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Parent involvement is very important to the students and staff at Bethesda. The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Committee for School Improvement (CSI), and school volunteers are all ways that you can get involved at our school. Please contact your child's teacher, the Bethesda PTA, or the school office if you are interested in finding out more information about these opportunities.

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Executive Committees
Literacy
Hospitality
Community Outreach
Fund-Raisers
Room Reps
Scrapbook
Yearbook
Arts in Education
Reflections
Volunteer Coordinator
Box Tops/Campbells
Bethesda Teacher Rep
Membership
Papa John's Nights

Special Committees
Fall Festival
Spirit Wear
Holiday Gift Shop

Committees:

Our Committees are the backbone of the PTA and we seek to involve as many people as possible in these areas. If we all do our share, we can accomplish great things for our children. Please read the following summaries and find a place where you can help.

Arts In Education/Reflections: The goal of this committee is to encourage and enrich students' education in the areas of music, dance, drama, literature, art, photography, and history.

Business Sponsors: This committee promotes participation in the redemption programs offered to our school by Campbell and General Mills. Just by saving labels and box tops, we can earn a variety of items for Bethesda. This committee will also coordinate and promote use of Publix, Kroger, and Target commitment cards to earn money for our school.

Community Outreach: Volunteers are vital to the success of our school. This committee is responsible for coordinating volunteer efforts throughout our community.

Cultural Festival: Bethesda is a school rich in cultural diversity. The cultural festival celebrates this diversity. This committee coordinates volunteers and helps with organization of booths, food, and various activities for the festival.

Fall Festival: The Fall Festival is a fun day for the whole family. This committee coordinates volunteers and plans various games, activities, and food for this event.

Fall Fund-Raiser: This committee oversees the fall fund-raiser. They work with the representative from the fund-raiser company to make sure that everything is organized and runs smoothly.

Historian/Scrapbook: Our scrapbook committee helps preserve memories of Bethesda for years to come by making a scrapbook for the whole year.

Holiday Gift Shop: This committee helps provide opportunities for students to select gifts for family members during the winter holiday season.

Hospitality: This committee coordinates activities to welcome PTA members, show appreciation for the faculty and staff, and organize the fifth grade promotion ceremony. The hospitality committee helps promote a positive atmosphere at Bethesda.

Literacy: Promoting literacy is a top priority at Bethesda. This committee supports literacy with children by coordinating classroom volunteers to help students with reading, writing, and publishing.

Membership: This committee promotes membership throughout the year by encouraging parents, staff, and community members to participate in PTA.

Room Representatives: This committee coordinates school activities through individual classroom representatives.

Scrapbook: Our scrapbook committee helps preserve memories for years to come by making a scrapbook for the year.

Skate Night: This committee organizes family skate nights each month.

Spirit Wear: This committee is responsible for selling spirit wear items throughout the year.

PTA....More than a Century of speaking for every child with one voice.
Highlights:

1897
National Congress of Mothers Convened February 17
More than 2,000 mothers, fathers, teachers, legislators, and others responded to calls to create a national organization dedicated with a commitment to the welfare of children.

1900s
Juvenile Justice and Child Labor Laws
Actions to curb delinquency, institute a juvenile court system, and rehabilitation and probation undertaken.

1910s

Kindergarten
National Congress of Mothers recommended and lobbied for kindergarten to be made part of the American public school system.

1920s
Nationwide Children's Health Project
PTA cooperated with the U.S. Bureau of Education in a Summer Roundup of children to help parents identify and correct children's health problems before they started the 1st grade. Selena Sloan Butler, with assistance from National PTA, founds National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers in states where segregation of schools was legally mandated.

1930s
Nutrition and Emergency Services
PTA instituted safety education program for school children that still lives on today. The rise of the automobile brought about special emphasis on bus safety and seatbelts, concerns that PTA continues to champion.

1940s
School Lunch Program
Mindful of children performing better in school when well nourished, PTA helps inaugurate school lunch program on nationwide basis.

1950s
Salk Polio Vaccine
A debilitating crippler for generations, polio struck thousands of school-age children each year. PTA helped combat the disease, by field testing of the Salk polio vaccine and later securing the polio vaccination for all school children.

1960s
Drug and Smoking Information
PTA encouraged schools to focus on the risks involved with substance abuse and created public service messages to educate parents and the general public about the dangers of addiction.

1970s
Merger and TV Media Violence
When National PTA merged with the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers in 1970, so did their identical mission to improve the lives of children. Additionally, violence on TV spurred PTA to speak out about what the effect programming had on children.

1980s
HIV/AIDS Awareness
The alarming rise in sexually transmitted diseases and the emergence of AIDS propelled PTA to create resources, programs, and outreach to help parents talk frankly with their children about these issues.

1990s
Parent and Family Legislation
PTA created its National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs , the benchmark used by dozens of organizations and governmental agencies to measure parent involvement. PTA was also a strong proponent of the Family Medical Leave Act, and the institution of National Education Goals to drive decisions about education for years to come.

2000-present
Parent Involvement/ Building Success Partnerships
in the education of their children. In 2002, National PTA launched Parent Involvement Schools of Excellence Certification