Upcoming PTA Events 2009-2010
AND OTHER HAPPENINGS OF NOTE
Report by Marie Meyer, Steele PTA Legislative Standing Committee Chair
· February 3, 2010; Noon- 1:15PM: WOMEN’S LOBBY
CEA 1500 Grant St, Bluebell room. Free, RSVP to info@coloradowomenslobby.org or 303-592-3988. Lunch provided. A roundtable discussion of state legislative issues affecting women. (Repeats every Weds)
· February 6, 2010: Colorado PTA Board meeting
9AM- 4PM COPTA Offices: 7859 W. 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. Contact President: Lynn Huizing (lynnhuizing@copta.org). (General Membership Meeting in April; repeats May 29).
· February 8, 2010: Colorado PTA Legislative Committee meeting
6:30PM at the COPTA office: 7859 W. 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Open to Colorado PTA members. Please contact John Giardino 303-378-9736/ johncgiardino@comcast.net with Qs and and dial 1-605-715-4920 (code 585264) if you would like to join per Conference Call. Join us in our mission of making each child’s potential a reality.
· February 9, 2010: DPS Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) meeting
6 – 8PM at the DPS administration building, 900 Grant. Meetings are open to the public. Free parking is available in the DPS lot across the street. Contact for information about the council or meeting topics: Pamela Bisceglia @ 720-423-3571/ Pamela_Bisceglia@dpsk12.org (April 13, 2010).
· February 10, 2010: DPS School Improvement and Accountability Council (SIAC) SPECIAL MEETING ABOUT BUDGET 6:30PM Room 108 – DPS Administration Building (900 Grant). Open to the public. Although discussion of agenda items and voting are limited to members, those who wish to speak to the District Council may request to be placed on the agenda. Other meeting dates: Feb 23, March 23*, April 27, May 25, June 22* (NOTE: the March- and June meetings is not on the last Tuesday of the month due to holidays.)
· February 11-13, 2010: CONFERENCE ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION. Sponsored by PEAK Parent Center. For more information, http://www.peakparentcenter.org. $Denver.
· February 12, 2010: PEGASUS: the support group you’ve been looking for!
9-11AM at Starbucks (Alameda & Downing). Please join us at our next meeting, everyone welcome. The 'Parent Education Group About Supporting Us and Students' (or PEGASUS) is an advocacy group dedicated to providing resources and tools to the care-givers and teachers of children whose needs are not always met. Please join us! RSVP Marie 303-518-9968 or DenverCommunityGroup@gmail.com.
· February 12, 2010: Denver Council PTSA meeting
6:30PM at COPTA Office: 7859 W. 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. Open to Denver Council PTSA unit members. RSVP President: Cindy Daisley (cindydaisley@hotmail.com).
· February 17, 2010: 21st ANNUAL COLORADO WOMEN’S LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST
7- 9AM Colorado History Museum (1300 Broadway; on 13th between Broadway and Lincoln); $15 pp; Register www.cwlb.org. This is your chance to find out what is happening at the State Capitol that affects women and girls across the state of Colorado. Likely issues include the budget, domestic violence, immigration, unemployment insurance, reproductive health, access to health care, higher education and K-12 education, child welfare and foster care, affirmative action, families in poverty, housing, GLBTQI issues, civil rights and workplace issues.
· February 18, 2010: LEGISLATIVE DAY FOR CAGT/ www.coloradogifted.org
7:30AM - 3PM Colorado History Museum: 1300 Broadway. This is a great opportunity to discuss the needs of gifted children and to hear from various legislators how the state (through legislation) can also help. This year should be quite interesting given the budget shortfalls and how that will effect education in general. Lunch is included in the registration fee and gives adult advocates, legislators and students time to visit. If you have or know a GT 8th-12th grader who is interested in our legislative process, then don't let them miss this great opportunity to shadow one of Colorado's state senators or representatives.
· February 19, 2010; BEYOND GIFTEDNESS XVII 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE/ www.our-gifted.com
8:30am- 4:30pm; Arvada Center for the Arts, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada, Colorado 80003. Keynote speaker Susan Winebrenner.
· February 23, 2010: DPS School Improvement and Accountability Council (SIAC) meeting
6:30PM Room 108 – DPS Administration Building (900 Grant). Open to the public. Although discussion of agenda items and voting are limited to members, those who wish to speak to the District Council may request to be placed on the agenda. Other meeting dates: March 23*, April 27, May 25, June 22* (NOTE: the March meeting is not on the last Tuesday of the month due to school holidays. June is also not the last Tuesday of the month because of July 4).
· February 24, 2010: GO LEAD TRAINING
Colorado Education Association, 1500 Grant St., Denver, CO 80203, Parking available in lot next to building. *** Food provided *** RSVP to Faith at fwinter@thewhitehouseproject.org. (Please include Go Lead RSVP in your subject line). Go Lead Training: a series of monthly trainings on designed to increase your leadership and give you the skills to be an effective advocate. Every 4th Wed/ month.
· February 24, 2010: Ungovernable States: Prospects for Constitutional Reform in California and Colorado
7-9PM Tivoli Student Union, Turnhalle Opera House, 900 Auraria Parkway in Denver. For information, call 303-315-2089 or visit www.spa.ucdenver.edu. Forum hosted by the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado-Denver about governance in Colorado, broken with the conflicting mandates of TABOR, Amendment 23, Gallagher, etc. including State Rep. Lois Court, House District 6 Denver; Steven Hill, Director of the Political Reform Program of the New America Foundation in California; Kelly Brough, President and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce; and Charlie Brown, Director of the Center for Colorado’s Economic Future at the University of Denver.
· February 25, 2010: Colorado PTA Legislative Conference/ www.copta.org
8:30AM – 3PM State Capital. Yes! I would like to attend the 2010 COPTA Legislative Conference. Cost: $50 per person and $35 for students. Please send info to : Legislative Conference, 7859 W. 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 or fax 303-420-7703:
▪Your name, address, email & phone:
▪Name of your local unit:
▪Check included; or
▪Visa/ MasterCard #/ Exp. Date/ Signature:
· February 25, 2010: Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP). For more information, 303-866-6846 or visit www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/PEP.asp. FREE.
· February 26, 2010: ARTS ADVOCACY DAY/ www.think360arts.org/events/arts-advocacy-day
8:30AM-2PMDenver Art Museum and State Capitol.
· February , 2010: Register for the Colorado Special Education Legal Conference TBA
April 12, 2010-2010. The location for this event will be in the Denver Metro area.
Ø March: The 2010 Census — a count of everyone living in the United States — questionnaires will be mailed or delivered to every household in the United States. See http://www.census.gov/schools/census_for_kids: Coloring pages, quizzes, word finds, and more for Students in grades K-5.
▪The census is a count of everyone living in the United States every 10 years.
▪The census is mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
▪Your participation in the census is required by law. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete.
▪Federal law protects the personal information you share during the census.
▪Census data are used to distribute Congressional seats to states, to make decisions about what community services to provide, and to distribute $300 billion in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year.
· March 9-11, 2010: National PTA Legislative Conference, Arlington, VA.
· March 14-15, 2010: Colorado Latina/o Advocacy Day
The purpose of Latina/o Advocacy Day is to provide advocacy/lobby training and briefings on current policy issues such as civil rights/economic justice, the environment, education, immigration and healthcare by and for Latinas and Latinos in Colorado.
· April 23 &24, 2010: Colorado PTA Annual Convention at the Hyatt regency in the Denver Tech Center.
· June 10-13, 2010: 114th Annual PTA National Convention and Exhibition in Memphis, Tennessee.
Ø Summer 2010: VOLUNTEER for the Mile High City’s inaugural Biennial of the Americas! The two-month-long curated event will be a celebration of contemporary art and ideas from throughout the Americas. “From the tip of the Tierra del Fuego to the Northern Hudson Bay…” See http://www.denvergov.org/DenverGovHome/tabid/37891/newsid97029/854/Denver-to-Launch-Biennial-of-the-Americas/Default.aspx
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