and times could be subject to change due to COVID - 19 regulations. We will inform all units of any updates or changes as soon as possible.

2021

TBD - Reflections Celebration | TBD | TBD

4/21 - LPTSA Council EB Meeting | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | BOE

4/21 - LPTSA Council Gen. Membership Meeting (Elections) | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

TBD - YMAD Celebration

5/19 - Officer Training | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | TBD

6/16 - LPTSA Council EB Meeting | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | TBD

TBD - Audit Party | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | TBD

8/7 - 8/8 - Michigan PTA 103rd Annual Convention | Henry Ford College

http://commonsensemedia.org/resources-for-families-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic

http://cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/index.html

http://pbs.org/parents/coronavirus-resources-for-parents