PTSA

Welcome to our Glendale High PTSA Page
Our 2009-2010 PTSA Theme is:  Dare to Dream

We invite all GHS students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends to join us in our efforts to make GHS the best high school for our students and those who will come after. On this page, you will find information about our PTA unit and what we are doing on campus, as well as how to contact the State and National PTAs. We will try to keep you abreast of current activities and legislation in our city, state, and nation that affect the quality of education, safety, and welfare of our students and all children. Please feel free to contact PTSA officers with any questions you have. Go Nitros!

Sydney Swainston
2009-2010 GHS PTSA President
swainston@sbcglobal.net

The GHS Parent Teacher Student Association
(PTSA) is YOU!


PTSA Volunteer Info (how to get involved)

PTSA Calendar for 2009-2010

PTSA Board Contact Info

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PTSA Founder's Day
See pictures

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Reflections logo
Reflections is an art contest sponsored by the national PTA to encourage excellence in the arts. This year's theme is: "Beauty is..." Competition is in six categories:  literature, visual art, photography, musical composition, video presentation, and dance composition. Guidelines and entry forms are available by clicking on these links:

GHS PTSA Reflections Program
2009-2010 Winners

Visual Arts
Excellence – Nareg Gihazikhanian
Merit – Miriam Dautyan
Honorable Mention – Oscar Avina
Honorable Mention – Celicia McLean

Photography
Excellence – Noah Schneider
Merit – Lauren Fong
Honorable Mention – Kevin Aguirre
Honorable Mention – Alissa Der Sarkissian

Literature
Excellence – Christina Asadourian
Merit – Tedis Gourehzar
Honorable Mention – Fabiola Naranjo
Honorable Mention – Mariam Dautyan

Film Production
Excellence – Noah Schneider

Glendale PTA Council Awards:
1st Place in Film Production:  Noah Schneider
1st Place in Visual Arts:  Oscar Avina
4th Place in Visual Arts:  Miriam Dautyan
2nd Place in Photography:  Lauren Fong

Join the PTA PSA campaign
New videos get to the heart of  family involvement
PSA-Alberto

Just in time for the new school year, the California State PTA has launched a public service announcement (PSA) campaign to engage families and promote PTA.

These video announcements feature real PTA members speaking straight from the heart about the benefits and rewards of getting involved in their children's public schools. (They were made possible  through the generous support of the Pearson Foundation.)

You can help to spread the PSAs' message and passion for involvement. Post them on your local PTA website. Encourage schools and school districts to post them. E-mail them to friends, supporters and prospective PTA members - in other words - everyone!

It's easy: Just click on the image above to watch the initial set of PSAs and to find out more about how to share them. (You can also watch them on the California State PTA website, www.capta.org.)

Now more than ever, the children of California need adults to step up and to speak out on their behalf. We hope you'll agree and lend your voice to the effort.

everychild.onevoice.

The California State PTA has nearly 1 million members throughout the state working on behalf of public schools, children and families, with the motto, "Every child, one voice." The PTA is the nation's oldest, largest and highest profile volunteer organization working to improve the education, health and welfare of all children and youth. The PTA also advocates at national, state and local levels for education and family issues. The PTA is nonprofit, nonsectarian and noncommercial.
 
For more information about the California State PTA, visit www.capta.org.